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Images on File: Closing Reception
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
Queer Film Series: Episode 8: Part II
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The Learning Machine
3145 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 6PM - 12am
Dock 6 Design and Art 11
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Dock 6 Collective
2100 N Major Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 2PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Artifacts
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National Veterans Art Museum
4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 22nd
12 Openings: Alberto Aguilar: Multiple Entries and Erik L. Peterson: Broken Bell
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake street, Oak Park, IL, 60302
Opening Saturday, May 19th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 23rd
Victoria Martinez and Ryan Oskin: Moments in Between
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 1st
Manifest Truth
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 25th
Visions of Venus
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 8th
Sarvin Haghighi: The Sound of Silence
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Art NXT Level Projects /33 Contemporary
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 9th
Anna Hasseltine: Unlikely Friends and Certain Enemies
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Galerie F
2415 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
Systematic Overtures
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL60610
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Adam Scott: Terraforms (Chromium Dreams)
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
Heroes of Color
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Comix Revolution
606 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Impermanent Lands
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, June 25th
eco-ART
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, June 25th
Alex Chitty: pulling flavor from the dirt
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
Melanie Schiff: Lay Lie Lay
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
Expressionist Treasure
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Morpho gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Jeanne Dunning Mary Dunning
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Il 60616
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
DfbrL8r // Fri3rd // Zhou B
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery [DFBRL8R]
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Chicago Zine Fest 2018: Friday Night Panel Discussion and Reading
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The Institute of Cultural Affairs - USA
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
“THE WILD” Marshall Square Sculpture Project #2
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Conversation: Fleshing Out Ivan Albright
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Griffin Court
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Frost Bound Fast the Tears Between Them
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
Mel Cook & Molly Colleen O’Connell: Mother of the Clown
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 18th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
Santina Amato: Monster
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
The Smile Behind the Mask
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Common Bound
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 8th
David Hauptschein: The Madman Theory
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Fourth Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
Kazumi Seki: Bedtime Breathing
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 3PM - 3:30PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
Whitney Bedford: NUMINOUS
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Broken Dreams
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Expressionist Treasure
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, June 13th
Jessica Stockholder: Play on Surfaces and Surfing
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Regenstein Library
1100 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Uptown Speaks
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Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC)
4654 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Chicago Zine Fest: Visit the DePaul zine collection
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DePaul University, John T. Richardson Library
2350 N Kenmore Ave, Rm 417, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
An Expansive Practice—Howardena Pindell as artist/curator/activist
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 20th
Public Newsroom #63: How the Tribune, RedEye and Hoy Unionized
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Curator Tour: Speak Truth To Power, Photography by ASMP Legend Eddie Adams
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Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Overlook Field Trip: MoCP Print Viewing
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body & Design
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 12PM - 3PM
Studs Terkel Birthday & Radio Archive Launch Celebration
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Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, at 6:30PM
Reflecting on Light, Architecture and Design
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 26th
Branding Quality TV: Race, Gender, and Representation
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Leading Change Workshop
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 8AM - 12:30PM
Zoe Leonard: I want a president
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LANDLINE
The alley just north of W. Cullterton St. running East/West between S. Carpenter St. and S. Miller St. in Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 12AM - 12AM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Arts Program Design + Development
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
The Art and Design of the Doomsday Clock
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Ste 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
Omar Kholeif on Otobong Nkanga
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 12PM - 1PM
Art Design Chicago: The Intersection of Creativity and Commerce
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Maggiano's Banquet
516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 11:30AM - 1:30PM
Cello Recital / Reading Event
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 1PM - 1:20PM
On view through Thursday, May 17th
Carol Genetti and Rob Jacobs: Forced into Femininity
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Storytelling Series
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Midori Takada
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Option: Jeff Kimmel Solo + Trio
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Blithe Field, Ariel Zetina, Mukqs, Banal Anml
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TCC Gallery Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
Judith Russi Kirshner on the work of Richard Rezac
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The Renaissance Society, Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall
5811 S Ellis Ave, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 13th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Print Politics and the Monoprint
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St #302, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, May 13th
Spudnik Press Community Day
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Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 13th, from 2 PM - 6 PM
Hui-min Tsen: At Bounded Space
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, May 13th, from 2PM - 4PM
An Exquisite Crawl
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press, Gallerie F, The Whistler
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 4PM - 6PM
Sacha Ingber: Shelves of Mist
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Triumph
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Lucid Film Fest
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Porkchop
1516 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Arte al Rescate Presents an Art Fundraiser for Puerto Rico
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Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago IL 60639
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
20x20x20
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 26th
Kismet
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Clinical Skill-Share + Strategies for Teaching Artists
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 10AM - 1PM
Arte Diseño Xicágo: A Neighborhood Fiesta in the Heart of Pilsen
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 12PM - 5PM
Also this
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The LeRoy Neiman Center
36 S Wabash Ave, Rm 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 10AM - 4PM
Fiona Craig
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Essentia
2118 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, July 2nd
Kate Conlon: DL-44
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
Queer Film Series: Episode 8: Part I
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 12am
You’ll Never Get What You Don’t Ask For
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, unit 5, 2nd FL, , Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
HAPPY HARD CORE
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THE CONDO ASSOCIATION
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Olivia Schreiner: Nascent Things
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
READ/WRITE – Grassroots Research Workshop
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 2PM - 4PM
Future Fluid
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 1307, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 12th, at Reception 6PM, Screening 6:15PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Magda Bowen
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Jimmy Beans Gallery
2553 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, June 4th
New Arts Journalism M.A. Program
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Brian Dovie Golden: Silver Lining
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
Kitten Forever (mpls) + OvefOw & Vacuum
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Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
Larger Than Life: An Exploration of identity Through Figurative Painting
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Surrealist Singing Workshop
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Owning our Stories
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 4PM - 10Pm
Columbia College Art History Symposium: When Words Meet Images
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Columbia College Chicago, The Hokin Hall
623 S Wabash Ave, Room 109, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Familia: BA Fine Art/ A+D Manifest Showcase
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Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 2PM - 3PM
Peeling off the Grey
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 7th
Howard Finster: Man of Visions
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 29th
Ritual for the Warrior Women
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Angelika Markul: If the hours were already counted
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Columbia College MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition
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The Hokin Project
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 24th
Crystal Lattice
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Liz McCarthy: Handles Expenditure
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press, Shoebox Gallery
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Legacies in Art and Design
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Rene Magritte: Selected Writings
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The Cliff Dwellers
200 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Beyond Black Panther: Celebrating Sci-Fi in Books and Comic Books
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 1PM - 5PM
Privates
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, May 29th
David Heo: These Nights
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YCA
1180 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Kazumi Seki: Bedtime Breathing
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 2:30PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
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