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Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Kiah Celeste: All the best
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Nyeema Morgan: The Set-Up
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Wheel of Life: Curatorial Tour & Artist Talk
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Virtual
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 3PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, July 2nd
Elastro Series: Mike Weis, P.M. Tummala, Rocio Zavala, Allen Moore
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 30th, at 8:30PM
Corrine Slade & Araceli Zuniga: Embodiment
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, #220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 19th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Akjai
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Art of Race in Revolutions / La raza en el arte de las revoluciones
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National Museum of Mexican Art
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 11AM - 12PM
arTEA Party and Spring Market
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 10 AM - 3 PM
On view through Sunday, May 1st
Rachel de Cuba & Hale Ekinci: When or if I was there
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, #419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 11th
Strange Reverie: Reception and Studio Open House
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Gallery PINK
149 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 26th
Ball Bearing
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 12th
Chicago Markets for Makers
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Artifact Events
4325 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 11AM - 5PM
Matthew Fischer: Therianthrope
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, June 18th
John Heliker: Drawings of the 1930s and 1940s
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, June 4th
Bed-Stuy to Chi: Artists from LAND Studio & Gallery
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Kelly Boehmer: Growling Stomach
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Meryl Levenstein: Found My Footing on the Forest Floor
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Gina Litherland: Braids of the Past
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, June 4th
Michael Pellew: No Life Till Kings County
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Elyse Martin: SERENDIPITOUS FLOW
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Dreaming Circles
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THE cre.æ.tive ROOM
7034 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Movie Night! Bullet Laced Dreams ~ fundraiser for Chicago Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (CCHRP)
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5:45PM - 7:30PM
Matthew Lax : A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART ONE
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table
3240 N Springfield Ave. Chicago IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 2nd
Key Change
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Weinberg Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave #101, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 16th
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson: BUNDLING
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Ella Rose Flood: Memorial Universe!
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Jargon Projects
3310 N Milwaukee Ave, Suite 202, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 12th
Jack Smith
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave, #2A, Chicago, Il, 60622
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Soft Tread
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The Latent Space
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
#5WomenArtists: New Narratives in the Americas Collection
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
Making Mexican Chicago: Meet the Author Mike Amezcua
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, April 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
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Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, April 28th, from 6PM - 7 PM
THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE (2013)
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The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 28th, at 6PM
Lauren Bon Lecture
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, April 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
Morbid Curiosities: After Hours Tour
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, April 28th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
A Conversation Series on Museum Practice: On Counterpoints
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, April 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
One Night Stand: Pauline Simon
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, April 27th, from 6:30PM - 7PM
Tanda: Southeast Asian Disco: The Aesthetics of Optimism Under Oppression
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Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Wednesday, April 27th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Colin Mustful Presents on The King’s Anatomist and Andreas Vesalius
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, April 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition
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Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, April 26th, at 7:30PM
Soundtrack: Kioto Aoki
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Olmsted in Chicago: South Park Then and Now
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Hyde Park Historical Society
Online
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Crip Paint Power: Portrait Series
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Bodies of Work
Online
Opening Tuesday, April 26th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Book Club: The King’s Anatomist by Ron Blumenfeld
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, April 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Jenny Kendler: In the Shadow of the Sundial
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Goldfinch
319 N. Albany, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, April 24th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Kristoffer Ala-Ketola: Dreams & Delusions
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, April 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
Joe Namy: Intermissions with Cristal Sabbagh and Norman W. Long
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Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, April 24th, from 4PM - 5PM
Noël Morical: Lollygagging
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations (SIP)
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, July 24th
DANCE PAMOJA CHALLENGE
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Red Clay Dance Company
Online
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
Exhibition Gallery Talk: A Site of Struggle with YWCA Evanston/Northshore’s Equity Institute
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
The Nightingale’s Farewell Festival
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Nightengale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 12PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Mel Bochner Drawings: A Retrospective
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, August 22nd
Side Yard Sounds presents: Mai Sugimoto +
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, at 7PM
ALCHEMY
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HOWLING PAGES
4354 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 5PM - 9PM
Suburban Nostalgia
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Springboard
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Mayfield
505 Marengo Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 30th
Susan Schneider: Peaceful
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 12th
NEW WORKS from our 2021 Collective Artists
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, May 10th
Joe Namy: Intermissions with Zachary Nicol and Ariel Zetina
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Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Avenue, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 8PM - 9PM
Peggy Chiang: spleen and ideal
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 5th
Behind the Lens: Sunil Gupta
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, April 22nd, at 12PM
Bidi Bidi Boom Boom: The Selena Tribute Dance Party
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 22nd, at 6PM
Earth Abundance
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Beate Axmann: Sichtverrückt.Lost and Found
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DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
On view through Friday, May 20th
2022 MFA Thesis Show: Ouroboros: Artist Talk and Reception
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, April 22nd
The Other Art Fair Chicago
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Revel Fulton Market
1215 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 11am - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
MAKE A DISTINCTION (2021) and FIELD RESISTANCE (2019) with filmmakers
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The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 22nd, at 7PM
Benefit for Ukraine: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 8PM - 10PM
Spring Forward: Fashion at Epiphany
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 12PM - 8PM
Ari Norris: Quartet for the End of Time
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the PLAN
600 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
99TheProducer
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Mu Gallery
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 22nd
Medicinal Botany Embroidery Workshop
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Jacob Ciocci: Cactus Quark, Why Change, and The Face With No Body
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Megan Finch: Going-To-The-Sun Road
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Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Author Talk: Amanda Oliver
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City Lit Books
Online
Opening Thursday, April 21st, at 6:30PM
Just Earth: Films for a Sustainable Future
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Le Voci della Natura: Ecologies and Nature in Italian Arts 3/ Giuseppe Penone: Ecological Thinking
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Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Online
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Art After Work: Earth Day
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 5PM - 6PM
What To Send Up When It Goes Down
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
On view through Sunday, May 1st
Not Dead Yet – Evening of Shared Performance
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SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 12PM - 1AM
On view through Saturday, April 23rd
NO ORDINARY MAN (2020) with filmmaker Chase Joynt
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The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 21st, at 7PM
The Other Art Fair Chicago
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Revel Fulton Market
1215 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Live Throwing @ Fulton Market Kitchen Featuring Fawn Penn
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Fulton Market Kitchen
311 N Sangamon St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Susy Bielak: Segundo Piso
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 26th
Monica Ong: Planetaria
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Thursday, June 30th
Poetry Salon
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City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 20th, at 6:15PM
A Conversation Series on Museum Practice: On Context
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, April 20th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
PO BOX POETRY READING SERIES
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, April 20th, at 7:30PM
Tanda: Radicalizing Human Resource: Shifting white-supremacy based practices, systems, expectations and culture to a care-based model
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Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Wednesday, April 20th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
MCA Common Use: Justin Cooper: Access Praxis
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Not Quite: Asian Americans and the “Other” in the Era of the pandemic and the uprising
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Indian Trails Public Library District
355 Schoenbeck Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090
Opening Monday, April 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Shake / Shook / Shaken
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, April 18th, at 6PM
Voices: Raven Chacon
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Gallery 400
online
Opening Monday, April 18th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Abdolreza Aminlari: Location of Home
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Author Reading: America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice by Treva B. Lindsey
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 16th, at 7PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Honestly Same + The Luc Mosley Ensemble
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Museum of The Mels Sneak Peek: “I’m Home: Habitats of The Mels”
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Museum of The Mels (@Wedge Projects)
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Crossings
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 26th
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Tom Jones
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, April 15th, at 12PM
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