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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 3PM - 4PM
Expo Chicago Dialogues: Sunday, September 30
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 12PM - 3PM
Holly Murkerson and Sarah Reynolds: Body Doubles
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Apparatus Projects
2639 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 11th
Demystifying Photobook Publishing
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 1PM - 2PM
Madd Crates: Bring Your Own Vinyl
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 2PM - 6PM
Jay Wolke
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 12PM - 1PM
PN76: North Lawndale’s Restorative Justice Court, One Year Later
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Free Spirit Media
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jay Wehnert: Outsider Art in Texas
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Tyrants
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Final Resting Place
3350 S Bell Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, November 1st
Lost & Found
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BBQLA
2351 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
1709 & Marz Open House
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 12PM - 4PM
Vidvuds Zviedris: 26th of September Street
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 1PM - 2PM
Trans Art Is Closing Celebration + Poetry Readings
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Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark, Chicago, Il 60640
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Drop In Wheel Throwing
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GnarWare Workshop
1838 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Tokyo Drifter
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ArcLight Cinemas Chicago
1500 N Clybourn Ave, Unit C301, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, September 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Storytelling Series: Amanda Ross-Ho
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 5PM - 6PM
Jimmy’s Thrift of New Davonhaime: Closing Weekend
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 12 PM - 6 PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Azikiwe Mohammed DJ’s Waydown
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 9 PM - 2 AM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Art on theMART
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Merchandise Mart
222 W Merchandise Mart Plz Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL, 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
DOMESTIC EVIL 2
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, October 26th
Expo Chicago Dialogues: Saturday, September 29
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 11:30AM - 6:30PM
AfriCOBRA 50
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Latinx and Latin American Literature
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 11AM - 5PM
Frederick Nitsch: Tell Me When You Feel Something
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Like One Speaks to the Stone
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
2018 Filter Photo Festival Portfolio Walk
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Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
StephTalksProper: Journey of a Rap Star
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Amanda Ross-Ho: Untitled T-Shirt (Nonagenarian)
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Chicago’s Gold Coast Patronage and the 1893 World’s Fair
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Edgewater Arts Festival
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Sheridan Rd and Graville
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 11am - 7PM
Michael Madrigali: Night Kite
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 4th
Enrico David with Michael Darling
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, at 2PM
The Chicago Black Social Culture Map: Archiving Day
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 10AM - 4PM
Ka-Man Tse
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 1PM - 2PM
More Than a Post Panel Discussion
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 12PM - 1PM
Tonika Lewis Johnson
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Q & A with Joyce Polance & Chantala Kommanivanh
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 11AM - 1PM
Jess T. Dugan: To Survive on This Shore: book signing
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 12PM - 2PM
5th Annual Beverly Art Walk
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Beverly Area Arts Alliance
Beverly/Morgan Park, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 12PM - 7PM
Sharon Gilmore: Whispering Branches & Dark Dark Dirt
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Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery
704 Main St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
Neighborhood Soundwalk with Norman Long
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Illumination EXPO Chicago AFTER PARTY
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Sandro Miller Studio
2540 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 8PM - 12AM
Edgewater Arts Festival 2018
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Edgewater Artists In Motion
1232 W Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Bridge Lift Breakfasts
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McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
376 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, September 29th, at 9AM
Our Birthday Bash
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 12PM - 8PM
Gibbs-Morrison Mural Community Day
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Chicago Public Art Group
600 W Cermak Rd, Ste 3B, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 1PM - 4PM
Icuqts: International Chicago Underground Queer Transcendance Symposium
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ICUQTS
2134 S Troy St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Emerging Artists Stirring the Pot
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Liz Long Gallery, Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center
1957 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 1PM - 4:15PM
On view through Saturday, December 15th
Jewelry Design Studio with Steven Blaine Adams
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Life Force Arts Center
1609 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 3PM - 7PM
Herman Taylor Jr: HUMBO
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Ivan Dixon: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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Chicago State University Library
9501 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
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ArcLight Cinemas Chicago
1500 N Clybourn Ave, Unit C301, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
Mindwreck: Parabola, RXM Reality+BBB, Hi-Vis
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 29th, from 8PM - 1AM
we like small things v.2
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Filter Space
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Re/member/construct
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Filter Space
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
The Other Art Fair Chicago
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Resisting With Dignity / Resistiendo con Dignidad
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4046 W Armatige Ave, Chicago IL 60639
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
Art After Hours
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City-Wide
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
Expo Chicago Dialogues: Friday, September 28
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 11:30AM - 6:30PM
Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Monday, December 31st
Next: 2nd Annual Members Exhibition
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Fogelson Studio
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 208, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Within Receding Horizons
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Floor 7, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
SOS – Show of Shows
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C.C.'s Art Garage & Gallery
2727 S Mary St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 28th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
In Light Of…
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Chicago Manual Style
1927 W Superior St. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 4th
Cards Against Humanity: Late Night Writers Room
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 28th, at 7:30PM
Barbara Diener
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
Mounting & Framing Photographs
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 1PM - 2PM
Mahogany
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: Safehouse
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Dawoud Bey: Polaroid Works Reception
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
Agitator Group Show 1 Year Anniversary: Closing Reception
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nathaniel Dorsky: The Arboretum Cycle (2018)
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Krista Franklin: …to take root among the stars.
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Poetry Foundation and Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Backlog: Five Years Building the VGA Print Collection
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VGA Gallery
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Apartment 102, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Joyce Polance & Chantala Kommanivanh: Landscaped
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
A Celebration: The Ebony Fashion Fair
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
EXPO CHICAGO: The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL, 60611
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Margaret Tait: Poems and Portraits
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Akrilica: Reading With Carolina Ebeid, Manuel Paul López & Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
Blackness and the Media, Past to Present
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
2018 Filter Photo Festival
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Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Mona Kuhn: 2018 Filter Photo Festival Keynote Lecture
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Columbia College Chicago
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
Mugs
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Club Nutz
418 N Clark St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Fernando Ramirez and David A. Holt: Portraits
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South Loop Farmers Market
1936 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
Jeffrey Stockbridge
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Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
Fiber Arts in Social Movements
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Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
700 E Oakwood Blvd, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Area
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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 Thursday, September 27th, at 8:15PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Chelsea Tinsley: did you forget about me?
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1030 N Dearborn StChicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, September 27th, at 9:25PM
Creative Writing Workshop: Word and Image
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Nosferatu (Silent Film Live Score By Jay Warren)
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Davis Theater
4614 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 10PM - 12AM
After Hours Artist Party
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 8:30PM - 10PM
Gallery Talk in American Sign Language
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Griffin Court
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Jonas Wood: Tennis Court Drawings
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Wednesday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Photography & the Refugee Crisis
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ART WORKS Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, September 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Eva Löfdahl: No Man’s Land
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Efrain Lopez Gallery
1959 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, September 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
The Time Is Now! EXPO ART WEEK Party
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, September 26th, from 8PM - 10PM
Photography & the Refugee Crisis
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Art Works Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, September 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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