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In solidarity with and in support of an open letter to the Chicago party scene we recently published here at Sixty, we’d like to share this you in hopes that you read and consider while looking through the events listed below. The letter was cowritten by a group of disabled queers with the goal of reaching organizers who plan events and cultivate spaces for queer community building and joy.
This month’s featured imagemaker is Ryan Edmund Thiel.
March 31-April 28
Value Prints
Buddy (at Chicago Cultural Center): 78 E Washington St, Chicago
Free
April-July, 2023
Wood & Wire
Grassroots Art Center: 213 S Main St, Lucas, KS
Free
April 1-30, 2023
Deana Novak: Jack of all
Cando Arts Center: 502 4th Ave, Cando, ND
Free
April 1-May 20, 2023
Micala Gingrich Gaylord: Love Is Memory
Ulrich Museum of Art: 1845 Fairmount; Wichita, KS
Free
April 1-May 26, 2023
Maia Cruz Palileo: Days Later, Down River
Moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago
Free
April 1-October 8, 2023
Ava Wanbli: Sertraline Dolls
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 227 State St, Madison, WI
Free
April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024
Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Free
April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024
Native Art History is Made Here
Eiteljorg Museum: 500 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Sat, April 1, 1pm
Irene Wa: CRISÁLIDA DE SAL: Artist Talk
Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 1-2pm
Life After: A Conversation on Life after Involvement with the Criminal Legal System
Urban Arts Space: 50 W Town St, Suite 130, Columbus, OH
Free
Sat, April 1, 1-4pm
Peter Ronan and Cassie Tompkins: Pink Moon
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 2-5pm
LESLIE BAUM: for IRIS and other flowers
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free
Sat, April 1, 3-8pm
Grilled Cheese Grant Reception
Vanguard Sculpture Services: 3374 W Hopkins St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, April 1, 4-6pm
Yams Living Room: Artist Talk
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 4-7pm
Janhavi Khemka: Unit 1505
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 4-8pm
Whitney Johnson: The Tuning of the Elements
Bond Chapel: 1025 E 58th St, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 6-8pm
SPACORE
Co-Prosperity: 3129 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 6-9pm
Tongue & Nail
Iceberg Projects: 7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 7pm
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts Center: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Sat, April 1, 7pm
Anatomy of Habit: “Black Openings” Album Release
Cobra Lounge: 235 N Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 1, 7-9pm
SPRING 2023 AT GAYVILLE HALL
Gayville Hall: 502 Washington St, Gayville, SD
Free
April 2-May 27, 2023
Technicolor Dreams: Art by Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell & Jennifer Hoard
The Anderson Museum of Art: 32 W 10th St, Anderson, IN
Free
Sun, April 2, 12pm
Children’s Books from Mexico / Libros infantiles de México
Newberry Library | UNAM Chicago: Online
Free
Sun, April 2, 1-3pm
Maggie Bridger | Lab E: In-Process Showing
Experimental Station: 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago
Free
Sun, April 2, 3-4pm
Johnson Publishing Library Reading with Krista Franklin
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago
Free
Sun, April 2, 3-5pm
Jodi Hays and Katrin Schnabl: Everso
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free
Sun, April 2, 7-10pm
“ELECTRIC CHERRY HORSE” SINGLE RELEASE SHOW BY THE FOOTLIGHT DISTRICT
Color Club: 4146 North Elston Ave, Chicago
$10
Mon, April 3, 3-5pm
Wild Boar to Baconfest: Pigs in History and Popular Culture
Brookfield Public Library: 3609 Grand Blvd, Brookfield, IL
Free
Mon, April 3, 6:30-8:30pm
Tanda: Storytelling Post-Colonialism Through Landscape & Plants History
Chuquimarca: Online
Free
Mon, April 3, 7pm
Fool’s 48
Coyote Twin Theater: 10 E Main St, Vermillion, SD
Free
Mon, April 3, 7pm
Let’s Talk: Reclaiming Outdoor Spaces
Penumbra Theatre: 270 N Kent St, St. Paul, MN
Free
Mon, April 3, 7-8pm
An Evening of Poetry: Marty Cain, Stefania Gomez, and Carleen Tibbetts
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free
Tues, April 4, 6-7:30pm
Athena LaTocha Lecture
The Art Institute of Chicago: Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Tues, April 4, 6-8pm
Jose Olivarez – Promises of Gold
Volumes Bookcafe: 1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Tues, April 4, 6-9pm
Links Soirée
The Golden Triangle: 2035 W Grand Ave, Chicago
$100
Tues, April 4, 7pm
Extreme Noise Records
Walker: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$10-24
Tues, April 4, 7pm
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
Sidetrack The Video Bar: 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago
Free
Wed, April 5, 6:30-9:30pm
Evelyn Gray / Isaac Arms / Carisa
Communication Madison: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free
Wed, April 5, 7pm
An Evening with ROSS GAY
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free
Wed, April 5, 8pm
New Now Showcase
Color Club: 4146 North Elston Ave, Chicago
$10
April 6-August 13, 2023
Amuleto
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free
April 6-8, 8pm
Shamel Pitts | TRIBE: Touch of RED
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 6, 11am-12pm
South Dakota Sales Tax for Artists and Performers
Arts South Dakota: Online
Free
Thurs, April 6, 12-2pm
Joanne Aono, Christine Forni, and Deanna Krueger Artist Talk
Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University: 1 University Parkway, University Park, IL
Free
Thurs, April 6, 3-4pm
Mammal Hall / Hyperdistanced
Public Space One: 538 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA
Free
Thurs, April 6, 6-7:30pm
Panel Conversation: Joseph Allen, Tom Arndt, and Laura Migliorino with Pao Houa Her
Weisman Art Museum: 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH (INCLUDING FREE)
Thurs, April 6, 6-9pm
Eseosa Edebiri: Perhaps Blue is a Cool Color, After All
ACRE Projects: 2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 6, 6:30pm
TRACE EVIDENCE by Charif Shanahan
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 6, 6:30-9pm
Welcome meeting – Sioux Falls Savoy Theater
Patrick Henry Middle School: 2200 S 5th Ave, Sioux Falls, SD
Free
Thurs, April 6, 7-8pm
Jessica Laser, S. Yarberry, Jake Fournier and Sasha Debevec-McKenney celebrate PLANET DRILL
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 6, 7-10:30pm
Thanya Iyer w/ Foxby (Bemidji), Parliament Lite and Divine Offering
The Aquarium: 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo, ND
$10
Thurs, April 6, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Kali Malone
Augustana Lutheran Church: 3647 Lafayette Avenue, Omaha, NE
Free
April 7-May 14, 2023
DONNIE NIE: Envisaged Potentials
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
April 7-8, 2023
H2O Danceworks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
$6-24
April 7-29, 2023
Lyzz Lundberg Sidebotham: Sacred Institutions
Peoria Art Guild: 203 Harrison St, Peoria, IL
Free
April 7-May 14, 2023
Leon Richmond: Famous American Soups
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center: 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free
April 7-May 27, 2023
Quality Control
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 4:30-6pm
Jaume Plensa: Forgotten Dreams
Gray Warehouse: 2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-7pm
Michiko Itatani: Infinite Hope
Jean Albano Gallery: 215 W Superior St, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-7pm
Community Art Show
The Matthews Art Gallery: 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-8pm
2023 UIC MFA Thesis Show 1: a series of encounters: Panel Discussion and Closing Reception
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-8pm
“where the light corrupts your face…”
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-8pm
Jon Summers: Seasons
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art: 3220 Farnam St. #2101, Omaha, NE
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-9pm
For Eternity: 45 Years Of Prince
Retreat at Currency Exchange: 305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 5-9pm
Bryana Bibbs: Numb
Oliva Gallery: 3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 6pm
A Poetry Reading with CLAIRE WAHMANHOLM and K IVER
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free
Fri, April 7, 6-9pm
Recuerdos de Papel
Harrison Center: 1505 N Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Fri, April 7, 6-9pm
Pia Cruzalegui / Elaine Luther
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 7, 8pm
Dark Matter Series: Oui Ennui, Jada-Amina
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Sat, April 8, 11am-1pm
Cyanotype Printmaking
Intersect: 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO
$0-50
Sat, April 8, 12pm
Shake Shook Shaken: SHAPE w/ Hunter Diamond
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Sat, April 8, 1pm
Virginia Martinez: Adventures with Abuela
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Desired Forms: Ceramics at Bemis and Beyond
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Conversation: Gio Swaby—Love Letters
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
Lombard Historical Society: 23 W Maple St, Lombard, IL
Free
Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Latinos in Illinois and the USA: Music as a Cultural History
Glen Carbon Centennial Library: 198 S Main St, Glen Carbon, IL
Free
Sat, April 8, 3-5pm
Natalie Shugailo: Everything Fades
Riverside Arts Center Town Hall Gallery: 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside
Free
Sat, April 8, 5-7pm
Prosthesis
Haynes Court: 3050 S Haynes Ct, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 8, 6-9pm
Jackie Furtado and Jessica Tang: The table in the formal room takes the form of the room
Produce Model Gallery: 1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 8, 7pm
Anna Webber’s Shimmer Wince
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, April 8, 7-10pm
Thanya Iyer / Steev baker is inkstained
Communication Madison: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free
April 9-May 14, 2023
2023 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free
Sun, April 9, 7-11:30pm
Baltic to Boardwalk // Pass the Flask Tour Homecoming
The Aquarium: 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo, ND
$10-15
April 10-June 10, 2023
PIITWEWETAM: MAKING IS MEDICINE
All My Relations Arts: 1414 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Free
April 10, 6pm
Reception: Kahari Blackburn: Listen to more Jazz Music
Chicago Athletic Association: 12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Mon, April 10, 6pm
NIGHTINGALE PROJECTS: THE INFERNAL GROVE
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
Free
Mon, April 10, 6-8pm
Design and Solidarity Book Launch
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
April 11-25, 2023
Botanical Illustration and Watercolor
Intersect: 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO
$0-90
Tues, April 11, 6-9pm
Calling on the Past
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago: 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago
Free
Tues, April 11, 7pm
THE WANDERING WOMB by S.L. Wisenberg
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Wed, April 12, 2-3:30pm
Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America
Haymarket Books: Online
Free
Wed, April 12, 6pm
Jessi Reaves and Diane Simpson in Conversation with Historian Kate Nesin
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago
Free
Wed, April 12, 6-7:30pm
Toward an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem Conference Series
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
April 13-May 24, 2023
Gaze: Power and Politics
Mark Arts: 1307 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS
Free
Thurs, April 13, 5-7pm(EST)
Reparations of the Heart: Recent Work by Kristin Anahit Cass
Stamelos Gallery Center: 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI
Free
Thurs, April 13, 8-11pm
Theodora Allen: Solitaire
Soccer Club Club: 2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 12-1pm
Leading the Way: Women Indigenizing Institutions
EXPO Chicago: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago
$35
April 14-23, 2023
Silent Sky
THEATRE LAWRENCE: 4660 Bauer Farm Dr, Lawrence, KS
$30
April 14-May 21, 2023
DAVID WILLBURN: Traits, Tendencies, and Acts
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
April 14-July 15, 2023
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free
April 14-July 15, 2023
Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 6-9pm (through July 15, 2023)
COUNTERPUBLIC (Grand Opening)
CITYPARK, 2100 Market St, St. Louis, MO
Free
Fri, April 14, 5-7pm
Shift: Music, Meaning, Context
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 5-8pm
Isabelle Rizo: Madness and Mysticism: A Diasporan Perspective
PRESS HERE: Center for Mad Culture: 410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 5-9pm
Natasha Moustache: Lerozyon (L-EURO-ZHUHN)
C33 Gallery-Columbia College Chicago: 33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 6-9pm
Katie Neece: Haunted Nostalgia: the mall with be closing in 10 minutes…
Middle Child Gallery: 2233 S. Throop St, #950, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 6-10pm
Static From Englund
August House Studio: 2113 W Roscoe Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 6-10pm
Barely Fair 2023
COLOR CLUB: 3801 W Montrose Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 14, 7pm
Shelley Wong & Ina Cariño
High Low: 3301 Washington Ave, St Louis, MO
Free
Sat, April 15, 11am-6pm
A Song for Frankie: A Daylong “House” Party
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago
Free
April 15-July 15, 2023
Black Quantum Futurism: Community Futures: Space-Time Liberation Lab (CF:STL Lab)
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, April 15, 12-7pm
Open Lab: Meredith Haines | 1 in 2
High Concept Labs: 2233 S Throop St, Suite #401, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 15, 1pm
Opening-Day Panels: Pacita Abad
Walker: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Sat, April 15, 1-2:30pm
Fighting Capitalism’s Ecological Death Cult
Haymarket Books: Online
Free
Sat, April 15, 3-4:30pm
Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett
Stanley Museum of Art: 160 W Burlington St, Iowa City, IA
Free
Sat, April 15, 4-6pm
Millicent Kennedy: REVIVƎЯ
Lillstreet Art Center: 4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 15, 7-9:30pm
LESSONS IN LIBERATION
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 15, 7-11pm
Israel Aten, Zoe Barcza, Sven Loven, Isabelle Frances McGuire, and Mindy Rose Schwartz
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 15, 7-11pm
Live @ LOW END | madison moore: there’s always energy for dancing
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Sat, April 15, 7pm
SEEING THE SPACE BETWEEN US: an evening in community with Diana Solís & friends
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free
Sun, April 16, 11am-2pm
Mat Rappaport: Treatments
Material: 2025 West Belmont Ave, Chicago
Free
Mon, April 17, 6-7pm
Mónica Gomery – “Might Kindred” Hilesh Patel
The Seminary Co-op: 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Free
Tues, April 18, 5-6:30pm
VOICES: Salomé Voegelin
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free
Tues, April 18, 6-8pm
Forms & Features Online: Pantoum
The Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Tues, April 18, 7:30-9:30pm
The Conference of the Birds
Burtness Theatre: 281 Centennial Rd, Grand Forks, ND
$10-20
Wed, April 19, 6pm
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
Wed, April 19, 6pm
Marwa Arsanios: WHO IS AFRAID OF IDEOLOGY, PART 1 and PART 2
Conversations at the Edge at Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
$12
Wed, April 19, 6-7:30pm
International Solidarities
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free
Wed, April 19, 6-7:30pm
Artist Talk: Skawennati on Indigenous Futurisms and World-building
Weisman Art Museum: 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH (INCLUDING FREE)
Wed, April 19, 7-10pm
Get Lit. Open Mic Night
Lit. on Fire Books: 712 W Main St, Peoria, IL
Free
Wed, April 19, 7:30pm
PO BOX Poetry Reading Series
PO Box Collective: 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago
Free
April 20-May 4, 2023
Milwaukee Film Festival
The Oriental Theatre: 2230 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Various Prices
Thurs, April 20, 10:30-11:30am
Storytime: Fry Bread, A Native American Family Story
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Thurs, April 20, 5:30pm
Open Mic & Exhibition: Stomping Grounds x Tortas y Talento x PO Box Collective)
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St
Free
Thurs, April 20, 5:30pm
Poetry off the Shelf: Renee Gladman, Eileen Myles & Simone White
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 20, 1-3pm
Newberry Transcribathon: Social Activism Collections
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St, Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 20, 6pm
Marwa Arsanios: WHO IS AFRAID OF IDEOLOGY, PART 3 and PART 4
Conversations at the Edge at Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
$12
Thurs, April 20, 7-8:30pm
John Jennings: Go Back and Get It
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free
April 21-30, 2023
Ladies Ring Shout 2.0
First Church of the Brethren: 425 S. Central Park Blvd, Chicago
Pay-what-you-can
April 21-23, 2023
The Awakening
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre: 705 N Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN
$20-32
April 21-June 4, 2023
Nancy Kubale and Lori Schappe-Youens – Like-Minded
Abel Contemporary Gallery: 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI
Free
April 21-September 3, 2023
Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth
Columbus Museum of Art: 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI
$0-18
April 21-September 3, 2023
Lesley Vance: always circled whirling
Columbus Museum of Art: 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI
$0-18
April 21-May 21
“We Are Proud to Present A Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known As Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915″ by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Theatre Y: 3611 W Cermak Rd, Chicago
$0-60
Fri, April 21, 5:30-10pm
Artfest
Crystal Coop: 3400 W 53rd St, Anderson, IN
$30
Fri, April 21, 5-8pm
2023 UIC MFA Thesis Show 2: CTRL + histories: Panel Discussion and Closing Reception
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 21, 6-9pm
Perspective(s): 2023 CAPE After School Exhibition
CAPE: 1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago
Free
Fri, April 21, 7pm
THE THICK AND THE LEAN by Chana Porter
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
April 22-23, 2023
Earth Day Festival
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
April 22-August 6, 2023
Edra Soto: Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 22, 11am-2pm
South Side Community Archiving Now
Green Line Performing Arts Center: 329 East Garfield Blvd, Chicago
Free
Sat, April 22, 10:30am-4:30pm
Milwaukee Zine Fest
Milwaukee Public Library, Central Branch: 814 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, April 22, 7pm
YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL by Maggie Smith
Wilson Abbey: 935 W Wilson Ave, Chicago
Free
April 23-August 13, 2023
Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Free
Sun, April 23, 3-4pm
Mellon Fellows Public Program with Ben LaMar Gay
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago
Free
Mon, April 24, 7-8:30pm
Black Coffee + Raw Sugar
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$15-40
Mon, April 24
Under the Umbrella
UIS Visual Arts Gallery: 1 University Plaza, Health and Sciences Building, 201, Springfield, IL
Free
Tues, April 25, 7pm-12am
Jade Presents: Tenci
The Aquarium: 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo, ND
$10-17
Tues, April 25, 6pm
Beauty Turner Academy of Oral History Virtual Showcase
National Public Housing Museum: Online
Free
April 26-29, 2023
Zuri’s Crown
Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall – MPAC: 929 N Water St, Milwaukee, WI
$45.50
April 27, 2023
On the Edge of the Wind: Native Storytellers & the Land
State Historical Society of North Dakota: 612 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND
Free
Thurs, April 27, 7pm
IMPERFECT VICTIMS by Leigh Goodmark
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Thurs, April 27, 7-8pm
Staff & Friends Reading: Adrian Matejka, Maggie Queeney, Charif Shanahan & Patricia Smith
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free
April 28-May 21, 2023
Fairview
Defintion Theater at The Revival: 1160 E 55th St, Chicago
$35
April 28-June 17, 2023
Anya Kielar
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
April 28-June 3, 2023
Temple Of: Julia Arredondo & Chad Kouri
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee, Chicago
Free
April 28-August 27, 2023
Luis Camnitzer: Monuments to Unknown Heroes
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E. 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
April 28-October 7, 2023
Robert O’Neal: Open To All
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E. 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Sat, April 29, 11am-1pm
Forms & Features with Hua Xi
The Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Sat, April 29, 7pm
Enso: A Multimedia Ikebana Exhibit and Performance
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago
$15-25
Sat, April 29, 7pm
Rabbit Foot Puppetry Presents: THE CLOWN CAR ROLLS ON!
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Through April 8
Off-Site | Rethinking Monuments: American Sculpture in its Time, 1850-2000
Detroit Institute of Art at the Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
Free
Through April 8
Carey Watters: Sharp Points
OS Projects: 601 6th St, Racine, WI
Free
Through April 8
Kazuyuki Takezaki: Marugame, Milwaukee
The Green Gallery: 1500 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through April 8
Everyday’s a New Day
Wave Pool Gallery: 2940 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Through April 9
Ten at Ten
Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend: 205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
$15
Through April 9
Printmaking in the Twenty-First Century
Detroit Institute of Art:
$0-$14
Through April 9
Locating Private Spaces by Jen Wohlner
Saint Kate: 139 W Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through April 9
Social Realism to Surrealism
Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend: 205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
$15
Through April 15
Irene Wa: Crisálida De Sal
Goldfinch Gallery: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago
Free
Through April 16
Aesthetics of Loss
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Donation-based
Through April 16
Aria Dean: Abattoir, U.S.A.!
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago
Free
Through April 16
Shana Hoehn: Basket Toss
Prairie Gallery: 2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago
Free
Through April 16
Vertical Gallery 10-Year Anniversary Show Part 1
Vertical Project Space: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R
Free
Through April 16
MUST-SEE
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Through April 20
High Maintenance
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago
Free
Through April 20
Enduring Roots
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago
Free
Through April 21
Queer Futurities: The Cyborg Re-engineered
The Hokin Gallery: 623 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Free
Through April 21
Deep Needle
Co-Prosperity Sphere: 3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free
Through April 21
Don’t Pull My Strings
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St, Chicago
Free
Through April 22
A Prophecy of Chaos and Miracles: Anwar Mahdi & Val Schlosberg
Roots and Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Through April 22
Counter Current
Wave Pool Gallery: 2940 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Through April 22
Jerry Monteith: Core Series
Kranzberg Arts Foundation: 3224 Locust St, Suite 401, St Louis, MO
Free
Through April 22
Richard Hull: Mirror and Bone
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave
Free
Through April 22
Yams
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free
Through April 23
Playing Favorites: Spotlight on the Petullo Collection
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N. Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI
$0-22
Through April 28
The Taxonomy of Peggy McNamara
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago
Free
Through April 29
Shona Macdonald: Weather Accents
boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago
Free
Through April 29
New Work: Matthew Hawtin, Sylvain Malfroy-Camine, Benjamin Pritchard
David Klein Gallery: 1520 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI
Free
Through April 30
Skins Between by Molly Blumberg
Saint Kate: 139 W Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
About the Photographer: Ryan Edmund Thiel (they/he) is an artist, photographer, and graphic designer living in Chicago. Their work across media explores healing, liberation, and empowerment for the individual and collective. Their mission is to support artists and organizations whose values align with care, social justice, and collective organizing. Ryan is also the lead graphic designer for Sixty Inches From Center and co-lead of Sixty Collective. View their work at ryanedmundthiel.com and @talldarkandryan on Instagram.
