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Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Stations of the Elevated
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Shape of Now
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Pond Restoration Walk
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Lincoln Park Nature Boardwalk
2001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 11AM - 2PM
The Meet Up
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 1PM - 5PM
Quintessence of Vibrancy
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 8PM - 10PM
Female Power Models in Indian and Greek Mythology
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
Eve L. Ewing in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Altered Translation – closing event
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Corner
2912 N Milwaukee Ave (storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Bright Future
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Terrain Biennial: Evanston Opening Night Reception
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Terrain Biennial
1217 Church St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
S H R I N E
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 7PM - 1AM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Print Factory Art Party: 10th Anniversary Benefit
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Organic Expressionism
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Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery
704 Main St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Head Hunters
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Movement Gallery
515 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 3PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Terrain Biennial at 5737 N. Rockwell
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5737 N. Rockwell
5737 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60659
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
Uneasy Comfort
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Irving-Austin Chicago Public library
6100 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
2017 Beverly Art Walk
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Beverly Arts Alliance / Morgan Park
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 12PM - 7PM
Book Sale to Benefit Self-Reliance School
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Sis, U Belong Here: A Gathering for Black Women
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 7th, at 10AM
On view through Friday, August 4th
Lectures Concerning 16 War Years Saturday
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Moss Def L. and Erin Smego and Heidi Wiren Bartlett
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
Definitely?
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Platform
904 Sherman, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Eye Level Curator’s Talk and Tour
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Grand Opening
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Ice House Gallery & Art Space
609 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 10AM - 9PM
Thiago de Paula Souza
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 2PM - 3PM
Philip von Zweck: Sample Impression: Artist Talk
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 230PM - 330PM
Lukey Walden: Them/Here
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Sustain Gallery & Workspace
1201 W Leland, Chicago IL, 60640
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 7PM - 9:45PM
Cauleen Smith: If Thoughts could Heal
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 2PM - 4PM
Logan Five Year Bash
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 11:30AM - 11:30PM
Quickening: Experimental Animations by Mothers
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Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 7th, at 6PM
Without Proper Entanglement
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The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, October 25th
Opening Closings: Reactivating Closed Chicago Public Schools
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Former Anthony Overton Elementary School
4927 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 11AM - 3PM
Perform/Transform 2: Everything Now!
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The Cooperation Operation
657 E 114th St. Chicago, IL, 60628
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 10AM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Misty De Berry: little sister: An Afro Temporal Solo-Play
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
Mark of the Hand
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Tall Grass Arts Association
367 Artists Walk, Park Forest, IL 60466
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Paul Pinzarrone
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317 Gallery / Ameriprise / Horseflower's Creative
317 Market St, Rockford, IL, 61107
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Mark Tardi, Chris Glomski, + Emily Martin
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Sector 2337 / The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Recovering Artist Series #25—Featuring Dan N.
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The Rec Room
4138 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
ARC Annual Member Exhibition
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ARC Gallery
2156 N Damen Ave Ste 1, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Carlos Matallana: Brea
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lacy Coligan: An Exhibition of Clarity
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Agave Studio
2950 W Chicago Ave, #202, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 6th
Kick-off Event: Twisted Oyster Film Fest 2017
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Your Happy Place Liquors
2501 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Amo Zeng: “Untitled”
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gallery no one
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Room 303, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 6th
Self Controlled
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Wabee/Sabee Studios
629 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 12AM
Broken Borders
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
The Portrait Art Show
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Logan Square Tattoo
2352 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
A Rainbow in Curved Air
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 26th
Why Japanese American Incarceration Matters Today
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, Illinois 60614
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Project 1612
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Terrain Biennial at Project 1612
1612 W Margaret Ave, Peoria, IL 61604-2547
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
What I Learned About Healing
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 3PM - 6PM
Hương Ngô: And the state of emergency is also always a state of emergence
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 26th
Songs of Innocence and Experience: 1960s Rock & Roll Films
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
A is for Artist
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 26th
Artists of Expressions
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Carbondale Community Arts
304 W Walnut St, Carbondale, IL 62901
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
Chicago South Side Film Festival
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Studio Movie Grill
210 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Ext Collective
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The Robey Hall
2022 W North Ave. Chicago, IL. 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, October 6th
Cornelia Arts Open House
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Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 6th
Richard Tuttle: 100 Epigrams
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
Daddy Issues
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Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7 PM - 11 PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Sadie Woods: A Study in Rhyme and Song – From Minstrel Show Tune to Children’s Nursery Rhyme
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Misty De Berry: little sister: An Afro Temporal Solo-Play
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Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, Rm 205, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
Best of 2017 EMA Exhibitions
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 31st
15th Annual Art on Cardboard Show
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S. Morgan St. Chicago IL 6068
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, October 6th
Making Out
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SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
From Combahee to #BlackLivesMatter: Exploring a History of Black Politics and Culture
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6:30PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, December 7th
Thinging Bodies
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: /peh-LO-tah/—a futbol framed freedom suite . . .
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 5th, at 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Public Newsroom #36: How to Report on Child Welfare in Illinois
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Maxwell Street: A Living Memory
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The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Matter / Structure / Architecture
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The Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Heart Our Art(ists)
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The Blackstone Hotel
636 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Feminist Films: The Son I Never Had–Growing Up Intersex
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University of Illinois at Chicago's Women's Leadership and Resource Center
1101 W Taylor Street, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Adaptive Reuse: Before it was Hip
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
Understanding Indigenous Roots: An Intercultural Discourse
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Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Party Noire Presents: Pussy Power IV
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The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave W, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 9PM - 2AM
caring shifts, shifting cares: A performance by Joan Giroux and Lisa Kaftori
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St. Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Making Out
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SITE Sharp
37 S. Wabash, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
Alternative Histories, Alternative Archives: A one-day symposium on the state of the archive
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 9am - 5PM
No Hay Mal
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Thursday, October 5th
La Pasión del Artista
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Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College
202 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 4:30PM - 7PM
Tropical Malady: Queerness and Political Critique in the Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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McLean Ballroom at SAIC
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 7PM
Self-Care for the Cultural Worker
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Bourgeois Pig Cafe
738 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Checks and Balances
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Loyola University Chicago Mundelein Center for Fine and Performing Arts
1020 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
#NoCopAcademy! Art Making Party
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Grace Episcopal Church
637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Literary Horizons & Cross-Cultural Contact
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Love and Then Some: 1960s Protest and Liberation, Civil & Human
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Matter/Structure/Architecture
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jens Jensen The Living Green
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National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
In Progress: Coriama Couture with Felicia Holman
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Kiara Lanier’s EP Listening Party
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Silent Funny
4106-08 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Tuesday, October 3rd, from 8PM - 11PM
Voices: Romi Crawford
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Magic Like Death
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Arts & Science Gallery, Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408
Opening Monday, October 2nd, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
Enemy Kitchen
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Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 2PM - 6PM
Closing: Eretz HaKodesh, Eretz HaChalul (Holy Land, Hollow Land)
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Hume Chicago
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Inherit Chicago
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Various locations around Chicago
Opening Sunday, October 1st, at 1 October 2017
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Conundrum Conversation No Safety in Silence
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Phantom Gallery Chicago Network
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 3PM - 6PM
CROWD OUT: The Performance
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Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 3PM - 4PM
Hungry for Stories #8 — Frugal Poets’ Guide to Life feat. Cynthia Gallaher
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Love and Protect Art Party
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In These Times
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 12PM - 3PM
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