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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
[Body Text]: A Creative Writing Workshop
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Raw Space
1104 S Wabash Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 12PM - 3PM
Poetics: A Conversation about Queer Spaces of Color
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6:30PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
CC Ann Chen: Color is a faraway place
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Squat: Eileen Rae Walsh
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Winter In America: Tribute to Gil Scott Heron
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The California Clipper
1002 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 10PM - 1am
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Mengda Zhang: You Think You Know Me
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Rm 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
MCA Live: Neighborhood Dances
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 1PM - 5PM
MCA Talk: Tania Pérez Córdova
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 3PM - 4PM
Keeley Haftner: limitless future, limited reflection
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Robert Kameczura: One Man Exhibit
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Prak-sis Contemporary Art Association
16 W Ontario St, 1st FL, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 4PM - 7PM
John Opera
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Sustain: Performance as Activism
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Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood Ave, 2nd Fl, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Elijah Burgher: The Dead Know Everything + Sofia Moreno: She-King the Origin of Perversion, Idolatry and Neo Pharmaco Mythology
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Taking up “too much” space
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Archer Beach Haus
3012 S Archer Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 7PM - 12AM
Submissive Exhibitions
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MISSION
1431 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 15th, from 11am - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Pete Hillstrom: Sublands
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TCC Chicago
2547 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Aspects of the Whole: Closing Reception
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, April 27th
Amina Ross and Kevin Stuart: Heard Animal
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 14th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Alexandra Nelson: 100 Ways of Looking for Here
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Friendzone
3323 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry
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Public Access
3306 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 6th
Jeffrey Cortland Jones + Sara Pittman
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
Danny Sobor: Joined//fading
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Gallery F
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
“NO”: Igniting Oppositional Consciousness
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Uri Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL60608
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Intercessions: Art as Intervention and Prayer
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Darcy Neal, Gin Hell, Venomenema, Instinct Control
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TRITRIANGLE
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 9PM - 11:59PM
Gary LaPointe Jr: BACK BURNER
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S. Wabash Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60616
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6 PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Elizabeth Smarz: Mirrors
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Slate Arts and Performance
3203 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Gallery Talk: Intersections
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Work of Melvin King: A Chicago Experience
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William Hill Gallery
6144 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-2528
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Social Media Charm School
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Open TV (beta) at the Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Nick Lacke: Art At The Burlington Bar
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The Burlington Bar (Temporal Exhibitions)
3425 Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 9PM - 2AM
Insurrection
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Anarchist Print Fair 2017
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Artist Member Spring Exhibition
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, Illinois 60302
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Scenes From The Internet + The EFIList
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Free Range
3257 W Lawrence Ave Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Wael Shawky: Cabaret Crusades
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Are We Really Going to Live Forever?
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Pritzker Auditorium at Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6PM - 7:15PM
Shelby Gahm: Layers
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C33 Gallery
33 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, May 1st
West Side/South Side: Bridging the Divide
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
#AiWeiwei
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
William Cordova Networking Event: Part 2
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Self-publishing for Activism
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Rear View Mirror Sessions: The Excellence of Donny Hathaway
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Arts Incubator in Washington Park
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Hokin Honors 2017 Exhibition
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The Hokin Gallery
623 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
Grandma’s Kitchen
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The Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
Conversation: About Ai Weiwei
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Ferguson Lecture Hall - The 600 Building
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 6:45PM - 9:45PM
The Cinema of Chantal Akerman: Time, Borders, Politics
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Opening Thursday, April 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Wael Shawky: Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Visiting Artists Program
230 S. Columbus Dr.
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
That Belongs in a Museum
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The Gallery Cabaret
2020 N Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
In-Session 3: Jaclyn Jacunski, Norman Long, and Rose Hernandez
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Thawalls
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Henry Darger’s 125th Birthday Celebration
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 12PM - 8:30PM
Betwixt + Between: Henry Darger’s Vivian Girls
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
This Land is Your Land
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DfbrL8r
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sinema Obscura Presents: Animation Compilation
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 8PM - 10PM
2017 Student Annual
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Cir, Ste 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 14th
Zion Hill: Envisioning a Black Future
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, April 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
MCA Screen: Untitled (Just Kidding)
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Francesco Marullo
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
I’m hurting when you’re not with me
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, April 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
Open TV Presents: 195 Lewis
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Science, Science Fiction, and Imagining Nature’s Future
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Sharp Building
37 S. Wabash Ave., room 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, April 10th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
JUST WANT TO TRY YOU ON // BIG GIRL STUFF
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DFBL8R GALLERY
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, April 10th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Tuesday, April 11th
Chicago Emerging Museum Professionals: Museums 101
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Beermiscuous
2812 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Monday, April 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Diversity, Dissensus, Performance (and Games)
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Monday, April 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Dr. Rock
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, April 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
Lesley Jackson: Walking with Rilke
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, April 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
Barbara Koenen: #Sunrise #Dawn (2016)
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Mosnart Visiting Artist Project
11319 S Saint Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Sunday, April 9th, from 3PM - 5PM
Our Rooms Share A Wall
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Collabo
1930 N Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-4207
Opening Sunday, April 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
Battles: SS3 Post-Butoh Festival – Battle #1
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No Nation Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 8PM - 10PM
Opie Otterstad: Cubs’ Moment of Victory
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Narrative Gallery
835 Michigan Avenue
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 9th
Alejandro T. Acierto: Breathing Room
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, April 27th
Burn 353: Through My Mind’s Eye
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, April 29th
The Hard Earth: A Ukrainian Documentary Screening
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
A New Look
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Joanne Aono and Kate Ingold: Attention is the Beginning of Devotion
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Victorian House Art Gallery
577 S Main S, Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Thursday, May 4th
Josh Rios and Anthony Romero: As A Shadow Before The Law (an exhibition)
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Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave, #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
Pekan & Ashwood Presents “Apparitions”
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The Outtaspace
6840 32nd St, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 6PM - 2AM
2017 BFA Performance Festival
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SAIC Performance
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 7PM - 11:59PM
Alba Soto: Screwing The Pieces
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Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ghost Pattern Waves
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Amanda Mudrovich: METAMORPHOSIS
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Monday, May 1st
Natural Inclinations
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Ukrainian Institute Of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
I’m calling from a great distance
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard ST STE 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
17th Annual Spring Art Sale
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
In Acts
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Day 2: UChicago’s Centennial Brooks
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 9am - 7PM
12th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, May 10th
Sabine Weiss: Intimate Memory
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 29th
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh in conversation with Daniel Quiles
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, #1307, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Chris Orta and Jose Quezada: The City of Flowers
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 11PM
Marcelo Eli: Earthquake
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60653
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Johana Moscoso: Round and Round
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Dole Mansion Gallery
401 Country Club Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Opening Friday, April 7th, at 6PM
On view through Wednesday, April 26th
1993 Whitney Biennial!: UIC BFA Thesis Show
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UIC School of Art & Art History
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 14th
Yingting Cui and Siman Meng: On the Edge of Virtual Infosphere
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave Rm 303, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Friday, April 14th
Sew Show
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Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St 1R, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Julius D C Bautista and Brad Leslie
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Melika Bass: Devotional Animals
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
PastForward/ In Black
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Gallery 400 Lecture hall
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 6th, at 5PM
Possessing Remedies
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African-American Cultural Center at UIC
830 S Halsted St 209 AH, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 6th, from 11am - 7PM
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