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Architecture and Design Film Festival Chicago
The Architecture and Design Film Fest is back in Chicago for the first time in six years from Feb 1-5. Stories of innovation and sustainability…
Wednesday February 1
5:00 p.m. – Sunday February 5
10:00 p.m.Chicago Architecture Center
111 E. Wacker Dr.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Music & Comedy, Virtual Event
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, 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…
Thursday February 2Pritzker Military Museum & Library
104 S. Michigan Ave. 2nd FloorMuseums, 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
SPEAK EASY: Will Armstrong
The Jackson Junge Gallery will be kicking off their 2023 season with a solo exhibition featuring the work of Will Armstrong. Armstrong is well known…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
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, Tours & Attractions
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection shines a light on the work of one of the most respected photojournalists of his day. Born Dawid Szymin in Warsaw…
Thursday February 2
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods DriveMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore racial…
Thursday February 2
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Shawn Michelle Smith: Light in a Dark Box
Shawn Michelle Smith Light in a Dark Box Slemmons Gallery at Epiphany Center for the Arts January 6, 2023 to February 18, 2023 For the…
Thursday February 2
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 South Ashland AvenueMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Special Exhibition: The Negro Motorist Green Book
January 29 – April 23, 2023 The Negro Motorist Green Book highlights the history of “The Green Book,” the annual guide created in 1936 by Harlem…
Thursday February 2
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods DriveMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts
Musicians Ian Antonio and Ben LaMar Gay interact with Assaf Evron’s Collage for The Arts Club of Chicago
Assaf Evron’s Collage for the Arts Club of Chicago is the fourth chapter in the Collages for Mies van der Rohe project, following the McCormick House, The…
Thursday February 2
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E. Ontario StreetMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Percussionist Ian Antonio and Ben LaMar Gay interact with Assaf Evron’s Collage for The Arts Club of Chicago
Assaf Evron’s Collage for the Arts Club of Chicago is the fourth chapter in the Collages for Mies van der Rohe project, following the McCormick House, The Esplanade Apartment, and…
Thursday February 2
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E. Ontario StreetMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Exhibit Opening: “The Negro Motorist Green Book”
During the era of Jim Crow laws, a time of segregation through policy and through custom, Victor Green, a Black postal carrier from Harlem, recognized…
Thursday February 2
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods DriveMuseums, 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…
Friday February 3Pritzker Military Museum & Library
104 S. Michigan Ave. 2nd FloorMuseums, 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
SPEAK EASY: Will Armstrong
The Jackson Junge Gallery will be kicking off their 2023 season with a solo exhibition featuring the work of Will Armstrong. Armstrong is well known…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
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
Student Juried Exhibition
For over 25 years the Annual Student Art Competition has showcased the best student work being created at Loyola. Students from all majors have been…
Friday February 3
8:00 a.m. – Friday March 3
5:00 p.m.Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan RoadMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection shines a light on the work of one of the most respected photojournalists of his day. Born Dawid Szymin in Warsaw…
Friday February 3
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods DriveMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice
Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore racial…
Friday February 3
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave.Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Shawn Michelle Smith: Light in a Dark Box
Shawn Michelle Smith Light in a Dark Box Slemmons Gallery at Epiphany Center for the Arts January 6, 2023 to February 18, 2023 For the…
Friday February 3
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 South Ashland AvenueMuseums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Tours & Attractions
Special Exhibition: The Negro Motorist Green Book
January 29 – April 23, 2023 The Negro Motorist Green Book highlights the history of “The Green Book,” the annual guide created in 1936 by Harlem…
Friday February 3
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods DriveMuseums, 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…
Saturday February 4Pritzker Military Museum & Library
104 S. Michigan Ave. 2nd FloorMuseums, 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…

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