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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
James Benning: Deseret (1996)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 31st, at 8PM
Step 1: rid the pomelo skin of bitterness
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, March 31st, at 2PM
Talk and Book Signing | Rebecca Morris and Amy Sillman
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, March 31st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Asian Improv aRts Midwest: Nireus, Tatsu Aoki / Jim Baker Duo
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, March 30th, at 8:30PM
Rocio “Chio” Cabrera-Coz: A Time and Place for Everything
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 30th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Anna Martine Whitehead, FORCE! an opera in three acts
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 30th, at 7:30PM
Wim Wenders: Perfect Days (2023)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 30th, at 7PM
John Boskovich: Rude Awakening
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Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Materialized Visions: Black Figurative Tradition in Chicago
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Evoke
3304 N Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 6th
Beth Hetland Celebrates Tender, In Conversation With Kyle O’Connell
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 30th, at 3PM
Ovine Molds & No-Fail Nails: The Lamb Cake Show
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Hoofprint
3143 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 2PM - 6PM
Gathered in the Stretching Now: Virtual Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, March 30th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
(((SOUND MEDITATION))) workshop and practice with Wade Iverson
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 6:30 - 8:30
Elastro Series: Henna Chou + Alison Wilder, Liv Mershon, Mallory Qiu
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, March 29th, at 8PM
Popup Arcade
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 12AM
Public Works Shop: Grand Opening
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 11PM
Seed Time: SILENT RUNNING (1972) on 35mm
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, March 29th, at 7PM
Liz Martino: BLAMM-O: moments of seeing more
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Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
Nancy Lu Rosenheim: HARPY · HUMAN · HYBRID · BEAST
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 29th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Abraham: My Chaotic Order
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 29th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Lizzie Borden: WORKING GIRLS
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, March 29th, at 6PM
Lucia Calderon Arrieta: Gloop N Droop Rinconsito
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Artist Talk: Little Victories Happy Accidents
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Film Screening & Discussion: Women, Militarism, Migration, and Labor
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Zoom & Lecture Room at Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Lecture Room, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, March 29th, at 4PM
On view through Thursday, April 4th
WBEZ and Sound Opinions Present: Stop Making Sense
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Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, March 29th, from 8PM - 10PM
Paul G. Somers
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SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Excited Turkeys (1966) / Eraserhead (1977)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 9:30PM
On view through Friday, April 5th
Author Conversation with Dale Corvino, Michael Bullock, and Stephen Patrick Bell
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 7PM
Lizzie Borden: BORN IN FLAMES
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 8:30PM
MERGE: Program one Hannah Marcus & Mitsu Salmon
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Steppenwolf Theatre
1650 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Anna Martine Whitehead: FORCE! an opera in three acts
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 7:30PM
Luther Price: NEW UTOPIA and LIGHT FRACTURE
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 7 PM
Kenji Mizoguchi: Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 7PM
Gen X Tropes: Dale Corvino (Bonds & Boundaries) & Michael Bullock (I Could Not Believe It)
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 7PM
Quiet Comfort: Emily Beisel
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, March 28th, at 7PM
Lizzie Borden: Regrouping
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Workshop: Calligraphy is for Lovers
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Abolition for the People: Movement for a Future Without Police & Prisons
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Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
b l i n k 2.0
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One West Grand Avenue
1 W Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 5 PM - 12 AM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
VOICES: Laura Huertas Millán
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
LUNCH & LEARN/DESIGNING BELONGING – DESIGNING BELONGING IN PUBLIC SPACE
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Red Line Service
2233 S Throop St, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 12PM - 2PM
Chicago Monuments Project: Pilsen Latina Legacies
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University of Illinois Chicago, Latino Cultural Center
Lecture Center B, 826 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 28th, from 12PM - 2PM
Guen Montgomery: Junk Drawer
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza Health and Sciences Building, 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, April 11th
Elem Klimov: Come and See (1985)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Art, Wine + Jazz
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Guen Montgomery: Junk Drawer
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, April 11th
Dan Peterman in conversation with B’alam Waykan Garcia, Jovita Alvares, and Sarah Whyte
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, March 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
Queer Survival: A Night of Storytelling
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Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Daniel Khalastchi & Srikanth Reddy celebrate THE STORY OF YOUR OBSTINATE SURVIVAL
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 7PM - 8PM
Jacques Rivette: Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, at 7PM
TANDA: Transcribing Genealogy of Resistance and Hope by Youree Kim
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Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Ruba Katrib & Yasmil Raymond in Conversation: Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Homeroom Residency: Spectralina w/ Chér Jey + Mabel Kwan
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, March 26th, at 8PM
See Saw Seen: 2024 UIC MFA Thesis Show
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Kasi Lemmons: Eve’s Bayou (1997)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, March 25th, at 7PM
Jacob Winans, $5000, Itsï Ramirez, Hali Palombo
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, March 25th, at 7PM
Creative Clarity: Learn to Develop and Unveil Your Artistic Vision
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, March 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
James Benning: Landscape Suicide (1986)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 24th, at 8PM
farrah faucet (PA), Butt Mommy, Janna Lee, Melon Sprout, CONSUMER., The Feral Oscilloscope Orchestra
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 24th, at 7PM
Making In Place Workshop
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Yes Project Space
1029 West 35th Street Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 2PM - 4PM
Inhabiting the Library / Habitar la Biblioteca conversation
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 24th, from 12:30PM - 2PM
Gray Sound 5: Mark Sarich
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 9PM
ZINE NOT DEAD 22
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Archer Ballroom
3012 S Archer Ave., 3rd Floor
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 8PM
Project Onward Presents: Lightning Speed
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
In the heartland
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Nirmal Raja: PAUSE
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Meet Our 2024 Collective Artists: Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor, Encaustic, Color Pencil
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
It’s for the Birds
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Waybill: Launch Party
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Tom Palazzolo: Retrospective
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Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
EUGENE TANG: AWKWARD INTIMACY
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Murmuration
2846 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Healing House – Rhythm Factory Music
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 10PM
Jenine Marsh: Present Tense
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 5th
Alternate Dimensions
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Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Gary Cannone: Manet/Degas
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 6030
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Zine Club Chicago: My Own Private Chicago Cartography Zine Workshop
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 3PM
Conversation: Hosono Hitomi and Yamaguchi Mio on Radical Clay
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 2PM - 3PM
Myron Laban: Artist Talk / Drawing & Collage Workshop
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 2PM
Piano, Alone in a Room
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Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 1PM
Mac Pierce and Mikey Mosher: The Keys to the Castle
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
June Carpenter: Artist Talk
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Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 1PM
Family Day: Tiger Tales
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
Heayoung 해용 Jang: Home, Sweet Home
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Curb Appeal Gallery
Email info@curbappeal.gallery for address
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Denise Treizman: Snap, bend, bump, pop
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
Curator Tour of A Love Supreme: McCormick House Reimagined
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 1PM
Max Guy & Gareth Kaye: In Discussion
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 12PM
Cornelia Arts Building March 2024 Open Studios – Day 2
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Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 11am - 3PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Women’s History Month Symposium 2024: Women in Development
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Faye Gleisser Lecture
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 23rd, at 3PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Alice Shaddle: Fuller Circles
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Benji Hart: World After This One
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Steppenwolf Theatre
1650 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, March 22nd, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Pleiades Series: Jessica Ackerley – Solo and Trio w/ Mai Sugimoto + Tim Daisy
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 22nd, at 8PM
Wilma
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 22nd, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
South Side Seventies: Video Screening and Conversation
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Pilsen Community Bedsheet Cinema: Please Baby Please
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 22nd, from 7PM - 8PM
Cornelia Arts Building March Open Studios 2024
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Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, March 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Phyllis Bramson and David Leggett: Double, Double Toil and Trouble!
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Jude Griebel: A Body of Others
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
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