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Divine Presence! Artist Talk and Closing
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
Stories of Chicago: An Honest Look at Racism in Chicago
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Ebenezer Lutheran Church Auditorium
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 25th
Your Friendly Neighborhood Archive with Resident Samantha Cabrera Friend
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LATITUDE Chicago
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
VELVET
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 1st
Poetry off the Shelf: Brenda Shaughnessy
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 24th, at 7PM
States of Democracy and Borderstasis by Guillermo Gómez-Peña
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Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College
555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest, IL60045
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, at 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, February 20th
The Decolonial Open Mic
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Flood's Hall
1515 E 52nd Pl 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Lips that Touch Liquor & Other Stories of the Noble Experiment
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Peter Ablinger: Eric Wubbels performance
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Cinema 53: The Graduates with Bernardo Ruiz and Eve Ewing
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The Harper Theater
5238 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Am I Man Enough?: Stories on Toxic Masculinity
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Self Care Through Moon Magick
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Rafiki, introduced by Erin Moore
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Interdisciplinary Art Critique
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Berthold Hoeckner: Film, Music, Memory
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
CCAC Workshop: New Year Access Resolutions!
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Families in Transition
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, at 7PM
LatinXAmerican Podcast: Episode 4: Yvette Mayorga
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DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, at 12PM
Peter Ablinger: Sidebar: Music/Language/Thought/Noise
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Westside Wednesdays Open Mic
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MLK Exhibit Center
1558 S Hamlin St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Poets in the Field
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Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Wednesday, May 20th
Preservation Snapshots Lecture: Why Old Places Matter
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Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Creating Programs That Click
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 9:30AM - 2PM
Opening Conversation: Modernisms
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 5th
Tax Tips for Artists & Freelancers
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Know Your Rights: A Toolkit for Cultural Producers
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Pom-Pom Party! ft. Cariñosa Designs
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The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
In Progress: Angel Bat Dawid
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Peter Ablinger: Composition Seminar
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Monday, January 27th
Peter Ablinger: MUSIC’s OVER Installation
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Gray Center for the Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Monday, January 27th
Tuesday Night Work Party!
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Open Door Series: Patrick Durgin & Kristiana Rae Colón
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, at 7PM
Poetry Foundation: Forms and Features: Ode
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Selma Flimversation
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
The Indigenous Poetteller’s Workshop
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American Indian Center Chicago
3401 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, January 29th
MLK Day “Freedom Family” Celebration
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 11AM - 4PM
The Global Wave of Mass Protests: A Panel Discussion
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Evanston Public Library
1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Martin Luther King: An Amazing Grace
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 3PM - 7PM
King Day Festival: Tomorrow is Today
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 10:30AM - 3PM
The Politics (and Joy) of Organizing around Print and Labor
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 3PM - 5PM
Laurel Farrin: Vaudeville
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 4PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Jeanne Garrett: The Elements
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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 N Riverwoods Rd, Riverwoods, IL 60015
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Anne Harris: Thirty-nine Eyelids
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Sunday Service: Remembering Frankie Knuckles
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago IL 60649
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 3PM - 7PM
Frankie Knuckles and the Power of Liberatory Space
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Color Me Resisting: 2020 Family Day Kick-Off!
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 9AM - 5PM
For Frankie! A Celebration of his 65th Birthday
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Metro Chicago
3730 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 9PM - 4AM
Azadeh Hussaini: ArchiWalls
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Evanston Art Center Faculty Exhibition
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Radical Print Shop with William Estrada
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 1st
Truth, Lies, & Headlines: a screening of Park Row (1951)
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filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Tea & Cookies with Latham Zearfoss
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
Petty Biennial.2: Align & Manifest Workshop
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
HIGHFEMME: Winter Edition
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Cerise Rooftop
203 N Wabash Ave, #26th floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 9PM - 2AM
Fiestas de la Calle 2020
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 10:30PM
Special Topics Workshop: Introduction to Weaving
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Artist Talk with Vesna Jovanovic – Closing for Field Anatomy
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OS Projects
601 6th St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
Hyegyeong Choi: Thinner Happy
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Morgan Mandalay: On Colonus
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Extase
2523 W Chicago Ave, Unit 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 18th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Shannon Finley: END OF LINE
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Dominic Palarchio: A Christmas Story
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North Pole
1600 W Sherwin Ave. Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
3D Applications Workshops: Flesh
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Newberry 101: An Introduction to Research at the Newberry
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 9AM - 10AM
José Santiago Pérez: Palacios (fantasy structures)
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 9th
Strictly Business 2020
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mHUB Chicago
965 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 8:30 AM - 7PM
Level Eater X
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, January 19th
Bloom
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H.G. Inn
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Aly Jados Paintings & DJ Set
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David Leonardis Galleries
1346 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, January 31st
Carmen Jones (1954)
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Friday, January 17th, at 7PM
Artecito Then & Now/Illinois Antes y Ahora
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CC’s Little Village Boys & Girls Club
2801 S Ridgeway Ave Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 4PM - 6PM
Sacred Arcanum
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4Art SPACE
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Danielle Aubert: The Detroit Printing Co-op
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Digital Tapestries
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Bert Menco: Gallery Talk
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Melissa Oresky: Growing Time
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McLean County Arts Center
601 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
Turn the Light
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Class Act 2020
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Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, January 17th, at 5PM
On view through Monday, March 9th
Time Stamp
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Bobbi Meier: STRANGE ETIQUETTE
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Yesenia Bello: Tender as the Language
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
New Formations
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Spring 2020 Exhibitions at the 5th Floor Gallery
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5th Floor Gallery
929 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 1st
Kuumba Lynx Open Mic
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Annual Clearance Sale!
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Fl 4, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
All Mushrooms Are Magic
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 3PM - 4PM
Backyard Stories
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 7th
Okunola Jeyifous: S is for Soul Sister
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 20th
Drinking Gourd Chapbook Launch
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Backyard Stories
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062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 7th
John T. Upchurch
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A+C Architects
4840 Main St, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, February 27th
We Tell: States of Violence
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Reclaim Closing & Panel Discussion
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Awakenings
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Feminist Science Fiction Book Club
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
89th Professional Members Show
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Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
In Real Life
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, January 16th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
Continuous Span
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Art Hall Winter 2020
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The Blackstone Hotel
636 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Art After Work
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 5PM - 7PM
TIES: Open Mic + Exhibition Closing Reception
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
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