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David Downs and Boris Ostrerov
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Polonium Projects
2233 S Throop St, Studio 815, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, September 12th
Bryana Bibbs: (un)disclosed
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, September 19th
MdW Assembly
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 11th
Behind the Lens: Anna Shteynshleyger
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, September 9th, at 12PM
Martha Poggioli: Impossible Garden
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
WILLIAM STAPLES: Landscaping
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647
On view through Saturday, October 8th
THE PORTAL: VARIETY SHOW WITH TOM BELL
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Autumn Maximum
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Mu gallery
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Picture Day
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
All That Light: Performance Showcase
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 11th
Cityscape Chicago
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Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, September 26th
Paloma Trecka: The Paloma Shaloma Show
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T.F. Projects & The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Doug DeLind: Genesis
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Vale Craft Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
NEIL GOODMAN: Through a Different Lens
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
CHEONAE KIM: Mariposa Variations
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
JAMIE ADAMS: Dollhouse
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Citing Black Geographies
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Gray Chicago
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, January 9th
49th Annual ARC Members’ Show
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642\
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
BUZZ SPECTOR: Drawings Old & New
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Zack Wirsum: Going Hard in the Paint (Water Based)
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Spencer Hutchinson: Tractatus 2
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642\
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
Small-Scale Sculpture Survey, Part 2
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Alberto Aguilar: YO SOY MUSEO
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 12th
Eleanor King Hookham: Celebrating our Founder
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Robin Denevan, Sandra Dawson, and Karen Perl
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
For Each Other
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Gallery 400
400 S. Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Vector
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 10am - 5PM
On view through Friday, December 30th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 50508
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 6Pm - 10Pm
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
SAIC Faculty Sabbatical Triennial
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SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Kioto Aoki: Double Run Eight
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
William Blake: A Great Battlefield
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Gallery Victor Armendariz
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Sentrock: The Boy Who Wanted to Fly
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, September 9th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 15th
Book Launch Party: THE TWO LIVES OF SARA by Catherine Adel West
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, September 8th, at 7PM
Open Door: Jared Brown, Stevie Cisneros Hanley, Briana Lynn & Mila Methvin
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 7PM - 8PM
Boshell Foundation Lecture: What’s Old Is New Again—Reimagining Galleries of Greek and Roman Art
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 2PM - 3PM
Artecito Virtual – Arrecife de Coral
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OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Jeanette Andrews: The Unseen Manor
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
DEMANDING CHANGE, BEARING WITNESS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WILSON GARLING RISEUP! COLLECTION
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DePaul Art Museum
Online
A NATURAL TURN
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 19th
A Very Serious Gallery Presents:
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
So You Thought This Would Be Easy
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, #303, Chicago, IL, 60625
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
Cecilia Beaven: Piece of Consciousness
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 5 PM - 7 PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
SOLO(S): KRISTA FRANKLIN
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 19th
Monika Plioplyte: See, Shade, Shape
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, Building E
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 25th
Julie Weber: re | process
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McHenry County College
8900 US Hwy 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Thursday, September 8th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Friday, September 9th
Kino x 3: Alexander Kluge – SHORT FILMS FROM 1960 TO 1970
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, September 7th, from 8PM - 10PM
Low-Residency MFA at SAIC- Online Info Session
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Singing Insects Soundwalk at Northerly Island Park
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Northerly Island Park
1521 S Linn White Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, September 6th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
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Sidetrack The Video Bar
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, September 6th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Forms & Features Online: Tone
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The Poetry Foundation
Onine
Opening Tuesday, September 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, September 13th
Poetry @ The Green at 320
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The Green at 320 South Canal
320 S Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, September 6th, at 5:30 PM
William Horberg: My Old Town Growing Up in Chicago 1959-1986
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Jesse Malmed: You Can’t Get There from Here
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 25th
Yuge Zhou: Moon Drawings
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Micah Sweezie: Parting Lines
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Trapdoor
1303 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 25th
Back to Life: Heaven Gallery Benefit 2022
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 7PM - 12AM
Victoria Martinez: Daughter of Wands
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Produce Model
1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Levinson/Mahlmeister & Joshua Davison at Side Yard Sounds
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
AARON SHAPIRO AT SIDE YARD SOUNDS
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, September 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Walk To Your House
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mn gallery + studio
3524 s halsted chicago IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 10th
Thank You Goodbye A Columbia College Chicago Alumni Showcase
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 2nd, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
The New Earth
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Monday, November 4th
Whisper & Shout
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Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL 61602
Opening Thursday, September 1st, from 8PM - 10PM
Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, September 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Ellen Berkenblit: Umberville
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Afro-Futurist Book Club w/ Lazerrick August Book: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
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Douglas Park Library
3353 W 13th St, Chicago, IL, 60623
Opening Thursday, September 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
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