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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Elastro Series: Montgomery and Turner w/ Cristal Sabbagh (Album Release), Liew Niyomkarn, Emily Beisel
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, at 8PM
Nate Otto
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Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
The BLACK Domestic Dining Roomscape | Meal Time
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The GREYSTONE Collective
4733 S Forrestville Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 1st
Samuel Schwindt: Revealed Armor: Leather and Light
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Epiphany Center for The Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Friday, July 12th
Aeron Maxwell: Chasing Visions in Hyperspace
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 31st, at 6PM
On view through Friday, July 12th
Marci Rubin: Majora & Minora
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 31st, at 6PM
On view through Friday, July 12th
James Nelson: Transcendence: A Journey of Reclamation and Renewal
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Laleh Motlagh: Entanglement
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SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Ingrid Olson: Pre-flag
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Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
Reopening Celebration | Open House
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Goethe Institut
50 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
Manal Kara: Syntax-Semantics Interface
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 6th
Taíno Areyto
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 11AM - 12AM
On view through Saturday, June 1st
Griffin Goodman: Don’t Eat the Glue
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 13th
Olivia Block + Bill Harris
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, May 30th, at 8PM
Exhibit B: A Literary Variety Show with Nat Holtzmann, Fulla Abdul-Jabbar, Ignatius Valentine Aloysius, and Tamara Matthews
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 7PM - 8PM
Avant-Garde Apocalypse: THE END (1953, 16mm) and Stan Brakhage’s 23RD PSALM BRANCH (1966, 8mm)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 30th, at 6:30 PM
Spring Cohort 2024 Art Walkthrough
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Awakenings Art
4001 N. Ravenswood Ave, Ste 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
From Signs to Symbols: Chryssa’s Mechanical Manipulations
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 30th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Captured Earth: Artist Talk with Dakota Mace and Opening Reception
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Gwen Yen Chiu: Ink and Metal
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McCormick Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 5PM - 7PM
Artist Talk With Susanna Kim Vitayaudom
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Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago. IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 30th, at 2PM
LUNCH & LEARN/DESIGNING BELONGING – Houselessness and Criminalization in Public Space
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Red Line Service
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 12PM - 2PM
Life in Reverse: The Photographs of Jason Thomas Geering
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Lunk + Hancy
902 Green Bay Rd, Winnetka, IL 60093
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Screening and Talk | The Project of Togetherness with the New Art School Modality
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Art of Science: Quantum Computing: Next Big Thing or Next Big Flop?
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Thursday, May 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
CLEAT Series: Haotian Wang – Tea: Story of the Leaves
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, at 7:30PM
Who Loves the Sun: Book Launch
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
A Queer Ritual
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Interfacing Studio
1756 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, June 6th
Art, Wine + Jazz
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Fleurs de Macadam
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, June 27th
Selva Aparicio: Childhood Memories: Frottage
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 2PM - 2:30PM
Sol Kordich : Coming back to the one
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 6th
A Celebration of AAPI Writers
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
#OTVTonight: A Window Into Love
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 5th
Painted Faces, Cop Funeral, Urine Hell, Tallidis/Jendon/Adams
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, May 27th, at 7PM
Susannah Papish: Ova Amina
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Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
Melissa Potter: Dung Paper with Annabelle and Loretta
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Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
Eliza Fernand: Graveyard Meander
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Sex in Colour: Episode One
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 12:30PM - 3PM
StretchMetal presents Sound Market with Dominic Voz, Kouroush, & cinchel
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 12PM - 2PM
AI and CC Workshop with Giau Truong
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 11AM - 2PM
Lifetime Movie Night
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 25th, at 7PM
Isabella Mellado: Te Diré Quién Eres: Closing Reception
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Povos West Town
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
LOCAL PAPERS: Art Created On or With Paper
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 14th
Roger Shule: The Matchbook Artist
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Blue Moon Gallery Collective Artists Group Show
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 21st
Healing House with Rhythm Factory: featuring DJ Steve Maxwell
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 5PM - 1AM
Madeleine Aguilar: yard model: Closing
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 25th, at 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Girlfriends
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Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
ZINE NOT DEAD x General Readings
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Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 4PM - 8PM
The Artistic Alphabet Mafia presents: Queer Crafting
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 2PM - 5PM
Marimacha Monarca Press Studio Visit
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Marimacha Monarca Press Studio
1961 W Pershing Rd Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
I Like Your Art… Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Lands of Dual 11: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Shake Shook Shaken: Springing! W/ Gaby Martinez + Julie Meckler
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 25th, at 12PM
Learning Series | The Impact of Food Apartheid in Education, Part 4
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Side Yard Sounds: Garden Party + Ratchet
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
35th Prairie Arts Festival
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Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts
201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 10AM - 5PM
Cruising – Fetish Film Screening
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Study Hours at Tala with Chuquimarca
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Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, #1, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 4PM - 6PM
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7:30PM
MONOLITH
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Instituto Tangencial de Laboratorio Tangencial de Arte Posnacional Presents: An evening of Performance Art/Acción
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7:77PM
Open Screening
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Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7PM
Iris Kaltenbäck: THE RAPTURE (2023)
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7PM
CARMEN SAN SEBASTIÁN DIEZ DEL
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Parlour and Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, June 26th
Kwamé Azure Gomez: Social Chromaticism
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Brian Wells: Chicago for Everyone
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Riverside Arts Center at the Riverside Town Hall
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, July 31st
Bumpy Wilson: I AM AN AMATEUR ADULT
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
RAC Limited Edition Prints
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Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace
32 East Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Sabrina Nelson: Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S. MLK Dr, Chicago, IL, 60653
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
SAIC Painting and Drawing Alumni Exhibition
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Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
it’s me, again: Closing Reception
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Izora Contemporary (Pop Up)
5301 N Clark St, Floor Two, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, May 28th
The Function
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Land and Sea Dept
3124 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 8PM
On view through Friday, June 14th
Captured Earth
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Jenny Gagalka: All day I dream about sex Sometimes after dinner I dream again
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Gabrielle Brady: ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (2018)
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, at 7PM
Poetry off the Shelf: Maya C. Popa and Richie Hofmann
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 7PM - 8PM
Zsófia Ötvös: PARTS APART
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CSI project Space and Gallery
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
In the Fade | Free Film Screening
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Goethe Institut
Goethe-Institut Chicago Building (Michigan Room) 150 N. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl.
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 8:30 PM
Yan Wen Chang and Andrew Harding: Auto Dealer Dream
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Seaside Bathing: Discussion and Art-Making
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, at 6PM
SLUTS: Anthology edited Michelle Tea
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, at 7PM
WORKS BY
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 14th
Looks Can Be Deceiving
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ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Andrew Park: The Places We Built
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ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
New Work by Elena Morone and Kimma Dennis
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Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, June 20th
Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 22nd
Questioning Perceptions
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The President's Gallery
30 E. Lake St., 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Tuesday, August 20th
“Actions for the Earth” Gallery Talk with Climate Crisis + Media Arts
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Connor Young: ATAXOPHOBIA
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WHIM at Stage 7773
1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
A conversation featuring Carla Acevedo-Yates, Aaron Ampudia, Hernán Fratto
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 6:30PM
Spring 2024 Warnock: Doorscapes and Guardians of the Underworld
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 5PM
Making Multichannel Music w/ Kikù Hibino
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 7:30PM
Weird & Wonderful: THE MEMBRANES
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City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 6:30PM
Jon Mueller / Post Doom Romance
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, May 21st, at 7PM
Constance Debré
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Renaissance Society, CLASSICS BUILDING
1010 E 59th St Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 21st, at 6:30PM
Jess Atieno: Odyssey
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
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