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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Gallery Talk: The Legacy of the New Topographics with Greg Foster Rice
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 12PM - 1PM
A Night with Acid Nun: Corinne Halbert in Conversation With Caroline Cash
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 6062
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Alma Domínguez: Sisterhood
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, September 30th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Belarus: Faces of Resistance: CLOSING EVENT
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Southspace
1109 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
I A G salon
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 5PM - 7PM
Ambrin Ling: Hidden, Harmless, Human & Armando Roman: El Sol Infernal y la Semana Eterna, With Fawn Penn: A Pot is a Home in the Milwaukee Ave. Window Gallery
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 30th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Carolyne King: THE SPACE BETWEEN
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642\
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Michele Stutts: HOUSEBIRD
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642\
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Survey 4: Pinned by a shaft of light through the window
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Chicago Artist Coaltion
2130 W Fulton St Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 10th
Delisha McKinney: Madonna Series
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
Library Book Club: Maya Marshall
@
The Poetry Foundation
online
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Sylvia Ewing: Gardens of Light and Shadow
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The Poetry Foundation
125 S Clark St, 6th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Liz McCarthy: MONSTRARE
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Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave,(entrance through alley), Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Joshua Abelow: Barnett Abelow
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HG
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
Peter Evan Costas: Invisible Armada
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Fracas Gallery
Mana Contemporary Building, 2233 S Throop St. Studio 601, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
PREVIEW 11
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Chicago Artist Coaltion
2130 W Fulton St Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 10th
… and the pursuit of…
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The Research House for Asian Art; Co-Prosperity Chicago
3217 -19 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, October 19th
Robert Nichols
@
Gallery 400
online
Opening Thursday, September 29th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
We the People: A Conversation on Democracy
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 29th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
Kintsugi: Healing through Japanese Art
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, September 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 12th
Artist Talk: Irena Haiduk
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Cochrane-Woods Art Center
5540 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, September 29th, at 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 8th
Diane Alexander White: Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago IL 60661
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Frank Vega
@
Chuquimarca
Mana Contemporary, 2233 S Throop St, 8th Fl, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, September 29th
Opening Conversation: “Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s”
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 4th
Truth As I Speak It: A Feature/Open Mic Storytelling Gathering
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Semicolon Bookstore
1714 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
A Night of Poetry with Krystyna Dąbrowska + Ghayath Almadhoun
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Octavia E. Butler Tarot Deck: A Conversation with adrienne maree brown and Krista Franklin, moderated by Julie E. Moody-Freeman
@
DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, at 6PM
Kino X 3: No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, llL 60601
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, at 6PM
Reading the Landscape
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Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, at 7PM
Forms & Features: Maggie Queeney: Fragment
@
The Poetry Foundation
online
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 10AM - 12PM
Tanda: Labor, Care, Rest and the Maternal Roots of the Gift Economy
@
Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Raych Jackson: Ekphrastic Poetry
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, from 1PM - 2PM
Poetry @ The Green at 320
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The Green at 320 South Canal
320 S Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, at 5:30 PM
Wu Tsang
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Forms & Features: Maggie Queeney: Fragment
@
The Poetry Foundation
online
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
Kristin Meller: Cosmic Rabbits
@
Alliance Française de Chicago
810 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Monday, September 26th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Forms & Features: Maggie Queeney: Fragment
@
The Poetry Foundation
online
Opening Monday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Pilsen Arts & Community House – Book Club
@
Pilsen Arts & Community House
Online
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 3PM - 5PM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 11AM - 1PM
THE UNTOUCHABLE FORCE BAND
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 4PM - 6PM
PIT STOP: A mini live art festival
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
Nelly Agassi: No Limestone, No Marble
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Black on Black on Black on Black
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
On view through Saturday, December 10th
JAMES KRONE: A Promise Of Happiness
@
M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 2PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Azadeh Hussaini for Landscape of Entanglement: Artist Talk
@
Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Wednesday, October 12th
LATIFA ALAJLAN: Under my skin
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave., Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Like a House on Fire: Ále Campos aka CELESTE
@
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
The Feminist Biennial
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Family Day: Banned Books Edition
@
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 10AM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
Toolbox @ Twenty: The Seldoms
@
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, November 13th
Su Su: From Your Special Friend
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Just Do It Forever
@
LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Jennifer Warren: Matters of the Dark
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 25th
Mark Price: Pastels & Monoprints
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Kittie Yohe: Mixed Media Paintings
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Frank Fitzgerald: ON THE BRICKS
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
In Place: Drawing You Outside
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Jackson Park's Wooded Island
Stephen's Bridge, Jackson Park, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 25th
Miya Ando: Kumoji (Cloud Path / A Road Traversed By Birds And The Moon)
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Kavi Gupta
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
WATERWAYS
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GRACE JANE
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 6060
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 14th
Dance to Anything
@
ACRE
2349 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Liz Vitlin: Liz’s Childhood Computer: 2003-2005
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Javier Jasso: THE NIGHT WE BROKE A VASE
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Like a House on Fire: Ruby Que
@
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
West Town Art Walk
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West Town
1819 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, September 24th
Tony Fitzpatrick: The Years: 3 Decades of Etching
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Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Arvie Smith: Call and Response
@
moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, November 5th
49th Annual ARC Members’ Show: Closing Reception
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642\
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
GuruShots Photo Exhibition: Chicago
@
The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 4th
Amanda Christine Harth: Blue Collar
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Día de Muertos: Memories & Offerings
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Side/Lot Evanston Experimental Video Showcase
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, September 23rd, at 8PM
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s
@
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, December 4th
13th Annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival
@
Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Sunday, September 25th
Lecture: Sophie Calle: Because—The Blind
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, at 6PM
Monochrome Multitudes
@
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Saturday, January 8th
Work in Progress
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Kelly Mathews: Being Bipolar in a Polarized World
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Dittmar Memorial Gallery at Northwestern University
1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 20th
Jessica Bardsley: Into the Canyon
@
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Mats Dahlberg and Emmalyn Mueller: Super Fruity
@
C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, October 5th
Ashkon Haidari: This is Dedicated to ________
@
Povos Chicago
2000 N milwaukee ave Chicago IL 60647
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
Forms & Features: Christiana Castillo
@
Onlinr
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media
@
Fondulac District Library
400 Richland St, East Peoria, IL 61611
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, at 6:30PM
Artist Lecture: Nazafarin Lotfi
@
University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Lecture in Photography: Abelardo Morell
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
All that Glows: A Night of Storytelling on Democracy
@
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
PO Box Poetry Reading Series
@
PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, at 7:30PM
Kino X 3: In the Name of Scheherezade or the First Beer Garden in Tehran
@
Comfort Station
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, at 8PM
Screen Test
@
Berger Park Cultural Center (Coach House)
6215 N Sheridan Road, Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, at 7PM
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
@
Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, at 6PM
Playing with Palette Knife
@
The Poartry Project
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Nick Cave and Naomi Beckwith
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
Zine Club Chicago Online: It Came From the ’90s Edition
@
Quimby's Bookstore
online
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, at 7:30PM
Nostalgia for my Island
@
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, from 10AM - 5PM
Electric Pink Lemonade: Virtual Discussion
@
Arts of Life and Circle Contemporary
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, September 30th
Poetry @ The Green at 320
@
The Green at 320 South Canal
320 S Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, at 5:30 PM
New German Fiction Reading Group: Identitti by Mithu Sanyal
@
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, lL 60601
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, at 6PM
Stafford Smith: Ancestry as Progress
@
Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College
9000 W College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL 60465
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Tuesday, September 20th
Walter Hood
@
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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