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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
JayJet, Quen10n, Easyg0ingtech, Fighting Island
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 30th, at 8PM
Brian DeGraw: Thank You Dean Blunt
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
Flesh Eater | Fire-Toolz
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 7PM - 1AM
Behind The Scenes
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Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Director’s Party
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
Songs of Silence; a poetry response
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 30th, at 5PM
Under Pressure with Mike Pennekamp
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 4PM - 5 PM
CXW 23: ARTIST PANEL
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W. GALLERY
600 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 4PM - 5PM
Mobeen Ansari’s ‘Tapestry of a Land’ Book Talk
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
Climate Emergency: Photographing the Aftermath to Change the Future
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Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
The Library of Gestures: A Performance by Natalia Villanueva Linares
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60614
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
On view through Sunday, February 11th
Benji Hart: World After This One
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St.
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
6th Midwest Open: Closing Reception & Artist Walkthrough
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
More Sound than lemons
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Yasmin Spiro in conversation with Danielle Roper
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Not Just Another Pretty Face Conversations on Collecting
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 1PM - 3PM
Artist Talk with Chris Cosnowski
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N, Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 1PM - 3PM
MIRROR, MIRROR: Closing Weekend Night Two ft. Artist Talks
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Poetry & Art-Making with William Estrada
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 30th, at 12PM
Connect The Dots (Lego Printing)
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 12PM - 2PM
Chicago Exhibition Weekend 2023 (September 30)
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Multiple
Multiple Locations
Opening Saturday, September 30th, at 11AM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Johnny Sampson’s MAD FOLD-IN Demo
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2:30 - 3:30
Rebecca Morris: 2001–2022
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, April 7th
PANCAKES AND BOOZE ART SHOW
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Reggies
2105 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, September 29th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Tong Liu: Gathering, Then Losing
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 29th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
Elastro Series: alice does computer music, Deluxe Delight (Lia Kohl + James Wetzel Duo), Dorothy Carlos
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, September 29th, at 8PM
Open Lab: Sofía Gabriel “Cíclos”
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High Concept Labs
2333 S Throop St, Suite #401, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 8PM
Sonya Bogdanova: No Weepholes
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
The Secret History of Steve Krakow
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Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, October 18th
Rust Belt, Clotting (L.A.), Instinct Control, Echo Chamber
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 29th, at 7PM
Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark, ChiBrations x MCA: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
The Righteous Beauty of the Things Never Accounted For (Work-In-Progress)
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Kathy Weaver: Collateral Damage
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 29th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
Speedrunners
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
TRANIFESTATIONS UN:COVER :: RE:MEMBER
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, Building E
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
3831 Activation: A performance by Anna Martine Whitehead & Damon Locks
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, September 29th, at 6PM
Omai Tran, Andrew CS, Jade Sayson, and Ernest Strauhal at Golden Hour
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
Works in Progress
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 8th
To Be Continued…
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 8th
Chicago Exhibition Weekend 2023 (September 29)
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Multiple
Multiple Locations
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith
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Anne Loucks Gallery
309 Park Ave, Glencoe, IL 60022
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 30th
Karl Jahnke: All Over the Place
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
West Town Art Walk
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Multiple
Multiple Locations
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Women in Focus Chicago: Closing Reception
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DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
DCASE Presents: Open House @ Chicago Cultural Center
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 4PM - 8PM
The Chicago Printer Guild Publishers Fair
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Andersonville Arts Weekend
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Multiple
5457 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60640
On view through Sunday, October 1st
MIRROR, MIRROR: a reflective group exhibition – Closing Weekend Night One
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
50th Anniversary Exhibition
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Tranifestations
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Little Amal
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 28th, at 8PM
Poetry Off the Shelf: Ben Okri
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The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St,Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 7PM - 8:30 PM
Luminous Encounters: Expanded Cinema of Emily Chao and tooth
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
2023 | Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards
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The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Orkideh Torabi: Orkideh’s Comical Character Parade
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Mardigian Library
4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48128
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 7:30 PM
Aesthetic Enlightenment and the Art of Decolonization
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
a little, left over
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Roundabout
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Loving Forms
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Julius Caesar @ COLOR CLUB
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Kait Steward: Here Nor There
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ANNEX Gallery, Heating Plant Annex, Western Illinois University
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, September 28th
Kambui Olujimi: The Rock that Cuts the Night in Two
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Materials, Metaphors, and Miniatures
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Eating Sharp Fruit: Season 2: Episode 5
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CAN TV19
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 11PM - 11:30PM
Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera: Opening Conversation
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The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Filter Photo Festival
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Columbia College Chicago Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Artist Discussion with Jaime Black-Morsette
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 7PM - 8PM
Martin Luther King Jr., Betty Friedan & Social Reform in America
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
2023 European Day of Languages
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W Ohio St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Performance by Yaryna Shumska Ukrainian Art Bridge
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John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Dreaming Landscapes: A Workshop with Cydney Lewis
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UIC Heritage Garden and Gallery 400
Meet outside the UIC Latino Cultural Center: 803 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Peter Rösel: Coming Up
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Friday, November 3rd
Open Call 2024 Individual Virtual Portfolio Reviews with Erin Toale
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Comfort Station Logan Square
Online
Opening Monday, September 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, September 27th
D. Lammie-Hanson: Impressions of Precious
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SXU Art Gallery – St. Xavier University
3700 W 103rd St, Chicago, IL 60655
On view through Tuesday, October 17th
Water: Opening Reception and Performance
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Tiny Treasures – A Juried Small Works Art Show
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Artpie Gallery
608 North Ave, Waukegan, IL 6008
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Cemented – An Nu Panther Studio Group Show
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 3PM - 6PM
Sun Printing Workshop
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 2PM - 5PM
Federico Solmi: The Great Farce
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Friday, December 8th
Celluloid Now Day 4
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 12PM - 7:30PM
Sensory-Friendly Morning
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Judy Fiskin
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RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 10th
Hypercube Stereo: Anthony Janas – When the Fields Went Mad
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Washington Park
5531 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds: Regina Martinez / Kikú Hibino
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Caracoleando Poetry Recital (Spanish and English)
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted Street
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, at 7PM
Janet Trierweiler: Small Works — Gestural Abstract Paintings
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 5th
Esau McGhee: Graceful Exit (Exhibit B)
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boundary
2334 W 111th Place, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Blue Moon Gallery Collective Artists Group Show
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Paul Pinzarrone
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Anything but Ordinary
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Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Green Noise
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INSURANCE
1822 State St, Granite City, IL 62040
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, at 6PM
On view through Wednesday, October 4th
Ben Stone: Sports!
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(northern) Western Exhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Vivian Chiu: And, Or, Not
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FLXST Contmeporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Kailun Quentin Yang: Tiny Love Diary
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FLXST Contmeporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220 Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
Artist Talk: Petrified Wastage
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 2PM - 3PM
Design Your Life After High School: College and Career Saturdays
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Douglass Branch Library
3353 W 13th St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
Beverly Art Walk: County Fair!
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boundary
2334 W. 111th Place, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 12PM - 5PM
Celluloid Now Day 3
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 12PM - 8PM
Oral Fixation Art Podcast: Ari Urban
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Oral Fixation Art Podcast
Online
On view through Wednesday, October 4th
Amria Hegazy: Ruin & Revival
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Bird Show
Online
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
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