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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Noelle Allen: Osmia
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E. Quincy St. Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, March 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Mike Rea, Andrew Falkowski, & Chris Naka talk about Exile on Main Street
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devening projects + editions
3039 W Carroll St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 3PM - 4PM
HCL Spring Warming House Party
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Mana Contemporary, Main Lobby
2233 S. Throop St.
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 7PM - 11PM
Projector Poetry
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Cobalt Studio
1950 W. 21st Street [1st flr] Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
Jeff Prokash, Kyle Nilan, Danny Floyd: Frozen Borderline
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S. Archer Ave. #3 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 5th
Harts For Art
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LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Rocio Boliver: Majesty of Flesh
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Defibrillator
1136 N Milwaukee Ave
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Jill Kuanfung (Artist Talk)
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Humboldt Park branch, Chicago Public Library
1605 N. Troy Street
Opening Saturday, March 29th, from 2PM - 3PM
Sara Condo & Oli Rodriguez: Love to Love You
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Dangerously Explicit: Painting the Gay Male Experience
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 27th, from 5:30 PM- Reception 6:30 PM- Program - n/a
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Austin Knierim and Jesús Mejía & Ruth: Conduit
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I Am Logan Square
2644 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, March 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Dana Bassett
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Lillstreet Loft
4437 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, March 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Jennifer Doyle: Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art (Lecture)
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SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, March 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Dogshoppe Hosts a Tea Party
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1527 W 18th St #2FR Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, March 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Jessica Bardsley: Liquid Histories, Affective Topographies (Screening)
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, March 23rd, at 7PM
Corinne Halbert: “M,” …is for Murder
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Peanut Gallery
1000 N. California Ave., Chicago IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 23rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, April 17th
Open Relationship
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The Honey Hole
1656 S. Throop St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, March 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Heidi Norton: Spring Equinox (Artist Talk)
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, March 22nd, at 1PM
The Operature
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National Museum of Health + Medicine Chicago
175 W Washington, Chicago IL, 60602
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Lucie Fontaine, Brendan Fowler, Gaylen Gerber, Autumn Ramsey
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Night Club
2017 W. Moffat Suite 1
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 11th
Philip Hanson: I am a child of the Light, student of the Dark
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
John Wanzel: The Fictional Sciences
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D Gallery
623 S. Wabash room 717D, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 11:45AM - 12:45PM
Yell Me About Myself: UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition 02
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 22nd
Jesse McLean: American Voideo (Screenings)
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The Nightingale
1084 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 8PM - 11PM
Not Now That I Am Able (Pt Two) / new work by Rami George
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Forever & Always
1905 W 21st Place, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Sandra Binion, Random Lines in Tereglio with Lou Mallozzi, Hal Rammel & Andrea Raos (Performance)
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Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery
100 W Randolph Street, 2nd Floor gallery of the Thompson Center
Opening Wednesday, March 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
Michael Rakowitz: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
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Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
1155 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637
On view through Sunday, May 25th
MAROONING: for Chicago
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Mana Contemporary, HCL Studio 6121
2233 S. Throop St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, March 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
Voices: Pamela Karimi
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria, Chicago
Opening Tuesday, March 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Philosophy and Popular Culture Panel Discussions
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 16th, at 3PM
Christine Kirouac: Video Sundays In March
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Rodan
1530 N Milwaukee
Opening Sunday, March 16th, from 9PM - 2am
On view through Sunday, March 30th
Charlemagne Palestine: divinitusssanimalusssacréusssorganusss
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Audible Gallery at Experimental Sound Studio
5925 North Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Brandon Alvendia: No Brakes
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Trunk Show
Pulaski Park Field House, 1419 W Blackhawk St., Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Monday, May 19th
The Whitney Houston Biennial
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Sunday, March 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Invisible Geographies Study Group: Borges
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Adds Donna
4223 W. Lake St., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, March 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
Clare Britt: From Utopia
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SideCar
411 Huehn Street, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, March 15th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
SAIC Spring Undergraduate Exhibition
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St #7, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 15th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, April 2nd
Multiples: Art & Critical Craft Fair
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Pulaski Park Fieldhouse
1419 N. Blackhawk
Opening Saturday, March 15th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 16th
Gwendolyn Zabicki: New Paintings
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Rainbo Club
1150 N. Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Thursday, April 10th
Kyla Mallett: Personhood
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Paris London Hong Kong
845 W Washington Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, March 19th
Selina Trepp: Val Verità
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Document
845 W Washington Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
Paul Nudd: Pituitumorphology
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
Conrad Bakker Lecture
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Columbia College Chicago, Hokin Hall, Room 109
623 S. Wabash, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Xaviera Simmons: Underscore and Open
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SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
1/4th Century Poy Born: Bildungsroman
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The Student Union Galleries (SUGs)
37 South Wabash Avenue, Suite 106, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, March 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, March 31st
Gerd Borkelmann: Different Every Day, Mike Rea: Exile on Main Street, & Seth Hunter: responsibility
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devening projects + editions
3039 W Carroll, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Daniel Giles: Plan the Future Perfect
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South of the Tracks
319 N. Albany Ave
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 6th
Betsy Odom: Oh No
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Terrain
704 Highland Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, April 2nd
Teen Paranormal Romance
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Avenue, Cobb Hall, Room 418, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Daniel Luedtke: Adaptation Arrangement Microsoft Word Document
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The Annex at Spudnik Press
1821 West Hubbard Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 18th
Wall Batterton: Conglomerations & Irrationalities: Assemblages
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 1220 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
Marcel Alcala: 信念 Belief אמון
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Night Club
2017 W. Moffat Suite 1
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 14th
Post Family: Comfort
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 2:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, March 27th
ASCII 5
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Tritriangle
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. Fl. 3, Chicago
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
PURE BLOOD / new work by MANDY CANO VILLALOBOS
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Cobalt Studio
1950 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, March 26th
Anthony B. Creeden: Hello In There
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Free Range Gallery
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Plus and Minus: Artist Vera Klement and James Yood
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Spertus Institute
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Valentina Zamfirescu: Siblings
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S. Archer Ave. #3 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 16th
Marissa Lee Benedict: Augur
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Thursday, March 27th
Alfredo Salazar-Caro: ∞RE∆LITIES
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 West Superior Street, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
Jeroen Nelemans: Backlit
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
Harold Mendez: but I sound better since you cut my throat, & taisha paggett/Ashley Hunt: Par Course
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria Ave., #2C, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Andi Crist, Kiam Marcelo Junio, & Lily Dithrich: Foggy Fantasies/Zones of Privacy
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Chicago Artists Coailition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, March 27th
Stacee Kalmanovsky: A Reciprocal Wild / The Secret Intelligence of Objects
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, April 17th
Joshua Longbrake: Veteran
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Fulton Street Collective
2000 W Fulton St Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, March 13th
Filter Photo’s 7th Juried Exhibition: The Enigmatic Object
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Johalla Projects
1821 West Hubbard St, Unit #209, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
Mapping Empty Spaces
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Foggy Fantasies/Zones of Privacy
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter St.
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, March 27th
ALL DOGS GO TO HELL
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The Parlor
1434 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 9PM - 2AM
Virtually Physically Speaking
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Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash
Opening Thursday, March 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Michael Renaud (lecture)
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Columbia College Chicago, Stage Two
618 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, March 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Lecture by Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero (Luftwerk)
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The Logan Share
2864 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Tuesday, March 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
Trevor Paglen (Lecture)
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Matthew Kayhoe Brett: Earth Angle
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Dos Perros Projects
859 N. Marshfield Ave Side 2R Chicago, IL 60622 USA
Opening Sunday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 30th
Tentatively Titled
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Sunday Project
1344 W. 18th Pl. #1F, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
Sebastian Black & India Donaldson
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Queer Thoughts
1640 W. 18th St, #3 Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, April 1st
Bare Bones
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
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