August 2023
Movies in the Lot: Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 8PM - 10PM
Quiet Comfort: Jack Langdon
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
The Living End (Trivia Night)
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, August 31st, at 7PM
Healing House
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 6PM - 10PM
The Prints of Marie Watt
@ Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 2nd
Artist Lecture: Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, August 31st, from 12PM - 2PM
Comfort Film Presents Silent Films on the Lawn: From Morning to Midnight (1920)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 8PM - 10PM
‘At the Precipice’ Artist Talk: Art + Climate Justice
@ Design Museum of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 11AM - 12PM
Artfully Facing Trauma
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 9am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Amigas Latinas Forever: Pláticas: Amigas y Amiguitas Storytelling
@ Chicago Art Department
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
At the Precipice: Artist Talk: Art + Climate Justice
@ Design Museum of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 30th, from 11AM - 12PM
On view through Monday, October 30th
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Rajiv Halim
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 29th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Hearing the Horizon Soundwalk with Paige Naylor
@ Northerly Island Park
1400 S Linn White Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
OPTION: Will Greene – Solo/Trio (W. Jason Roebke and Phil Sudderberg)
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
Screening Freedom Series: “Drylongso”
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 1PM - 4PM
Soul Liberation: A Frankie Knuckles House Music Celebration
@ Kenwood Gardens
6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 1PM - 7PM
ZINEmercado
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 11AM - 6PM
Trash Transformation
@ Kathy Osterman Beach
5800 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 27th, from 10:30AM - 12:30PM
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land – Jackson Park to Steelworkers Park
@ Jackson Park to Steelworkers Park
6300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, August 27th, at 11AM
Carissa Lee: Ingress
@ Steppenwolf Theatre
1650 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 26th, at 8PM
Dads Rap Volume III
@ Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 26th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds: Mute Duo + Norman Long
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Freedom From and Freedom To
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, August 26th, at 7PM
Mark Anderson: Watercolor
@ Friendly Music Community
6729 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
Roger Shule: The Matchbook Artist
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Darlene Bock
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Trace Chiodo: The Striking Face of Golf
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Paul Pinzarrone
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Hink: Lost Darling
@ Studio Nez
803 Van Buren St, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 9th
COLLECTIVE ARTISTS: MONTHLY GROUP EXHIBITION
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Kameelah Janan Rasheed: Unsewn Time
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, January 8th
2023 Artists to Watch: Artist Talks
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Artist Talk with June Carpenter: Balancing Injustice, Identity, and Understanding
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 2PM - 3PM
Saturday Pairings
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 26th, at 2PM
CRR19 Panel Discussion
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
MCA x Blanc: It’s a Family Affair
@ Blanc
4445 S King Drive Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 1PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Wild Yams: We, Gather in the Garden
@ The Cre.æ.tive Room
7034 S Martin Luther King Dr, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 12PM - 3PM
Telling Your Story: Grant Writing Workshop for Artists
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 12PM - 2PM
Chalk Howard Street
@ Rogers Park Business Alliance
1660 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 11AM - 8PM
Bucktown Arts Fest 2023
@ Bucktown Arts Fest
2200 N Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 11AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
HECHO EN: Arts & Craft Fair
@ Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
Paper Entomology Display Workshop with Guardabosques
@ Colossal
Online
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Threads
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
2023 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial Exhibition
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Mark Banks: In the Fields of Rotting Giants
@ Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park
11555 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, August 26th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, November 23rd
CLEAT Series: Wilson Tanner Smith’s ‘Wasteland’, Akjai x Archipelago
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, August 25th, at 7:50PM
Force & Motion: //sense
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Open Lab: Sugar Vendil: Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S. Throop St, Suite #401, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
La Femme Boheme
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7PM - 9:15PM
Open Lab: Sugar Vendil | Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Luisa Tovar: BECOMING
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 307, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
things, us
@ The Plan
600 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 24th
Pressure Makes Diamonds
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
1416 S Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, August 25th, at 5PM
On view through Monday, September 25th
Jacob Ciocci: NO TRUE THOUGHTS: 8 Principles for Rich Dynamic Living, Greedy Humpty Opening to Angles, Mental Spirit Magic Mind Scanners, Skater’s Waltz, THE IBM Employee Theme Song, and some new FAMILIARS
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, September 21st
The First Show
@ STASIAS
44 E Cedar St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, September 22nd
Photos at Noon: Love
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
Tired Light
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste. 303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 25th, from 6PM` - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 24th
Comfort Music: Allen Moore, Kyle Gregory Price, and Tim Daisy
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Radical Acts of Justice: Jocelyn Simonson and Cook County Public Defender Sharone R. Mitchell, Jr.
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
A CELEBRATION OF UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE; Threads: Poems to Inspire Art book launch
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Thursday, August 24th, at 6PM
Comfort Film Presents Silent Films on the Lawn: The Goddess (1934)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
All Hearts Beneath the Sun: Artist lecture by Dianna Frid and reception
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, August 23rd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Amigas Latinas Forever: Pláticas: Marimacha Monarcha Press
@ Chicago Art Department
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 23rd, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
AMBIENT HEAT
@ The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, from 8PM - 12AM
Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Heroes Edition
@ Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, at 7:30PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Bomberxs D’Cora of La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Anna Johnson et al.: MEMBRANE VARIATIONS
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, August 22nd, at 8PM
On view through Tuesday, August 22nd
Marie Ségolène & Greenblatt: The Gate of Heaven
@ The Hole @ Weatherproof
1844 N Drake Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, August 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Artist Recruitment Evening
@ Urban Gateways - Street Level
1637 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, August 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
Kikù Hibino + Pedro Lopes: Solos + Duos
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, August 20th, at 8PM
Anna Johnson et al.: MEMBRANE VARIATIONS
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 20th, at 8PM
On view through Tuesday, August 22nd
OPTION: Fay Victor/Devon Gates Duo
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
Silent Listening Party: Chicago House Music
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
Screening Freedom: The African Desperate (2022)
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 1PM - 4PM
Lab E: In-Progress Showing with Tango 21
@ Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 1PM - 3PM
Mark Anderson
@ Friendly Community Room
6729 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
Comfort Music presents Day Glow Modular
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
The Meditation Movement at Kenwood Gardens
@ Kenwood Gardens
6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sound and Memory Soundwalk with Christophe Preissing
@ Steelworkers Park
87th at S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
Lie: Out of The Woods
@ Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 4PM - 8PM
(Anti)performance: THERE ARE GHOSTS IN THESE WALLS… and You’re One of Them
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 7PM - 7AM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
All Children Draw
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Drive Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 24th
POETRY, BLUES, AND THE LORE OF THE INDIGO CHILD
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 3PM - 6PM
Kéyah: Paintings and Photographs of Home
@ American Indian Center
3401 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 2:30PM - 6PM
333 Block Party & Market
@ The Digs Chicago
333 N Oakley Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 2PM - 7PM
DISARM: Artmaking Workshop with Artists William Estrada and Damon Locks
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 9th
Live Arts | nibia pastrana santiago with Eduardo F. Rosario, el agua era el cielo
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 1PM - 5PM
HYPERCUBE STEREO: NATHANAEL JONES + LEE HODGE
@ Humboldt Park Formal Garden
1400 N Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
Ideas on Landscape
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S. Throop St., Unit 419 Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
IMAGINARY PERSONS: CLOSING RECEPTION
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
Where yo Wurkz/Where yo Mental
@ Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 12PM - 3PM
Tom Torluemke: Gravity
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Talk | José E. López and Carla Acevedo-Yates
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 11AM - 1PM
Entre Horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Sunday, May 5th
Black August: Solidarity Quilting Workshop
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Family Day
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, August 19th, from 10am - 5PM
Force & Motion: {}() {}∆‡!(){} Tangential Unspace Art Lab curated by |/∆/|∆y∆ ‡()rr3s
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 18th, at 7:30PM
