October Art Picks

October 1-31,2023
Laurie Schirmer Carpenter and Purple Window Gallery Members Exhibition
Lubeznik: 101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN
Free

October 1- December 31,2023
Biennial 32
Lubeznik: 120 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, South Bend, IN
Free

Sun, October 1, 11am-2pm
Doikayt – Performance for When Souls Stick Closing
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, October 1, 2-3pm
Craig Jun Li Artist Talk
Prairie: 2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago
Free

Sun, October 1, 3-6pm
Terrain Biennial 2023 Block Party
James Stone Freedom Square: 3615 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago
Free

Sun, October 1, 4-5pm
Conversations: Building Support Systems
TUSK: 3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago
Free

October 2-December 15, 2023
Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s
Schingoethe Center of Aurora University: 1315 Prairie St, Aurora, IL
Free

Mon, October 2, 4:30pm
Dr. Irmgard Emmelhainz: Destructive Desires and Other Destinies of Excess: Lecture
SAIC | MacLean Center: 112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Mon, October 2, 6:30-8:30pm
Contextualizing the Mexican Milagros: Agents of Relational Anatomy
Chuquimarca: Online
Free

Tues, October 3, 6pm
How to Protect Bookstores and Why with Danny Caine
Moon Palace Books: 3032 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis MN
Free

Wed, October 4, 10am-4pm(EST)
Canal to Cuyahoga: Everlasting Plastics in Context
SPACES: 900 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH
Free

Wed, October 4, 4:30pm
Želimir Žilnik: Essential Work
IU Cinema: 505 W 4th St, Bloomington, IN
Free

Wed, October 4, 6pm
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 1: AFW8 Kickoff at Fourtune House
Fourtune House: 4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago
$15

Wed, October 4, 6:30pm
Author Talk with Owen Keehnen & Rick Karlin
Gerber Hart Library and Archives: 6500 N Clark St, 2nd Fl, Chicago
Free

Wed, October 4, 7pm
KBD, NOSSE NOOS NASE (RDunn + JSoliday), Ossemann + Leaf Miner, Galaxxu + Ishmael Ali
Tritriangle: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago
$10

October 5-31, 2023
House of the Exquisite Corpse III: A Haunted Puppet Anthology
Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin Garage Space: 1650 N Halsted St, Chicago
$15-45

Thurs, October 5, 5-8pm
Don’t ‘Drag’ Me Down: Today’s Battle for Liberation
Koehnline Museum of Art: 1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL
Free

Thurs, October 5, 5:30-6:30pm
Susan Giles: Space Has Become This Material Thing: Artist Talk
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago
Free

Thurs, October 5, 6pm
Building Legacies in Public and in Practice
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, October 5, 6-7:30pm
Dr. Esther da Costa Meyer on the Architecture of Refugee Housing
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, October 5, 6-8pm
Želimir Žilnik: Short Films
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
$5-13

Thurs, October 5, 7-8:30pm
Crip Talk: JJJJJerome Ellis – Aster of Ceremonies
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, October 5, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Rafiq Bhatia
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

October 6-27, 2023
Margo & Rein Vanderhill: Nature’s Medley
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art: 3220 Farnam St, Ste 2101, Omaha, NE
Free

October 6-28, 2023
October National
Anne Lloyd Gallery of the Madden Arts Center: 25 N Water St, Decatur, IL
Free

Fri, October 6, 1pm
American Graffiti – 50th Anniversary
The Historic Midwest Theater: 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE
$4-7

Fri, October 6, 5:30-6:30pm
InTRANSIT
Grand Center Arts Plaza: Downtown St Louis
Free

Fri, October 6, 6pm
Mikey Mosher: Container Continuum
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, October 6, 6-9pm
J. Kent: mille tendresse-mille fleurs
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, October 6, 7:30pm
Tower of Power
Holland Performing Arts Center: 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE
$30-60

Fri, October 6, 7-8pm
Spooky and Gay: a queer horror variety show
Dorothy: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

October 7, 2023-January 14, 2024
Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics
Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
Free

Sat, October 7, 12-5pm
New In Town
Vertical Gallery: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago
Free

Sat, October 7, 2-3pm
The Noah Ginex Puppet Company Presents: SNORF! A 10th Anniversary Show
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$20

Sat, October 7, 3-5:30pm
Pilsen Latina Legacies Teach-in #1: Chicanas and Latinas Champions of Change
Pilsen Arts & Community House: 1637 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Sat, October 7, 4-8pm
Urbana Fall Fashion Festival
Urbana Arts and Culture Program: Downtown Urbana
Free

Sun, October 8, 2-5pm
Larry Lee
Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm: 202 E Washington, Morris, IL
Free

Sun, October 8, 2-5pm
Jason Dunda
Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm: 202 E Washington, Morris, IL
Free

October 9-November 4, 2023
Intersection of Parallel
Octagon Center for the Arts: Octagon Center for the Arts
Free

Mon, October 9, 7pm
Neuter (NYC), Annihil (NYC), Hedra Rowan, MAIR & Jesie
Tritriangle: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago
$10

Mon, October 9, 7-8pm
Indigenous Language Politics in the Classroom: Mneesha Gellman and Bill Ayers
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Wed, October 11, 12-1pm
Visiting Artist: Delano Dunn
University Galleries of Illinois State University: 11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL
Free

Wed, October 11, 8pm
Juliann Wang ‘Notes in the Wind’ 16-Channel Listening Experience
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15

Oct 11-14
Global Africa Community Forum: Reckoning, Restitution, and Repair
Virtual and various physical locations
Free

Thurs, October 12, 5-11:59pm
CU Folk and Roots Festival 2023
Urbana Arts and Culture Program: Downtown Urbana
$40

Thurs, October 12, 6pm
A PART OF THE HEART CAN’T BE EATEN: An Evening with TRISTAN TAORMINO
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Thurs, October 12, 6-7pm
(De)Tour: Game Changers
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free

Thurs, October 12, 7-8:30pm
Open Door: Chris Aldana + Czaerra Galicinao Ucol, Dior J. Stephens + jason b. crawford
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Fri, Oct 13, 4:15pm
Data, Archives and Information in Society (DAIS) Seminar: Gracen Brilmyer
Virtual
Free

Fri, Oct 13, 7-8:30pm
Guerilla Television Network: The Politics of Intimacy with Julie Gustafson
Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free

Fri, October 13, 2023
Communication’s 5th Anniversary Fundraiser!
Communications: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free

October 13-November 4, 2023
Innerconnectivity I | Kenzi Rayelle
Public Space One: 229 N Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA
Free

October 13-December 1, 2023
On beauty and displacement | Francisco Souto
Kiechel Fine Art: 1208 ‘O’ St, Lincoln, NE
Free

October 13-December 15, 2023
Tadao Ando: Spontaneous Sketches
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free

October 13-December 16, 2023
Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, October 13, 6-8pm
Sapphire & Crystals: Freedom’s Muse
Logan Center Exhibition: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free

Fri, October 13, 6-10pm
CAD OPEN STUDIOS
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St, Chicago
Free

Fri, October 13, 7-8:30pm
Samson Y Hiss presents: One-Handed Witch
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$25-50

Fri, October 13, 7-9pm(EST)
Broad Underground: Machines in Flames
MSU Wells Hall: 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI
Free

Sat, Oct 14, 7pm
Spinning Home Movies: Rhythm and Love with Reginald R. Robinson
Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th Street Chicago
Free with RSVP

Sat, October 14, 1-4pm
Bryana Bibbs: Places (Edition I)
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago: 2233 S Throop St., Unit 419, Chicago
Free

Sat, October 14, 2-4pm
Michelle Wasson: Aurea Nova: Artist Talk
Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL
Free

Sat, October 14, 5-8pm
AT FIRST GLANCE
Blanc Gallery: 4445 S. MLK Dr, Chicago
Free

Sat, October 14, 5-8:30pm
Jay Afrisando: is sound is tactile is visual is sound is
Curb Appeal Gallery: Email info@curbappeal.gallery for address
Free

Wed, October 14, 7-9pm(EST)
No Exit: Surreal Games
SPACES: 900 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH
Free

Sat, October 14, 7-10:30pm
Freedom From Freedom To: A Group Performance
ALMA Art and Interiors:3636 South Iron St, Chicago
Free

Sun, October 15, 2-4pm
No Place Like Home
Devonshire Cultural Center: 4400 Greenwood St, Skokie, IL
Free

Sun, October 15, 2-4pm
Illinois Archaeology Lecture Series
Dickson Mounds Museum: 10956 N Dickson Mounds Rd, Lewistown, IL
Free

Sun, October 15, 7:30-10pm
SoFar Sounds!
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Wed, Oct 18, 5-6pm
Queer Cafes, Past & Present: with Dr. Alex Ketchum & Jennifer Park
Virtual
Free

October 19-20, 2023
ASH: A dance, sculpture, and music collaboration
Visit Pictura Gallery: 505 West 4th St. Bloomington, IN
Free

Thurs, October 19, 5-6:30pm
Film Screening: Common Exchanges, When Species Meet
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, October 19, 7-8:30pm
VS Presents: JOURNEY(S) – live podcast recording
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, October 19, 7-8:30pm
Speak Up St. Louis LIVE
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

October 20-November 18, 2023
Brian Day: Game Theory
M CONTEMPORARY ART: 205 E 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
Free

Fri, Oct 20, 6-9pm
For We Are Kings: Timeless Transfers of Generational Joy, Happiness, & Swag
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Free

October 20-December 1, 2023
Foster Owen Atkinson
Houska Gallery: 4728 McPherson Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free

Fri, October 20, 6-9pm
Affen Segun: We are Kings: Timeless Transfers of Generational Joy, Happiness, and Swag
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, ​Chicago
Free

Sat, October 21, 11-11:30am
Learning Series | The Impact of Food Apartheid in Education
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, Oct 21, 5-6:30pm
Clear Consciousness
Dirty Laundry x Dinobi: 5230 South Harper Avenue, Chicago
$5

Sat, Oct 21, 7-10pm
The Living Room Series x Recycled Modern | Vol 3
Recycled Modern, LLC: 5231 South Harper Court, Chicago
$5

Sat, October 21, 12-5pm
Open House Celebration: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
The Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Circle Dr. Evanston
Free

Sat, October 21, 6-9pm
Afrodjia Social Club at Kenwood Gardens
Kenwood Gardens: 6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, October 21, 6-8pm
Show & Tell: A Soirée at Woman Made Gallery
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago
$85-90

Sat, October 21, 7-9pm
Live Arts | Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, October 22, 1-4pm
RE/FUTURING the Verse: Poetry Threads of Native Chicago
Center for Native Futures: 56 West Adams Street, Chicago
Free

October 23-December 1, 2023
Overshot
Heuser Gallery: 1400 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL
Free

Tue, October 24, 6-7pm
In the Studio: Janie Stamm
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Tue, October 24, 9am-12pm
Riso Basics: Discover Risography with BEARBEAR
The Bindery: 347 E Ward St, Milwaukee, WI
$70

Tue, October 24, 6-9pm
Inspired Marbling Techniques
The Bindery: 347 E Ward St, Milwaukee, WI
$70

Wed, October 25, 12-1pm
Earthly Visions: Virtual Tour
Gallery 400: Online
Free

Wed, October 25, 4:45pm
Queer & Trans Open Mic
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Wed, October 25, 10pm
HalloSEEN: A Queer Horror Showcaser
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Pay what you want

October 26. 2023-February 4, 2024
Mike Kelley’s Space for Public Good
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

October 27-29, 2023
Thoughts of a Colored Man
Gem Theater: 1615 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO
$30

October 27-31, 2023
Rocky Horror Picture Show LIVE
Empire Arts Center: 415 DeMers Ave, Grand Forks, ND
$21

Sat, Oct 28, 11-2pm
Workshop: Branding & Cultural Tradition
MANO: 2150 S Canalport Ave Suite 1b04, Chicago
$130

October 28-November 11, 2023
Carving and Printing Patterns and Creatures (A Relief Rodeo!)
The Bindery: 347 E Ward St, Milwaukee, WI
$235

October 28, 2023-February 18, 2024
Marian Carow: Salvages
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, October 28, 4:20pm
Hot Mess!
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago
Free

Sat, October 28, 7pm-12am
ACRE Zombi Disco
Color Club: 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago
$20-40

October 30, 2023-February 10, 2024
Abstraction + Love
Lubeznik Center for the Arts: 101 W. 2nd St, Michigan City, IN
Free

Mon, October 30, 6:30-8:30pm
Consider a Disappearance
Chuquimarca: Online
Free