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Although there’s Pride all day, everyday at Sixty, we want to say happy Pride Month! To help you find the queer-loving, LGBTQIA+ events on our calendar, we’ve marked them with a little Pride love, a.k.a. you’ll see a flag flying next to the event information (🏳️🌈).
This is a growing list, so check back often for new additions.
June Art Picks
Through June 14th
Goat Island World Premier Performances
Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St
Free
Through July 20th
About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art 🏳️🌈
Wrightwood 659: 659 W. Wrightwood
Free
May 26-June 2, 2019
Riverwest FemFest 2019 🏳️🌈
Various Locations, Milwaukee, WI
Free
May 25-June 29, 2019
It grows between
Efrain Lopez Gallery: 1959 W Erie St
Free
May 30, 2019
Performing Queer Femme POC Identities On (& Off) the Page 🏳️🌈
Hairpin Arts Center: 2810 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
May 31, 2019
Damon Locks
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
Free
May 31-June 21, 2019
William Counter: Simple Spells
Firecat Projects: 2124 N Damen Ave
Free
https://www.thevisualist.org/2019/05/william-counter-simple-spells/
May 31-July 6, 2019
Derrick Adams: The Ins and Outs: Figures In The Urban Landscape
Rhona Hoffman Gallery: 1711 W Chicago Ave
Free
May 31-July 11, 2019
Mev Luna: Far from the distance we see
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St
Free
June 1-2, 2019
CAKE 2019
Center on Halsted: 3656 N Halsted St
Free
Sat, June 1, 9:30am-4pm
Space and Identity in Art and Learning
The Great Space, University of Illinois Chicago: 400 S Peoria St
$20
Sat, June 1, 11am-2:30pm
To the Shore: ETHOS Episode I
Colvin House: 5940 N Sheridan Rd
$15
Sat, June 1, 12-4pm
AMFM Presents SEEDS 🏳️🌈
Austin Town Hall Park: 5610 W Lake St
Free
Sat, June 1, 1-2pm
Segregation and Public Education
Harold Washington Library: 400 S State St
Free
Sat, June 1, 1-3pm
Photography Basics and Approaches to Meaningful Visual Journalism
Experimental Station: 6100 S Blackstone Ave
Free
Sat, June 1, 2-4pm
Visual Art as Time Travel
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave
Free
Sat, June 1, 2:30-4pm
1963 Boycott
Harold Washington Library: 400 S State St
Free
Sat, June 1, 6-9pm
Yunhee Min: Keeping Things Whole
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave
Free
June 1, 2019
FemFest Gallery Day 🏳️🌈
Various Locations, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, June 1, 2-3pm
Artist Talk – Mel Cook
Vital Signs, MKE: 2231 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, June 1, 6pm
David Sanchez-Burr / Michael R. Pollard / Kevin Maginnis
Ignition Project Space: 3839 W Grand Ave
Free
Sat, June 1, 6-9pm
Jennifer Cronin: Seen and Unseen
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave
Free
Sat, June 1, 7-10pm
Out of the Closets & into the Streets 🏳️🌈
Gerber Hart Library and Archives: 6500 N Clark St
$15
Sat, June 1, 8-9pm
Melted Machine
Outerspace Studios: 1474 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Sat, June 1, 8pm-2am
You’re Welcome: PRIDE Kickoff Party 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Sun, June 2, 2-4pm
Marianne Fairbanks: Weaving Lab
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park
Free
Sun, June 2, 3:30-5pm
Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble
Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St
Free
Sun, June 2, 7-9pm
Triple Heartbeat
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave
$10-15
Mon, June 3, 8-11pm
Mocrep/The Neo Futurists/Sarah Squirm
Sleeping Village: 3734 W Belmont Ave
Free
Tue, June 4, 7-9pm
AFTERIMAGE
Produce Model Gallery: 1007 W 19th St
Free
Tue, June 4, 7-10pm
Truthtellers + WHITE NOISE
Prop Thtr: 3502-04 N Elston
$5-10
Wed, June 5, 6-8pm
Walé Oyéjidé
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum: 40 E Erie St
$25-45
Wed, June 5, 6-8pm
OTV Presents: Night Night 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Wed, June 5, 6-8:30pm
POC Writing Circle at Free Street Theater
Free Street Theater: 1419 W Blackhawk St
Free
Thurs, June 6, 5-8pm
Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jake Troyli, and Bianca Nemelc: Show Me Yours
moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St
Free
Thurs, June 6, 5-8pm
Cheryl Pope: BASKING NEVER HURT NO ONE
moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St
Free
Thurs, June 6, 6-7pm
Blowout: Exhibition Tour
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave
Free
Thurs, June 6, 6-8pm
Public Newsroom 111: Let’s Get Creative Covering Jury Selection!
Build Coffee: 6100 S Blackstone Ave
Free
Thurs, June 6, 8-9pm
Raising Girls
LITHIUM: 1932 S Halsted St
Free
Thurs, June 6, 6-8pm
The GMF’s Mary L. Nohl Exhibition 2018
Haggerty Museum of Art:1234 W Tory Hill Street, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Thurs, June 6, 9pm-1am
CommuniTEA (Pride Month Kick-Off Party) 🏳️🌈
Chicago Athletic Association Hotel: 12 S Michigan Ave
Free
Fri, June 7, 1-2pm
Maxwell Street: Capturing the Essence of a Remembered|Forgotten Place
Chicago State University: 9501 S King Dr
Free
Fri, June 7, 3-8pm
7th Annual BrooksDay
Chicago State University: 9501 S King Dr
Free
Fri, June 7, 6-8pm
Sculpture Milwaukee Opening Celebration
600 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, June 7, 5-8pm
Slow Read
Circle Contemporary: 2010 W Carroll Ave
Free
Fri, June 7, 6-9pm
Marion Kryczka: Paintings & Drawings
Eat Paint Studio: 5036 N Lincoln Ave
Free
Fri, June 7, 6-9pm
Spatial Rendering
Adds Donna: 3252 W North Ave
Free
Fri, June 7, 7-9pm
Jane: An Abortion Service
Uri-Eichen Gallery: 2101 S Halsted St
Free
Fri, June 7, 10pm-12am
Beebe & Reeves: Two Expanded Cinema Performances/DJs Phil Puleo and Scott Schafer
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave
$10
June 8-9,2019
Printer’s Row Lit Fest
South Dearborn St. and Polk in Chicago
Free
Fri, June 8, 6-9pm
Consider Me, Consider You
Var West Gallery: 423 W Pierce, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, June 8, 6-9pm
Sarah FitzSimons: Ocean Object
Hawthorn Contemporary: 706 S 5th Street, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, June 8, 1-10pm
2019 Art West Gallery Tours
Starting at MLK Exhibit Center: 1558 S Hamlin Ave
Free
Sat, June 8, 2-3:30pm
Judith Brotman in conversation with Teresa Silva
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago: 2233 S Throop St
Free
Sat, June 8, 2-4pm
Carris Adams in conversation with with Jinn Bronwyn Lee
Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave
Free
Sat, June 8, 2pm
At Bounded Space: Guided Walk with Hui-min Tsen
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St
Free
Sat, June 8, 2:30-4:30pm
Butoh and Movement Workshop
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave
$10
Sat, June 8, 3-5pm
Far from the distance we see: Gallery Talk
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St
Free
Sat, June 8, 4-5pm
ENDless WAR: Political Prints and Graphics
Hairpin Arts Center: 2810 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Sat, June 8, 6pm
Joslyn Vosta: I want to tell you, but I don’t know how
Positive Space Studios: 3520 W Fullerton Ave
Free
Sat, June 8, 6-9pm
Mika Agari and Lauren Taylor: Jingle Bell Rock
Bar4000: 2000 W Carroll Ave
Free
Sat, June 8, 6-11pm
We Can Dig It: A Benefit for Chi-Nations’ Decolonizing Efforts
New Rhythm Arts Center: 1441 W Morse Ave
$10
Sat, June 8, 7-10pm
Stonewall Uprising 🏳️🌈
Chicago Filmmakers: 5720 N Ridge Ave
$10
Sat, June 8, 8-10pm
Anthony Pateras
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts: 4 W Burton Pl
Free
Sun, June 9, 1-2pm
Breach of Contract: Artist Talk
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Sun, June 9, 2-5pm
Rescheduled, TBD: 12 Openings/Part 10 Carris Adams/Jasper Nord
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St
Free
June 10-16, 2019
First Read Chicago 2019
The Martin: 2515 W North Ave
donation
Mon, June 10, 7-9pm
Women’s Comics Night: Pride Party 🏳️🌈
CHALLENGERS Comics + Conversation: 1845 N Western Ave
Free
Tue, June 11, 7-9:30pm
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
Block Museum: 40 Arts Circle Dr
Free
Wed, June 12, 9:30-10am
SSCAC Facebook Live Restoration Launch!
https://www.facebook.com/SouthSideCommunityArtCenter/
Free
Wed, June 12, 6:30-8:30pm
OUT at CHM: Quiet as a Riot 🏳️🌈
Chicago History Museum: 1601 N Clark St
$15-20
Wed, June 12, 6-8pm
OTV Presents: Kissing Walls, Yogma & Conspiracy Theorist 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Wed, June 12, 7-9pm
We’re Here: Three Short Films Screening and Discussion
Green Line Performing Arts Center: 329 E Garfield Blvd
Free
June 13-15, 2019
Convening – Three Days of Activation and Response
Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St
Free
June 13-16, 2019
Bubbly Creek Performance Art Assembly
DfbrL8r: 1029 W 35th St
Free
June 13-16, 2019
Puerto Rican Festival of Chicago
Humboldt Park, Chicago
$5-16
Thurs, June 13, 5:30-8pm
Artists’ Guide to Real Estate
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St
$10-20
Thurs, June 13, 6-7pm
Mongane Wally Serote
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave
Free
Thurs, June 13, 6-7:30pm
Choreography and the Archives
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Thurs, June 13, 6-8pm
FIRST LOOK Fine Print Party
Chez: 247 E Ontario St
$15
Thurs, June 13, 7-8:30pm
Tara Donovan: Fieldwork
Smart Museum of Art: 5550 S Greenwood Ave
Free
Fri, June 14, 6-10pm
Queer Underground Illustrators Chicago 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Fri, June 14, 6-10pm
In Conversation
Chicago Art Department: 1932 S Halsted St
Free
Fri, June 14, 6-10pm
Do what you love, Bring what you got, Come as you are
OGGI Chicago: 2541 S Oakley
Free
Fri, June 14, 6-10pm
In Conversation: Free Write Arts & Literacy
Chicago Art Department: 1932 S Halsted St, #100
Free
Fri, June 14, 7-10pm
Prospect No. 3: Searching Abstraction
Extra Projects: 3551 W Diversey Ave
Free
Fri, June 14, 7-8pm
T Fleischmann: Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through 🏳️🌈
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St
Free
Fri, June 14, 7-9pm
Vitalize
The Lab on the Lake: 3450 W Lake St
Free
Sat, June 15, 11am-3pm
Out of the Closets & Into the Exhibits 🏳️🌈
Gerber Hart Library and Archives: 6500 N Clark St
$15
Sat, June 15, 6-10pm
Where is the Reward
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Sat, June 15, 8pm-12am
QUEER Karaoke: A Diva Moment 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Sun, June 16, 11am-4pm
QUEER CARE DAY: Because You’re Worth It 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Sun, June 16, 12-4pm
Chicago Radical Used Book Fair 4th Annual
TLR: The Living Room: 2423 W North Ave
Free
Wed, June 19, 5:30-7pm
Meditation for Resilience: Change Begins Within
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave
Free
Wed, June 19, 6-7pm
Brendan Fernandes in conversation with January Parkos Arnall
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
Free
Thurs, June 20, 7pm
Meida Teresa McNeal: Fifth City Revisited
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave
$12-40
Thurs, June 20, 7-9pm
Grown Folks Stories at Green Line Performing Arts Center
Green Line Performing Arts Center: 329 E Garfield Blvd
$5
Fri, June 21, 7pm
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
$8-10
Fri, June 21, 7-8pm
Nora Moore Lloyd
The Cuckoo’s Theater Project: 7077 N Ashland Blvd
Free
Sat, June 22nd, from 7-11pm
Stevie Cisneros Hanley: Ghost Sex
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Av
Free
Sat, June 22, 10am-5pm / Sun, June 23, 12pm-5pm
Monarch Art and Wellness Fair
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave
Free
Sat, June 22, 5-8pm
Soft
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative: 4912 N Western Ave
Free
Sun, June 23, 1-9pm
Chicago Reader Pride Block Party
Marz Community Brewing
$10, Get Tickets
Sun, June 23, 11am-1pm
Nneka Kai: Material Sounding: The Dimensionality of A Thread
Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave
Free
Sun, June 23, 11am-1pm
Brendan Fernandes: A CALL AND RESPONSE
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
Free
Sun, June 23, 3pm
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
Read/Write Library Chicago: 914 N California Ave
Free
Wed, June 26, 5:30-7pm
New Age, New Age: Artist Dialogue with Lise Haller Baggesen, Mindy Rose Schwartz, and Luis Sahagun
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave
Free
Thurs, June 27, 7-10pm
Dwellings
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave
Free
Thurs, June 27, 7-11pm
Queer Comedy with Tribble: Lgbtq+ Legacies 🏳️🌈
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave
Free
Thurs, June 27, 9pm-2am
HIGHFEMME! Pride Edition 🏳️🌈
Cerise Rooftop: 203 North Wabash Ave
Free before 10pm; $10 after
Fri, June 28, 6-8pm
Soundtrack: Hijo Pródigo
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
Free
Fri, June 28, 11am-5pm
Coming Out 🏳️🌈
Leather Archives & Museum, 6418 N Greenview Ave
Free
Sat, June 29, 7-11pm
Prime Time: Question Everything
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
$40
Sat, June 29, 9pm-3am
Solaris 🏳️🌈
The Promontory: 5311 S Lake Park Ave
$10-25
Sun, June 30, 12-2pm
Shirley Clarke: Ornette: Made in America
Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St
Free
Sun, June 30, 3-10pm
TRQPiTECA Queer Pride Chicago 2019 🏳️🌈
Ping Tom Memorial Park: 1700 S Wentworth Ave
Free
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Featured Image: From TRQPiTECA Queer Pride Chicago 2019 happening on June 30th at Ping Tom Memorial Park from 3-10pm. The event will feature a Queer Family BBQ presented by Queering the Parks Teen Planning Committee and Chicago Parks District, a visuals by color swim, DJs, performances, installations, community organizations, vendors, and much more!
