May 2023
Reading the Landscape: A Sand County Almanac
@ Berger Park Cultural Center
6215 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, May 31st, at 7PM
Smart Reads: Minor Feelings
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 31st, at 6PM
Low Strung Chicago Concert
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60610
Opening Wednesday, May 31st, from 7PM - 8:30PM
VentureCat Public Showcase
@ White Auditorium at the Kellogg Global Hub
2211 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
In Preparation For the International Children’s Day: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition: center • part:
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 31st, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Tariq Tamir: Cultivators: The Way of Women
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, May 29th
Claire Helen Ashley: Prairie Pods
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, May 29th
Community Workshops at Horner Park with with Kiam Marcelo Junio and Crystle Diño
@ Horner Park
2741 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 2PM - 5:30PM
Arnold J. Kemp Reads the Johnson Publishing Library
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 3PM - 4PM
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@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Lab E: Writing Group
@ Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 1PM - 3PM
Craft Circle with Olive Stefanski
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St., Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 11AM - 1PM
Queer Dance Freakout
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, May 28th, at 7PM
Centering Water: A Workshop on Rain Garden Practices
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 10AM - 11AM
Rare Nest Presents WOODY GUTHRIE & BOB DYLAN ARCHIVES
@ Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 2:30PM - 4PM
Fireside Chat and Closing Reception with Evelyn Perkins
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60610
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 12PM - 3PM
ACRE Summer Daze
@ Music House
1018 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 28th, from 3PM - 8PM
Prairie Arts Festival
@ Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts
201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
Hot Mess!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 27th, at 4:20PM
Let’s Play a LoveGame
@ RUSCHMAN
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Last Call: SAIC MFA ALUMNI EXHIBITION
@ COLOR CLUB
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Zine-Making with Sky Cubacub & Rebirth Garments
@ Links Hall
Online
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
Benjamin Giska Solo Exhibition & Book Release
@ Grace Jane
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 2PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 9th
Suitcase Stories: An Immigrant’s Journey of Losing One Home and Finding Two
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
Dennissa Young: Emotional Archivist: Performance
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 4PM - 7PM
Macie Stewart & Lia Kohl, Eliza Niemi, Dorothea Paas
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 27th, at 8:30PM
Time Weaving: Workshop
@ LATITUDE
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5:30PM
Grabado Popular: Prints for the People: Closing Reception
@ Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 12PM - 6PM
Studio Saturday: Felt Plushies
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 27th, at 10AM
f/28.8 Photo Book Release Party
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 12PM - 4PM
Art Talks! With Block Student Associates – On Horizons
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
June Ambro, Ceramic Artist
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Side Yard Sounds: Paul Abella’s Questionable Decisions
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 606302
Opening Saturday, May 27th, from 3PM - 5PM
Church Shuttle (Detroit), Lidless Eye (Detroit), MK, Cigar, Echo Chamber
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 27th, at 8PM
The B-Sides: Studio Out Takes: Closing reception & Performance evening: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition: center • part:
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 27th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
J e l l o: QuEEr Experiment, Curated by Reign Drop & Virginia VanLieshout
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, at 8:30PM
Kiah Celeste: What In The World Becomes Me
@ DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 29th
Tim Mann: Producer
@ Cellar Door Provisions
3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 5PM - 10PM
Sun-ho Lee & Laura Tungga: Contemporary Nostalgia
@ Robin Malpass Art Gallery
Fine Arts Building | 410 S Michigan Ave, Studio 621, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
NIIKA Record Release with Tasha
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 26th, at 8:30PM
Zine Club Chicago In Person: Choose Your Own Adventure Zine Workshop With Jude R. Bettridge
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
Carmen Neely: Sometimes a painting is a prayer
@ MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 8th
NERUDA ON THE PARK by Cleyvis Natera
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 26th, at 7PM
Maddie Vaccaro: good morning moon
@ Co-Prosperity
3129 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Juke 4 Liberation: Dance Battle curated by Chris “Mad Dog” Thomas
@ Honeycomb Network
2659 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Good Times, Kind People: Yollocalli Fundraiser
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 26th, at 6PM
Poetry off the Shelf: CM Burroughs, Camille Roy & Syd Staiti
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Kurt Herrmann: Water Water Everywhere
@ Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
Film Manipulation Work Shop with Jackie Andres
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Sculpture: Motley Cruise
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, June 16th
seeing eye to eye by Eshan Rafi
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 1PM - 2:15PM
The Body of Evidence
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
1416 S Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
You Will Die, Too: Closing Ceremony
@ Public Works
1539 N Damen Ave, 2nd Floor , Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
Radical Joy (No Joy I’ve Seen)
@ Co-Prosperity
3129 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Aubrey Ingmar: The Billionaires
@ Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave,1B (entrance through alley), Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Healing House
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
A Beat Happening: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition: center • part:
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 26th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Poetry off the Shelf: CM Burroughs, Camille Roy & Syd Staiti
@ PO BOX Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Liz Chilsen: Open Furrows: Closing Reception
@ Adds Donna
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 26th
Mary Porterfield: With/In
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Joel Kuennen: Planets Are Slore Animals
@ Chicago Manual Style
1927 W Superior St., Chicago IL 60622
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
STEVIE EMRICH, EMRIS BRANDT
@ The Hole @ Weatherproof
DM @Weatherproof
On view through Sunday, June 11th
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES: diamond/moore duo & SILVERVEST
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Thursday, May 25th, at 8:30PM
Pop-Up Books through the Ages: Exhibition Close-Up
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Operating Room: Surgical Technology Then and Now
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Friday, June 30th
Nikkolos Mohammed: Defeat of Saviors
@ ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 25th, at 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Rearview Mirror Sessions w/ Duane Powell: The Isley Brothers
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Exhibit B Reading: Chad Morgan, Crystal Vance Guerra, Parker Young, and Christie Valentin-Bati
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Quiet Comfort: Lia Kohl
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Conversation: Kwame Brathwaite—Things Well Worth Waiting For
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Double Feature with Short Subject
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, September 4th
Uneasy Living: Climate Anxiety in Contemporary Artist’s Cinema
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
Curatorial Conversation: theNate Director and Curator Jeff Stevenson and artist Christine Tarkowski
@ 21c Museum Hotel
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Gwendolyn Brooks Panel: Reflecting on a Chicago Legend
@ The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, May 25th, from 7PM - 8PM
Comfort Film Presents: Impressions + Ruminations Films by Edgar Jorge Baralt & Christina C Nguyen
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 24th, from 8PM - 9PM
The Future Heart in Poetry and Medicine: Dario Robleto, Doris Taylor, Adrian Matejka
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Surviving the Long Wars: Solidarity Aesthetics and Movement Publications
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Palimpsests: Roundtable and Digital Exhibition Launch
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 4PM - 5:30PM
The Don Powell Distinguished Architect Series: Joshua Ramus
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sacred Harp
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
NASTY, BRUTISH & SHORT: A Puppet Cabaret
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, May 22nd, from 8PM - 9:30PM
With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, May 22nd, from 7PM - 8PM
Poetry @ The Green: May 2023
@ The Green at 320
320 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Monday, May 22nd, at 6 PM
On view through Monday, May 22nd
Collections Connections with Thomas F. DeFrantz
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 3PM - 4PM
The Game of Pearls, Prune de Madame, and Other Phantasia
@ RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
Logan Center Birthday Bash
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 12:30PM - 4PM
Soft Noise Skillshare | Series #3: No-Input Mixing | Melon Sprout
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Artist Talk: Beth Herman Adler
@ Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 21st, at 3PM
The Buzz about Native Plants and Creating Beneficial Gardens, with Jeremy Ohmes
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 21st, from 10AM - 11AM
Julia Klein in conversation with José Santiago Pérez
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 21st, at 2PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Back Home: Polish Chicago
@ Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Workshop: Calling on the Archive
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 20th, at 12PM
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
@ Chicago Public Library - Lozano Branch
1805 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 1PM - 2PM
Adaption: Exhibiting Art from Women Incarcerated
@ One Heart One Soul
2875 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 11AM - 5PM
Teacher Fellowship Program 2022–23 Student Exhibition
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 18th
