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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Ayana Contreras Q&A + Book Signing
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The Silver Room
506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, February 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
I feel like a bootlegger’s wife. Look!
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Apparatus Projects
1500 S Western Ave, #407, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Sunday, April 3rd
Unseen Things Are Still There
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, February 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Dylan Spaysky: Reflections
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 27th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, May 7th
Spaysky Fine Art Gallery LLC at Good Weather
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 27th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 27th
Elissa Osterland: Come Back As A Flower
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Goldfinch
319 N. Albany, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, April 9th
DANCE PAMOJA CHALLENGE
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Red Clay Dance Company
Online
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 1PM - 2PM
AfriClassical Futures: Charles Joseph Smith
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 8PM - 11PM
Jake Troyli: Slow Clap
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Lorraine
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Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts
201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Melissa Leandro
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Andrew Rafacz
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Andrew Bearnot: CALIBRATION MATRIX
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, April 2nd
ART SWAP!
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 11PM
Film screening: Lee Godie, Chicago French Impressionist
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
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Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 11AM - 11:30AM
Andrea Bowers with Charles Gaines and Rodney McMillian
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, September 4th
FEELING BLUE Annual Juried Exhibition
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 13th
Blue Moon Gallery Collective Artist Exhibition
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 20th
Tony Armendariz: Contemporary Realist Watercolors
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 20th
Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 4PM - 7pM
On view through Saturday, March 26th
an Agave! celebration
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS
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Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 17th
Conditional Beauty + Stand Up: Closing Reception
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 26th
Yoonshin Park: In/Visible: Closing Reception
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 26th
Martha Tuttle: An ear, a hand, a mouth, an offering, an angel
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 16th
Crossings: Mapping American Journeys
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, June 25th
Jade Williams and Gabriel Chalfin-Piney: Timely Sanctification
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 25th
Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera: A Cinema of Birdwatching
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 25th, at 7PM
Selva Aparicio: Claimed
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 25th
Cohort Showcase
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Awakenings Gallery
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL, 60613
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Meditations for Imaginations
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Creative Mornings Chicago: Monumental Talk with Khalid Ibrahim
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 8:30am - 10am
Anastasia Sitnikova: Searching For an Exit
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Experiments in Dark Matter: Closing Night
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Mu Gallery
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 25th
Crossings: Mapping American Journeys
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton Street, Chicago, IL
On view through Saturday, June 25th
A.D. Carson: i used to love to dream: Going Into Language, Rap, & Storytellingly Invention
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, February 24th, at 5:30PM
Maia Chaka: Understanding History to Make HERstory
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Dominican University
Online
Opening Thursday, February 24th, at 2:30PM
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
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Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, February 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
Virtual Program: I Photograph to Imagine: Shahidul Alam in Conversation with Vijay Prishad
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, February 24th, from 10AM - 11AM
Will Lee: ZERO REPRIEVE
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table
3240 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, February 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 22nd
Live Painting @ FMK featuring Britni Mara
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Fulton Market Kitchen
311 N Sangamon St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Concert: Hanna Hartman
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Renaissance Society
5640 S Ellis Ave, Room 161, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 24th, from 7:40PM - 9PM
Afrofuturism, a virtual dialogue
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Illinois Humanities
Online
Opening Wednesday, February 23rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Curator Talk: The Life and Death of Charles Williams
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Art After Dark: Iconic Blackness
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Warnock Lecture Series: Michele Marincola (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), “Objects of Memory, Monuments to Trauma: Conservation and Preservation Issues”
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Trenton Doyle Hancock
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, February 22nd, from 6:30PM - 7:45PM
Voices: Raven Chacon
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Gallery 400
online
Opening Monday, February 21st, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Family Resemblance panel discussion #2: A conversation with Chicago’s iconic graffiti writers
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 7th
Shawnimals Exhibit: Wanderlust
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, March 13th
Houses of Tomorrow: Solar Homes from Keck to Today
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
Human/Nature: Artist Panel
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Weinberg Newton Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 1PM - 2PM
Paradise Complete: Slice of Life
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Art & the Very Artful Bob
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 2PM - 3PM
Experiments in Dark Matter: Artist Meet
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Mu Gallery Chicago
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, February 25th
ASIAN IMPROV ARTS MIDWEST PRESENTS: TATSU AOKI’S THE MIYUMI PROJECT
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
If You Know Your Party’s Extension
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Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL, 60642
Opening Saturday, February 19th, at 7PM
My Name is Inanna | Reading by Maryam Abdi
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 2nd
IN MOTION Gallery Exhibit!!
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Wilmington 10 – USA 10,000 (1979)
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 18th, at 7PM
Darin Latimer: SuperDeath pt. 1 (Let it Bleed)
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 26th
Josh Grotto: Heroes & Villains
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Grace Jane
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 12th
Francis Zaander: Field Guide to North American Happiness
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Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
A-LIST NOW!
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Southspace
1109 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6 PM - 9:30 PM
On view through Friday, March 18th
[salonlb.] THIRD FRIDAY
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 18th
Les Tourlicoulis: A 30 year retrospective of Nathalie Gribinski
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Povos Gallery
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 27th
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: Exits Exist
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Habiba Ibrahim: Black Age
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57th Street Books
Online
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Artist Talk: Laylah Ali and Bethany Collins
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 17th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
Saxofonix Quartet Live at Fulton Street Collective
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 8PM - 10:30PM
Art After Work: Charles Williams
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 5PM - 6PM
Exhibition Film Screening: Cauleen Smith, Three Songs About Liberation
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 12PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 13th
Occupy the Moment: Embracing Our History, Enhancing Our Impact
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Stola Contemporary Art
3738 W Irving Park Rd Chicago, Il 60618
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
It’s the satire that kills the serpent, you know…: Robert Colescott and the Art of Racial Irony
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Chicago Cultural Center
Online
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 4th
Buffalo Arts & Crafts, Industry vs Artisan
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Wrightwood 659
Online
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 26th
Ayanah Moor: I Wish I Could Be You More Often: Artist Talk
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, February 17th, at 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 10th
Agave! Mezcal tasting and gallery walkthrough
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
An Evening with Nazlı Dinçel
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
Katherine Lampert: Pattern in Nature
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
Equiano.Stories International Watch Day
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DuSable Museum of African American History
Online
The Birdpeople (2004)
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, at 7PM
Daniel Schulman on Robert Colescott
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, from 12:15PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, December 4th
Hope Wang: The Vacant Plot of Sky
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McHenry County College
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, March 1st
Pleiades Series Special Edition: Full Moon Deep Listening with Veronica Anne Salinas
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, from 8PM - 10PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Hope Wang
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McHenry County College
Online
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Deep Listening Night: Brian Eno & Friends
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Life on Marz Community Club
1950 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, February 16th
The Politics of Home in “Internment,” with Samira Ahmed
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57th Street Books
Online
Opening Tuesday, February 15th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, May 15th
Collective Impact: National Youth Art Movement Against Gun Violence
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Tuesday, February 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Talk: Art + Activism in Latin America
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Only the Clothes on Her Back: Meet the Author Laura F. Edwards
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Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, February 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
Kristin McWharter: Game Day!
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Sunday, February 13th, from 11am - 2PM
SUREKHA: SMELL IS THE LAST MEMORY TO GO
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RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, February 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 3rd
Word of Mouth: ARTISTS WALKTHROUGH
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport St, 4A 3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 12th
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 11AM - 11:30AM
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, August 14th
Wars of Independence and Revolution in the Americas, 1775-1825: Colonial History Lecture
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Newberry Library
Online
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 10am - 11am
Yoonshin Park: In/Visible
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 26th
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