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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Doug Fogelson: On Climate
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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 Riverwoods Rd, Riverwoods, IL 60015
Opening Sunday, July 31st, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, September 4th
Comfort Society Presents: Lavie Raven, Minister of Education of the University of Hip-Hop
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Sunday, July 31st, from 1PM - 3PM
Mobile Speakers Podium for Citizens and Non-citizens: The Visible Voices Project
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 31st, at 2PM
Matthew Dotson ۞ August Traeger ♆ Mukqs ❦ HMTS
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TRITRIANGLE
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 8:30PM - 11:55PM
Michael Golden: The Bird Is A Place
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 17th
SPF 666
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 27th
Escatology
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 27th
Insane in the Game | Indie Game Showcase
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 7PM - 11PM
Workshop: An Artist’s Guide to Student Loans and Financial Self-Advocacy
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 2PM - 4PM
Care, a rehearsal for a performance
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 27th
Recent Work by Sasha Litvintseva
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 30th, at 7PM
Almost There: Screening and Panel Discussion
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
Open Dances: Brother(hood) Dance!
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E. 70th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 1PM - 3PM
Saturday Gallery Tour
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Chicago's River North gallery district
750 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 11am - 12:30PM
Urban Gateways Final Screening
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 12PM - 2PM
Open Screening: Chicago Filmmakers
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Chicago Filmmakers
5243 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, July 30th, from 8PM - 10PM
Gabriela Salazar: Eye of Palm
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Efrain Lopez Gallery
901 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, July 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 4th
Art + Value Conversations Planning Potluck
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, July 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Kurt Herrmann: The Fruit of the Sugar Valley
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
Lewis Vaughn: Silverhead
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 29th, at 8PM
Château Silling: Curated by Paul Levack
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Samuel
1917 W Division St., Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, July 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Joe Kraft: Rudimentary Drawings
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, July 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 28th
聚 To Gather Is To Engender Potentialities
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Gallery No One
1579 N Milwaukee Ave Rm 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Lecture: Antinoupolis—The Cult City of Osir-Antinous, Built by Hadrian in Egypt
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Opening Thursday, July 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Terrence A Reese: Reflections
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, July 27th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Workshop: Professional Artists Toolkit: Artists’ Contracts by Ahmet Öğüt
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Wednesday, July 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Abandoned practices: 2016 culminating performances
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SAIC Performance
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Opening Wednesday, July 27th, from 1PM - 4PM
Why All Things Happen Screening
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Fernwey Gallery
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Wednesday, July 27th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Our Art Working 2016; Close Up of Japan In Chicago
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Uptown Arts Center
941 West Lawrence Ave., 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, July 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 7th
The Art of Alebrijes: A Cultural Tradition of Oaxaca, Mexico
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 26th, from 5:30 PM - 7PM
BMO Harris Chicago Works: Andrew Yang
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MCA Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 26th, from 8PM - 10AM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
SANDRINE SCHAEFER | ARTIST TALK
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Sunday, July 24th, from 2PM - 4PM
Mike Rea: Sticky
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, July 24th, from 4PM - 6PM
Kendler and Kirkbride: A Confounding Mimicry
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The Fern Room at the Lincoln Park Conservatory
2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, July 24th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
Excursion: Bubbles and Clouds
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Sunday, July 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
MCA Talk: On Painting Lewis + Stewart
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 3PM - 4PM
Curator Talk with Faheem Majeed
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Cody Hudson: Dreams Burn Down
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 3rd
Fruit
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Produce Model Gallery
1007 W 19th St, Ste 1, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Origami Workshop
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 1PM - 3PM
Country, Life and Economics
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Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
6433 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 3rd
Films for “America after the Fall”
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, from 1PM - 4:30PM
El Nino
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL60647
Opening Saturday, July 23rd, at 10PM
Erin Hayden with Sage Dawson: Flip Flops Dry Off
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 8PM - 10PM
Paul Kenneth: Curious Kin
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 4th
A Fine Line
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, August 11th
Carol Jackson: The Day
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 20th
LEMONADE Still Steeping | Dialogue on Movement Making, Black Women, + Social Change
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Strata + Sphere
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Evan Jenkins: Jump Into The Fire
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Samuel
1917 W Division St., Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Younghye Han: My Mother’s First Exhibition
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 22nd, from 6PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, August 11th
Petcoke: Tracing Dirty Energy
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
Sam Kirk: Double-Dutch
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IPaintMyMind
2545 W Diversey, Suite 255, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, August 30th
Phyllis Bramson Artist Talk
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Interactive Performances with Carlos Rolón/Dzine’s “Ace of Fades”
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W Division
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 27th
Take the Green Line: Data Center – The Hidden Pollution
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave Ste 200, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Opening Thursday, July 21st, at 6PM
New Architectures and Urbanisms of Decentralization
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Films for “America after the Fall”: “Our Daily Bread” (1934)
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Kailyn Perry: New Works
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In House
3520 W armitage
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 24th
Rita Ackermann: Jezebels
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Soccer Club Club
2921 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Thursday, July 21st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, September 9th
Sage Dawson: Brick Myth
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, July 20th, from 8PM - 10PM
Cancelled: A Socialist’s Worst Nightmare
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Wednesday, July 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Who Am I – No System Is Safe
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave Ste 200, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Opening Wednesday, July 20th, at 6PM
Tim Samuelson in Conversation with Paul Catanese
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, July 20th, at 12PM
Michael Darling on Witness
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
Designer Onye Chi: Jewelry and Mimosas Workshop
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, July 18th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, August 28th
Jesse Malmed: POST YES BILLS
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Avenue
Opening Sunday, July 17th, at 4PM
Ollie Tousius: Regresaré
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The Hermosa Walls
2306 N. Keeler Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60639
Opening Sunday, July 17th, from 12PM - 4PM
Comfort Society Presents: Myra Greene
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Sunday, July 17th, from 1PM - 2PM
88:88 + selected works
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 17th, from 8PM - 10PM
A Feast of Astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the Avant-Garde, 1960s–1980s
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, July 17th
Rebecca Gray Smith: The Alphabet and Robin Dluzen: Ameraucana
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago Il 60603
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 20th
Our Lovely Secret Wreck
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Hume Chicago
3242 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Ltd. Wear
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 7th
Owl Covered Jar
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Salt Creek Pottery
48 S Villa Ave, Villa Park, Illinois 60181
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 2:30PM - 4PM
Conversation & Cocktails
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Kruger Gallery
3709 N Southport Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
Public Convo: Oli Rodriguez + Risa Puleo
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Latitude
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Frontline Exhibition
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60653
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Lindsey E. Bates: Awaken
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345 Art Gallery
345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Maritea Dæhlin: I Envy the Kangaroos
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
NATURE
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Slate Arts and Performance
3203 W. North Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60651
Opening Saturday, July 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
Kathleen Scott: The Waterfall
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 8PM - 10PM
Intuition: featuring paintings by Greg Dickerson
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 4th
Can the Spectator Speak?
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Aspect/Ratio
119 N Peoria Street #3D
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 20th
EXILE INSIDE OUT
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Wednesday, August 27th
Amarillo
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, August 27th
Disco: Music, Culture, and Community
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60649
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
23rd Evanston+Vicinity Biennial Opening Reception
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 28th
Longissimus Dorsi
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4e Gallery
2255 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60616
Opening Friday, July 15th, at 6PM
For the Love of Frida/Por el Amor de Frida
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Cultura in Pilsen
1900 S Carpenter St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
Terrible Place
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Samuel
1917 W Division St., Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Street Level
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Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
Sarah Rieser : An Education
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Arts on Elston Gallery
3446 North Albany Avenue
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 15th
Post Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980-2016
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Monday, January 2nd
Reading: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Opening Friday, July 15th, from 1:15PM - 1:30PM
Contemporary Nigerian Art
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Africa International House
6200 S. Drexel Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
On view through Tuesday, September 6th
Small Talk
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Essentia Chicago
2118 North Halsted St Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, July 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 4th
Freedom Dreams Artists Talk + Performance
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Pop Up Just Art Gallery
729 W Maxwell St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, July 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Botanica Dinero Pop-up Shop
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Gallery 400 University of Illinois Chicago
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Thursday, July 14th, from 10AM - 6PM
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