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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Lecture: Paula Modersohn-Becker and Rainer Maria Rilke—A Passionate Friendship
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
A Library of Light
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
2024 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Series
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
Kafka Read-a-Thon
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Sulzer Regional Library
4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 11AM - 4:30PM
Fetish Film Forum – Tokyo Decadence (1992)
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Cariño: Festival de Cine
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 10AM - 4PM
Celeste Rapone: Big Chess
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Sadie Benning: Jollies (1990)
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Thursday, November 21st
November Multiple Goods Fair 2024
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
The Written Image: A Confluence of Music and Calligraphy
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
On view through Saturday, March 15th
Elastro: Garden Parties, Nolan Chin, Jack Langdon & Olivia Shortt
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 15th, at 8PM
Jane Sloss: The Sound of the “El”
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Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Chicago Collage Magazine Release Exhibition at Fulton Street Collective
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Surfaces: BAC Artists’ Exhibition
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 3rd
Not By Magic: Animated Films by Women from Serious Business Company
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 15th, at 7PM
Sarah Maldoror: Aimé Césaire – Un Homme Une Terre/ At the End of Daybreak (1976)
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Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, November 15th, at 7PM
Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair Preview Party
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Fever Dream
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The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
The 21st Annual Art On Cardboard Show
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, December 2nd
Daniel Borzutzky: The Murmuring Grief of the Americas
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Frank Trankina: A Show of Eyes
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, STO, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Helmut Hammen: ABYSMAL ICONS
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, STO, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Hyde Park Art Center Gala & After Party 2024
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 5:30PM - 11:30PM
Carolina Pereira de Almeida: ??????????
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Povos Downtown
600 W Van Buren St Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 5PM - 10PM
S. Bear Bergman presents SPECIAL TOPICS IN BEING A PARENT
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 7PM - 8PM
THIRST TRAP
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Friday, January 3rd
BiG SiSSY (a)live
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 8PM - 10PM
Martin Freeman & Michael Rosenstein, XTAL fSCK, Dan of Earth, Ritwik Bannerji
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 15th, at 8:30PM
Ceramics Weekend at VSG
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VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Eva Jospin: Vanishing Points
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, January 25th
RM Francis, Pooch Karton, Hunter Brown
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 14th, at 8PM
Jesse Howard: The Emerging of a Black Diaspora
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Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University
One University Parkway, Romeoville, IL 60446
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Offsite: Zine Club Chicago on Marz: SNACKWAVE! Zinemaking Hangout
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Life on Marz Community Club
1950 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Caspar David Friedrich: Symmetry and Its Disruption
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, November 14th, at 6PM
Artist Conversation: Jeremy Frey
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Overheard in the Underworld
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150 Media Stream
150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Phedra Cilene: Beyond The Surface
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 10th
Book Release: Josh Rogers’ “Psychedelic Psalms: Reflections from an Offline World”
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Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Suite 403, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lincoln Park Art Night
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Various Galleries in Lincoln Park
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Radical Mending: Sewing Stories
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Daisy Hernández and Lourdes Torres celebrate A Cup of Water Under My Bed
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 7PM - 8PM
Lecture In Photography: Dawit L. Petros
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Monika Plioplyte: Echoes in Print
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Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 13th, from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Cara Romero in Conversation: Students Shape the Collection
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
VOICES: Kiyan Williams
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room
400 S. Peoria, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, November 13th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Joseph Wellington Turner: Two Halves of a Whole, All Taken Down
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Annex Gallery, Western Illinois University
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL, 61455
Opening Wednesday, November 13th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, November 13th
STL Architects Exhibit: Five Projects in South Korea
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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W Ohio St, Chicago IL 60654
On view through Sunday, January 12th
CONCERN, Zander Raymond, Weathering
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, at 8PM
Talk | Lee Quiñones, Dao-Yi Chow, and Romi Crawford
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Mat Rappaport: Treatments
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Carlson Tower Gallery
5134 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, December 13th
Trickster Exhibits & Native Beadworking
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Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, from 11AM - 1PM
Martin O’Brien Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, November 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
OTAT: After Dark at Dorothy
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Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, November 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Cut the Grease
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unda.m.93
dm or email for address
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Precisely This: Place and The Black Imagination
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
CAMPAIGN: A Celebration of Pope.L
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, November 11th
Tonal Visions ii
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Chicago First Church
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 4th
Zachary Sun: Desynchronized Body
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 10th, at 3PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Tape Release Show for Ernest Strauhal & The Shape Of @ Tone Deaf Records
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Tone Deaf Records
4356 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Sunday, November 10th, at 3PM
Micah Schippa-Wildfong: Civilization of Happiness: Performance
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 10th, at 2PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
Talk | The Living End Artist Roundtable
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Gwendolyn Zabicki: Enrobed
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Yifan Li: The Visage of Time
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Aishath Huda: then, it gapes and explodes,
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Slow Dance
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Old Town Holiday Pop-Up
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Leslie Wolfe Gallery
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 11AM - 5PM
Music in the Garden: Art + Music Festival
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Elastic Arts Foundation
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 8PM - 11 PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
Side Yard Sounds: KVL (Kirch/Van/Lux)
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
PPP — THE PREPARATOR’S PET PIANO: Live Concert, string ensemble with Irene Setchfield, Chelsea Bridge, Billie Howard, Johanna Brock & Brendan Finucane
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Orange Noise
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Uncle Art Gallery via The Capsule
1359 N. Maplewood St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Jason Loebs: COLDBOMB
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Saying the Hard Part Out Loud
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
New Music, Prints, and Software from Paul Hertz
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Juniper James: Unattended Baggage
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Dragonfly Gallery & Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Saturday, November 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
matt morris: violet sissy fleur pinkie
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Ruschman
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Justin Chance: Dominion
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Jayne King: Strata
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Art City
1400 N. Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
André Marin and Matt Morris: Pink Days and Terroir Days
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Space & Time
3306 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Shanti Grandhi: Framed Absence: A Lyrical Dance
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Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
Charisse Pearlina Weston: again that certain dark who risks being the forever nocturnal source of light itself
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Nour Malas: No words attached
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Olivier Schrauwen and Dash Shaw in Conversation with Conor Stechschulte
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 4PM - 6PM
Jake Troyli: Collision Course
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Marc LeBlanc in conversation with Gareth Kaye
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 9th, at 4PM
History of American Pies: and Illinois is Well Represented
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Dongola Public Library
114 NE Front St, Dongola, IL 62926
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
Fugitive/Refuge: Philip Metres and Faisal Mohyuddin
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 2PM - 3PM
Monika Wulfers: Eight Lines at a Time
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OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine WI 53403
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Tour of Nöle Giulini’s Exhibition “Wholly”
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Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Antevāsin: Living on the Edge of Two Worlds: Virtual Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Foto Mercado – An All-Photography Zine, Book, & Print Fest
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 11am - 6PM
INDULGENCE: The erotic film screening with the House of Huitlacooch
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 8PM - 10PM
Qianwen Yu: Woven Rhythms: Textile, Music, Motion
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, November 9th, at 9AM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Bridge Books Release Celebration for The Genocide House by Robert Kloss
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The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, March 23rd
CLEAT Series: Sarah Belle Reid / Ryan Gaston, Paige Alice Naylor / Haruhi Kobayashi
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 8th, at 8PM
WEST INDIES (Med Hondo, 1979)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 8th, at 7 PM
Bridge Dance Festival 2024
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
David Gista: SANCTUARIES
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 3rd
Raúl Ortiz: WATERCOLOR WORKS
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 3rd
Scott Mossman: PICTURES & FORMS
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 3rd
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