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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Branco Sai, Preto Fica (White Out, Black In)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 31st, at 7 PM
Elastic Arts’ Second Annual Benefit
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
Katie Bell: Standing Arrangement
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Campus Box 7150 Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Mev Luna: Far from the distance we see
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, July 11th
Lens-Based: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection
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University Galleries
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, August 8th
15,16,17,18: BHS Selects from the International Collection of Child Art
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University Galleries
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Rockwell Artist Collective
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Rockwell Artist Collective
3065 N Rockwell St. studio #3, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Andre Keichian: Salt in the I
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table
3240 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 19th
Best in Show: Acero Cruz Student Art Gallery
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Helix Cafe
6237 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 3PM - 8PM
4 Degrees
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
The Evanston Made Group Show
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Ants Don’t Have Names: Part II
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
The Fetish Show
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Pilsen Art House
1756 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 11PM
Soviefy / Zeta Tukana
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
Recline somberly like fallen heroes
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Seth Bogart: 100 Toothbrushes
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Derrick Adams: The Ins and Outs: Figures In The Urban Landscape
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, July 6th
William Counter: Simple Spells
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 21st
Nelson W. Armour: Beyond
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Chiyeko Yuki: Here’s to Life
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Cheri Reif Naselli: INTERIORITY
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
KT Duffy: Data Moshing & Processing
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
Best in Class
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3065 N Rockwell St, #3, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, June 13th
Anne Imhof: Sex
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Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60603
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 12:30PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
The approach
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
MAZE
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Urban Rebel
2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7PM - 11PM
Fifth Fridays art show
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7PM - 11PM
Hautnah / Student Performance
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Outer Spacestudios
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Lacy Coligan: Windows of Opportunity: shouldn’ts, couldn’ts + can’ts
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Agave Studio
2950 W Chicago Ave #202, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Damon Locks
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
Anne Imhof: Sex
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Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 3:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
D.R.E.A.M.: How Detroit Residents Built Their Own Internet
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Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago
320 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sheila Heti
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Kent Hall
1020 E 58TH St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
Out and Out: Queer Storytelling
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LGBT Center @ Depaul
953 W Belden Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
CSGS Faculty Book Party
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Future Café: Speculative Design
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Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT)
5811 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Public Newsroom 110: Acuerdo Local—Back of the Yards
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Monarca PLACE 7
4553 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Brian Chu Yin-Woo (龢wo4): Wave Front
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Performing Queer Femme POC Identities On (& Off) the Page
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Jefferson Godard
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Art Theory and Practice
1880 Campus Dr, Kresge Hall, Room 1319, Evanston, IL, 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 5PM - 6PM
OTV Presents: Freaky Phyllis, i – Love/ME, Fck Stan
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sinema Obscura and Ready Freddy Films present: A Night of SciFi
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6740Micro
6740 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
FemFest Film & Video Showcase: Microlights
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Microlights Cinema
832 E Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Sadie Woods: Coyaba: Artist Talk
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Presentations and Performances
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
We Series Festival: A Ritual For Exchange
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, May 28th
Forms & Features: Poetry Workshop – Syntax
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Dr. Atop’s Journey to the Polygon of Suffering
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Building Futures: Art, Policy & Reimagining Public Space
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Harris School of Public Policy
1307 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
We Series Festival: a Ritual for Exchange
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Judith Mullen: A Good Wander II
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Cultivator
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, May 27th
Marzena Ziejka: Emotional Memory of Scampering
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Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, May 27th
Andre Alves & Kristin Abhalter Smith: Fabrica
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Flatland
1965 W Pershing Rd, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Adrian Wong: Three-legged Dog
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Daniel Hojnacki and Kioto Aoki: Stay this way, facing the light
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Apparatus Projects
2639 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Sentences start with a capital letter.
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North Pole Exhibitions
1600 W Sherwin Ave Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, June 25th
Murmur of Democracy
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
Andre Alves and Kristin Abhalter Smith: Fabrica
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Flatland
1965 W Pershing St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
A Flor de Piel
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Jessica Garcia: Pilsen Outpost Summer Concert Series
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 4PM - 8PM
Radical Feminist Pedagogies: Racial Identities in the Arts
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Marcel Alcalá: Sissy No Fool: Closing Reception
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
Broken English: Screening Night
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Showboat
2058 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
CANTON ARMY IN THE HIGH SIERRAS
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
Madeleine Aguilar: Homemade Stories and Handmade Books
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 15th
ONO, Buck Gooter, Lilac
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Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 9PM - 1AM
Home Video Day
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 12PM - 4PM
It grows between
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Efrain Lopez Gallery
1959 W Erie St Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Becoming Unnatural
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Del LaGrace Volcano: Love, Lust & Legacy: 40 Years of Queer Service to the Cause
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 4PM - 5PM
Ideas of Home: A Housing Salon
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New Rhythm Arts Center
1441 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Un/becoming: a Pygmalion Story
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Wicker Park Lutheran Church
1500 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Mother Load
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COLLABORACTION
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
Sereno “Glitterman” Wilson: Haitian Symbology and Spirits
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Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC)
4654 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
LTDWear4
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 9th
HautNAH: Close to the Skin
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Saturday Studio: Open Spin & Crate-Digging
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
Doc Films Festival
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Allen Moore: The Mass of Light
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Night Light Studios and Gallery
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
André Filipek-Magaña: Reclinados
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
Monica Rezman and Beth Bradfish: Artists Talk
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 15th
Broken English
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Liz Magor: BLOWOUT: exhibition tour
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Judith Roston Freilich & Casey Sills: Confluence
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Space 900
816 Dempster, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, May 25th, at 2PM
On view through Wednesday, May 29th
BADco.(Croatia) Impossible Dances
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Chicago Cultural Center, Sidney R. Yates Gallery, 4th Floor North
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 25th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Parts of Speech: Julio Torres
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 6PM
Barbara Hammer: Declarations of Identity
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7 PM
BADco.
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Keijaun Thomas: My Last American Dollar
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Prospect No. 2: Narrative Implications
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Sensible Decisions
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7:30PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
DOGE
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 8PM - 10PM
Outpost Artist Alley – 2019
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Outpost Artist Alley
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Launch Party for Critics’ Union No. 2!
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Paul Branton: ART, POETRY & FILM
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Things to Come: An Off-Bauhaus Anniversary
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
Through the Looking Glass: Artists’ Talk
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
The warGames Arcade + Conversation
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
Erin Manning: How Do We Repair?
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Chicago Cultural Center, Sidney R. Yates Gallery, 4th Floor North
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7PM - 7:45PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
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