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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, May 3rd
Zehra Khan: Fakeries
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, #419 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 14th
Charlie and the Hashbrown Factory: Spudnik Press’s 10th Annual Chili Cook-off
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Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 5PM - 9PM
Duro Olowu with Madeleine Grynsztejn
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 2PM - 3PM
Exhibition walkthrough with Candida Alvarez and Melissa Messina
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 4pM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Robin Hustle: Fenestrated Shape
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Karen Sako: Paintings in Oil and Cold Wax
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Epilogue Art Gallery
130 Old McHenry Rd, Long Grove, IL 60047
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
F**k Catsup
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Slow
2153 W 21st St Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
Amanda Joy Calabrisi: Pissing in the Wind
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
Matt Mancini: Realm of The Long Eyes
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H.G. Inn
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
Lily Kind: Wolfthicket
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table
3240 N Springfield Avenue, Apt. No. 02
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 4PM - 11PM
Kelsey Ann Horn: Share Your Location
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 29th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, March 13th
Pedro Almodóvar: Pain and Glory
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Chicago Printmakers Show
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Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 29th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
Resonance Artists Talk
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
Introduction to Light Painting
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
MOBILITY WAR
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SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 7PM - 8PM
HPSCHD@50 Festival: Chicago Performance 1
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, March 19th
Balut Artist Salon – February Session
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 1PM - 2PM
The Kola Nut Collaborative Presents The Time Salon
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Annea Lockwood: A Sound Map of the Danube
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
ZINE NOT DEAD XIV – a new comics reading !
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LUXY Bridal 幸福婚纱
3000 S Archer Ave, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 8PM - 11:30PM
Subject | Object
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Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 4PM - 6PM
Noah Singer: After all, they sing
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Wooden Rings and Blow Wind Blow
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 8:30PM - 11PM
Commiserate Chicago – Media Arts Festival, 2020
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University of Chicago MADD Center
5730 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 10AM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Kaveri Raina: Partings, Swaying to the Moon
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
In Flux: Curator Tour with Tricia Van Eck
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 11AM - 12PM
On view through Sunday, May 10th
Pottery of Protest 3
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Lincoln Square Pottery Studio
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL. 60618
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Nick Raffel: plenum
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
In Even The Oldest Utopia There Is A Song Too Short to Sing
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UGLY
5339 W Lake, Chicago, IL, 60644
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 12th
Halie Robinson: Emotional Topography: Closing Night
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Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, February 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Women According to Men
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, February 29th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Mikkel Nieman: Decaying
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Present.Perfect (2019)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Typeforce 11
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 11:30PM
Touch Your Mirror
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 18th
Superhero Fetish After-Hours at the LA&M
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
CASE Conference 2020: Lines in the Sand: The Changing Narrative of American Identity and Migration
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 8AM - 2PM
René Romero Schuler: Subjective | Objective
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Zolla Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Unit 1E, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Cyborgs: Ancient & Current: Closing reception & performance
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
The Time Salon: A Monthly Mixer & Timebank Orientation
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Flood's Hall
1515 E 52nd Pl, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Amy Mall & Tim Stone: Topographies
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
HPSCHD@50 Festival: Symposium
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Northwestern University Deering Library
1979 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 9:30AM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, March 19th
Time Stamp: Closing Reception
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
Oscillations: Caesar Gorgeous and n/shrike
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
The MLK Project at The DuSable Museum
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Studio MODA: The 2020 Winter Fashion Show
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 8PM - 10PM
Studying the Beginning of the Universe from Bottom of World
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Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium
Pine St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Distort Midwest 2020 (Tape Release Party)
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Rancho Huevos
2966 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 11:59PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Conjuring Black Histories in Jewelry Closing and Artist Talk
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60653
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Called to Create Public Art Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Colleen Plumb: Thirty Times a Minute
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McCormick Gallery
835 W. Washington Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 14th
Miller & Shellabarger: Homo-entanglement
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 USA
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Victoria Fu
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Tony Tasset: The Weight
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
NKAME: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayon (1967–1999)
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 24th
Open House with Zoe Rain
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jessie Edelman: Golden Hour
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
Satellite: SAIC Graduate Ceramics Students
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave, #2a, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Gallery Talk: Cardiology
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 2PM - 2:30PM
Alan Shields and Gabrielle Garland
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, April 9th
Depth of Field: 65 Years of the Washington Park Camera Club
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 17th
WHAT REMAINS CHAPTER 4: CONSUME
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
Jessie Edelman: Golden Hour
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Material Poems
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 3rd
Compensation (1999)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Re-Envisioning Masculinity: Storytelling, Workshop, and Dialogue
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Jean-Ulrick Désert
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Northwestern University Department of Art Theory and Practice
1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 5PM - 7PM
Modernisms – Spotlight Gallery Talks
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 12PM - 12:45PM
On view through Thursday, April 2nd
Nevermore Park – An Immersive Art Experience
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Nevermore Park
949 W 16th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 2:30PM - 8:30PM
Unique Perspectives: Art in Science and Medicine
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
Linda Mary Montano: Laughing, Crying, Living Art
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Darkroom Benefit + Auction
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Columbia College Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
ACCD Collective Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Michael Rossi: The Republic of Color
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
David Obermeyer
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Naldjorlak I
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Re-Envisioning Masculinity: Storytelling, Workshop, and Dialogue
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Pablo Larraín: No
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Compensation (1999)
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
We Tell Film Series: Collaborative Knowledges
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
Zine Club Chicago: Fascination Edition
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Epiphytic Arts Writing Circle
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 27th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Accessibility in the Studio: An evening with Resident Artist Benjamin Merritt
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tanya Scott: Threads
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SVCC Art Gallery
173 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
Andreas Eckert: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
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Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory
1130 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Accessiblity in the Studio: Conversation with Benjamin Merritt
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artists Connect: Charles Curtis
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
We Got Game: Cabin Fever Edition
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
We Cried Power: A Poor People’s Campaign Screening
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American Indian Center Chicago
3401 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
A Conversation with Timuel D. Black Jr
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 3PM - 5:30PM
Out of the Archives! Surviving and Thriving in Public Housing
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National Public Housing Museum
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Crafting Film: Maria Lassnig’s Animation of the 1970s
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 26th, from 12PM - 1PM
Poetry off the Shelf: Christian Campbell
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, at 7PM
Industrial Facility
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The Art Institute of Chicago
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Open Classroom: The Watermelon Woman
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Responses to Climate Change: Critical Conversations
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Frequency Festival: Jacob Wick
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
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