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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
July 2023
Alex Garcia: Enduring Ties: Resilience & Longing in Cuba: ARTIST TALK
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Chicago Center for Photojournalism
1226 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, July 31st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, September 15th
Poetry @ The Green at 320: July 2023
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The Green at 320
320 S. Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Monday, July 31st, at 6 PM
On view through Monday, July 31st
Trash Transformation
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Kathy Osterman Beach
5800 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 10:30AM - 12:30PM
OPTION: Jaribu Shahid
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
Shani Crowe and Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 10:30AM - 12PM
Zander Raymond: green grass summer
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
Screening Freedom Series: As Above, So Below
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 1PM - 4PM
Exhibit B @ Comfort Station | Social Justice Festival
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 11AM - 3PM
Rigo Saura | Research Lab: Searching Material & Improvisation
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Sunday, July 30th, from 3PM - 8PM
Conversation: Remedios Varo—Science Fictions
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 2PM - 3PM
Andres L. Hernandez: Future Signals / Señales Futuras
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Reyes (Guadalupe) Park
821 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 12PM - 2PM
Side Yard Sounds: Cohl and Daniel Wyche | Emily Rach Beisel | Montgomery and Turner
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
Estetica Local: DJs
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 7PM - 11PM
Mertensia
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Mae Lombardi
342 Park Ave, Glencoe, IL 60022
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Rachel Woolf: Deported: A Family Divided
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Pueblo Unido Gallery
6216 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
have you eaten?: Closing Potluck
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Hot Mess! Two Sets 4:20pm + 8:00pm
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 29th, at 4:20PM
Modular Storage
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, November 27th
INDIGO AS ART AND COMMODITY: Artist Shelly Jyoti with Dr. Madhuvanti Ghose and Professor Shaurya Kumar
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from -
Being With: a reading
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 4PM - 6PM
A is for Anarchist: An ABC for Activist: Book Signing
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 29th, at 2PM
A Summer Performance Happening
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ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 South Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 29th, from 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Elastro Series: The Society for Astromusicology w/ Ritwik Banerji + Rob Frye, Shapes of Emergence ‘Water Organoids’, Brochure
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, July 28th, at 8PM
Tin Collage Making Workshop led by Kee Merriweather
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2240 Gallery | ConTextos Chicago
2240 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 5:30PM - 4PM
Dmitry Samarov: Dumpster Fire
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Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
Photos at Noon: Experimental Approaches to Landscape Photography
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
Hans-Jörg Mayer: This Summer Feelin’ Is Gonna Haunt Me The Rest Of My LIfe
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Low-Residency MFA Open Studio Night
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SAIC Galleries
33 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
The Martin: The 5 Year Show!: Closing Reception
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 28th
HOW TO TREAT A BODY: DISABILITY REFRAMED
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 28th, at 5PM
Chantala Kommanivan: Here After
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 9th
re(collect): Clossing
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, July 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, July 28th
sunset 1919
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Eugene Williams Memorial Marker
1125 Fort Dearborn Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
Night School
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 8PM - 10PM
Jonas Müller-Ahlheim
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste. 303, Chicago, IL, 60625
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
Lecture: Impressionism and the Modern World in Color
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Eric Shiner: “The American Dream”: Lecture
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, July 27th, at 7PM
Film Screening: The Silence of Mark Rothko
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 27th, at 7PM
Mural Making with Dorian Sylvain
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Movies in the Lot: Pioneering Women Muralists of Hyde Park
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 8PM - 10PM
Aquí en Chicago: Project Kickoff and Community Gathering
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Melissa Ann Pinney: In Their Own Light and Dylan Yarbrough with Marcela Ossa: I Am An Eclipse
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 4th
Talk | Politics of Poetics: Layli Long Soldier and Tanya Lukin Linklater
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, July 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 3rd
Rigo Saura | Research Lab: Workshop
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 10AM - 12PM
Palabra Pura: One Poet, One Poem
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La Bruquena Restaurant
2726 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
have you eaten?: Artist Talk/Film Screening
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Parrish Lewis: You Got Soul: Photography Masterclass
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Abandoned Practices Public Presentations 2023
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, room 012, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, at 1PM
Singing Insects Soundwalk with Eric Leonardson and Dr. Carl Strang
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Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
200 W Montrose Harbor Dr, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Woven Abstractions
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Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Quince Tree Sun
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NEIU
3701 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Wednesday, July 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | F.A.B.L.E
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Pradeep Dalal: Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts: Visiting Artist and Scholar Series
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SAIC | MacLean Center
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, July 25th, at 6PM
Justin Witte, Curator Talk – “Andy Warhol: The Ultimate Outsider”
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Monday, July 24th, at 7PM
All Hearts Beneath the Sun
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Poetry @ The Green at 320: July 2023
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The Green at 320
320 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Monday, July 24th, at 6 PM
On view through Monday, July 24th
Sets. Stationery, Throbbing
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RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Screening Freedom Series: The Watermelon Woman
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
Parrish Lewis: You Got Soul: Artist Talk
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Sundays on the Boulevard: Reduce Reuse Recycle
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Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 1PM - 5PM
OPTION: Edward Wilkerson & Joe Morris
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Model Home (Part One): After Wisconsin Death: Artist talks with Peggy Ahwesh and Philip Vanderhyden
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The Poor Farm
E6325 County Road Bb, Manawa, WI 54949
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, at Afternoon
On view through Thursday, August 10th
Lake Michigan! Hear Here! with Ro(b)//ert Lundberg and Alexandra Lakind
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Berger Park
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 12PM - 11AM
Sound Meditation | With Jay Taylor
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Salon Sundays | Meet The Artists
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land – Grant Park to 31st Street Beach
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Grant Park to 31st Street Beach
301 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, at 11AM
Sunday Service in the Gardens with DJ Celeste Alexander
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Kenwood Gardens
6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
Water & Air
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Space & Time
3307 W Irving Park Rd. Chicago IL 60618
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
have you eaten?: Night Market
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Parrish Lewis: You Got Soul
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
DisFest
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 11AM - 6PM
Center Days: BOMBA!
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
A Universe of Self Experience
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, October 15th
William Estrada: Multiples and Multitudes
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Ecologies of Abundance
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Caracol Gathering Space
Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
5th Annual Historic Bike Tour of Chicago Race Riot of 1919
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Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project
W 35th St & S State St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, at 10am
Shelly Jyoti: Indigo: The Blue Gold
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from -
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Absurdity: In Dada We Trust
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
Model Home (Part One): After Wisconsin Death
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The Poor Farm
E6325 County Road Bb, Manawa, WI 54949
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, at Afternoon
On view through Thursday, August 10th
Kristin Ashley: ON THE BRICKS
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
Regina Agu: Spring in the Winthrop Family Historical Garden
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Winthrop Family Historical Garden
4628 N Winthrop Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 11:30PM - 1PM
Dance | Reclaiming Memories of the Black Ark: A Celebration of Chicago’s Social Dance History
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South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 1PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Trace Chiodo: The Striking Faces of Golf
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Colleen Steenhagem: Spirit Sticks, Story Stones
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
The Oddities and Curiosities Expo
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McCormick Place - North Building Hall C1
2301 S. Dr. MLK Jr. Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 10am - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 23rd
Chic-a-go-go Kids Dance Party
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, from 11am - 1PM
So-Far Sounds | Secret Candle Lit Show
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 22nd, at 7:30
John Behnke: The Glass Carnival
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Farrah Faucet, Janna Lee, Vertonen, Melon Sprout, Jackie
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 21st, at 8PM
Beyond Blue
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, September 1st
J e l l o Series: Drag Invasion
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 21st, at 8:30PM
GuruShots Photo Exhibition: Chicago
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The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 1st
Sweet Home Chicago
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The Bridgeport Art Center, Fourth Floor Gallery
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 1st
Roxanne Jackson: Candle Holders for the Underworld
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 21st
Michael Bühler-Rose: Cuts You Up
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 21st
Secret Comedy Show
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 8PM - 9:15PM
George Petrides: Hellenic Heads
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, July 21st, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
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