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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Pop Up Shop
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Langer Over Dickie
1309 N Leavitt St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 9th, from 2PM - 6PM
UIMA Lecture Series: Deconstructing Russian Imperialism
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 9th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Hyde Park Handmade Artisan Bazaar
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The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave West, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, February 9th, from 12PM - 4PM
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, February 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
Discourse: Shawn Rowe
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 3rd
Friends of James and Marcos
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GAG garden apartment gallery
3528 W Fulton Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Art Speaks: New Formations
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
BINGE
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StopTime Gallery
1311 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, 60654
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China
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The Smart Museum
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, May 3rd
Mara Baker: Chameleon Blind
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Gerber Building
4620 N Broadway Ave, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, April 15th
Kyle Bellucci Johanson: curtain call-out couture: i am afraid isn’t just the way it is
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Bill's Auto
3217 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 14th
Olivia Petrides: Flux
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OS Projects
601 6th St, Racine WI 53403
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Nelson W Armour: Peering into the Rainforest: Closing Reception
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Cultivate Urban Rainforest and Gallery
704 Main St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 8th
Kenneth Hershenson New Release Party
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West Loop Dot Gallery
1015 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Maddie Rogers: I Don’t Know What To Do With My Hands
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Conversations with Conservators
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The Conservation Center
400 N Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 11AM - 2PM
In Conversation: The Making of the Victor F. Keen Collection
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 2PM - 3PM
Tracing Faults: Folio/Book Release
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago IL60612
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, February 13th
Design Ethics Roundtable
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Basecamp
30 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 12:30PM - 4:30PM
Layers & Threads: Cards, Tags & More
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The Collage Cafe
1129 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 10AM - 4PM
Family Day: Junk Monster
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 11AM - 3PM
Special Event: Lunar New Year Celebration
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 1PM - 4:30PM
Iron Sharpens Iron: Grantwriting Bootcamp
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Camera Ambassador
2425 W 14th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
In Conversation: The Making of the Victor F. Keen Collection
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Erin Cramer: Keys to the Kingdom: Closing
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Slacks Window Gallery
5752 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Saturday, February 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
Lucid: Closing Reception
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
Irving Artists Trio: Trois Trois
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
The Runaway (1958)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
What Remains | Chapter 1: Fixing
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, February 9th
fotoMuses’: Potpourri
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Elmhurst Artists' Guild
150 Cottage Hill, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, February 7th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
Sean Hannaway: Now with More Extra!
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Line Dot Editions
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Cyborgs: Ancient & Current
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 7th
Lacy Coligan: pizza. patience. and all things love.
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Agave Studio Chicago
2950 W Chicago Ave, #202, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Girls’ World
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
BIG PART small whole
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
An Evening with Xandria Phillips & Raych Jackson
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57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lukey Walden: favors
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An Sylvia Exhibitions
1154 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Alan Emerson Hicks & Angelica Campbell
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ela Przybylo: ASEXUAL EROTICS
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Tatsu Aoki and Myra Su: String of Echoes
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 7th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 9th
Plexiglas #5
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Gray Center For Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Shoq
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 6062
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6Pm - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Nathaniel Dorsky: Devotional Form
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Taft Student Exhibition
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A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Nazar Kozak: How Can Art Fight Back
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Jess Bass: Plant Feeder
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 4:30PM - 5:45PM
On view through Monday, February 17th
Mooring + Undercurrents: Voices of Southeast Chicago’s Immigrant Women
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Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Brincka/Cross Gallery
101 W Second St, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Hidden Messages
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Jacob King: CA$H ONLY
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AdventureLand Works on Paper
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Dean La Prairie: Messenger: Closing Reception
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 7th
Sam DeCarlo: Natural Illusion
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Andrea Coleman: For Memory: These Are Deities in My Eyes
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 13th
Spaces With(in): Panel and Screening
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Annette Turow
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
2020 New Vision | New Decade Showcase
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Eric Solorio Academy High School
5400 S Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Playback: The Chicago Student Filmmaker Summit
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Eleven04 Productions
2059 W Hastings St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 5:30PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, February 8th
Niki Frazier: Gravitational Radiation
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Sam DeCarlo
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nazar Kozak: How Can Art Fight Back
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 7th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Poetry & Music: Poetry in Russian Music
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 6th, at 7PM
Music in the Galleries: Andrew Norman’s Companion Guide To Rome
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, February 6th, at 6PM
US-China Forum 2020: The Matter of Art
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 9:30AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 3rd
Art and Materiality: Symposium
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 6th, at 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 8th
Brick and Mirror (1965)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
An Evening with Vaginal Davis
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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, February 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
We Tell Film Series: Body Publics
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
Nikki Giovanni
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The Keller Center
1307 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Michael Barnes: The Weight of Stone: Context and Narratives
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NIU Art Museum
595 College Ave., DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 5PM - 6PM
Explore Evanston Art with Night Visions! (formely Youtime)
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Art Encounter
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, April 23rd
Tangelo 24
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Tangelo
2515 W North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Lucy Alford in conversation with Srikanth Reddy: Forms of Poetic Attention
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Outsider Art: The Collection of Victor F. Keen
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, September 7th
A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Greco-Roman Egypt at the Oriental Institute
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Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 12:15PM - 1PM
Jean Yves Cousseau: Pas Perdus
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Alliance Française de Chicago
810 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, February 21st
The Past is Present: Artist Talk with William Blake & Paul Durica
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Gallery Victor Armendariz
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
Tania Bruguera
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Northwestern University Department of Art Theory and Practice
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
Snow City Arts @ the MADD Center
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MADD Center: University of Chicago
5730 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, February 26th
Size and Scale | February Drink and Draw
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Lee Bey: Southern Exposure
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Marija Gimbutas Memorial Lecture: Petra Goedegebuure
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Oriental Institute University of Chicago
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Black N Black Film + Discussion
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Maureen Claffy: Making Love Happen
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Chicago Luxury Beds
440 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Sonya Clark: The Flag We (Should) Know
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Poetry & Drama: Verböten
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, at 7PM
Curator Tour: Routes and Territories
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 12PM - 1PM
American Sign Language Tour and Tea, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In Progress: Move Me Soul
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Jun Fujita: American Visionary
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
Dragonfly Eyes
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Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
Love Yourself: Gratitude
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
Once Upon a Time in Beirut
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, February 4th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Therese Quinn & Bill Ayers: FRESH AYERS
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57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Detour: Artists Connect—Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, February 3rd, from 12PM - 12:30PM
Michael Mann: Thief
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Monday, February 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
MAYS MAYHEW: TWICE. DRAWINGS OF DOUBLES FOR THE NEW DECADE
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Gary Brown Gallery
7 S Broadway Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Sunday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
The Long Goodbye
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Selected Works Gallery
1500 S Western Ave, #114A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 9th
Karen Dana: Off Hours
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Material
2025 West Belmont Ave. Cicago IL 60618
Opening Sunday, February 2nd, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, March 15th
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