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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Lauren Carter & Vesna Jovanovic: Breeches for Headgear
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
ExtraOrdinary
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Christina Kiaer: Collective Body
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Catie Burrill and Samuel Schwindt: Uncommitted Crimes
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 6th
Lightness and Being
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SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Taking a Seat: Resistance and Agency in Public Spaces
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
FOUR-SIDED DICE
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Free Range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Petal Oath
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Open Studios
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Basement Level Studios
1104 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Mark Ballogg: Making Space
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ALMA
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Friday, February 28th
Opening Reception: CAVA x ALMA
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ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, January 1st
Hope Pennino: Lucid Thinking
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Hokin Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, November 18th
Dunning: A history of the Cook County Insane Asylum
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The Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, suite 419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 31st
Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 4th
Torkwase Dyson: Of Line and Memory
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GRAY
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 25th
Nöle Giulini: Wholly
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Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
David Kroll: Distant Clouds
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
DIANE CHRISTIANSEN & JESSIE MOTT: Love to Love You Baby
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 4th
21st Century Wanderer
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Friday, December 27th
Performance: You Burden Your Mouth
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
IRVINVILLE
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Thursday, November 21st
Monika Plioplyte: You Are a Circle Expanded
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
Fall Undergraduate Exhibition at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Ikigai: A Journey of Purpose
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, January 4th
Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now
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Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Spectralina (Selina Trepp & Dan Bitney) + Special Guests
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, November 7th, at 8PM
KONKOMBE: THE NIGERIAN POP MUSIC SCENE (1979)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, November 7th, at 7PM
Exhibit B presents Sarah Peecher, Emilio Maldonado, Emily Anna Maciel Gonzalez and Sam Herschel Wein
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7PM - 8PM
Frederick Kiesler: Vision Machines: Talk: Mark Wasiuta
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 15th
Artist Conversation: Feminist Portraiture from Paula Modersohn-Becker to Renee Cox
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Timothy David Rey: Zip!
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Radicle Conversation
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
VIRTUAL TALK: Identities and Communities Through Art Education
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 5PM - 6PM
Fireside Wisdom: Honoring Indigenous Culture
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Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Jesicca Lynne
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Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, November 7th, at 3PM
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
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Reddick Library
1010 Canal St, Ottawa, IL 61350
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Stripping Through Time: a sultry burlesque extravaganza
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Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Performance: Fading Out of Dead Air
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Melodramas of the Midwest
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
John Early: A More Perfect Union
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza Health and Sciences Building, 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 14th
Sharon Hoogstraten: Dancing for Our Tribe Artist Talk
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Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace and Town Hall
32 E Quincy St and 1 Burling Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
FOR THE NIGHT: A FILM CHALLENGE BY FILMMAKER’S MIXTAPE
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Emily Lindskoog: Making Arrangements
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Material Exhibitions
2025 W Belmont Ave, storefront, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, December 2nd
Comfort Film Presents First Nations Film and Video Festival 2024
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Nesting
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1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Floor 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, November 4th, at 8PM
In Stitches with Shannon Downey and Greta Johnsen
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Chop Shop
2033 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
First Monday Jazz: The MIYUMI Project (CAAJF Day 3)
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, November 4th, at 7PM
Smart Salon: The World according to Robert Earl Paige
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, November 4th, at 5:30PM
Queer Fiber Artist Night at Dorothy
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Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 6PM - 11PM
Lake Heritage: Performance
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Lives in Code: Stories of African American Resilience Under the Illinois Black Codes, 1819-1865
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Batavia Depot Museum
155 Houston St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
On Creative Practice: Bryana Bibbs and Erin Toale
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 1PM - 2PM
The Art of Healing: a Sound Bath & Gong Wash with Reiki by Jen’s Divine Healing
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Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Indigo Sessions: a night of jazz, poetry & expression
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Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
ΚΑΙ ΣΥ
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Matthew Heberlein Contemporary
DM fallenroyaltyart@instagram for address
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, at 7PM
Charlie Rumback’s Tag Book Band with Jim Baker and John Tate
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Rules of Engagement
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LVL3
1542 N Milwuakee Ave., Floor 3, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Sasha Miasnikova + Ada Wickens: Bourgeois Et…Pute!
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Hardboiled
DM For Address
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, December 5th
Specter: Closing Exhibition
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Evoke Gallery
3040 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 6PM - 11PM
The Politics of Collage
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Theatre Y
3611 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 4 PM - 8 PM
On view through Friday, January 31st
D Rosen: VAMP
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Lecture: Neoclassical Drawings—What’s Old Is New Again
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 2PM - 3PM
Brittany Rogers and Kush Thompson: Good Dress
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 2PM - 3PM
Workshop: Ukiyo-e with Mami Takahashi
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Christian Siriano: The New Red Carpet
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Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 11AM - 12PM
Does Anyone Still Wear a Hat? (Closing Reception)
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Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
29th Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival – Day 2
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, at 8:30PM
29th Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival – Day 1
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 1st, at 8:30PM
Radical Joy
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, FL 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Antevāsin – Living on the Edge of Two Worlds
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, FL 2
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Dance at Illinois Alumni Concert
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Melina Ausikaitis: The Witness Figure
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Schoenherr Gallery, North Central College
171 E Chicago Ave, Naperville, IL 60540
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Fabio Magnasciutti: Tell Me Something Beautiful
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Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Abraham: Early Works
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
69 for 69: a magnetic fields art show
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Side street studio arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Anthony Adcock / Melanie Brown / JohnClaud Ruder
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Remembering Ghosts
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Arts + Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Wander Home!: Meet The Artists
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Izora Contemporary (Pop Up)
4872 N Clark St, (The Guesthouse Hotel), Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, November 4th
CON(TRA) EL ARCHIVO
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Colin Fleck: Hell and High Water
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NEIU Fine Art Center Gallery
5500 N St Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Taylor Ana Valdez: Listen, Listen
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VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9:45PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Wicker Park Bucktown First Fridays Art Walk
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Wicker Park
1425 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
Carole Stodder: Semaphoria: An Artist’s Language
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South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
These Times
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Avenue
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Fengzee Yang: SOUNDER WIND
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Angela McElwain : ReFormation – Collage and Constructs
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Deborah Di Vita Glascott: BODY LANGUAGE
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Jingqi Steinhiser: Hollow Castle
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Care of Gallery
990 Green Bay Rd, Winnetka, IL 60093
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
20 Years of Western Exhibitions
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Zhi Ding: Drifting Shore
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Jackie Tileston: Where We Are Is Real
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Zg Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 28th
Ed Paschke & Roger Brown: Imagistic Masters
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Ricki Dwyer: A Mobilizing Force
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
María Burundarena: Insula
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, December 19th
Cindy Bernhard: The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Anneke Eussen: Beyond purpose
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Matt Shapeless Rodriguez: ENTERING
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Buena Vista Projects
10056 S Ewing Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 10:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
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