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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Culture of Care with Rhonda Wheatley Pt. 2
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Threewalls
Online
Opening Wednesday, April 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
Overhead Costs
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SPACE.01
2334 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, April 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
Victoria
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, April 29th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
New Directions in Literary Publishing: A Poetry Reading and Editorial Roundtable
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, April 29th, at 5PM
On view through Wednesday, April 30th
Curator Talk: Adriano Pedrosa
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, April 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Chicago Monuments Project: Pilsen Latina Legacies: Community Workshop
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, April 28th, from 2PM - 5PM
Ember Days / Calyx / Spring / February / Temple Sleep / Bagatelle I (2021 / 2018 / 2013 / 2014 / 2020 / 2018)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 27th, at 7PM
Irene Wa.: where i seek i find
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.liminal.projects.
DM for address
Opening Sunday, April 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 4th
Jiaming You: Looking Out: Panel Discussion
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, April 27th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Shir Ende: Spilling, sprawling, and other ways of building: Closing Performance
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, April 27th, at 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Women in Focus : Desire Paths : Exploring Chicago’s Angled Streets : Closing “Time” : Sunday 2PM
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Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, April 27th, from 2PM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
30 Drawings 03 Paintings
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R. Mona Gallery
1724 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 27th, from 1 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, May 4th
Hull-House Theatre in the 1960s: A Conversation with Mark Larson
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, April 27th, from 1PM - 3PM
ENROUTE
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The 606
Julia de burgos park to the Exelon Observatory
Opening Sunday, April 27th, from 4.:30 PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Side Yard Sounds: Zelienople + Norman Long
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compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Kouri Harlow Davis Trio
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Second Floor
5946 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, April 26th, at 7PM
sin título
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Vic Barquin & Forrest Frederick: FAST CASUAL
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SAWHORSE
4222 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Anaïs Morales and Dom Smith: Fly by Night
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Junior.
1905 S Troy St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 7th
Robert Anderson: Resource + Result
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Block House Gallery
11137 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Seeing and Being Seen
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T. Mari Gallery
1023 N Western Ave
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Building A
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A,Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Pressure
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Simon S. Belleau: Thousand Telephones
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Letters to Nora
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 407 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, June 5th
FRUTAS: EMPODERAMIENTO TRANS
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Roman Susan at Institute of Cultural Affairs
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 3:30PM - 6PM
Harlequin Choreographies: Artist Talk
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cam.contemporarie
2233 S Throop St, Studio #920, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Yuge Zhou: What’s My Name: Screening
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Hai-Wen Lin: Petal Fold, Rabbit Ear, Inside Reverse
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compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
On Creative Practice with Badass Cross Stitch aka Badass Cross Stitch, and Megy Karydes
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
night sweat
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Mayfield
505 Marengo Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
Spring Open Studios 2025
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 10PM
Mariel Harari: The Ballad of Cocoon Baby
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Ignition satellite space
Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop St. Studio 421 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 16th
Flashing Blackness: Afro-Brazilian Art through Expressions of the Divine
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 26th, at 2PM
Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures: Exhibition Walkthrough
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, April 26th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, August 3rd
A Clay Sermon
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 12PM - 11:59PM
Community Day: Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum & Block Museum
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Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, Aloha Center, & The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 12PM - 5PM
Chicago Renaissance Showcase
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1801 W Carroll Ave
1801 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 12PM - 11:59PM
Regina Agu: Shore | Lines: Exhibition Tour
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 11AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, May 17th
THIS! Is the Urgency
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Starling by Duo
3243 W 16th St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 11 am - 2 PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Meet the Artist Adrián Viajero Román – Archivos Vivos
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 10:30AM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
Pothole³
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M. LeBlanc and Good Weather at Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 8PM - 2AM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
ART WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE! SAIC FACULTY STRIKE FUND BENEFIT + EXPO AFTERPARTY
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chcago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 8PM - 12am
On view through Friday, April 25th
「你有什麼非實體見面的原因嗎」
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Shanghai Seminary
3262 S Morgan St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 8PM - 12AM
Mapping Resistance
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Harris Hall
1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Joanna Aslanian
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Tunnel Vision
2019 W Division St, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 9th
Amanda Rice: From Sunlight to Extinction
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 25th
Digging through Softness – performance by TAITAI x Tina
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Block Cinema: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2022) with filmmaker James Benning in person
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
THE WAIT WE CARRY
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 11th
Home, Place and Positionality
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ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 30th
APPARITIONS
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GRAY
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 27th
Queering Zapata: Scandals, Heroism, and Macho Culture in Contemporary Mexico
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 25th, at 6PM
Resisting Erasure
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Center on Addison
806 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 3rd
A New Ring: Arbor Day Celebration
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Warren Park
Warren Park Playground NE, 2045 W Pratt Blvd, Chicago, IL 60645
Opening Friday, April 25th, at 6PM
Trey Rozell: As above, so below: Artist Talk
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 West Thorndale Ave. Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Serena Hocharoen: TV FOR A BUG
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
Resisting Erasure
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Center on Halsted
806 W Addison St , Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Harlequin Choreographies: Extended Gallery Hours
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cam.contemporarie
2233 S Throop St, Studio #920, Chicago, Il 60608
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
For Women By Women
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Arcade Gallery
618 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
Later Impressions
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 25th
Stoneware and Selvage
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FPC Basement Gallery
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Friday, May 23rd
Speculation and The Cloak
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FPC Basement Gallery
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago IL, 60637
On view through Friday, May 23rd
Truth or Dare: Curator Tour
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 4PM - 5PM
All-City Visual Arts Exhibition
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
In Conversation: Mayumi Lake and Teresa Silva
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 2PM - 3PM
EXPO CHICAGO
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Navy Pier’s Festival Hall
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 11AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Self-Made: Narratives of Knowing and Being
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EXPO Chicago Booth #141
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 11PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 11AM - 7PM
The Annual Breakfast + Open Studios
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Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Ste 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 25th, from 9AM - 12PM
Bernard Williams: CROSSINGS
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Shana Moulton
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TheMART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 25th, at
On view through Sunday, July 6th
Block Cinema: 11 x 14 (1977) in 35mm with filmmaker James Benning in person
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Il
Opening Thursday, April 24th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
Lecture: Frida Kahlo’s Impact on Queer and Feminist Mexican Art of the 1980s
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Women of Northside fight Back, with Christine Noschese and Dr. Tanya Goldman Join Media Burn for a screening of the inspiring do
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Media Burn Archive
Online
Opening Thursday, April 24th, at 6PM
VIDEO DATA BANK PRESENTS: ROUNDABOUT FEATURING VIDEOBRASIL
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 24th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
POESÍA EN ABRIL: AMANECERES
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Multiple
Multiple
Opening Thursday, April 24th, at 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
NEON REVOLUTION
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Inside Town Art Collective
1954 S Troy St. 3rd Floor Walk-up, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, April 24th, from 3PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Hebru Brantley and Derrick Adams in Conversation at EXPO CHICAGO Opening Night
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Navy Pier’s Festival Hall
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, April 24th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Micah Sweezie: Simpler Times
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old friends
3405 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Wednesday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 7th
Liliane Puthod: work wear blues
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, April 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Katinka Kleijn: Scratching
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
Newcity Breakout Artists 2025 Exhibition
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Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, June 5th
resonance
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Anthony Gallery
1360 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
BARELY FAIR
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BARELY FAIR
Address provided upon ticket booking
Opening Wednesday, April 23rd, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 11th
CGDC Backstage: Ushering a Chicago Landmark back into the Spotlight
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Chicago Graphic Design Club
Online
Opening Tuesday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Margaret Crowley & Eli Greene: Midnight
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The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Michi Meko: Under the Flickering Light of the North Star
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, May 31st
AIRMW Artist Presentation Series – Haruhi Kobayashi
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Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW)
4875 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Monday, April 21st, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Eyal Weizman: Conditions of Life Calculated: Lecture
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The Academic and Residential Complex, UIC
940 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, April 21st, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Pleiades Series: Spectralina, Emily Rach Beisel + Colorswim
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, April 20th, at 8PM
Nipkow TV / Stained Glass / Parcelle / Film sans caméra ST ST / Apparent Motion (1998 / 2014 / 1979 / 1975 / 1975)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 20th, at 7PM
Mainstays VS Fresh Blood
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The VCR
DM For Address
Opening Saturday, April 19th, at 8PM
Kaneza Schaal: KLII
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 19th, at 7:30PM
What Material Do I Want to Be?
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, April 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 18th
Clara de Asís & Rebecca Lane
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 19th, at 7PM
Dan Barry: As Funny As It May Seem and Mikey Mosher: Crossroads
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni.
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SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
TEAM/WORK
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GAG
3528 W Fulton Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, April 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, May 20th
Arnold J. Kemp: Un-make | Un-model
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
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