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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Expressionist Impulses
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, September 30th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 10th
Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Lecture)
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, September 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Exploding Museum (Astria Suparak & Jen Delos Reyes in Coversation)
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Monday, September 28th, from 4PM - 5PM
Indelicate
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Fulton Market Kitchen
311 N Sangamon St Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, September 28th, from 5PM - 1am
On view through Friday, October 30th
Dan Paz: Lunch Poems
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, September 27th, at 7:30PM
Dominique Haller, Christopher Ottinger, & Andy Kincaid: Naturally, Curious
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, September 27th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 18th
Amir George & Anansi Knowbody: Futuristic Nike Duffel Bag
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S. Throop Street, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, September 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
What I Give I Give To You But What I Give You Is Still Mine
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Laura
1535 N Ashland, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 16th
Spudnik Press Cooperative 2015 Annual Benefit
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Christine Sun Kim: Fingertap Quartet
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Links Hall | Constellation
3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Timothy Bergstrom, Heidi Norton, & Derrick Piens: Germination
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
What Would Barbara Do? II
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Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W Chicago Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Tony Balko & Mike Olson: The Line Starts Here
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Slow
2153 W 21st Street, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Hope Esser: XXXI Psyches*
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The Chicago Perch
2230 W Cermak Rd., Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 2PM - 8PM
Respect, Negotiate (Roundtable Discussion)
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The Franklin
3528 W. Fulton Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Karolina Gnatowski: tata
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SideCar
411 Huehn, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Loo presents: I’m going to see a man about a horse
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Slow
2153 W. 21st St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Myra Greene: sketches for something bigger/ brighter/ wider/ higher
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 15th
As Stars At Daybreak
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 9Pm
On view through Thursday, October 15th
Tired Eyes
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 18th
Thomas Kelley: Draw Big!
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Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N. Astor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Tuesday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Lived Landscape
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Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, September 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Jeff Koons (Lecture)
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, September 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
La Palette: The Chicago Palette
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The Ed Paschke Art Center
5415 W. Higgins Ave, Chicago, IL
On view through Sunday, November 29th
Return to Oblivion (Interview with Allison Grant & Doug Fogelson)
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David Weinberg Photography
300 W. Superior Street, Suite 203, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
New Work
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St., 7th Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Outside Design
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St., 7th Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 19th
The Annual 2015
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
EXPO Chicago 2015
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 11am - 7PM
Far Out Females: Mid-Century Chicago Surrealism Reception
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Mongerson Gallery
875 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2520 Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, November 25th
DEMO Chicago
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TCC Chicago and the Archer Beach Haus
TCC: 2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647; Archer Beach Haus: 3012 S Archer, #2, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 12am
Autumn Ramsey
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Night Club
3325 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 17th
Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen: Seduced and Abandoned
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Boyfriends
3114 w. Carroll st, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 18th
Monday Me
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Soccer Club Club
2923 North Cicero Avenue Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, September 19th
SIZZLE! SLIVINSKI
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Shana Moulton: My life as an INFJ
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
Kerstin Bratsch and Gaylen Gerber (Gallery Talk)
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 1PM - 2PM
Kerstin Bratsch: Pele’s Curse
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 19th
Kate Ingold: The Relatively Brief Preponderance of Moments
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Cultivator
4636 North Ravenswood, #204, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 17th
Dan Rizzo-Orr: IGF (IT’S GREAT FUN) (IN GOOD FAITH) (I GOT FIRED)
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60615
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
All I Can See From Here
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South of the Tracks
4223 W. Lake St #430
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Ian Markell: Image of a Stylish Servant
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Born Nude
1711 S Halsted St #2, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Judith Geichman: Solitaire
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Regards
2216 W. Chicago Ave , Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Terry Winters: The Pencil of Nature & Florian Baudrexel: New Collages
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave 3rd floor, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Polly Yates: Phantom Limbs & Landscapes
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Manifold
4426 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Joel Ross: The Ever
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W Division St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
Kendell Carter: WE
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W Division, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 31st
Ebony G. Patterson: unearthing treez
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W Division, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Jeff Carter: Faktura
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cornerstore
1701 W. Division #2e
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 9th
Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth
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Aspect/Ratio
119 N Peoria St #3D, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Appropinquation
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Morgan Sims: Metropolis & Raeleen Kao: Sleeping with Ashes
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
BJAM: Connexion
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Elephant Room, Inc.
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Ebony G. Patterson: unearthed treez
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Kendell Carter: We
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 31st
Christine Wallers: Death of a Moth
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 27th
Jessica Stockholder: Rose’s Inclination
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
Culture Coast’s Culture Crawl
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Various
various
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 10am - 8PM
Miller & Shellabarger
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Western Exhibitions
845 W. Washington Blvd., 2nd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 17th
Scott Reeder: Put the Cat on the Phone
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago IL
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Jessica Stockholder: Door Hinges
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N. Elizabeth St., Chicago IL
On view through Saturday, January 16th
Abdolreza Aminlari: modulations
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago IL
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Jeremy Bolen: Sensors for the Unsound
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago IL
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Oranges at Midnight
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Sidetracked Studio
707 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Barbara DeGenevieve: Medusa’s Cave
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Appropinquation
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Jeff Carter: Faktura
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cornerstore
1701 W. Division #2E, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 9th
Moonlight Sleeping on a Midnight Lake
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Mana Satellite / ADDS DONNA
2233 South Throop, suite 6116, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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Motor Row Gallery
2345 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Evelyn Statsinger: A Gathering
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Richard Gray Gallery
875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 14th
Bethany Collins: Inquiry’s End
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Richard Gray Gallery
875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Chances Dances: Making Chances
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Irena Haiduk: Seductive Exacting Realism
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 8th
Jeroen Nelemans: This Lemon is Not Yellow
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The Mission
1431 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Peter Skvara: The Path of Storm and Flood
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The Sub-Mission
1431 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Chrome Green
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
Nina Rizzo: You Are Here & Doug Fogelson: Broken Cabinet
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen #151, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
INsite ONview
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
Still Collisions
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Locallective
1257 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 7:30PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, October 1st
Matt Siber: Idol Structures
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DePaul University Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 20th
Joan Jonas (Artist Lecture)
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McCormick Auditorium
1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Opening Tuesday, September 8th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Kate O’Neill & Eric Claridge
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Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, September 8th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
On view through Wednesday, September 9th
Rafaël Rozendaal (Artist Talk)
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Columbus Building Auditorium
280 S Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, September 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, December 31st
Camille Morgan: Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, September 6th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 13th
Mimi Lauter: Carnival of “Musical Echo”
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Finocchio
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The Franklin
3522 W.Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, September 26th
What Would Barbara Do?
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Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W Chicago Avenue
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Christian Rieben: Ectoplasm from the Underworld
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The Bike Room
1109 W. North Shore Ave.
Opening Saturday, September 5th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, October 2nd
Alex Bradley Cohen & Steve Ruiz
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Local Honey: Their, Their
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Slow Pony Project
1745 W. 18th St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, September 5th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Garcia, Rios + Romero
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Trunk Show
1859 W. 19th St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
Alexander Valentine: Algorithm Gerbils
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Avenue
Opening Friday, September 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Gene Munger: Selected Summer Paintings
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Jacket Contemporary
212 N. Sangamon St., Apt. 3B, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, September 4th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Monday, September 14th
Around the Coyote
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Flat Iron Arts Building
1579 N Milwaukee Ave
Opening Friday, September 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Chris Ware (Lecture)
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, September 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Tele-novela
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ACRE TV
http://www.acretv.org/
Opening Tuesday, September 1st, from 12AM - 12AM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
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