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Eighth Blackbird with Pamela Z
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
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Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium
Pine St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 8PM - 10PM
Tina Zimen: Figure & Foliage
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Three Crowns Park
2323 Mcdaniel Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
The Test Show
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Ground Level Platform
2001 S Halsted St #1, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Protest Banner Workshop
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
TWENTYunderTWENTY Exhibition Gallery Hours + Events
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Katie Wood: running water
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Zach Blas: Obedient x3
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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, October 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Eighth Blackbird: Love Letters
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Personal Expression & Collective Action
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In These Times
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Tadao Ando: Houses for Art
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Gallery Talk with Maite Borjabad
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 10th, at 6PM
Tangelo 20
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Elephant Man
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
Chicana Movidas: Book Talk + Reception
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Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Social Architecture: Queer Space
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CTA Southport
3411 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Hearth 2019 Annual Benefit Auction & Dinner
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Low Res Studio
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Explore Their Stories | Films On Excellence | Bapsi Sidhwa
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Floating World Gallery
1925 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 10:30PM
Repatriation of Cultural Patrimony
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
Third Realm
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Sip & Soirée for RJ
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The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Michelle Grabner
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Art Theory and Practice
Nortwhestern University, 1880 Campus Dr, Kresge Hall Room 1515, Evanston, IL, 60208
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5PM - 6PM
Jenelle Esparza and Melissa Leandro with Dianna Frid
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
Restraint | Amina Ross: Eclipsing (Body)
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
David Gamble: Andy Warhol’s House
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Hilton Asmus Contemporary
716 N Wells St, Chicago IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 11 am - 7 PM
On view through Thursday, November 21st
Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook in Logan Square
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Rosa's Lounge
3420 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Justice For Comfort Women at the Justice Hotel
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Justice Hotel at 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Pour One Out: I Crossed Borders for
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Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Art of the Self Pitch: a Professional Development Workshop
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
Midnight Cowboy
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Bedsheet Cinema
1914 N Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 8PM - 11:30PM
Paul Hendrickson: Plagued By Fire
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House
5757 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
Annalee Newitz: The Future of Another Timeline
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American Writers Museum
180 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Landis Blair and Eddie Campbell: The Envious Siblings
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 7PM - 8PM
Curator Tour: Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
René Romero Schuler
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The Gallery
202 E Wisconsin Ave, Lake Forest, IL 60045
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Option: John Krausbauer and Tetuzi Akiyama
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Learning in Public: Professional Development Panels
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 14th
Do Not Submit: Rogers Park
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PUB 626
1406 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, December 2nd
Poetry off the Shelf: Eduardo C. Corral
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
We Are All Homeless, 1993 – 2008
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IU Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Arts
3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, October 18th
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group [BR]
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the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, October 6th, at 3PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3PM - 5PM
Jordan Scott: Vortex Series
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Evanston Art Center
1717 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Courtney Cobbs: Relaxation with Reiki
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 12PM - 2PM
Reawakening Vision: Photography by Dorrell Creightney
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
October 2019 Core Program
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The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 10AM - 3:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
Nicholas Phillips’ #45miniatures: A Musical Response to Trump
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Jorge Lucero: The Yourstuff Museum
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, June 1st
ArtFeed: In a Cloud
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The Evening Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 11AM - 1PM
Pop América, 1965–1975: Exhibition Tour
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3PM - 3:45PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Akiyama/Boyd, Krausbauer/Suzuki, Inglizian/Faber + more
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 9PM - 11PM
Terrain Biennial: North Wayne Block
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Terrain Biennial
5418 N Wayne Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Jan Brugger: Devices to Stay Afloat
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Soft Sunday Openings at Compound Yellow
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL60302
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 6PM
FOUND: Love Letters of Muslim Resistance and Community
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Evanston Terrain Biennial Opening & Block Party
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Terrain Biennial Evanston
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Social Architecture: Bronzeville
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47th (CTA Green)
600 E 47th St, Chicago IL 60653
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Fall 2019 Fieldwork! The Field/Chicago
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Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2:30PM - 5PM
Bob Faust, Jenn Smith & Shoshanna Weinberger
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Landing Projects
2858 W Belle Plaine Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Marshall Svendsen
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Evanston Art Center
1717 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Sandra Wilcoxon: Embellished Bones Opening
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Slacks Window Gallery
5752 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Cherry Moth Cake: The New Breed
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Taller de Catrinas (6 Semanas)
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Casa Michoacán Federación De Clubes Michoacános En Illinois
1638 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
POWER & EXPRESSIONS The Arts Movement Continues…
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Haven Entertainment Center
932 E 43rd St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 11PM
Sarah Davachi
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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Color Me Southside Community Event at Mariano’s Bronzeville
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Mariano's
3857 S Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 4PM
Social Architecture: Argyle St.
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Argyle CTA Station
1118 W Argyle Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 2PM
Dyeing of Textiles (Naturally)
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Kilbourn Park
3501 N Kilbourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
South Side Projections: From the Archives
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Jeff Prokash and Danny Floyd: Stillness Variations
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Mekko
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
Achilles’ High Heel: A Sketch Show
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Judy's Beat Lounge
230 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 9PM - 10PM
Word To Mother: Let Love Lead the Way
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Angel Onofre: Stab Happy
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1840 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 10PM
Caution! Freedom: Gallery Talk
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One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Terrain Biennial 2019: Opening Block Party
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Terrain Exhibitions
1150 Block of Lyman Ave, Oak Park, IL, 60304
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Santina Amato: Because the flowers won’t last,Christine Forni: Remembering Sophia’s Garden, and Meg T. Noe; eternal light
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Voices of the World
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 9PM
Midwest Waterways Short Film Festival
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Roxy Theater
1017 S State St, Lockport, IL 60441
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Jean Sousa: Film Poems & 16mm Shorts
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Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Evanston Made Fall Studio Tour
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The Collage Cafe
1129 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
What Is the Midwest?
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 10AM - 12:30PM
CELEBRATING DAY OF THE DEAD: WORKSHOP SERIES
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Casa Michoacán Federación de Clubes Michoacános En Illinois
1638 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Stories in Stone: Cemetery Symbolism
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Valerie Kahan Art Reception and ICE Children Fundraiser
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Ice House Gallery Evanston
609 South Blvd, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
Duncan Robert Anderson: In the Shadow of the Cathedral of Lost Constellations
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Graduate SAIC Day
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SAIC MacLean Ballroom
112 S Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
On view through Saturday, October 5th
Colleen Keihm: Holding Site
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Chicago Review Black Arts Movement
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Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 4th
Positive Slope: Stories of Chicago Public Schools
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
Namir Fearce: I’m Building Me a Home
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Documentary
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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, October 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, October 17th
Michael Gaylord James: Pictures From The Long Haul
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AdventureLand Works on Paper
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Annual Members’ Exhibition
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
In-Between States
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ACRE
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
We Are Witnesses: Chicago: (In)Justice for All Film Festival
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
Chicago Teachers Union-SEIU Local 73 Community Art Build
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Chicago Teachers Union
1901 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Terrain Biennial Artist Toast
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CNL Projects
2759 Garrison Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
Itsi, Chelsea Bridge, Secret Boyfriend, Housefire
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Brat Trap
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 8PM - 12AM
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