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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Matthew Woodward and Tom Torluemke
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 4PM - 8PM
FEED: The Darger Salon
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
WORLDPLAY
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Produce Model Gallery
1007 W 19th St, Ste 1, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Arnold J. Kemp: The Stupidity of Belief
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, May 22nd
Josh Grotto: Woman With a Broken Nose
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Standing Passengers
1458 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Garry Noland: The Most Beautifulest Thing In The World
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Funding for Artists: The Inside Scoop
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 12PM - 1:15PM
MCA Live: Boomerang, For the toward
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 12PM - 4PM
Homegrown Justice Food Stand
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Devin Mays: Q: How are you? A: Everything is everything.
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Patrick Chamberlain, Michelle Grabner and John Wilkinson Talk
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 4PM - 6PM
Rashida Phillips and Roger Bonair-Agard: Stranger in the City
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, April 22nd, from 7:30PM - 9:45PM
Feminist Social Practice Symposium and Closing Reception
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, April 24th
You Need Help: A Motivational Training Seminar
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, April 27th
CAKE Art Auction 2017
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826 Chi
1276 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Waves, Web and Page: Dialogue + Cultural Coverage Across Platforms
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 3PM - 4PM
Out of Site: Year of Public Art
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Out of Site Chicago
Corner of S Peoria St and W Van Buren St
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Bridgeport All Stars
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan, Chicago IL, 60608
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Emily Simpson: What do you call the bottom of a boat?
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave. Rm 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Sara Willadsen: LESS GLOOM
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Rockford University Art Gallery
Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61108
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Mel Keiser and Matt Martin: March/April Residency
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wedge
1448 W. Howard St.
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Excavating Myself & Eavesdropping On Your Future
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 2PM - 4PM
Open Engagement 2017
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Opening Friday, April 21st, at 10AM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Propeller Fund Open House
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Propeller Fund
various locations
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 10AM - 7PM
Lake FX CreativeCon 2017 presented by Google
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, at 10AM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Finance and the Artist
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 10:30am - 11:30am
Let’s Talk Residencies: Exploring Five Chicago Models
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 10:30am - 11:30am
The Elephant in the Room: Inclusion, Equity and Access
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
El Carrito
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
Open Engagement Events
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
How We Make it 2017
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, May 26th
Animal Other
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Hummingbird Studios
737 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
ChiArts Visual Arts Department Senior Showcase Exhibition 2017
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Celeste Rapone // Jenn Smith
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60624
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, May 14th
You Need Help: A Motivational Training Seminar
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, April 27th
Party Noire and KC Ortiz: Joy
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 9PM - 12AM
Olivia Block: 132 Ranks
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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 8PM - 10PM
Duk Ju L. Kim: Alternative Reality
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Stephen Badauskas: Sleepwalker
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Time to Get Ready: Fotografía Social
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Kid & Pet Portrait Group Art Show
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Fulton Street Collective
401 N. Paulina, Chicago, Illinois
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
Art in Our Times
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 4PM - 5PM
Julia Fish and Deana Lawson
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
A Symposium on Public Crime Registries and Restrictions
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School of Social Service Administration University of Chicago
969 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 4PM - 6PM
Resistance Architecture
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 4PM - 6PM
Know Your Rights: A Toolkit for Cultural Producers
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 3PM - 4PM
Provoke: Photography in Japan, 1960–1975
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 2:30PM - 5PM
The Artist as Public Intellectual: Strategies for Right Now
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
The Mushroom at the End of the World
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Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 10AM - 12PM
Art Spaces and Placekeeping as Resistance
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 10AM - 12PM
Bojana Ilic Bojitt: Love them but leave them wild: DOWNLOADING
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Declarations of Contemporary
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Hairpin Art Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Closet Clearance Sale 2018
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 21st, from 11AM - 6PM
An Evening with Valie Export
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Start:
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Connect Gallery
1520 S Harper Ct Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
In Others’ Words
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Earth Will Not Abide
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
Homer to Vonnegut: A Print Odyssey (Part 1)
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Art After Work: Drawing Darger in the Galleries
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Eiko and Koma
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Black Scholars Salon: Thelma Golden + Theaster Gates
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Anne Yafi: Does It Feel Delicious
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Kruger Gallery
3709 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Lindsey Dorr-Niro: This Land Again and Lisa Vinebaum: New Demands?
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Sector 2337
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Pezo von Ellrichshausen
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Art of Administration
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 7PM
Marie Watt: Sewing Community
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6PM - 7PM
Confronting Trauma Through Storytelling and Black-Indigenous Mythology
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MEChA de Northwestern
1914 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Visual AIDS Chicago Artist Members + Friends Party
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
From the East
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Dane Rousay / Ben Billington / Jen Hill
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Slate Arts and Performance
3203 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 8PM - 11PM
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit
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Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
Comfort Music: Dorling, Vajarski, Packard & Graham Stephenson
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Correct Opinions: Guided Tour
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Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Gods Do Handstands; Spices Simmer: Artist Talk
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Chiacgo Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
College of DuPage Spring 2017 Visiting Artist Series: Amanda Williams
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McAninch Arts Center, Playhouse Theatre
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 11am - 12PM
Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: Book Launch and Discussion
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W. Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art for Gender Liberation and Prison Abolition
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Depaul University Student Center
2250 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 11am - 2:30PM
Black Power Mixtape 1965-1975: Discussion and Screening
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Lost Arts
1001 N North Branch St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Igor Josifov: Artist Talk
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Talk: Time to Get Ready Civil Rights Photography of Maria Varela
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Echo Brown: Black Virgins Are Not For Hipsters
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
ART: The Language of Healing
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A Montgomery Ward Gallery at UIC
750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Intersectionality Critique Exchange: Voices from Standing Rock
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 18th, from 4PM - 6PM
Panel Discussion: Art, Politics, and the Media in the Era of Pos
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
Opening Tuesday, April 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
MCA Talk: Stephin Merritt
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 18th, from 8PM - 9PM
MCA Live: MERCUA/uncommon times
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Human Rights on the South Side of Chicago
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, April 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Selected Black Experience Council Board Meeting
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, April 17th, from 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
On view through Tuesday, April 18th
Co-MISSION Residency works in progress
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, April 17th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Voices from Standing Rock: Teach-In
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LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, April 17th, from 4PM - 6PM
Hidden Movies: An Intro to The South Side Home Movie Project
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 17th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Critical Questions: How Can We Use Art to Combat Islamophobia?
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Multicultural Affairs, Columbia College Chicago
618 S Michigan Ave, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, April 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
Grandma’s Kitchen
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 16th, at 2PM
Michael Robert Pollard: Big Shoulders
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The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W. Estes Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 14th
Beauty Breaks: Session 10, Present Bodies
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F4F
2846 W 21st Street, Chicago, Illinois 60623
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 3PM - 6:30PM
Nicole Marroquin and Andres L. Hernandez: Historical F(r)ictions
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Closing Reception: Stronger Together + Gwynneth VanLaven
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Battles: Ss3 Post-Butoh Festival – Battle #2
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The Learning Machine
3145 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 8PM - 10PM
Brent Fogt and Stacia Yeapanis: Resist the Urge to Press Forward
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E. Quincy St., Riverside, IL
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, April 15th
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