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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
August 2017
Happy Hour with Current AIR: Joseph Wilcox
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LATITUDE CHICAGO
1821 West Hubbard Street, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 5PM - 7PM
Public Newsroom #33: A Media Model for Chicago
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
Shala Miller: Heat Situated/Necessary Accessories
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 8PM - 10PM
The Chicago Picasso: A Point of Departure
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Closing Reception: Silent Sentinels No More!
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Inhabited Painting
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Dont Fret: Big Shoulders: Closing Reception
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Johalla Projects
1821 W Hubbard St Ste 209, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
Who’s Gonna Pay For These Donuts, Anyways?
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N. Halsted St.,, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Free Gender & Sexuality Public Tour
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 1PM - 2PM
Meghann Sottile: Traced Hallows
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Saint Xavier University
3700 W 103rd St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Tuesday, September 12th
The Business of Art
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Superior Street Center for the Arts
2744 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, August 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
Artist in Conversation: Jeffrey Wolin and David Travis
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Fantastic Facade
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, August 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
5th Annual Queer Clothing Swap
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 12PM - 5PM
Leslie Baum: Here Comes the Rainbow
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Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, September 29th
Karen Azarnia + Lindsey Hook: A Life Lived
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Abryant Gallery
2233 Throop St. #607 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Kate McQuillen: Meet Me on the Astral Plane
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Eden Ünlüata: Round and Round with Memories
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, September 15th
Andrea Winkler: Perfect Coffee and Rainer Spangl: The Regard
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Oli Watt: Motor Away
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Faber & Faber
2115 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, August 30th
White Light / Black Noise by Huong Ngo
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, September 15th
Tim Kerr: YOUR Name Here
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Miishkooki
4517 Oakton, Skokie, IL 60076
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lillstreet Fall Open House
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 10AM - 4PM
ZERO
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
Villapalooza
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26th St & Central Park
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 12PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
ENGAGED #3: Ladylike
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Lillstreet Drawing Studio
4410 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Intermissions: Jochen Dehn
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Silent/Listen
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The Hermosa Walls
2306 N. Keeler Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 1PM - 5PM
Night of A Thousand Amandas
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Produce Model Gallery
1007 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
Pablo Perea: TURNING PAGES
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Havana Gallery
1139 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, September 26th
Natural Indigo Dye Workshop
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The Plant
1400 W 46th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 12PM - 2PM
Studies in Patriotism
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
HOMME Again
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
Nandi
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
Zine Mercado – Oak Park Edition
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Self-Reliance School
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 12PM - 5PM
The First Ritual Retreat on the Viability of Kidnapping
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Who is my neighbor/Quien es mi vecino
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Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St 1R, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Phil Hawkins
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 7th
Ekaterina Abramova
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Prak-sis Contemporary Art Association
16 W Ontario St, 1st FL, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
Ladies’ Choice
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Late Bar
3534 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 10PM - 4AM
Work Place Residency With Current AIR: Joseph Wilcox
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LATITUDE CHICAGO
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Pants, Pants, Pants!
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Athenaeum Theatre Studio Three
2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657-4120
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 9PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Alice Hargrave: Paradise Wavering
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
American Masters from the Kattner Family Collection
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Gina Hunt: Stereo Vision
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Amy Cousins: You Will Never Have the Comfort of Our Silence Again
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Colleen Plumb: GOING ROGUE
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago IL, 60654
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7 PM - 11 PM
Ken Wilson
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Jeanine Hill-Soldner: Portraits and Memories: Legacies of Service
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National Veterans Art Museum
4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Lumpen Magazine Release Party
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Happy Hour with Current AIR: Joseph Wilcox
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LATITUDE CHICAGO
1821 West Hubbard Street, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 5PM - 7PM
Nonprofit and Tax Exemption Workshop
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Lawyers for the Creative Arts
213 W Institute Pl, Ste 403, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Karen Vierneisel: Portals
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North Shore Art League
620 Lincoln Ave Winnetka, IL 60093
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 15 August 2017 - 17 September 2017
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
GLOE ONE
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Wabash Arts Corridor
33 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 2:30PM - 4PM
Public Newsroom #32: Organizing Human Capital on the South Side
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jas Petersen: Not A Still Life
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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
1338 W Lake St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Nostalgic
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Silent Funny
4106-08 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL60651
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
Film Shorts by Women of Color
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Print Viewing: Found Photography
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
LCA’s LawSmarts for Visual Artists
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OPEN Center for the Arts and Lawyers for the Creative Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, August 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Rapid Response: Art and Resistance Work
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Possibilities of Print: Creating Space and Place
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The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, from 7PM - 8PM
New Works by Columbia Faculty
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ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, September 29th
Artist Talk by The Weaving Mill
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, from 8PM - 10PM
Subterranean Politics
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, August 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Forms and Features: Ephemeral Poetry
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, August 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Option: Matt Piet and Bill Harris
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Bill Brown and Gabriel Moreno: Assemblage and the Factory
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 2PM - 3PM
ZINEmercado: Logan Square Independent Zine Fest
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 11AM - 6PM
Graffiti Jam
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 1PM - 4PM
Glassblowing Open House
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Ignite Glass Studios
401 N Armour St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
Modular on the Spot
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Lost Arts
1001 N. North Branch Street, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 4PM - 7PM
Pilsen Fest 2017
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18th St and Blue Island Ave
Opening Saturday, August 19th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
Frank Wilens: Sixty Minutes Towards Being There
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Erica Brooks: Simpsons Wave
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Thomas Kong: Be Happy (Street Fair)
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Roman Susan
6900 - 7100 Glenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
If the wind were water we’d all be really whet
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Prairie
629 W Cermak Suite 240, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
#Blackmendream
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
Selden Paterson: IOP B+
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POND HOLE Gallery
2925 N Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Aaron Walker: / e
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The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
We Are Here
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Nichols Tower at Homan Square
906 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 11am - 1:30PM
If the wind were water we’d all be really whet
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Prairie
629 W Cermak Rd, Ste 240, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Janelle Miller: We Are Here
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Nichols Tower
906 South Homan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
Pilsen Art Walking Tour
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 11am - 12PM
Lunchtime Dance Party with AMFM
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Chicago Riverwalk
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
Punk Rock & Donuts Benefit for Pilsen Alliance
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 11PM
Woman as Warrior
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 13th
Alison O’Daniel: The Tuba Thieves
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 18th, at 8PM
Cathy Hsiao and Kavari Raina: Material Significance: the Density of Flowers
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
GirlPinGang Witchin Weekend
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Alternate Reality
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1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Sankofa City Summer School Kick-Off
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
African Festival of The Arts Gala: Featuring Regina Belle
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
Gallery Talk: The Transformative Power of Fire in Islamic Art
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
Five Elements of War
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, September 18th
Sky David: Lightworks
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 8PM - 10PM
Breaking Bread: Riverwalk Session
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Chicago Riverwalk
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art After Work: Stitch ‘n’ Flix
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
The Rise of Experiential Design
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1871
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 1212, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
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