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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
ART + CANDY
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 31st, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, November 1st
Art on theMART
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Merchandise Mart
Wacker Dr. between N. Wells St. and N. Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, October 31st, at 7:15PM
On view through Sunday, December 30th
In Progress: Sid Yiddish and His Candy Store Henchmen
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 06PM - 08PM
Camille Paglia: Provocations
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Francis W. Parker School
2233 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 08PM - 10PM
Conversation: Basim Magdy, Bruce Jenkins, and Kendra Paitz
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Learning to See: Viewing with All Senses
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Commons Second Floor, East Side
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 12:30PM - 1PM
Chicago StoryBooth Celebrates Five Years
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StoryCorps, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
In a Rapidly Changing World, Who Is a Designer?
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Savage Smyth
920 N Franklin, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Haunted Hearts and Household Ghosts in Victorian Britain
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Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
Am I Man Enough?: A Storytelling/Podcasting Show
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, October 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Final Trope
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The Hokin Project
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, October 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 15th
Philippe Parreno: What is a Collective?
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Penthouse Room 901, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 29th, from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Michael Curtis Asbill and Barbara Diener: DISTANCES MEASURED FROM HOME
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Gallery KIN
6319 N Greenview Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 28th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Monday, November 19th
Olive Stefanski and Ruby T: ENTER ROSES
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Occasional Gallery
6321 N Greenview Ave, 3N, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 28th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, November 11th
Allison Reimus: What Matters to You/What’s the Matter With You
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, #419 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 28th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Limited Time Engagement: TEMPLATES FOR PUBLIC ART Vol. 1
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Everyman Feast and Tournament
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DfbrL8r
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, October 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
Bridge Lift Breakfasts
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McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
376 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, October 27th, at 9AM
Liudmila Kondakova: The Magic of Paris
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Martin Lawrence Galleries
5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 15th
Chris Williford: FRANKENGLAM
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Rodney Koeneke + Zhou Sivan
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Sector 2337
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Kelly Kaczynski: Iterate, a Stage
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 25th
Collecting Ourselves: On the Problems and Potential of Archives
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The Field Museum
1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
Danny Bredar: Lavender Vanitas
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Extase
2523 W Chicago Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Nico Gardner and Lauren Carter: Static Cling
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
Alex Bradley Cohen and Chris Zain: Spectrum of Touch
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
No Tomorrow
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Aspect/Ratio
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Jessica Sladek: Wait-a-While
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Schneider Gallery
770 N LaSalle Dr. Suite 401, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 29th
Art Paul: RaceFace
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
From Here to There: A Constellation of Gestures
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Glow
4045 N Lawler Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Jacob Ciocci: Cable Management, 5 Minute Crafts, 7 Reasons You Aren’t Happy
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Night Light Gallery and Studios
1856 N Richmond St Storefront, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 26th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 15th
The Nostalgia Art Show Part 4! Villains Only Club
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Chicago Art Department
1932 South Halsted #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 6PM - 10:30PM
Light Play: Film and the Bauhaus
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Memento MORI: The Int’l Museum of Surgical Science Gala
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Reminiscing/Reinventing Graduate Symposium
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Room 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 9:30AM - 5:30PM
What Binds Your Community? Participatory Arts Bookbinding Workshop
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 1PM - 3:45PM
Bibliodérive 2018
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 10AM - 4PM
Basim Magdy: To Hypnotize Them With Forgetfulness
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Elaine Hsu: earth is so much more wonderful than heaven
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Rm 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, October 26th
Gentrification Horror Story: Youth Street Art for the Barrio
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Love Affair Continues
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Artists’ Open Studio
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Pilsen Art & Design Center
2443 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
MarY YounG: Al. go. rhythms: Masquerade Ball
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 26th
Program 14: Hannah Maitland = Animation
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Screen Share Video Gallery, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Screening room 201, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, November 7th
Poltergeist III: Behind the Mirror with Director Gary Sherman
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
Aaron Renier: Unsinkable Walker Bean: Knights of the Waxing Moon
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 8PM
Propositional Worlds
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SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd., Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Peter Burr: Pattern Language
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Photography and the Black Arts Movement in Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
The New Bauhaus: A Behind the Scenes Look
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Janice Elkins and Gina Lee Robbins: RESONANCE
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Gallery PINK
149 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Filter Photo’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
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The Studio of Sandro Miller
2540 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
150 Media Stream Art Reception and Live Performance
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150 Media Stream
150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
Baghdad in No Particular Order (2003)
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Public Newsroom #83: Chicago’s Broken Traffic Ticketing System
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Experimental Station, Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Eric Garcia: Drawing on Anger: Portraits of U.S. Hypocrisy
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
High Concept Labs Artist Showcase/Open House at Constellation
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 25th, at 6PM
Uncle Fun: You’re The One Film Screening and Discussion
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
ArtCrush
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SITE Columbus
280 S Columbus, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Show us How
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Open House Contemporary
740 N Ogden Ave., Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Art from the Land of the Pharaohs
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
Making Magnificence: Architects, Stuccatori & the 18th Century
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Ellen Lupton: Design is Art That People Use
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The Block Museum, Harris Hall
1881 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Affordable Housing Workshop for Chicago Artists
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Mario Gooden: Architecture Event / Horizon
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 12th
Collective Thought: Chicago Clubs and Their Patrons, 1880-1920
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Co-MISSIONS WIP: Aaliyah, Erin, Lizzie, Talia
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, October 24th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Eyal Weizman
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In Progress: Perfect Worlds/Propositional Attitudes
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 23rd, from 06PM - 08PM
Irena Haiduk
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Participatory Arts: The Legacy of Hull-House Artists
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 23rd, at 5:30PM
On view through Thursday, October 25th
Funding Feminism
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Exhibit: 36 Art@Cole’s Group Show
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Cole's Bar
2338 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
On view through Thursday, November 29th
Option: Gerry Hemingway
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 22nd, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Everyman Feast and Tournament
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Elevate Chicago Dance 2018
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 10AM - 5PM
Aviv Benn: It’s Such a Gamble When You Get A Face
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Overlook Field Trip: Ballots & Balance
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 12PM - 2PM
Volker Saul: Before You Know
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Devening Projects
3019 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Ignacio Manrique: Portraits of Félix Santamaría
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
Art and Antics
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Burger Antics
3740 Grand Blvd, Brookfield, IL 60513
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
Gather Presents Ayanah Moor and Udita Upadhyaya
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 20th, at 7PM
Leo Segedin: Retrospective
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Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
D-Composed Presents D-Compressed
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 20th, at 9AM
Yvette Mayorga: Pastillage
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
Family Day: Won’t You be a Neighbor?
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Bridge Lift Breakfasts
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McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
376 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, October 20th, at 9AM
The Black Perspectives Tribute: Ruth Carter
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AMC River East
322 E Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Jenn Wilson: a, am, ami, amis, amiss
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free range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, II 60625
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 4 PM - 7 PM
On view through Friday, November 16th
Miles Jackson: Toothpick
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, unit 5, 2nd FL, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
Esau McGhee in Conversation with Carris Adams
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GOLDFINCH
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Joni Murphy + Kristi McGuire
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Sector 2337
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Interiors
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Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, November 20th
Jeff Witscher: Variations in Pathological Sound Music
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Lampo Annex, Monadnock Building
53 Wt Jackson Blvd #1656, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Saturday, October 20th, at 1PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Women & Design Summit
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r5
1046 W Kinzie, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 9AM - 5PM
Humanities Day 2018
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University of Chicago, Division of the Humanities
1115 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Color and Line: Mid-Century Animation
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 1PM - 3PM
Bad Wedding: Spudnik Press Cooperative Annual Benefit
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard St, #203, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
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