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Chicago Cultural Center Building Tours
Building Tours reveal the storied history of the landmark Chicago Cultural Center – offered year round on Thursdays and Fridays at 1:15pm. Tours are FREE…
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An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman
With brilliant color and provocative forms, the artists in this exhibition suggest an alternate universe, at once familiar and surreal, seen through the prism of…
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Human+Nature
Discover Human+Nature, the latest exhibition at The Morton Arboretum. Created by internationally renowned artist Daniel Popper, five large-scale artworks between 15 to 26 feet tall will inspire…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Jin Lee: Views & Scenes
This one-person exhibition by highly respected Chicago photographer Jin Lee features a series of photographs that closely examine landscapes and built environments around Chicago. The…
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Ice Age Giants
A long, long time ago—2.6 million years to be exact—the Quaternary Ice Age began and continues today. However, it wasn’t until more recently that entire…
Southwest Suburbs
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B.A.D. Waves Remix (Comedy, Music & Art)
B.A.D. Waves Remix presents the Nation’s brightest artistic multiverse, starting with an art gallery & cocktails from the city’s most poppin culture blessors, live musical…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Wings of Mexico in Chicago
The “Wings of Mexico” sculpture is a symbol of immigrant journey. The sculpture has travelled around the world and will arrive in Chicago on May 5th to…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Life Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War
What happens when a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is captured during war? Most people aren’t aware of the drastic differences that exist between varying…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Flourish: The Garden at 50
The Chicago Botanic Garden has experienced extraordinary growth over the last five decades and it is marking its 50th birthday in 2022 with Flourish: The…
North Suburbs
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Nick Cave: Forothermore
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave (American, b. 1959), an artist celebrated for…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Museum Free Day
Enjoy a self guided tour of the Lizzadro Museum’s permanent collection of art created from stone, rocks, and minerals. See The Artful Soul of Faust…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Capture Chicago Photography Cruise
Have you ever wished to capture the perfect shot of Chicago’s beautiful buildings in the early morning light? A Capture Chicago Photography Cruise aboard Chicago’s…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Special Exhibit-The Artful Soul of Faust
Special Exhibit The Artful Soul of Faust through August 31, 2022 The legendary story of Faust is told in fourteen large cameos carved by Dieter…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
‘From These Hands’ Opening Reception
From These Hands June 2nd 2022 – August 7th 2022 Traditional jewelry making is a metal based practice, and we pride ourselves on the cutting…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown
Greektown Chicago has opened its new outdoor art exhibit My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown, with 26 vibrant three-dimensional artworks lining Halsted Street…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Handmaidens for Travelers: The Pullman Company Maids
The Pullman Company maids have long been overshadowed by the more well-known Pullman porters. Handmaidens for Travelers, on view in the Newberry galleries June 3…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator
Chicago Gamespace is pleased to present an exhibition focused on the experimental art game 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator. The game’s singular gritty and polarized black and white…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Hooking Up: Meet the Collection
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA), located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the College of DuPage campus, presents Hooking Up: Meet the Collection, June…
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Women of the Blues: A Coast to Coast Collection
Women of the Blues: A Coast to Coast Collection Epiphany Center for the Arts June 8, 2022 to July 23, 2022 Coinciding with the 2022…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
FÁTIMA – AXKAUIA
In the exhibition AXKAUIA, Chicago-based artist FÁTIMA lights up the Catacombs from June 17 to July 23 with sculptures made of neon and steel. The AXKAUIA series represents…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design
Central to Elmhurst Art Museum summer season is the interactive, family-friendly exhibition, Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design, open June 18 – August 14,…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
The opening reception of FATIMA – AXKAUIA
FÁTIMA AXKAUIA The Catacombs June 24, 2022 to July 30, 2022 In the exhibition AXKAUIA, Chicago-based artist FÁTIMA lights up the Catacombs from June 17…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Victoria Fuller: Bring Back The Extinct Northern White Rhino
Bring Back the Extinct Northern White Rhino is Victoria Fuller’s tribute to a species of animal that is functionally extinct. The last male northern white rhinoceros,…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Interactive Louvre Exhibit
Experience the most famous works of the Louvre™ in an interactive and innovative way without ever leaving the city with Louvre Fantastique, coming to Oakbrook…
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