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PleiadesFest Day 2 w/ Circuit des Yeux
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 8th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 9th
Lampo: Michelle Lou & Bryan Jacobs
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Saturday, June 8th, at 7PM
ArtEdge 2024
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
Self | Portrait
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CSI project Space and Gallery
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 12th
Pieter Schoolwerth and Keith Tilford: Brain Worms
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Liza Jo Eilers and Andrew Ordonez: Scorchers
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RADAR | Roommate
912 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, June 24th
Naomi Elson & Lauren Iacoponi: There Is No Lack of Void
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
ANJANETTE YOUNG: I AM HER
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345 Art Gallery
345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 4PM - 8PM
Kim Piotrowski: Wall to Wall: Artist Talk
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, June 8th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Akito Tsuda: Pilsen Days: Opening Reception
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Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, December 31st
Talia Kimberly Wright: Venerate, Venerate!
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The GREYSTONE Collective
4733 S Forrestville Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 6th
Vaughn Davis: Reminiscing
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cam.contemporarie
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Nazafarin Lotfi: Vanishing Point
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Sculpting Light: Tour of Chryssa and Ando
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, June 8th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Collage Culture: Panel Discussion
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 8th, at 1PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Family Day: Paper Kite-Making
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
Eric Von Haynes: Drawn Through Restraint
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, August 2nd
Eli Greene: Adler and Adler
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Radical Used Book Fair!
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, June 8th, from 11AM - 3PM
Made in Taiwan: Cookbook Event with Clarissa Wei and Kevin Pang
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City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
PleiadesFest Day 1 w/ Heet Deth
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 7th, at 8PM
Israelism: Screening + Panel Discussion
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Carina Vargas-Nuñez: The Emergence of the Cicadas
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
CORRESPONDENCE CARTOGRAPHIES: Short Films by Jean-Jacques Martinod & Matthew Wolkow
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Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, June 7th, at 7PM
Silent Dinner
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bim bom studios
5226 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Sébastien Johnson: MIDZOMER NACHT DROOM
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Ekaterina Popova: ROOM FOR YOU
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
PUTA MESTIZA MARICA: ¡Que Mierda Haz Hecho!
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 7th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Caitlyn Doran: HYPER DISTRACTION
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Beth Kotz: Love & Chaos
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Gallery Hobo 23
3200 W Carroll Ave #305c Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, July 31st
DO SAY GAY: BANNED BOOKS AND LGBTQ+ FREEDOMS
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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
AI, Smart Lights, and More: Workshop with Giau Truong
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
PATTY CARROLL: Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise and Disaster
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ARTRUSS
4553 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Norbert Maszalek: Vessels
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 27th
John Osler: Detroit Jazz Portraits
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
David Lee Csicsko: Mr. Fancy Pants: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Icons
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Moises Salazar: In my Arms
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Rockeries by the Garden
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MANA Contemporary #450
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
Beth LeFauve: LOST and FOUND
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Margaret Wharton: Constructions: 1979 – 2011
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
Richard Maguire : Amidst Relations
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Noé Martínez : Las raices conversan por debajo de la tierra
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, June 7th
William Schaeuble: Fights
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Povos West Town
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
E. Saffronia Downing: Tracks and Other Signs
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Old Friends
3405 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Laura Catherwood: All Things Stirring
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Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1r Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Matt Paweski: Table Setting
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Krista Franklin: any bright spark
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Erin Jane Nelson: Undersight
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 3rd
Jessica Bingham: I love you more than you do
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Peoria Art Guild
203 Harrison St, Peoria, IL 61602
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, May 29th
Collage Culture
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Marvin Tate: Parts 1 & 2
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 27th
Lily Homer: Bean Throne; Mud Castle
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 27th
Joe Forte: AMERICAN WALLPAPER
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Materialized Visions II
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Black Artists Network
1901 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
CANCELED: Comfort Music: Graciela Gonzalez
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Amin Ghaziani: Long Live Queer Night Life: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Remedies for Disappearing with Alexa Patrick, E’mon Lauren & Kush Thompson
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 7PM - 8PM
Roy Kinsey: A Legacy Project (Court Theatre’s Black Power Series)
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 7PM - 8PM
Cinema in Relation: Yearnings for the Beyond – Program 2
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, June 6th, at 7 PM
Jonathan Van Ness: Gorgeously Me
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Park West
322 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 7PM - 8PM
2024 SCA Collectors Sale: Who Do You Love?
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Freeman's | Hindman
1550 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, June 6th, at 6PM
Sandra Binion: Homage à Odilon Redon
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Galerie Fledermaus
2753 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Housemates Author Talk with Emma Copley Eisenberg
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, June 6th, at 7PM
Gallery Talk: Actions for the Earth with Risa Puleo
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, June 6th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Pretty in Paperback: IN MEMORIAM
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City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 5th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Cinema in Relation: Yearnings for the Beyond – Program 1
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, June 5th, at 7PM
All of a Sudden | Free Film Screening
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Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 5th, from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Tiffany Johnson: Uncounted and Counting
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Rainbow Beach Park Fieldhouse
3111 E 77th St, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Wednesday, June 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Fred Moten / Brandon Lopez Duo
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 5th, at 8PM
Legal Clinic: Bylaws
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Lawyers for the Creative Arts
161 N Clark St, Suite 4200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, June 5th, from 11AM - 3PM
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo: Puerto Rico: A National History
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, June 4th, from 7PM - 8PM
Comfort Music: Li Kohl / Daniel Wyche Duo + Tyresta
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, June 4th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Weaving the Pieces Together
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Abbott Hall
710 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 4th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Live Arts | Noé Martínez
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 4th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
CPS Lives: CLASS OF 2024:
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, June 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
Akito Tsuda: Pilsen Days
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Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago. IL 60605
On view through Tuesday, December 31st
Chicago Artists for Palestine
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The Jewish Museum of Chicago
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Paul Deuth: Crystal Squirrel
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Art Fair at IMSS
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 11AM - 4PM
Multispecies Inc: Art Making Workshop
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Space & Time
3307 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, Il 60618
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Art/Access Lab: Welcome Salon
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
Sandra Binion: Yellow At Noon
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
The Art of Pride 2024
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 12PM - 4PM
I Like Your Art: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 2nd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks”
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, September 22nd
Taíno Areyto in Humboldt Park
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Humboldt Park
731 E 63rd St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 12PM - 1PM
Used Book Sale
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Roden Branch
731 E 63rd St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 9:15AM - 1PM
Drag Story Time
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Coleman Branch
731 E 63rd St, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 10:30AM - 11:30AM
Grab and Go: Pride Mini Charm Keychain
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Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 9AM - 5PM
Words + Wine at 57th Street Wines
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57th Street Wines
448 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 4:30PM - 7:30PM
Pride Month BOOKSALE
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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 10AM - 3:30PM
A Third Act
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SULK Chicago
525 S Dearborn St, APT 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Preview: Projections of Panafrica
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
Erotic Photography Workshop: Hot Kink Gear Photos
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
Sacred Whole
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Back in Da Hood: Renegades of Funk
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Agitator
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Evanston Made’s All Members Group Show
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The Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Zulkhairi Zulkiflee and Sheldon Till Campbell: certain places
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Illusion of Safety, Vertonen, Whisker, SNEK Trio
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 1st, at 8PM
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