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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Verónica Gerber Bicecci: EMPTY SET
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Black and Brown Lives in Green Spaces
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
BOY, BYE: Collaborative on-site collage with Kelly Kristin Jones
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Christopher Columbus Monument in Arrigo Park
801 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
2019 Newberry Book Fair
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Newberry Book Fair
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Verónica Gerber Bicecci: EMPTY SET
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
MSAE Summer Soundwalks: Singing Insect Monitoring
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Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center
2500 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Justin Duerr: Surrender to Survival
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
Mindful Journeys
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West Suburban Medical Center Gallery
3 Erie Court, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 20th
Gabriel Soto: Galloping Pasts
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Oak Park Village Hall
123 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jerwin Gabriel Santiago: Grandma’s House
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 8PM - 10:30PM
Prop Thtr’s Gallery Opening Party
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Prop Thtr Art Haus
3502-04 N Elston, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Naoki Ushiromura: Handmade Soba Demonstration
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Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Still/Here: Manifesting Joy and Survival with NOITP
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Walsh Park
7059 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, July 25th, from 3PM - 5PM
Samantha Jo
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SAIC at Homan Square
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Sinema Obscura presents: “In A Moment” from Ready Freddy Films
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6740Micro
6740 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
In Conversation with Shikou Kairo: Patterns of Thought
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
On Veteran Movements
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Central Michigan Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 5PM - 7PM
Tokyo Story
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bedsheet cinema
1914 N Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 24th, from 8PM - 11:59PM
Open Rehearsal: Brendan Fernandes
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 23rd, from 11am - 1PM
Talk: On Style and Streetwear with Don C
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, July 22nd, at 6PM
SOARS (Story of a Rape Survivor) Multimedia Performance
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SAIC MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, CHicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM
Hollow Deck
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Poetry Foundation: Forms and Features
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Sinema Obscura Series2 on CAN TV
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CAN TV
CAN TV
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 11PM - 12AM
Zines, Comics and Stickers, Oh My!
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Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 9AM - 1PM
On view through Friday, July 26th
Sean Baker: The Florida Project: in 35mm w/ Director Q&A
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Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Jazz & Electronics: Mai Sugimoto & Kiku Hibino
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, July 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Norman W. Long, Andrew Clinkman, Lia Kohl
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 3PM - 5PM
Block Party 2019
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 10:30AM - 5PM
Hotel Room Art Auction
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
Inside the Suitcases She Carries: Three Voices from the Asian Diaspora
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 2:30PM - 4PM
Art, Beats, & Vibes
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345 Art Gallery
345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, July 21st, at 3PM
Tappers & Tapestries Art Opening
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Betelhem Makonnen: still is still moving
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Occasional Gallery
6321 N Greenview Ave, #3N, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Adrián García Orozco and Jennifer Sova: SECOND-HAND: Closing event
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Gallery KIN
6319 N Greenview Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 12PM - 3PM
Hotel Room Art Auction
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
Hull-House Summer of Theater: Adrienne Brandyburg & B.A.P.S.
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Our Bodies, Our Battles: Closing
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, July 21st, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Dear Earth: Closing Reception and Artist Talk
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave Unit 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
Strategies for Survival: An Afternoon of Wellness and Healing
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 11am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Gather: P.M. Tummala // Forest Management
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Julie Kooser: Spectrum: An Exploration of Gender
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 20th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
The 16th Annual Silver Room Sound System Block Party
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5235 S Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 12PM - 10PM
AMFM Presents A Pitchfork Music Festival Aftershow with Dua Saleh + more
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The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 20th, at 9PM
Perfect Pet Portraits with Jelena Todorovich
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The Collage Cafe
1129 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 1PM - 5PM
Artem Pop Up Gallery
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Artem Pop Up Gallery
1627 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 12PM - 5PM
Books for the Imprisoned! Patio Pop-Up
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 9AM - 1PM
SSW Workshop: Mapping for Journalism
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Experimental Sound Studio
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 1PM - 3PM
ComplexCon Chicago
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McCormick Place
2301 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 11AM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Infernal Court
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Extase
2523 W Chicago Ave, Unit 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Release of the 2018 Option Compilation + Annual Summer BBQ
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 6PM
Luftwerk in conversation with Michael Rossi
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
MSAE Summer Soundwalks: Listening for Resilience
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Big Marsh Park
11559 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60633
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
Beautiful Together
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You Are Beautiful Head Quarters
3368 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
Prairie Gothic
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Joplin Marley
9911 S Walden PKWY, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Rawooh: Reverie
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MidWest Auto Collision
3108 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Darrell Walker: In the Paint
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Loyola University, Edward Crown Center for the Humanities
1032 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Static Youth
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1311 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Carla Winterbottom: Refusing the 6th
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
JULY #bitxbit at DADS
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 8PM - 10PM
Liza Sylvestre: Third Space
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New Genres Art Space (NGAS)
118 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61101
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Climate Change: Heading for Extinction (And What to Do About It)
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 1PM - 2PM
Over Drinks
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Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery
201 W 10th St, Lockport, IL 60441
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
David Hinske: Just Between You and Me
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Silver Room Block Party Film Fest
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The Harper Theater
5238 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 12PM - 10PM
Tracie Hayes: Place Picture, Earth Form
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 10th
Melissa Potter in conversation with Jelena Jovcic
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 2PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
Self-care with Wxmbspace Project
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Tatsu Aoki’s New Japan Ensemble: Night Two
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Vulva Making Workshop with Jordan Ferranto
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Eric J. Garcia: The Bald Eagle’s Toupee: Curator’s Tour
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Thrown Stone, Spitten Image
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton Street, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 15th
Erin Hayden: song and story
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton Street, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 29th
Brendan Fernandes: Open Call Performance
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, July 19th, at 6PM
Serious Vanity
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Stonewall 50, A Celebration
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Call Bar
1547 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artfest Michigan Avenue
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Michigan Avenue
435 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Complex Community
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The B_Line
851 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 12PM - 2PM
3rd Friday
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 20th
Patrick Wilkins: Sewer to Grace
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410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
Synergy: From Manila to Acapulco
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
Brian Hofmeister: Permutations
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Cuban Visions 4: Emerging Women Filmmakers
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Full Spectrum Features
2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Border Crossed Us
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Afro-Futuristic: Artistic Wellness Gathering
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Corner 52
1438 W 52nd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
I Paint My Dream
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Tatsu Aoki’s New Japan Ensemble: Night One
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
In Progress: Wet, Wasted Afternoon
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Her Voice
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Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Tuesday, July 16th
Intentionally Left Bla_k
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Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
JD Johnson & Brian Hofmeister
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Mutant Dust Bunnies
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Patrick Wilkins: Sewer to Grace
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Fine Arts Building
401 S Michigan Ave, Studio 713, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 2nd
lossless weightless
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, #420 (entrance on east side of building), Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 6 PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
思考回路 Shikou Kairo Exhibition Opening + Tsukasa Taiko
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Woodard Plaza
2819 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Pamela Staker: July Open Studio
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PS Art Projects
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Vibrant Vibes Vol. 3 (Music + Art)
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Pilsen Art House
1756 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 9PM - 1AM
Tamer Hassan: Late for Dinner
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062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, 3210, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 19th
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