October 2022
Block Cinema presents Sudanese Film Group Shorts
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
STü | Soup Kitchen Conversations
@ {\}() {/}∆‡|{}{\} Laboratorio Tangeπcial de Arte Posnac!óπ [No Nation]
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Floors 2+4, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lincoln Park Art Night
@ Madron Gallery
1000 W North Ave, Third Floor, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Friday, December 16th
FACETS Anime Club Presents: Psychedelic Cult Classic Horror
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7PM - 11PM
Coloring Black Surveillance
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Animated Forgotten Horror Shorts
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
Finding Ceremony: Virtual Round Table Session
@ Austin Town Hall
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, at 12:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Lecture in Photography: Curran Hatleberg
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
754 S Wabash Ave, 5th fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Daniel Ramos: Artist Talk
@ McHenry County College
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 2:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Artist Talk: Cecilia Beaven
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, October 19th, at 6 PM
On view through Wednesday, October 19th
Medea Benjamin: War in Ukraine
@ 57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Sketch with Sed
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
Film screening: Mi Raza & La Esperanza
@ Rudy Lozano Chicago Public Library
1805 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, at 5:30PM
Women in Art, Early Film, and Frank Lloyd Wright
@ Chicago Movie Tours
Online
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, at 7:20PM
Holland Cotter Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Movement Studies
@ Berger Park Cultural Center (Coach House)
6215 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, at 7PM
In Progress: Devin T. Mays
@ The Kovler Atrium at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Tanda: Monastic Making: Public Grieving and Vernacular Art Environments
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Tuesday, October 18th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Millicent Kennedy: Excavated Ephemera: Artist Talk
@ Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove Campus
4S783 IL-47, Sugar Grove, IL 60554
Opening Monday, October 17th, at 11AM
On view through Monday, November 7th
Kevin Beasley
@ Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Penthouse Room 901, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 17th, at 6PM
CAVA: Later Impressions 2022
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Rest is Resistance / Solo(s)
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, October 16th, at 5PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 11AM - 1PM
Open Boulevards + Journey Chicago + Open House Chicago + Chicago Sukkah Design Festival closing
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 1PM - 5PM
Raw! Uncut! Video! Chicago Film Premier
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 16th, at 3PM
GATHER | A Performance Art Soirée
@ SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, October 16th, at 4PM
Alexandra Antoine: Pathways: On Reflecting, Wisdom and Meditation
@ Cultivator
202 E Washington, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Robin Dluzen: Ancestral Light
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Open House in partnership with Open House Chicago
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throops Street
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 12PM - 4PM
Glory Hole
@ Polonium Projects
2233 S Throop St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 12PM - 4PM
BAD POSTURE CLUB, DPCD, AND HANNA BUREAU
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor
Opening Sunday, October 16th, at 7PM
Joseriberto: Bobo Deco
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Friday, February 11th
Joseriberto: BoboDeco
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 15th, at 11 February 2023
Tricia Hersey: Rest is Resistance
@ Haji Healing Salon
4448 S Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
The Art of Epilepsy
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Toolbox @ Twenty Performance: Sadie Woods & Damon Green
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 13th
Art Talks! with Block Student Associates
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
The Relationship Between Art Making and Mental Health
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 10AM - 12:30PM
Slow & Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival
@ Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 10AM - 8PM
Open House Chicago 2022
@ Chicago Architecture Center
Various Locations
On view through Sunday, October 16th
PullmanArts & Culture Fest 2022
@ PullmanArts
11111 S Forrestville Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, October 15th, at 12PM
On view through Wednesday, October 12th
Cherry Moth Cake Pop-Up & Exhibit
@ Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Modern Poetry: Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué’s Madness
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 2PM - 3PM
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land (Calumet Park Preview)
@ Steelworkers Park
E 87th St at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, October 15th, at 11AM
Circularities
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Cliff Rome and Jason Hammel on Nourishing Community
@ The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 15th, at 2:30 PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Halloween Group Art Show
@ Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, November 15th
Sara Grose: Butterfly
@ Trapdoor
1303 Chicago Ave. Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Can you see me?
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Achut Deng: Don’t Look Back
@ International House
1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Cupping by Female Practitioners in Late Medieval Art
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
Face in the Crowd
@ Arts of Life and Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 30th
Keelan McMorrow: Endless Struggle
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Mitch Clark: Riff Driven
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Cross-Chicago Tour with Roman Villarreal
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 12PM - 4PM
Sam Kirk: TRANSITIONS
@ The Honeycomb Network
2659 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 14th, at 7PM
Seeds In My Pocket
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, November 14th
In The Realm Of Senses Presents: Creation In Motion
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, October 14th
JJ McLuckie: Tunnels
@ Press Here: center for Mad culture
410 S Michigan Ave #419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 4th
Hip Hop + Horror
@ Facets
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
On view through Friday, October 14th
LIZA JO EILERS: THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU
@ SULK CHICAGO
525 S Dearborn St. Apt 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Waterways: Closing Reception
@ Grace Jane
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 14th
Traverse: An Animatronic Puppet Show and Workshop
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
@ House of the Apocalypse
1837 South Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 13th
John Irving – “The Last Chairlift” and Jason Reynolds – “Ain’t Burned All the Bright”
@ Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
Kelli Morgan: Art, Whiteness, and Empire: How We All Got Here
@ Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, October 13th, at 6PM
RUTH CARTER FILM SERIES – AMISTAD
@ The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
The Path Toward Racial Equity
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, October 13th, at 12:15PM
Women and Medieval Household Healthcare
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
¡QUEIMADA! (BURN!, 1969)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 13th, at 7PM
Fear of Property: Curator-led walk-through
@ THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Terrain Fundraiser
@ One Lake Brewing
1 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Thing or two
@ Vertical Project Space
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 13th
Artist Talk: Dan Peterman
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 8th
Open Door: Dreaming Ages
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
Pious Work of Salvage
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste. 303, Chicago, IL, 60625
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Community Lunch with Kerry Cardoza
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
600 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, at 6PM
Nuestra Herencia: Senior Legacy Film Premiere
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
THE FUTURE IS DISABLED by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
online
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, at 7PM
Comfort Film Presents: The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 8PM - 10PM
That Belongs in a Museum – Suitcase Stories!
@ DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Evolution and Influence of Chicago-Style Graffiti
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Roman Susan Proposals: In-Person Info Session
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, at 7PM
Tanda: Urban Palimpsest, Collaged Spatiality: Mapping the Mecca
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Hearth: The ACRE Annual Benefit
@ Bungalow by Middle Brow
2840 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, October 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Queer Art Party
@ Sleeping Village
3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 9th, from 12PM - 5PM
Sunday Series presensts: Greg Dudzienski
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 9th, from 4PM - 6PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 9th, from 11AM - 1PM
How the Word is Passed
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 8th, at 11AM
Mendi + Keith Obadike: Numbers Station 2 [Red Record]
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Chicago Home Movie Day 2022
@ Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 11AM - 3PM
Andrea Carlson: The Waves May Break Here Still
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Film Screening and Talk: Partition, South Asian Cinemas and Manto
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
Josephine Pryde: Club Med
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, November 4th
