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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Public Newsroom #31: Documenters and Interview Training
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Breaking Bread: Riverwalk Session
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Chicago Riverwalk
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
NoBanNoWall: Alternative Fact and Resistance Practice Panel
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL60614
Opening Wednesday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Remains
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, August 16th, at 7:30PM
On view through Friday, August 18th
Odds and Ends Ephemera
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 16th, from 8PM - 10PM
Kenneth Anger
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~~ Bedsheet Cinema
3149 w lyndale apt 1 courtyard, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 16th, from 8PM - 12AM
The Floating Museum at the Chicago Riverwalk
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Chicago Riverwalk
Opening Monday, August 14th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
Option: Katinka Kleijn
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Galactic Pinwheel Reading Series
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
Steady State: A Workshop on Performance & Writing on Art as Art
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Movement Matters
2858 W Belle Plaine Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, August 13th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
Northerly By Night: A Prairie in the Lake Soundwalk
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Northerly Island Park
1521 S. Linn White Dr. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 8PM - 10PM
The Ballot And the Bullet: BIBC National Conference
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Chicago State University
9501 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 9AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Trans Beach Party: 2017 South Side with Pride
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Rainbow Park Beach
7520 S Exchange Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 10AM - 5PM
Sucias
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Hoofprint Workshop
2433 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 7PM - 11PM
Beauty Breaks One Year Anniversary
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Girls at the Guzzle and Gulp!
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3323 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 4PM - 7:30PM
Viva La Causa
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, August 12th, at 2PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Iced Bodies: Ice Music for Chicago
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 11AM - 3PM
Sticks + Tape: Bridgeport/Pilsen Session
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Park 571
2751 S Eleanor St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 3PM - 5PM
Jennifer Cronin: Customer Service
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The Bagelers
2461 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL60614
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Tara Luther: Invoke the Light closing
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Bucktown Gallery
2207 N Western Ave #2C, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Perspective: In Depth–Closing Reception
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
People’s School Workshop: Summer Arts and Crafts
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 10AM - 3PM
Triumph School Manual Project #2
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Triumph School
771 N 3906th Rd, Triumph, IL 61371
Opening Friday, August 11th, at 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Solomon Adufah: This Image Is Not Available In Your Country
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 22nd
Savior
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VGA Gallery
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Unit 102, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 19th
Night at the DuSable
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 5PM - 11PM
Cecilia Kim: Home, Where My Heart Rests
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 3rd
Cassie Tompkins: A Revision of Everyday Life
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Desperate and Divine
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baby blue
1651 W 19th St, apt 3r, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, September 7th
RJ Eldridge: Subterranean Politics
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Fishing Season
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Paul Henry's Art Gallery
416 Sibley St, Hammond, IN 46320
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Heart Of Chicago
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S. Rog Gallery
739 S Clark St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 5PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, August 25th
Gallery Talk: Intersections
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 12PM - 1PM
Wattstax with Duane Powell + Nikki Patin
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Shoot yr Shot: Chronicling the Evolution of Chicago’s Street Art + Culture
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Chris Austin: Out of Hibernation
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 3rd
Maria Lux: Dominus, Kaveri Raina and Katie Kirk: Exchange Between, and Garry Noland: Failed Flag
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DEMO Projects
732 N 4th St, Springfield, IL 62702
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Happy Hour with Current AIR: Joseph Wilcox
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LATITUDE CHICAGO
1821 West Hubbard Street, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
Public Newsroom #30: Make No Small Plans
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City Bureau
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
People’s School Workshop: Untitled Paint Project
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
Isadora Kosofsky: Vinny and David: Life and Incarceration of a Family
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Art Works Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
New Buildings in Old Cities
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
The Fly Honey Show 8
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The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 10:30PM - 2AM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Together We Can Dream
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Liz Mares: Dark Matter
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PNW CHESS Art Gallery
6725 Kennedy Avenue, Hammond, IN 46323
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
Breaking Bread: Bridgeport/Pilsen Session
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Park 571
2751 S Eleanor St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
People’s School Workshop: From Journals to Zines, to Murals
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
Mariah Karson: Artist Talk & ASMP Industry Mixer
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Firecat Projects
2124 North Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Amy Day 8/09
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 5:05PM - 9:09PM
On view through Saturday, August 12th
Shorts Program: Women of Color
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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 Wednesday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8:15PM
On view through Thursday, August 10th
David Weinberg
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
Disclosed/Undisclosed
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
Song Circle: Bridgeport/Pilsen session
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Park 571
2751 S Eleanor St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Stevie Hanley
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Sharp Building, Room 327
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
People’s School Workshop: Summer Arts and Crafts
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The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 10AM - 3PM
MCA Talk: Grace Deveney on Amanda Williams
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
Everyone’s Picasso – 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Chicago Picasso
50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
A Haibun Journey
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Community Paint Day
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El Paseo Community Garden
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Weaving Mill presents a film screening by MT Coast
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 9PM - 12AM
Field/Work Residency Info Session
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Monday, August 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Swap Circle for Teachers: Donation Drop-off
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1901 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Wednesday, August 9th
Quorum: Year 1
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
Barbara J. Schneider: Summer’s End
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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 N Riverwoods Rd, Riverwoods, IL 60015
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, September 24th
Stay out come in stay in come out: sound performance with Ryan Packard, Ben Lamar Gay, Katherine Young
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Comfort Station Logan Square (lawn)
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 6:30 - 7:30
On view through Sunday, August 6th
Slow and Low Community Lowrider Festival
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Slow & Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival
2200 South Loomis Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 11AM - 8PM
2016 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial Exhibition
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
Black Harvest Shorts Program: Family Matters
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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 Sunday, August 6th, at 3PM
Ben Lamar Gay, Katherine Young, Ryan Packard
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Good
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Public Access
3306 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tangles and Flows: Connective Listening
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Ping Tom Memorial Park
1700 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 10:30am - 12PM
Archiving Workshop III: The Reckoning
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Sadie Woods: Closing Reception and Performance
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 12PM - 4PM
Artist Talk: Chris Uphues / David Reninger
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 3PM - 5PM
Closing Performances: Featuring Adrienne Deeble, AJ McClenon, and Rhonda Wheatley
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Brotha
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, August 30th
Many Sounds: Listening to Washington Park
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meet at the DuSable Museum Sculpture Garden
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 4PM - 5PM
Mocrep
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 2PM - 3PM
An(other) exhibition: arttoo
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The Outta Space
6840 32nd St, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 6PM - 2AM
Steady State: A Workshop on Performance and Writing on Art as Art
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Movement Matters
2858 W Belle Plaine Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
Sulzer Library Comic Fest
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Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
PERFORM/TRANSFORM
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Galleries, DIY venues, and gardens across Chicago
Chicago
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 10AM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
Ovarian Cancer Educational Session at AKR: A Beauty Salon
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
A Black Harvest Feast
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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 Saturday, August 5th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Caroline Kent and Dan Rizzo-Orr: Midnight Sun
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Triumph
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
Closed Casket, Day 2: The Complete, Final and Absolutely Last Baudelaire in a Box
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL60618
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 11AM - 11:59PM
Cathy Hsiao and Kaveri Raina: Material Significance, the Density of Flowers
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
4th Annual Photography Now
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ZIA Gallery
548 Chestnut St, Winnetka, IL 60093
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Places That Matter
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Project Onward
The Bridgeport Art Center: 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 6 PM - 9:30 PM
On view through Friday, August 4th
Domestic Disturbances
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Kill the Messenger
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Gallery19
4839 N. Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
Daytripping
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Phyllis' Musical Inn
1800 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 5:30PM - 2AM
Yhelena Hall and Michael Hall: Wilderness and Household
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Blowout Sale and Block Party
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The Arts of Life
2010 W. Carroll Ave Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Friday, August 25th
Mike Pocius: Mike’s Kind of Town
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AdventureLand Gallery
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 31st
6th Annual Encaustic Exhibition
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Morpho Gallery
5216 North Damen Avenue
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
The Sounds of Words chapter II: The Forbidden City
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Diane Green
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This Is It Gallery
1700 S Loomis, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
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