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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Teresa Montoya
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Great Ideas of Humanity: Passing the Torch
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randoph St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 19th
What Remains | Off-Site Video Program
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, February 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jean-Ulrick Désert
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Breathing Room: Rempis/Johnston/Mazzarella/Johnson
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, February 24th, from 9AM - 12PM
Lori Marso: Dear Dick: A Feminist Politics of the Epistolary
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The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 24th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Frequency Festival 2020
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, February 24th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
EXTRA : : ORDINARY
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, March 20th
dis-PLACED: GENTLE DISQUIET
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, March 20th
Maurice Sendak: The Memorial Exhibition
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South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Rd. Munster, IN 46321
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 10AM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, April 12th
Women’s Liberation Workshop
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Ojo de Fortuna
2024 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 12PM - 5PM
Art Party for End Money Bond Lobby Day
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Chicago Freedom School
719 S State St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 1PM - 4PM
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 1PM - 3PM
Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid” and Felix the Cat in Hollywood
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Antioch Public Library District
757 Main St, Antioch, IL 60002
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
Six Short Films by Cheryl Dunye
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Public Collectors: Publication Retrospective
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 3PM - 6PM
Yesenia Bello: Tender as the Language: Closing Reception
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Sunday, February 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Tiffany Memorials – The Visual Language of Remembrance
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 4PM
South by Southeast
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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, February 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Something Blue
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
The Second Annual ONE DROP: A Celebration of the African Diaspora
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 11PM
Andrei Rabodzeenko: Energy Frequency and Vibration: Closing
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Being Supreme & The Life and Deaths of The Mels: Here Lie the Bones (closing)
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Wedge Projects & The Extension
1448 & 1442 W. Howard Street, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 3 PM - 6 PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Anne Harris and José Lerma in Conversation
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Palette & Chisel Faculty Demo Days
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Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Monday, February 24th
Clothing Swap with the MCA
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, May 10th
Truth, Lies, & Headlines: Part 3
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
In Praise of Hands
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Meet Douglas Hofmann
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Martin Lawrence Galleries
5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 15th
House Dance: Self Guided Dance Session
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Megascreening! Parasite by Bong Joon-ho
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Nikkita Duke: FATTY BUM BUM
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Melissa Ann Pinney and Judith Raphael: Artist Talk
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Margie Criner, Matt Bodett, Megan Sterling: Artist Talk
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Maria Pinto: HENRŸIA: Trunk Show
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M2057
833 W Washington Blvd #2327, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Gina Hunt in Conversation with Robert Burnier
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Baz Cumberbatch
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Artem Pop Up Gallery
1627 Sherman Ave, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 4PM - 7PM
John F. Miller: Retrospective
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Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
Morgan Mandalay: On Colonus: Closing Reception
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Extase
2523 West Chicago Ave, Unit 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Freedom Quilt Hungary: Book Release
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Andrew Rafacz
1749 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 3PM - 5PM
Denial: Shelf Destruction
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Gelin (The Bride) (1973)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Elissa Washuta & Theresa Warburton: Shapes of Native Nonfiction
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UChicago Social Science
1126 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 12:30PM - 2PM
Public Tour and Gallery Talk with Leo Selvaggio
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
Elnaz Javani: Your Residue ته مانده تو
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
CASUAL REMARKS
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North Pole
1600 W Sherwin Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Zander Raymond: webmaking
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Okay Gallery
2215 S Union Ave. #406, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Burnt Oranges with filmmaker Silvia Malagrino
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
IN THE WURKZ
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 9:30PM
2020 Annual Benefit Gala
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Wilmette Golf Club
3900 Fairway Dr, Wilmette, IL 60091
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6:30PM - 10PM
Paul Sierra: New Works
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Oscillations: Visda Goudarzi + Artemi-Maria Gioti / SoVISA
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Performance: BIPOC—Punk Takeover
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Bric-A-Brac Post Punk Night
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Sleeping Village
3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 9PM - 1AM
4Art Space + Art = 3rd Fridays
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4Art SPACE
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
Threads of Truth
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 21st
Nathaniel Mary Quinn: Soil, Seed, and, Rain
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Excavating Memory
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, April 2nd
Tamara Becerra Valdez: BUILD YOUR SELF
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, April 2nd
Roger Carter: Black Heroes
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 17th
Annual Clearance Sale
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Fl 4, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Brenda Torres-Figueroa: Dressed as Home and Refuge
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Humboldt Park Boathouse Gallery
1301 N Sacramento Blvd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 18th
External Eye
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 12th
Soundtrack: Pixel Grip
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Undergrowths
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Nick Van Zanten: Easily Suede
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UGLY
1056 N Damen Ave, Unit 1f , Chicago, IL 6-622
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Soul Works II
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston IL 60202
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Jonathan Castillo
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One River School + Design Lincoln Square
4625 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Megan Euker: The Cure
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, February 21st, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 5th
sensorium
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Regards,
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 21st, at 6:30PM
Paola Cabal
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, February 20th, at 11AM
Poetry off the Shelf: Major Jackson
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 20th, at 7PM
Educator Workshop: Creative Change, Growth and Transformation
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The Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 3rd
The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid (2015)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Bamboozle
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 27th
Avant-Noir
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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 Thursday, February 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Dr. Eve L. Ewing: Chicago and Afrofuturism
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Teen Night with Leo Selvaggio
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Art After Work
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
Margaret LeJeune: Hold Fast
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Bradley University Galleries
1501 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL 61625
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, February 20th
The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid (2015)
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Straight to the Heart!
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National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial
2831 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
We Tell Film Series: Wages of Work
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Reading Series ft. Marty McConnell and Maya Marshall
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Party at the Smart: Radioactive
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 8PM - 10PM
Bronzeville Through the Ages
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Southside Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60653
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
Amplify Workshop: Creative Change, Growth, and Transformation
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 20th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Jiaqi Zhang
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, March 28th
What Remains | Chapter 3: Referential
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Ella Baker and Angela Davis: Two Films
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Nia Easley: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, February 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Murmurs of Democracy
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O'Connor Gallery of Art
7900 Division St, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, February 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
Exclusive: Archive Your Story with Sixty Inches From Center
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Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, February 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
INFO SESSION: Threewalls RaD Lab + Outside the Walls Fellowship
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 19th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Conversations on Collecting: Final Report
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Regarding Sculpture: Artists’ Panel Discussion
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IU Northwest Bergland Auditorium
65 West 33rd Ave, Gary IN 46408
Opening Tuesday, February 18th, from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Open the Door: Memory, Mourning, and the Ancestor as Foundation
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, February 18th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Imagining the End: Thoughts on Mourning, Happiness, and Hope
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, February 18th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
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