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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@
PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, December 27th, at 11AM
Behind the Lens: Hyers + Mebane
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Monday, December 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
Emilio Rojas: Resistance Exercises
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Sunday, January 3rd
Claiming New Constellations: Share Your Vision
@
Arts and Public Life
Online
Opening Monday, December 21st, at 5PM
LIVESTREAM: 30th Annual Winter Solstice Sunrise Concert
@
Links Hall
Online
Opening Monday, December 21st, at 6:30AM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@
PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, December 20th, at 11AM
Taiko Legacy 17: Streaming Live
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Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Sunday, December 20th, at 7PM
CBSCM: The Fantastic Four Reunion
@
Chicago Black Social Culture Map
Online
Opening Sunday, December 20th, at 3PM
Last Day of School: In Search of a Well-Composed Ending
@
Lucky Pierre
Online
Opening Sunday, December 20th, from 2PM - 3PM
What’s another word for survival?
@
Sin Cinta Previa
Onine
Opening Saturday, December 19th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Mini Concierto: Madame Ur y Sus Hombres
@
National Museum of Mexican Art
Online
Opening Saturday, December 19th, at 8PM
Who’s Afraid of Red
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, December 19th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Friday, January 8th
The Sad & Horrible Show
@
Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Friday, January 10th
Virtual Artist Talk: Cups and Swords and Knives
@
Heaven Gallery
online
Opening Saturday, December 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
Digs Virtual Opening Party!
@
The Digs
Online
Opening Saturday, December 19th, from 3PM - 6:30PM
READS: We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
@
Reunion Chicago
Online
Opening Saturday, December 19th, from 1PM - 3PM
LatinXAmerican Podcast: Episode 2: Edra Soto
@
DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Friday, December 18th, at 12PM
Virtual Trolley Tour 2020 !
@
Bronzeville Art District
Online
Opening Friday, December 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Soundtrack: Tasha
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, December 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Franklin Vagnone’s “One Night Stand” at Paradise Garden
@
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, December 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Casey Carsel: Knobl Hearts: Artist Talk
@
Co-Prosperity Sphere
Online
Opening Thursday, December 17th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, January 15th
The Fashions of Frida Kahlo
@
Cleve Carney Museum of Art
Online
Opening Thursday, December 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Virtual Reading and Conversation: Jenny Offill and Ling Ma
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, December 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
You’ve changed: Virtual Walkthrough with Jessica Stockholder
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Logan Center Exhibitions
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 16th, at 1PM
Photos at Zoom: Finding Joy in Community
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 16th, at 12PM
Online Release Party for Mairead Case’s TINY
@
Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Propositions 2: Megha Rapalti, Teresa Silva and Cortney Lederer
@
SAIC Performance
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 16th, at 4:30PM
Take Care with Art After Dark: Creating Collages
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Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Virtual Tour | Old Town: Art, Music, and Theater
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Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 15th, from 4PM - 5PM
Open Door Series Online: Beth McDermott & Maya Marshall
@
Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 15th, from 7PM - 8PM
Workshop: Celebrating Care
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Artist Talk: Lia Kohl + Nick Meryhew with Corey Smith
@
Roman Susan
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 15th, at 7PM
Graduate Lectures 2: Llio Zogra, Corey Smith, Maria Plotnikova
@
SAIC Performance
Online
Opening Monday, December 14th, at 5PM
Chicagoland Shorts: Live with Sofía Alfaro and Oriana Oppice
@
Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Monday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham on Black Futures
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Chicago Humanities Festival
Online
Opening Monday, December 14th, from 7PM - 8PM
Monthly Mindfulness and Photography
@
LATITUDE
Online
Opening Sunday, December 13th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
QTVC Live! 24-Hour Sales Marathon
@
QTVC Live!
Online
Opening Sunday, December 13th, from 12AM - 11:59PM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@
PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, December 13th, at 11AM
Art Raffle to Raise funds for Houseless
@
Online
Activist Films by Christine Choy
@
South Side Projections
Online
Opening Sunday, December 13th, at 7PM
Amanda Loch: I’m Not Ready Yet
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Lucky Pierre
Online
Opening Sunday, December 13th, at 2PM
Video series: Architecture of Community: Reflecting on Lessons from Doshi
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Wrightwood 659
Online
Opening Saturday, December 12th, from 1PM - 2PM
Virtual Tour | Bronzeville: The Black Chicago Renaissance
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Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, December 12th, from 4PM - 5PM
Virtual Tour | Union Station
@
Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, December 12th, from 3PM - 4PM
Happy Hour, La Hora Feliz: Edra Soto & Sadie Woods
@
Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Saturday, December 12th, from 7PM - 8PM
DigiTile
@
SAIC Course 3009-001 Online Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, December 12th, at 9PM
On view through Tuesday, February 9th
CQDELAB: diffused stream, unfelt shadow
@
ADDS DONNA
Online
Opening Saturday, December 12th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, January 1st
Mercy in the Museum: Online Collection Tours
@
Block Museum
Online
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 12PM - 12:30PM
Bisa Butler and Tonika Johnson
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 5PM - 5:45PM
Cups and Swords and Eyes
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
Surface Tension
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
Objects and Environs
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, January 2nd
TIME TO SEE Performance Festival 2020
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SAIC Performance
Online
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 12am - 12am
On view through Friday, December 25th
Vends + Vibes Friday Milky Way Mixers + DJ Mix Release
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Arts and Public Life
Online
Opening Friday, December 11th, at 4PM
Gathering Our Family Stories: A How-To Workshop on Recording and Preserving Oral Histories
@
South Side Home Movie Project
Online
Opening Friday, December 11th, at 6:30PM
Audible: The Roedelius Cells
@
Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, December 11th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 31st
The Taste of Sugar: Marisel Vera and Alyssa Vera Ramos
@
Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
Virtual Talk | American Medina and Sanctuary
@
Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, at 5:30PM
Susan Giles, Mie Kongo, and Yvette Mayorga in Conversation
@
DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, at 12PM
Poignant Song: Kavita Das in conversation with Jafreen Uddin
@
South Asia Institute
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 7PM - 8PM
A Christmas Carol in the Dark
@
Theatre in the Dark
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Thursday, December 24th
Millennium Park’s Modern Masters: Movement in a Time of Stillness
@
Millennium Park
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
A Soft Place
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POROUS Gallery, Columbia College Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 6PM - 7:30
Small Works Members Show
@
Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 20th
Soapbox 2020: Celebrating Five Years of Building Local Media Together
@
City Bureau
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Franklin Vagnone’s “One Night Stand” at Pasaquan
@
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, December 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Transnational Series Presents: On Tove Jansson
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Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 9th, from 4PM - 5PM
The Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
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Chicago Public Library
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Writing and Designing a Résumé with Kelli Evans
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AIGA Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
Native Studies in the Apocalypse
@
Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 8th, from 3PM - 4PM
Gray Sound: Damon Locks
@
Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 8th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
First Women: A Gender and Electoral Politics Panel Discussion
@
DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 8th, at 6PM
Community Roundtable: Sensory Engagement in Isolation
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Mana Contemporary
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
Virtual Gallery Talk: David Ibbett
@
Fermilab Art Gallery
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 8th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Virtual Studio Visit: Derek McPhatter
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, December 8th, from 12PM - 12:30PM
Enduring Earth
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Jane Michalski Studio
Online
Home Comforts: An Auction of Commissions
@
Comfort Station Logan Square
Online
On view through Monday, December 14th
Graduate Lectures 1: Jordan Knecht and Seth Sexton
@
SAIC Performance
Online
Opening Monday, December 7th, at 5PM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@
PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, December 6th, at 11AM
“In Focus” Lecture Series: Dan Hill
@
Evanston Art Center
Online
Opening Sunday, December 6th, at 2PM
Marc Fischer: Public Collectors Police Scanner
@
Lucky Pierre
Online
Opening Sunday, December 6th, at 2PM
Ricky McEachern: MOTEL Pop-up Art Show
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Gallery Studio OH!
4839 N Damen Ave. Chicago IL 60625
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 11am - 4PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Peter Fagundo: Vitruvian Core
@
Hans Gallery
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 16th
Virtual Music Box Orchestra with Sadie Woods
@
Heaven Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 12PM - 2PM
Racial Healing for BIPOC Womxn that identify as LGBTQIA+
@
FitLife Revolution
Online
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 11AM - 1PM
Photobook Publishing from the Inside Out
@
Filter Photo
Online
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 1PM - 2PM
First Saturday Evanston Art Events December
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Evanston Made
922 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 10AM - 9PM
Raise It Up! Chicago Printers Guild Fundraiser for South Side Community Art Center
@
Chicago Printers Guild
Online
On view through Saturday, June 5th
Vertical Project Space: GRAND OPENING!
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Vertical Project Space
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 27th
First Saturday Gallery Tour
@
Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 11am - 12PM
On view through Thursday, December 31st
Fever Dream
@
Aspect/Ratio/Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago IL 60622
On view through Saturday, January 16th
Virtual Tour | Chicago’s Prohibition Story
@
Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, December 5th, at 3PM
ONLY CONNECT Webinar: Megan Greene + Thalia Agosto
@
Carrie Secrist Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, December 5th, from 1PM - 2PM
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore with T Fleischmann: The Freezer Door
@
Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Friday, December 4th, from 7PM - 8PM
LatinXAmerican Podcast with Ivan LOZANO of Archives & Futures, Episode 1: Errol Ortiz
@
DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Friday, December 4th, at 12PM
19 in 2021: A Drone’s Eye View: Reading and Artists Talk
@
Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Friday, December 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
RenBen: Wildcard 2020 presents Renaissance TV
@
The Renaissance Society
Online
Opening Friday, December 4th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Drink & Draw: Death Cafe
@
Online
Opening Friday, December 4th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Lauren Sullivan: Castaway 2
@
Bubbles
418 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, December 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 18th
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