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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Susan Isaacson: Suspended
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
On Collaboration: Krista Franklin & Cauleen Smith in Conversation, moderated by Ionit Behar
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 3PM - 5PM
A Dozen Creations: Celebrating Survivor Artists
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Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave Suite 204-C Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Design & Art 14
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Dock 6 Collective
2100 N Major Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 2PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Victoria Martinez: Daughter of Wands: Closing Reception
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Produce Model
1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
At Home
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 4th
Moonlight Mile
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M. LeBlanc at Alan Koppel Glencoe
342 Park Ave. Glencoe IL 60022
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 2PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, October 27th
Owen McHugh and Abstraction in the Permanent Collection
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 4th
Out-of-Bounds
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Martha Poggioli: Impossible Garden: Artist Talk and Closing
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Adds Donna
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Dangerous Lullabies VIII
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The Dole Mansion
401 Country Club Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Opening Friday, October 7th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, October 21st
Care & Community: What Does It Mean to Build Solidarity through Accountability??
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Highspot
Online
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 11AM - 12PM
TEN by TEN
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
The Rockford Midwestern Biennial
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Rockford Art Museum
711 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61103
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 22nd
madres buscando: solidarity action w mothers with missing sons/daughters/sisters in Mexico
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Pam Marlene Taylor: Confetti
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Mikey Mosher: Phantasmagoria
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, November 29th
Fall Encounters – Fashion at Epiphany: A Curated Sale by We Are MATERIAL Design Collective
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Griffin Plumer: Passage
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Povos Chicago
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 13th
Passing Through: Artists from DoVA 2012-2021
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Orientation
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, November 3rd
Sage Smith & Heather Polk: Ways Of Another Place
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 18th
Graham Wiebe: Antidote
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Jargon Projects
3310 N Milwaukee Ave, Suite 202, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 20th
Manifest Like a Jefa Workshop
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Semicolon Bookstore
1714 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 6th, at 7PM
Toolbox @ Twenty Performance: Edra Soto & Carrie Hanson
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 13th
FIRST LOOK: 2022 Fine Prints
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Artist Talk: Arturo Herrera
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 8th
Prisoner Letter Writing Night
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
Artist Talk: Shahryar Nashat
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 6th, at 6PM
Maya Marshall in conversation with Nicole Homer
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 7PM - 8PM
Where She Comes From
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, Building E
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Afrofuturist Weekend ft. Ben LaMar Gay + Dark Matter Residents
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction
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Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 5th, at 6:30PM
Kino X 3: Zuhur’s Daughters (Zuhurs Töchter)
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, October 5th, at 6PM
Tanda: Ecologies of Impairment: Farm labor and Disability
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Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 5th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Book Launch: The Lake of Venice
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Chicago Architecture Biennial
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602
Opening Wednesday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
In Progress: Isaiah Collier
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Voices: Dawit L. Petros
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 4th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Hayley Campbell & Riva Lehrer
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Women & Children First Bookstore
online
Opening Monday, October 3rd, at 3PM
Socialist Night School: Pop Culture & Propaganda
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, October 3rd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Tsai Ming-Liang Lecture
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The Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The UIC Disability Cultural Center & Bodies of Work present: Outdoor Campus Concert with Calculated Discomfort
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The plaza between University Hall & Behavioral Sciences Building
601 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Monday, October 3rd
Black Fine Art Month Kick off
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David L. Pierce Art & History Center
20 E Downer Pl, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, at 1PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, from 11AM - 1PM
Screening | Nick Cave and Jack Cave’s 376 Days
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, at 11AM
Chris Reeves: How to Play the Piano
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Tegan Brozyna Roberts: Vestige
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Material
2025 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Janani – An Ode to Motherhood: Indian Classical Dance
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
Wind Quintet: The 5th Wave Collective
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 1st, at 7PM
Aztec Dance – Xochitl-Quentzal – Mexico’s Ancient Culture and Living Tradition
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Messenger Public Library of North Aurora
113 Oak St, North Aurora, IL 60542
Opening Saturday, October 1st, at 6PM
lefty OUT there: Textura
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Block Party and Tool Sale
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Chicago Tool Library
1048 W 37th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 2PM - 6PM
Artists First: 25 Years of Studio Art at Thresholds
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, January 8th
We Shall Defy: Shahidul Alam
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Michiko Itatani: Celestial Stage
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, December 17th
The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Artist Talk: Josephine Pryde
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 1st, at 2PM
Conversation with Sentrock
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Soft Opening: Closing
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
Cecilia Beaven: Comics Workshop
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Susan Beiner: HIVE Expanded
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 3:30PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
WHISPER OF A WORLD WITHOUT WORDS (Abbreviation)
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 3:30PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
EVOLVE at the Field Museum
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The Field Museum
1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 8PM - 12am
Darrell Roberts: Artist Talk
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Joaquin Valdez Macher: Salad Days
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Toby Zallman / Josue Pellot
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, October 1st, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Materiality
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The Plan
600 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Concert: Kali Malone at the Rockefeller Chapel
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Renaissance Society
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 8PM - 9:30PM
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