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Piranesi and Architectural Magnificenza
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Contested City: From Lower East Side of NYC to West Side Chicago
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
SAIC MakeWork Showcase
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Whipped Cream
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Auditorium Theatre
50 E Ida B Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
M(otherhood), Part I
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Computer Science on the Chicago Streets: Conversations on Data Visualization
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Northern Illinois University Art Museum
116 Altgeld Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 5:05PM - 6PM
Fashion and Fabric: Textiles, Trade, and Africa
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
George Hansen
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Village Tap Chicago
2055 W Roscoe St, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Public Newsroom 103: In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ellen Greene and Vanessa Filley: Our Next YouTime!
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Art Encounter
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Interdisciplinary Art Critique
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Elizabeth Smith on Lee Bontecou
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol: Chicago Stories
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud Bey/Black Star
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
Ellen Greene and Vanessa Filley: Our Next YouTime!
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Art Encounter
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Tabita Rezaire: Network Blossom
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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, April 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Damaged Goods & FOBia
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
MAKE Lit Presents: A Lit & Luz Fundraiser & Social!
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
The City, Unfolding on Foot
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Columbia College Chicago, Ferguson Lecture Hall, The 600 Building (ACC)
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
2019 Student Annual
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Incommunicable
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Cafe Logan
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 8PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Encounters with Asia: Revitalizing Dying Areas in Japan with Site-Specific Art Projects
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Nichols Board of Trustees Suite
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 11AM - 1PM
David Ranney: Living and Dying on the Factory Floor
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
Amina Ross: Black Hair, Intimacy and Touch
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Towards A Newer Avant-Garde Meeting 1
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Laurie Simmons with Genevieve Gaignard, Cyrus Dunham, and Hannah Baer
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
Sinema Obscura presents: Dinner Theatre – act IV
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Uncommon Ground
1401 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
J e l l o: Synergy
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Ça Twiste à Poponguine
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Comfort Film
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 8PM - 10PM
Jennifer Reeder
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Art Theory and Practice
1880 Campus Dr, Kresge Hall 1515, Evanston, IL, 60208
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 5PM - 6PM
Aruna D’Souza
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Havana From On High
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Tuesday, April 9th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
URL 2 IRL
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Fo Wilson and Chelsea Frazier
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Tuesday, April 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Newton Harrison
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Rubloff Auditorium: 230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, April 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Teju Cole: Coming to Our Senses: Experience
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sappho’s Salon: 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, April 8th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Jill Magid: Permission as Material
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Kresge Hall
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Monday, April 8th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Leonardo Drew
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Gordon Parks Arts Hall, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
5815 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Genevieve Gaignard and Derrick Woods-Morrow
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LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, April 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Nazia Kazi: Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 3PM - 4PM
Edra Soto: Art Walk
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Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
VISCERAL: Artists Talk
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Avenue Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Sun is Setting/Faith in Strangers
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
David Maljković: Also on View: Closing
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Ivy Guild: Poetics of Pyracantha
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 1PM - 3PM
Elements: an interactive gallery
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MALA: Muslim American Leadership Alliance
20 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 2PM - 5PM
Of Folk, Faith, and Fellowship: Exploring Chicago’s African-American Women Composers
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Dr. Regina Bittner: Bauhaus Translated
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Northwestern MFA Open Studios
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Northwestern University - Locy Hall
1850 S Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Body + Camera 2019: The Un/Certain Body
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, April 7th, from 10AM - 8PM
Stephanie Taiber: Natural Order
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Colleen Hardison: Halftone Projects Release Party
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Halftone Projects
2523 N Fairfield Ave Apt 1, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
FOUND ART + FOOD
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Post Scarcity
2215 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Millian Giang Lien Pham: Dislocated Labor
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Ricky McEachern: Vietnam: Chroma and Movement
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Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark Street Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, April 30th
Daniel Hendricksen: Paper & Wood
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Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 6th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, April 30th
GOT IT FOR CHEAP
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
Christina Haglid: Tiny Sanctuaries and Carol Pylant: Into the Ulterior
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Gallery Victor Armendariz
300 West Superior, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 12PM - 3:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Yvette Kaiser-Smith: On seeing: one point
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Kathy Halper: What a Day It’s Been
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 22nd
Dorit Jordan Dotan: Redundant: Everything Must Go: Closing
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Wedge Projects
1448 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 6th
John Maloof
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
Stina Joy Henslee: Eat Your Heart Out
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Ampersand Cowork
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
On view through Saturday, June 15th
Susana Aldanondo: The Intersection of Art and Music
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Union Street Gallery
1527 Otto Blvd, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 1PM - 3PM
Joe Rauen: Unknown Musical Objects
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Union Street Gallery
1527 Otto Blvd, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 1PM - 3PM
Jessica Pierotti
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Perpetual Help
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ColorCircles
5524 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
Ann Craven: Promise (Birds for Chicago)
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Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Filiberto
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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
John Corbett: Pick Up the Pieces
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Giovanna Aguirre Peresson: The World We Live In
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Austin-Irving Branch, Chicago Public Library
6100 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 2PM - 5PM
Jamie Viebach
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The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 2PM - 4PM
Raul Ortiz: GRID-locked on Grand
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Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, #1 Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, April 30th
Jillian Hansen-Lewis: Borrowed Lamps (applause for my friends)
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 26th
Meditative Abstracts with Kristen Neveu
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The Collage Cafe
1129 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
Judy Bowman: This Stillness: Gallery Talk
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, May 5th
First Saturday Evanston Art Events
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 12PM - 8PM
Found Object Puppetry
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Outer Space Studios
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 12PM - 4PM
Vertical Gallery 6-Year Anniversary Group Show
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Kathy Halper: What A Day It’s Been
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, April 22nd
Source of Origin
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 19th
The Long Term
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 10th
David Maljković: Also on View: Tour
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
Jessica Pierotti
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640, 3rd Floor
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Darin Latimer: Deathless-ness; 10,000 Works (Eyes & Teeth Dept.)
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Saturday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
The 24th Annual Asian American Showcase
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Wednesday, April 17th
Herman Aguirre: Cicatriz
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Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
A World Apart
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, April 25th
Traces from Off the Beaten Path
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Dittmar Gallery
1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 28th
Rachel Harrison, Albert Oehlen, Jimmy Wright
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Corbett vs. Dempsey, Main Gallery
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Karl Wirsum
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Corbett vs. Dempsey, Main Gallery
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Go Back to China
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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 Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
UIC MFA Thesis Screening
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
Urban Art Pop-Up Trunk Show
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, April 11th
19th Annual National Juried Photo Show
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, May 1st
Christian Arrecis
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Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct. Elgin IL 60120
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, April 30th
Master of None
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 27th
Edward Cabral & Nick Van Zanten: Bad Taste
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
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