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Fetish Film Forum – Body of Evidence (1993)
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
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The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 17th, at 10PM
Women at War
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Comfort Music: Marcin Bozek/Danny Kamins Duo & Gilded Waves
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Marcus Bacerra: Seeing Stars
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
It’s A Sign: Queering the Gallery
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Carriage House Gallery
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Sam Keller: Extra Value Meal
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 14th
Static Flow
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VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 14th
Calvin Coleman
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
Glow: HCL Film & Projection Night
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The Capsule
1359 North Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
Jeffrey Swider Peltz: Static Flow
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 14th
Bryana Bibbs: Unforeseen
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Bruce Riley: Phantasma
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Leslie Wolfe Gallery at the Old Town Triangle Center
1763 North Park Ave Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Martinez E-B: Objects, Images, Signs, & Symbols
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Marc Benja / Nancy Fleischman: Penalty
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old friends
3405 N Paulina St Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 21st
CAPE WORKROOM Celebration
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Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
Zachary Hutchinson: Beauty, beauty, look at you, I wish to God I had it, too.
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ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 16th
Easygoingtech, Noise Shrine, Ends, Aidan Bay, Don
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 15th, at 8PM
PO Box Poetry Series: multilingual open mic
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, August 15th, at 7:30PM
Bodymilk and Comfort Music: Wajid & Janna Lee
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Chicago House Music: Culture + Community
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, at 6:30PM
Conversation: Impossible Ideas—Georgia O’Keeffe and Aaron Douglas Envision the City
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
A Reading Party with Naomi Ortiz
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punctum books
Online
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Closing Event: the urban+nature sonic pavilion
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Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
Democracy in the Dark with Jason Lazarus
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 23rd
Opening Passages with Ladies Who Lit & The Paris Novel
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Test Literary Series
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, at 6PM
Poppy & the Pen: You Exist Too Much
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City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
FEK Draw: Fetish, Erotica, and Kink
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | The Aggregation featuring Justin Dillard
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Incongruent Access
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Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, #419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jason Guzman: Luz
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Bird Show
Online
On view through Monday, August 26th
Drew Parkinson: For, Places into Squares
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APPENDIX GALLERY
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Thursday, September 12th
DEMOCRAZY: DNC Counter-Programming at Co-Prosperity
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Friday, August 23rd
Milo Christie and Sam Dybeck: 2:30
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Unda.m.93
(Email for address)
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
OPTION: Chris Williams & Trae Crudup
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Soapbox: Tonal Simmons
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Screening Acts: Leslie Harris: JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (1992)
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 4PM
Side Yard Sound Presents: Ephemeral Improvisations vol.3: David Boykin and Makeba Kedem-DuBose
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Seventh Evening Festival: Chinese Valentine’s Day- All My Love, curated by Chinese American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
And Now: Stories from the Edge
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
Whitney Bradshaw: OUTCRY
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Ginny Sykes: 100 Women: Collaborations Beyond the Veil
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Marilyn Artus: Her Flag
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
WOMEN’S VOICES: ARTISTS WHO AMPLIFY
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 5PM - 6PM
Day of Leisure
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Leisure
Division & Western Avenues, Chicago
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 4PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 10th
THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY PRESENTS : ART CAR PINEWOOD DERBY
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HOWLING PAGES
4354 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, August 10th, at 4PM
Screening and Conversation: Carolina Caycedo—Land of Friends
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 2PM - 3PM
Hương Ngô: This Space Is for Lost Time
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, #419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, October 3rd
Lois Bielefeld: its own pristine devices
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OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Tyanna Buie: Revisionist History
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cam.contemporarie
2233 S Throop St, Unit 920, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 21st
Kinky Rummage Sale Kinky Rummage Sale
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 9AM - 4:30PM
Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
Summer Soundwalk Series: Josh Rios
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Harrison Park
1824 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Educator Workshop | Care Practices through Artistic Lineages, Part 1
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 10AM - 12PM
Store | Sidewalk Sale
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Cheryl R. Riley and Tracie D. Hall: Migrations in Black and White | 2.0
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 8th
Screens: A Panafrica Film Series
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, January 6th
CLEAT Series: Sam Anthem, Alexander Dupuis ‘Asterion’, Matt Test ‘Down: A Gravity Opera’
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, August 9th, at 8PM
Sam Scranton/Allen Moore/Nick Meryhew, Andy Armstrong, Deluxe Delight, Tina Lefauve/Janna Lee/Nils St Cyril
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 9th, at 8PM
Michael Christoff: Microcosm: The Little Big Picture
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Friendly Music Community
6725 W Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
Vani Aguilar: Blinked Twice
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Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
SPARKER: Uncaged
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Positive Space Studios- Mundelein
620 E Hawley St, Mundelein, IL 60060
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Exploration
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Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 9th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, August 26th
Power Frauen: German Women Who Dared to Dream
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DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 20th
Cheri Lee Charlton: Unseen & Underserved
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Multi Maintenance
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
Echoes of Ferguson
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Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 25th
Sydnie Jimenez: A Respite
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Lillstreet Art Center, Annex Gallery
4401 N. Ravenswood Street
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, September 9th
S. Elliot Bowers: Displacement
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
Bodymilk and Comfort Music: ‘MAGIN’ & fleshwheel
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
The Love Fridge – Town Hall
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tarik Dobbs: Nazar Boy: Book Launch and Celebration
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Lecture: Adenike Cosgrove on Collecting African Art Today
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Curatorial Conversations: Indira Johnson in conversation with Jeff Stevenson
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21c Museum Hotel
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Max Davis: Sheet, Bar & Block
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, September 30th
Jack Langdon & Andrew Maxbauer: music for miniature organ
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, at 8PM
Artist Talk with Lee Bey and Howard Simmons
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, at 6:30PM
Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti in conversation with Justin Davidson
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Preserving the Heritage of the Black Panther Party in Illinois
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Howard Simmons: My Camera Tells: Once Upon a Chicago
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Pretty in Paperback: WELLNESS
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City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Art/Access Lab: Work in Progress Showing
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, August 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Julian Davis Reid’s Circle of Trust
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 6th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Poetry Reading: Liberation Poetry with Ramiro Rodriguez, Ivy Raff, and Shonda Buchanan
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Humboldt Park Library
1605 N Troy St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, August 5th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Gallery Conversation: Kelly Church, Gertrude Abercrombie, and Time
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, August 5th, from 2PM - 3PM
Christine Forni: Natural Recall
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McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, September 13th
Mia Furlong: Playground
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, August 4th, at 7PM
Orson Welles: F FOR FAKE (1973)
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, August 4th, at 4:30PM
OPTION: Brittany Karlson
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
Soapbox: Asante Owusu-Brafi
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Screening Acts: Spike Lee: BAMBOOZLED (2000)
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 1PM - 4PM
Maker’s Market 2024
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Maple Avenue Garage 5th Floor Parking
1800 Maple Ave, Garage 5th Fl, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 12PM - 5PM
2024 Chicago Archives + Artists Festival: Embodying the Archive: Day Three
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 10AM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
chi-soul workshops with avery r. young
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Austin Library
5615 W Race Ave, Chicago IL 60644
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
深海の魂 / Shinkai no tamashīi
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Asian Improv aRts Midwest
4875 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 8PM - 9:30 PM
Bridgette Bramlage: Future Memories
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Yes Project Space
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Carol Genetti/Peter Maunu/Theo Katsaounis/Donny Mahlmeister/Rs Masters
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Erotic Photography Workshop
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
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