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and Steve Ruiz
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All Sheets to the Wind
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Backspace Gallery
330 Gilbert Dr, DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, September 20th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Jessica Sladek: Wait a While
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C33 Gallery
33 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 20th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, September 28th
Camilo Restrepo: Ghosts and Songs
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Conversations at the Edge
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
George Kokines: Layers Revealed
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Thursday, September 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Image of the Beast (1980)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
Mug Making: Hand Built
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GnarWare Workshop
1838 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
The BEAM
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Il 60642
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
Eugenia Cheng: The Art of Logic
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, McClean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Draw the Collections: Anatomical & Surgical Still Life
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Driftwood
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
MAS Context presents: AGENCY
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Perkins + Will Chicago
410 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, September 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Area
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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 Tuesday, September 18th, at 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Maggie Brown
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 18th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
A New View on South and Southeast Asian Art
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, September 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, September 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Reveca Torres
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, September 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Making Art Workshop
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Awakenings
4001 North Ravenswood Ave., Suite 204-Cm Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, September 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
Break A Rule: Ed Paschke’s Art and Teaching
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, September 18th, at 18 September 2018
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Up is Down: Mid-century Experiments in Advertising and Film at the Goldsholl studio
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Forms & Features
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, September 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Father Murphy (Italy), Forced into Femininity, Not For You, Itsi
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LUXY Bridal 幸福婚纱
000 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL60608
Opening Monday, September 17th, from 7PM - 11PM
Cassils
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, September 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Area
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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 Sunday, September 16th, at 5PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
WithInSight: The Fall Show
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Richard Stromberg Chicago Photography Classes
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 11AM - 5PM
DIY Frida Kahlovera
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
Steffani Jemison: Revelation
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Art Design Chicago: Storytelling Series
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 11AM - 12PM
Found Footage Workshop
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 10AM - 3PM
Chicago Overground: Live on Worldwide FM
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 16th, from 2PM - 6PM
The Area
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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, September 15th, at 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Chicago’s Gold Coast Patronage and the 1893 World’s Fair
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Sketch Class: Spaces and Places
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryan Learning Center, Studio A
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 10:45AM - 12:45AM
W00dy / Itsï / Lockbox / Hot Piss
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TCC Gallery Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 9PM - 12AM
Open Screening
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Prime Time: #FutureSelf
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
The First Lions
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Lillstreet Fall Open House & Ravenswood ArtWalk
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 12PM - 4PM
Mental Wellness: Supporting the Whole Black Woman
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Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab
4445 S King Dr, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 12PM - 3PM
Steve Carrelli
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First Free Church Chicago
5255 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 1PM - 6PM
In Performance: Columbia College Jazz Ensemble with Maggie Brown
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DuSable Museum of African American History, The Roundhouse
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Hoodoisie 2018: Mexican Invasion Day
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Citlalin Gallery
2005 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Radioactive: Stories from Beyond the Wall
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Cook County Jail, North-end Wall
26th St and Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 16th
Wendy White: Natural Light
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ANDREW RAFACZ
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Sheida Soleimani: Medium of Exchange
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ANDREW RAFACZ
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Firelei Báez
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Kavi Gupta
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
Oren Ambarchi
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 9PM - 10PM
A Soul’s Delight
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All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 30th
Celebrating Southside Stories
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 12PM - 6PM
Swarm Farm Party
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Swarm Artist Residency
2219 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 3PM - 10PM
Sanford Biggers
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Monique Meloche Gallery
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Solid Gold Saturday
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 1PM - 5PM
The Dollhouse Reading Series Special Pop-Up
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Celebrating South Side Stories
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Various South Side Locations
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 11AM - 6PM
Bethany Collins: Undersong
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
A Routine Trip Turns Into An Enchanting Escapade – Lucky #1, 7, 20, 34, 57, 44
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Kerry Hallam
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Martin Lawrence Galleries
5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Helen Maurene Cooper: Blue Angels and Christopher Ottinger: Arcade
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Shadi Habib Allah: Put to Rights
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, November 4th
Jose Santiago Perez: Flirting with Infinitudes
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 5th
Liliana Porter: Memorabilia
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 3rd
Gather Presents Liai and Seth Parker Woods
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 15th, at 7PM
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
The Area
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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, September 14th, at 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 27th
Within Receding Horizons
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Faculty Projects
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Bit Bash Presents: Fabricade
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mHUB Chicago
965 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Polly Jiménez: Faces · Caras
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Line Dot
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
My Post Art School Life
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Northeastern Illinois University Art Department
5500 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Bryan Northup: Out of the BOX
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 5th
Rachel Galvin: Elevated Threat Level
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Adrian Leverkuhn: Fluid Alliances
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, October 9th
University of Chicago Architecture Photowalk
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Mansueto Library
1100 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 9AM - 1PM
Stan VanDerBeek: Poemfield
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Document
1709 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
FREE PLAY
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EXTRA Projets
3551 W Diversey Avee, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, November 1st
You Don’t Always Have To Be Who They Want You To Be, You Know.
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, 3-4s, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, October 8th
Keren Cytter and Israel Lund: Violence
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Jonathan Muecke: Open Objects
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
9th Anniversary Show
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Water Street Studios
160 S Water St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
Torkwase Dyson: James Samuel Madison
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Rhona Hoffman
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Paolo Arao: Night Throbs
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Western Exhibitions, Gallery Two
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Edie Fake: Gut Rehab
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Western Exhibitions, Gallery One
1709 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Justin Clifford Rhody: Vernacular Visions
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LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
KAIA String Quartet: Sunrise and Sunset
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Dog Lady, Dominic Coppola, Anthony Janas, No Dreams
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OPTIONS
4942 N Troy St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 9PM - 1AM
High Zero Festival
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, September 16th
50/20 Vision
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
Maktub
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Unpacked Mobile Gallery
Various locations
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 10 AM - 9:30 PM
On view through Friday, September 14th
Shlumpr: Brain Freeze
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Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey PKWY, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5:30PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, November 2nd
Apocalypse Projects Pop-Up Gallery
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Apocalypse Projects Pop-Up Gallery
1915 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
House of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nick Briz and Anna Russett
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Chicago Disability Activism, Arts, and Design: 1970s to Today
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
not to scale
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Women Strong: 45th Anniversary Exhibition
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 29th
Chicago Truborn’s 5 Year Anniversary Show
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Amy Cannady and Michelle Gordon: Tempest
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Chicago Art Source
1871 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
Remembrance/Resistance
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, FL 2, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Event of a Thread
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Michael Dain and Elizabeth Burke-Dain: The Biff and Yubbie Show
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, September 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
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