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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Night School
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, November 30th, from 8PM - 10:30PM
Slowly Fading Into Data
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 30th, at 7PM
Curator Tour: Life as a Unity
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 30th, at 6PM
Who Would Believe a Prisoner? Book Talk with Michelle Daniel Jones
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (Community Room)
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 30th, at 6PM
Paste Up Morras! – Artist Talk
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Cycles: Building as Form Symposium with Keynote Madeline Hollander
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SAIC Departments of Sculture and Visual & Critical Studies Chicago Archtitecture Biennial
Online
Opening Thursday, November 30th, from 12PM - 3PM
Glass to Garden: Tiffany Inspired Floral Designs
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Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Smart Reads: Braiding Sweetgrass
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, November 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lecture in Photography: Curran Hatleberg
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Voices for Justice: 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
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Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago. IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
Body Language
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, November 29th, at 5:30PM
Live Arts | Muslim Writers Collective: Intersectionality
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 28th, from 6:30PM - 8:15PM
GENERAL READINGS :: 2 YEARS
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Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, November 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
Indigenous Portraits Unbound: Reflections on iconic images of resilience.
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, November 28th, from 10AM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Kevin Coval: Moon Songs
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, November 26th, at 3PM
BlkOut – A DJ Showcase On Thanksgiving Weekend!
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, November 25th, at 9PM
Conversation: Unlocking Caravaggio
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 25th, from 2PM - 3PM
Azadeh Hussaini – Artist Interview (Parts 1 & 2)
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Oral Fixation Art Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4M28uOVRvvqyDI3yO9Fx4K?si=rddA2pViSiis0bGn7odUgA
Opening Friday, November 24th, from 12 - 23:59
On view through Friday, December 1st
Michael James: Rising Up Angry: Our Fight for a Better World
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Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, November 20th, at 7PM
Illinois Archaeology Lecture Series
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Dickson Mounds Museum
10956 N Dickson Mounds Rd, Lewistown, IL 61542
Opening Sunday, November 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
Queer Dance Freakout
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, November 19th, at 7PM
Author Reception / Reading: “Alice B Toklas is Missing”
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Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Sunday, November 19th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 19th
Palabra Pura: Marc Zimmerman Carlos Cumpian Book Launch + Open Mic
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18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 19th, from 1PM - 5PM
Illustrations for Italo Calvino
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Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
500 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago IL 60611
On view through Friday, December 15th
Felipe Baeza: Unruly Forms
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Public Art Fund x JCDecaux Bus Shelters
city-wide
Opening Sunday, November 19th, from 6am - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 19th
Antonio Canova: Sketching In Clay
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, March 18th
Justin Henry Miller: Regards From The Black Hole
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Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL 61602
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Dark Matter Series: Blk Mgc, Fess Grandiose, SENITE
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, November 18th, at 8PM
V.Vecker, Akosuen, Reid Karris, Voz
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 18th, at 8PM
REVOLUTION
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The Spiegal Building
1010 W 35th St, Suite 550, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Artistry Unleashed-A group Exhibition
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Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, November 18th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Maureen Ivy Fisher: Painting in Fiber
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Crystal Marie: Metamorphosis
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
SMALL WONDERS by FUSEDChicago Encaustic Artists
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Blue Moon Gallery Collective Artists Group Show
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Mutual Exchange
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Prints! Prints! Prints!
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Hai Wen Lin: 如意 As You Wish
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, January 31st
Drag Up: Karmaklubb* X DPAM in collaboration with Brendan Fernandes (Day 2)
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Alan Reid: Poison Pen
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RUSCHMAN
4148 N Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Willie Cole: The B-Sides: 1989-2022
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Lin Hixson and Devin T. Mays: Gallery Talk
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 18th, at 3PM
The Trick Behind Multiple Trick Ponies
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Mayfield
505 Marengo Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 20th
Haus: An Introspective of House Music, Architecture + Queer Culture at 3831
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
Cloth as Land: HMong Indigeneity
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John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Family Day: Print Like Picasso!
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
2023 Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 12:30PM - 5PM
Sewing Books with Katie Chung
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Colvin House
5940 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 11AM - 2PM
CROSSING LINES
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Nichols Tower
906 S Homan Ave, 14th Floor, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 11AM - 2PM
James Jankowiak: The Song That Doesn’t End
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South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Saturday, November 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Faith Ringgold: American People
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, February 25th
Candida Alvarez: Multihyphenate
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, January 6th
HOMOGENEOUS HUES
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 5th
POP!
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 15th
CLEAT Series: Brad Robin ‘Becoming’, Scott Rubin
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, November 17th, at 8PM
Allen Moore / Gordon Fung / Instinct Control
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 17th, at 8PM
The Japanese Arts Foundation presents: Kizuna Gala
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Salvage One
1840 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 11PM
CPS Lives, Class of 2023 Vol. II
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Bridge Dance Festival
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Peace Has No Home: Posters for Ukraine: Closing Reception
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Large and At-large: large prints of new and recent work by Daniel Guidara
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Zhou B Art Center, studio #402
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Bridgeport Art Center: Opens Studios Third Friday
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
Structured Impermanence
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 22nd
On the Albert Goodman Collection of Vietnamese Art with Nora Taylor
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John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
Evanston Art Center’s 21st Annual Winter Arts & Crafts Expo
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
Bullet Hell: Sam Dickey, Helmut Hammen, and Trey Rozell
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 West Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 12th
Chicago Sculpture International: Elemental Impact
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Drag Up: Karmaklubb* X DPAM in collaboration with Brendan Fernandes (Day 1)
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Chloe Seibert: Psychoangels
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, November 21st
Louise LeBourgeois & Karen Reimer: Boundless & Disorderly
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Art on Cardboard Show
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Bridgeport Art Center, Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 1st
Center of Multiple Middles
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
VINCENT HAYNES
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Ackerman Clarke
2544 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Lucca Colombelli: ?????? ??????
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W. GALLERY
600 W Van Buren St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 17th, at 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Cannupa Hanska Luger: Artist Talk
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Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, November 17th, at 5PM
Field Notes Winter Edition Release Party
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Field Notes HQ
401 N Racine Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 4PM - 8PM
Every house has a door: Characters with Long Ears
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Parallel Play
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 17th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Diane Simpson
@
Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, January 13th
11th Annual Grabadolandia Print Festival
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Instituto Grafico de Chicago
Multiple Locations
Opening Friday, November 17th, at 12PM delete
On view through Sunday, November 19th
water%holding
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Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 8:30PM - 10PM
Yorgo Alexopoulos
@
THE MART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 16th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 30th
Analog
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THE MART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 16th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 30th
Comfort Music: Andres Fiz & Farnaz Khosh-Sirat
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Art of Science: Natural Selection During the Black Death
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Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, November 16th
Guild Literary Complex presents Kathleen Rooney and Jeremy T. Wilson
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Sets, Series and Ensembles
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Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jeffrie Chichirillo and Susan Isaacson: Artists’ Talk
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Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Der Blaue Reiter Across Borders
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, #200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Bethany Collins: Artist Talk
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5815 S Kimbark Ave Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 16th, at 6PM
Ken Grossinger: Art Works
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 6PM - 7PM
Gallery Conversation: The Music of Modernism
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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Stamelos Gallery Center
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128-2406
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Friday, December 8th
Art After Work with Penny Pinch
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Recovery Drawings
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Gallery CPAG
3314 S Morgan St Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, January 5th
Gallery Talk: For One and All
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
UIC Gallery 400 40th Anniversary Benefit & Auction
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UIC Great Space, UIC School of Art and Art History
412 S Peoria St, 5th fl, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, November 16th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Juliann Wang ‘Notes in the Wind’ 16-Channel Listening Experience, Deluge
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 15th, at 7:30PM
A Bowling Fundraiser for the Renaissance Society
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Seven Ten Social
1055 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, November 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
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