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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
October 2016
Performance – Daniel Luedtke: Binder
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Avenue
Opening Sunday, October 30th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, November 4th
‘Vi’bes- A Lights On Dance Party
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Home Meant Improv/Uncertainty Makes a Great Show
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Compound Yellow
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 2PM - 6PM
Ellis von Sternberg: DEAR SLUDGE, CRUEL SLUDGE
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
Matt Phillips and Steve Reber
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Devening Projects and Editions
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
MCA Talk: Diana Thater
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 3PM - 4PM
Megan Greene: Short Story
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Regards
2216 W. Chicago Ave
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Lauren Feece, Chris Silva, Sick Fisher, Karen Rettig, Michael Kardas & Brenda Dunn
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Jimmy Beans
2553 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 4PM - 8PM
Secret Slob
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 22nd
Washington Park Soundwalk
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Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
740 E. 56th Place, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
The Overlook presents Dreadful
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In House
3520 W Armitage, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Unfurling & Art Conversation
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Paul Henry's Art Gallery
416 Sibley St, Hammond, IN46320
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 12PM - 5PM
Marcel Alcalá: BLACK BLOOD. BLACK TAR TRUTH. WHITE LIES
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Boyfriends
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, December 15th
Vladimir Belogolovsky
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 1PM - 2PM
Commodus Operandi
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 22nd
Every link is a separation
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Alma Allen
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Kim Piotrowski, Zach Taylor, and Andrew LeMay Cox
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Jordi Mollà: Raíces
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ARTSPACE 8
900 North Michigan Avenue, 3rd and 4th floors, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, October 28th, at 7PM
40 Years – Part 2: Gender. Race. Identity
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, December 23rd
City of Ideas: Architects’ Voices and Visions
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5:30 PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 25th
The Art of Blackness 2016 Exhibition
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Block Thirty Seven
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Bill Cass and Lori Rollason
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Man In Nature
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
A Moment In Time
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Meg Louise and Ayako Kato: Spin Off
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Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium Park, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Mobile Speakers’ Podium for Citizens and Non-Citizens
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The Muffler Shop
359 E Garfield Blvd. Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, November 4th
Deville Cohen: ZERO
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Aspect/Ratio
119 N Peoria St, #3D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Dan Grzeca: Top 20
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Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
MCA Talk: Karl Wirsum, Gladys Nilsson, and Robert Storr
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Nicolás Pereda: Minotaur and The Palace
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
George Gessert and Eduardo Kac: Conversations on Art and Science
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Ballroom
112 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Beatrix Reinhardt: Artist Talk
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Cir STE 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
Maps, Their Collecting and Study
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Propeller Fund 2016 Awards Reception
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sophie Ansell: Discount Dreams
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Project 1612
1612 West Margaret Ave, Peoria, IL 61604
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
Bethany Collins: Artist Talk
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Cir STE 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, December 18th
A Conversation with Muna Tseng
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, at 6PM
John Shanahan on Chris Ware
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DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Clyde Petersen: Torrey Pines
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The Nightingale
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Tuesday, October 25th, at 7PM
MCA Talk: New Mythologies for the Future
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Christopher Marcinkoski: Speculative Urbanization and The City That Never Was
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Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N Astor St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lecture: Music in the Missions
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 25th, at 6PM
Incubators, Co-Working Spaces and New Economies of Creativity
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Polsky Exchange
1452 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, October 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
Karen Reimer: 2016-17 DoVA Distinguished Alumni Artist Talk
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Lecture: Timothy Morton
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Kent Hall At University of Chicago
5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Julia Arredondo: Past.Present.Future
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The Hermosa Walls
2306 N Keeler Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 12 PM - 4 PM
On view through Friday, November 28th
Judith Brotman and Fraser Taylor, “Missed (and Other) Connections” + Luis Sahagun: “An Old God Renewed” Sculpture Garden Installation
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Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Julien Prévieux: The New Graphic Method
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 1 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, November 20th
Can You Spit On Someone You Love
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Good Lil Base
3611 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, November 23rd
Kate Perryman: Catch as Catch Can
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
The Arts Club of Chicago at 100: Centennial Open House
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The Arts Club
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 12PM - 5PM
Sans Titre – Artists talk
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SideCar
411 Huehn, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
A Rule By Nobody • Part II
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Sector 2337
2337 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 20th
Max Guy: Sotoba Komachi
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Back Room at Kim's Corner Foods
1371 W. Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 4th
Lampo Performance: Yoshi Wada and Tashi Wada
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 8PM - 10PM
Artist Talk with Rick Valicenti
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Regis Hall
6430 N Winthrop Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 4PM
The Noise of Art!
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N. Cicero Ave Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, December 9th
In Our Own Eyes: Women’s Self Portraits Over Time
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Austin Irving Chicago Public Library (2nd floor)
6100 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, December 30th
Billy McGuinness
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Studio 3325
3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Cole Pierce: Rogers Park Mural Project
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Roman Susan
Albion CTA Viaduct
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
My Feet Have Lost Memory of Softness
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60624
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Free CGN Saturday Gallery Tours
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River North
750 N. Franklin
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Rachel Ellison: Gymnasium for the Soul: Interviews
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 11am - 5PM
A Conversation with Jessica Campbell and Erin Toale
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 5:30 PM - 7PM
Loralyn Kumlin: Twenty Sixteen
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Tom Robinson Gallery
2416 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Pliocene Park
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Site Red
3201 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Project Onward’s Annual Cardboard Show
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th Fl, Chicago, Illinois 60609
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
We Have a Back Room With Other Things
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, Illinois 60622 (2nd floor)
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Christalena Hughmanick and Steven Vainberg: “1-6” book release
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TUSK
3205 W Armitage Ave
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 21st
Nothing Twice
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Dame Darcy and special guests
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Michelle Miller: Meaningful–Meaningless
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TCC Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 11PM
David Hauptschein: The Surreal McCoy: Closing Reception
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Zhou B Art Center (Basement)
1029 W. 35th St., Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 21st
Clay Hickson: It Took A Village
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Johalla Projects
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 209, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, November 28th
Rebecca Morris
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Cauleen Smith
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Digital Dark
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Public Access
3306 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
Face Phase
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Saint Societe
1659 S Throop St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 11PM
Formidable Dreams
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Silent Funny
4106 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL60651
Opening Friday, October 21st, at 7:30 PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Textoposition
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C33 Gallery
33 E Congress 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 4 PM - 6 PM
On view through Tuesday, November 1st
Skillshot: The Collaborative Art of Pinball Pinball Tournament
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash 1st Floor
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Columbia Weekend Events Hosted by DEPS
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash 1st Floor
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 4PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Polish American Heritage Month Exhibition
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A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, November 30th
ARTIST ON FILM DOCUMENTARY SERIES: HOCKNEY
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Sara Magenheimer: Slow Zoom Long Pause
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
New Paradigms Panel
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Leadership Advisory Committee of the Art Institute of Chicago
111S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Valise 13
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 20th, at 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Roger Brown: Lake Effects Panel Discussion
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Ballroom at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603-6105
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Curator’s Tour: On Space and Place
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
Moving Images, Making Cities Film Series: Lord Thing
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Arts and Public Life: Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
An Evening with Herbert Molderings
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lecture: Creating Collections: The Market for Art in Colonial Latin America
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, at 6PM
Josh Kline: Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, October 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Hispanic Heritage Month: Closing Reception
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A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Alejandro Acierto: Public Screaming
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
Cecil McDonald Jr: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
A Rule By Nobody: Screening
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N. Milwauke Avenue
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Comfort Society Presents: Edra Soto
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 1PM - 2PM
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