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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Renee Robbins: Hidden Worlds: Summer Nature Fest
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 9PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
AccessChicago 2018
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 9AM - 5PM
Public Art and Commercial Collaboration
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Lucas Foglia: Human Nature
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
View Finder: Landscape and Leisure in the Collection
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Rebirth Warriors Fashion Performance
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Jeff Parker and the New Breed
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Pritzker Garden
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, September 3rd
Linocut Print Workshop: Immigration
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Art After Work
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
Mycelial: Street Parliament Performance
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, July 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Can’t Stand The Midwest / The Midwest Can Be Alright: Program One
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, July 18th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
SOARS (Story of a Rape Survivor)
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 606063
Opening Wednesday, July 18th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
Consider This: The Art of Small Business
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard St, #203, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, July 18th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Fostering Transparency, Strengthening Public Trust
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Association of Midwest Museums
P.O. Box 6267, Fishers, IN 46038
Opening Wednesday, July 18th, from 8AM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, July 21st
Paul Chan: Happiness (finally) after 35,000 years of civilization
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, November 4th
2018 Art on Clark
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Clark Street in Lincoln Park
Opening Tuesday, July 17th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, July 17th
Contango Journal Issue #2: Sanctions
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Contango Journal
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, July 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Living Architecture: Working Studios
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, July 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 23rd
Option: JaKaL (Fred Lonberg-Holm / Keefe Jackson / Julian Kirshner)
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, July 16th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
OTV Presents: Darling Shear Series & Symbiotic
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, July 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Inquiry 01: Gallery Talk
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 12th
Erica Mott: Mycelial: Street Parliament
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, July 15th, at 15 July 2018
On view through Sunday, August 26th
In Conversation: Gina Hunt and Kendra Paitz + Performance: Chin-Ting Huang
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THE FRANKLIN
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL, 60624
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 15th
World Listening Day Program and Hike
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Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education
100 N Lake St, Gary, IN 46403
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 1PM - 4PM
Emily Stokes
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
Shape of Now: Closing
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 22nd
Queer Narratives with Zach Stafford and Jack Halberstam
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 3PM - 4PM
Bobbi Meier: Magnolias Bloom in Spring
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Gretchen Charlton art Gallery
901 N Entrance Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, August 27th
Deadly Prey Gallery
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 10AM - 3PM
Monthly Report: NC-17 & JRW
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The Charleston Bar Chicago
2076 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 15th, from 9PM - 2AM
BARRIO ARTS FEST 2018
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National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 15th
Peter Fagundo, Joseriberto Perez, Leonard Suryajaya, Alice Tippit
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, September 15th
TRUTH CLAIM
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Jacob Saunders: Per Aspera Ad Astra and Tom Burtonwood: Three Points Make a Plane
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago Il 60603
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Streetlight
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, July 15th
Changing Room II
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Act of Kindness: And Other Acts
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
RL Watson: Blakonography and Invisible Woman
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The Beans Gallery
2553 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, August 8th
Arts and Crafts Fair
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 14th, at 11AM
On view through Sunday, July 15th
Back Alley Jazz
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S. Paxton Between 73rd & 74th
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 2PM - 8PM
Tonika Johnson: Everyday Englewood and Scott Mossman: Granded
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, #1. Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, July 14th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, July 31st
Garden for a Changing Climate
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Telpochcalli Elementary School, Esperanza Health Center garden
2832 W 24th Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 11AM - 3PM
Commons Project: Edible Garden Workshop
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 11AM - 12PM
Anja Bruehling
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Tamarkin Camera
300 W Superior St, Ste 202, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 11AM - 3PM
ESS Sound Lab: DIY Analog Video Synthesis
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 12PM - 3PM
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: Untitled Film (Red)
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 26th
Greg Breda: Hei
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 25th
Su Ra & The Side Pocket Experience
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Ficus Interfaith: Summer Terrazzos
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Prairie
629 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, August 26th
The LAST EVER EVENT at HUME
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 7PM - 11:30PM
LtdWear3
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
& Eat it, Too! Closing Reception
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 4PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
Overlook Field Trip: Chicago Artists Archive Festival
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 2PM - 4PM
Feast: The Appetizer with Pachanga!
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Franklin Park
4320 W 15th St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 3PM - 7PM
Milanajuhui (a gathering)
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, July 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
Deceptive Beauty
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Schneider Gallery
770 N LaSalle Dr. Suite 401, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 1st
The Chicago Project VII: Selections from our Online Gallery
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
Angela Dugan + Justin Casselle
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
House: Queens of House Music
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Grant Park
Chicago Loop
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Chicago Archives + Artists Festival: Art Design Chicago Edition
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 13th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
House of the Apocalypse Opening
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Trevor Paglen
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
You will be the archivist of your desires
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Stano Grezdo: Black Void Symphony
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The Leslie Wolfe Gallery at Old Town Art Center
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Sophie Leddick: She Emerged Out of Complete Silence
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Dabin Ahn: 2 + 3
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Andrew Bae Gallery
300 W Superior St, Ste 101, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 25th
Apocalypse Projects Pop-Up Gallery Opening
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Apocalypse Projects Pop-Up Gallery
1915 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
There goes the neighborhood! The Fair Housing Act of 1968
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Mid Summer Art Walk
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Various Galleries
River North, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
Weight of a World
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Ste 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 15th
AiR Showcase
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Rebecca Hill: Damaged Goods
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Curt's Cafe South
1813 Dempster St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 22nd
Lisa Goesling: Inspired Response and Dave Wensel:On the Verge
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Water Street Studios
160 S Water St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
ONE WALL & ARTWEAR: Samuel Schwindt & Stefani B
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 27th
Black Lesbian Archives: Bridging the Community Gap: Closing Reception
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Affinity Community Services
2850 S Wabash Ave, #108, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 13th
Sadie Woods: Centro Social
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 8PM - 12AM
Blade Runner (1982)
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The Night Gallery
3149 S. Morgan St. #1, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, July 13th
Intimate Encounters
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Where We Are: Many Voices
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 3rd
Shinnosuke Miyake: Closer
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Danny Torres: Urban Menagerie
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Elana Herzog + Luanne Martineau: COMPRESSION
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
FRESHLY PICKED: Recent Acquisitions
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Y no había luz: Circus of Absence
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 1st
Off the Grid
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 1st
SOLLINGER & LAUGHERY
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, September 4th
Pride & Prejudice
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 14th
Making Headlines: From Ann landers to Walter Winchell
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South Shore Arts Atrium Gallery, Center for Visual and Performing Arts
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Friday, July 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, September 3rd
Cleveland Dean: Recto/Verso: Duality of a Fragile Ego: Artist Talk
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 1st Floor South, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, July 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2018 Awards Celebration and Benefit
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, July 12th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Copyright Registration Workshop
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LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, July 12th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
2018 Low-Res MFA Show
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th fl, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, July 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Chicagoland Shorts Volume 4
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, July 12th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Sculpting a Chicago Artist: Richard Hunt and his Teachers Nelli Bar and Egon Weiner
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Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, July 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 14th
Halfway to California: A Conversation about Midwest Aesthetics
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, July 11th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Renee Baker: The Baldwin Chronicles
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, July 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Architecture and Liquidity
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, July 11th, from 1PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 28th
Artsmart: I Was Raised on the Internet
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, July 11th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
The Art and Science of Picasso’s Blues
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, July 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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