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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
ESS Presents: Negativland + SUE-C
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Jewel Box
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Weatherproof (Hole)
1844 N Drake Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Documenting Lowrider Culture and Community
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 5PM - 6PM
Chicago Performs | Every house has a door: Broken Aquarium
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 29th, at 4PM
MAS Context presents: Exploring Architecture’s Response to Societal Changes
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 3PM - 5:15PM
Maisons Fragiles
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RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Chicago Performs | cat mahari: blk ark: the impossible manifestation
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 29th, at 2PM
Allison Wade: Same Difference: Closing Reception
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Sara Peak Convery: Collaborating with Ghosts
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Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd. Chicago IL 60634
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Monday, November 4th
Law Roach: How to Build a Fashion Icon
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Thalia Hall
1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 12PM - 1PM
Pilsen Day Art & Experiences
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 29th, from 10:30AM - 7PM
AIRMW at Elastic Arts: Kioto Aoki & Haruhi Kobayashi
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647, USA
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 8:30PM
Whitney Johnson/Haley Fohr/Lula Asplund/Jenny Pulse/Sparhawk
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 8:30PM
Public Speaking (NYC), Problems, Formants, Packmember Angel
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 8PM
Chicago Performs | cat mahari: blk ark: the impossible manifestation
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 7:30PM
Alberto Aguilar: Grid Luck: Artist talk
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Tali Halpern: (star)E EYED
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 West Thorndale Ave, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Dave Clausen: Wood Vessels — The Beauty of Woodturning
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Beth McKenna: Woodblock Prints
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Blue Moon Gallery Collective Artists Group Show
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Figure Drawings by Matthew Padilla
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 25th
Mini Pop-Up Show | Acrylic Paintings + Original Songs on Guitar by William Weidner
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Conspicuous Whorl
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LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
THIRTEEN + THIRTEEN: Closing
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
Peter Fagundo and Jake Fagundo: Ours Is The Hand That Slows Time
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
some LOVE Chapbook Release
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 3PM
Chicago Performs | Every house has a door: Broken Aquarium
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 2PM
Foraged Forms
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Tiny Table Gallery at Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 2PM - 4PM
Words of Art: Anne Harris in conversation with Riva Lehrer
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 28th, at 2PM
Cabinet of Morbid Curiosities: The Richard Harris Collection
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Potter & Potter Auctions
5001 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, October 2nd
Nature Reflections
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North Park Village Nature Center
5801 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from noon - 3;30PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Water Music on the Beach
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Lane Beach
5915 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
Native American Dance and Regalia
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Friday, January 24th
Stochastic Book Fair | Reading
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St. #845, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 11AM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Hyde Park Jazz Festival: avery r. young & de deacon board
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
beLONGING: Lithuanian Artists in Chicago 1900 to Now
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Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
6500 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60629
On view through Saturday, May 17th
ECOS: Activities in Pilsen
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 10AM - 9PM
Randolph Street Market
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Randolph Street Market
1350 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 28th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Summer Dance Residency with Phree
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 8PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 27th
Chicago Performs | Lykanthea: Some Viscera
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 27th, at 7:30PM
Rootbeer Eyes
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Shirley Clarke: THE COOL WORLD (1963)
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, September 27th, at 6:15PM
Patricia L. Boyd: new carbon works
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A,Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Untitled Omakase
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VSG CONTEMPORARY
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Ambulance Chase
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old friends
3405 N Paulina St Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Imprints of Time
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The Research House for Asian Art
3217 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Robert Wapahi: BEFORE STRAIGHT LINES
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Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
CAPE Practices in Proximity: Learning and Unlearning from Pedagogical Experiences
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Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, January 17th
The Otolith Group: Mascon: A Massive Concentration of Black Experiential Energy
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, September 27th, at 5PM
On view through Friday, January 10th
Spirit Spirits
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Circle Contemporary Chicago
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
John Akomfrah: Four Nocturnes
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Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, February 15th
ECOS: Activities in Albany Park
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Multiple Locations
Albany Park
On view through Saturday, September 28th
ECOS: Activities in Humboldt Park
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Multiple Locations
Humboldt Park
Opening Friday, September 27th, at 12PM Multiple
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Mai Zetterling: THE GIRLS FLICKORNA (1968)
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 26th, at 8:30PM
Night School
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, September 26th
She’s Auspicious
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The Dance Center Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Art of Science: Ancient Christians and Other Criminals
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Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
HCL 15th Anniversary Party
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Public Works Gallery
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
Michelle Citron: Daughter Rite
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sweet, Juicy, and Rebellious
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Dittmar Memorial Gallery
1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 21st
Lecture: Legacy and Lunacy—Soga Shōhaku’s Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine Forest
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival (Opening Night)
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
The Material Dictates Itself
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jonathan Rosenbaum: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Aïsha Lehmann & Reevah Agarwaal
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Bold Ventures
1448 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Monday, December 9th
European Day of Languages: Multilingual Poetry Reading with Massimiliano L. Delfino, Anna Elena Torres, and Rachel Galvin
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Laura Anderson: Continuum
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza Health and Sciences Building, 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 17th
Journey to Czechia Experience
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
VOICES: Marcela Torres
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land at Berger Park
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Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, September 26th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Chicago Performs | Lykanthea, Some Viscera
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, September 26th, at 7:30PM
The Otolith Group: A Massive Concentration of Black Interscalar Energy
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, March 30th
Pleiades Series: Counterfeit Madison, Mai Sugimoto
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, September 25th, at 8PM
13+13: Artist Talk
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, September 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Revisiting Films By Women/Chicago ‘74 with Patricia Erens and B. Ruby Rich
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, September 25th, at 6:30PM
Wine + Weaving with Bryana Bibbs
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Beatriz Morales: Capisayo: Artist Talk
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, #420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Diamond Stingily Artist Talk
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Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Ipek Eginli, June + Melon, Cristal Sabbagh + Rin Peisert, RA Washington
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, September 24th, at 8PM
Out of the Vault at 20: CFA 20th Anniversary Variety Show
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Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, September 24th, at 7PM
Mireille Dansereau: DREAM LIFE LA VIE RÊVÉE (1972)
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, September 24th, at 6:15PM
Robert Earl Paige: Give the Drummer Some!
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Thursday, July 31st
Robert Donley & Seymour Rosofsky
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Sarah Maldoror: SAMBIZANGA (1972)
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, September 23rd, at 8:30PM
Agnès Varda: LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES)
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, September 23rd, at 6PM
Art for the Living & the Dead, Workshop #3: To Whom This May Concern (with Anders Zanichkowsky)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Reschedualed: Oct 5th: Angelo Kozonis & Jesse Malmed
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The Lawn
Email or DM on Instagram for address
Opening Sunday, September 22nd, from 4PM - 7PM
Open Lab: KT Shivak: Rhynoceron
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 22nd, from 4PM - 6PM
Crossing Austin: A Party in Two Parts (Part Two)
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The Green Space
327 N Waller, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Sunday, September 22nd, from 1PM - 5PM
Museum Studies or… launch with Thomas Huston
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
Myth of the Organic City
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, September 22nd, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Macie Stewart: Florasonic: The World Doubles in Size
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Lincoln Park Conservatory
2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, December 29th
Mathieu Sylvestre, Pas Musique, post doom romance, Giant Squid Autopsy
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 21st, at 8PM
Basser Live III
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 21st, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Reinventing Ancient Magic, a Performance by Daniel S. Reed
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 21st, at 7PM
Crossing Austin: A Party in Two Parts (Part One: Freedom From and Freedom To)
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
2024 Filter Photo Festival Portfolio Walk
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Columbia College Chicago Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 21st, from 5 PM - 7 PM
Bonnie Lucas: Beautiful Paint
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RUSCHMAN
4148 N Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
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