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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Mellon Archives Innovation Program with artist and founder Theaster Gates
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 2PM - 7PM
Mat Rappaport: Treatments
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Material
2025 West Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
Clay Persona Workshop
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Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
Rebecca Keller: All The Water That Ever Was, Now Is
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
Artmakers North: The Artist’s Voice
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Debra Flint-Salter: Debra’s Journey in 2D & 3D: Closing Reception
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Artist Talk: Fabrizzio Subia on grief, history, and Año Nuevo (2023)
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 11AM - 1PM
Unit #1505 by Janhavi Khemka
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
Raque Ford: A Better Liar : Das Audit (Craig Kalpakjian and Sean Keenan)
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 3PM - 4PM
MILLER & SHELLABARGER: Untitled (Pink Tube)
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(northern) Western Exhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Sunday, April 16th, from 12PM - 4PM
Fighting Capitalism’s Ecological Death Cult
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Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
EXPO CHICAGO 2023: Dialogues April 15
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
A Song for Frankie: A Daylong “House” Party
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 11AM - 6PM
LESSONS IN LIBERATION
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
“How do You figure?”
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Special Feature
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 6PM
Artist Safi Alia Shabaik: PERSONALITY CRASH: Special Programming
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 10AM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Israel Aten, Zoe Barcza, Sven Loven, Isabelle Frances McGuire, and Mindy Rose Schwartz
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Kelly Kristin Jones: Plinths for the People
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 East Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 2PM - 3PM
o_Man! and the Legacy of Curation
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 East Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Poetics in Practice: Art Writers Panel
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The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St,Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 2PM - 3PM
Open Lab: Meredith Haines | 1 in 2
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St., Suite #401, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Millicent Kennedy: REVIVƎЯ
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, April 14th
Pleiades Series: Nina Dante, Erica Miller / Sam Scranton / Cooper Diers
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 8PM
The Space Between Us: An Event in Community with Diana Solís & Special Guests
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Bellas de Noche: Film Screening & Q&A
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 6PM
Larissa Krysiek: In Light And Shadow
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, May 1st
United States Artists Conversation with Salvador Jiménez-Flores
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
o_Man! and the Legacy of Curation
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Ink Play: Paintings by Lui Shou-Kwan
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, July 16th
SPACORE: ??? ????? & ???????? ?????
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Co-Prosperity
3129 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 5PM - 12AM
Jonas Mekas Open Archives: Conversation
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 4PM - 5PM
Tour of Art for the Future with curator Abigail Satinsky
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 11AM - 12PM
Book Launch: Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020)
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 3PM
Lampo: Birgit Ulher and Nicolas Collins
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 7PM
Aria Dean in Conversation with Bruce Jenkins
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Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 4PM
Endless
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, April 14th
DiscarDisco: Rags to Riches The WasteShed’s Trash Fashion Show Fundraiser
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
Drip! Drop! Slice!
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You Are Beautiful
3368 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 4PM - 6PM
Irene Wa: CRISÁLIDA DE SAL: A Diphonic Performance
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 3PM
Maggie Bridger: Crafting Care
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Curb Appeal Gallery
DM @curb_appeal_gallery
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 2PM - 4PM
Call Me Crazy: Unsane Writings For An Insane World
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 2PM - 4PM
Poems While You Wait
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 11AM - 12PM
EXPO Chicago Mini Home Tour
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Diasporal Rhythms
Multiple Locations
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 1PM - 3PM
Katie Neece: Artist Talk
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Middle Child Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 950, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 2PM - 3PM
Molly Costello: Fertile Futures
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊˙˙˙◊ An Evening of Performance Art/e Acción hoy ◊◊ ˙˙˙˙◊◊˙˙˙˙
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 15th, at 8PM
HOMECOMING
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THE MISSION PROJECTS | THE RESIDENCE
email info@themissionprojects.com for an appointment
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Harlesden High Street at Good Weather: Andre Morgan Telemarketing Acton ‘89 aka Game of Phones + Linda Mognato (in collaboration with Schlep) presenting: Sofia Hallström Telemarketing Acton ‘96 aka Game of Phones 2.0 Special Bootleg Edition fka Michaela Yearwood Spam has a Big Posse
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 408-412, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Craig Kalpakjian: Broken Waves Sky
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 115-116, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Libby Rothfeld and John Knight
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Apparatus Projects
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 408, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 4th
For Those Without Choice: Artist Conversation and Closing Party
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Raque Ford: A Better Liar : A New Kind of Dance with Josh Berman, Fred Jackson, Mike Reed, and Jason Roebke
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 8PM - 9PM
Leopold Segedin: The Holocaust Series: Paintings & Drawings 1967–79
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, May 30th
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Shahidul Alam: Singed But Not Burnt
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Michiko Itatani: Infinite Hope
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
DAVID WILLBURN: Traits, Tendencies, and Acts
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
On view through Sunday, May 21st
EXPO CHICAGO 2023: Dialogues April 14
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Mana Contemporary Open House
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 6060
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 1st
Barley Fair 2023
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COLOR CLUB
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Shift: Music, Meaning, Context
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
Louise Pappageorge: Intimacy of the Hand
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ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 1st
Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Katie Neece: Haunted Nostalgia: the mall with be closing in 10 minutes…
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Middle Child Gallery
2233 S. Throop St, #950, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
Open House
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Kristin Anahit Cass: Reparations of the Heart
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Stamelos Gallery Center
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 10 AM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
Dabin Ahn: 1stDibs
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ARTRUSS
4553 W. Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL, 60639
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 26th
Isabelle Rizo: Madness and Mysticism: A Diasporan Perspective
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PRESS HERE: Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 2nd
Natasha Moustache: Lerozyon (L-EURO-ZHUHN)
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C33 Gallery-Columbia College Chicago
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 4th
Static From Englund
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August House Studio
2113 W Roscoe Ave, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 14th
CLEAT Series: Billie Howard, Kieran Daly, Crossroads AR
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, April 14th, at 8PM
Paul Somers: Inevitable scar
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Ignition satellite space
2233 S Throop St, #421, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
Adam Daley Wilson: THIS IS TEXT BASED ART
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 26th
STAY UP!
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Esmaa Mohamoud: Let Them Consume Me In The Light
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Allana Clarke: I Feel Everything
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Kelly Hisagi Rickert: This Is How I Remember It
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Watershed Studioworks
3016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
TAHARA (2020) with filmmaker Olivia Peace
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 14th, at 7PM
fantásticolismo
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 6060
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 1st
Susan Pasowicz
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RUSCHMAN
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Jessie Edelman: Invitations
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Julia Bland: Little Infinity
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Japeth Mennes: Waltz
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
HOW ON EARTH: Artists Address Climate Change program with NRDC
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
Eseosa Edebiri: Perhaps Blue is a Cool Color, After All: Artist Talk
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ACRE Projects
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, at 6:30PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
Artist Talk, Spoken Word & Jazz Performance with Rhonda Gray
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Chicago Center for Arts & Technology
1701 W 13th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
150 Media Stream Opening reception & Artist talk: Kenny Schachter
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150 Media Stream
150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
PURVIS YOUNG: Forever Young
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Robin Malpass Art Gallery
Fine Arts Building | 410 S Michigan Ave, studio 621, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
NEW WORKS
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Open Studios
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Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Let Me Be No Nearer
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The Plan
610 N Albany St, Chicago, IL. 60612
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, May 15th
Marcelo Eli Sarmiento: Love Yours
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Baby Blue Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Room 518, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, May 15th
Violet Luczak: Don’t Pull My Strings: Closing Reception
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Adventure In My Dream
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ANDREW RAFACZ @COLOR CLUB
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 12th
Traducciones
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Exiled Anarchists Soli-Night Movie Screening
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
[salonlb.] featuring New Works during EXPO Chicago
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[salonlb.]
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, May 15th
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