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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Shirley Clarke: Ornette: Made in America
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 12 PM - 2 PM
TRQPiTECA Queer Pride Chicago 2019
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Ping Tom Memorial Park
1700 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 3PM - 10PM
Boundary Issues Group Show Closing Party
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Evanston Made
942 Pitner Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Without Within: Sensitive circuits listening ground
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
An Archive of Touch
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Marianne Fairbanks: Weaving Lab: Closing Reception/artist talk
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Our Bodies, Our Battles
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, July 31st
Holly Holmes: All Thou Lost, Bring it Too Day: Closing Reception
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 30th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
On view through Saturday, July 6th
The Endless Body
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S. Throop, #419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, August 22nd
Prime Time: Question Everything
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 7PM - 11PM
Solaris
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The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 9PM - 3AM
Dear Earth
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave Unit 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 2PM - 4PM
Saturate
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Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 7PM - 11PM
Wabash Arts Corridor Tour
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Columbia College Chicago
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 11am - 12:30am
The STORYTELLERS
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
THICK TIME RADIO Station: Broadcast 6 – Anti-Entropy
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 3PM - 5PM
Anjali Pinto
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Brittany Nelson: 10,000 Light Years From Home
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
OPEN 4.0
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Slate Arts + Performance
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 8PM - 11PM
Black and White: An Examination of Segregation and the Jazz Life on Chicago’s South Side
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 29th, from 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Soundtrack: Hijo Pródigo
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Coming Out
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 11AM - 5PM
Substantial Threads
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Letter Love
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All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
Carlos Jimenez Flores: Closing Reception
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Humboldt Park Boathouse Gallery
1301 N Sacramento Blvd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Logan Square Arts Festival 2019
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Illinois Centennial Monument
Logan Square Circle
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
After Hours: Gallery Night featuring Photo Media Club
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Lincolnwood Public Library
4000 W Pratt Ave, Lincolnwood, IL 60712
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Pop Art Pop Up
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Urban Rebel
2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, July 5th
Laura Collins: Full Bloom
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Eskell
2029 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
Alternative Space: a simulated art fair
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
William Horberg: Portraits in Jazz
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Respite Station
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Priya Kambli: Buttons for Eyes: Artist Talk
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit Kick-Off Event
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1544 N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Milliken v Bradley 1974: Closing Reception
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 660608
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
The Tuesday Afternoon Painters
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Playing and Reality
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Voices from the Community Panel Discussion
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Small Painting
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Omar Velázquez: Miracle Fruit
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Sidewalk Mojo Mart
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This Is It Gallery
1700 S Loomis, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 12PM - 10PM
OPEN HAND
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, August 12th
Contango Issue #3 Release Party
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Notre Shop
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 28th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
HIGHFEMME! Pride Edition
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Cerise Rooftop
203 North Wabash Ave, #26th floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 9PM - 2AM
Queer Comedy with Tribble: Lgbtq+ Legacies
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 7PM - 11PM
Dwellings
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
In the PINK: Artist Talk
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Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301,
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Dayhouse Micro Gallery Reception
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Dayhouse Coworking
2057 Green Bay Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Conversation Pieces: Power
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
On the Rock: The Acropolis Interviews
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
A Vision of Voices
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Awakenings
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Tell Me About: LGBTQ Secrets, Confessions, and Life Stories
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Gerber Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Kandis Friesen: All is well, that has not ended
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, Il, 60626
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Doc Talk Show + Mezcla Media Collective: Decolonize The Screen
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Uncommon Ground
3800 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Elvia Wilk: Oval – reading and talk with Brooks Sterritt
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, June 27th
Consuelo Lepauw
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, June 27th, at 7:30PM
New Age, New Age: Artist Dialogue with Lise Haller Baggesen, Mindy Rose Schwartz, and Luis Sahagun
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
We Got Game Series: Part 1 – My Kind of Town, Chicago
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Imani Josey
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Nichols Tower
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
SIDE/Lot Film Talk w Curators & Artists
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 7:15PM - 8:15PM
Silent Films and Loud Music Series: Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 8:30PM - 10:30PM
Toxic Masculinity: An Interactive Workshop and Conversation
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Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jake S. Weisman: Clean Sheets
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6740Micro
6740 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, June 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
CHIPRC’s Zine Club: Fest Finds Edition, at Quimby’s!
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, June 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
SPT: Deep Dream: An Evening of Poetry and Video Synthesis
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Slate Arts and Performance
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Tuesday, June 25th, at 8PM
Poetry Foundation: Forms and Features
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, June 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sinema Obscura Series2 on CAN TV
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CAN TV
CANTV
Opening Monday, June 24th, from 11PM - 12AM
Nneka Kai: Material Sounding: The Dimensionality of A Thread
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Material
2025 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 11am - 1PM
On view through Monday, August 25th
Brendan Fernandes: A CALL AND RESPONSE
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 11am - 1PM
On view through Tuesday, June 18th
The Wind Will Carry Us: The Poetic, The Incidental, and The Collective
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Walton entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, at 3PM
Boat Party
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Final Resting Place
3350 S Bell Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 1PM - 7PM
DEAR DI(ary)
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Uncommon Ground
3800 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Radical Pedagogies: Environmental Justice, Zinemaking, and the Gary Ecopolis Project
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Chicago Reader Pride Block Party
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Marz Community Brewing
3630 South Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 1PM - 9PM
ᗡOUBLEHEADED: Gallery Tour
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Dedication Ceremony for the Material Memorial for Tamir Rice
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Rebuild Foundation
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 7PM
Not The End
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 12AM
Oscar Chavez: Dolls Only™
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North Pole
1600 W Sherwin Ave. Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 26th
Dominique Knowles: Ode to Tazz
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The Green Gallery
1500 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Opening Sunday, June 23rd, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Stevie Cisneros Hanley: Ghost Sex
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Monarch Art and Wellness Fair
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Cathie Bleck
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
SOFT
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Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Jorge Bordello: Lo que se ve, no se pregunta
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filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Parvin Peivandi: Objects in Exile, A Memoir
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Amazigh Contemporary
2 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Chris Reeves: The Mountain
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western BLVD unit 5, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Found Objects Patio Pop-Up
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 9AM - 1PM
Festival of Fine Arts
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Sarah Bastress: Desert Hearts
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Matthew Hilshorst: cruel summer
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ANDREW RAFACZ
835 W Washington Blvd. 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
The Map is Not the Territory
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ANDREW RAFACZ
835 W Washington Blvd, 2nd floor, Chicago, Il 60607
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Joo Young Lee: Body Keeps the Score
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
[blnk] is urban contempory
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Blnk Haus
3206 W Armitage, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
Balut Artist Salon
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 1PM - 2PM
Becoming Unnatural: Summer Solstice Celebration
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
5th Annual Quetzal Art Fest!
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EXPO Collective
63rd St and Karlov Ave
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 12PM - 7PM
Temporary’s Forever(s)
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 9:20pM - 1AM
Alive & Well//Vendor Fair & Day Party
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The Silver Room
1302 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 22nd, from 12PM - 8PM
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