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Nicole Harrison: Legacy
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SAIC at Homan Square
3517 W Arthington St, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
Maria Gedroc: CityScapes: An intimate view of everyday places and spaces
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West Suburban Medical Center
3 Erie Ct, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, January 29th
Chi-Town Multicultural Film Festival – 5th Edition
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
Holidaze Hangout
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GnarWare Workshop
1838 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Tchotchkes for the End of the World
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820 w 19th st
820 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Kenneth Josephson: Squared
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W Superior St, Ste 400, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Native Literature and Arts Holiday Celebration
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Ho-Chunk Nation Chicago Branch Office
4738 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Allen Killian-Moore: Desolation Slow
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 8PM - 11PM
Dizzy Invert
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Sleeping Village
3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7:30PM - 12AM
Chicago Film Society Winter Fundraiser
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Lake Street Screening Room
70 E Lake St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sam Nigrosh: Loving the Alien
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Little Broken Things
2137 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Éminence Grise
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Faux Pas Gallery
308 Lincoln Hwy, Rochelle, IL 61068
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 4PM - 8PM
Open Studio First Fridays and Cocoa Crawl
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Holz Fine Art
50 E Galena Blvd, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Transversals
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Circumambulation
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 25th
Colleen Keihm & Nicole Mauser: Break Here
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 5th
Borderlands and Latino/a Seminar
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
Moments in Time
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Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 29th
The Murder of Fred Hampton
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Anne Nordhaus-Bike: Implied Horizons
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Five Seasons Family Sports Club
6901 S. Madison St., Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 5th
Oh, Maker
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Floor 2 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, January 20th
Judith Levi and Katya Lipovetsky: The Identity Paradox: How Our Multiple Identities Both Divide and Unite Us
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Goethe Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave Ste 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Heavyweight
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Alcove Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
Poetry & Place: Edith Farnsworth
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Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago
500 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
April Greiman
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Robert Aldrich: Kiss Me Deadly
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 9:30PM - 11:15PM
Men of Bronze
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Co-MISSION Festival of New Work
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Matt Bergstrom: Lost Houses of Lyndale Street
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Chicago Public Library, Logan Square Branch
3030 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
Kalin Haydon: American Nest: B I N G O
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C33 Gallery in Chicago
33 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, January 16th
Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 9PM - 12AM
Henri-Georges Clouzot: Diabolique
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Día de los Muertos After Dark: Noche de Cine y Mezcal
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Holiday Photo Book Bazaar
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
Inheritance: Quilting Across Prison Walls
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Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory -Wilder House
5811 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 12PM - 3PM
Didier Nolet: Landscapes, Layers, and Life
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Union League Club of Chicago
65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, January 17th
Night of the Comet
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Last Speakeasy on the Eve of Repeal
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
Matthew Jesse Jackson: On Art
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The Seminary Co-op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Beauty and the Bike: The Impact of Recreational Changes on Park Designs
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Josh Tsui: Insert Coin
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Chris Bradley & Mark Klassen: Keep Cool
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Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design, Backspace Gallery
330 Gilbert Dr, Dekalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, December 14th
The Area
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Rooms of their Own: Women Artists’ Organizations and Collectives
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 5:30 PM - 7 PM
On view through Friday, February 15th
Environmental Racism, Power and Justice in North Lawndale
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Lawndale Christian Health Center Skyline Conference Center
3750 W Ogden Avenue, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sinema Obscura presents: Up & Atom V – Tunes & ‘toons
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Atomix Coffee Shop
1957 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Robert Pippin: Hegel’s Realm of Shadows
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B2
803 S Morgan, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Jamillah James
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Hokin Hall
623 S Wabash Ave, Room 109, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
Little Green Light 1 Intervene with Animations
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 8PM - 10PM
Anthony Janas, Wish Fulfillment, & Billie Howard
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 9PM - 12AM
The Long Term: Readings and Celebration
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Invisible Institute
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Multimodal Variation in Ancient Written Numerals
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University of Chicago
1126 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Paper Dolls Artist Talk
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Claudia Rankine and Will Rawls: What Remains
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MCA Warehouse
1747 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, December 5th, at 7:30 PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Artist Case Studies: Project Development
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, December 4th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Form and Function: The Legacy of the Institute of Design
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Tuesday, December 4th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
In Progress: Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Dance Dialogues
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
Luluwa: Central African Art Between Heaven and Earth
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, December 4th, from 6PM - 7:15PM
Sinema Obscura on CAN TV {{Doc Night}}
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High Dive Chicago
1938 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, December 3rd, from 10PM - 12AM
Urban Nature
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Inspired by nature: Created by four generations of women
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Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 7PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, December 28th
Do Not Resist?
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Reunion Chicago
2557 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 3PM - 6PM
Marginilia
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Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center
2500 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 3PM - 4PM
12 Openings part 6: Jan Brugger/ Bobby Gonzales
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Research Project #19
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
CBBC #4: The Collected Schizophrenias
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Ten Cat Tavern
3931 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, at 7PM
Sunday Sessions: A Listening Party with Lou Mallozzi
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Ace Hotel Lobby
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
Rinzai Zen Meditation
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Trauma-informed Self Defense
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 2PM - 3PM
Tyrants
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Final Resting Place
3350 S Bell Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
Jenn Smith: Divine Ventiloquism
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Apparatus Project
2639 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, January 18th
Open Eyes // Deep Wood
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The Yards
2028 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 606016
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
Building a Studio Archive: A Workshop for Artists
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 1 PM - 3 PM
Kim Piotrowski: While Here
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 5th
Jonathan Korotko: Body Informers
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Box Gallery at Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, December 2nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
29th Annual International Small Print Exhibition
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Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
On view through Thursday, January 31st
Renegade Craft Chicago
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 2nd
December Art Show
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Rogers Park Art Gallery
6902 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Sunday, December 23rd
TEST II
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Que4 Radio
2643 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 7PM - 11PM
Bubbly Dynamics Open Studio
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Bubbly Dynamics
1048 W 37th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 12PM - 5:30PM
Fatherless: Intended Target
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
Odes & Tattoos Hands-On Workshop
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, January 6th
Andrew Bearnot: LONG DIVISION: Closing Reception
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Wedge Projects (Extension)
1442 W Howard St, Chicago 60626
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Reckless Comfort
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Extase
2523 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 19th
Dedicated to the One I Love
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Brian Calvin Book Release with Dave Rempis
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 3PM - 4PM
Amber Ginsburg & Rebecca Keller: The Office of Metaphor
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 12th
Spencer Hutchinson: Picturing Silence: Photographs, Paintings and Sounds
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Conception Art Show
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Dovetail Brewery
1800 W Belle Plaine Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On Civil Disobedience: An Epilogue / “Impressions of Resistance”
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 1st
Reckless Comfort
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Extase
2523 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 19th
Nakikita: On Food and Authenticity
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
ART Open House: Anti-Isolation Project
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Evanston West Village Artists
1125 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Paper Dolls
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Anti-Social Club and Architects of Beauty
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Cary's Lounge
2251 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 10PM - 2AM
HIPPY HOLY DAZE 3
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 8PM - 2AM
Black Skin/White Masks w Lumumba
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
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