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FEATURED EVENTS:
Sat, November 6, 1:30-2:30pm
Art Design Chicago: to render the infinite: Film Screening and Conversation with zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal and Ayana Contreras
Columbia College Chicago – Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20
Thurs, November 11, 6pm
Art Design Chicago: A Conversation with Gordon Segal
Chicago Collections Consortium: Online
Online
Thurs, November 18, 6-7:30pm
Art Design Chicago: Both And: Artists Talk
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: Mana Contemporary, 2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 5, 2021
Open
Ralph Arnold Gallery: 1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 6, 2021
5th Midwest Open
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 6, 2021
Bianca Beck, Tamara Gonzales, Christina Forrer
Beeler Gallery: 60 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, OH
Free
Through November 7, 2021
Smashing Into My Heart
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S. Ellis Ave. Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 9, 2021
Erika Diehl: AETAS
BasketShop: 3105 Harrison Ave,. Cincinnati, OH
Free
Through November 11, 2021
Deep Cuts
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 11, 2021
Maryam Taghavi: A Form By Which To Be Possessed
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 11, 2021
Jason REVOK: Stare into the Abyss
Library Street Collective: 1274 Library Street (Alley), Detroit, MI
Free
Through November 13, 2021
Lois Bielefeld: Commit to Memory
Portrait Society Gallery: 207 E. Buffalo St. Ste. 526, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through November 13, 2021
Patrick Earl Hammie: Foreword
Crooked Tree Arts Center: 322 Sixth Street, Traverse City, MI
Free
Through November 13, 2021
Sarita Garcia & Bobby T. Luck: Surplus
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 13, 2021
Was/Is/Ought
Carrie Secrist Gallery: 900 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 14, 2021
Mud Puddling
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 14, 2021
Amina Ross: Man’s Country
Iceberg Projects: 7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 14, 2021
Jocelyn Suzuka Figueroa
Rochester Art Center: 30 Civic Center Drive SE, STE 120, Rochester, MN
Free
Through November 15, 2021
Terrain Biennial 2021
Various locations
Free
Through November 15, 2021
Chameleon Blind: Mirror Image
Space & Time Gallery: 3307 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 20, 2021
MOLOCH
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 20, 2021
Exhibition #27
Granite City Art and Design District: 1822 State Street, Granite City, IL
Free
Through November 20, 2021
New Witnesses
Arts + Public Life: 301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 20, 2021
IZAH + JUNEER, in-corporated: A* Hiccup In Time
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave. Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 21, 2021
Our Tomorrow Happened Yesterday
Blanc Gallery: 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 21, 2021
Lúcia Prancha: Bread Story
table: 3240 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 21, 2021
Low Visibility
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Through November 24, 2021
Tran Tran: Moments in Between
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 27, 2021
No Martins
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery: 437 N. Paulina St., Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 27, 2021
Jennifer Cronin: There is Still Magic Here
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 27, 2021
Carmen Winant: The Making and Unmaking of the World
PATRON: 1612 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL
FREE
Through November 27, 2021
Our Solo Show
Engage Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through November 28, 2021
Anna U Davis: Reality Check
Swedish American Museum: 5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL
$4 – $15
Through November 30, 2021
moCa AIR: Erykah Townsend
MOCA Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH
Free
November 1 – November 30, 2021
Thinking Hurts Too Much
Flint Institute of Arts: 1120 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI
$0-$10
November 1-6, 2021
Lit & Luz Festival: A Celebration of Language, Literature, and Art
Lit & Luz Festival: various locations
Free
November 1, 2021-January 21,2022
MATERIAL PERSPECTIVES
Indiana University Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Art: 65 West 33rd Ave., Gary, IN
Free
November 1 – 29, 2021
Intercollegiate Faculty Exhibition
Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery @ Moraine Valley Community College: 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills, IL
Free
Mon, November 1, 12-1pm
Virtual: Lit & Luz Keynote—Juan Felipe Herrera
Lit & Luz Festival: Online
Free
Mon, November 1, 5-6pm
Rochona Majumdar: Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures
57th Street Books: Online
Free
Mon, November 1, 6-7:30pm
Punishing Immigrants: U.S. Immigration Enforcement and the PIC
Haymarket Books: Online
Free
Mon, November 1, 7-8:30pm
Photo Voice: A Photo Documentation Workshop Series
Honey Pot Performance: Online
Free
Tue, November 2, 3-4:30pm
Voices: Tempestt Hazel
Gallery 400: Online
Free
Tue, November 3-5, 2021
Portrait of Jason
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$10-12
Tue, November 3, 7pm
In Medias Res: A Celebration of the Odyssey Project’s Student Journal
Illinois Humanities: Online
Free
Wed, November 3, 3:45pm
Community as Corporation: Talent Retention in Low-Status America
AIA Minnesota: Online
Free
Wed, November 3, 7pm
How the Word is Passed: A conversation with Clint Smith III
Kartemquin: Online
Donations Encouraged
Wed, November 3, 7-8:30pm
Photo Voice: A Photo Documentation Workshop Series
Honey Pot Performance: Online
Free
Wed, November 3, 6pm
Lit & Luz: Narración en vivo—Estructura
Hideout Inn:1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, November 3, 6-8pm
TANDA: Neo Perreo: Challenging Misogyny and Homophobia in Reggaeton Culture
Chuquimarca at Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park., IL
Free
Wed, November 3, 7pm
Virtual Event: DREAMING OF YOU: A NOVEL IN VERSE by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free
Wed, November 3, 7-8:30pm
Lit & Luz: How Things Do Things with Other Things (and People)
Chicago Art Department: 1926 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, November 3, 7pm
The Dark Side of Memory: Tessa Bridal in conversation with Daniel Borzutzky
Pilsen Community Books: Online
Free
Wed, November 3, 7pm
Retelling Resistance: CUBAN FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMONS (1972) – Theatrical Screening
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Wed, November 3, 9:30pm
Gimmie The Light
Hideout Inn:1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
November 3-5, 2021
Worker Co-op Week
Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy & the Western Worker Cooperative Convenings: Online
Sliding Scale
November 3 – December 8, 2021
Lay of the Land
O’Connor Art Gallery: 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL
Free
Thurs, November 4, 5:30pm
Sudden Sound Concert | Avreeayl Ra & Improvisers Exchange Ensemble
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free
Thurs, November 4, 6:30-8pm
Mutual Aid is Our Future: Economic Solidarity 101
Equity Arts: Heaven Gallery – 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, November 4, 6:30-8pm
Mutual Aid is Our Future: Solidarity Economy 101
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, November 4, 6:30-8:30pm
Film Screening: Archipelago
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Thurs, November 4, 7pm
Author Conversation: Tamara Winfrey-Harris & Deesha Philyaw
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free
Thurs, November 4, 7pm
Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: Structure
Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, November 4, 8-10pm
Whisper & Shout
Contemporary Arts Center of Peoria: 305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL
Free
November 5-7, 2021
Chicago Underground Film Festival 2021
The Logan Theatre: 2646 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 5 – December 2, 2021
Black Harvest Film Festival
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N. State St., Chicago, IL
Individual days: $12 | Pass for full festival: $60
November 5, 2021-January 9, 2022
HANNAH TOTICKI: UNIVERSAL HUMAN RESOURCE
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
$0-5
November 5, 2021-January 9, 2022
JEANNETTE EHLERS: TAKE ROOT
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
$0-5
Fri, November 5, 5-8pm
Bunny Hoppel & Jeanine Coupe Ryding: OBSESSION
Hofheimer Gallery: 4823 N Damen Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, November 5, 6-9pm
Imposter Syndrome
Hoy Polloy: 3125 E. 10th Street, Ste. L, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Fri, November 5, 6-9pm
然三相 Three Visages of Nature
The Research House for Asian Art: 3217 S Morgan St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, November 5, 6-9pm
I am the sky and clouds are moving through me.
ADDS DONNA: 3252 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, November 5, 7pm
Machaila Gray: Some People You Know
State Street Pub: 243 N. State Ave., Indianapolis, IN
$0-$5
Fri, November 5, 7-10pm
Andi Crist: Cowboy Wisdom
Belong Gallery: 2712 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 6-December 18, 2021
Jessica Campbell: Gigantomachinations
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 6-December 18, 2021
Dan Attoe: Pandemic Paintings
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 6-December 18, 2021
Sung Jang: Given
Volume Gallery: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 6-December 18, 2021
Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Views from Somewhere
Document: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 6-December 18, 2021
David Antonio Cruz: icutfromthemiddletogetabetterslice
Moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL
Free
November 6, 2021-January 2, 2022
OUR STRENGTH IS OUR PEOPLE: THE HUMANIST PHOTOGRAPHS OF LEWIS HINE
South Bend Museum of Art: 120 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, South Bend, IN
Free
Sat, November 6, 10am-6pm
Symposium | Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 11am-12pm
Chicago Construction Architecture Talk
Columbia College Chicago, Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 6-9pm
The Earth Hungers for People: Screening
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 12-5pm
On the Axis: Days of Discourse DAY 1
moCa Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH
Free
Sat, November 6, 12-6pm
Sergio Farfán: Five Years
Vertical Gallery: 1016 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 1pm
First Nations Film and Video Festival: Bawaadan Collective shorts
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Cir Dr., Evanston, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 3:30-5pm
Married to the Maestro
South Asia Institute: 1925 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 3:30pm
5th Midwest Open: Artists Walkthrough
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 4pm
The Warmth of Proximity
Experimental Sound Studio: Online
$5
Sat, November 6, 5-6pm
Debbie Millman: Why Design Matters
Columbia College Chicago – Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20
Sat, November 6, 5-6pm
Jayne Kelley and Paul Preissner: American Framing: The Same Something for Everyone
Columbia College Chicago – Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20
Sat, November 6, 6-9pm
Agave!
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 6-9pm
Monika Plioplyte: Opening of the Knot
boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 6-10pm
Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music
Second Presbyterian Church: 1936 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 7pm
Bass Dreams minus B (Record Release)
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
Sat, November 6, 2-6pm
Opening Reception: Utensil
Comfort Station + Annas Projects: 2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 6, 7pm
After School Special: SPACES’ 43rd Annual Benefit
Cent’s Pizza: 5010 Lorain Ave. Cleveland, OH
$5
November 6, 2021 – January 16, 2022
Bassim Al Shaker: Human Crumbs
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave., Suite 220, Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, November 7, 3-5pm
Kristin Kelly Jones: Plinths for the People
062 Gallery: various outdoor spaces around Chicago
Free
Sun, November 7, 1-5pm
Rot & Grow
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, November 7, 7:30pm
Pleiades Series: Hedra Rowan, Rhythm Ninja Drums
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
November 8, 6-7pm
Confronting Anti-Blackness in Native Spaces
Chi-Nations: Online
Free
November 8, 2021-January 22, 2022
A.J. McClenon: Notes from VEGA
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Mon, November 8, 6pm
Artist Talk with Wendy Ewald
Weinberg Newton Gallery: Online
Free
Mon, November 8, 6:30-7:45pm
Mark Bradford & Julie Mehretu in Conversation
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Online
Free
Tues, November 9, 12-1pm
African American Composers and the Black Renaissance
Newberry Library: Online
Free
Tues, November 9, 12-10pm
Public Health ( Our Role In Safe Communities)
5th District Police Station: 727 E 111th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Tues, November 9, 6:30pm
Wandering the Body
Guild Literary Complex: Online
Free
Tues, November 9, 3:30-4:45pm
Identity and Dissent with Patrisse Cullors and Alice Sheppard
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: Online
$0-15
Tues, November 9, 6:30pm
A Scientist Walks Into A Bar
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$5
Tues, November 9, 7pm
Mack Lecture: Frank Wilderson, Arthur Jafa, and Saidiya Hartman in Conversation
Walker Art Center: Online
$5-20
Tues, November 9, 7-8pm
Open Door Reading Series Online: Natasha Mijares, Henry Feller, Jason Vasser-Elong & Roderick James Jr.
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Tues, November 9, 7-8:30pm
Study and Struggle Critical Conversation #3: Abolition Must Be Red
Haymarket Books: Online
Free
Tues, November 9, 6:15-6:45pm
2021 Gala
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S. Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL
$500 and up
November 10-14, 2021
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Afterwardsness
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$45-60
Wed, November 10, 2-3pm
Siv B. Lie: Django Generations
57th Street Books: Online
Free
Wed, November 10, 6-7pm
Artist Talk: Farah Al Qasimi
Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Wed, November 10, 6:30-7:30pm
Suzanne Cope presents “Power Hungry” with Cleo Silvers
Pilsen Community Books: Online
Free
Wed, November 10, 7-9:30pm
Live @ LOW END | Maya Dunietz + special live taping of Modern Art Notes podcast
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St., Omaha, NE
Free
Wed, November 10, 5:30-7pm
C.A.M.P in Conversation: EXTRA EXTRA
Cultural Asset Mapping Project: Online
Free
Wed, November 10, 6-10pm
THE BALM TALKS: Jasmine Best & Janelle Dunlap
South Side Community Art Center: Online
Free
November 11-14, 2021
Black Fine Art Fair of Ohio
Chicago Collections Consortium: Online
Black Fine Art Fair of Ohio: 345 E Fifth Ave, Columbus, OH
Thurs, November 11, 5-6pm
Art After Work: Joseph Yoakum
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outside Art: Online
Free
Thurs, November 11, 6-10pm
You’re Welcome
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-25
Wed, November 11, 6:30-8:30pm
Film Screening: Where is the Friend’s House?
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Thurs, November 11, 8:30pm
stein/jackson/reed/kirshner
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, November 11, 9:30pm
Quiet Pterodactyl and Lumpen Radio’s The Minimal Beat presents: MIIRRORS w/ Moritat & DJ Quin Kirchner
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$12
Thurs, November 11, 5:30pm
Visualizing a Lead Free Environment: How Art Intersects with Community Activism
EXPO Chicago: Online
Free
Thurs, November 11, 5pm
Making Rituals: A Study Group Workshop Series
University of Chicago Arts: Green Line Performing Arts Center, 329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL
Free
November 12-13, 2021
Bridge Dance Festival 2021
Links Hall: Online
Free
November 12, 2021-January 21, 2022
Present Artifacts
Ralph Arnold Gallery: 1131 W Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, November 12, 7-8pm
Meditation for Imaginations
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, November 12, 12-2pm
Noopiming: A Cure For White Ladies
Big Car: Online
Free
Fri, November 12, 7:30-9:30pm
A Gathering of Dreams Closing Reception
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, November 12, 6-10pm
Queer Comedy hosted by Tribble
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-25
Fri, November 12, 6-9pm
Art for the Holidays: First Grabs Friday
Detroit Artists Market: 4719 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI
Free
Sat, November 13, 10:30-11:30am
Teju Cole: Black Paper
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
$10-20
Sat, November 13, 1pm
Earth Emotions: Screening of Works by Adam Farcus
Terrain Exhibitions + Springfield Art Association: 700 N 4th St, Springfield, IL
Free
Sat, November 13, 11am
Jillian Tamaki: Reading for Young People
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Sat, November 13, 12-4pm
Handmade Market
The Empty Bottle: 1035 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 13, 1-2:30pm
Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson: A Celebration
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
$10 – $20
Sat, November 13, 1pm
Sky Hopinka: MALNI—TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE (2020)
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Sat, November 13, 4:20pm
¡HOT MESS!
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$10
Sat, November 13, 7pm
Being BeBe
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$16-200
Sat, November 13, 7:30-9:30pm
Lakefront Anonymous: Chicago’s Unknown Art Gallery
1100 Florence: 1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL
Free
Sat/Sun, November 13 (8-9pm) & 14 (5-6pm)
INTERMISSIONS: Paul Maheke
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S. Ellis Ave. Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 13, 8pm
Tasha
Sleeping Village: 3734 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$15-$18
November 13, 2021 – January 16, 2022
Kirk Henriques & Alexandra Antoine: Gastropoetrics
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave., Suite 220, Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, November 14, 11am-4pm
November Inkjet Transfer Workshop
LATITUDE: 1821 W Hubbard St., Chicago, IL
$100
Sun, November 14, 6pm
ruang rantau / the space beyond here: film screening
Co-Prosperity Sphere: 3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, November 14, 5pm
Marc Ribot
Mershon Auditorium: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
$12-20
Mon, November 15, 6pm
Into the Archive: A Virtual Conversation with Black Film Archive Creator Maya Cade
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Online
Free
Mon, November 15, 7pm
Virtual Reading: CRIP KINSHIP by Shayda Kafai
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free
Mon, November 15, 8-11pm
Kabir Dalawari Quartet & Bradfield/Johnson/Ulery/Kirchner
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Tues, November 16, 12-10pm
Public Health (The Road To Healthy Living)
Roseland Hospital: 45 W 111th St
Free
Tues, November 16, 12-1:15pm
The “Why” continues to inform the “How”: The Past, Present and Future of Invisible Institute’s Journalism
Invisible Institute: Online
Free
Tues, November 16, 12-1pm
Chicago and Civil Rights in the 1960s
Newberry Library: Online
Free
Tues, November 16, 6pm
Write Club: Angstgiving
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$12
Tues, November 16, 7pm
A Virtual Reading with H. Melt
A Room of One’s Own Bookstore: Online
Free
Wed, November 17, 6pm
Jason Salavon
Smart Museum of Art: 5550 S Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
November 18, 2021-February 26, 2022
Land
Beeler Gallery: 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH
Free
Thurs, November 18, 6pm
Regin Igloria in conversation with Rachel L. S. Harper
DePaul Art Museum: Online
Free
Thurs, November 18, 2-3:30pm
Donations + Transfer Agreements Panel
Black Metropolis Research Consortium: Online
Free
Thurs, November 18, 6-7pm
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Thurs, November 18, 6-7:30pm
Visions of Justice: Illinois
Illinois Humanities: Online
Free
Thurs, November 18, 6pm
The Perfect Servant: Exploring Race, Labor & Blackness in Chicago
Arts + Public Life: Online
Free
Fri, November 19, 6-9pm
WINTER ARTS & CRAFTS EXPO PREVIEW PARTY
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
$40
Fri, November 19, 6-10pm
You’re Welcome: Closing Reception
Reunion Chicago: 2557 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-25
Sat, November 20, 6-9pm
SLAYSIAN 2.0
Co-Prosperity Gallery, Public Media Institute, 3219 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 20, 6pm
Everyone Together: Dialogue + Shaking
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 20, 3pm
Songs for Syria
Fine & Performing Arts Center @ Moraine Valley Community College: 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, IL
$0-$35
Sat, November 20, 7:30-9pm
Good Trouble
The Kehrein Center For The Arts: 5628 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, November 21, 1-4pm
Matt Irie: Arresting Gestures
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Free
Sun, November 21, 12-3pm
Site 1
The Ekru Project, Beco Gallery, Troost Gardens, Sapien Gallery, Curiouser & Curiouser, and plug: Gillham Park, 4200-4298 Kenwood Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free
Sun, November 21, 11am-2pm
yART Sale
Project 1612: 813 E. Jefferson St., Morton, IL
Free
Mon, November 22, 8-11pm
ALVIN COBB TRIO & NATE LEPINE QUARTET
Elastic Arts: 3429 West Diversey Avenue #208, Chicago, IL
$10
Wed, November 24, 8pm
Chicago Black Artist Union Presents: “The Celestials” Benefit Concert
Elastic Arts: 3429 West Diversey Avenue #208, Chicago, IL
$20
Fri, November 26, 6-10pm
Mesonjixx Live from Culxrhouse!
Culxr House: 3014 North 24th Street, Omaha, NE
$15
Sat, November 27, 12pm
Cicero / Mt. Greenwood (1996/2016) – A Screening and Conversation
Southside Film Festival: IIT Tower Auditorium, 10 W 35th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, November 27, 7-9:30pm
Daughters of Eve – Red Carpet Premier Screening
Southside Film Festival: Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
Sat, November 27, 4pm & 7pm
Choreographers’ Evening 2021: Curated by Valerie Oliveiro
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$28.50
Sun, November 28, 6-9pm
Mama Gloria – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Southside Film Festival: Cinema Chatham, 210 W. 87th St., Chicago, IL
Tues, November 30, 6pm
Collective Impact: Conversation with Hood Feminism Author Mikki Kendall
Columbia College Chicago: Online
Free
