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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
November 2022
Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz große Traum)
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, lL 60601
Opening Wednesday, November 30th, at 6PM
Chicago Reader 50ish UnGala Celebration
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, November 30th, from 7PM - 11:30PM
Block Cinema: THE TRACE (SAMA) (1988)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Visiting Artist Talk + Artist Reception: Violet Luczak
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McHenry County College | Bersted Lecture Hall
8900 Northwest Hwy #14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, November 30th, from 2:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Friday, December 16th
Uniting Voices Chicago’s “Voice of Chicago 2022 Promotee Ceremony”
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, November 30th, from 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
The Making of “The First Homosexuals,” with curator Jonathan D. Katz
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Wrightwood 659
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 29th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Dialogue: Lee Bey, Blair Kamin & Laurie Petersen
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 29th, at 6PM
Talleres de Jarana
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18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, November 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sylvie Harris: The Ancestry of Home: Closing Reception
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The Arcade
618 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, November 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, November 29th
2022 Silent Auction and Benefit
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Monday, November 28th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 1st
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 27th, from 11AM - 1PM
Kara Cobb Johnson: Modern Monument
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Space 900 Gallery
816 Dempster St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, November 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
Art Battle Chicago – November 25, 2022
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SPIN Chicago
344 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 25th, from 7PM - 11PM
MoMaz: My House Your House
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Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Friday, January 20th
Filippino Lippi: Student, Collaborator, and Rival of Botticelli
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Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 22nd, from 3PM - 4PM
Sandra Cisneros: Woman Without Shame
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The Field Museum
1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, November 22nd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 20th, from 11AM - 1PM
James Jankowiak: The Great Escape: Closing Reception
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, November 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 20th
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media
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Glenview Public Library
1930 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL 60025
Opening Saturday, November 19th, at 6PM
Let It Grow: Hoofprint’s ten year anniversary show
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Alonso Galue: You Are Here
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Happy Galley
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 11AM - 1PM
Tour: Feeling Blue
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 3PM - 4PM
Nick Bastis: Resolutions Dogs
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, January 14th
AYAHAN MOOR: Bless Your Heart
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RUSCHMAN
4148 N Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, January 7th
Alfred Conteh: It Is What It Is
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
Son Chiquitos – Tierra y Libertad
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18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 11AM - 12PM
Artists First Conversations: Symposium 2
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 10AM - 12:30PM
Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Evanston Art Center: The Winter Expo 2022
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St. Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 9AM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 20th
Faithfully Askew
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The Latent Space
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 24th
Plein Air Poetry + Art of Nature Walk
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Poartry Project
Online
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 2PM - 3PM
Anoushé Shojae-Chaghorvand: innocence is cheap, but ten dollars lasts forever
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 8th
In/Side/Out: Closing Reception/Artist Talk
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Monday, September 19th
Laura O’Connor: Embroidery as Dissent
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 18th
Ceramic Studio Open House
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The Digs Chicago
333 N Oakley Blvd, #305, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 4PM - 8PM
Tom Biegalski: Science-based Abstract Photography
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 8th
Jeanne Garrett: ELEMENTS: Earth, Wind, Water, Fire – Fraying at the Edges
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 8th
Samira Gdisis: Monoprints & Collagraphs
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 8th
Talk | On Thinking and Being Caribbean: A Roundtable Discussion
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, November 19th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Laleh Motlagh: Contemplation
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 13th
Jessica Ferrer and Yoonshin Park: Pinions
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 13th
Threads Exhibition
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 6th
Currentz
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 6th
In/Form
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, November 18th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
10TH GRABADOLANDIA Print Festival
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 20th
Amanda Gentry and Irene Hsiao: Waiting
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Alma Art & Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 18th, at 6PM
Art Therapy & Tarot: The Importance of Symbol; Then, Now, and Forevermore
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
David Yarrow: Storytelling
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Hilton | Asmus Contemporary
716 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Brian Calvin: Something or Other
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Friday, January 7th
Open Studios Third Friday
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Zine Club Chicago IN PERSON: SNAX Release Party + Zinemaking Hangout!
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
The 19th Annual “Art on Cardboard Show”
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Project Onward
1200 W. 35th St., 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Hyde Park’s 83rd Annual Gala After Party
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 8:30PM - 12AM
SILENCES OF THE PALACE (1994) on 35mm
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle D, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 18th, at 7 PM
Thick Skin
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Anthony Adcock: Work in Progress
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Povos Chicago
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, December 5th
Brujas Brew III: Closing Reception
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Grace Jane
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 18th
Sarah Leuchtner: Midnight Mirage
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Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, #1b, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 7th
Jordan A. Porter-Woodruff: Portraits: An Intimate View
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 7th
Mark Ballogg: Making Space
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Epiphany Center for Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 7th
Artist Talk: Haegue Yang
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 17th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 8th
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES: G. FJERSTAD TRIO + STEVE SWELL
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 8PM - 11:30PM
Community Soup 5.0
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 5PM - 9PM
Art After Work: Marvin Tate
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Voices: Miko Revereza
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Panel Discussion About Youth Incarceration in the Americas
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
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The Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
THIS IS IT: a human-centered view of US
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South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 8th
Uniting Voices Chicago Choir Beverly Winter Concert
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St. Chicago IL, 60655
Opening Thursday, November 17th, at 7PM
From This Point Forward
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Kiki & Bouba @Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste 303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Performance: The East Loop
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 16th, at 6PM
Conversation between artists of ‘A Natural Turn’
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DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, November 16th, at 6PM
Uniting Voices Chicago Choir Austin, Gage Park, Humboldt Park and Pilsen/Little Village Winter Concert
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Little Village Lawndale High School
3120 Kostner Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, November 16th, from 7PM - 11 PM
Matthew Metzger: Heirloom: Book Launch
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Winter Garden at the Study at the University of Chicago
1227 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, November 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Virtual Book Event: Just Care by Akemi Nishida
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Online
Opening Wednesday, November 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, November 16th, at 6 PM
FPE Records Presents: Noah Barker Quartet, MIYUMI Project, Tatsu Aoki / Da Wei Wang Duo
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, November 15th, from 8PM - 11PM
Dialogue Keynote | Elizabeth Alexander on The Trayvon Generation
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 15th, at 6PM
Talleres de Jarana
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18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
A Conversation with Library of Congress Librarian Dr. Carla Hayden
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Chicago Collections Consortium
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 15th, from 12PM - 1PM
CPS Lives: Class of 2022
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Tuesday, November 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 13th
Transcending Art Through Flavor
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave., Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Monday, November 14th, at 7PM
Seeds In My Pocket: Artist Talk
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, November 14th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Monday, November 14th
Stoop Style Stories Presents Story Neighborhood
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, November 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Diana Gabriel & Griffin Carrick: Unstitched
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McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 Northwest Hwy #14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, December 16th
Regarding The Missing Objects
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, November 13th, at 27 February 2023
Chicago Printers’ Unions and the Mechanization of the Printed Word
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 3PM - 5PM
DARING TO STRUGGLE, DARING TO WIN by Helen Shiller
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, November 13th, at 7PM
Talk | Martine Syms with Jadine Collingwood and Allyson Nadia Field
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Merry Mercado
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 10AM - 4:30PM
Yani aviles, Mira Dayal & Micah Schippa: The door you open is determined by how you twist the knob. The room you enter is determined by how you open the door.
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Apparatus Projects
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 408, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 15th
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 11AM - 1PM
Canciones de mi Padre: Artists Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
Lise Haller Baggesen: The Painted Book of the City of Ladies Wear
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RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd. Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, December 15th
Matthew Girson: Plot Structure
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, December 30th
Shilin Hora: The Art of Seeing Artist Reception
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Riverside Arts Center Town Hall Gallery
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, December 29th
Margie Glass Sula: Dwell
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Riverside Arts Center Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, February 28th
Nicholas Frank, Lauren Fueyo, Nyeema Morgan: Continue a Poem
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Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, November 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, December 30th
Historic Instruments of Illinois
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Jefferson County Historical Society Museum
1411 N 27th St, Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Opening Saturday, November 12th, at 2PM
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