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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Jacob Crose
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tales From the Sea
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FLAT
4125 W Melrose St, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, December 23rd, from 8PM - 11:37PM
MCA Studio: The Longest Night
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Open Studio: Midwest Jewish Artists Lab
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, December 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
Erin Smego: Cold Color
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The Hermosa Walls
2306 N Keeler Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, December 18th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, January 27th
Joe Gioia: You Push the Button and We Do the Rest
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, Illinois
Opening Sunday, December 18th, at 4:30PM
Chicago Art Shop Holiday Market
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Haymarket
737 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Sunday, December 18th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 18th
Luis Sahagun: Between Dreams and Kings
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Sunday, December 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 22nd
Forms of Exchange
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302-2637
Opening Sunday, December 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Alex O’Neal: Hiding Places In A Dream and Brenda Moore: In Search of Lost Time
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen Ste 151
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 11th
ESS 2016 Artist Residency Program Showcase
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave. Chicago 60660
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
A Transformation of Things
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 14th
Gather
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tatsu Aoki Tsukasa: Taiko Legacy
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 17th, at 3PM
On view through Sunday, December 18th
Cheryl Pope in Conversation with Erin Toale
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moniquemeloche
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 4pM - 5PM
On view through Friday, December 23rd
Touch Me I’m Sick
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Beautiful
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
Minute Hand Hour Hand
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
WE REJECT
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Slate Arts + Performance
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, December 22nd
Cancelled: Séance, V. 13: We Call Forth America, the living
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 11:30PM - 1:30Am
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Phantom Limb, Chapter 1: The Relic
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Public Access
3306 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 14th
Scotty GoGo: I Invented the Silent Disco
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ARTSPACE 8
900 N Michigan Shops, 900 N Michigan Ave, 4th floor, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 8PM - 12AM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Arise and Be Vigilant: A Benefit for Ghost Ship
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TRITRIANGLE
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 7PM - 2AM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
50k Open House featuring ChiDM
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50,000feet
1700 W Irving Park Rd, Ste 110, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
Walker Blackwell: Piezography PRO Show and Tell
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Michael Wawzenek: NEAR DEAD
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Rational Distance
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Site Red
3201 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
Meng Sun: Untitled (it only takes 5 days to sprout)
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave,RM303, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 18th
Savage Garden
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14 Chairs
2141 W. 21st Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Streetlight
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Ave | Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Friday, December 30th
Movement Matters: The Integral Necessity of Dance Criticism
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High Concept Labs
2233 S. Throop St.
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Temporary Art Review Book Launch + Roundtable
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
DIY Snow Globes
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Amale Andraos
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Conversation: Author Marianne Malone and Lindsay Mican Morgan
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Temporary Holdings
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 16th
Crystal Seeing with Dana Major
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Kyle Schlie in Conversation with Jordan Martins
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, December 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Douglas Snider: Using Virtual Reality to Create Empathy of Place
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
DIY Floggers for Feminism: Craft Night at Hume!
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Drifting Body: Mythical Selves and Ghosting
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, December 14th, from 10 AM - 3PM
MCA Talk: Kimberly Drew and Rashayla Marie Brown
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
MCA Screen: Tatsu Aoki, formalism, structuralism, and reduction
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
One Night in Bethlehem: Celebration of a Birth
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Tuesday, December 13th
Wrote One: A Convening of Chicago Writers + Media Makers
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Monday, December 12th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
MCA Talk: Dialogue: Crip Culture
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 11th, from 11am - 1PM
Jenn Smith: Name In Vain
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The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, December 11th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, February 5th
Raúl Ortiz: Landscapes Remixed
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
2nd Floor, 927 Noyes Street, Evasnton, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, December 11th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, January 6th
Beauty Breaks: Session 7 | Affirmations
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F4F 2846
W 21st Street, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, December 11th, from 12PM - 3PM
Until, Until, Until with Edgar Arceneaux
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, December 11th, from 4PM - 6PM
Edgar Arceneaux
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 2PM - 3PM
MCA Talk: Basim Magdy
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 3PM - 4PM
Welcome To The End
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THE FRANKLIN
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 28th
Workshop with Dana Major: Creating yourSelf | Creating yourArt
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Christopher Schneberger and David Velasco
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Kirsten Donovan and Irene Trujillio: Author Person Only
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Friendzone
3323 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Vends + Vibes 2016: An Arts Marketplace
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Arts + Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
John Steck Jr: Pictures of you: Book Launch and Panel Talk
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tessa Dallarosa: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick
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free range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, December 10th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Tuesday, January 7th
Prints of Unusual Size
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Hoofprint Workshop
2433 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Out of Order
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, December 9th
CUBISM COLLAGE CYBERGRAMS CONCRETE: 4 Artists from Moholy-Nagy’s School
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 29th
Environmental Graphiti: The Art of Climate Change
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 30th
The Crisis of Representation as Illustrated with Plants and Flowers
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 20th
Joyce Pensato: The Godmother
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Avenue 3rd Floor
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 21st
Corey Escoto
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Avenue 3rd Floor
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 21st
Pierce the Veil
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, January 21st
The QiQi-Underground Tea Party
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 8PM - 10PM
Not Just Another Pretty Face
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Melissa Sue Stanley: Dandelion Wine
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Lana Crooks & Andrew Bell: Night Fall
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 31st
Being There
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 14th
Brian Kapernekas: Below the Ground, Above the Fog
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 14th
Andrea R. Sanchez: The Leaving
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, December 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 22nd
Crystal Seeing Event with Dana Major
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (Storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, December 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Steven Green: Scapes, Land and City
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Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, December 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 12th
Virginio Ferrari and Marco G. Ferrari: Spirit Level
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Olympia Centre
737 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, December 8th, from 4:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, April 6th
Masculinity/Femininity
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, December 8th, from 7:30 PM - 10PM
Design Apprenticeship Program: Fall Show
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Arts and Public Life: Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Advocacy Through Art
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, December 7th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
How To Make It In Chicago’s Creative Industries
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60603
Opening Wednesday, December 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artists’ Guide to Mental Health
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, December 7th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30PM
The Rational Dress Society presents A History of Counter-Fashion
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Relations
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Friday, December 16th
Love Liberation: 50 Years of BPP History
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Saieh Hall for Economics
5757 S University Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Monday, December 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jan Tichy: Installation no. 21
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60615
On view through Friday, February 19th
[Old/New] Psychedelic Providence
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 4th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, January 15th
Robyn C. Spencer: The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, December 4th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Gil Riley: Arena
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Julius Caesar
3311 West Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, December 4th, from 1 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, January 22nd
Good Machines
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Riverside Arts Center + Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 4th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, January 7th
Maria Cruz: Still Life
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Old Town Art Triangle
1763 N. North Park Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, December 4th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, December 15th
Passage
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St.
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 7th
How AIDS Changed American Art–An Illustrated Lecture
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, at 10 am
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Disruption/Repression: How AIDS Changed America panel
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, at 12 PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Vice Versa Press Holiday Pop-Up Shop GRAND OPENING
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Spudnik Press
1821 W. Hubbard Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 1 PM - 5 PM
On view through Tuesday, December 23rd
Caroline Claflin and Noel Fetting-Smith: More than a feeling
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 1st
Holiday Pop-Up Market 2016
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60642
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 4th
Anna Showers-Cruser: Sweet Betweens
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Hume Chicago
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 1st
ZINE NOT DEAD IV – a new comics reading anniversary
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
László Moholy-Nagy’s telehor 1-2
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Department of Art and Technology
112 S, Michigan Ave, 4th Floor, Room 400 Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 3rd, from 2PM - 3:45PM
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