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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
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The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 14th, at 10PM
black and white
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, September 14th, from 9 am - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Lia Kohl and Kiku Hibino at Constellation
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 14th, from 8:30PM - 10:30PM
Alice Tippit: The Deep Element
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Diana Solis & Patric McCoy: Just Below The Surface
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Container | Pod Blotz | Jenn Trezza
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 13th, at 9PM
Live @ ESS
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 8PM - 11PM
CLEAT Series: seah, Hedra Rowan, Luxate
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 13th, at 8PM
Zelienople with Paige Alice Naylor
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, September 13th, at 8PM
Jenny Halpern: Puppy Love
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Yes Project Space
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Jeff Kimmel: Quiet Comfort
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
reMemory
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Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660`
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Vanessa Viruet: Bebesota
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 25th
Kelsea Nichols: Out of Place, Out of Sorts
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Allen Moore: The Black Glo-Liath: in blood we rust
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Cortney Philip: My Only Friends Are Audiobooks
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Greenleaf Art Center
1806 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, October 1st
Michelle Hartney: Unplanned Parenthood
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Jingqi Wang Steinhiser & Xuanlin Ye: Ghost Pounding the Wall
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Alex Velázquez: Brightbill ETHNIC BODIES
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
October Sharify: AUTOMATA
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
Tony Armendariz: LATIN EXPRESSIONS
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
Indelible ORIGINS | Place + People: Why WE Are Here – Closing Reception
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The GREYSTONE Collective
4733 S Forrestville Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
Rob Fischer: A Bird Song
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
In Your Face: Barbara DeGenevieve, Artist & Educator
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SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
繁荫 Fán Yīn
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Povos Downtown
600 W Van Buren St Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Micah Schippa-Wildfong: Civilization of Happiness
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MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
David Antonio Cruz: come close, like before
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
0055 | Allostatic Load – Sculptures by Meghann Sottile
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Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave. Suite 419 Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Design as Activism Symposium
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Various Locations
Chicago
On view through Saturday, September 14th
Nancy Natow-Cassidy: Exuberance
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Decatur Area Arts Council Gallery
125 E North Water St, Decatur, IL 62523
Opening Friday, September 13th, from 8:30 - 4:30 PM
On view through Friday, September 27th
troy briggs: a fold
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Bird Show
Online
On view through Friday, September 27th
Legacy on the Line
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El Anticuario
1425 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
Chicago at the Millennium: Paintings by Jill Jeannides, 1995 – 2021
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Friendly Community Room
6725 W Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Megan Williamson: Folded Space
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Hana Pietri Gallery
2950 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Jitish Kallat: Artist Talk
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Theaster Gates: When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 16th
Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917–1967
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
John Santoro: Mud Time: And Other Forces of Nature
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McCormick Gallery
2251 W Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
FOUR: Lester Johnson’s Selected Works
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Stamelos Gallery Center
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128-2406
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Ziccy Delamarter: My Grotesque Comforts: Closing Reception
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C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, September 12th
Sex In Colour Film Screening
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, September 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Indigenous Chicago
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Friday, January 24th
Drone Rodeo
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Hideout Chicago
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, at 7PM
Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville Monument
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, at 7PM
Judith Brotman: Love Letters to My Strange Familiars
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Material
2025 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Christine Forni: Natural Recall
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McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
SAIC Fiber and Material Studies Mitchell Lecture series presents: Cian Dayrit
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SAIC Sharp Building - Room 327
37 S Wabash Ave, Room 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, from 11:15 am - 12:15 PM
EveryDay Art Everyday Materials: The History of Everyday Art Now and then
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, at 2PM
Art Design Chicago Talk Series: Designing for Change
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Lumpen Radio
105.5FM Chicago or lumpenradio.com
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
FEK Draw: Fetish, Erotica and Kink
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, September 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Samuel R. Delany Lecture
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School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, September 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Wednesday, September 10th
Holly Holmes: Companions
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Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Rafael Nieves: Welcome Home
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Riverside Arts Center at the Riverside Town Hall
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Yvette Marie Dostatni: Face Value: Identities Both Seen and Unseen
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Annikah Idovia: Echoes of Lakay
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906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 2PM - 6PM
Through Fish Eyes
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Clark (Richard) Park
3400 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 2PM - 3PM
Pop Up Judaica Market: Entering the High Holy Days through Creative Practice
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, 4th Floor,Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 12PM - 5PM
Art for the Living & the Dead – Death Cafe
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, November 15th
ZINEmercado Zine Fest 2024
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 8th, from 11AM - 6PM
Radical Craft: Arts Education at Hull-House, 1889-1935
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Isa Gonzalez: MOTHERHOOD
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WHIM at Stage 773
1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, September 7th, at 7PM
Side Yard Sounds Presents: Tommaso Moretti Inside Out 4tet
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compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Christian Rentas: SPIRIT
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NYCH Gallery
2025 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Recognize That Your Name is Already on Every Place You Place Your Feet
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Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Maddie May: still, still
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Maya Nguyen & I-Chien Chen: Multi Maintenance
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 7th, at 3PM
Chicago Ceramics Crawl
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Chicago
City Wide Open House
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 11am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 8th
Exhibition Tour with Indira Johnson, Gunjan Kumar, and Kunal Sen
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Summer Soundwalk Series: Deirdre Harrison, Ed Wilkerson and Avreeayl Ra
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Washington Park
5531 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 10:30AM - 12PM
Printers Row Literary Festival
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Printers Row
620 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 7th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 8th
Christian Gutierrez & Mikey Mosher: Manual of Instructions
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Free Range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 11th
Derek Spencer: Field of Flesh
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Leisure
Division & Western Avenues, Chicago
Opening Friday, September 6th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Freedom From and Freedom To
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
Transvengence
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Clash On Clark
4416 N Clark St Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Thank You For Today’s Company
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
(Un)Avoidable Silence
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Neither Here Nor There
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Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 15th
Asco: A Study Call to Response – Acts of Protest from L.A. to Chicago
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, September 30th
TAPPERS & TAPESTRIES Vol. 3
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 307, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
Visions Unveiled: Contemporary Art Showcase
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Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 6th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
GINA HUNT: Mirage
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 5th
Jeff D Servos: Walk With Me
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 6th
Rafael Blanco: Reflecting on a Decade of Public Art
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 5th
Nicholas Sistler: TORQUE
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SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
bARBER / X.A. Li / Evan Stoler
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Rick Telander: Sweet Dreams: Poems and Paintings for the Child Abed
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August House Studio
2113 W Roscoe St, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 28th
Chicago and Vicinity (and Redux)
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Care of Gallery
990 Green Bay Rd, Winnetka, IL 60093
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
Shaun Leonardo: #23
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Gareth Kaye: Art in Chicago: 1995 – 2025
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Nicole Leung & Ruby Que: Vanishing Point
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Ále Campos: A Cloak Dripping Femme
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Ross Hansen: of human feelings
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Tromarama: Auto Ally
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Suzanne Harris & Gordon Matta-Clark: 1971 – 1978
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Cathrine Whited: Great!
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Aya Nakamura: Sight Lines
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Chris CJ Pyle: About Face
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
9th Annual RNDD Fall Gallery Walk
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River North Design District
Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 7th
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