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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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5-Alarm Chili Cook-Off
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Firehouse Art Studio
1123 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Chris Silva in Conversation with Tom Torluemke
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N Aberdeen St, Ste 151, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
William Staples: Picturing Nature: Artist Talk
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 14th, at 12PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
Soul of the City
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THE FORUM Bronzeville
324 E 43rd St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 9AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Twisted Oyster Film Festival
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Comfort Film
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Agitator Gallery Grand Opening
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Agitator Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
Community Yard Sale for Puerto Rico
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THE FRANKLIN
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 12 am - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
I Think We Can Make It: A Solar Food Experiment
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 10AM - 4PM
Ill.lust.trative
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Gallery Cafe
1760 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
The Animal Presence
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Studio 008, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Readings and Conversation: Hương Ngô
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Swipe, Sweep, Flick, Fold: Susan Giles in Conversation with James Yood
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The Mission Projects
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, October 26th
Labor Paste: Celebration and Book Launch
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Terrain Biennial
10757 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, November 15th
Forced Field
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 26th
Cutlerlumen – Fire Starter Kit Workshop
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The Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Services Witchy Weekend
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 12PM - 7PM
The Clown Show!
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The Peanut Gallery
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Aaron Walker: I heard it in the produce aisle
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The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 14th
Justus Roe: Standing Wave
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Standing Passengers
1458 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, November 16th
Behind the Mask: Real Me
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 1PM - 5PM
Returns: Panel Discussions
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 12:45PM - 5PM
Passing Time: (In)significant Moments
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
Obama Presidential Center Panel
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 2PM - 3PM
2017 Gala After Party
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 8:30PM - 12AM
Evanston Art Tour
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City of Evanston
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 14th, from 12PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 14th
Open Mic
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345 Art Gallery
345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 13th, at 4PM
PR Benefit ft. RP Boo, pppmmm, Blackerface, Sarah Squirm + DJs
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 8PM - 12AM
Shelby Donnelly: Letters
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Adds Donna
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
In the Waiting Line
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Green Door
1932 S Halsted St, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, October 30th
Lighten Up: A Neon Show!
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The Condo Association
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 13th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, November 3rd
Jordan Scott, Nathanael Jones, + Dolly Lemke
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Sector 2337 / The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Art for Social Change: We Are Enough
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
BP Laval: Take the World in a Love Embrace
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Johalla Projects
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 209, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 24th
Indigo Nation: An Exploration of Denim Culture in Modern America
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Altar Call: The Architecture of Black Sacred Space
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Thomas Skomski: More Alive Than Usual
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DEMO Project Space
732 N 4th St, Springfield, IL 62702
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
William Staples: Picturing Nature
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
Confluence • 20+ Creative Ecologies of Hong Kong
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The Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Dapper Bruce Lafitte: Kingpin of the Antpin
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Exit Through the Gift Shop
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
Lim(n)inal Space
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Carlson Tower Gallery of North Park University
3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, October 26th
Triumph School Manual Project #3
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Triumph School
771 N 3906th Rd, Triumph, IL 61371
Opening Friday, October 13th, at 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Objects for Protest: Crowd creation, spatial practice and archiving dissent in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Warrior Brain + Artist Mind
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National Veterans Art Museum
4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, January 1st
Full Circle
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Jesse Malmed and Derrick Woods-Morrow: Flat Rate Shipping
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
All Surfaces Seduce Themselves
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baby blue
1651 W 19th St, 3r, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 14th
Chris Pappan
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Norcross and Scott
1476 W Berwyn Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Alice Pasquini
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Line Dot Editions
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 13th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
Millennial Millionaires and the Survivor’s Club
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Lithium
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Fundraiser for Mexico & Puerto Rico
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The Dojo
Chicago, Lower West Side
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 9PM - 2AM
Trying to Move a Sprinkler Without Getting Wet
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Room 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6 PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Returns: Chicago’s Africa: Identity, Scholarship and Politics
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Common Threads: Chinese, Haitian, and Ukrainian Fashion Connections
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Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Returns
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
On view through Thursday, October 19th
MCA Talk: Vince Staples
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
Logan Center Bluesfest
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Lawrence Jordan: Songs of Innocence and Experience
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
Matt Martin and Joe Cassan: Assumed to Exist
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Wedge
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Sadie Woods: Then There Were None
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Loyola Redline Station
1200 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Performing Home
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Putas!
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 13th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, October 13th
Collected Voices Film Fest: Opening Night
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Rare Earth Performances: Joshua Abrams/Tomeka Reid/Dave Rempis
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University of Chicago's Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Peter Stallybrass: What Is a Letter?
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Newberry Library's Ruggles Hall
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
West Side Arts: Claiming and Reclaiming Space
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jim Trainor: The Pink Egg
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The Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Copyright For Visual Artists
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Pilsen Law Center
1545 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Home
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SITE Galleries / Student Union Galleries
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
On view through Friday, October 13th
Iris Bernblum
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean, Room 1307
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 1307, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Evanston Mural Arts Program Launch
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Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston
1515 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
MAS Context presents: Lecture by Charles Rice
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Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N Astor St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Disruptive Perspectives
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, December 22nd
Reggie Wilson / Fist + Heel Performance Group: CITIZEN
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The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 12th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 14th
Greg Tate and Cauleen Smith
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
I ‘Heart’ ART 2017
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Structure as Poetry
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Humboldt Park Stables: A Transition into the Future
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National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
HUMBOLDT PARK: Jens Jensen’s “Living Laboratory”
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National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Alphonse Mucha: The Man, The Artist, The Legacy, with Marcus Mucha
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Cauleen Smith: CA to CHI to CA
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Community Film Workshop of Chicago
6200 S Drexel Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Our Legends, Legenden, Legendy, Leyendas
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DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Tenderheaded: Exhibition Walk-through
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 5th
United in Anger: A History of ACT-Up
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The University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
5733 South University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Culminating Art-making Worknight
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
Kissin’ and Kiss-in
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SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash, Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
Seeing Space: Conversation with an Astrophysicist
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 3PM - 4PM
Lost and Found: Exploring Dyke Spaces of the 70s & 80s
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Industry Night and Projects in Progress: Do You See Me? by Mary Rafferty
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Parts & Labor
2700 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Making Out – Kissin’ and Kiss-in
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SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
Raúl Ortiz: Ash Tree on Pink Sky
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Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 4:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 6th
Andersonville Arts Week
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Andersonville
Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, October 10th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Preston Thomas
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, October 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Voices: Christopher Harris
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Movement Matters: Creative Industrialization of Social Practice
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Defibrillator Performance Arts Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Monday, October 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
ChiResists: A Decolonial Open Mic
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, October 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
Do Ho Suh Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr. Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, October 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Presence Interrupted Talk
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Julius Cæsar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Skin and Bones: Surface and Structure
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, November 28th
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