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Public Health ( Our Role In Safe Communities)
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5th District Police Station
727 E 111th St, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Tuesday, November 9th, from 12PM - 10PM
African American Composers and the Black Renaissance
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Newberry Library
online
Opening Tuesday, November 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
Identity and Dissent with Patrisse Cullors and Alice Sheppard
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 9th, from 3:30PM - 4:45PM
Study and Struggle Critical Conversation #3: Abolition Must Be Red
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Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Ethnobotany of Agave, a Lecture by Alejandro de Ávila for Agave!
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Chase Gallery at Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, November 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Open Door Reading Series Online: Natasha Mijares, Henry Feller, Jason Vasser-Elong & Roderick James Jr.
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Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Tuesday, November 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
A.J. McClenon: Notes from VEGA
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Saturday, January 22nd
Option: Ishmael Ali Catalan Zghoul
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Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Monday, November 8th, at 8PM
EMILIO FANTIN: DREAMING IS COMMON TO ALL: Artist Talk
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LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, November 8th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, November 15th
Andy Gregg: Dream Building
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McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Saturday, December 11th
Artist Talk with Wendy Ewald
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Weinberg Newton Gallery
Online
Opening Monday, November 8th, at 6PM
Mark Bradford & Julie Mehretu in Conversation
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Monday, November 8th, from 6:30PM - 7:45PM
Kelly Kristin Jones: Plinths for the People
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, November 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
Pleiades Series: Hedra Rowan, Rhythm Ninja Drums
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave. #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, November 7th, at 7:30PM
Center Sundays: Rot & Grow
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, November 7th, from 1PM - 5PM
Unmaking Monuments
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, November 7th, from 5PM - 6PM
Giovanna Pizzoferrato Ribeiro: Burning in Heaven
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 7th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 21st
Agave! Gallery walkthrough
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, November 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Symposium | Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 10AM - 6PM
The Warmth of Proximity
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Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Saturday, November 6th, at 4PM
Sergio Farfán: Five Years
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, November 24th
Jayne Kelley and Paul Preissner: American Framing: The Same Something for Everyone
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Columbia College Chicago - Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 5PM - 6PM
Bass Dreams minus B (Record Release)
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave. #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 6th, at 7PM
to render the infinite: Film Screening and Conversation with zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal and Ayana Contreras
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Columbia College Chicago, Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
Jessica Campbell: Gigantomachinations
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Dan Attoe: Pandemic Paintings
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, December 18th
David Antonio Cruz: icutfromthemiddletogetabetterslice
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Views from Somewhere
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Document
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Westside Bee Boys presents: Kinky yeti Art gallery pop up
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Kinky Yeti
5207 N Clark St,Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
5th Midwest Open: Artists Walkthrough
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 6th, at 3:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 6th
Frida Festival
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Dvorak Park
1119 W Cullerton St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 11AM - 5:30PM
Villarte: Recorrido de Ofrendas (Day of the Dead Altar Walk)
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VillArte
La Villita, Chicago
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 11AM - 5PM
Arshad Faruqui: Re-Thinking The Block
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave. #2A, Chicago, Il, 60622
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Utensil
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 2PM - 6PM
Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music
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Second Presbyterian Church
1936 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 5th
Married to the Maestro
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 3:30 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, March 5th
Monika Plioplyte: Opening of the Knot
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 4th
sea michell: Within the Circle – Meditations on Cyclical Movement
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, November 6th, at 3PM
Lorena Barerra Enciso: Hoyo Negra and emulsions tests
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, November 6th, at 7PM
Sung Jang: Given
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Agave!
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 9th
Chicago Construction Architecture Talk
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Columbia College Chicago, Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 11am - 12PM
Double Life / Flayed Beings / Hidden Counterparts
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, December 17th
First Nations Film and Video Festival: Bawaadan Collective shorts
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, November 6th, at 1 PM
Debbie Millman: Why Design Matters
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Columbia College Chicago Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, November 6th, from 4PM - 5PM
I am the sky and clouds are moving through me.
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Deborah Luster
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
Alicia LaChance: New Village
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 18th
At the Table
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Vale Craft Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 31st
Herman Aguirre: Agua y Aceiten
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, January 8th
IMAGINED LANDSCAPES
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 5PM - 8M
On view through Friday, January 7th
Wells Chandler: Be Here Now
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60622
On view through Saturday, December 18th
Chicago Underground Film Festival 2021
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The Logan Theatre
2646 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
On view through Sunday, November 7th
Bunny Hoppel & Jeanine Coupe Ryding: OBSESSION
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, November 30th
自然三相 Three Visages of Nature
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The Research House for Asian Art
3217 S Morgan St., Chicago, IL60608
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, November 23rd
Andi Crist: Cowboy Wisdom
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Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 4th
Art Fair 2021
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Marwen
833 North Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 7th
Yellow Wallpaper
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Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL. 60640
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 20th
Cornelia Arts Building Open Studio Night
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Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, November 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
Sudden Sound Concert | Avreeayl Ra & Improvisers Exchange Ensemble
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, November 4th, at 5:30PM
Mutual Aid is Our Future: Solidarity Economy 101
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 4th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Author Conversation: Tamara Winfrey-Harris & Deesha Philyaw
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, November 4th, at 7PM
Virtual Program: Put the City Up Tear the City Down
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Wrightwood 659
onine
Opening Thursday, November 4th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: Structure
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 4th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Loss & Thyme: Grief and Gardening Workshop
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Plant Chicago
4459 S Marshfield Av, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, November 4th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Gimmie The Light
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Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, at 9:30PM
Lit & Luz: Narración en vivo—Estructura
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Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, at 6PM
Virtual Event: DREAMING OF YOU: A NOVEL IN VERSE by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, at 7PM
The Dark Side of Memory: Tessa Bridal in conversation with Daniel Borzutzky
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Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, from 7PM - 8PM
An Evening with Great Women Painters and Madeleine Grynsztejn
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, from 6 PM - 7 PM
Lay Of The Land
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O'Connor Art Gallery
Dominican University, 7900 W. Division, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 8th
TANDA: Neo Perreo: Challenging Misogyny and Homophobia in Reggaeton Culture
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Chuquimarca at Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Retelling Resistance: CUBAN FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMONS (1972) – Theatrical Screening
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 3rd, at 7PM
Voices: Tempestt Hazel
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Gallery 400
online
Opening Tuesday, November 2nd, from 3PM - 4.30PM
Lit & Luz Festival: A Celebration of Language, Literature, and Art
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Lit & Luz Festival
various locations
On view through Saturday, November 6th
Rochona Majumdar: Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures
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57th Street Books
Online
Opening Monday, November 1st, from 5PM - 6PM
Punishing Immigrants: U.S. Immigration Enforcement and the PIC
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Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Monday, November 1st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
MATERIAL PERSPECTIVES
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Indiana University Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Art
65 West 33rd Ave, Gary, IN 46408
On view through Friday, January 21st
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