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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Tim Hiatt: Music/Moments/Muses
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Bucktown Gallery
2207 N Western Ave, Unit C2, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Thursday, April 19th
Alex Katz in conversation with Ann Goldstein
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 12PM - 1PM
Book Signing with Annie Leibovitz
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 2PM - 3PM
Pilsen: Arte Arquitectura Cultura
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Illinois Institute of Technology, Herman Hall, Upper North Core
3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 5PM - 9PM
Hidden America
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Columbia College Chicago, Ferguson Hall
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
2018 Student Annual
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
Serene Wise: Little Piece of Bauhaus
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Ste 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 29th
Duets: Films on Duality & Dialogue
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The Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, from 8PM - 10PM
High Concept Labs: Open House Spring 2018
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, April 11th, at 6PM
Embodying Diaspora: Orisha
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, April 10th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, April 10th
Sandra Abbo: Luminance
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UNAM Campus Chicago
350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 10th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Monday, April 23rd
Della Wells and Debra Brehmer in Conversation
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
In Progress: Luis Sahagun
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Cancelled: Helen Molesworth
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
Black Artists Retreat: Reflections on Convening
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BING Art Books
307 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
Carving Out Your Own Place in the Music Industry
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Doing The Work: Re-contextualizing Sustainability and Inclusion
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Maclean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, April 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Option: Tom Blancarte and Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, April 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
Northwestern MFA Open Studios
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Northwestern University - Locy Hall
1850 S Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 3PM - 7PM
Dianna Frid and Monika Müller: The Registers
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GOLDFINCH
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Dorothee Joachim: Because Something Happened Here
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Buck Naked: Closing Reception
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Bucktown Gallery
2207 N Western Ave, Unit C2, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, April 8th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 8th
Molly Colleen O’Connell: Why Do Spiders Drink From My Mouth While I’m Sleeping: Closing Reception
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 8th
Shunsuke Imai, Soshi Matsunobe, Ryota Nojima: Invisible Strings in Spring
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Kunz Extended: Jazz X-tet Performance
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Diana P. Gabriel: Ball-making session
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
Every Stitch Counts: Quilts, Activism and Making Your Mark
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Forest Park Public Library, Austin Room
7555 Jackson Blvd, Forest Park, IL 60130
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
Loud and Clear: Speaking the Language of Bill Walker
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
Dr. Rachel Epp Buller: The Care of Letters
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, April 8th, from 3PM - 5PM
Sis, U Belong Here: A Gathering for Black Women
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, April 7th, at 10AM
Images on File
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Local Women Art Show
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Timothy Herm: Alter
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 7th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 22nd
Kristin Abhalter Smith: ANTECEDENT and Kevin Link: Delta
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, #1, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, April 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, April 28th
Lou Mallozzi and James Yood in Discussion
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 4:30PM - 7PM
Angie McMonigal: Urban Quilt
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 29th
For Eternity: 40 Years Of Prince
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Mouth as is a kiln
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Obst
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Vertical Gallery 5-Year Anniversary Group Show
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 28th
Nightingale 10! Home Video Day
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 1PM - 5PM
Jeff Cote
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Galleries at Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, 2nd and 3rd Floors, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
Out Of Shape
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Miishkooki
4517 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60076
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Undergraduate Performance Festival Spring 2018
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbus Drive Building
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nightingale 10! Regional Microcinema Report
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Jana Winderen
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University of Chicago, Reynolds Club, STAGE Lab
5706 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Nightingale 10! Sleepover with Channels: A Quarterly Film Series
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 10PM - 11PM
Poor and Needy
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 2PM - 4PM
1979: The Year That Changed Everything
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MCA Pop-up at 1330 N Milwaukee Ave
1330 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 7th, from 10PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 8th
Leszek Bajena: Catharsis
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Gallery A+D
421 N Sheridan Rd, Highwood, IL 60040
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
As We Recompose
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 14th
PAGES
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Blink Contemporary Art
1709 Franklin St, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 27th
Snow City Arts 20th Anniversary A Room Without Walls: Visual Arts Exhibition
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 27th
Transgressions
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University Of Illinois School of Art and Art History
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 13th
I’m Down For Whatever: The Teen Perception
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 10th
Helps it to feel, compels it to make
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Weinberg / Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St #203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 4:30 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, May 5th
Pete Willson: In The Near Distance
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Judy Ledgerwood: Far From The Tree
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Matt Morris: Madame Web
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, May 5th
Martin Hurtig: A Retrospective
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 27th
Beverly Fishman and Alison Gass in Conversation
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Kavi Gupta Chicago
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 28th
Short Circuit
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 22nd
18th Annual Spring Art Sale
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 11AM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
Chasing the Sky
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Chicago Art Source
1871 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, June 18th
Jessica Ball: painting and Brandie Fislar: cold glass
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Studios On Sheridan, The Sunbeam Building Sunbeam Building
929 N Sheridan Rd, Peoria, IL 61606
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
Rhonda Wheatley: At Your Soul’s Discretion
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Aurora Public Art, Third Floor Gallery
20 E Downer Place, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Reque Proque
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Fernwey Gallery
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
Experiments in Form: Cameraless, Hand-Painted and Abstract Films
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Mind Over Mirrors: Bellowing Sun
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 6th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 7th
One: A Series of Mini Solos : Sunday Lai
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 25th
Ruby T: Stone Shover
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
April Martin: Back Inside
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Jasmine Justice: Hot Swap
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 5th
Lukey Walden: Laundry Day
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AMFM Gallery
2151 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
Gender and Sexual Liberation As Revolutionary Practices
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Mother of George
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, Rebuild Foundation
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
Nightingale 10! Tele-Thon
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 6th, from 8PM - 11PM
Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Friday, May 18th
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 Thursday, April 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jasmine Justice: Talk
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 5th, at 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 5th
Hayoun Kwon: Films and Virtual Realities
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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, April 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Abstract Cyber Security Challenges Need a Global Approach
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Ste 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 12PM - 2PM
Sleep like an Egyptian: Ancient Egyptian Headrests
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University of Chicago, Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 12:15PM - 1PM
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
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DOC10
4614 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Voices from the Rust Belt
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American Writers Museum
180 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Nightingale 10! The Bureau of Weights and Measures
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Raising Bertie
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
A.L Nielsen + Duriel E. Harris
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Dymaxion Trajectories
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Soccer Club Club
2921 North Cicero Avenue Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 6th
Ellen Rothenberg and Cecilia Vicuña
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Spertus Institute
610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 22nd
Weaving Patterns and Perceptions: Art Workshop led by Victoria Martinez
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Room 103, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Deciphering Donizetti: A Panel and Performance
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
In-Session: Migration as a layer, a food recipe as a layer
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Climate Change and the Origins of Agriculture in Western Asia
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University of Chicago Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 7PM - 8:45PM
Nightingale 10! Autodidecalogue
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
Murmur of Democracy
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DePaul University, Courtelyou Commons
2324 N Fremont St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 3PM - 8PM
Muting as manner: An Interrupted Screening
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jessica Ball
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Ear in the Envelope Inc.
820 SW Adams St, Peoria, IL 61602
Opening Wednesday, April 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
Sky Hopinka
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 3rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Anthony Ray Hinton: The Sun Does Shine
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, April 3rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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