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“SOME PEOPLE” (Every)Body
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 15th
CO-G: Phantom Fictions
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The Night Gallery
Future Firm, 3149 S Morgan St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 14th
Grown Folk Stories
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Maryam Taghavi: Anatomy of A Fall
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Lit & Luz Book Club Presents: Authors in Conversation
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Am I Man Enough?
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Nostalgia for the Light
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Platica y Poetry featuring Gregorio Gomez
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W. 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Design in Theatre: From Idea to Ideal
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Anchor Graphics: 25 Years of Printmaking
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Hokin Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 24th
Narcisa Hirsch: Contact Zones
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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, October 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Steve Macek of Project Censored (&Guests) Discuss Censored 2020
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
Angel Bat Dawid’s Mothership9: Duets w/ Dr. Charles Joseph Smith
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 9PM - 12AM
Art and Recovery: Images and Stories Through Addiction
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Sara Uribe
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Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 5PM - 6PM
J e l l o: Season 3, Episode 1
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Lit & Luz: Favorite Poems
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Cesáreo Moreno: Mi Casa es Su Casa
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Meditation & Botanical drawing
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Amanda Greive: Drowning in the Delicate
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Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, November 26th
Karen Azarnia: Full Circle
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Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, November 26th
Patty Carroll: Anonymous Women: Camouflage and Calamity
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Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, November 26th
Lunchtime Lecture: Chicago’s Beekeepers
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 12PM - 1PM
영화 “김복동” / “My name is KIM Bok-dong”
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6018 North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Saeed Jones: How We Fight for Our Lives
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American Writers Museum
180 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Noche Con Ariana Brown | Poesia, Community, Celebration
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Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
Sisters in Cinema: An Evening with Yvonne Welbon
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Policing Racial Violence: 1919 and Beyond
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
In Progress: A Tale of Today with the Driehaus Museum
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Perils and Purpose of Photojournalism
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Puppets in Progress
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Lit & Luz Festival: Verónica Gerber Bicecci
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Northeastern Illinois University, Angelina Pedroso Center
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Building B, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, at 3PM
Eddie Opara
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The Art Institute of Chicago
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Open Door Series: Lisa Fishman & Jennifer Karmin
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Israel Martínez
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Micah Schippa
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 7PM - 8PM
Option: Andrea Pensado
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tegan & Sara
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sappho’s Salon: October
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ola Larsmo: Swede Hollow
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Israel Martínez
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Learning in Public: Artist & Community-based Partnerships
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 14th
Lit & Luz: Documents Bureau and Undocumented Projects Present: The Office of Migratory Perceptions
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, October 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
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, October 13th, from 3PM - 5PM
The Silver Room turns 22!
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The Silver Room (Chicago)
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Creative Conversations: Potluck Supper
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
The Vanishing City: Excavating the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893
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Glessner House
1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 4PM - 5PM
Lit & Luz Keynote Address with Luis Alberto Urrea
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 3PM - 4PM
Second Annual Open Studio at Double Trip Press
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Double Trip Press
3318 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 11AM - 3PM
I RISE
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago. IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Terrain Biennial: Project 1612
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Project 1612
1100 N Underhill St, Peoria, IL 61606
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
Laura Biagi, Ph.D.: Inviting the Medicine
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Never Again Is Now: Mass Incarceration Workshop
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JASC - Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
WooJin Shin & Daniel Salamanca: Mirage
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
Eric Scott Fisher: Broken Words
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Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
Kim Piotrowski: Have and Hold
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Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
Josefien Stoppelenburg: Enchanted Colors
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Rembrandt Chamber Musicians Office
1522 Greenleaf St Suite C, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
MELINA AUSIKAITIS: Free Fake Guitar Demo
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Mark Verabioff: Seminal Videotapes 1984-1992
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 7PM - 11PM
Big Brothers Big Sisters Patio Pop-Up
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 9AM - 1PM
Solid Gold Saturday
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The Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 1PM - 5PM
Mental Filmness
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 4PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
Lit & Luz Festival Kick Off Party
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Sleeping Village
3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Graduation
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
Networks of Resistance
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 11PM
Lavender Women & Killer Dykes: Lesbians, Feminism, and Community in Chicago
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Gerber Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Soviefy/Aerograd & Expect the Be(a)st
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Blvd, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Domestic Violence Awareness Panel Discussion
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Trickster Gallery
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 1PM - 3PM
East of Ridgeland Block Party: Performances for Terrain Biennial
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 3PM - 9PM
Indigenous Languages and Peoples in the Midwest: A Conversation
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 10AM - 1PM
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Theatrical Reading
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 10AM - 12:30PM
IMSS Family Festival
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 10AM - 5PM
Repair Fair at the Bridgeport Library!
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Richard J Daley Library
3400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 1PM - 4PM
A Culinary Journey: How Chinese Workers Built the Railroad
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 2PM - 4PM
Extended Self: Transformations and Connections
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 19th
Alonso Galué: Immigrants To Go
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Agitator Cooperative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Goodbye, Clog
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
John Henley: Hero
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Art Speaks: I want to be…
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 12 PM - 1 PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Beatriz E Ledesma: Tribal Language
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Katy Albert & Emily Eddy: Screen Play
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Roots and Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Bridging the Gap
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One River School
4625 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
garden/ruinate, Reading the diaspora
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
House of the Apocalypse Art Opening
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Luftwerk in collaboration with Iker Gil: Geometry of Light
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Farnsworth House
14520 River Rd, Plano, IL 60545
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
Chip Thomas: Be Here Now!
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
Forgotten Forms
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Polish Imagination – The World of Tomorrow
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Polish Museum of America
984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 1st
Artists Connect: Pamela Z on Robert Rauschenberg
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 12PM - 1PM
Third Realm: Curatorial Tour and Gallery Talk
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 11th, at 12PM
Feminist Freelancers! All Are Welcome.
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Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 11AM - 7PM
On view through Friday, December 27th
Emily Rapport: Everything Is
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Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
¡Las Sandinistas!
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Instituto Cervantes Chicago
31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Words of Encouragement
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 25th
Travelin’ Mercies
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 5th
Journey for Justice: Untold Filipino-American History
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
Bold Abstractions: Paintings from the Thoma Collection Opening
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Rockford Art Museum
711 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61103
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 26th
Ism, Ism, Ism: Dreams of Suitcases and a Blue Lobster
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Kyle Flens: Solo and Duo Works for Percussion
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
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