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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Stop HIV Criminalization, Support People in Jail
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
Edward M. Gómez: Investigating Unreal Realms
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
Krystal DiFronzo: Who Twists Lures
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Free River North Gallery Tour
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Starbucks
750 N. Franklin
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 11 am - 12:30 PM
Culture Bridge 2017
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DANK-HAUS German Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave , Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
Tony Burroughs: African American Genealogy
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung: Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Maggie Crowley: Swim
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Submissive Exhibitions
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
Cassie Tompkins: Resist, Refuse, Repeat
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Submissive Exhibitions
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, March 30th
VISIBLE AND PERMANENT
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
Carrie Secrist Gallery, 835 W Washington Blvd.
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 29th
James Murray: Imagine a Place to be Among Friends
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Aspect/Ratio
119 N Peoria St, #3D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 29th
Patrick Chamberlain: Unreliable Narrator
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 4PM - 7PM
Unpresidented: Art in Common Cause
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Space 900
1042 Wesley Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Quicksails and MT Coast – PDCT closing performance
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 7:30 PM - 11PM
Natalia Nicholson: Rewound/Revision
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Paper Arts
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 5th
Visible and Permanent
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607`
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
David Hauptschein: Art on Paper
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609-1402
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 17th
Jean-Loup Champion: Inside Out
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65 Grand
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Stan Nalewski: Bystander
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2066 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 17th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 19th
Traces
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Adds Donna
3252 West North Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Nature vs. Nurture
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
The Kurt Russell Art Show
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Peanut Gallery
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Parlor Room Present: Naomi Beckwith
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr Room 215, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Topographical Drift with Light Hand
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
Sky Hopinka: Translations and Transmutations
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Rear View Mirror Sessions: The Excellence of Quincy Jones
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Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
NIC Kay: lil BLK
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Hamlin Park Fieldhouse
3035 N. Hoyne Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, March 16th, at 7:30 PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Panel Discussion: Practices of Care
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Taking Action to End Homelessness: a panel discussion
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Paint and Polish: Book Release Party and Panel
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
Gallery Talk: Edra Soto
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
OUTER EAR: John Chantler
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Lecture: Jeanne Gang
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Elliott From
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ARTBEAT GALLERY
1409 W Dundee Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Opening Thursday, March 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
College of DuPage Spring 2017 Visiting Artist Series: Kate Roberts
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Culinary and Hospitality Center, Room 1020
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 11am - 12PM
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Mutual Interpretations
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University of Illinois at Chicago
106 Henry Hall
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 11am - 1PM
Representing Race in the Federal Writers’ Project
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie: Hand and Machine
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Video Playlist: Tantrum of Textures
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 606605
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Trina Robbins Lecture
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, March 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
Event Cancelled: Huma Bhabha: Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Visiting Artists Program
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Voices: Gala Porras-Kim
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, March 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
MCA Talk: Abstract Experience
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, March 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Adaptations for the Understudy
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, March 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
La Extraodinaria Historia de Julia Pastrana Burlesque Show
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Uptown Underground
4707 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, March 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, April 24th
Lars-Birger Sponberg: Significance of the Ordinary
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, March 12th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 12th
Bar Dykes: an artist talk and participatory play reading
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Acre
1345 W 19th ST, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 12th, from 4PM - 6PM
Who Gets to Say What the Chicago Style Is?
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, March 12th, from 12:30PM - 4:30PM
Banners, Patches, & Posters for the Movement
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, March 12th, from 1PM - 4PM
DIY Journals: Bookbinding Workshop
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 9:30AM - 12:30PM
Mirror Face
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Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Thursday, April 13th
Witness: The Artist’s Response
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Matthew Schlagbaum: Smiling through gritted teeth and Victoria Reynolds: Médaillons de Corpos
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Cc
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Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
6433 North Ravenswood Avenue
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Erik Salgado: Action Painting
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Submissive Exhibitions
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642-5231
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 22nd
Burn the world with song
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Beautiful
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 8PM - 12AM
Expression in the Age of Trump: A Panel Discussion
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In House
3520 W Armitage, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 2PM - 4PM
Spring BFA Show
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
Guided Walk: Urbanforage
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Hiding in Plain Sight: Artist Talk and Screening
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Every House has a Door: Three Matadores
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
River North Gallery Tour
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Starbucks
750 N. Franklin
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 11 am - 12:30 PM
Robert Frank: Photos Books Films
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The Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/robert-frank-photos-books-films
Opening Saturday, March 11th, from 10:30AM - 5PM
On view through Friday, August 25th
Victoria Martinez & Yvette Mayorga: Luscious Saturn
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Roots and Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Aspects of the Whole
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, April 27th
Michelle Magot: Forms of Incoherence
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THE MISSION
1431 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Danny Volk: SUBMISSIVE EXHIBITIONS
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SUB-MISSION
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Weight of Light / Succulent Succulent
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DEMO Project
732 N 4th St, Springfield, IL 62702
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Revolution at Point Zero: Feminist Social Practice
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 24th
Drawing
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Semblance of Order
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 7th
Stronger Together: Celebrating Women Artists
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Charles Heppner + Gunjan Kumar: What Lies Beneath
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
Alejandro T. Acierto: Subdivision Performance
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Cir, Ste 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Gwynneth VanLaven: in.visible
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Hypnagogia
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
KIKI
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Ultimate Power in Your Living Room: Secret Techniques for Peace
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TCC Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 10th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
Gallery Talk: Intersections
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 12PM - 1PM
Come into my bedroom
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lesly Pierrepaul
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This Is It Gallery
1700 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Artist Talk: Everyday Rituals–Bridging the Black Secular and Divine
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
MOTOR: Nature Go Home
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Co Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Passion of Remembrance
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Gallery Weekend Chicago: EXPANDED
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, March 9th, at 11am
On view through Sunday, March 12th
Thawalls: Kickoff Bash!
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 11:30PM
Forms & Features
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Not On Paper Craft Workshop
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The Hokin Projet
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Artist Tax Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Fred Stonehouse: You’re Weird: Artist Talk
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Spartan Auditorium, Building G, Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 1PM - 2PM
Fred Stonehouse: The Silent Singers
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Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Building H, Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
The Subject of Landscape
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, April 3rd
Virgil Thomson’s Portraits: Lecture and Concert
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Gallery Talk: Abstract Experiments—Latin American Works on Paper
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Meaning and Material
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The Renaissance Society
Kent Hall, 1020 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Saint Vincent Curator’s Tour
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Depaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
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