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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 24th
We Real Cool: A Celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 100th Birthday
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, June 5th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Afro-Latinx Presente!
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Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St, 1R (entrance on Wood St.), Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Things that Mattered
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, June 5th, from 5:30PM - 7:45PM
Let The Hunter Be The Hunted
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
The POWER Project: Beauty Breaks Session 13: Words We Carry
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 3PM - 6PM
The POWER Project: Making In The Margins – A Zine Workshop
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 1PM - 3PM
Day FOUR: Rapid Pulse 2017
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 5PM - 10PM
Performing Leadership
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Night Bloomers
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 2PM - 5PM
Sashay With and Without History
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
The Transparency of Evil
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South of the Tracks
4223 W. Lake St #430, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
The Turnt and Woke Approach to Documentary Editing with RMB
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Hank Feeley: Full Circle / Reflections
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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
1338 W Lake St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Burrrow
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Acre
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Flora Fauna Art Show
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 North Western Avenue
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Monday, July 3rd
First Saturdays at Mana: June 2017
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM
Closing: Celebrating Our Cultural Giants and Ancestors
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Torch
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14 Chairs
2141 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 7 - 10
On view through Monday, July 3rd
The POWER Project: Free School Session 001: Living in the Wake
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 12PM - 2PM
Dutes Miller: New Relics from the Pleasuredome
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Katie Halton: Supple Leopard
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Platform Art House Show
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1024 Hinman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, at 11am
On view through Sunday, June 4th
Day THREE: Rapid Pulse 2017
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Pure Evil: Hidden in Plain Sight
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Jaclyn Mednicov: A Faint Shadowy Trace
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Landshaft
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The Saw Room at The Alley Gallery
1712 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
Darrell Roberts: Tranˈsperənses
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
Archiving Workshop with Maggie Brown
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, at 3:30PM
The POWER Project: ‘Black and Blue’ Indigo Dye Workshop
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Propeller Fund 2017 Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM
Aimee Beaubien: Cuttings
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Platform
904 Sherman, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 12PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, July 7th
Clay Garden Gnome Workshop
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Firehouse Art Studio
1123 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 10AM - 1PM
Design & Art Series #10
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Dock 6 Collective
2100 N Major Ave, Chicago IL, 60639
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
The Arts of Life Exhibition at Bucephalus Bikes
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Bucephalus Bikes
1424 Lake Street, Evanston, 60201
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 12 - 5
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Jaclyn Mednicov: A Faint Shadowy Trace
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
AHHH!
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baby blue
1651 w 19th st apt 3
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
99/1
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Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
6433 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Anthony Iacuzzi: Agritecture, Stephen Murphy: Diptychs, and Depth Cue
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
70th annual 57th Street Art Fair
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Hyde Park Neighbohood
57th Street, Between Woodlawn and Kenwood Avenues Hyde Park, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 11 AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 4th
Brian T. Leahy: Prop(House)
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Chicago Gallery News
213 W Institute Pl, Suite 309, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 25th
Visitors From Another World: New Works by Three Chicago Artists
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
Fresh Ayers: Kevin Coval – “A People’s History of Chicago”
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Thursdayboy on Friday
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Currency Exchange Café
305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 3PM - 5PM
Nick Bubash: New Drawings
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AdventureLand Works On Paper
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
William Weege: Peace is Patriotic
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
AK/OK: You Will Be My Witnesses to the End of the Earth
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Avenue
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 8th
Day TWO: Rapid Pulse 2017
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
In the Morning with director Nefertite Nguvu
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Karen Connell: The Personal Ads and Frank Ishman: The B-Side
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
Kate McCarthy: The Fantastic Nest
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 23rd
hex yeah, Witches!
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Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St, 1R (entrance on Wood St.), Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
JAVIER JASSO: HOME IS WHERE I AM
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 30th
Evanston Made Art
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 30th
Susan Meiselas: Nicaragua ’78/79
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
Marc Making: Artists of Marcfirst
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Cir, Ste 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, August 9th
Good Vibrations
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 28th
Lecture: Darby English
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 3PM - 4PM
The POWER Project: Intersectional Zine Library
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, June 7th
Space + Time & Romans
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S. Morgan St. Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, June 5th
The Color Fields
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Awake Cafe
1357 W. Chicago Ave
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, August 30th
Aligning the Echo
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Friendzone
3323 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 16th
us being u.s.
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Gallery19
4839 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL. 60625
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Marcos Raya: Night Train
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 30th
Elke Claus: Skyscape
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, June 22nd
Harriet Reading Series: Harmony Holiday
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 7PM - 8PM
Reporting in the Open: Our Spring Open House
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Crossing of the Fellows
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Sidebar: Anthony Elms and Jan Verwoert
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
ONE: Juried Emerging Artist Exhibit
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Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Day ONE: Rapid Pulse 2017 Vernissage
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
The POWER Project: POWER Potluck Kickoff
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
Annie Hermes
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Art On Armitage
4125 W Armitage Ave, Chicago IL 60639
On view through Friday, June 30th
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