September Art Picks

September 1, 2023
Futurewomen – Season 2 premieres September 1st.
Open Television (OTV): Online
Free

September 1-2, 2023
Lucky Pierre: In the Future Something Will Have Happened
Berger Park Cultural Center: 6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago
Free

September 1-4, 2023
Socialism 2023
Hyatt Regency McCormick Pl: 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago
Free

September 1-October 21, 2023
Sweet Fields/Campos Dulces
LUX Center for Arts: 2601 N 48th St, Lincoln, NE
Free

September 1-October 21, 2023
John Ferry: Straight and Narrow
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art: 2004 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free

September 1-October 21, 2023
Michael Schultz: Unintended Beauty
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art: 2004 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free

September 1-October 1, 2023
Oliver Coran: Oliver Coran
Twin: http://www.twingallery.org and @twingallerylaundry
Free

Fri, September 1, 1-7pm
Karsh Kale: A Special South Asia Institute Fundraiser Event
South Asia Institute: 1925 Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 1, 5-8pm
Bouquet
Circle Contemporary: 2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 1, 5-8pm
First Friday Openings
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center: 2012 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO
Free

Fri, September 1, 5-10pm
Billy James Joyce: Two Trees
Apparatus Projects @ Cellar Door Provisions: 3025 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Free

Tue, September 5, 5:30-7:30pm
St. Louis County Library Hip Hop Block Party
Bangert Park: 275 S New Florissant Rd, Florissant, MO
Free

Fri, September 1, 6-9pm
Jess Bass & Gabriel Chalfin-Piney: When Souls Stick
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 1, 6-9pm
Lively
Artists Cooperative Gallery: 405 S 11th St, Omaha, NE
Free

Fri, September 1, 6-9pm
Patchwork Glitch
imnotArt gallery: 1010 N Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 1, 9pm(EST)
PLANET FRIENDLY: Angel Bat Dawid & Sophiyah E., Baskasanball & Kyle Hall
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$21.95

September 2, 2023-March 10, 2023
Chaos: Ken Matsubara’s Buddhist Masterwork
Minneapolis Institute of Art: 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Sat, September 2, 10am-4pm
Unapologetic: A Banner and Button-Making
Des Lee Gallery: 1627 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO
Free

Sat, September 2, 4-7pm
6th Midwest Open
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave, #4A-3, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 2, 6pm
Charles Joseph Smith: Rogers Park DIY
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 2, 6-9pm(EST)
Mike Han: United by Design
PLAYGROUND DETROIT Gallery: 2845 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

Sat, September 2, 8pm-12am
One Million Experiments Film: Premiere Party
BASSLINE: 2239 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 2, 8:30pm
easygoingtech, jackie, dawndivision, sulffffffur, g0rb/mode hexe
Tritriangle: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago
$10

Sat, September 2, 10pm (EST)
DJF: Shigeto LIVE ENSEMBLE
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$21.95

Sun, September 3, 4-9pm
At Rest
Jude Gallery: 629 W Cermak Rd, Unit 240, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 3, 7-8pm
Family Abolition: M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 3, 8pm(EST)
Official Jazz Fest Afterparty: URBAN ART ORCHESTRA
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$21.95

September 5-8, 2023
Collaborative Works Festival
Ganz Hall – Roosevelt University: 50 E Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago
Free

Tue, September 5, 11-11:30am
Stone Sea Guided Experience
Saint Louis Art Museum: One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
$5-10

Tue, September 5, 6-7pm
Work in Progress: Justin Favela
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

September 6, 2023-January 9, 2024
All Chagall and Rouault
LUX Center for Arts: 2601 N 48th St, Lincoln, NE
Free

Wed, September 6, 6-7:30pm
Artists Live with Dorothy Burge and Michelle Daniel Jones
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free

Wed, September 6, 8-9:30pm
“Where we go together” or The Flashlight Play by Theatre Nobody
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: 756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7-November 18, 2023
Wake … Sleep … Dream
Beeler Gallery: 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH
Free

Thurs, September 7, 3032-February 11, 2024
Life Cycles
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7, 3:30-4:30pm
Chicago Performs | Irene Hsiao: Blue Alice
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7, 5-7pm
Susan Giles: Space Has Become This Material Thing
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7, 5-7pm
The Remaining, Mourn…
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum: Altgeld Hall 595 College Ave, DeKalb, IL
Free

Thurs, September 7, 5-7pm
LOVE: Still Not the Lesser
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7, 5-9pm
First Thursdays
The Northrup King Building: 1500 Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Thurs, September 7, 6-7pm
Celebrating Darci Schummer’s The Ballad of Two Sisters
Moon Palace Books: 3032 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis MN
Free

Thurs, September 7, 6-7:30pm
Chicago Poet Laureate Celebration
The Harold Washington Library: 400 S State St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7, 6:30-8pm
Our Family’s Violin Story
Illinois State Museum-Springfield: 502 S Spring St, Springfield, IL
Free

Thurs, September 7, 7-10pm
Pan African Festival of Algiers
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 7, 7:30pm
Amalgam presents Akjai
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

September 8-October 20, 2023
Unceded Garden
Generator Space: 1804 Vinton St, Omaha, NE
Free

September 8-October 21, 2023
Bassim Al-Shaker: Four Minutes
Rhona Hoffman Gallery: 1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

September 8-October 27, 2023
Marilyn Niewoehner: Adroit Enchantment
Long X Arts Foundation: 100 2nd Ave SW, Watford City, ND
Free

September 8-October 28, 2023
Jimmy DeSana: CHICAGO | Suburban
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

September 8, 2023-April 13, 2024
World War I Quilts: The Sue Reich Collection
International Quilt Museum: 1523 N 33rd St, Lincoln, NE
Free

Fri, September 8, 4-7pm
Dan Ramirez: Vertical Thoughts
Zolla / Lieberman Gallery: 325 W Huron St, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5pm
Francisco Mora: Small Works
Latino Arts, Inc: 1028 S 9th St, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-7pm
Paul Brourman: You Wear It Well
Jean Albano Gallery: 215 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-7pm
Alex Katz: Autumn
Gray Warehouse: 2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-8pm
Earthly Visions: Inside the Climate Crisis
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-8pm
N O E S I S
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art: 3220 Farnam St, #2101, Omaha, NE
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-8pm
Michelle Williams: RETROSPECTIVE
ARC Gallery: 1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-8pm
Lauren Wy: The Runner
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-8pm
Journie Cirdain: Memento Vivere
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5-8pm
Luis Lázaro Matos
Paris London Hong Kong: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5:30-7:30pm
@!#?@!: Art, Design and Sound of Q*bert
Chicago Gamespace: 2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 5:30-8pm
Partition Anti-Memorial Project & Borders and Boundaries Redefined
The Art Center Highland Park: 1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-7pm
Sound as Sight: Marsh Edition Soundwalk with Andy Slater
Hegewisch Marsh Park: 13298 S Torrence Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-8pm
80th Annual Salon Show
SOUTH SHORE ARTS: 1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-9pm
Mark Diaz / Naomi Elson / Michael Thompson
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-9pm
Opening Reception for Fall Exhibitions
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-9pm
SPECTRUM FASHION/FUNDRAISER
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space, Inc: 623 E Adams St, Springfield, IL
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-9pm
Mercurial Lake
Uri-Eichen Gallery: 2101 S Halsted St, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-9pm
Chris Cosnowski: Morality Play
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-9pm
Fall/Winter 2023 Exhibitions Opening
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Fri, September 8, 6-10pm (EST)
Fall Opening Party
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free

Fri, September 8, 6:30-8:30pm
Judy Page Project
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria: 305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL
Free

Fri, September 8, 7-11pm
Peace Has No Home: Posters for Ukraine
Public Works: 2141 W North Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 8, 7:30pm(EST)
Detroit Dance City Festival: Choreographers Showcase I
Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

Fri, September 8, 8-10:30pm (EST)
Carrie Newcomer with Pianist Gary Walters, Special Guest Ordinary Elephant
The King Arts Complex: 835 Mount Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH
Free

September 9-November 4, 2023
Kaveri Raina: Songs of silence, yet bluebirds hum
Woodson Art Museum: 700 N 12th St, Wausau, WI
Free

September 9-November 26, 2023
Birds in Art 2023
PATRON: 1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 9, 10am-4pm
Starquilts & Small Sewing Projects featuring Carol J. Wilcox
Oglala Lakota Artspace: 7904 Lakota Prairie Dr, Kyle, SD
Free

Sat, September 9, 11am-4pm
Big Picture Peoria Street Festival
Peoria’s Warehouse District: 1300 Block SW Adams, Peoria, IL
Free

Sat, September 9, 11am-4pm
2023 Annual Arts of Life Studio Sale
Arts of Life: 2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 9, 10:30am-12pm
Karen Noble: Intuitive Abstract Painting
Galesburg Community Arts Center: 349 E Main St, Galesburg, IL
Free

Sat, September 9, 11:30am
Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis Exhibition Tour
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Sat, September 9, 12pm
Racial Healing Circle: Black Community
Penumbra Theatre: 270 N Kent St, St. Paul, MN
Free

Sat, September 9, 12-4pm
Issue 11 Launch Events
The Third Rail: 1237 Fourth St NE, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Sat, September 9, 12-5pm
Danny J Martinez: Leopard Brains
Vertical Gallery: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 9, 2-3pm
Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features
The Poetry Foundation: Online
Free

Sat, September 9, 2-4pm
Butterfly Effect/Efecto Mariposa
Devonshire Cultural Center: 4400 Greenwood St, Skokie, ILL
Free

Sat, September 9, 2-5pm
María Burundarena: Volverse Imagen- Becoming Retina
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free

Sat, September 9, 2-6pm
Shades of Blue : All Building Open House Event
South Asia Institute: 1925 Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 9, 3:30-4:30pm
Chicago Performs | Irene Hsiao: Blue Alice
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave. Chicago
Free

Sat, September 9, 5-7pm
Transcendence Meeting
Hotel Alex Johnson: 523 6th St, Rapid City, SD
Free

Sat, September 9, 5-8pm
Cameron Spratley: Violets and Daisies
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 9, 7:30pm(EST)
Detroit Dance City Festival: College Showcase + Choreographers Showcase II
Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

September 10-November 18, 2023
Hartmut Austen: WAS IST
Good Weather: 1524 S Western Ave, Suite 121, Building A, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 10, 11am
SUNDAY TOUR / Trees: Deep in the Woods
LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK: 12580 Rott Rd, Saint Louis, MO
Free

Sun, September 10, 12pm
Carris Adams: Signs All Kinds
Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 10, 3pm(EST)
Detroit Dance City Festival: College Showcase + Choreographers Showcase II
Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

Sun, September 10, 3-6pm
Michelle Wasson: Aurea Nova
FlexSpace: Riverside Arts Center: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL
Free

Sun, September 10, 3-6pm
Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside
FlexSpace: Riverside Arts Center: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL
Free

Sun, September 10, 4-6pm
Joslyn Around Town: United We Walk
Tri-Faith Initiative: 13136 Faith Plz, Omaha, NE
Free

Mon, September 11, 5-7pm
Jacolby Satterwhite: Spirits Roaming on the Earth
SAIC Galleries: 33 E Washington St. Chicago
Free

Tues, September 12, 6-8pm
WE GO WHERE THEY GO: An Evening of Radical History with SHANNON CLAY
Room Of One’s Own Books & Gifts: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Tues, September 12, 6-8pm
Holly Holmes: Resonant Spaces
Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave, storefront, Chicago
Free

Tues, September 12, 7pm
Julian Gargiulo – Pianist with the Hair
The Historic Midwest Theater: 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE
Free

Tues, September 12, 7-9pm
Sacred Harp
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Wed, September 13, 10am-12pm
Jesse Howard: America Unrest Sole: Reception
Harold Washington College President’s Gallery: 30 E Lake St, Chicago
Free

Wed, September 13, 10am-5pm(EST)
On Press Women Printmakers of the Early 20th Century
Flint Institute of Arts: 1120 East Kearsley St, Flint, MI
Free

Wed, September 13, 2:30pm
Jeffly Gabriela Molina: How One Becomes What One Is?: Artist Talk & Closing Reception
McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two: 8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL
Free

Wed, September 13, 3-8pm
Warrior Women Wednesday’s Sewing Circle featuring Helene Gaddie
Oglala Lakota Artspace: 7904 Lakota Prairie Dr, Kyle, SD
Free

Wed, September 13, 5-7pm
Peoria Guild of Black Artists II
Heuser Gallery: 1400 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL
Free

Wed, September 13, 5-9pm(EST)
Radical Collaboration: Panel Discussion X Detroit Month of Design 2023
Newlab @ Michigan Central: 2050 15th St, Detroit, MI
Free

Wed, September 13, 5:30-7:30pm
Gender Expansive Artistry
Dahl Arts Center: 713 7th St, Rapid City, SD
Free

Wed, September 13, 6-8pm
COVID Conscious Craft Club
Skunk Cabbage Books: 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, September 13, 6pm
Halftone Radio Supershow
Lumpen Radio: Online
Free

Wed, September 13, 6:30pm
Wellness Series: Sound Meditation
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

September 14-16, 2023
Invisible Labor in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Neubauer Collegium: 5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Free

September 14-October 28, 2023
Sanford Biggers: Back to the Stars
moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 14, 12:30-1:30pm
Art Speaks: Language, Brand, Adornment, Tribute, Ascension, and Pose in The Culture
Saint Louis Art Museum: One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Free

Thurs, September 14, 5:30pm
A Troubling Future: A Discussion of Climate Change and Climate Anxiety
Sheldon Museum of Art: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 12th and, R St, Lincoln, NE
Free

Thurs, September 14, 6-7pm (EST)
(De)Tour: Balancing Act
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free

Thurs, September 14, 6-8pm
A Life in Frame
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 4420 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO
Free

Thurs, September 14, 6-8pm
No Martins: Encontros Políticos (Political Encounters)…Part 2
MARIANE IBRAHIM: 437 N Paulina St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 14, 6-9pm
Milwaukee Fashion Week-Panel and Streetwear Showcase
NŌ STUDIOS: 1037 W McKinley Ave, Milwaukee, WI
$25-35

Thurs, September 14, 7-8:30pm
Open Doors: Harriet Monroe Editors Panel
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 14, 8pm
Alabaster DePlume
Walker: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$20+

Thurs, September 14, 8:30pm
Elastic Aural Mexico City x Chicago Exchange: Night 1 – A Night of New Configurations and Improvisations
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15

September 15-16, 2023
Cue the Strings – a film about Low by Philip Harder
Walker: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15

Fri, September 15, 6-9pm
Jordan Brown & Janiece Maddox: Sweet, Crazy Conversations
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago
Free

Fri, September 15, 6-9pm
ornament IS – Arguments On Ornament in Design
The Bridgeport Art Center, Fourth Floor Gallery: 1200 W 35th St, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 15, 6-9pm
Cydney M. Lewis: Beauty Amongst Darkness
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave. ​Chicago
Free

Fri, September 15, 7:30-9:30pm
Amy Bruni: Life with the Afterlife
Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL
Free

Fri, September 15, 7pm
Impromptu Fest 2023
High Concept Labs: 2233 S Throop St, Chicago
Free

Fri, September 15, 8:30pm
Elastic Aural Mexico City x Chicago Exchange: Night 2 – Compositions
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15

September 16-October 8, 2023
Through Our Eyes
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo MI
Free

Saturday, Sept. 16-Sunday, September 17, 2-10pm
JAM3A
Arab American National Museum:13624 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI or Online
Free

September 16-December 31, 2023
A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Works by Wu Jian’an
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago: 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 16, 10am-5pm
The Glory of Hair? – Hair Art in the Victorian Era
Wildwood Historic Center: 420 Steinhart Park Rd, Nebraska City, NE
Free

Sat, September 16, 2-3pm
Curator-led Tour
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

Sat, September 16, 3pm
Elastic Aural Mexico City x Chicago Exchange: Day 3 – An Afternoon of New Configurations and Improvisations at the National Museum of Mexican Art
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 16, 3-7pm
Dala Nasser: Adonis River
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 16, 6-9pm
Involuntary Object
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 16, 6:30-8:30pm
Artists of The Pharmacy and Tanya Bayer & Janet Bratcher
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria: 305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL
Free

Sun, September 17, 9am-6pm
Links Hall Open House
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 17, 1-3pm
Lab E: Training Group
Experimental Station: 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 17, 3-5pm
T.J. Ly-Donovan: Oily Foam
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, September 17, 3-5pm
Guzzo Pinc: Winnetka
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Mon, September 18, 8-9:30pm
NASTY, BRUTISH & SHORT: A Puppet Cabaret
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
Free

September 19, 2023- August 31, 2024
Celebrating 100 Years of Rafael Tufiño
The National Puerto Rican Museum Chicago: 3015 W Division St, Chicago
Free

Tues, September 19, 5-7pm
Into the Future
Memorial Union Gallery: 1401 Administration Ave, Fargo, ND
Free

Wed, September 20, 6-7:30pm (EST)
Live Performance and Artist Talk: Andrea Canepa
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free

Wed, September 20, 6-9pm
After Antarctica
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
$11

Wed, September 20, 7-10pm
Get Lit. Open Mic Night
Lit. on Fire Books: 712 W Main St, Peoria, IL
Free

Wed, September 20, 8pm
Dark Matter Series: Sam Thousand, Sharon Udoh, DJ Sey Twila
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
Free

September 20-October 31, 2023
Antonia Ruppert: A Broken Crayon Still Colors
Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery: 9000 W College Parkway, Palos Hills, IL
Free

Thurs, September 21, 5:30-7:30pm
Frances Lightbound: Tectonics
John David Mooney Foundation (International Currents Gallery): 114 W Kinzie St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 21, 6-8pm
Herman’s Lounge: A Night of Rhythm and Prose
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, September 21, 6pm
AGAINST TECHNOABLEISM: An Evening with ASHLEY SHEW and ROBIN ZEBROWSKI
Room Of One’s Own Books & Gifts: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Fri, September 22, 6pm
2023 KCFFDF Closing Reception
H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute: 16 W 43rd St, Kansas City, MO
Free

Fri, September 22, 7pm
PARADOX 09.22.23 featuring NAP + DJ WAWA
Conga Lounge: 501 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN
$22

Fri, September 22, 7pm
75 Dollar Bill
Joe’s Cafe: 6014 Kingsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO
$10-20

Fri, September 22, 7-8:30pm
Instigation Festival 2023
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$16

Fri, September 22, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Emily Wells
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

Fri, September 22, 8:30pm
J e l l o: Weigh(in)g The Balance
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago
$15

September 23-24, 8-10pm(EST)
Rapture
Bulk Space: 545 King St, Detroit, MI
Free

September 23-November 4, 2023
Iris Eichenberg
David Klein Gallery: 1520 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI
Free

Sat, September 23, 10am
Library Benefit Book Sale
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO
Free

Sat, September 23, 2-5pm
Block Party: 20 Years of CAM
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Sat, September 23, 5pm
Gelitin: Democratic Sculpture 7
Neubauer Collegium: 5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 23, 6-8pm
The Magic Carpet at Kenwood Gardens
Kenwood Gardens: 6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, September 23, 6-8pm(EST)
Tiffany Alfonseca and Monica Hernandez
Library Street Collective: 1274 Library Street (Alley), Detroit, MI
Free

Sun, September 24, 3-6pm
Judy Fiskin
RUSCHWOMAN: 2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105, Chicago
Free

September 27-30, 2023
Filter Photo Festival
Columbia College Chicago Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
$0-350

Wed, September 27, 7pm
Mediterranean Fever by Maha Haj
Walker: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15

Thurs, September 28, 6pm
Exploring Allan Sekula’s Fish Story
Walker: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Thurs, September 28, 6-7pm
Visiting Artist Dyani White Hawk
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art: 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS
Free

Fri, September 29, 7- 8:30pm
The Righteous Beauty of the Things Never Accounted For (Work-In-Progress)
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$16-42

September 30, 2023-April 7, 2024
Rebecca Morris: 2001–2022
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
$10-22

Through September 17
A Hit Dog Will Holler
Den Theatre: 1331 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
$11-16

Every Thursday through September 28, 9:30-11am(EST)
OPEN TRAINING with The Hinterlands
Play House: 12657 Moran St, Detroit, MI
$10-30

Ending September 26
Jesse Howard: America Unrest Sole
Harold Washington College President’s Gallery: 30 E Lake St, Chicago
Free