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Reginald Dwayne Betts
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Figure Tuesdays Art Show
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Agitator Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Grabadolandia
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Poster Plus 50th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibition
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Sacrificed Youth
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Film Studies Center
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Open Studios
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Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, basement, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Disrupting Domestic
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Deb Sokolow: Profiles in Leadership // Drawings without words
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Jacob Hashimoto
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago, Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Gordon Hall
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago avenue Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Bill MacKay & Katinka Kleijn (Tim Breen – visuals), Brett Naucke
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 9PM - 12AM
The Hottest August
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Corona De Oro
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Walter Benjamin’s “Arcades Project”
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Jake Fagundo: All Set
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Okay Gallery
2215 S Union St, #406, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
CHILL SET- teen night at the National Museum of Mexican Art
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
Film Festival Symposium – Town Hall
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, Illinois 60602
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 4PM - 6:30PM
Library Book Club: Carl Phillips
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, Illinois 60654
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Mikhail Kalatozov: Soy Cuba
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Eddie Lohmeyer: Strange Media
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Ground Level Platform
2001 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Yvette Kaiser Smith: Geometrics
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One River School of Art and Design
4625 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 28th
You Should Be Watching
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Vault Gallerie
2015 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
MoCP After Dark
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Amazing Grace
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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Bradley Simmons
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Night Light Gallery and Studios
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Dinner Conversation About Standing Up for Justice & Equity
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
All My Love
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, December 5th
It’s a Small Show After All
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Robert Burnier: Temple
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Julia Bland: The Half That Ties, The Half That Breaks
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Hubbard Street Lofts Open House
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Hubbard Street Lofts
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Rebecca Tanda: A history, a fragment, a territory
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EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Tessellate
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
Project 200 – A Documentation of Native Plants
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
León Felipe: ¿Quién soy yo?
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Instituto Cervantes Chicago
31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, January 24th
Madison Alexander: Cabinet of Curiosities
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C33 Gallery
33 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
20th Nebenzahl Lectures: Redrawing the World after WWI
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Tatiana Bilbao: Unraveling Modern Living—From Domesticity to the Commons
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Beloved
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The Harper Theater
5238 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
A Night of Azure Sky
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Benefits of Accessory Dwelling Units: Preservation Snapshots
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AIA Chicago
35 E Wacker Dr, Ste 250, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
The Prison in Twelve Landscape
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The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Beyond Our Borders Workshop and CrossHatch Symposium
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High Concept Labs
2333 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Public Newsroom 124: Creating A World Beyond Racism and Fascism
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Petty Biennial.2
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, February 14th
Midwest Women Artists: Champions of the Environment
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Bradley University
1501 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL 61625
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 2:30PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, November 8th
Lunchtime Gallery Talk: New Cases in the OI Museum Galleries
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Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 12:15PM - 1PM
Gentrify This! Land of the Freedom of Slumlords & Land Snatchers
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
An Evening with Hiwa K
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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, November 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Restraint | Jessica Pierotti: How to Work Together Part 2
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Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
Ishida in his Time
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Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Poetry & Dance: Floe: The Seldoms & Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Sip Prov 5
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Ismo ismo ismo – Altered Surfaces: Psychedelia and Abstraction
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Comfort Film
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 8PM - 10PM
Poetry off the Shelf: A Celebration of Seamus Heaney
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Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Makerspace
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O'Fallon Public Library
120 Civic Plz, O'Fallon, IL 62269
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
At Play: Honoring Karl Wirsum
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lessons from a Learning Community of Potters in Oaxaca
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art, Intersectionality, and Activism: A Conversation Commemorating Rotimi Fani-Kayode
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, November 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Guest Curator Talk: Robyn Farrell
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
We Series: Sleep
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 8PM - 8AM
On view through Wednesday, November 6th
Confronting Climate Change
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Tiona Nekkia McClodden: I Prayed To The Wrong God For You
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Asian Americans & Environmental Justice Workshop: November 2019
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Praxis Collaborative Chicago
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Feminist Science Fiction Book Club
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
In Progress: Emilio Rojas
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 6PM - 7:15PM
Transcribathon – Early Modern Recipes
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 2PM - 6PM
Aaron Williamson
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The Art Institute of Chicago
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Poetry off the Shelf: Sarah Gambito & Janine Joseph
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Adventurers Club – Structures
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Roger Brown Study Collection
1926 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
You Walk Into
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Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 8PM - 12am
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Do Not Submit: Rogers Park
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PUB 626
1406 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
On view through Monday, December 2nd
The Peanuts Papers
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American Writers Museum
180 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Fibers Circle, 1st and 3rd Mondays
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PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL60626
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 17th
2019 3Arts Awards Celebration
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Monday, November 4th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N. California, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Kwame Onwuachi
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 3PM - 4PM
Amaris Evans: Inhale Confidence Exhale Success
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Kim Laude: Altar Building Essentials
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6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Noé Martínez: Hacer cosas con palabras (Doing Things with Words)
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Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Bird’s Eye View of Chicago: Overcoming the Perils of Bird Migration with Architectural Innovation
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McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum
99 Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
ATOM-r
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McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum
99 Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Conversation with David Opdyke and Lawrence Weschler
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IlL 60642
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Stand Firm, Stand Here: an assembly of others
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 5PM - 12AM
Julia Klein: And then: Closing Reception
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Material
2025 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
AACM Great Black Music Ensemble W Special Guest
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago IL 60649
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
Cuba Si, Bloqueo No!: Looking at Revolutionary Cuba
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60626
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
Art Hall Autumn Reception
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The Blackstone Hotel
636 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 4PM - 6PM
Kwame Onwuachi: Notes From a Young Black Chef
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 3PM - 4PM
Gary Tinterow on Inclusive Museums
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 1PM - 2PM
Henry Louis Gates: 2019 Chicago Tribune Literary Award
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Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E Randolph Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 11AM - 12PM
Alexandra Bachzetsis: Private: Wear A Mask When You Talk To Me
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University Club of Chicago
76 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 6PM - 7PM
OPTICS: An art exhibition and symposium
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Vital Arts Project
pin 1322 Washington Ave, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Routes and Territories
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, April 19th
Gordon Powell: Stray Cats
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McCormick Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Devin T. Mays: Things Become Things
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Regards Gallery
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Intersectional Touch: New Performances
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
Max Guy: Azazello
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Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
Onceuponascrapers: Architecture for All Ages
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 2PM - 5PM
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