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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Nikkei Conversations: Mass Incarceration, Past and Present
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JASC - Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, August 21st, from 6:30PM - 8:15PM
Introduction to Relief Printmaking: Linocut Prints
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, August 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, September 12th
Dion Miller-Pérez Memorial
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, August 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Experimental Reflections: Exploring Identity Through the Arts
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Loyola University Museum of Art, Jean Mormon Unsworth Art Expressways Gallery
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 21st, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 12th
Forms & Features: Refrain
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Kultura Festival 2018
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Emporium Logan Square
2363 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 11AM - 6PM
Florasonic: Milad Mozari & Mitsu Salmon: Mt. Shamao
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Lincoln Park Conservatory
2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
The Art of Being Dangerous
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, October 28th
Self-Care for Community Organizers and Activists
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Olín Studio Chicago
1957 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Lagunitas Art Gallery
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Lagunitas Chicago TapRoom & Beer Sanctuary
2607 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, October 1st
Monthly Report: Rocio Zavala
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The Charleston Bar Chicago
2076 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 9PM - 2AM
Storytelling Workshop
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, (Walton Entrance) Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Alejandro Salinas: Death Café
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 19th, from 1PM - 3PM
A- Popup
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The Camp/us
2883 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 9PM - 12AM
19th annual Silent Summer Film Festival Weekend
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Filament Theater
4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 1PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 19th
BITXBIT
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 8PM - 12AM
Fresh Linens
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YOYVYL
6344 N Wayne Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 7PM - 12AM
Black Harvest Film Festival: The Color of Art
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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 Saturday, August 18th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 30th
Lubeznik Arts Festival
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Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 10AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 19th
Paint the River: Plein Air Painting Festival
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McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
376 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 8AM - 5PM
Party Noire Presents Black Eutopia
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The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 10PM - 3AM
Tamar-kali and Damon Locks: Demon Fruit Blues and Where Future Unfolds
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 18th, at 7:30PM
Richard Medina: Open Encounters and Lamar Gayles Jr: A Showroom of Power Jewels
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
BOOMSHAKALAKA! NBA JAM’s 25th Anniversary
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All Star Press
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Gather Presents Anna Orlikowska and Sam Scranton
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 18th, at 7PM
WPB Public Art Reception: Home & Garden Party
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 17th
2018 NPS Black and African American Mic
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University of Chicago, Hutchinson Commons
5706 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 3PM - 5PM
DisAbility Open Mic at NPS 2018
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
MN Gallery open for Bridgeport Third Fridays Art Walk
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mn gallery + studio
3524 S Halsted St, Chicago IL 60609
On view through Friday, August 17th
Kolormore: Ice Cream Soul
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
TRACE 10th Anniversary
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ronen Goldstein
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
V.1 The Assembly: The Wait is Over
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Winnie
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Centerline
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, September 5th
Terrance Johnson: An Artist’s Changing View
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Elmhurst Artists' Guild
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 7th
Cleveland Dean 7
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 14th
Objects in the Midst of other Objects: Black Male Formations and Subjectivities in Hyper-racial America
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6:30PM - 9:45PM
21st International Open
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A 3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 8th
Photos at Noon: Landscape and Place
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 12PM - 1PM
William Wiebe: Chekhov’s Gun
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062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Within Walls: Forever Under Surveillance
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 4PM - 11PM
Michelle Graves: Time Influential
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Scenes of Resistance in 1968 Chicago: The Photo Archive of K. Kofi Moyo
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The Research House for Asian Art
3217 S Morgan St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 7th
Conversations en Community: Mujeres in the Local Arts
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 19th
Antoinette Suiter: Astra 5 Deck Log
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Uss Gallery Nomadic Projects
1620 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
Art After Work
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Station To Station: 2nd Annual Water Taxi Reading—National Poetry Slam
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Chicago Water Taxi
400 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
Overlook Field Trip: National Museum of Mexican Art
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Social Muscle Club
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery [DFBRL8R]
1029 West 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Matana Roberts: Coin Coin 3: River Run Thee
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Primary Marxist Reading Group: Gender &Sexuality
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Center
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 501, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
House Museums in the Age of Trump
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Juleen Compton: The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
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Northeastern Illinois University, The Auditorium
3701 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 7:30PM - 9:20PM
Future Shock (1972) on 16mm
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 8PM - 10PM
TV Party s2e8
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The Logan Theatre
2646 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Lawyers for the Creative Arts Summer Social
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Jay Pritzker Pavilion
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Maps & Meaning: Tracing Identity Through The Folded Map Project
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Chicago Culture Lab at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies
339 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Curator Tour: Picture Fiction
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Tuesday, September 18th
LOW RES August Coworking Day
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard St, #203, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, August 14th, from 9AM - 5PM
Macra-Making Class
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 14th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Arts in the Dark: Lantern Procession
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Chicago Riverwalk
Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, August 14th, from 8:30PM - 9:15PM
Victoria Martinez and Jose Olivarez: Art and Poetry
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sarah Ginnard: String Theory
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The Little Vintage Trailer
843 Clinton Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Monday, August 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 16th
Sarah Hughes Solo + Sara Hughes & Steve Hunt Duo
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 13th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
National Poetry Slam ! Welcome Party and Benefit !
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Debonair Social Club
1575 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, August 13th, from 7PM - 1am
Living Architecture: Working Studios
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 23rd
2nd Sunday Community Binding at Read/Write Library
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave (Walton Entrance), Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 12th, at 2PM
Porch Stories
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Evergreen Park Public Library
9400 S Troy Ave, Evergreen Park, IL 60805
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 8PM - 8:45PM
Rare Books Conservation Workshop
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 10AM - 4PM
Piss & Vinegar
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery (DFBRL8R)
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Borderline / Can’t Help Falling in Love with You
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
New Moon Writing Circle
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AMFM Gallery
2151 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 3PM - 5PM
Comfort Society: High Concept Labs Presents
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 1PM - 3PM
Fatimah Asghar: If They Come for Us
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Color Me Healing: A Radical Coloring Book
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 1PM - 4PM
Thomas Huston and Will Krauland: Jamais Vu
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Apparatus Projects
2639 W. Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 16th
Art Design Chicago Storytelling Series
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 11am - 12PM
Chanel Thomas: Soft Show
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 12th
U.N.I.T. (E) Screening & Conversation Night
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 1st
Doodle Jam & Doodle Anthology Release
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Chicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC)
858 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 11th, at 8PM
Kelly Golden: Party at your Place
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Electro Pepper Gallery
1109 W Berwyn Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
20x20x120
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 2nd
Thalia Hall Architectural Tour
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Thalia Hall
1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Tim Anderson: Squaresville
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
A Story I Need To Tell: 3 Comic Artists in Chicago
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Stomping Grounds Open Stage
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Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center
1100 S Hamilton Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 12PM - 2PM
CD Wu and Omar Velazquez: What did Dinosaurs taste like? It Tastes like Pollo Frito.
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Shane Campbell Gallery
Lincoln Park
On view through Friday, September 7th
The First Course with Black and Brown Babes
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Homan Square Park
3559 W Arthington St, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 3PM - 7PM
Federico Herrero: Alphabet
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, May 5th
The First Lions
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Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Art of Flocking Culminating Celebration
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Margaret Burroughs Beach
3100 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 12PM - 3PM
The Labyrinth & The Long Road
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Produce Model Gallery
1007 W 19th St, 1F, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 8PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 11th
Down with Desire
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 16th
ARIADNE/CATES/CONNOLLY/KOLAR
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 8PM - 12AM
AM-PM
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AMFM
2152 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Monday, August 13th
Joyce Polance and Chantala Kommanivanh: Landscaped
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 6th
U.N.I.T.Y. Music Night
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, September 1st
Out of the Frame
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
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