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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Megan Farmer: Life After a Hate Crime: The Recovery of DaShawn Horne
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ART WORKS Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, October 30th
International Design Conference 2019
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SIX10
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, August 21st, from 8AM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 23rd
TALK STORIES: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Storytelling Show
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Wednesday, August 21st, from 7:30PM - 9PM
PrEP4Love presents Lucy’s Black Gay Gameshow
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 8PM - 12AM
City Bureau Documenters August Orientation
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Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library
115 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
Built by Women: Start-up Stories from Chicago Entrepreneurs
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Marz Community Brewing
3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Ben LaMar Gay
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Open Rehearsal: Brendan Fernandes
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 11AM - 1PM
Poetry Foundation: Forms and Features
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, August 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
Justin T. Nalley: EAP! Workshop Series
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
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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 Sunday, August 18th, at 5:30PM
On view through Monday, August 19th
Do You Know My Name? Women’s Identity Issues and Victories
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A 3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
WMG Literary Series Presents: FLOW Do You Know My Name
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
ZINEmercado 2019
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 11AM - 6PM
Hyde Park Handmade Bazaar
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The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 12PM - 4PM
Bit Bash
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Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 9:30AM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Abraham: ElevenSeventeen
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Theresa Glass: Chunky Chip Collage
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The Collage Cafe
1129 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 1PM - 5PM
SSW Workshop: Pitching 101
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South Side Weekly
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
Petrichor_3333
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New Works Chicago
3403 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
Farnsworth Scores Film & Live Performance
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Northbrook Public Library
1201 Cedar LN, Northbrook, IL 60062
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 3PM - 4:15PM
Revitalizing Tradition XIII
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Data Entry Day 2
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Humboldt Park Library
1605 N Troy St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 9:30PM - 2:30PM
Adornamorphosis Jewelry Patio Pop-Up II
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 9AM - 1PM
Artist Talk: Cindy Bernhard, Phyllis Bramson, and Hale Ekinci
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Art Speaks
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
The Vizionz Projekt
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Color Circles Studios
5524 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 14th
Fantôme: DUALITY
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CONNECT GALLERY
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
Pilsen Fest 2019
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18th St and Blue Island Ave
1800 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 12PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Gather: Edbrass Brasil // Rob Frye // Kim Alpert
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 17th, at 7PM
Walk in our Shoes: Youth in Urban Design
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
ENVISIONING JUSTICE
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Shannon Downey: A Black Harvest Feast
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Medusa
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Sienna & Bella!: Slime School
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The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 12Pm - 1:30Pm
Damaged Goods Web Series (2019)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 8:30PM - 10PM
GoGoGo Collabo Art Show!
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Synergy: From Manila to Acapulco
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Dr. David Hu: How to Walk on Water & Climb up Walls
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Fermilab
Pine St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Photos at Noon: Viewer’s Choice
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 12PM - 1PM
Blackstone Summer Block Party
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 3PM - 8PM
Year of the Pygmalion
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Faux Pas Gallery
308 Lincoln Hwy, Rochelle, IL 61068
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 21st
Glenwood Ave Arts Fest 2019
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Glenwood Ave Arts District
6900-7100 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
SANTIAGO X: Sovereign
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Nomadicube
34th St and Halsted St
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Mozart House: party #4
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Paper Hat
1953 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Never Had a Jumpshot, Never Had Plan
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Langer Over Dickie
1309 N Leavitt St, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, September 17th
The Waves
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Annas
629 W Cermak Rd, Suite 240, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, September 15th
Close to There: Inaê Moreira: TEMPO
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 8PM - 9PM
Domina Domi
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Okay Gallery
2215 S Union Ave, #406, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Friday, September 20th
2019 Experimental Sound Studio Gala
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Dahlak Brathwaite: Try/Step/Trip
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 16th, at 7:30PM
Looking at You From a Distance Not Too Far: Work by Marvin Tate
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Justin T. Nalley: EAP! Workshop Series
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Community Night: Bookmaking
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
AMFM Presents: Pink Things Pop-Up
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
The Afterglow: A Full Moon Jam Honoring Aerin ‘Nefertiti’ Cooper
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 9PM - 2AM
On view through Friday, August 16th
Ladies Aloud
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Rachel Nador: Needle Felted Mini Landscapes
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Grown Folk Stories
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Kaoru Hashimoto
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Japanese Culture Center
1016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Public Newsroom 114: Alderperson Accountability in Austin
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Austin Community Academy High School
231 N Pine Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jerry Gretzinger: Jerry’s Map
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Close To There: Collective Jam
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 9PM - 11PM
Platica y Poetry
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, at 7PM
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
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Illinois Holocaust Museum
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 6007
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Poetry & Music: Howard Frazin, Keith Phares, and Linda Osborn
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
João Oliveira & Jessica Cochran in Conversation
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Style Wars
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〰〰 bedsheet cinema
1914 N Spaulding Ave,, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 8PM - 11PM
The Art of Urban Foraging
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Workshop for Releasing Embodied Trauma
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 15th
Close To There: Bahian Vibrations
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Pour One Out: Against All Odds, I Dared To
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tiny Beauties with Dr. Anna Edlund & Peggy Macnamara
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Puppets in Progress
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Curator Talk: Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 22nd
Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Revolt against Rome
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Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 12PM - 1PM
Close To There: Forms & Features with Alex Simões: Visual Poetry
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Curator Tour of The Tokyo Show: Black & Brown Are Beautiful
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
German and True
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Illinois Holocaust Museum
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group [BR]
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, August 11th, at 3PM
Art 101 Confidential / Morse & Wagner
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Phyllis' Musical Inn
1800 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 4PM - 7PM
Black Summer
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Westside Justice Center
601 S. California Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
EVOLution: The Healing Art’s Movement
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 4PM
Forms & Features: Poetry in Response to the Tamir Rice Memorial Gazebo
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
Maura Walsh
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Landing Projects
2858 W. Belle Plaine #3, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
DFBRL8R Performance Art Apprentice Showcase
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DFBRL8R | Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
Clothing Exchange & Artist Workshop @ Woodard Plaza
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Woodard Plaza
Kimball Ave and Diversey Ave, Chicago, 60618
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 2PM - 5PM
Close To There: Comfort Society: w/ Edbrass Brasil
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Justin T. Nalley: EAP! Workshop Series
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Intro to DIY Screen-Printing Workshop
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 12PM - 3PM
VIX: Pomegranates
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 7PM - 11PM
Poetry Reading
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ekene Ijeoma & Alexandria Eregbu in Conversation
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 1PM - 2PM
Cinema Saturdays- Expanding Gender: Youth Out Front
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Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago IL, 60614
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Saturday, August 10th
The Spirit of the Water Bear: Book Release Party!
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 10th
Molecular Revolutions and Domestic Institutions
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 3PM - 6PM
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