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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Adom Getachew: Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Tangelo 12.0
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Tangelo
2451 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, February 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Margaret Price: On Inclusivity and Unimagined Types: Reconsidering the Design of Higher Education
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The Leroy Neiman Center
37 South Wabash, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 14th, from 4:15PM - 5:30PM
Forms and Features: Poetry and the Collective Experience
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Gallery 400, Art and Design Hall
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
La Casa De Satanas: TEAR or tear
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 14th, from 7PM - 11:59PM
Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi & Friends
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jeroen Nelemans: Idolizing Images
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Northern Illinois University Art Museum
595 College Ave, Dekalb, IL 60115
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 5PM - 6PM
Vinh Cam: On Death Writing
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Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT)
5811 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Michael Rakowitz: Counter-Histories
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
CANCELED: All Buttoned Up
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The Button Museum, Busy Beaver Button Company
3407 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Bess Williamson & Matthew Borus: Accessible America
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
Eileen Myles: Evolution
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 8PM - 9PM
Learning to Love: Chicago Preservation Stories
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Maclean Ballroom
116 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Envisioning Justice, Envisioning Joy
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Jay Pritzker Pavilion
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Cyndi Merrill: Making Friends
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Gallery 336B, Illinois Central College
1 College Dr, East Peoria, IL 61635
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, March 8th
Screening of The Trip with Eileen Myles & David Fenster
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Feminist Art Spaces in Second Wave Chicago: Artemsia & Loop YWC
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 15th
David Runciman: The Fate of Democracy: Renewal or Decay?
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
Youth & Museums
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Speculating the Future: A Panel on Afrofuturism
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
South Side in Focus: A Retrospective
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Hallowed Grounds
5706 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Community Mural & Art Activities
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Marshall Field Gardens Community Center
1406 n Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, February 12th, from 3:25PM - 6PM
YOLLO x LUMA
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Mapping Kwanzaa
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Blackstone Library
4904 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, February 11th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, February 11th
Black Creativity: Artists, Aesthetics & Movements
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IU Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Arts
Savannah Center, Indiana University Northwest 3400 Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46408
Opening Monday, February 11th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, March 22nd
Ingri Fiksdal: Diorama
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Millenium Park
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, February 11th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, February 13th
Claudia Llosa: The Milk of Sorrow
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 11th, from 7PM - 8:35PM
Sappho’s Salon: February 2019
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, February 11th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
I Put This Moment Here
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Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th Pl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 10th
Rebecca Kautz: Use It In A Sentence
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Cole's Bar
2338 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, April 12th
Stay Safe Party
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 1PM - 5PM
First Blacks Chicago
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 2PM - 3:15PM
Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Essay on the Emil Bach House
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The Emil Bach House
7415 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Sunday, February 10th
Fashion Show 2: FREEDOM
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
David Maljković: Also on View
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Yesenia Bello: My mouth is a motherlode
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 17th
a display of Confessions
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Agitator Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, February 27th
Onyx Mandelbrot: Lynchpin
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
12 Openings/Part 7 Opening Reception
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
Michael Lopez and Roni Packer: Two Spreads
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compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Considered Cloth: Rags to Rugs
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 1PM - 6PM
Generic Art Solutions: Still Death
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Calling: A Live Storytelling Event
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Speculative Fashion: building new worlds through what we wear
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No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 2PM - 4PM
Drew Nikonowicz
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Lillstreet Art Center, Photography B, 3rd Floor
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Regin Igloria: Community Bookbinding
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Bucktown Wicker Park Branch, Chicago Public Library
1701 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 10AM - 12PM
New Acquisitions Public Tour
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 2:30PM - 3PM
“Kissed by Lightening” and “She is Water “
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Newberry Library, Rettinger Hall
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
Finding America at Sea
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 10AM - 11AM
On view through Saturday, April 6th
Speculative Design Makers Session
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Nature vs Everything: Gallery Talk
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Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 11AM - 12PM
Rhonda Wheatley: Reset: Tools & Practices for Calling Forth the Authentic You and Shedding False Notions of Self.
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 1PM - 3PM
Stateville Calling
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Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation
1238 W 51st St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground
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NON:op
130 N Garland Ct, Pedway Level, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 2PM - 3PM
David Weathersby: The Color of Art
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Praxis Collaborative: Open House
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Praxis Collaborative
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
Garry Noland: Base Materials
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Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 6th
IATA Annual Conference: Art – Reconnect, Rethink, Redefine
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The Hope Institute Learning Academy
1628 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Open Studio Night
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 7PM - 11PM
Sis, U Belong Here
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 10AM - 2PM
Women Speak Up On Important Issues
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Liz Long Gallery at Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center
1957 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Port of Call
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, February 28th
Bodies: Materials & Digital; Substances & Containers
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, February 28th
Ode to FOOD
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Ground Level Platform
2001 S Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Liza Moura and Caetano Azevedo: Origem
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Without Batten Without Skin
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, March 5th
Public and Private Reflections of Social Change
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Berlin, Babylon (2001)
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Conditional Citizenship Prison + Neighborhood Art Project
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 1st
Smalls to the Walls
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Galerie F
2415 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
The Bathers, 泳客
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, February 14th
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art: Humanity Rising I
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Inside the MIND: Control and Conditioning
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Inside/Outside: 2019 Teen/Artist Summit
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Home Video Day
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Young Lungs
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Be Mine
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Greenleaf Art Center
1806 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Another Void: In Memory of Paul Clipson
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Christopher Wool
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Fractured: Digital Topographies
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
The Issue You Mentioned Earlier
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Space P11
55 E Randolph St, Pedway Level, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, March 5th
Whit Forrester
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Schneider Gallery
770 N LaSalle Dr, Suite 401, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 5PM, talk starts at 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 1st
Ann Russo: Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground
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Space p11
55 E Randolph St, Chicago Pedway System, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
Art of Ethel Wirtshafter
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Ridge Historical Society
10621 S Seeley Ave, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 1PM - 9PM
Women in the Alcoves
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 5:30 PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 15th
The Lushness of Print
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Responsive Color: Imaging Bodies, Sensing the Environment
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The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Break Loose
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H. F. Johnson Gallery
2001 Alford Park Dr, Kenosha, WI 53140
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 430PM - 730PM
On view through Friday, March 15th
Stage: Ingri Fiksdal and Jonas Corell Petersen: State
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, February 7th, at 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, February 10th
Secrets of the Collection: Conserving Photographs
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Gallery Talk: The Monuments of Tell Tayinat
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University of Chicago's Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 12:15PM - 1PM
Inside/Outside
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, February 8th
Arakawa and Madeline Gins: Eternal Gradient
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Madlener House
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Jodie Mack: The Grand Bizarre
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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 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Peace Through Meditation and Restorative Justice
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Creating and Strengthening Communities
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
Liner Notes: A Musical Storytelling Series
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GMan Tavern
3740 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
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