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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
One Night Stand: James Castle
@
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 6:30PM - 7PM
Drink & Draw Virtual: Altered Records
@
Spudnik Press Cooperative
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jenna Anast & Salvador Jimenez-Flores:Threewalls InDialog: the 2020 RaDLab+Outside the Walls Fellows
@
Threewalls
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
My America: Juan Felipe Herrera
@
American Writers Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Sell Art Through Storytelling with Jacqueline Towers-Perkins
@
Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 1PM - 2PM
Artadia Art and Dialogue: Adrienne Edwards and Huey Copeland
@
SAIC Sullivan Galleries
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
Chicago Gallery Open
@
NADA
Online
On view through Sunday, October 4th
Zine Club Chicago Online: I Got It at Quimby’s! Edition
@
Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
Chineze Mogbo, Safiya Eshe Gyasi and Ireashia Bennett:Threewalls InDialog: the 2020 RaDLab+Outside the Walls Fellows
@
Threewalls
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Demilitarized U. Study Group at PO Box
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, at 7PM
Virtual Tour | Jane Addams and the Activist Legacy of Hull-House
@
Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, from 4PM - 5PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: At-Home Edition with the AACM
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
LCA’s LawSmarts 101: Webinar
@
Compound Yellow
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Option: Jasmine Mendoza
@
Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Monday, September 28th, from 8PM - 10PM
Dominique Knowles: The Sun Sinks
@
Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
On view through Friday, October 23rd
Hot Wheelz Festival: LVL3
@
Hot Wheelz Festival
Online
On view through Friday, October 2nd
Scott Dietrich: E.H. Wilson in southwest China
@
Lucky Pierre
Online
Opening Sunday, September 27th, from 2PM - 3PM
Art Is Bonfire: Englewood Edition
@
6622 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60636
Opening Sunday, September 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
Banner Build Wkshps For The Movement
@
PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Art&Edibles
@
Pilsen Art House
1756 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 4PM - 9PM
Aquil Charlton & Chandra Christmas-Rouse: Threewalls InDialog: the 2020 RaDLab+Outside the Walls Fellows
@
Threewalls
Online
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Saturday, September 26th, at 5PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Shi-An Costello
@
Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 26th, at 8:30PM
The We Were Never Alone Project: A Weaving Workshop for Victims & Survivors of Domestic Violence
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL, 60302
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 3PM - 7PM
Tempo falacioso; Superimposiciones botánicas
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Sin Cinta Previa + Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Move Me Soul Dance Company presents: Curtis Suite & Sour.
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 1PM - 2PM
Meet the Artist: Millicent Kennedy
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Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
Expanding on Breath: An Online Roundtable Discussion
@
Goldfinch
Online
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 2PM - 3PM
Underground Trajectory
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 5PM - 11PM
Nate Young & Mika Horibuchi: A Tale of Today
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Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Thursday, December 31st
Artemis Singers 40th Anniversary Virtual Panel
@
Gerber Hart Library and Archives
Online
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Hiromi Tanaka: Echo of Nature
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, November 1st
Gallery Visit with Holly Murkerson
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave,Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
The Time Salon: A Monthly Mixer & Timebank Orientation
@
Online
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Friday, September 25th, at 7PM
West Town Art Walk
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West Town
1819 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Elaine Miller: Remnants and Remains
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Beverly Art Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
Curatorial Talks: Riva Lehrer and Terry R. Myers
@
Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 2PM - 3PM
MoCP Highlights: Viewing the Vault with Karen Irvine, Chief Curator and Deputy Director
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
BEING: Welcome to Humanity
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Friday, November 6th
SinkholeSinkholes & Clementine Peelss & Clementine Peels
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Chicatolia
5209 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Soundtrack: Forest Management
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Adrian Wong: Reading Room Revisited
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
900 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, December 31st
Keliy Anderson-Staley, Omar Imam, & Rubén Martín de Lucas: Artist Talk
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
Sinatra Forever
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McAninch Arts Center
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Felicia Holman & Youree Kim: Threewalls InDialog: the 2020 RaDLab+Outside the Walls Fellows
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Threewalls
Online
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Claudia Rankine: Just Us: An American Conversation
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Chicago Humanities Festival
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project:: Picturing “The Long Term”
@
Block Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 7 PM - 8:45 PM
Derf Backderf presents Kent State
@
Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Urban History Seminar
@
Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
Curatorial Collaborations: Exhibitions for Social Justice
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artist Run Chicago: Ignition Project Space Performances
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Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Conservation Perspectives: Malangatana—Mozambique Modern
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 5PM - 5:45PM
Virtual Artist Discussion with Cyndee Fox-Starr
@
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
Spinning Home Movies with avery r. young!
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South Side Home Movie Project
Online
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
Nick Cave & Art for Justice
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EXPO CHICAGO
Online
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 23rd, from 1PM - 1:30PM
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Wednesday, September 23rd, at 7PM
Drink & Draw Virtual: Lines & Circles, Holes & Portals
@
Spudnik Press Cooperative
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
The Price is Right with Ninth Street Collective
@
Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Virtual Tour | Bronzeville: The First Black Business Corridor
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Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, from 4PM - 5PM
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, at 6PM
Fred Wilson
@
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
A Lunchtime Conversation: Alexandra Antoine & Celeste De Luna
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: At-Home Edition with Nathan Rodríguez
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, from 5:30PM - 6PM
Community Lunch with Alberto Aguilar and Alex Bradley Cohen
@
Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Option: John Hébert
@
Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Monday, September 21st, from 8PM - 10PM
Deconstructing Time
@
Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Monday, September 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Monday, September 21st
Dykes With Drills: Serving Tray Workshop
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Rebuilding Exchange
Online
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 10:30 - 1:30PM
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqduqppj0iP0f8BVRRTQwufsQYlMcuDg
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 4PM
The (Im)possibilities of Moving Freely
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 12PM - 2:30PM
Fieldwork Performance Workshop
@
FIELDWORK
Online
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 2PM - 3.30PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
Virtual Tour | Leopold and Loeb
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Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 4PM - 5PM
Julia Blake: Interwoven
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 4PM - 6PM
Leasho Johnson: Only when it’s dark enough can YOU see the stars
@
FLXST CONTEMPORARY
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Fête Galante
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 19th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Mark Verabioff: Forsaken States
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, November 10th
Hori Miso: Robots, Samurai & The Inbetween
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Meet the Artist: Mindy Sue Wittock
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Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
The Black Madonna
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Life Force Arts Ensemble Foundation
Online
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
Collage
@
Hans Gallery
2000 W Carroll Ave Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 2PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Holly Murkerson: Body of Water
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave,Chicago IL 60647
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Virtual Trolley Tour 2020 !
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Bronzeville Art District
Online
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Reading & Conversation: Khadijah Queen & Elisa Gabbert
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Liz McCarthy: Comprised Of
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 9th
Where’s the Revolution
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W. 35th Street
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Cassie Tompkin: At Sea
@
Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
On view through Sunday, October 11th
MoCP Behind the Lens: Adriana Parrilla
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
Virtual Studio Visit: Futura 2000
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 12PM - 12:30PM
UNPORTRAIT
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EXTRA Projects
Online
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
The Future of Independent Film in Chicago
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Chicago Humanities Festival
Online
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
Melissa Leandro: Prairie Dive
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Andrew Rafacz
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Alexa Frangos: Zoetrope: A Photographic Celebration of Celluloid Cinema
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave. Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 7PM - 8:15PM
On view through Sunday, September 27th
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Thursday, September 17th, at 7PM
The Art of Communicating Climate: A Conversation
@
Glass Curtain Gallery
Online Event
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 8AM - 9AM
On view through Friday, October 30th
Richard Hunt: Scholar’s Rock or Stone of Hope or Love of Bronze
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Thursday, July 1st
Poetry Reading: Chakraborty, Corfman, Johnson, LoTempio
@
Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
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