Side Yard Sounds: Dan Petry & Mark Snyder

@ compound yellow

244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM

Panel Discussion: A DIY History of Chicago DIY

@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL

3054 N. Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 7PM

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cinemanita Spooky Screening: House (1977)

@ Mouse Arts and Letters Club

555 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60616

Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 7PM - 10:30PM

Museum of What Will Have Been

@ The Labyrinth Club

3658 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60641

Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 3PM - 4PM

Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman: Domestic Disruptions Artists Talk + Closing Reception

@ Riverside Arts Center's Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden

32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546

Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 2PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, October 10th

Daniel Hojnacki: Continuous Exchange

@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago

2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, #419, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 1PM - 4PM

On view through Monday, November 23rd

BARELY THERE: micro art showcase

@ OAK PARK ART LEAGUE

720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302

Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 1PM - 3PM

On view through Sunday, December 20th

2026 Healing Arts Chicago: An Arts x Health x Wellness Summit

@ Malcolm X College

1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Saturday, October 10th, at 10:30AM

Chicago Zine Fest 2026

@ Harold Washington Library Center

400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605

Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 11AM - 4PM