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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Chill Fest
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Little Broken Things
2137 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 24th, from 2PM - 6PM
Black [POWER] Friday!
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, November 23rd, from 12PM - 6PM
Thurston Moore: New Noise Guitar Explorations
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, November 23rd, at 8:30PM
REALITY BYTES
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 6th
Mercado Navideño
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 23rd, from 10AM - 4PM
Fade to Black Friday Weekend SALE Art Antique Records
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This Is It Gallery
1700 S Loomis, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 23rd, from 12PM - 10PM
The Dream of America: Guided Tour
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Friday, November 23rd, from 11AM - 12PM
Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, December 6th
AnySquared Studio Day Wednesdays
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AnySquared
2328 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 21st, from 3PM - 10PM
Thanksgiving Pie & Record Pop-Up
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, November 21st, from 3PM - 8PM
The Gathering: Community Arts Market
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Que4 Radio
2643 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, November 21st, from 4PM - 1:30AM
Discover Your Story
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, November 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
413th Acoustic Jam and Open Table Potluck / Thanksgiving Jam
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Paul Henry's Art Gallery
416 Sibley St, Hammond, IN 46320
Opening Wednesday, November 21st, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Pachanga: Black Wednesday
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East Room
2354 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 21st, from 10PM - 4AM
Jonathan Solomon
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Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, November 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Amanda Ross-Ho
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Art Theory Practice, at Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, November 20th, from 5PM - 6PM
Between the World Wars: Jewish and African American Art in Chicago
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, November 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Open Door Series: Ed Roberson & avery r. young
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, November 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
John Wojciechowski Trio & Clark Sommers’ Lens
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Pkwy, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, November 19th, from 9PM - 12AM
Grabadolandia
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 18th, from 10am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group [BR]
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The Breathing Room Space
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, November 18th, at 3PM
OPEN 24 HOURS: Guided Tour
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, November 18th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, November 27th
No Tomorrow
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Aspect/Ratio
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Thursday, December 6th
Al Ruppersberg with Amanda Ross-Ho
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 3PM - 5PM
Adam Milner and Erin Washington: messy universe
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 30th
GATHER PRESENTS REBECCA ELLIOTT/NICHOLAS DAVIS AND YOUNG/HANNAU/SHEEHAN
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
Marcela Torres: Agentic Mode
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
3639 W Shakespeare Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 2PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
when the normal thing is the miracle
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Tee Time
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free range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, November 17th, at 6PM
Let me consider it from here
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Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 27th
AfriCOBRA: Art for the People
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jordan Martins: Butter and Tin
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THE FRANKLIN
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Prism Putty
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Space Oddities
1007 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Somaya Critchlow: Time Never Mattered
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Efrain Lopez Projects
916 N Damen Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 29th
Micah Schippa: The Acoustic Universe
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Prairie
629 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 30th
Victoria Marie Barquin: Tile Factory
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The Beans Gallery
2553 W Fullerton Ave (2nd Floor) Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Monday, December 3rd
In The Realm Of Senses: The ELEMENTS
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1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Backyard Series
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Satellite
1249 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 8 PM - 2 AM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
VIDEO CORPO
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SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 7th
Indigo Dye
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Japanese Culture Center
1016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, November 17th, from 1 - 4
VIDEO CORPO
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 7th
Leilah Weinraub: Shakedown
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Kim Knoll: Outside In
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
MoCP After Dark
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
Intercepting the Procession
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Zakaib
3491 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 14th
Teach-In on Reversing Long Term Sentencing
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Art Book Fair 2018
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, November 16th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Art Harvest
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HAUS - Columbia College Chicago
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Someoddpilot: Space Becomes You
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Public Works
1539 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, January 11th
Open Eyes // Deep Woods
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The Yards
2028 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 7PM - 11:59PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
Christopher Smith and Colin Matthes: Total Information Objects
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 22nd
Lacy Coligan: Loosely Defined
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Agave Studio
2950 W Chicago Ave #202, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Gabe Lanza
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One River
4625 North Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 6p - 8p
On view through Wednesday, December 26th
In The Realm Of Senses: The ELEMENTS
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1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Chloe Seibert: Say Sorry
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 13th
Mariana Castillo Deball: Petlacoatl
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Jon Cates: 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown)
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lynne Littman: Testament
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Nyeema Morgan
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Art of Daithi: Closing Reception
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Gallery A+D
421 Sheridan Rd, Kenilworth, IL 60043
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 15th
Art21: Johannesburg Screening
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Ebony G. Patterson: …for those who bear/bare witness…
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 22nd
Farah Salem: Invisibly Visible خِفي مرئّي
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SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
On view through Saturday, December 15th
Zoe Rain: Women of Togo
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ARTS WORKS Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Chicago Characters: A Brief & Incomplete History of Design in Chicago
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Merchandise Mart
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
On Guard: Artist Talk
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 5:30 - 7PM
From White City to Green Haven: Jackson Park in the 19th-Century
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Focused Fortune Telling: Beyond the Rider-Waite
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Space Oddities
1007 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Revelations
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Unabridged Bookstore
3251 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Manual Raeder: GOOD MORNING GOOD AFTERNOON GOOD NIGHT
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Women with the World at Their Feet?
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 14th, from 5:30 PM - 7 PM
On view through Friday, February 15th
Video Playlist: Ralph Arnold and Outtakes
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
N.K. Jemisin and Mikki Kendall
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, November 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Emergent Forms: Art, Science, Nature, and Becoming
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, November 14th, from 6:15 - 7:45
Fonema Consort
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, November 14th, from 7PM - 8PM
Erik Peterson: Chainsaw Lowering
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, November 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Mary Porterfield: In:Dependence
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Indiana University Northwest (IUN), Savannah Gallery for Contemporary Art
3400 Broadway Avenue, Gary, IN 46402
Opening Tuesday, November 13th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, December 14th
Learning to See: Viewing with All Senses
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Commons Second Floor, East Side
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 13th, from 12:30PM - 1PM
Radical Mending
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The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, November 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Words on Walls, Paint on Pages
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, November 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Every Stroke Telling: Sargent and Gilded Age Portraiture
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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, November 11th, at 2PM
Linda Montano: Dad Art
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DfbrL8r
1029 W 35th St., Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, November 11th, from 4PM - 7PM
The Visual Poetry of the Bhagavad Gita
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SIX10
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Sunday, November 11th, from 3PM - 4PM
The Photographic Collaborations of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Gordon Parks
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, November 11th, from 1PM - 2PM
Family Day: Morph
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 11AM - 3PM
Chicago Printers Guild Publishers Fair
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Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
Stephen Eichhorn: CEASELESS WHEEL
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 22nd
Kate O’Neill: Us
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, January 5th
Art Design Chicago Presents Near North Design Day, a Day of Activities Celebrating Chicago’s Role as a Design Center
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Various Locations
Chicago
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
Marcela Torres: Agentic Mode
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
3639 W Shakespeare Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 2PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
Caleb Yono: Sara Femme
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Produce Model Gallery
1007 W 19th St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
Eyeworks Festival of Animation 2018 Program 2
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
The Mural Movement and the Black Arts Movement
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
International Black Writers Conference, Revisited
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Parkway Ballroom
4455 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 11AM - 6PM
Nancy Y. Kim: The Unbearable Brightness of Spot
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Culturally Powered: Celebration of Traditional Dance and Regalia from Chicago Cultural Dancers
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Trickster Art Gallery
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 12PM - 7PM
Middle Eastern Dance at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 10:30AM - 12PM
Erik L. Peterson: Dirt and Stephen Kaltenbach: Slant Step Observations
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 15th
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