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Tues, Oct 1, 6-7pm
News in Chicago Media, Today and Tomorrow
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Tues, Oct 1, 6-7:30pm
Park McArthur
The Art Institute of Chicago: 230 S Columbus Dr
Free
Tues, Oct 1, 7-8:30pm
Grace Talusan: The Body Papers: A Memoir
Dominican University: 7900 Division St, River Forest
Free
Tues, Oct 1, 7:30-8:30pm
In Progress: Roy Kinsey
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 4-7pm
Born Woke: 30 Years of Guild Literary Complex
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 6-7:30pm
Policing, Violence, and Torture in Chicago
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 6-7:30pm
Contesting Freedom: “Pop América, 1965–1975” Curator Conversation with Esther Gabara
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 6:30-8:30pm
In-Session by Cat Mahari with Duane Powell, Amir George and Daniel Haywood
Threewalls: 2738 W North Ave
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 7-8:15pm
Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer
UIC Forum: 725 W Roosevelt Rd
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 7-9pm
Adrián García Orozco: La Piel de las Almas
6018North: 6018 N Kenmore Ave
Free
Wed, Oct 2, 7:30-8:30pm
The Threat of Tech: Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Tools and 21st Century Discrimination
Weinberg/Newton Gallery: 688 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Thur, Oct 3, 5-8pm
The Chicago Sound Show
Smart Museum of Art: 5550 S Greenwood Ave
Free
Thur, Oct 3, 6-8pm
Choi, Huffman, Reed, & Wasson
Harold Washington Library: 400 S State St
Free
Thur, Oct 3, 6-8pm
New Films From the GLAS Animation Festival
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 164 N State St
Free
Thur, Oct 3, 6-9pm
Performance Test Kitchen
Mana Contemporary: 2233 S Throop St
Free
Thur, Oct 3, 7-10pm
Talking While Female Storytelling Sessions: Chicago Edition
Back of the Yards Coffeehouse and Roastery: 2059 W 47th St
Free
Fri, Oct 4, 2-4pm
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Documentary
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 164 N State St
$6-12
Fri, Oct 4, 5:30-8:30pm
Namir Fearce: I’m Building Me a Home
International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr
Free
Fri, Oct 4, 5-10pm
Chicago Teachers Union-SEIU Local 73 Community Art Build
Chicago Teachers Union: 1901 W Carroll Ave
Free
Fri, Oct 4, 6-9pm
dear jazz…A Visual Love Letter
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 S Michigan Ave
Free
Fri, Oct 4, 6-9pm
In-Between States
ACRE: 1345 W 19th St
Free
Fri, Oct 4, 6-10pm
Yollocalli Fundraiser (21+)
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St
$40
Fri, Oct 4, 7-9pm
We Are Witnesses: Chicago: (In)Justice for All Film Festival
Uri-Eichen Gallery: 2101 S Halsted St
Free
Fri, Oct 4, 9-10pm
Achilles’ High Heel: A Sketch Show
Judy’s Beat Lounge: 230 W North Ave
$7-13
Sat, Oct 5, 10am-12:30pm
What Is the Midwest?
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 1-3pm
Mekko
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 2-7pm
Terrain Biennial 2019: Opening Block Party
Terrain Exhibitions: 1150 Block of Lyman Ave, Oak Park
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 2:30-3:30pm
South Side Projections: From the Archives
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 7-9pm
Jean Sousa: Film Poems & 16mm Shorts
Chicago Filmmakers: 5720 N Ridge Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 6-9pm
Colleen Keihm: Holding Site
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 6-9pm
Santina Amato: Because the flowers won’t last, Christine Forni: Remembering Sophia’s Garden, and Meg T. Noe; eternal light
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 5, 6-11pm
POWER & EXPRESSIONS The Arts Movement Continues…
Haven Entertainment Center: 932 E 43rd St
$75
Sat, Oct 5, 8-9:30pm
Sarah Davachi
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel: 5850 S Woodlawn Ave
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 1-3pm
Social Architecture: Bronzeville
47th (CTA Green): 600 E 47th St
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 2-5pm
Jan Brugger: Devices to Stay Afloat
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 2-6pm
Courtney Cobbs: Relaxation with Reiki
6018North: 6018 N Kenmore Ave
$10-40
Sun, Oct 6, 2-6pm
Jorge Lucero: The Yourstuff Museum
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 3pm
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group [BR]
the #LetUsBreathe Collective: 1434 W 51st
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 3-5pm
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
Read/Write Library: 914 N California Ave
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 4-7pm
FOUND: Love Letters of Muslim Resistance and Community
PO Box Collective: 6900 N Glenwood Ave
Free
Sun, Oct 6, 8:30-11:30pm
Nicholas Phillips’ #45miniatures: A Musical Response to Trump
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave
$10
Mon, Oct 7, 7-9pm
Poetry off the Shelf: Eduardo C. Corral
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St
Free
http://www.thevisualist.org/2019/10/poetry-off-the-shelf-eduardo-c-corral/
Tue, Oct 8, 6:30-8:30pm
Annalee Newitz: The Future of Another Timeline
American Writers Museum: 180 N Michigan Ave
$12
Wed, Oct 9, 7-9pm
Justice For Comfort Women at the Justice Hotel
6018NORTH: 6018 N Kenmore Ave
Free
Wed, Oct 9, 7-9pm
Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook in Logan Square
Rosa’s Lounge: 3420 W Armitage Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 4-7pm
Restraint | Amina Ross: Eclipsing (Body)
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 5-7pm
Third Realm
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 6pm
Gallery Talk with Maite Borjabad
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 6-7:30pm
Eighth Blackbird: Love Letters
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 6-8pm
Zach Blas: Obedient x3
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 164 N State St
$5-12
Thurs, Oct 10, 6-8pm
Personal Expression & Collective Action
In These Times: 2040 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 6-8pm
Chicana Movidas: Book Talk + Reception
Pilsen Outpost: 1637 W 18th St
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 6-8pm
Social Architecture: Queer Space
CTA Southport: 3411 N Southport Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 10, 6-10:30pm
Explore Their Stories | Films On Excellence | Bapsi Sidhwa
Floating World Gallery: 1925 N Halsted St
$25-100
Thurs, Oct 10, 6:30-7:30pm
Tadao Ando: Houses for Art
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave
Free
Fri, Oct 11, 4-6pm
Tina Zimen: Figure & Foliage
Three Crowns Park: 2323 McDaniel Ave
Free
Fri, Oct 11, 5-8pm
Journey for Justice: Untold Filipino-American History
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: 800 S Halsted St
Free
Fri, Oct 11, 6-9pm
The Test Show
Ground Level Platform: 2001 S Halsted St
Free
Fri, Oct 11, 6:30-7:30pm
Protest Banner Workshop
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 10am-1pm
Indigenous Languages and Peoples in the Midwest: A Conversation
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 12-1pm
Art Speaks: I want to be…
Catherine Edelman Gallery: 1637 W Chicago Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 1-4pm
Repair Fair at the Bridgeport Library!
Richard J Daley Library: 3400 S Halsted St
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 5-7pm
Lit & Luz Festival Kick Off Party
Sleeping Village: 3734 W Belmont Ave
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 5-8pm
2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Graduation
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 6-11pm
Networks of Resistance
Co-Prosperity Sphere: 3219 S Morgan St
Free
Sat, Oct 12, 7-9pm
Lavender Women & Killer Dykes: Lesbians, Feminism, and Community in Chicago
Gerber Hart Library and Archives: 6500 N Clark St
$15
Sat, Oct 12, 7:30pm
Pop-Up Magazine: The Escape Issue
Athenaeum Theatre:2936 N Southport Ave
$27
Sun, Oct 13, 1-1:30pm
Laura Biagi, Ph.D.: Inviting the Medicine
6018North: 6018 N Kenmore Ave
$10-40
Sun, Oct 13, 2:30-4:30pm
Never Again Is Now: Mass Incarceration Workshop
JASC – Japanese American Service Committee: 4427 N Clark St
Free
Mon, Oct 14, 6-8pm
Lit & Luz: Documents Bureau and Undocumented Projects Present: The Office of Migratory Perceptions
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Tue, Oct 15, 6-7:30pm
Eddie Opara
The Art Institute of Chicago: 230 S Columbus Dr
Free
Wed, Oct 16, 5-8pm
Noche Con Ariana Brown | Poesia, Community, Celebration
Green Line Performing Arts Center: 329 E Garfield Blvd
Free
Wed, Oct 16, 6:30-8:30pm
Saeed Jones: How We Fight for Our Lives
American Writers Museum: 180 N Michigan Ave
Free
Wed, Oct 16, 7-9pm
Sisters in Cinema: An Evening with Yvonne Welbon
The Block Museum: 40 Arts Circle Dr
Free
Thurs, Oct 17, 6-8pm
Narcisa Hirsch: Contact Zones
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 164 N State St
$5-12
Thurs, Oct 17, 7-9pm
Grown Folk Stories
Green Line Performing Arts Center: 329 E Garfield Blvd
Free
Fri, Oct 18, 1-3:30pm
Archiving Social Justice in Chicago
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: 800 S Halsted St
Free
Fri, Oct 18, 4:30-6:30pm
Subverting Technologies of Repression
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St
Free
Sat, Oct 19, 3-4pm
Jordan Martins and Giovanni Aloi: Artist Talk
Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave
Free
Sun, Oct 20, 12-2pm
Najee-Zaid Searcy: Connection + Intention
6018North: 6018 N Kenmore Ave
$10-40
Wed, Oct 23, 6-7pm
Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of the South Side
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St
Free
Wed, Oct 23, 7-8:30pm
Poetry off the Shelf: Kevin Coval & Idris Goodwin
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St
Free
Thurs, Oct 24, 6-7pm
Wardell Milan
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave
Free
Thurs, Oct 24, 6-9:30pm
An Evening With Mezcla Media Collective
Eleven04 Productions (Indie Co-Lab): 2059b W Hastings St
$35
Thurs, Oct 24, 7-8pm
Fifty Shades of Marvin Tate
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: 756 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Thur, Oct 24, 7pm
Sahand Afshar: Please Take a Seat and Tell Me Your Name
6018NORTH: 6018 N Kenmore Av
Free
Fri, Oct 25, 7-8pm
Patti Smith with Lynn Goldsmith
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
$8-15
Fri, Oct 25, 7-9:30pm
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
The Block Museum: 40 Arts Circle Dr
Free
Fri, Oct 25, 7-11pm
Jacqueline Surdell: Vaulted Breath/Winded Spirit
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Fri, Oct 25, 7-11pm
Between a Rock and a Dream
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave
Free
Fri, Oct 25, 6pm
Michiko Itatani: Cosmic Codes
One After 909: 906 N Ashland
Free
Sat, Oct 26, 3-4:15pm
Surveillance and Black Activism
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave
$8-10
Sat, Oct 26, 5-7pm
Jamie M. Moore: A Wild Pack Of Dogs
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave
$10
Sun, Oct 27, 1-2pm
Rhiannon Giddens
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave
Free
Sun, Oct 27, 12-4pm
Physical gestures that flatten out as moments
Tiger Strikes Astroid Chicago: Mana Contemporary 2233 S. Throop St, #419
Free
Sun, Oct 27, 1-4pm
Remembering Rhumboogie Historic Tour with Lee Bey
Arts Incubator: 301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Free
Sun, Oct 27, 5:30-8pm
I’m Building Me A Home: Artists Series
International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr.
Free
Mon, Oct 28, 6-7:30pm
Jeffrey Gibson
The Art Institute of Chicago: 230 S Columbus Dr
Free
Wed, Oct 30, 7-9pm
Poetry off the Shelf: avery r. young & Dorothée Munyaneza
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St
Free
Wed, Oct 30, 5:30pm
Artist Talk: Julia Fish
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Av
Free
Wed, Oct 30, 9pm
Slo ‘Mo Presents: The Coven Classic
Sleeping Village: 3734 W. Belmont Av
$20, 21+
Thurs, Oct 31, 6-8pm
Shengze Zhu: Present.Perfect.
Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 164 N State St
Free
Thurs, Oct 31, 6-7pm
Aztec Art and the Fragility of Empire
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave
Free
Still on view:
On view through Oct 13, 2019
Feel Me?
Iceberg Projects: 7714 N Sheridan Rd
Free
On view through Nov 2, 2019
Orkideh Torabi: Heaven on Earth
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave
Free
On view through Jan 5, 2020
2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial: …and other such stories
Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St
Free
