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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Summer Made in Chicago Market
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Local 130 Plumbers Union Hall
1340 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 10AM - 5PM
Discourse: Alex + Aleia
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Elliot Bergman: Polygongs
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
In-Betweenness
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 8th
Wabash Arts Corridor Tour
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Columbia College Chicago
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 11am - 12:30am
Larissa Borteh: Another Trap Door
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 8th
1973: Pro Choice Voices
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 9th
Judith Mullen
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One River School of Art + Design
4625 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6 - 8
On view through Friday, September 13th
Salon des Refusés
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Towards a Newer Avant-Garde
2102 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 9th
Fire Alert
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R. Mona Gallery
1724 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
House of the Apocalypse Art Opening
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 9th
22nd International Open
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
Disoriented Awareness
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Morgan Mandalay: The Sun Hung Low or A Question Loomed
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Everybody
1722 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
Close To There
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
EXPLODE! queer dance: Midwest
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 8PM - 10:30PM
A Voyage in Metaphors: Through Chicago
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago Il 60647
Opening Friday, August 9th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Lasers & Fast & Shit / Multicult / Tongue Party / William Covert
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 9th, from 7:30PM - 11:30PM
In Progress: Lykanthea
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 9th, at 6PM
Anti-Model Minority Show: Breaking the Myth
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
A Song For You
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Chicago Public Library Northtown Branch
6800 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 6 PM - 7:45 PM
On view through Thursday, August 8th
Rise & Shine: Uniting Chicago’s Womxn Filmmakers
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Stage 18 Chicago
2558 W 16th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 8th, from 10:30AM - 12PM
Queer Asian American/Asian Diaspora Storytelling
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National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial
2831 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Talk: On Style and the Invisible Medium of Scent with Ben Gorham
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, August 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Open Rehearsal: Brendan Fernandes
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 6th, from 11AM - 1PM
Writer’s Studio Open House/Open Mic
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, August 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Alisa Kolot
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, August 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
Inga bookshop opening party
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Justin T. Nalley: This Is Not A Ramp
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, September 8th
¡Vamos al Museo!
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 2PM - 3PM
Autumn Knight: Documents
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Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign IL 61820
Opening Sunday, August 4th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Still/Here: Manifesting Joy and Survival with NOITP
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Walsh Park
7059 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Intro to DIY Screen-Printing Workshop
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 12PM - 3PM
William J. O’Brien: transitional objects
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Love is a Bug
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Bar4000
2000 W Carroll Ave ,Chicago IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, August 14th
SEVEN
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Union Street Gallery
1527 Otto Blvd, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Rachel Lechocki: From Ashes to Flames
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Little Broken Things
2137 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
All We Want Is to See Ourselves
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Hebru Brantley: NO ID
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
ZINE NOT DEAD XIII
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 8PM - 11:30PM
Holly Murkerson & Kaylee Wyant: Come Roaming: Closing Exhibition
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 8th
Max Lusk
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
The End of the Nightstick: BPP Film Program
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 4:30PM - 7PM
Hydration Party:::The Sick Muse 12
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RSVP at http://www.thesickmuse.com/events/the-sick-muse-12-release-show/ for the address:::
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 8PM - 2AM
Stevie Hanley: Ghost Sex: Closing & Trent Clark Performance
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M LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Soulful Chicago Book Fair
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King Dr & 61st St
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 10AM - 8PM
Nelson Armour And Jordan Scott: Oblique – Streetscapes of Chicago
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 16th
Aay Preston-Myint: Wormhole
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, #5, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
2019 North Lawndale Arts Festival
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Douglas Park Field House & Ponds
1401 S Sacramento Ave., Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 12PM - 7PM
Pottery by Pai Patio Pop-Up
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 9AM - 5PM
Solange Knowles: When I Get Home
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
The Hunting Accident: First Chapter – – original artwork from the graphic novel
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Indiana University Northwest School of the Arts Gallery
3415 Broadway, 2nd floor, Gary, IN 46409
Opening Saturday, August 3rd, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 4th
MotherArt Revisited: Interruptions: Film Screening
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave , 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
8th Annual Encaustic Exhibition
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Jiu-Liang Wang: Plastic China
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 8PM - 11PM
Collaboration Themed Group Art show
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Infiniteus
1644 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Ashkon Haidari: Two Worlds
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AdventureLand Works On Paper
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
David Kogan: While the City Sleeps
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Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 2nd, at 4:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
8th Annual Encaustic Exhibition
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Reclamation: of time, of agency, of narrative
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
Hrayr Attarian: 22 Cities 22 Portraits
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 6064
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
Diane Levesque: Specimens of an Inner Dialogue
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OS Projects
601 6th Street, Racine WI 53403
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
More Than Once: Closing Reception
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, Il 60625
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 16th
Elnaz Javani: INNER COMPULSION
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OGGI Gallery
2451 S Oakley Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
Am I Man Enough?: Storytelling and A Facilitated Dialogue
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Andrew Steiner: Wide Awake Dreaming
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Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
Dead Futures
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, September 8th
Still/Here: Manifesting Joy and Survival with NOITP
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Cornell Square Park
1809 W 50th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
a yolk, suspended: Dinner and Roundtable
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Annas
629 W Cermak Rd, Suite 240, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 6:45PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
MotherArt Revisited: Interruptions: Workshop and Performance
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave , 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 2PM - 4:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Tie Up: Eliza Myrie & Yasmin Spiro in Conversation
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, October 1st
Rogers Park Prisoner Letter Writing Coalition ~ Meet-up #2
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
Brett Naucke + Manuela De Laborde, Deborah Stratman Screenings
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
Public Newsroom 112: Alderperson Accountability in the 20th Ward
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Giovanna Aguirre-Peresson: Controversial Truth
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Chicago
350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 29th
Kim Laurel: Allegories of Nature
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Union League of Chicago, Third Floor Gallery
65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 8th
Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising
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Polish Museum of America
984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 4:30PM - 7PM
Design + Diversity Conference
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Columbia College Chicago
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
Opening Thursday, August 1st, at 8AM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Justin Suico: Meditative Gardens
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
At War: Alternative Games and Critical Play
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, August 1st, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 11th
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