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Ava Mirage Wanbli: We Live In Every Pixel: Summoner
@ No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, May 5th, at 10:15PM
CONSUMER., IN MASKS & MELON SPROUT,
@ No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, May 5th, at 8PM
HEAR BELOW, a soundwalk through Chicago’s Pedway system with Allen Moore
@ Block 37
108 N State St (near the elevators), Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, May 5th, from 1PM - 2PM
Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Streets of Ulster, with Louise Denver and Dr. Ciara Chambers
@ Media Burn Archive
Online
Opening Monday, May 5th, at 5PM
THIS WEEK
Wednesday
May 7th
Act Well Your Part, Designing Hull-House Theatre
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, May 7th, from 7:30PM - 6PM
Cavalcade: Raqs Media Collective in Conversation
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave Suite 420 Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, May 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
Thursday
May 8th
BITTERROOT (2024) with director Vera Brunner-Sung and actor Wa Yang
@ Block Cinema at Annie May Swift Hall
Annie May Swift Hall, 1920 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
Eshan Rafi: my father’s imagination
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Thursday, May 8th, at 7PM
On view through Monday, May 19th
Bridging The Divide: Arts As Resistance Uplifting APIDA Voices
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Off the Page: an evening of queer comics readings
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, May 8th, at 7PM
Synthesize: Artist Talk with Zach Balousek, Margie Criner, John T. Upchurch, and Lucie Van der Elst
@ Madron Gallery
1000 W North Ave, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 23rd
parallel + forms = find = forms + parallel
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Antigone Reimagined
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Artist Conversation: Lee Kang-Hyo on Tradition as Inspiration
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
2025 Northwestern MFA Thesis Exhibition: A NEW STATE OF MATTER
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Tom Burtonwood: Recurring
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, July 30th
Kathie Shaw: Sequences in Time
@ Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 27th
Laura Cavanagh: Perchance to Dream
@ Stamelos Gallery Center, Mardigian Library-1st Floor, University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Rod,, Dearborn, Michigan 48128
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 10th
Raqs Media Collective: Cavalcade
@ Newberry Library
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 8th, at 4PM
On view through Friday, July 11th
The Night Before: A Bijou Video Presentation
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Friday
May 9th
CLEAT Series: Potliquor (Sharon Udoh / Allen Moore), Ishmael Ali
@ Elastic Arts
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 9th, at 8PM
Lampo: Valentina Magaletti
@ Ida Noyes Hall
212 E 59th St, 3rd Floor theater, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 9th, at 8PM
Eugenio Salazar Castro: This Big Rhythm
@ Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Tatiana Jackson: In the Flow of Bloom
@ Chicago Grand Gallery
2842 W. Chicago Ave.
Opening Friday, May 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Cara Thayer: RUMINATIONS
@ Cara Thayer Artist Studio
1932 S Halsted St, Unit 506, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, June 10th
Alexis Estrada: My Vision of You
@ Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Lauren Iacoponi and Millicent: All Houses Are Haunted
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Margot McMahon: RING OF FIRE: FRIENDS, REEFS, AND BOUNCING BACK
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 5th
Cornelia Arts Building May Open Studios – Opening Night
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Berlin Alexanderplatz| Free Film Screening
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
The First Homosexuals Symposium
@ Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, May 9th, at 5:15PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Conversation Pieces: Irene Hsiao and Julian Stern
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
Saturday
May 10th
Maryam Kashani: Medina by the Bay
@ Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 3PM - 4PM
Elastic Arts 7th Annual Benefit
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 10th, at 7PM
What Immigrants Bring
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
microplastique in Concert
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Michael Litewski: The Art of CNC Machining
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Michelle O’Connor: Beyond the Obvious
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Visual Storytelling
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Tom Torluemke: Chicago-based artist on the last 40 years
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
D.E.F. SHOWCASE (aka DePaul Experimental Film Showcase
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 3PM - 5PM
Lecture: For the Love of Art—Mary Reynolds and Marcel Duchamp
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 2PM - 3PM
Ballet Chicago: Balanchine & Beyond
@ Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, May 10th, at 2PM
Ruminations on Home: Artist Talk and Closing Reception
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 East Quincy St, Riverside IL 60546
Opening Saturday, May 10th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Mark Brautigam: Things Seem Strong
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
D.E.F. Showcase 2025
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 1PM - 5PM
Graduate Exhibition Two
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, May 21st
CAPE Convergence
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
Family Day | Playoffs
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 11AM - 3PM
Spring Fling Art Show
@ Tiffany Stronsky Gallery & Studio
Kimball Arts Center, 1757 N Kimball Ave, Unit 103A-1, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 11AM - 5PM
HOOPcycle Play Session at the MCA
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 11AM - 3PM
Cornelia Arts Building May Open Studios – Day Two
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 11am - 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Sustainability, Community, and the Arts in Chicago
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Sunday
May 11th
Jean-Claude Rousseau: Les Antiquités de Rome (1989 / 1984)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 11th, at 7PM
Home: An Exhibition of Palestinian Artists
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, May 11th, from 12PM - 4PM
Monday
May 12th
OPC: Allison Katz
@ The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 12th, at 6PM
Karla Kelsey: Transcendental Factory & Matthew Goulish: Kingfisher
@ Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 12th, from 4PM - 5PM
NEXT WEEK
