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The Wild Sculptures
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Lincoln Park Nature Boardwalk
2001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Monday, October 30th, from 10:30AM - 11:30AM
WAYS WE MAKE: Mothers of Color Nurturing and Building Our Creative Communities
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, October 30th, at 5PM
Amy Sillman
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
Moshe Safdie: Humanizing Megascale
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Monday, October 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
Performing Black Masculinities: Where, How and for Whom?
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 30th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Sunday Seam Rippers!
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, June 3rd
Equal Means Equal
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Niles West High School
5701 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 1PM - 4PM
Jeff Prokash with Anna Orlikowska: Closing Reception/Performance
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL60616
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, October 30th
Kay Hofmann: Forever Young
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 2nd
Aimée Beaubien: Twist Affix
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL, 60546
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 2nd
Día de los Muertos Xicágo
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 3PM - 8PM
Singing Stones Closing
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Mary Brogger: There and Black Closing
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UNUM
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Akito Tsuda: Pilsen Days
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Cultura in Pilsen
1011 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 28th, at 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Hallowzine 2017
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Chicago Publisher's Resource Center
858 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 8PM - 11PM
Suppose a line transcends a plane
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, #5, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 7PM - 10Pm
Love Us Or Leave Us Alone
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Project Backup: Scan-A-Thon
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 2PM - 5PM
Power + Play Workshop
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 1PM - 3PM
Consuelo Lepauw: I See My Light Come Shining, Iteration no. 3 + On Second Thought
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, Illinois 60302
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 2PM - 5PM
John McAllister: botanic haunting soft-static
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 9th
Musical Performance at Gray Warehouse
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Gray Warehouse
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Noritaka Minami and Hui-min Tsen
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LATITUDE Chicago
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Dredske & Rahmaan Statik: BlackBook Sessions
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The Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 25th
Haile Gerima for Sankofa: Resistance Then and Now
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 3PM - 7PM
Lost and Found: Stories of Displacement
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Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
6500 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60629
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 12PM - 2PM
Wasteland Dream
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
ShopColumbia Ninth Annual Holiday Market
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ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Friday, December 22nd
Resisting Attacks on our Land and our Identity
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
The Dark Isn’t The Thing to Worry About
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 9th
JPW3: Crybaby
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 8PM - 11PM
Alain Jugnon + Artaud in Amerika
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
38-hour Screening
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 27th, at 8AM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Unslumbrous Night: Gallery Conversation with Andrew Lord
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Nichols Trustees Suite
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 15th
Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger
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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 Friday, October 27th, at 2PM
On view through Thursday, November 2nd
AlL wOrK aNd No PlAy
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The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
Spectralina: She Speaks In Tongues / In Masks
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Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 9PM - 12AM
Kairos Dirt and the Errant Vacuum
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 8PM - 10Pm
Bagovska, Goldstein, Koehler
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
La Santa Criba
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 24th
The Horror!
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Unpresidented: Chicago Edition
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Fulton Street Collective Gallery
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Visionary Ball 2017 The Vivian Girls Journey to Germania
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Germania Place
108 W Germania Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 11:59PM
The Films of Femi Odugbemi: Gidi Blues
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Diego Piñon: Ritual Body Movement (Samhain Edition)
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Outerspace Studios
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Huong Ngo: New Women, A Reading
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Anastasia Tinari Projects
1010 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 26th, at 7PM
Social Music
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Excavating the Charnley-Persky House: Archaeology of Chicago’s Gold Coast
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 26th, at 6PM
You Are An Emerging Collector. Now What?
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Faie African Art
1005 E 43rd St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Unslumbrous Night
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 15th
Johanna Drucker Lecture: Books Now? YES! Why?
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Journal of Artists Books
1104 S Wabash Ave, #402, Chicago, 60605
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6:15PM - 8:15PM
Tense Nature: The Changeover System
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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, October 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Golden Rock of Burma
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Leslie Mutchler and Jason Urban: of strange shadows
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University of Illinois Springfield - Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 16th
Octopus’s Graveyard
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Low-Line Market
3410 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5PM - 9PM
Connections
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State Street Gallery
401 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 21st
Shared Dreams: Weerasethakul in International Perspective
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries
36 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 4:15PM - 5:30PM
RHIZCITY
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SITE Columbus
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Folding and Unfolding: Graphics, Human Nature and Surprise
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2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Muslim American Journeys: Preserving Heritage and Spotlighting Voices
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Nigeria in Self-Conversation: Films of Femi Odugbemi Documentary Shorts
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Fantôme: FLIGHT – Fw17 Collection
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Connect Gallery
1520 South Harper Court, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Lillstreet Resident Artist Talk
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Thesis Critiques: MFA Interdisciplinary Arts
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The Raw Space
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 1PM - 5:30PM
Homecoming
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Open House Contemporary
740 N Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Our Legends, Legenden, Legendy, Leyendas
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Corey Keller: Take a Picture, It’ll Last Longer
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Ferguson Lecture Hall
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Christina Sharpe and Cauleen Smith in conversation
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The Renaissance Society, Classics Building, Room 110
1010 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Forbidden Newberry
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Abraham Cruzvillegas
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Possibilities of Print: Communication and Creation
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
Jim Trainor :The Pink Egg
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University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Union Cinema
2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Cultural Memory, Erasure, + Chicago’s Public Art
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, at 6:30PM
Naked Language: Scott Burton’s Queer Postminimalism and the 1977 Behavior Tableaux Performance at the MCA
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sandra Gibson + Luis Recoder
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artecito Art Workshop Spiders
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True Value Boys & Girls Club
2950 W 25th St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 4Pm - 6PM
Possibilities of Print: Communication and Creation
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The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
Sarah Schulman Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr. Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Memory Foam: Move and Object
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TRITRIANGLE
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
Skyler Rowe and; Matt Jencik Live from NOPLACE
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LivingRoom Realty
1530 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, and Anton van Dalen on Saul Steinberg
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Down with Monuments: On the Making and Unmaking of Public Memory
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Galería / Галерея Chicago
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 26th
Right to the City
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Cabrini Green / National Public Housing Museum
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Jin Lee + Mark Booth
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 7th
Agathe Cancellieri
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Thomas Kong: Be Happy
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Kim's Corner Food // The Back Room
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 3PM - 6PM
Vivian Visser
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Cultivator
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
Diana Gabriel
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Cultivator
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Tina Takemoto’s Memoirs of Bjork-Geisha
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Allegiance: The Broadway Musical On Screen
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Victory Gardens Theater
2433 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Mari Eastman: In Situ
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 2nd
Sketch Walks: Marina City Architecture with Iker Gil
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Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 11AM - 12:30PM
63 Boycott and Edith+Eddie
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Amc Rivereast 21
322 E. Illinois St., Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Women of WAC Walking Tour
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The Hokin Project Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
Just Desserts
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Hume Gallery
3242 W Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Funhouse : Art Oddities
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All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
El Abrazo (phase 1) Mural Dedication
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Pilsen Open Studios
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7:30PM
Surajit Biswas: Drawings of Vision, Sound, Vibratory Space, and Forms
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Prak-sis Ltd.
16 W Ontario St, 1st floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
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