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Destroy Your Art 2018
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Silent Funny
4106-08 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 8PM - 12AM
Black Orpheus
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
A Boy, A Girl, A Dream
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, August 10th, at 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 11th
Lisa Truttmann: Tarpaulins
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
Theo Chin: FUNGIBLES
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062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, August 13th
House of the Apocalypse Opening
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Fundraiser Party for Victoria Martinez
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
Jeffrey Michael Austin: Outstanding Balance
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Alejandro Jiménez-Flores: flowers always…
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 10th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, September 9th
Douglas Degges: props for pictures
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Night Light Gallery and Studios
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 10th, at 7PM
On view through Wednesday, August 15th
The South Side Weekly 2018 Lit Issue Release Party
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Archives + Futures: Materials
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sonia Peñaranda-Taggart: Colombia -NOW-
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Chicago
350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
Public Newsroom 73: Are Aldermen Keeping the City Segregated?
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Conversations en Community: 50th Yr Commemoration of Peace Mural
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Art + Law Thursdays: The Photographer’s Contract Check-Up
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The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Party: I Was Raised on the Internet
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 5:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
West Town Fine Art Tour
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Chicago Conservation Center
400 N Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
Ingrid Rojas Contreras in conversation with Cristina Henriquez
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
Shorts Program: International Visions
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 8PM - 9:45PM
The Photographer’s Contract Check-Up
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LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
ONE WALL & ARTWEAR: Lindsey Liss & Steven Clarke
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 24th
Chosen Few DJs take over Daley Plaza
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Daley Plaza
50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, August 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
Jenn Grossman/ Stuart Jackson/ Amanda Gutiérrez
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Comfort Film Presents: Educational and PSA films on 16mm.
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 8th, from 8PM - 10PM
Collective Threads
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, August 8th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
A Fundraiser for Diana Solis
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 8th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Photographing in the Field with ASMP Chicago Midwest & Experimac West Loop
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ASMP Chicago Midwest
1127 W Madison St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Mwata Bowden
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 7th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Victoria Martinez in conversation with Edra Soto
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Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
In Progress: Federico Herrero
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 7th, from 5PM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 5th
Renee Robbins: Hidden Worlds: Exhibition Tour
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60614
Opening Tuesday, August 7th, from 2 PM - 3:30 PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, August 6th, at 8PM
August Community Dinner + Open Mic
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The Breathing Room Space
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
Mies’s McCormick House Revealed: New Views at the Farnsworth House
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Farnsworth House
14520 River Rd, Plano, IL 60545
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 2:30PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 25th
Mama Fresh Hosts: The Big Latch On
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 9:30AM - 11AM
Pilsen Sonic Square Soundwalk
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Harrison Park
1824 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
Debby Spertus: Metamorphosis
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 11th
Graffiti and Gears Cycling Tour
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Richard J.Daley Center
50 W Washington, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 8:30AM - 5PM
Comfort Society: Sculptures, Animals, Telepathy and More!
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
12 Openings: Part 3
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Opening Sunday, August 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, May 20th
Black Lesbian Archives Workshop
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Affinity Community Services
2850 S Wabash Ave, #108, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 11AM - 12PM
Sis, U Belong Here: A Gathering for Black Women
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 10AM - 2PM
A Black Harvest Feast
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 7PM - 12AM
North Lawndale Art Festival: Mamá Candela
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Douglas Park
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 6PM - 7PM
Max Davis
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
Soul Saturday
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 11AM - 6PM
We Are Hip Hop Youth Festival 2018
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Dvorak Park
1119 W. Cullerton, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 1PM - 6PM
OVERLAP: Kristen Neveu/Douglas Gates/Raul Ortiz/Curtis Anthony Bozif
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The Saw Room @ The Alley Gallery
1712 Sherman Ave #2, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Saturday, September 1st
Marie Lisa Baldwin and Luis Mejico: Touch Too Much
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 30th
Clueless Screening
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, August 16th
Kim Caisse: Making Friends
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S C H E M E gallery
3823 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Hotdog Party
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
Alternatives to Calling Police During Mental Health Crises
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 11AM - 2:30PM
Walking in Between Soundscapes
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 9PM - 12AM
Outside Design: Educating Architects for a Changing Future
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
A Place For Us
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, FL 2, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Calumet Sounds Soundwalk with Norman W Long
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Calumet Park
9801 S Ave G, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 4PM - 6PM
Our Voices, Our Selves: a Writing/Performance Workshop
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 1PM - 4PM
Artecito- Especies Invasora/Invasive Species
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 11AM - 2PM
Redefining Tradition
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
Daphne Walsh: Artist Talk
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 6PM - 7PM
2018 North Lawndale Arts Festival
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Douglas Park
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 10AM - 7PM
Kayla Placencio and Siobhan Kealy: Brain Guts
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Ricochet's Tavern
4644 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, August 4th
Currents, Fibers and Forms
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Homewood Science Center
18022 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL 60430
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 6 - 8
On view through Wednesday, August 29th
Cranio: Jungle
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 25th
You will be the archivist of your desires: closing
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Traci O’Neal Ellis
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 8PM
Kosmik Kitsch
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Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, August 28th
Photos at Noon: Portraiture and the Human Subject
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 12PM - 1PM
Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Yollocalli Summer 2018 Exhibition!
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Yollocalli Arts Reach
2801 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library Tour – Chicago!
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, August 5th
U.N.I.T.
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 1st
Pauline Kochanski: Reflections
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, August 27th
Legacies
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Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, September 3rd
Soda_Jerk: Terror Nullius
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 3rd, at 6PM
The Steiners: Three Generations
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Personal Space
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High Concept Labs
2333 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Erin LeAnn Works: Kinship
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AMFM Gallery
2151 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
A Gallery in Memory of Rebecca Bunting
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Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 4th
Structures Manifest
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
LIONS: Founding Years of UIMA in Chicago
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
August Art Show
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Rogers Park Art Gallery
6902 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
Earth Bound
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
On view through Wednesday, August 29th
Chicago Project VII: Artist Talk
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, August 3rd, from 6 PM - 7 PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
Screening Queers: Homophile Documentary Film Screening
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Gerber Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
The Columbia Revolt
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1519 W 18th Pl, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 8PM - 11PM
Rachel Lechocki and Andrew Rehs
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Blnk Haus
3206 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Carrying A Place Called Home: Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion
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Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, August 31st
How LGBTQ History Can Inform and Empower Young People Today
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Public Newsroom 72: Interview Basics w/ South Side Weekly Radio
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Rachel Woolf: Deported: An American Division
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ART WORKS Projects
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Creativity, Arts and Economic Vitality
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Metropolitan Planning Council
140 S Dearborn St, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
Community Panel Discussion with Mariela Estrada
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, August 1st, from 4PM - 6PM
Calid B. Album Listening Party: AfroBang 2
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 1st, from 8PM - 10:30PM
VDB TV: What Farocki Taught
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Video Data Bank
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Wednesday, August 1st, from - - -
On view through Monday, September 3rd
Scott Mossman and Raul Ortiz: Paint & Process
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The Cliff Dwellers
200 S Michigan Ave, 22nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Wednesday, August 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Janet Dees on Unbranded
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, August 1st, from 12PM - 1PM
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