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Sungho Bae and Rob Sohmer: R×t±b≅B×t±a
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Misael Oquendo: Temenos
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Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Into the Hourglass
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 10th
Run Against the Wind: The Solidarity Movement for Black and Palestinian Liberation Run
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
More Than A Pretty Picture
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
PRESSed together
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Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Informed by Material
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Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
First Person Plural: New & Archival Trans Documentary with Connor O’Keefe
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 13th, at 7PM
Every house has a mixtape
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Chicago Athletic Association, Stagg Court
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Miniotics
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, March 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Echoes of Healing
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Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 13th, from 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold: Black Fire
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
put a bow on it.: Virtual Panel Discussion
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 15th
Test Literary Series
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, at 6PM
Lecture in Photography: Regina Agu & Evening of Performance
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, at 6PM
Paul Catanese – ART NOW! Lecture
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Film Row Cinema - Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
WPB Business Mixer | Neighborhood & Arts Guides Release
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, March 12th
Culture of Care with Jamila Keulah Kinney Pt. 1
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Threewalls
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Emeka Ogboh Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
Opening Tuesday, March 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Victoria Fuller: A Delicate Balance: Nature and Humanity
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Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University
Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Tuesday, March 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, April 4th
FUJI||||||||||TA
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, March 10th, at 8PM
Michael Snow: Seated Figures / The Living Room (1988 / 2001)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 9th, at 7PM
Jiaming You: Looking Out
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Art and Botanics Workshop with Luftwerk
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
Chicago Creative Machines: Caitlyn Min-ji Au
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 2PM - 4PM
Art Talks! Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, March 9th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Flags for the Apocalypse
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.liminal.projects.
DM for address
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Agitator Comics! Volume 5, The Health Issue – Release Party
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Jill Wells: SEWN FROM RESISTANCE
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
A Rrose By Any Other Name
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Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 12th
Laura Catherwood: Companions
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 30th
MORALITY PLAY
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SAWHORSE
4222 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 20th
Nick D’Alessandro And Kai Jenrette: Sprocket
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
LINEWORK
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Stasias Gallery
44 E Cedar St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 5th
Lia Kohl: The Sound is in the Telling
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Meditation with Sarah Marie Hernadez
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Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 3:33 PM - 5:30 PM
Sound Bath Therapy Guided Meditation of Higher Self & Therapeutic Art by Sarah Maria Hernandez
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Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 3:33 PM - 5:33 PM
King’s Quest @ 40
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Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Artist Talk at SoNa Chicago: Pinar Aral & Mirentxu Ganzarain
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SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, March 22nd
No Ordinary Light
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Dank Haus Chicago
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, May 5th
Artist Cosmo Whyte with Jeremiah M. Davis
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 1 PM - 2:30 PM
Jack Austin: Spiritual Journey
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 1 PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Jordan Ann Craig: It takes a long time to stay here
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Virtual Lecture with Catharina Enhörning
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Swedish American Museum
Hybrid / 5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, March 8th, at 12PM
In Conversation: Artists Jo Ractliffe and Yonamine
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
A Day at the Shore: Ecologists and Environmental Advocates
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 11AM - 4PM
Adrian Viajero Roman: Archivos Vivos
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 10AM - 2PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
Juicy
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 1 PM - 4 PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
LENS 2025
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Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 30th
New Skin for the Old Ceremony: Curator walk through
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 14th
Brick Mugs: Street Scenes from Chicago
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Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 5th
Live Arts | Natural Information Society and the Films of Stan Brakhage
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Neighborhood Mixer and Art Show
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Milk and Honey Cafe
1920 W Division St, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, March 7th
Sunlight, Snow, and Wind
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International Society for performing & visual arts
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 21st
Alana Ferguson: Thin Outer Layer
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Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 6th
POWER IN PRACTICE
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 23rd
Petr Válek
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Mike Cloud: Circle Chat
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Arch Connelly: The Future Reflected, Wallworks 1981-1991
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Puerto Rican Women in Arts
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El Schomburg
2538 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, at 6PM
Noah Kashiani: Dubya Em Deez
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Jared Buschang: Slipping Glimpser
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, CHicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Context 2025
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 19th
Lehna Huie: In Remembrance of Us
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ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, April 14th
Panafrica Days | Reception for Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, March 7th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 27th
Troy Lee: We From the Heavens
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Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Alexa Chmura: Imprints of the Familiar
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Riverside Arts Center Exhibition at the Riverside Town Hall
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside IL 60546
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, May 6th
Hiding in Plain Sight
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Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace
32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 5th
Riverside Brookfield High School Advanced Placement Art Exhibition Opening Receptio
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Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Aaron Becker: Visionary
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, April 26th
Chris Short
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TQ EXPERIENCE
1545 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
Nicole Havekost: Proliferate
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
Soul of the Stone
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Grit
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Steppenwolf's 1700 Theater
1700 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 6th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 8th
I AM MY OWN WOMAN (1992) and COMMUNICATION FROM WEBER (1988) with guest Elizabeth Purchell
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 6th, at 7PM
Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, March 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artist Talk: Wangechi Mutu
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
African American Movie Posters Oakton Celebrates Black History Month
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Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, March 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
Visiting Artist Talk: Laura Ortman
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Swift Hall, Northwestern University
1920 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, March 6th, at 4:30PM
Of Women by Women: South Asian Feminist Art and Artists from the Hundal Collection
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60615
Opening Thursday, March 6th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Friday, August 1st
David Najib Kasir: Math of Four Minute Warnings
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, March 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 28th
Jon Mueller + Tom Lecky: All Colors Present, Whitney Johnson
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, March 5th, at 8PM
I AM NOT THIS BODY (1971) with trans science researcher Dr. Os Keyes
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, March 5th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Woven Being Community Room Drop-In
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, March 5th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Ari Norris:
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McHenry County College | artspace144
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, March 5th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Friday, March 14th
Stephen Eichhorn: Clusters & Stacks
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Waubonsee Community College
Route 47 @ Waubonsee Dr, Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9454
Opening Wednesday, March 5th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, March 14th
Mwangi Hutter: You Begin to See the Signs
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Wednesday, April 16th
AIRMW Artist Presentation Series – Caleb Willitz
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Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW)
4875 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Monday, March 3rd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
OPC: Gedi Sibony: “The Autonomy Illusion”
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, March 3rd, at 6PM
Michael Snow: Presents (1981)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 2nd, at 7PM
Artist Talk w/Pop-Artist Kent Smith
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Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, March 2nd, from 2:22 PM - 4:32 PM
On view through Saturday, March 15th
Stitch Circle with Peter Frederiksen
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Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, March 2nd, from 1PM - 4PM
Unbounded Territories: Where to Imagine an Alternative
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, March 2nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Bromp Treb (CA), Allen Moore + Kim Alpert, Sarah Lutkenhaus, Billington/Shippy/Wyche
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 1st, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds: Kwan, Genetti, Harris, Meryhew
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, March 1st, at 7PM
FOUR WALLS / FOUR ARTIST Art Closing
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W. Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 1st
Shadows
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CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 25th
Town & County: Process & Publication Opening
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Inside Town
1954 S Troy St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 29th
Pottery of Protest 8
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Lincoln Square Pottery Studio - Learning Center
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, March 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
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