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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Stephanie Graham: Love You Bro Reception
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Riverside Arts Center Town Hall Gallery
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, May 15th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, June 30th
STUDIO OpenHouse | WY+TCR 2022 Summer Residency Open Call
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THE cre.æ.tive ROOM
7034 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 15th, from 11AM - 3PM
Family Junket + Mad Myth Science at Side Yard Sounds
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Steve Reber: Operate on low
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 25th
Crystal Ball – Celebrating The Magic of Community
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
Jacqueline Surdell: Score!
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 25th
Diane Severin Nguyen: IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS
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THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 19th
Nick Cave: Forothermore
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
Aztec Dance – Xochitl-Quentzal – Mexico’s Ancient Culture and Living Tradition
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Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District
768 Oak St, Winnetka, IL 60093
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 1PM - 2PM
The Happening: Celebrating Bob Thompson
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 12PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 15th
D.E.F. Showcase 2022
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
Abolitionist Company Class: A Workshop with Monica Cosby
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
TYSON REEDER: SIERRA MIST
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 11th
Graduate Exhibition Two
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Gene Siskel Film Center
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Sunday, May 22nd
Tricksters Creative Studio: Natural Dyes
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Trickster Cultural Center
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Evanston Art Center Spring Benefit Art Party & Auction 2022
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
Basia Krol: Wildering
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Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 11th
Gary LaPointe Jr: D O W N S H I F T
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 5th
Family Resemblance: Evolution
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6PM - 1am
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Marlene Rivero as Ann Bradford Stokes: African American Civil War Nurse
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Chicago’s Public Art with the Floating Museum
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Mac Pierce: To Byte the Hand That…
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago Il 60603
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, June 24th
Creating Space
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Lillstreet Art Center, Annex Gallery (2nd Floor)
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, May 30th
Fulton Street Open Studios
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Snowball Studios
2003 W Fulton St, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, 60612
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Kevin Miyazaki: Friend or Foe
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OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 16th
Young People’s Poetry Day Featuring Pat Mora
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
Anton Auth: Speeds and Feeds
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St. Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
On view through Wednesday, June 8th
Hope Wang: before there was a hill there was a hole
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 11th
CLEAT Series: Balinese Mask Dance and Shadow Puppet Theater, Scott Rubin / Rin Peisert, Blue Lick
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, May 13th, from 8PM - 11:30PM
2022 Film, Video, New Media, Animation, and Sound Festival
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Meet an Artist: William Estrada
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, 60602
Opening Friday, May 13th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Wednesday, June 25th
dn rodowick: Sites of Thinking
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 13th, at 7PM
Brighter Days Benefit Auction
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Bridge 410
410 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 13th, from 7:30 - midnight
On view through Friday, May 13th
Marc Benja and Jesse M Bell: Unencountered Clouds
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 13th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 25th
In conversation: Christopher Robert Jones and Berenice Olmedo
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Thursday, May 12th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Gerald Lovell: In the Eye of the Beholder
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, May 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 19th
Spektral Quartet: The Light that Blurred the Stars
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 12th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
CETTE MAISON (2022) with filmmaker Miryam Charles
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The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 12th, at 7PM
Slavery and Emancipation in the Age of Revolutions
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, 60610
Opening Thursday, May 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Ann Blaas: The Perplexity Which Surrounds Us
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Fulton Market Kitchen
311 N Sangamon St
Opening Thursday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 13th
MOCREP Presents: The Health
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, May 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On Racial Trauma and Healing: Prentis Hemphill
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 10th
Paha Stitch: Reclaiming the name and restoring dignity to Lakota Beading
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lecture in Photography: Drew Sawyer
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, May 11th, at 6PM
Sandra Binion: the beauty of something ripped
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Alliance Française de Chicago
810 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, May 11th, from 6:30PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
CCC MARZ & DRAW at BIG MARZ!
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Marz Community Brewing
3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Gina Gibson: Seeking the Unseen: Virtual Gallery Talk
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Fermilab Art Gallery
Onlie
Opening Tuesday, May 10th, at 7:30PM
On view through Friday, July 29th
Fireside Chat: Health Equality & Nursing
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Monday, May 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 8th, from 11AM - 1PM
Avreeayl Ra’s Healing Arts Initiative: Meditation in Motion
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Hama Woods: Enjoy the Silence
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations (SIP)
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, July 24th
Rubén Aguirre: Tectonic Reflections: Gallery Talk
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 1:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 24th
Rahmon Olugunna
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Stola Contemporary Art
3738 W Irving Park Rd Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 5th
ZINE NOT DEAD XVII – a new comics reading
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave, #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 8PM - 11PM
Nelson Armour: 28 Days
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
Earth Abundance: Performances
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Brandon Breaux: BIG WORDS: ARTIST TALK + RECEPTION
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, May 7th, at 1PM
On view through Friday, May 27th
Javier Jasso: High Cube Wide Turn
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Ignition project space
3839 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Slow Bell & Levinson/Mahlmeister
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
How Henry Hobson Richardson & Frederick Law Olmsted Reinvented America’s Public Spaces
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UIC DORIN FORUM
725 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 2PM - 3PM
Poetry & Theatre: A Day with Aimé Césaire
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 2PM - 3PM
Sound Healing with Jason and Cassandra
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
From the World of Night Vale: A Chat with Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, & Mara Wilson
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UIC Dorin Forum
725 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 2PM - 3PM
Parvin Peivandi: A seat for a tired ghost
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
John Waters & the “Feel Bad” Romance
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UIC Dorin Forum
725 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Neo-Tang
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Rainn Thomas: Sanctified
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 3rd
Latinoamerica in Chicago Exhibition
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Dragonfly Gallery & Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 7th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
Climate and Affordable Housing: Envisioning a Greener, More Equitable Future
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 1PM - 3PM
Nico Pliskin: At Least My Girlfriend’s Mom Likes My Paintings, A Retrospective
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Trapdoor
Alley Entrance, 1303 Chicago Ave, Evanston IL. 60201
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 22nd
Cat Bowyer: Composed Under Compression
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Baby Blue Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Room 518, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 25th
Jordan “Soup” Campbell: A•float
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 7th, from 5:31PM - 7:22PM
On view through Tuesday, June 7th
Moga: Modern Women & Daughters in 1930s Japan
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, July 16th
We Shall Defy: Shahidul Alam
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, July 16th
Rirkrit Tiravanija: (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green)
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, July 16th
American Framing
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, July 16th
Michael Rakowitz: The Monument, The Monster, and The Maquette
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Good Times, Kind People
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 6th, at 6PM
Marcos Bontempo
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Thursday, June 2nd
Behind the Lens: Ngadi Smart
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 6th, at 12PM
New paintings by Michael Hoffman
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 2nd
Evanston Experimental Video Showcase 2022
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 8:30PM - 9:30PM
First Friday with Victor Garcia & William Estrada
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Waubonsee Community College
18 S River St Aurora, IL 60506
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
Beautiful Snail
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 12th
Brought to Light: A Gathering of Voices
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Awakenings Gallery
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL, 60613
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 12th
SUNFLOWERS FOR ZVENIGORA*
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SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 8th
Kickin’ The Can
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Drama Club Gallery/ACRE Projects
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Circuition
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Mu Gallery
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Charlotte Fox: Sitting in Hard Chairs
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HG
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
TINO: Can’t take a joke
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Tapsters Wicker Park
2027 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 6PM - 1AM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Summer Salon
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Mu Gallery
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, June 6th
Artist Talk: Jan Tichy
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Thursday, May 5th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
Spring 2022 Speak Café
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, May 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Amoras Prietas: Una plática con las mujeres de poder priet
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, May 5th, at 7PM
Alice Sheppard and Kinetic Light: Wired
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
On view through Sunday, May 8th
Vidvuds Zviedris: SONNET
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McCormick Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
David Klamen: Life Trophies
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GRAY CHICAGO
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, May 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, June 24th
NadNavillus & Riley Leitch
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
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