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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Victor Deupi: Transformations in Clasical Architecture
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 15th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Mariah Burr
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Scallywag Brewing
41 N Cass Ave, Westmont, IL 60559
Opening Wednesday, May 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Creating Legacy: Creating Legacy: Furthering the Art of Dance Through the Art of Disability
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, May 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Chicago Historic Resources Survey & You
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Living Room Gallery
1530 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, May 15th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Exit to/from: Closing Reception
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SITE Galleries
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Wednesday, May 15th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
On view through Wednesday, May 15th
Coding the Contemporary Artist’s Book: Art Meets Technology
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, May 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Tobias Armborst: The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion
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Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N Astor St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, May 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
We Series Festival: A Ritual For Lost Things
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 14th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, May 28th
Celeste Ng in conversation with Eve L. Ewing
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Tuesday, May 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Noura Erakat: Justice for Some
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
In Progress: AJ McClenon
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Digital Storytelling Initiative: Film Aesthestics #3 with Pemon Rami
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Room 014, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Release Party for Image Comics’ “Little Girls”
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Challengers Comics and Conversation
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, May 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, May 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Calcium Deposits
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DfbrL8r
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, May 12th, at 4PM
On view through Friday, May 17th
Butoh: Body + Imagination
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 12th, from 12PM - 4PM
우리집 (Our House)
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Congruent Space
1216 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Sonya Bogdanova: Karens
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Sunday, May 12th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
SSW Workshop: Ethics of Journalism
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Rudy Lozano Chicago Public Library
1805 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
Ken Krimstein: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt
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Comix Revolution
606 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
An Illustrated Lover’s Discourse: Dark With Sound: Closing Reception
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Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Sara Alexandra Peláez: Wandering Sonder
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Slate Arts and Performance
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 8PM - 11PM
Luftwerk: Parallel Perspectives
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Sugar Rush
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 11AM - 3PM
Orbits: TSA’s 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, #419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Victor Ing
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Swantiques’ Pop-Up
2016 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 5PM
With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Design Show 2019
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Block Thirty Seven
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, May 28th
Queer Revolt: Undergraduate Lgbtq+ Studies Conference
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DePaul University
2250 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 9:30PM - 5PM
2019 Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair
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Village of Peoria Heights
4901 N Prospect Rd, Peoria Heights, 61616
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 9AM - 5PM
Myra Greene: Minor Chord
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Steven Ediger: The Steven Ediger Art System
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Agitator: A Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 1st
Linda Ann Weber: ART Attitude
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Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
A PD Invitation: Art(s) Education Workshop
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 2PM - 4PM
Danielle Dutton & Laura Letinsky: Reading + Conversation
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 4PM - 5PM
The Long Term: closing and screening of The Sentence
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
SAIC Design Show 2019: Public Critiques
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Block 37
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, May 28th
Outside In
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Ari's Art Space
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Master Class with Werner Herzog
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Facets
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Grant William Thye: Second Time Around
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Final Mesh
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MacLean Screening Room, SAIC
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Meekling Presents: Spring Reading PARTY
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Cafe Mustache
2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Some Films: Portraits of the Artist
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
Collage Office Grand Closing!
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THE FRANKLIN
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Soo Shin: A Collection of Tears 2012-Present
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Bar 4000
2000 W Carroll Ave. #28, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Sarah Krepp in conversation with Jeff Stevenson
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Suite 008, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Hoda Katebi: Resistance Through Self-Representation
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Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co.
1276 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Bye Bye America
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave. Room 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 7PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Kate Conlon: Book That Is Also a Bookend
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Carris Adams: Double-talk
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
GRUNT Festival Chicago
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
This Is It Mothers Open Studio in Pilsen
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This Is It Gallery
1700 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Flower In The Garden: Artist Talk
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Corey Kahn & Tadeusz Torzecki: Secret Passages
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
A. Faysal Altunbozar and Martha Poggioli: A Vessel, a Veil
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Space P11
55 E Randolph St, Pedway Level, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, May 21st
New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival: Curator’s Tour
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
Art History Symposium: When Words Meet Image
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Collins Hall, Columbia College
624 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 1PM - 3PM
Book Signing with Ivan Brunetti and Chris “Elio” Eliopoulos
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ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
Many Visions: No Limits
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https://paletteandchisel.org/exhibitions/
1012 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, May 20th
Show Don’t Tell: The 2019 SAIC Visual Communication Design Show
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Block Thirty Seven
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
Marvin E. Newman: On the Avenues
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Columbia College Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
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The Arcade
618 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, May 22nd
Katherine O’Truk
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Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
PLAY.GROUND II: Video Game Art from Hong Kong
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VGA Gallery
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Apt 102, Chicago, IL 60647
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Eye of the Beholder
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Water Street Studios
160 S Water St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Greenleaf Art Center Spring Thing ’19
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Greenleaf Art Center
1806 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
ChiArts Senior Showcase
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 17th
The Inside is not Different than the Outside
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
MRoe v Wade: 1973 and Today
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
100th Anniversary of the University of Arts in Poznań
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Polish Museum of America
984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Department of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition | Part I
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Logan Center Exhibitions
10 May 2019
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Through the Looking Glass
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
Frame by Frame: A Tribute to Hannah Frank
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
House of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 10th
Kang Yoo A: i.m.migration: why we are
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 15th
Solera Quartet plays Beethoven’s Op. 132 : A Song of Thanksgiving by a Convalescent
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 430PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, May 10th
Messier Objects
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062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 7th
Sadie Woods: Coyaba
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 14th
FRUITING BODIES: A Conversation
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Leather Archives and Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Constructed Comfort
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M.G. Nelson Gallery
420 S 6th St, Springfield, IL 62701
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Jefferson Pinder
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 10th, at 7PM
Leon Vynehall
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Smartbar
3730 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, May 10th, at 10PM
Yoko Ono: Poetry, Painting, Music, Objects, Events, and Wish Trees
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 10th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, August 22nd
Ayodele African Dance Conference & Concert
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Sherman Park
1301 W 52nd St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Tonika Johnson: Folded Map
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
Library Book Club: Jacob Saenz
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Istar
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 10th, at 7 PM
Take Care
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Ground Level Platform
2001 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
2019 MFA in Photography Thesis Exhibition
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Hokin Project
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Art on the Meadow Catalog
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Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency
3435 Rupprecht Way, Saugatuck, Michigan, 49453
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
Composites: An Active Return to Sites for Future Justice
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400 S Peoria St, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Xiaoming Zhang
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McCormick Foundation Center
1870 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
First Nations Film and Video Festival
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
2019 Illustration Exhibition
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27 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
Manuela Infante: Estado Vegetal
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7:30PM - 9:30 PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Manuela Infante: Estado Vegetal
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
An Interactive History of Comics
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Challengers Comics and Conversation
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tangelo 15
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
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