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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Britt Julious: From the Journal to the People
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Global Warming, Uneven Development, and New Geographies with Amanda Williams
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 1PM - 5PM
Kerry James Marshall and Ian White with Sarah Kelly Oehler
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Make Music Chicago
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 12PM - 7PM
ATMOSPHERES
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Galerie Waterton
311 W Superior St. Suite 115, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 5:05PM - 8:05PM
On view through Sunday, August 26th
Lives Afloat: The Greek Refugee Crisis through the Lens of Tasos Markou 2015-2017
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On Visiting the Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Garden
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6:30PM - 9PM
a•pe•ri•od•ic (34): Masque-Rondeau at Buchanan
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Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 8PM - 9PM
SOLSTICE: Caught in the Light
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
The VGA Reader presents Evan Meaney
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Marwen Lab Exhibition Celebration
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Marwen
833 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 10th
Reiki Clinic for Survivors of Sexual Violence
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
Traversing Departures
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Propeller Fund 2018: Information Session 2
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Activating History: History of Juvenile Justice or “Art of MCing”
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United Church of Rogers Park
1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Artist in Residence Dialogue with Max Guy and Grace Deveney
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
abOUT ART: Art and Equity
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Be There in Ten: Impromptu Stories Told in Under Ten
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Rubberneck
2058 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 7:30 - -
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Out of Easy Reach: Artist’s Dialogue and Tour
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 20th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
Chicago Collections Consortium Annual Meeting 2018
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Elizabeth Morse Chicago Room South (2nd floor), Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Tuesday, June 19th, from 9:30AM - 12PM
Historias Contadas
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Tuesday, June 19th, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Underground: Black QT Freedom Spaces
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, June 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
the T
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, June 18th, from 6PM - 12AM
Future Fugitives
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, June 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Black Lesbian Archives: Short Film Screening
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Affinity Community Services
2850 S Wabash Ave, #108, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Monday, June 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 13th
POWER Project: Future Fugitives, A Pop-Up Gallery
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, June 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Celia Calder: Queer Dance Connection: A Workshop Series
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 17th, at 3PM
A Vessel For Carriage
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The Chicago River
112 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, June 17th, at 7PM
Chicago Radical Used Book Fair: Third Annual
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2423 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 17th, from 11AM - 4PM
The Brown Body in the Landscape, Detention, and Technology
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
POWER Project: Time Salon – The Currency of Social Structure
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 17th, from 4PM - 6:30PM
20th Annual Allied Media Conference: Black Independence Day
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The Baltimore Gallery
314 E Baltimore Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Opening Sunday, June 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
12 Openings Part 2: Xiaoqing Zhu and Lindsey Dorr-Niro
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Gather presents Willy Smart and Ulla Straus
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 16th, at 7PM
57th Chicago Book & Paper Fair
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Local 130 Plumbers Union Hall
1340 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 10AM - 5PM
Which Ancestors Do We Run Towards? Week 3
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
Bus Tour: Charles White and African American Visual Legacies
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Ogilvie Transportation Center
Madison and Clinton
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 9:30AM - 5PM
The Architecture of Glessner House
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Glessner House Museum
1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 10AM - 12PM
We’ll just call it horse therapy or whatever: Readings with Lise Haller Baggesen and Iris Bernblum
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GOLDFINCH
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
VIVA RUDY Block Party
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19th St between Throop and Loomis, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 12PM - 9PM
Out of Easy Reach: Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
21Minus
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 1PM - 6PM
Scott Mehaffey (Farnsworth) in conversation with John McKinnon
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
Dionne Brand: The Shape of Language
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Madlener House
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
Zachary Hutchinson: Not Telling!
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 21st
Parallel Lives
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Kavi Gupta
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, August 28th
Mary Neely: Variations
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Dandelion Gallery
109 S Genesee St, Waukegan, IL 60085
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 5PM - 9PM
Dr. Angela Y. Davis
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Chicago Teachers Union Foundation
1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Synnestvedt Sculpture
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Flick Park
1940 Lehigh Ave, Ste C, Glenview, IL 60026
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 5:30PM - 10PM
Out of sight out of mind
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Osom
3332 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 16th, from 1PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 23rd
States of I: A Conversation
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St #302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 11th
Jewel’s Catch One
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Tina Scarpello: Tears of Joy
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TCC Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Cycles of Contemporary Mexican Photography
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
They Become Ours
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062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
One Last One
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 23rd
Connection: The Many Forms of Communication
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 6Pm - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
Impromptu
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
as it is
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mn gallery + studio
3524 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 9PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
Unnatural Selection: Evolution at the hand of man
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
André Uhl
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 8PM - 11:59PM
Ahmed Saleh and Ryan Ingebritsen & Jenna Lyle
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey PKWY, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 15th, from 9AM - 12PM
South Side Sisterhood
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 6th
POWER Project: Time Salon – Mapping Experimental Economies
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Maggie Meiners: Why Art is a Necessity in Contemporary Society
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Christina Sharpe and Torkwase Dyson in Conversation
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Madlener House
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Quilting Bee
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Envision Unlimited
8 S Michigan Ave, Ste 1700, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Black Lesbian Archives: Bridging the Community Gap
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Affinity Community Services
2850 S Wabash Ave, 108, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 13th
Designing Women: Refining Landscapes with Vivian Beer
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Producer Series
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AMFM Gallery
2151 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, June 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
Great Ideas of Risograph!
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, June 13th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Jeff Phillips
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, June 13th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Embodying Diaspora: Bomba
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, June 12th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, June 12th
FIRST LOOK: MoCP Fine Print Party
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Untitled Supper Club
111 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, June 12th, from 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Archives + Futures: QUEER
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, June 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Arts in the Dark Lantern Procession on the Riverwalk
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Chicago Riverwalk
Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, June 12th, from 8:30PM - 9:15PM
POWER Project: Time Salon – Our Social Economies
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, June 11th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Office Hours for Artists + Arts Professionals
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, June 11th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Maya Martinez / Marcy Hannemann / Molly Soda / Brielle Brilliant / Doe Parker
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Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, June 11th, from 6PM - 11PM
Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle: Panel Discussion
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Monday, October 1st
2nd Sunday Community Binding at Read/Write Library
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave (Walton Entrance), Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 10th, at 2PM
Mies’s McCormick House Revealed: New Views
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Elmhurst Art Museum
50 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
On view through Sunday, August 26th
Unveiling Elmhurst Art Museum’s Restoration of McCormick House
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
POWER Project: Time Salon – Between Resistance & Resilience
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
Olivia Schreiner: Nascent Things closing (with Donuts!)
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
Chernobyl: A History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
DIY Nopalito Workshop with Las Crafty Anties
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 12PM - 2PM
Experimental Garage Sale 11
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 12PM - 5PM
Young Artists Rising
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OpenWall
4243 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
Inquiry 01: Gallery Talk
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 12th
LUCKY STAR
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Bubbly Creek: re.GENERATION
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DFBRL8R
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
Uncle Fun: You’re the One
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 11:30AM - 1PM
Nakikita: Gender & Sexuality
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, June 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Bubbly Creek: re.GENERATION
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DFBRL8R
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, June 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
LATITUDE Turns Six: Annual Fundraiser
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 307, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
Sara Peak Convery and Kerri Mommer: Mental Maps
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Paul Henry's Art Gallery
416 Sibley St, Hammond, IN 46320
Opening Saturday, June 9th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 28th
Pop Up Recording Studio + Workshop
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Arts Incubator
301 E. Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 9th, from 12:30PM - 3PM
Chicago Free Black Women’s Library 2018
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 9th, from 10AM - 4PM
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