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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
FPE Presents: Yea Big and Tatsu Aoki – Album Release
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 30th, at 8:30PM
Maneuver Sites and Other Gaps
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 30th, at 7PM
The Power of Black Queer Narratives: A Literary Exchange
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, November 30th, at 4PM
Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
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The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 30th, at 10PM
LITTLE x LITTLE
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, November 30th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
BETHANY CORDERO: OPAL Artist in Residence Exhibition
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, November 30th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, December 31st
World of Variety Holiday Shop
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ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, November 30th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, December 24th
Teachers as Makers
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ArtSpace Chicago
3418 W Armitsge Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 29th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Gear Night @ The Museum
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, November 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
ONEderful: Bakantez + Juan Flores + Paul Giallorenzo
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, November 27th, at 8:30PM
The Bridge #2.11: Ernest Dawkins, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Kioto Aoki, Ishmael Ali, Katinka Kleijn, Hélène Labarrière
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, November 25th, at 8PM
OFF CENTER: THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO BUT HERE
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, November 25th, at 6PM
Nathaniel Dorsky: Sarabande / Compline / Aubade / Winter (2008, 2009, 2010, 2008)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, November 24th, at 8PM
Carole McCurdy and Paul Escriva: Death Cleaning
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 24th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Comfort Music: Wombat // Beth McDonald and Riley Leitch // Jack Langdon
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Portals of Kinship, Threads of Commerce – Reception & Show-n-Tell
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 2PM - 5PM
In-Na-Poets
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Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 1PM - 3PM
Radical Joy: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd FL, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Grabadolandia Print Fair
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 10AM - 12PM
Punk Rock and Donuts
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Richard J. Daley Branch-CPL
3400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
BRR, Vertonen, Instinct Control, Janna Lee
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, at 8PM
Void Oblation
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 6th
Relations In Time
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, at 6:30PM
Michael Litewski: Paintings, Drawings, Constructions
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Allison Hausladen: Tiny Remnants
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Schoolhouse Studio Fundraiser
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Schoolhouse
2247 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Cut the Grease: Closing Event
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unda.m.93
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Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
RE:WORK
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Secrist Beach
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
MJ Lounsberry: Proven Lollygaggers
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Ro Art Services
3808 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Healing House with Rhythm Factory featuring DJ Steve Maxwell and Special Guests DJ Tim Tripplet and DJ Jozana
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd FL, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 5PM - 12AM
PPP — THE PREPARATOR’S PET PIANO Artist Talk & Class: Writing Music in Just Intonation & Algorithmic Composition
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Zine Club Chicago: Let’s Make Food Zines! with Special Guest Sarah Becan
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, at 3PM
FORMING | Torkwase Dyson and Christina Sharpe in Dialogue
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GRAY
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Let’s talk about Heritage – Community Discussion
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Heritage Museum of Asian Art
3500 S Morgan St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
A conversation between Austin McCann and Zak Mucha
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Letters to Nora
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 408, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, at 2PM
Mark Alcazar Diaz: Umwelt Site Launch with with Ayako Kato
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HAIBAYÔ
1132 W Argyle St, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Papercuts with Ken Gerleve
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Artists Book House
4207 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
Kevin A. Williams: Then and Now: Artist Talk
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Connect Gallery
1451 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 1PM - 3PM
Remembering Tamir Rice: A Decade of Memorializing and Resilience
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 1PM - 3:30PM
First Form
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Monochrome Brewing
2101 S Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 9PM - 12am
Bakantez, Sarah Lutkenhaus, Carrolina Arroba, Margaret’s Apartment, chelliah
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 22nd, at 8PM
Elastro: ‘Contact’ Featuring Ále Campos, Ruby Que and ASTROMETRICS
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, November 22nd, at 8PM
Hans Bellmer
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Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 403 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 22nd, at 7PM
On view through Friday, January 17th
Lesley Arfin: Everything You Like I Liked 5 Years Ago
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Climate Crisis + Media Arts Showcase Night II: Forecasting
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 22nd, at 6:30 PM
TRANSplantas
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
Proximities: conditions of exchange
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Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, January 17th
CALEB SCHRODER
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Ackerman Clarke
2544 W Fullerton Ave
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 10th
Paul Wear and Andrea Jablonski: (is it) Enough?
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, January 4th
School of Art & Art History Open House/Open Studios
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University of Illinois at Chicago
400 S Peoria St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 5PM - 9PM
Tomorrow Takes Care
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Stasias Gallery
44 E Cedar St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 27th
Let’s Go Home
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 24th
SUN RA
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Fourtunehouse
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 3PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
PO Box Poetry Series
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, November 21st, at 7:30PM
Comfort Music: Kouri Hall & Matthew Daher
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, November 21st, at 7:30PM
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Art of Science: Tracing Quebec’s Roots: Genes, Genealogies, and Geographies
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Parlour and Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21 St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
The 2nd Annual Bowling Fundraiser for the Ren
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Seven Ten Social
1055 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Climate Crisis + Media Arts Showcase Night I: Sanctuary Stations
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, November 21st, at 6:30 PM
Curator’s Tour of Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern and The Spaces We Call Home
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Annual Artist Talk Conversation
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The Research House for Asian Art
3217 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago: Book Launch
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Iria do Castelo: Arcana Natura
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John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 21st, at 5:30PM
New to the Collection
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Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Biennial
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Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl, West End, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Whisper Their Love: The Subversive Nature of Lesbian Pulp
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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
Online
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
MFA OPEN STUDIOS
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LOCY HALL
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, at 6:30PM
Insomnia: Artist Talk with Nelly Agassi
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ikigai
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, at 5:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 4th
VISITING ARTIST TALK: DAVID HARTT
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Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, at 5PM
poupeh missaghi and Julia Conrad celebrate SOUND MUSEUM
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Matt Irie: Recent Jams b/w Fits & Starts
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McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Friday, December 13th
Curatorial Conversation with Brendan Fernandes and Cynthia Noble
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St Chicago, IL 60611 Most
Opening Tuesday, November 19th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Unplanned Parenthood: Artist Talk with Michelle Hartney
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, November 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Degrowth Book Club presents Braiding Sweetgrass (Meeting 3 of 3)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, November 19th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Soul of the Land – Open Exhibit Hours
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Life Force Shamanic Arts and Healing
1609 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, November 19th, from 1:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Monday, January 5th
VIRTUAL TOUR: Learning Together: Art Education and Community
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
Red Shawl Day Documentary
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Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Tuesday, November 19th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Pleiades Series: Barbiefoot, Hedra Rowan / Alex Maerbach
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, November 18th, at 8PM
Seeking Still Waters
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, November 18th, from 6:30 PM - 9 PM
Lucy McRae Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, November 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Ancestral and Intercultural Healing with Dr. Lyla June Johnston
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Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr. Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Monday, November 18th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Poetry Workshop with Ladan Osman
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Monday, November 18th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Thomas Celewicz: A Tour of American Landscapes
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McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, December 20th
Sunday Reading Series: Nancy Miller Gomez, Faisal Mohyuddin, & Leah Umansky
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Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Homeroom Presents: Spectralina Film Premiere at Elastic Arts
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, November 17th, at 5:45PM
Open Lab: Christopher Knowlton | Deus Ex Machina Doctrina
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 4PM - 6PM
Nathaniel Robinson: Rooms with Rooms and Games
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media
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Elmhurst History Museum
120 E Park Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 2PM - 3PM
Soapbox: Amira Hegazy
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Lee Miko Romero: ?????????? ?? ? ??????
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, November 17th, at 2PM
Lia Kohl’s Variations on a Topography + Jeff Kolar
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 8PM - 10PM
Modney & Ingrid Laubrock
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, November 16th, at 7PM
Metempsychosis
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TOSSAROSE Art Collective
643 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 6:30 PM - 12 am
Intermissions: Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork & Laetitia Sonami
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Boothill Express
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
John Santoro: Mud Time: And Other Forces of Nature: Closing Reception
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McCormick Gallery
2251 W Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Closing Reception: Double Ground
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 2 PM - 4 PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Alison Ruttan: Falling to Pieces – Artist Talk
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
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