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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Olivia Block & Biliana Voutchkova, Carol Genetti & Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson
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Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 08:30PM - 12
I Want My Money Back
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The Yards
2028 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 9PM - 3AM
Our Intimates
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The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, March 11th
Ponnopozz: Wild World
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Forms and Features: Poetry and the Collective Experience
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché & Javier Zamora
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, March 7th, at 7PM
On Watching Men
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 70’s and Today
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 19th
Quiet Time – Changing Students’ Lives
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Dimensions of Citizenship Panel Discussion: Satellite Citizens
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Cultural Encounter in Nubia
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Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 12:15PM - 1PM
Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 7PM - 8PM
Liner Notes with Tim Crisp, Sacha Mullin + more
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GMan Tavern
3740 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Crime and Punishment (2017)
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Fritz Lang: Destiny (1924)
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Park Ridge Public Library
20 S Prospect Ave, Park Ridge, IL 60068
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Quiet Time – Changing Students’ Lives
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
International Women’s Day: Archiving, Activism & Well-being
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Susan Te Kahurangi King: 1958-2018
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Ginger Krebs: Escapes & Reversals
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Unity Lutheran Church in Chicago
1212 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Joestine Con-ui: now, now, now!
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table
3240 N Springfield Ave, No 02, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
The Arts as Tools of Social Change
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 1PM - 3PM
Caravans of Gold: Research at the Crossroads
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The Block Museum, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Antoinette Carroll: Activism + Impact
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IIT Institute of Design
3137 S Federal St 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
A Sharp Light That Shines
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Columbia College Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ferguson Hall
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Am I Man Enough?
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Morag Kersel: The Consequences of Buying Holy Land Antiquities
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Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Emory Douglas
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Rubloff Auditorium: 230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artist Case Studies: Connecting with an Audience + Community
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Landscapes of Hope: Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
USSA Postal Service: Chicago Casting Call
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Bonnie Honig: Bartleby or the Bacchae? A Feminist Theory of Refusal
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Institute for the Humanities, UIC
701 S Morgan St, MC 206, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 4PM - 6PM
Stein Songs: F-PLUS with Lisa Perry
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, at 7PM
Grappling With A Luminous Doom
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Badass Herstory Workshop with Shannon Downey
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton Ave. Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Black Lives Matter Witness Quilt
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Village Leadership Academy
800 S Wells St, #90 Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 11AM - 2PM
Pottery of Protest II Exhibition
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Lincoln Square Pottery Studio - Learning Center
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 8th
Sequences
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 6th
Matthew Nichols: Squint
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, April 1st
… Smell The Roses
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 11PM
Creative Impulse
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 12PM - 3PM
POP 2 Exhibition
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Lincoln Square Pottery Studio
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Luke Chueh: Between Black and White
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store and Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Zoetic: A celebration of visual, aural, and botanic art
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 11PM
Yesenia Bello and Nataliya Kotlova: Till It Sticks
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Bochay Drum: How Are We Looking Today?
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Talk: A Tale of Today: Yinka Shonibare CBE
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Paul Lamantia
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Assaf Evron and Claudia Weber
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American World War II Experience
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Trickster Gallery
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
Adriana Poterash: The Human Factor
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 15th
IWD Chicago 2019: A Seat at the Table
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave Unit 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 10AM - 3PM
Queertopia 2019 LGBTQ Media Cultures
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Kresge Hall
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 8AM - 8PM
Bethany Collins and Samuel Levi Jones: Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 19th
Salvador Campos
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
Inner Balance
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Open Studio Project
903 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Change the Canvas Change the World
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
LENS 2019
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave Evanston, Illinois 60201
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Calculus, a study of limits: Closing Reception
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Katie Wood: IMMANENT DOMAIN / EXHIBIT A
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Paul Lamantia
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Megan Greene: Beasts Unseen
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Keelan McMorrow: Detritus: life after death
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Stan Shellabarger
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Karolina Gnatowski: Some Kind of Duty and Betsy Odom: Butchcraft Curator’s Tour
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 12PM - 1PM
Tom Kutchera: Faces of a Fish Empire
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Rangefinder Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 202 Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
John Maloof: Sculptures
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Catherine Hu: Very Little Changes
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Room 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Sirimas Benz Amatayakul and Alex Stark: Aggregate
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Karthik Pandian and Andros Zins-Browne: Entr’acte
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
The Future is Friday: Tonika Johnson
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Leo Burnett
35 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 8AM - 9:30AM
Virtual Bauhaus: An Interactive Exhibition
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Friday, March 22nd
The Work of Archives & Cultural Institutions as Protest
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
6: Celebrating Six Years of Side Street
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Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
invisible collage
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Cobalt Studios
1950 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Remnants: Works on Paper
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Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Don’t be Scurred: Closing Night Musical Celebration
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 12AM
TooTiredChicago: A Conversation on Mental Health and Photography
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Cornelia Arts Building March Open House
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Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
Tracy Ostmann Haschke
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One River School of Art and Design
4625 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 12th
Spontaneous Remarks
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, March 21st
All Have the Same Breath: The Symposium
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 9AM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Christina Ward: American Advertising Cookbooks
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 7PM - 8PM
Anarchival Impulse
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 1st, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
In My Feelings
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Young Chicago Authors
1180 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
Robert Heinecken: Mr. President… Mr. President…
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Level 16 Screening
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Facets
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
The Day Saints
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Unit 104, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
PAMELA FRASER
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
My informal printmaking residency with Stan Shellabarger
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
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