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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Post-Bacc Annual
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Soundtrack: Jared Brown
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
Gwendolyn Zabicki: In A Room With Many Windows
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Twice as Nice (1989)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Plate, Pulp, Pressure
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Gallery 2052
2052 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 4 PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Presence and Absence
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 7PM - 11PM
Tortas y Talento Open Mic at PO Box Collective: 1/2020!
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Spaces With(in)
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Aidōs
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Adds Donna
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Afro-Instrumentality
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Open Studio Project
903 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 10AM - 3PM
Radical Print Shop with William Estrada
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 1st
Dance, Dance, Dance
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Circle Contemporary Chicago
2010 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 27th
Kevin Coval: Roots
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Gensler
11 E Madison St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 8:30AM - 10AM
Fehinity 3-Part Monologue Writing Workshop
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, February 13th
A Stirring
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Awakenings
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
SPEAK a monthly all-ages safe space open mic
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, April 24th
F=D IRL Exhibition
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Space p11
55 E Randolph St, Chicago Pedway System, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
Gina Hunt: Signal
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Film Screening: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2018)
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Chicago Public Library, Albany Park Branch
3401 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Resonance
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
AACM presents Mike Reed Special Guest Darius Jones
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Ligia Lewis Water Will (in Melody)
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 8PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 1st
What I really want to tell you…
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 31st
Cathy Hsiao: Five Works
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
Interview (1971)
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Creative Capital Award Info Session
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Konpa Sware
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Room43
1043 E 43rd St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 7PM - 11PM
Grandma’s House – feat. Britteney Black Rose Kapri
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
The Impact of Provenance in the Market for Antiquities
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
What I really want to tell you…
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 31st
A Winter Night of Indigenous Telling
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
Gallery Talk – Gerald Griffin
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The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
102 S 10th St, Lafayette, Indiana 47905
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
West Loop Night at West Loop Dot Gallery
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West Loop Dot Gallery
1015 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
John Carpenter: They Live
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Hive
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
On view through Sunday, May 16th
Taehoon Kim: yourself and yours
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Indiana University Northwest School of the Arts Gallery
3415 Broadway, 2nd floor, Gary, IN 46409
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, March 6th
Gallery Talk with Julia Fish, Sarah Herda, and Dan Wheeler
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Slowly, With Care
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O'Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University
7900 W Division St, Lewis Hall Fourth Floor, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 6th
Gallery Tour in American Sign Language
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
Freedom Ride: A Discussion and Performance
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Rodrigo Lara and Laura-Caroline Johnson: Artist Talk
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
The Red Turtle
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 6:46PM - 8:08PM
Co-MISSION Works in Progress Showing
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Simon Balto: Occupied Territory: Policing the Black Chicago
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Info Session: 2020 RaD Lab + Outside The Walls Fellowship
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, January 29th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
In Progress: Mlondi Zondi
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Becoming the Breeze: Curator Tour
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
Volun-Tuesday (MCA Edition)!
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The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
CHILL at the MCA: Meditation for Viewing
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 12:30PM - 1PM
In Conversation: Designing Experiences
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Ave, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Film Screening and Discussion with Nina Rizzo
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NIU Art Museum
595 College Ave., DeKalb IL 60115
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 5PM - 9PM
Holler If You Hear Me
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Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School
2111 W 47th Pl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, January 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Peter Ablinger: Complementary Art
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Columbia College Chicago
623 S Wabash Ave, Room 109 (Hokin Lecture Hall), Chicago IL 60603
Opening Monday, January 27th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, January 27th
Exhibitions For Social Justice Discussion and Book Launch
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The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
1307 E 60th St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Monday, January 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Azadeh Hussaini: ArchiWalls: Panel Discussion
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Jane Michalski and Leslie Sobel: Earthforms
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The Center for Visual and Performing Arts
1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 1 PM - 3 PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Jonathan Holloway and avery r young: Reading the Black Library
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
Panel Discussion: Azadeh Hussaini: ArchiWalls
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Tarot Reader Meet-up
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Woman Made Gallery Reading Series: Poets From the Midwest
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Woman Made Gallery Literary Events
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group
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The #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 18th
Faysal Altunbozar: Interior Irruptions
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Amazigh Contemporary
2 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, January 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
Sandra Jorgensen
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 12th
Could Be Architecture: McCormick AfterParti
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 12th
3D Applications Workshops: Detritus
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 1PM - 4PM
Erin Cramer: Keys to the Kingdom: Closing
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Slacks Window Gallery
5752 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 2PM - 5PM
Conversation with Suellen Rocca and Margaret Hawkins
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Carpe Librum Pop-Up
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American Writers Museum
180 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 10AM - 5PM
FEED Salon: H P S C H D – 50 Preview
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Tea & Cookies with Open Engagement
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
Ten x Ten 2020: chaos | composed
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Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
Rosa Throws a Birthday Party
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Morning Will Come: Book Launch and Reading
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Peter Ablinger: a•pe•ri•od•ic performs 3 Orta/3 Places
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Drawings, paintings, maybe a sculpture 3
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Everybody
1726 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Yasmin Spiro: Edge of Time
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Magic Dust
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Sura Dupart Birthday Celebration
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 9PM - 12AM
Rick Therrio: The Sixth Great Extinction
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Harbor Works
1616 E 142nd St, East Chicago IN 46312
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
Andrei Rabodzeenko: Energy Frequency and Vibration
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, January 25th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Poetry off the Shelf: Brenda Shaughnessy
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 24th, at 7PM
VELVET
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 1st
Your Friendly Neighborhood Archive with Resident Samantha Cabrera Friend
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LATITUDE Chicago
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
Stories of Chicago: An Honest Look at Racism in Chicago
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Ebenezer Lutheran Church Auditorium
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 25th
Divine Presence! Artist Talk and Closing
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
Return to the Everywhere
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
A Little Bit Country—A Little Bit Rock and Roll
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North Shore Circle Contemporary
1963 Johns Dr, Glenview, IL 60025
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, March 13th
Paul Wear: Ages of the Oracle
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Ampersand Cowork
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Jason Soliday & Stephan Moore: CLEAT 16-speaker system
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 9PM - 11:59PM
Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep ‘Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout!
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
A Night with the Shabistan Film Archive
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Friday, January 24th, at 7PM
Jack Carlson: Natural Scenics
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Library Book Club: Safia Elhillo
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 12:30PM - 1PM
Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible at Gene Siskel Film Center
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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, January 24th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, January 30th
Fragment of an Empire
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
TO BOLDLY GO: KIRK/SPOCK SLASH FAN ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBARA P. GORDON
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 7 - 10
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Sleepover: thealmostanyspacewhatever
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Ground Level Platform
2001 S Halsted St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 11AM
On view through Saturday, January 25th
Morpho Gallery Emerging Artist Show
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Morpho Gallery
5216 North Damen Avenue
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6Pm - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 1st
2020 Juried Student Show
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 5PM - 7PM
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