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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Renee Robbins: Hidden Worlds
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60614
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 2 PM - 3:30 PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Mira Mi Pum Pum featuring DJ Cqqchifruit
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 9PM - 1AM
Iconic Chinese Design by Norwegian Architects
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Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 2PM - 4PM
Nomadicity, Movement, and Improvisation with Andres Hernandez and Zachary Fabri
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, June 30th, at 4PM
HVNTER GVTHERER: IRON AGE
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Black Oak Tattoo
3419 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Open Studios Night at Night Light!
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Night Light Gallery and Studios
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
about a block
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 30th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 8th
John Poché: Beauty of Kinetic Art
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Chicago Calling Curators’ Musings
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Last Chance Comedy . & Eat It , Too!
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
Chicago & Milwaukee Art Scenes: A Dialogue with Emerging Artists & Curators
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Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
273 E Erie St, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 28th
The Art of Sitting Quietly and Doing Nothing
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
MCA Prime Time: F00tw3rk
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 7PM - 11PM
Emily Esperanza: Wretched Woman
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 8PM - 10PM
Two Queens in a Kitchen
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SLAY x OTV
https://www.facebook.com/weareotv/videos/821443584728806/
Opening Saturday, June 30th, from 8PM - 10PM
Hunt and Peck: Alternative Expressions of the Keyboard
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VGA Gallery
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, #102, Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 2nd
I See Cat People
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
LATER, CAPITALISM
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Bar4000
2000 W Carroll Ave Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, August 1st
ORWELLIAN OFFSPRING
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 29th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, July 19th
Not an Inert Box
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Triumph Chicago
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Rachel Lechocki
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Saint Lucia’s
2075 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Commons Project: Citizen Jane
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 7th
Margie Criner & David Richards: Hidden Agenda
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 21st
Re-examining the Natural World
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Changing Room I
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Shane Bower: Southern Drawl
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, July 17th
Archiving Your Family History: Preservation Workshop
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 6th
I Was Raised on the Internet with Omar Kholeif and Jared Quinton
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, June 28th, at 12PM
Chicago Calling: Art Against the Flow
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 6th
Kyle Cobban
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Line Dot Editions
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, July 17th
TypeThursdayCHI June
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Gensler
11 E Madison St #300, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Brother Outsider (2003)
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1519 W 18th Pl, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, June 28th, at 8PM
A Johnson Publishing Story
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Art for the People: Progressive- and WPA-Era Murals in the Chica
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Glessner House Museum
1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 7PM - 8PM
ChiDM Presents: Pouya Ahmadi
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Sensing and Sensation Soundwalk
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Ping Tom Memorial Park
300 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, June 28th, from 4PM - 6PM
Chosen Few DJs take over Daley Plaza
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Daley Plaza
50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, June 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Origins of Street Art and Beyond
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Wednesday, June 27th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Drama³ : Telenovela’s Trace in Latina Video Art Screening
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 27th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
World’s Fair 2018: Make a Wish Then Make That Wish—Manifestos for Chicago
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, June 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Adrienne Deeble: Futility I
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, June 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
A Home for Surrealism: Tour
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 17th
Portraits of Puerto Rico: Stories of Resistance and Resilience
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Tuesday, June 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
The Future of Public Space — Chicago
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, June 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Darnell L. Moore: No Ashes in the Fire
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Currency Exchange Café
305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, June 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Diana Rose Harper: Transformational Tarot
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, June 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Option: Lia Kohl & Macie Stewart duo / Lia Kohl solo
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, June 25th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Chicas de Hoy
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 1PM - 3PM
Chicago Print Crawl
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Chicago
various addresses throughout the city
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Gamaliel Ramírez: Celebrating the Life of a Chicago Muralist
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Santina Amato in Conversation with Jeremy Biles
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60622
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 1PM - 2.30PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Note G
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Chicago Manual Style
1927 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 10th
Flat File One
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 4th
Discourse: Grant Gill
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Lillstreet Drawing and Painting Studio
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Megan Sterling and Matt Bodett
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Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, #420, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 12PM - 6PM
World’s Fair 2018: Fertile Food Community Potluck
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Joe Miller: Exhausted
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Gallery Cafe
1760 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 7PM - 11PM
On the Construction of the Heavens
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New Works
3403 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Sunday, June 24th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Firsts and Starts: Navigating Art-Making as a New Mother
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 23rd
David Wojnarowicz: Flesh of My Flesh
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 4th
Migration Stories: Audial Documentary Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Annunciations
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 4th
Festival of Fine Arts
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, June 24th
Samantha Fickel: interspace
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 28th
Mel Keiser and Melga Blank: Museum of The Mels
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Emery Kennett: Philes & Ists
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 6Pm - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 22nd
François Fressinier
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Martin Lawrence Galleries
5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, July 10th
I’ma Read, I’ma Read, I’ma Read: collecting a hip hop archive
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Fran Mendes Levitin and Ian MacClachlen: Spider web
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Wedge Projects-Extension
1442 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Some Things Should Go!
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The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
24th Annual Pullman Garden Walk and Tea
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Historic Pullman Garden Club
11141 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 10AM - 4PM
Silence is a Sound
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Obatalá’s Way: Healing Rituals for Light, Love, and Balance
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Sor Juana Festival: Made in L.A.
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 3:30PM
The Monochrome Set
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SOCCER CLUB CLUB
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago IL 60641
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, July 26th
Spider Plant
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Mosaic Chicago Flag by Mosaico Arte Chicago
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Jimmy Beans Coffee
2553 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Hurricane María, Resilience and Solidarity
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The Bloomingdale Trail
N Humboldt Blvd & W Cortland StChicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 11AM - 4PM
I AMerican
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Tall Grass Arts Association
367 Artists Walk, Park Forest, IL 60466
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 21st
Allison Grant: Unsoiled
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Governors State University, Visual Arts Gallery, Big Walls Gallery and E Lounge Gallery
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 12PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 1st
Towards a Newer Avant-Garde
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Rm 314, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Scott Stack: Interior and Exterior: Tour
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Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Rooms
78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor North, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 10:15AM - 12PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
Brown and Proud Press Presents Poetry & Music
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Logan Square Arts Festival
Logan Square, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Udita Upadhyaya: Of Rest And Repair
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
BCH Mixtape: Vol. 4
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Addressing Intergenerational Trauma
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Azikiwe Mohammed: Jimmy’s Thrift of New Davonhaime
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL, 60607
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 7 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Elephant with an Attitude
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 2nd
Georg Jensen and Scandinavian Design
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
The Role of Public Art in Community-Building
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
FORTYFIVESHOW – VANS WARPED TOUR ART SHOW
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Vans Store Chicago
1051 N Rush St, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 22nd
Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
Thomas Hellstrom: Kingdom of Doing: Chicago House Music Project
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 28th
The Future is Friday: Dawn Hancock and Alisa Wolfson
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Leo Burnett
35 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 7:45PM - 9PM
What Is Not Is Isn’t Is
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Linda Warren Projects, Gallery X, Y, & O
327 N Aberdeen St, Ste 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Kelly Caldwell: Art and Vintage Interiors
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 22nd, from 5PM - 10PM
The Rear View Mirror Sessions: Maurice White
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Arts Incubator
301 E. Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Marchland
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, June 21st, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Woman’s Club: Olivia Jade Juárez with Remy Lucien Bordas
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Roman Susan
7077 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 21st
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