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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Darby Jack: Giblets and Other Entrails
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Adia Skykes & Kushala Vora: Something from Something
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
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
Monica J. Brown: Into the Field of Awareness Dances Time
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, August 11th
Doug Cannell: IN LONGHAND
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, August 11th
Freddy Hovey: FEATHERING HEIGHTS
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, August 11th
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
ART & MEDICINE IMPROV WORKSHOP WITH SUSAN MESSING
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Gozié Ojini: Currents
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 5PM - 6PM
Alex Garcia: Enduring Ties: Resilience & Longing in Cuba
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Chicago Center for Photojournalism
1226 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 15th
Jamillah James: 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 Thursday, July 20th, at 6PM
Jesús Torres: A Chicago Story at Hull-House
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Black Fire: This Time
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Foreign Exchange: Dance Music Culture from the Midwest to Across the Pond
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Tortilla Press Printmaking & Conversations for Environmental Justice
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Drone Rodeo
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StretchMetal, Grace Place
637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Queer Radical Fair
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Ping Tom Memorial Park
1700 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Thursday, July 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
…Advice at the beginning of the revolution with Michael Warr + Tongo Eisen-Martin
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
PO Box Poetry Reading Series
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, at 7:30PM
Community Book Club – Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Udoh/Meland/Turner/Sabbagh/Zalek, Timbre Tribe House Band
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, at 8PM
Whiskey Tasting | By ” In The Realm of Senses”
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Wednesday, July 19th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Mark Diaz (CAPE): 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 18th, at 6PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Alysha Monique and the Family Divine
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 18th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
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 17th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, July 17th
OPTION: Angela Sawyer
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
Remembrance: A Portrait Study
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
Jesús Torres: A Chicago Story at Graceland Cemetery
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Graceland Cementery
4001 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, July 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
Amor Mundi: The World(s) We Inherit | The World(s) We Make
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 16th, from 2PM - 4PM
The Cookout: A Community-Based Archiving Conversation
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Sixty Inches From Center
Online
Opening Sunday, July 16th, at 2PM
Transgender Marxism: Against the Backlash
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Haymarket House
Online
Opening Sunday, July 16th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Gabriel Chalfin Piney: The Sierra Mist Memorial Bird Bath
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Bird Show
Online
Opening Sunday, July 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
have you eaten?
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
WORKSHOP: Light Sculptures with Frantz Betz at The OCEAN BETWEEN VI Show
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Evanston Art Center Portfolio Day
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 1PM - 4PM
Sandra Yagi: Yokai Night Parade
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 9th
Deborah Maris Lader: The Air & Water Show
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 9th
AUTOBIO
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THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY
4222 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Before I Let Go: Film Screening & Discussion
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 1PM - 3PM
Ilene Segalove: Whatever Happened to the Future?
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Video Data Bank
Online
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 12PM - 12AM
On view through Wednesday, August 9th
Revolutionary Filmmaking and Historical Memory in El Salvador: Seizing the Means of Projection
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, July 15th, at 5PM
This World is Not My Own
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
Norman W. Long and Sara Zalek: Cycles and Waves
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Big Marsh
11559 S Stony Is Ave Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
Ghosts and Demons in Japanese Prints
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Life is a Drag: a Drag Me to Life Showcase
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Mark Fingerhut: Halcyon.exe: The Ride
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SULK CHICAGO
525 S Dearborn St, Apt 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, July 15th, at 8PM
THE BODY IS A PORTAL
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Yves Scherer: Provence: Closing
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 15th, from 12PM - 6PM
Megan Kudla and Carly Liegel present: RAMBLE
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Darin Latimer: Death on Wheels (Exit 00)
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Elephant Room Gallery at Grace Jane Studios
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
Michigan WaterColor Society Signature Exhibition
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Stamelos Gallery Center
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 24th
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists: The Happiness Show
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Roland Knowlden: Horizon, Expanse: A Source and a Mirage
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Water Sports
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
rest / less
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Photos at Noon
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
CLEAT Series: Ginger Krebs / Ryan Holsopple, Troy Cruz / Haruhi Kobayashi
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 14th, at 8PM
Emergence
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The Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, August 16th
At the Precipice: Responses to the Climate Crisis
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, October 30th
a summer group exhibition
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Wayfinding
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, July 27th
Creature Comforts
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
Tyanna J. Buie: Self-Preservation
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Project 1612
813 E Jefferson St, Morton, IL 61550
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, July 14th
Closing Reception: Inaugural Show of 11 SoNa Chicago Artists
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SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Dont Fret Exhibition and Book Release
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Penelope's Annex
1917 W Division St., Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, July 31st
Mony Kaos: EN BUSCA DE LUZ
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Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Joan Holleb: Heading Home
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
Under the Sun
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
Erase the Database Coalition Event
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, July 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Valeriia Tarasenko: Anxious Pink
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John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, July 13th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
From Quiebrasoles to Rejas: An Exploration of Afro-Caribbean Architecture and Culture
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Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, July 13th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Damon Locks: 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 Thursday, July 13th, at 6PM
Estetica Local: Artist on Artist Talks
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Shilpa Gupta: Talk
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, July 13th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear
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Circle Contemporary North Shore
1963 Johns Dr, Glenview, IL 60025
Opening Thursday, July 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, September 29th
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung: 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 11th, at 6PM
Erika Sánchez and Jessamine Chan celebrate CRYING IN THE BATHROOM
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, July 11th, from 7PM - 8PM
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
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Sidetrack The Video Bar
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, July 11th, at 7PM
Forms & Features with Wendy Chen
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, July 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Thaddeus Tukes: Tribute to Milt Jackson
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 11th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
A Space of Rest and Reflection curated by Ciera McKissick
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, July 10th, from 9AM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 4th
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 10th, at 6 PM
On view through Monday, July 10th
Sundays on the Boulevard: Sports! on the Boulevard
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Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 1PM - 5PM
IDOLATRY VII
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Bird Show
Online
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 12PM - 5PM
Sabina Oehninger: Soft Skills
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 10AM - 6PM
We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment
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The Hideout
1354 West Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, July 9th, at 7:30PM
Joe Fournier: Summer, Joy and Harmony
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, September 29th
A Brief History of Chasing Storms: a screening by Curtis Miller
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
RAC Kids Exhibition
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Screening Freedom Series: Summer of Soul
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
Evanston Plein Air Festival
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Fountain Square
1601 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 6PM - 6PM
OPTION: Kaleigh Wilder & Ben Hall
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 3PM - 5PM
Christine Huck: Remission: Artist Talk
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Avee, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
2CHOEY: Sorry I can’t talk right now
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Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Indrani Nayar-Gall and Madelyn Turner: A Two-Women Show: Artist Walkthrough
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Holla Back: Art and Conversations
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 8th, from 10AM - 3:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Artist Talk Back: “The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto”
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, July 8th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
VICINITY 2023
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Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, July 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
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