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Audre Lorde: The Life, Legacy & Power of a Black Feminist Icon
@ Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center
2310 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Rob Mazurek: Exploding Star Orchestra: Astral Pastorales
@ Yerkes Observatory
373 W Geneva St, Williams Bay, WI 53191
Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Periodical: Melissa Oresky
@ Rockford Univesity Art Gallery
5050 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 4th
Annual Open House and Huge Art Exhibit at Hubbard Street Lofts
@ Hubbard Street Lofts
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Amay Kataria/Abhishek Narula/David Jones
@ Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Black, White and Gray
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, October 28th
Something Wicked…
@ Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Court, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
People’s Choice Fall Exhibition
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Day of the Dead Exhibition
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago IL. 60612
Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
Chicago Icons
@ New Gallery and Chicago Fine Art Salon
2623 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
West Town Art Walk
@ Multiple venues
West Town
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
traces of home
@ Uprising Theater
2905 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 7:45PM
On view through Friday, October 30th
Walking on an Airy Road
@ Arts of Life and Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Alana Ferguson: Follow the Leader
@ NEIU Fine Art Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 23rd
Stacey Lee Gee: ROTATOR: OSCILLATIONS
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 30th
Deepest Rhythms
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 30th
WEAR THE PAINT: ALLEN VANDEVER’S HAND-PAINTED JACKET ART SHOW
@ Childhood Fractured's Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, October 8th
THIS WEEK
Saturday
October 3rd
Panel Discussion: A DIY History of Chicago DIY
@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL
3054 N. Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 7PM
Side Yard Sounds: Dan Petry & Mark Snyder
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Where I Sleep, Closing Reception and Special Performance
@ Forum 301
301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Dreaming in Blue
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Alexa Frangos: (Re)arranging
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
Diskussionsrunde: Punk Night
@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 USA
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
National Portfolio Day and Saturday with SAIC
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 3 PM - 6 PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
Watershed Cairns: Marking the Mississippi River Watershed: Libby Reuter and Joshua Rowan
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60608
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 2PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Liz Weinstein: Freaky Fungi
@ Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library
6000 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 1PM
Archiving Artist-Built Environments: A Conversation with Jo Farb Hernández and Debra Kerr
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1 PM - 2 PM
meditation on: sculptural portals, a visual lecture by ebere agwuncha
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 12:30PM - 2PM
“Drawing with Metal” Activation with Artist Bill Brady
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60642
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 12:30 PM - 1 PM
The Great Art Tailgate with Bad at Sports
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago — Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 11AM - 3PM
Woodstock Art Fair on the Square
@ Woodstock Square Historic District
121 W Van Buren St, Woodstock, IL 60098
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
AFw 2026: Xavi burgos, Black warrior angel (part one) staged reading and talkbalk
@ La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón
3505 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 3PM
Pleasure Power Portal: A Progressive Performance Experience – The Aperitif
@ Honey Pot Performance
Location to be disclosed upon ticket purchase
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 11: Mike monford j dilla tribute; RAP PANEL & J BAMBII Film
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 5PM
Listening to Nature Soundwalk
@ Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
12545 W 111th St, Lemont, IL 60439
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Fall Exhibition Opening
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Queer History Symposium
@ Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 9AM - 4PM
Sunday
October 4th
The Dylan Jones Animation Tape & Y’all So Stupid Screening
@ Mavra
5338 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL 60630
Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Northwestern University Day Fall 2026
@ Northwestern University
633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 11AM - 7PM
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 10am - 12PM
Monday
October 5th
FREE FILM SCREENING: Bulky Trash
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, October 5th, at 6PM
Behind Us We Are You: An Artist Talk and Exhibition by Atlan Arceo-Witzl
@ Archer Heights Branch Library - Chicago Public Library
5055 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
Opening Monday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Tuesday
October 6th
Brick of Chicago Walking Tour: Will Quam
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 6th, from 5PM - 6:15PM
Wednesday
October 7th
Sound Bath meditation: BelleAime
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 7th, from 7PM - 8PM
Film Screening – “Street Signs: Murals in Chicago” (1990) with filmmaker in person
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Share this event Patchbent: Sonic Resonance DJ Panel
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, October 7th, at 6PM
Thursday
October 8th
Conversations at the Edge | Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
ID Show: Oakton Annual Art Faculty Exhibition
@ The Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5Pm - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 20th
Mavra Offsite for APOCALYPSE DRAWINGS
@ The Theosophical Society of America
1926 N Main St, Wheaton, IL 60187
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
F.E.K. Draw
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Curator’s Tour of “Style is the Body Thinking” with Michelle Grabner
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Learn With Media Burn! Spooky Edition
@ Media Burn Archive
348 N Ashland Ave #1D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
Art City Showcase: An arts fundraising event
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 16th
WAITING: Stand in Solitary to protest the closure of the DePaul Art Museum
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 8th
Friday
October 9th
Halyna Nazarenko: Petrykivka — The Soul of Ukraine
@ Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 22nd
Tara Sabini and Jeremy Plotkin Wong: Pleasure Spread
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 9th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
Our Changing City: The Obama Presidential Center
@ The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 9th, from 12:30PM - 2PM
The Revolution is My Boyfriend: The Films of Bruce LaBruce
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, October 10th
NEXT WEEK
