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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Laurie Wessman LeBreton
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Essentia
2118 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 30th
Ellery Royston: O sister O sister sing
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The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
Winters Hind and Perez
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
Exposure is Key
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 7PM - 11PM
Lauren Ball: Resurface (artists talk)
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SideCar
411 Huehn St, Hammond, IN 46327
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
Daniel Wojcik: Trauma and Self-Taught Artistry
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 4PM - 5PM
2017 Terrain Biennial: Outpost at Enos Park
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Enos Park
1000 North 7th, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
Savageness
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Make Me a Rainbow
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, January 1st
Susan Snodgrass: Inside The Matrix The Living Structures of Ken Isaacs
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Compound Yellow
44 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 12PM - 2PM
UIC Graduate Architecture Open House
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UIC School of Architecture
845 West Harrison St, 3100 ADS, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 1PM - 5:30PM
Jennifer Cronin: Portrait Drawing Workshop
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
Many Possible Futures
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 3PM - 5PM
Made-Up w/ Danny Volk featuring Jeroen Nelemans
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 3PM - 4PM
Botanical Speculations
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SAIC MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 1PM - 6PM
Elise Archias & Blake Stimson: The Concrete Body
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Solomon Adufah: This Image Is Not Available In Your Country
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 22nd
Cornelia Lein: Things On Shelves
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LATITUDE Chicago
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
ATTACK THE BLOCK
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
Conversation: Cauleen Smith and Lisa Lowe
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 3PM - 4PM
Emotion of the Moment: A 30-Year Dialogue
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 12th
On the Rocks
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 12th
Dave Lloyd: Tararua Range with Flank Paintings for Patupaiarehe
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Autotelic Studios
1856 N Richmond St Storefront, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Duotone: 2-Sides of delicious Design League
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Galerie F
2415 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Homemakers of Tomorrow
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Silent Funny
4106-08 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, September 29th, from 6PM - 12am
On view through Friday, September 29th
The Pre-Vinylette Society Closing Reception
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, September 28th
ARTivism: The Art of Political Cartoons
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UIC Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan, Lecture Center B2, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
Black Panther Party 50 Year Retrospective
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Westside Justice Center
601 S. California Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 4PM - 8PM
Fiona Raby
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Lan Tuazon in dialogue with Karsten Lund
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Rare Earth: weekly music performances
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Ângela Ferreira: Zip, Zap, Zumbi Curator’s Tour
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 5:30PM - 6PM
Women and Anger: Resistance, Power, and Inspiration
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Koehnline Museum Of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
(R)evolution
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Madron Gallery
1000 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, November 10th
Itselfxitselfx
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Artist Talk and Screening with Alice George
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Matilda McQuaid on Contemporary Textiles Today and Tomorrow
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
Jeff Carter
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 1PM - 2PM
Nicole Mauser and Tobey Albright: Privates- catalog release and conversation
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H. F. Johnson Gallery
2001 Alford Park Dr, Kenosha, WI 53140
Opening Thursday, September 28th, from 1 PM - 230 PM
On view through Saturday, November 4th
The Annual: Curator Talk and Tour
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Hendrik Folkerts
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Janet Dees and Grace Deveney on Carrie Mae Weems
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Nitehawk Shorts Festival Selects Screening
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DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Chicago Parkitecture Seminar
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 5:45PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, October 18th
Panel Discussion: Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Art
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Regin Igloria: Prompts to Go
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Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 26th
Eileen Myles: Afterglow (A Dog Memoir)
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, September 27th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Tiffanie Turner
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Colossal
4636 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 101, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, September 26th
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Mikel Patrick Avery PLAY
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
William Estrada: The Mobile Art Cart
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
ILHS Archives Unveiling
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Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
Women in Photography
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Option: Rafael Toral
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, September 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Industry of the Ordinary: Artist Talk
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Ralph Arnold Annex
1131 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Monday, September 25th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Tattoo: Ink, Art, and Object
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Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, September 25th, at 5PM
On view through Wednesday, September 27th
Domestic Disturbances Gallery Talk
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 2PM - 5PM
Assemblage: Ensemble Dal Niente Presents Music by George Lewis
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 3PM - 4PM
Annelies Kamen: I have a dining room like a mausoleum
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Free Range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625
Opening Sunday, September 24th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
2017 Filter Photo Festival: Professionalizing the Artist Panel
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 12PM - 1PM
Harold Green Presents: The Miseducation of Black Love
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, September 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
Radical Mending: Session 3
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SAIC at Homan Square
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 10AM - 12:30PM
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 2 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, March 11th
Looking Life Right Straight in the Face: The Art of Purvis Young
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Conversation with Lorna Marsh
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Gallery A+D
421 Sheridan Rd, Highwood, IL 60040
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
MCA Prime Time: Off Rack
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
Art Smart Conversation between Patric McCoy and Stephen Jones
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
The Chapuisat Brothers: In Wood We Trust
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, January 8th
Listening to the Wall
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 5PM
Rooting of Oaks of North Lawndale
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Nichols Tower Parking Lot
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago Illinois 60624
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 10 AM - 4 PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
Later Impressions 2017
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Mayslake Peabody Estate
1717 W 31st St, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, November 6th
Zone of Totality
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Jennifer Ling Datchuk: Whitewash
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
2017 Filter Photo Festival Portfolio Walk
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Video! Video! Video Festival Day 3
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Edgewater Arts Festival
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1030 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, at 11AM
On view through Sunday, September 24th
Ronit Porat
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 12PM - 1PM
Kunal Sen
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Sculptures from the Inside
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 4PM - 5PM
Jeffrey Wolin
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 5PM - 6PM
Chris Zain and Daniel Hojnacki: Vesseling
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Elastic Arts Vision Gallery
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, November 4th
Callosum Staff Show
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2419 W Fillmore St #1, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 23rd, from 8PM - 12:30PMAM
Pressing On & On: The Impact of Letterpress on Art & Design
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The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Artists Connect: George Lewis on Assemblage
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
As We Enter New
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 12th
20th International Open
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Moving_Image_00:02
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LATITUDE Chicago
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Keegan and Smeza: Troll Farming
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baby blue
1651 W 19th St, Apt 3r, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 22nd
Sara J. Winston
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 1PM - 2PM
Alejandro T. Acierto
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Our Stories, Our Voices: The Art of Blackness 2017 Exhibition
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Block Thirty Seven
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
As We Enter New Planes
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 12th
Rare Earth
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Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, September 22nd, at 6PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Día de los Muertos: Tilica y flaca es la calaca
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Public Access Publication Launch
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Sector 2337
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Coco Picard: “Autobiography with Stones”: Chronicles of Fortune
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 8PM
Video! Video! Video Festival Day 2
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Dolores
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, September 22nd, at 7PM
On view through Thursday, September 28th
Inaate/se/
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 8PM - 11PM
Nishant (1975)
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
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