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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
June 2025
Elastro: Flanger Magazine, Daniel Van Duerm / Fred Jackson Jr., Janna Lee
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, June 20th, at 8PM
dark by day
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bodock
3216 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, 60651
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
An evening of Performance Arte Acción – Documentary & Video
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 20th, at 7:77PM
The Pleiades Series: Krissy Bergmark, Billie Howard, Emily Rach Beisel and Edward Wilkerson Jr
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Tuli Bera’s “Bangali Meye”
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 20th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Open House of the only Functioning Research Grade Holography Studio in Chicago
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Home + Studio of E. Wesly & Sons
5318 S Neenah Ave, Chicago, IL 60638
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tarot and Mermaids
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Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
John Behnke: False Guides and New Horizons
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Rachel Mindrup: Neurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3,000
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Woven Worlds: Fiber as Medium, Thread as Language
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South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Synchronicities
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Stasia’s Art Gallery
44 E Cedar St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Alessandro Bo: AL MEDIO DÍA + PRÁCTICAS DEL ANDAR ABOUT NOON + WALKING PRACTICES
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave Chicago
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Decade+
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 10th
Nathan Brad Hall: Undercurrents
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Gallery VICTOR
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
The Nuestra Plaza
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, September 30th
Alanna Huck-Scarry & Ella Rinaldi: Tussock Clasp
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nuthu’n to Hyde: Gertrude Abercrombie and the Hyde Park Scene, 1935–75
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Rosa Barba
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Richard Landry: One, Two, Three, Four
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
PO Box Poetry Series
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, June 19th, at 8PM
Stan Brakhage’s Pittsburgh Trilogy, Presented by Tone Glow
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artist Talk: Della Wells
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Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Mauricio López F.: Wind Reenactment: Reencarnación del viento
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Artist Talk: Della Wells
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Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
IN OUR IMAGE: Every Day is Juneteenth
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 12PM - 3PM
John F. Miller: The Last Studio Visits
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Rare Nest Galley at Miller's Studio
1015 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Fabiola Jean-Louis: Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, September 21st
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Amanda Maraist’s “FOLK”
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The First Homosexuals Film Series: Gender Benders
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FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, at 6PM
Sidekicks
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, at 6PM
Italian Artist, Arvedo Arvedi
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The John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St # 1, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, at 5:30PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Zine Club Chicago x Gerber/Hart LGBTQ+ Library & Archives: Queer Zines Discussion + Workshop Led by Larry Wolf
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Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, June 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
FUTURA: FAMILY AFFAIR
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Anthony Gallery
1360 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, June 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Educator Workshop | Color Alchemy
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 17th, from 11am - 1PM
Diagrams, Systems, Collective Power Workshop Series: Production Studio
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, June 16th
Rizvana Bradley
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
FRUTAS: BANDANA de JOTERÍA
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Roman Susan at Institute of Cultural Affairs
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Sunday Reading Series: dezireé a. brown, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Crystal Odelle, & Téa Jones-Yelvington
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Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
OPTION: Potliquor
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 3PM - 5PM
YIDI WANG — BELONGINGS
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 20th
Denise Keim: Between You & Me: The Camera Teaches, The Photograph Speaks
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Chicago Center for Photojournalism
1226 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 2:05PM - 3:10PM
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Kevin Michael Wesson and Theatre Nobody’s “CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods”
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 15th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Sonic Drifting through the Square – Allen Moore
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Palmer Square
2200 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Bridge Performance Incubator Showcase
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Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Mai Sugimoto + LeRoy Bach + Anton Hatwich
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
PERFORMANCE MIXTAPE #2
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Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S. Racine Ave., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 14th, at 7PM
Lily Cozzens: halation
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HAPPY GALLERY
902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
House of Earth
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KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Saturday, June 14th, at 6PM
Heat Bent: A Fast Casual Cocktail Hour
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SAWHORSE
4222 W. Fullerton Ave. Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Tess Oldfield: hiccup
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ACRE Projects
2921 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, July 28th
Yvette Mayorga: Pu$h Thru
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Workshop in Trans Studies (WITS) Summer Celebration
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 4PM - 9PM
Pride Showcase at The Loft Gallery
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The Loft Gallery, Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Closing: 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, June 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Vends + Vibes Arts Marketplace
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The Arts Lawn
337 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 1PM - 7PM
21Minus | Time
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 1PM - 6PM
Impro Jam at Comfort Station (creative improvisation workshop)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
Family Day: Bring it on Home!
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 10AM - 1PM
2025 Old Town Art Fair
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Leslie Wolfe Gallery, Old Town Art Center
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 10AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Festival del Niño
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 14th, at 11AM
CLEAT Series: Kate In, Leech/Clapp, Laurentse
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, June 13th, at 8PM
The Bridge Performance Incubator Showcase
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Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Christiane F. | Film Screening
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Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, June 13th, at 7PM
Chris Brown and Tim Daisy Duo
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
more waiting, just a little closer
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, August 3rd
Red 40 Free
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 w 21st Street. Chicago,IL,60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
A House Built on Sand
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Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 3rd
Eden Through A Glory Hole
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 25th
Arturo Fresan: Tzompantli
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 25th
Ventus
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Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 13th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Frank Vega & Xingyi Zhao: Surface Vessel
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Corey Antis: At Land
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Space & Time
3307 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 1st
Natasha Moustache: Water Lines
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Summer Suite 2025
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Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 North Dearborn Street
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Folk Methods with Spatial Problems
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Laura Peterson and Nikki Renee Anderson: Offering
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
Victoria Fu
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Nanako Kono: Doublespeak
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
The Crystal Chain
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 9th
Psychedelic Domain of Joe Gagnepain: Art by Joseph
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Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 11th
Photos at Noon: Histories in the Landscape
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
@hopefrommmanhatten: Silent Exchange
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Art City
1400 N. Halsted Street, Chicago
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Jenny Halpern: What Couldn’t be Said, What Remains and Remembers
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Art City
1400 N. Halsted Street, Chicago
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Sushi, Sake & Hokusai Happy Hour
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CCMA/McAninch Arts Center
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Elaine Lemieux and Sara Zalek: Mooove Voice
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Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, June 12th, at 6PM
LUCA KLAUBA: tempers
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 20th
Moises Salazar Tlatenchi: Amor Mio
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave ,Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, July 31st
BLT Live: Artist Talk w/ Heather Hart and jina valentine
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, June 12th
Mati Diop: Dahomey
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Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Ximena Garrido-Lecca: Germinations: Public Reading: Myths from the Huarochirí Manuscript
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Screening | The Price of Everything
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, June 12th, at 10:30 am and 2:30 PM
Seedlynn and Toni Williams: L’union fait la force (Unity makes Strength)
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago, Café Logan
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Origins / Departures: Documentary Media MFA Showcase 2025
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, June 11th, at 7PM
On view through Thursday, June 12th
Jenny Chernansky & Penny Cagney: Under The Skin: Artist Talk & Closing Reception
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, June 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
A Queer Ritual
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Interfacing Studio
1756 W Lunt Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, June 11th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, June 17th
The First Homosexuals Film Series: Love and Suffering
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FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 11th, at 6PM
Test Literary Series
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 11th, at 6PM
Banned Book Group Meeting
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Women & Children First
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, June 9th, from 7PM - 8:30
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