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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
March 2024
Video Data Bank Presents: ROUNDABOUT
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, March 14th, at 6PM
Nora Benjamin and Arrietta van der Voort: I Am, I Am, I Am: Artist Talk
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C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B Wells Dr Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, April 3rd
THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKE A SNAKE with Megan McDowell and Antonio Díaz Oliva
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, March 14th, at 7PM
The Image Pool
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Selva Aparicio: In Memory Of
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, March 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Panel Discussion: Native Language Revitalization and Contemporary Art
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Thursday, March 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
LUNCH & LEARN/DESIGNING BELONGING – At present in The Available City
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Red Line Service
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, March 14th, from 12PM - 2PM
Mariana Noreña G: Reflections of Place
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UNAM Chicago
350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, March 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, April 17th
Lawrence Agyei: A Journey
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McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, March 13th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Friday, April 12th
BMRC Community Symposium
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The Joseph Regenstein Library
1100 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, March 13th, from 12:30PM - 2PM
Culture of Care with Rhonda Wheatley: Tarot Readings for the Collective
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Threewalls
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 13th, from 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Douglas Kearney Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Homeroom Residency: Spectralina w/ Norman Long, Ayako Kato, Jason Roebke
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, March 12th, at 8PM
WBEZ Presents: RuPaul – House of Hidden Meanings
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The Vic Theatre
3145 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, March 12th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
FRIDA: Film Screening
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, March 11th, at 7PM
Peggy West Art Exhibition
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Illinois Central College
1 College Dr, East Peoria, IL 61611
On view through Thursday, April 11th
L’sGA: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Sunday, March 10th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
EKLEKTIK BERLINISTAN: QUEER PATHWAYS THROUGH BERLIN’S MIDDLE EASTS
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The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, March 10th, at 7PM
End of Chinese New Year Month Celebration
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 10th, from 3PM - 9PM
Ed Oh: Remote
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, March 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Chicago Creative Machines: Julie Zhu
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
The Village Strings Concert
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Saint Nicholas Cathedral
835 N Oakley Blvd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 10th, at 1PM
Art & Gratitude I A Weekend With Visiting Artist Rae Senarighi Transpainter
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Sunday, March 10th, from 12PM - 3PM
Ellen Phan
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 8PM
Live Arts | The Next Cup of Tea
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Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater
1650 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 8PM
Ben Foch: Proof Of Werq
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 6th
Uplifting Art Against Genocide: Honoring Local Palestinian and MENA Creatives
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 6PM
Handmade Market
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The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 12PM - 4PM
Nicki Cherry: I can be a woman for you
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slow dance
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
Leslie Baum: ordinary awe
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Andreas Fischer: Sky Hole
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Saretta Morgan, Imani Elizabeth Jackson, and Ed Roberson celebrate ALT-NATURE
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 6PM
Katrina Majkut: In Control
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 5th
DEEP LISTENING: THE STORY OF PAULINE OLIVEROS
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 12PM
Ghislaine Leung: Questions
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Swift Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 3PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Family Day | Book Day
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 11AM - 3PM
Tooth for a Tooth
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Hesam, Steph Patsula, Chelsea + Saylor
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, March 9th, at 8PM
DRAG IN THE ROUND
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan Street
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 9PM - 10:30PM
Anjal Chande: The Next Cup of Tea
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Steppenwolf Theatre
1650 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, March 8th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 16th
Full & Fragmented Affections Closing
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Yes Project Space
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Men I Have Ever Met
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Socket to Sit in
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 5th
Serene Sessions
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Maria Laureno: Landscape of Moments
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9:45PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Oscar Joyo: Chaos w/ Care
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9:45PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
SWOP-CHICAGO’S 4TH ANNUAL CHICAGOLAND SEX WORKERS ART EXHIBITION
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Women’s Work
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THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY
4354 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Maria Laureno: Landscape of Moments
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Annette Baskinskas
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T. Mari Art Gallery
1227 W Devon Ave ,Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
2024 Annual SAMA Show: A Captivating Connection Between Art and Science
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Jacob Hashimoto: Fables
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Riverside Brookfield High School Advanced Placement Art Exhibition
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, May 30th
Kal Lee: Dust Beneath Snow
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The Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, April 30th
40th Annual High School Art Exhibition
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Robert F. DiCaprio Art Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College
9000 College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL 60465
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, March 14th
Gallery Conversation: Letter from Birmingham Jail
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
CLEAT Series: Big Pal w/ Emily Craver, Paul Hertz and Christopher Walczak ‘Campos | Temporales’
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, March 8th, at 8PM
Ouroboros by Nejla Yatkin
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES (2019) with seed bank researcher Sarah Hollis
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 7th, at 7PM
There Is A Future / Tenemos Un Futuro
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, March 7th, at 7PM
On view through Friday, March 8th
The Future of Literary Stewardship
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Colvin House
5940 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Lecture: #5WomenArtists—New Narratives in the Americas Collection
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
CAPE Dialogue: What is a Community?
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CAPE
1010 W 35th St STE 697 Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Nora Benjamin and Arrietta van der Voort: I am, I am, I am
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C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, April 3rd
Regin Igloria: Seven Skins
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
Ruby Que: Consider a Disappearance: Closing Performance
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, March 7th
Improvised Music Series: Kwan/Beisel/Harris + Akasha
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Thursday, March 7th, at 8:30PM
History of American Pies: and Illinois is Well Represented
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First Baptist Church
601 Main St, Multi-purpose Room, Carthage, IL 62321
Opening Thursday, March 7th, at 6PM
Blueshift Big Band Vinyl Release of JOYSTICK JAZZ Vol. 2 Live at FSC
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, #suite 307, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, March 7th, from 8PM - 10PM
Ex Pat, Suicide Moi, DJ Fading, Trou
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, at 7:30PM
Lifting As They Climbed: Virtual Book Launch
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Haymarket House
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Patricia Fernández
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Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, at 4PM
No Art : Art Show
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The President's Gallery, Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St, 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 3 PM - 4:30 PM
On view through Tuesday, April 2nd
Chris Sancomb: Lecture
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, March 6th, from 1PM - 2PM
Homeroom Residency: Spectralina w/ Ben LaMar Gay + Frederick Wells
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, at 8PM
Book Signing with Cody Hudson and Ed Marszewski
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Fernando Laposse Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Messages of Care
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Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, March 5th, from 4PM - 6PM
Alexander Adams/Ishmael Ali/Andrew Scott Young, Maria Elena Silva, Taste Rubber, Seth Andrew Davis & Kevin Cheli
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, March 4th, at 8PM
Sam Anthem: What’s Inside
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
From Blue, to Bright: Closing
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Fourtunehouse Art Center
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
Chicago Creative Machines: Hunter Brown
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Tour | entre horizontes
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 2PM - 2:30PM
Vector vs. Raster
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Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago,, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media
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The Urbana Free Library
210 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Opening Sunday, March 3rd, from 2PM - 3PM
Meanwhile: NSFW Meanwhile: NSFW
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 6PM
Chantal Akerman: JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, at 6:15PM
Jessica Tucker: skin would call a poor eye simple
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 9th
INSIDE // OUTSIDE
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STASIAS
44 E Cedar St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Macon Reed: All Witches Are Gay
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RUSCHMAN
4148 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 13th
Deep Listening Part 1
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Augustana Lutheran Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 5PM
25th International Open
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Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Yaismel Alba Garib: WOW YEAH
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
March & Wine Night
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Creative Coworking
922 Davis St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, May 1st
Water Conversation with Andrea Jackson
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 1PM - 2PM
Noa Sainz
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, at 7PM
Stitches of the Soul: Quilting Series
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Actions for the Earth Gallery Talk with Stephanie Smith
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Octavia Butler Read-a-thon
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, March 2nd, from 12PM - 3PM
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