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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Hallowzine 2019
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Cards Against Humanity Theater
1917 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Poetry off the Shelf: Susan Kinsolving & Devin Johnston
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Alumni Show
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, December 6th
Peter Walsh: Seven Treasures
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Pop-Up Gallery Space
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Wardell Milan
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
An Evening With Mezcla Media Collective
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Eleven04 Productions (Indie Co-Lab)
2059b W Hastings St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Fifty Shades of Marvin Tate
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
Uncle Fun: You’re The One
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The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Art for Life Chicago
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Venue West
221 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 5 PM - 10 PM
Plexiglas #4: Imani Elizabeth Jackson & Emma Steinkraus
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The Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago
929 E 60th St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
HEAR in NOW
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Neruda (ARGENTINA,CHILE, FRANCIA, ESPAÑA/ 2016 / 107 MIN)
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University of Illinois Chicago Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 12PM - 3PM
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas: Ephemeral Memorials
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Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 12PM - 3PM
Break the Silence-Toxic Masculinity
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Harper College Theater
1200 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Public Newsroom 122: What is your vision for Woodlawn?
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The Green Living Room
6431 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Tattooed Torah
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Jeanette Andrews: DOPAMINE
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
An Evening With Rachel Rossin
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Stomping Grounds Open Stage!
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Red Light Bandit
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sue Burke: Interference: Book Release
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Look/Write
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artist Talk: Dianna Frid & Alta Price on “More Time Than Life”
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Alan Koppel Gallery
806 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 15th
Marginalia
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Down Time: The Art of Retreat
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Please Take a Seat and Tell Me Your Name
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
All Things Are True
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lumpen Comics Book Party at Logan Arcade
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Logan Arcade
2410 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Poetry off the Shelf: Kevin Coval & Idris Goodwin
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of the South Side
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Parlor Room Presents: Susan Lipper
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S Wabash Ave., Room 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Tools of Care: A Practical Workshop for Artist Well-Being
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Website Branding Continuity: A Professional Development Workshop
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Wednesday, October 23rd
Speaking Truths Series: Here and There in Diaspora
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National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial
2831 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
One Way or Another
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Comfort Film Halloween: The Soul Tangler (1987)
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Comfort Film
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
Stateville Calling
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O'Connor Art Gallery
7900 Division St, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 4th
Listen to Your Elders!
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
The Politics of Soups and Sodas: Gallery Talk
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Loose Machinery: A Symposium on the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
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Midway Studios
6016 S Ingleside, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 9:30AM - 9:30PM
Aimee Beaubien: Hothouse Picture-Cyclopedia: Closing Reception
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Mie Kongo
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 11AM - 11AM
Paul Elledge
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Columbia College Chicago
600S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
William Estrada: Collaborative Resistance
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
New Paradigms: #BlackGirlMagic
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Zine Club Chicago: Back From the Dead + Zinemaking Hangout!
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, II 60622
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
In Progress: Robyn Mineko Williams
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Forbidden Newberry: Volume Three
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Ej Nussbaum: 130 Ways of Breaking Up and Getting Over Ed
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UIC Women's Leadership and Resource Center
1101 W. Taylor Street, Suite 310, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 12:30PM - 2PM
Option: Kyle Bruckmann with Ted Moore and Macie Stewart
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
David Hall and Julia Pello
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Alfonso Cuarón: Roma
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 21st, from 9PM - 11:15PM
Affordable Housing Workshop for Chicago Artists
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 21st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Pájaros de Verano (COLOMBIA, MEXICO / 2018/ 125 MIN)
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UIC Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, October 21st, from 12PM - 3PM
Duncan Robert Anderson: In the Shadow of the Cathedral of Lost Constellations: Artist Talk
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group [BR]
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, October 20th, at 3PM
Collaborative Practices Seminar with Amanda Taves
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 11AM - 1PM
Sentimentality Swap
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 10am - 3PM
Mauricio Forero: Souths & Norths
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Najee-Zaid Searcy: Connection + Intention
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 12PM - 2PM
National Portfolio Day Chicago
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Gary Stephan: The Machine in the Ghost
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Wade Tullier: High Water Marks
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Modern Topologies: Closing & Artist Talk
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Comfort Society: Mama Cass Tarot
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 11AM - 1PM
Farah Salem: Mirage
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Amazigh Contemporary
4 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
DVAM: From Victims to Survivors
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Studio Sundays at Maxwell Street Market
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Maxwell Street Market
800 S Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 10AM - 2PM
Mabel Kwan // Corey Smith
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 19th, at 7PM
The Price Is Nice: Annual Benefit for Spudnik Press Cooperative
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard st, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 19th, at 6PM
The Evolution of Kayla May and Dovie Golden
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Lit & Luz Festival Live Show: Movement
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 19th, at 6PM
Amanda Taves
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Jordan Martins and Giovanni Aloi: Artist Talk
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Max Guy: A Big Face For Your Kitchen
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Fresh Bread
freshbreadgallery@gmail.com (email gallery for address)
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Chicago Black Social Culture Map: Queer Nightlife & Youth Culture/Northside
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 12PM - 6PM
Tales of Art at The Block
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Miguel Akira Mar: Rostros Indígenas–Un manifiesto Indio
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Agitator Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Bitter Nectar
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PRACTISE
940 N Oak Park Avenue
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
Tour of Elmhurst College’s Chicago Imagist Collection
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Opening Saturday, October 19th, at 1:30PM
Indigenous Dance Celebration
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Trickster Gallery
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
Aural Architecture: Listening is the Other Half of How We Know
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The Elks National Memorial and Headquarters
2750 N Lakeview Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 19th, at 10AM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Collective Memory: Queersalis Conversations
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 4PM - 6PM
Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
The Shape of the Future
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, April 5th
CO-G: Phantom Fictions
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The Night Gallery
Future Firm, 3149 S Morgan St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 14th
“SOME PEOPLE” (Every)Body
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 15th
Lit & Luz Festival: Israel Martínez: Music and Dialogue
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Ace Hotel
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 18th, at 7PM
lewis lain: reevaluating “a”
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Dittmar Gallery
1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Subverting Technologies of Repression
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Archiving Social Justice in Chicago
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
Jennifer Reeder: Knives and Skin
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 9PM - 11P
On view through Friday, October 18th
Elizam Escobar: Apariciones
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Forgiveness
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Zhou B. Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Read/Write/Records: A Local Music Listening Party
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Read/Write Library
914 N. California Ave, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ism Ism Ism: Countercultures and Undergrounds
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
Best of Emerging Artists Show 2019
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, November 13th
Laura Kina: Holding One
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S.Michigan Ave. Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
NEW PRIMARIES: HETERO/HOMO/AUTO
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DfbrL8r
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 8th
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