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Just Desserts
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Hume Gallery
3242 W Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Women of WAC Walking Tour
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The Hokin Project Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
Daniel Quiles and Arto Lindsay: Antropofagía
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Reclaiming Casa Aztlan
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Casa Aztlan
1831 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Michael Anthony Garcia: Tempest-Tost
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Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
Marginalia
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Luftwerk: Color Code
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Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Floating Museum and Andrew Schachman
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 2PM - 4PM
Articulating Time and Space
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Roots of Pilsen, linking Pilsen to it’s history
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PERSEPOLITAN Gallery
1714 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
The Power of Art in Public Places
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Live Art: Typography with Matthew Hoffman
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Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 11AM - 1PM
Photo Walks: Time-lapse with Craig Shimala
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Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Painting and Lemonade with Iris and Zoe
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Terrain Biennial
5021 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
Carla Fisher Schwartz in Conversation with Kate Pollasch
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The Mission Projects
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
Memories of Resistance
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La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Shir Ende: How To Move With a Fence
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Buttercup Park
4901 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Twisted Oyster Film Festival 2017 – Day 2
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Vivarium
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Catie Olson: On the Ones and Twos
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
The Future of Place: Redefining Architectural Experiences
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IA Collaborative
218 S Wabash Ave, 9th Fl, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Mountains, Lakes, Places I Feel Safe
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Archer Beach Haus
3012 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 8PM - 12AM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Strategies of Cultural Change in the Anthropocene
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The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, 1st fl, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 4:15PM - 7PM
The Mask Behind the Mask Book Launch and Closing Reception for Hauptschein’s Tarot
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, 4th Flo, Chicago, IL 60609-1402
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Painted Stories
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JLynnPorto Studio
1515 W 18th Pl, 3R, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 12PM - 12am
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
The Body’s Role in Thinking, Performing and Referencing Conference
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 9AM - 5:30PM
20×2 Chicago: How Does It Work?
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The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Run, Run, Run
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Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 10pM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
2017 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios
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18th Street Pilsen Open Studios
Chicago, Lower West Side
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 8PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Façades
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 26th
Elevate Chicago Dance
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The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Inception
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
Michael Anthony Garcia: Tempest-Tost
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Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
¡Sí, Se Puede! Exhibition Tour and Catalog Release Party
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 4th
That Belongs in a Museum!
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Irish American Heritage Center
4626 N Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Clarissa Bonet: Urban Constructs: City Space + Stray Light
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Northeastern Illinois University, Fine Arts Gallery
5500 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Aviva Alter and Marzena Ziejka: From Bits and Pieces
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
2017 Weisman Award Exhibition
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The Arcade
618 S Michigan Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, January 18th
Catherine Forster: Cactus flower f#%k-off love roses
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Real Paintings and Fake Stamps
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Cobalt Studio
1950 W 21st St, Storefront, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 20th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Viewing Silence: Reception and Wind Tunnel Demonstration
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Fermilab
Wilson Hall, Pine Street & Kirk Rd, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
MEET THE ARTISTS
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Latitude Chicago
1821 West Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
The People Under the Stairs
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S. Stony Island Ave
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Art on Harrison
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Oak Park Arts District
On Harrison St Btw Austin & Ridgeland, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Wabash Arts Corridor (WAC) Crawl
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Columbia College Chicago
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 4PM - 9PM
Members only
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
Light Touch and IT TAKES TIME
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
The Real-Fake
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The Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Danny Lyon
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
En Español: Poetry, Prose, and Polemics
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Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
A Memory Palace of Fear
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Silent Funny
4106 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL60651
Opening Thursday, October 19th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
Discourse: Juan Giraldo
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Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Conversation: The Art of Purvis Young
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Returns: Roundtable with Françoise Vergés
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
How the Arts Affect Neighborhoods
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Chicago International Film Fest: Rogers Park
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AMC River East 21
322 E Illinois St, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6:15PM - 8:15PM
On view through Monday, October 23rd
NIC Kay: Screamin Limbs (A Conversation with Senga Nengudi’s…
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Dolores Huerta in conversation with Paul R. Chavez
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Conaway Center
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Public Newsroom #38: Covering Abortion and Reproductive Rights
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Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Rare Earth Performances: Growing Concerns Poetry Collective
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University of Chicago's Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, at 6:30PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Rural Urban Framework
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The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Art for All Ages
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Douglas Park
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
Human Human
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, November 14th
Art After Work: DIY Henry Darger Costumes
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Reception and Roundtable for Educators: Black Panther Party-Chicago
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Westside Justice Center
601 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
Steve Harp
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 1PM - 2PM
Amalia Pica: Artist Talk
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Opening Reception for Housing as a Human Right: Social Construction
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Archeworks
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, January 8th
Lee Bey: Chicago: A Southern Exposure
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Wednesday, February 1st
HCL Fall 2017 Open House
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7PM - 11PM
Immigration Dialogue through Mural Art
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UIC Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan St, Lecture Center B2, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Renata Graw
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McAninch Art Center at College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 1PM - 1:50PM
Making Out – Digitally Intimate
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SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
David Hartt: in the forest
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Potluck, circle and intention setting
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Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St 1R (entrance on Wood St.), Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Dinner with Mi-yeon Kwon’s 1000 Bowl Project
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Prak-sis Ltd.
16 W Ontario St, 1st fl, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Anahid Ghorbani: Dammeyer Fellow Reception and Artist Talk
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
An Evening with Amalia Pica and Friends
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ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Anxiety in Creative Process and Performance
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VOLTA Performing Arts
2142 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
From Frank Llyod Wright to Chicago’s Jackson Park
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Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lit & Luz Festival 2017
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various locations
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Amanda Williams
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lit & Luz Festival Kick-off + Earthquake Recovery Fundraiser
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Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
The Role of the Cultural Spaces in Decolonizing History
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, Illinois 60602
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
A Local Artist Showcase
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The Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel
512 N Rush St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
[re]IGNITE
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Mark Dion Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr. Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
I Am Not Your Negro
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Chicago Ideas Week
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Various locations around Chicago
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
The Forum at Chicago Ideas Week
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Block Thirty Seven
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Jurriaan Benschop
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 6PM - 7PM
Samira Yamin
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Loyola University Chicago, Mundelein Center for Fine and Performing Arts,
1020 W Sheridan Rd, Room 708, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Understanding Indigenous Roots: An Intercultural Discourse (Part II)
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 3PM - 5PM
5-Alarm Chili Cook-Off
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Firehouse Art Studio
1123 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 15th
Balas & Wax: For the Wanderer
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THE FRANKLIN
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 19th
Tarot As Tool
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F4F
2846 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
Within the Walls
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The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Portrait Drawing Workshop
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
Woman Made Poets Come to Pilsen
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
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