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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Yvette Mayorga: Pastillage
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
D-Composed Presents D-Compressed
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 20th, at 9AM
Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Leo Segedin: Retrospective
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Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Gather Presents Ayanah Moor and Udita Upadhyaya
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 20th, at 7PM
8th Annual Murder Mystery: Oscar Madness
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Saturday, October 27th
AfroFuturist Weekend
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 19th, at 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Design in Motion Workshop #1
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
Can Cows be Purple? Participatory Arts Art Therapy Workshop
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 1PM - 3:45PM
1968 Decentered
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 19th, at 10AM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Huge Art Show!
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Platform Studios
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
Re: A Two-Volume Exhibition – Michal Martychowiec: The Nor’easter Blows
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Institutional Garbage + FACSIMILE : book release + art opening
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, November 29th
Jeanette Andrews: An (impossible apple) a day
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ghouls and Gargoyles: A Historic and Haunted Scavenger Hunt
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Dearborn Station
47 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Designers in Context: Film, Advertising, and Modernism
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Freaky Faces with Manal Kara
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GnarWare Workshop
1838 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Alyx Harch: Window Shopping
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Tusk
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, November 8th
Sticky Digits
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 16th
Mel Andringa: Drawing Lessons In Orbit
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ORBIT
1350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
The 22nd Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing
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Chicago State University
9501 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 8:30AM - 7PM
Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art
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Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 19th, at 6PM
Complex II
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CC's Art Garage
2727 S Mary St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 19th
16th Annual Art on Cardboard Show
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 06PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, October 19th
Nance Klehm
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Chicago Ideas Week Lab: The Body Speaks
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Pulaski Park
1351 N Cleaver St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Disciplines of Experiment
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 18th, at 6PM
WLPN Presents: Horror Comics
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Flip The House
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 18th
Songs of Survival
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Awakenings
4001 N Ravenswood Ave #204C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
Patric McCoy in Conversation with Kahari Black: Environmentalism, Art, and the Neighborhood
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Experimental Station
6100 South Blackstone Ave, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Contemporary Art, Mexico
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
Soap Box Ball 2018: A Night of Storytelling with City Bureau
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South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Sun Ra Arkestra
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Charles Gaines
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Hélène Crouzillat and Laetitia Tura: Les Messagers
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Bad News
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, November 16th
How do you see me?: Panel Discussion
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
DIFFA Art for Life Chicago benefit
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Venue West
221 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, October 18th
Patricia Gherovici: Colonialism and the Unconscious
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Reading and Interview with Author Julián Herbert
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Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
Book Discussion at the Gallery
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The Gallery
202 E Wisconsin Ave, Lake Forest, IL 60045
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Music at the 1893 World’s Fair
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
ESPERUS The Janitor
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Rubberneck Gallery
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, October 17th
1968: We Were There
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
The Native and the Refugee
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
CHIPRC’s Zine Zine Club: Mysterious & Spooky Edition
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Regeneration: disability art, activism, and access
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artist Case Studies: Business Models
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Chicago Artist Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
October Travelogue: The Silk Road
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 1PM - 2PM
Alexandra Bell
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, room 2023, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Forms & Features
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, October 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
The City That Speaks: Chicago for Change
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5th Floor Gallery
400 S Peoria St, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, October 15th, from 11AM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, October 30th
Option: Lunch with Money (Lou Mallozzi and Douglas Ewart)
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 15th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
At Home with the Artist: A Legacy of Domesticity through House Museums
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, October 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jeremy Deller
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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, October 14th, at 2PM
Shapes in Space
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Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
1:26 The Art of Epilepsy Chicago
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Esteban King and Mia Lopez
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 2PM - 4PM
Ben Blount
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, October 22nd
The Field/Chicago Fall 2018 Fieldwork!
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
Mt. Shamao
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Lincoln Park Conservatory
2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
On view through Tuesday, October 14th
Sarah and Joseph Belknap: We are Beasts
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 30th
Andreas Fischer: Are You OK
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Bail or No?
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
Renee Robbins: Hidden Worlds: Exhibition Tour
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 2 PM - 3:30 PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
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, October 13th, at 8:15PM
Un Paseo por las Formas di mi Miente
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One River School
1033 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 21st
Open House Chicago 2018
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Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, October 13th, at 8AM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Miao Wang: MAINELAND
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 West 23rd Stt, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 2PM - 4PM
Aural Architecture
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Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park
5500 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Ben Murray: Annex
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SideCar
411 Huehn, Hammond, IN, 46327
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
All the World Is Here
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 10AM - 11PM
On view through Monday, October 1st
South Rhodes Records Pop-Up Show
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 10AM - 2PM
Robert Pitts: Southern Black Cat Call Medicine Show
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Patty Carroll: Anonymous Women: Talk
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
Fuyumi Murata on Japanese Artists presented by Adia Sykes
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 Logan Blvd, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 8PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, October 29th
Cream Co.: Plant Your Fears
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61st Street Farmers Market
6100 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Meg Duguid: Double Double
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
AfroRhythmic
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 2PM - 6PM
Diasporal Rhythms’s 2018 Home Tour of Art Collectors
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 9AM - 1PM
Feeling GOOD: A MADD Tribute To Nina Simone
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Harold Washington Cultural Center
4701 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 8PM - 10PM
Mimi Bahk: High Jump
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New Works
3403 W Grand Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, November 12th
Family Day: Short Circuit
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 11AM - 3PM
Chicago’s Gold Coast Patronage and the 1893 World’s Fair
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Jenny Q: Double Rainbows = Double Happiness
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, January 18th
Image + Text
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Carlson Tower Gallery of North Park University
3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 9AM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 2nd
A Love Affair Continues
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, December 3rd
What is this? A serenade?, 2018
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Laura
1535 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 9PM - 1AM
Then and Now
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ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 19th
What Would a Unionized Art World Look Like?
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
On view through Thursday, May 1st
Designers in Film: Films by the Goldsholls and Company
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Phenology Hike
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Lakeshore State Park
500 N Harbor Dr, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 54202
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Orlando Traveling Memorial
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, January 18th
Herbert Brün: 100
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Reynaldo GuAracibo Rodriguez: Expresión de Barrio
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Cook My Goose
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St. 3-4s, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 9th
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