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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Lady Moses: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 12PM - 1PM
Sara Goodman
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Ampersand Cowork
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, March 16th
Longhand: A Letter Writing Workshop
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 1PM - 3PM
The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 2PM - 5:30PM
Jeffly Gabriela Molina: Suspiro
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 17th
Chicago Black History Forum Lecture Series
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DuSable Museum of African American History, Ames Auditorium
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Grand Reopening
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Gallery Seven
200 W 8th St, Lockport, IL 60441
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 4PM - 8PM
Intuitive Hemispheres
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Amethyst Art Show
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Jimmy Beans Coffee
2553 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 10th
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 25th
Black Girl Mania
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Spies!
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Inaugural
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Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
Damon Locks and Hilesh Patel in Conversation / Closing Reception
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GOLDFINCH
319 N. Albany Avenue
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
Chats and Mimosas
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
Andrea Coleman: Draped in Color
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 4th
Samantha’s Amazing Acrocats
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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 10th, at 3PM
Free Images
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, February 22nd
The Master and Form
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 10th, from 1PM - 3PM
Tonika Lewis Johnson: Everyday Englewood
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
Gregory Beals: They Arrived Last Night
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
Her Story, My Dreams: The Images of Della Wells
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
Norman Baugher: Bison and Other Species
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Old Town Art Center, Leslie Wolfe Gallery
1763 N. North Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, March 1st
Eclipsing Workshop: Nourishing Noir with Nicole Melanie
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 16th
Xavier Toubes: PushMoon4
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Chicago Cultural Center
70 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Friday, April 13th
Nothing Is Ours But Time
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 25th
Amadeo Morelos: evergreen
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GreenDoor
1942 S Halsted St, 5th fl, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 11th
Holographic Body
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, 3-4s, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Dominika Jackuliaková: Lom
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 10th
Project Tool
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 9th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, February 9th
Duk Ju L. Kim: De-skinned
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 15th
Angela Davis Fegan: Retrospective of Lavender Menace
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 2nd
Sophia Rapata: In Love, In Solitude
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FLUID Coffeebar
159 Lincolnway, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Nathan Hiemstra: Secret Hideaways
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 9th
Cancelled: Monuments: Photographing Uprising and Rebellion in Post-MLK Chicago, 1968
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 7PM - 8:45PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Exhibit Hall, 4th Floor North, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
Scott Stack: Interior and Exterior
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, March 6th
Cleveland Dean: Recto/Verso: Duality of a Fragile Ego
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 1st Floor South, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 15th
I want to be a party
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 3PM - 4PM
63 Boycott Film Screening
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Chicago Teachers Union Center
1901 W Carroll St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Honoring African American Artists: Portraits by disAbled Artists
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Fl 4, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
A Murder in the Park
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Black Cinema House
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60619
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
The Woman Who Left
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Screening Room 201, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
Norman Baugher: Bison and Other Species
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Old Town Triangle Association, The Leslie Wolfe Gallery
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, March 1st
Do Not Resist?: Closing Reception and Mixtape Release
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 9th
Inextinguishable Fire: Europe Is Burning
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 9th, at 7PM
On view through Thursday, March 8th
Samantha’s Amazing Acrocats
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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 Friday, February 9th, at 8:15PM
Cody Schlabaugh: A Nice Day for Nothing
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C33 Gallery
33 E Congress Pkwy, 1st fl, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, February 15th
Reading Egyptian Art
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
Technology and the Arts
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The Garage at Northwestern
2311 Campus Dr, Ste 2300, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 5PM - 6PM
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Punch Line
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Chicago Literacy Alliance
641 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Mounira Al Solh with Hendrik Folkerts and Jordan Carter
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Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Dig This! Films by Hamid Naficy
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Public Newsroom #50: Felicia Holman on Problematic Art Reviews
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Blanc at Blanc: A White Party for Awareness
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Onion City Film Festival at Therapy Sessions
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Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 8PM - 11PM
Birgit Ulher and Friends
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 9PM - 11PM
Huma Bhabha
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 6Pm - 7:30PM
ASMP Winter Party at Dodd Camera
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Dodd Camera
2844 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
LatinX Disambiguations
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Southern Gothic
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Windy City Playhouse
3014 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Sunday, March 25th
An Evening with Reading In Motion
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Monday, March 17th
Blake at the End of Times
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 11th
Jennifer Cronin: Devil in the Details: A Portrait of Chicago
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The Cliff Dwellers
200 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 4:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Portraits for Your Valentine
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Design for Good
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ACME Hotel Company
15 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 8:30PM - 9:30PM
Jen Bervin
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In Progress: Black Photo Futures
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
A Curator’s Tale
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Ste 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 12PM - 1PM
Raffa Reuther: Photoplay 4 Closing Reception
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Peanut Gallery
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, February 6th
Animation Compilation 2 + Art Fair
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Logan Bar
2230 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, February 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 5th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
CLOUDS
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, February 5th, at 7:30PM
On view through Tuesday, February 6th
At the Mercy of
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
ECLIPSING Festival Closing Ritual: Participatory Music Coalition and Amma Whatt
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Married to the Movement
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 3PM - 4PM
How To Take Care with Trans Boxing Collective
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Eclipsing Festival Day 3: Danny Giles, Jared Brown, FUPU
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Eclipsing Workshop: Embodying Justice with Gabrielle Civil
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Anne Yafi and Christalena Hughmanick: There’s Nothing Natural About This
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 16th
Gordon Hall: Brothers and Sisters
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Process: what it was when it wasn’t
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 17th
Stephanie Brooks: You Gotta Be Kidding Me…
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 10th
Jennie C. Jones: alternate takes
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 4PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, March 18th
Adams Puryear: Secret Wars 5.1.whatever
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, Unit 5, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Cat’s Cradle
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Catherine Jacobi: Things of This World
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Packer Gallery at Chicago Gallery News
213 W Institute Pl, Chicago, IL 60610-3110
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 17th
South Side Legends: Untold Stories
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Reading and Conversation with Jen Bervin and Matthew Goulish
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Detroit 1978 – 1983: Artist Talk with Eleftheria Lialios
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
The Aesthetics of Abolition in the 21st Century
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
New Shapes
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All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 17th
Sticky Thoughts
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Julius Cæsar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
ZINE NOT DEAD VIII: a new comics reading
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 8PM - 11PM
Joseph Scott
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65GRAND
3252 West North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, at 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
Eric Finzi / Phil Capuano
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen St, Ste 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 3rd
Maggie and Africa Brown
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative | Rebuild Foundation
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
Amanda Joy Calobrisi: Onion Fields and Deathies
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Night Light Gallery
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, February 15th
Eclipsing Festival Day 2: Gabrielle Civil, A.J. McClenon, Aaron R. White
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
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