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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Catalytic Sound Festival Night 1: Chris Corsano, Joe Morris, Mabel Kwan, Ben Hall + More
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 8th, at 8PM
4 WRITING PILSEN & MEXICAN CHICAGO: JOEL MÉNDEZ, PABLO RAMÍREZ, ANTONIO ZAVALA & MARC ZIMMERMAN
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 7PM - 8PM
Unlock the Joy! Healing, Yoga, and Meditation with Shakta Kaur
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6:30PM - 7:45PM
Gretchen Jankowski: Amplified Inking
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
SOLVE: Puzzle Design
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Jonathan Michael Castillo: Immigrant Owned
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Holiday Night Market & Fundraiser
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
Marcus Alleyne: The Secret Life of Plants
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
Alexis Petroff: Floating Drawings
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
All My Passwords Are Your Name
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Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 20th
Dis/Embodiment: Nonaligned Aesthetics in Contemporary Vietnamese Art by Justin Quang Nguyên Phan
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John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
Prints! Prints! Prints! – Closing Weekend
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Sewing Circle
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 8th, from 4PM - 8PM
Light in the Darkness
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Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 8th, at 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, January 31st
Poets for Palestine
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Regina Martinez: holding stones
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Conversation: Canova’s Modern Classics
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Atomic Bamboozle: Lessons from the Fight to End Sacrifice Zones
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, December 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
ART & IMPACT Winter Student Showcase
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Art on Sedgwick
1408 N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, December 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
Chicago Criticism: A Culminating Discussion
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Krissy Bergmark: Body of Water
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 6th, at 8PM
? The Gaza Monologues of Ashtar Theatre: collective reading
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, December 6th, at 7PM
Evanston Made Members Painting Group Show
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Gallery OTR
2040 Brown Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Wednesday, December 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
Olatunde Osinaike: TENDER HEADED
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, December 5th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance with Janie Paul and Bill Ayers
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, December 4th, at 7PM
Improv and Storytelling Workshop with Tellin’ Tales Theatre
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Brighton Park Branch
4314 S Archer Ave, Chicago IL 60632
Opening Monday, December 4th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Black is the Color of the Cosmos: Artist and Curator Conversation with Sheridan Tucker Anderson and Jess Atieno
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Washington Park Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, December 4th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Elastro Series: Eaters (NYC), Flux Bikes, Haruhi
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, at 8PM
I, I
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Switch Hook Projects
1450 N Karlov Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 4PM - 8PM
Screening | Everyone I Know is Sick
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Hans Schaal: Observations Worth Remembering
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Chicago Center for Photojournalism
1226 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 1PM - 5PM
Lab E: Convening of Chicago’s Disabled Artists
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
Notes To Self – Writing Workshop
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 12PM - 2PM
FUSION
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, December 3rd, from 11AM - 8PM
Hands On: A Night of Show and Tell
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
POCHO LOVE – Poetry Book Release
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, at 7PM
Freedom From and Freedom To
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, at 7PM
Bun Stout & Jessica Tucker: Unidentified and Flying: Performances
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Courtney Mackedanz: Almost Like A Pasture: Performance
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Paul Levack
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Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Casey Carsel: Lights and Perfections
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 14th
Small Works Members Show
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Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 23rd
Ursula Sokolowska: Artist Talk at boundary
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 9th
Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists – Artist Panel Talk
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Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, Illinois 60546
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
A Devil And A Witch Make A Nail
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Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 2PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Iteration(s) with Jared Brown and Briana Lynn
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Christine Poggi: Encounters with Picasso: The Shock of Cubism and the Futurist Response
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Water: Moon Readings with Rebecca Beachy
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 1PM - 5PM
Art Talks! Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
CPS Lives, Class of 2023 Vol. II: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 1PM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, December 2nd
Winter Makers Market
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Sabor y Arte: Exploring Mexican Heritage through Food and Art
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 12PM - 1:30PM
CONNECTING THE DOTS
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CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 2nd
6th Annual 12×12 Show
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
A Cornucopia of Prints
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, December 29th
On The Radio, Radio, Radio: Local Chicago Radio Stations and The Rise of House Music
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Aplomb Creative Salon
1010 W 35th St, Chicago, IL, 60609
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 11:30am - 5PM
Cornelia Arts Building December 2023 Open Studios
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Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, December 2nd, from 11am - 3PM
Chance & Happenstance, Photography of Mike Digilio and Bill Kirby
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Friendly Music Community
6729 Roosevelt Rd. Berwyn, IL 60304
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
4D-Girlz Music Video Premiere
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 1st, at 7PM
What Time Is It?: Closing Reception
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 1st
Divine Masculine, Divine Feminine
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 22nd
The Theater Next Door Is Coming Back!: closing reception
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mn gallery + studio
3524 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, December 1st, at 6PM
On view through Friday, December 1st
Jenny Åkerlund: Vitreous bodies
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 25th
FOUR WALLS / FOUR ARTISTS
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
Duncan Robert Anderson: The House Across the River
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 1st, at 6PM
On view through Wednesday, January 10th
Gabriel Martinez: Sparks in a Dark Room: Exchange, Pleasure and Play
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Community Creators: A Youth Arts Celebration
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Washington Park Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, December 1st, at 6PM
Home Movies for the Holidays
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Miyagi Records
307 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Esiri Erheriene-Essi: Homecoming
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ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Alvin Armstrong: Laissez-Faire
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ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Oral Fixation Art Podcast
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Oral Fixation Art Podcast
Virtual, online
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 5PM - 12AM
On view through Friday, December 8th
Melanie Gerules: PORTRAITS
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
FUSEDChicago: CONNNECTIONS
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Everyone I Know Is Sick: Day With(out) Art Screenings
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, December 1st, from 11AM - 7PM
INSIDERS
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Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
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