Opening This Weekend! (4/23-4/25)

You heard right. Opening this weekend...

Friday 4/23
BRIDGEPORT -
Co-Prosperity Sphere - 3219 S. Morgan St. VERSION 10 Opening Party. Reception 8pm-2am.

BUCKTOWN -
360SEE Gallery - 1924 N. Damen. Earth Day Show: "(Not So) New Shoes", work by Gabriel Dishaw. Reception 8-10pm. 4/23-5/31.

EVANSTON -
Block Museum of Art - 40 Arts Circle Dr. The Changing Status of Engraving in 16th-Century Northern Europe, with an Afterthought on More Recent Engraving, lecture by Stephen Goddard. Lecture at noon.

LAKEVIEW -
Center on Halsted - 3656 N. Halsted St. Bulong from Within: Motifs, Invocations and Incantations, work by Jun-Jun Sta.Ana. Reception 6:30-9:30pm. 4/23-5/31.

LOOP -
Chicago Cultural Center - 78 E. Washington. Diane Simpson: Sculpture + Drawing, 1978-2009. Reception 6-8pm.

Gallery 180 - 180 N. Wabash Ave. Fields, work by Deanna Krueger. Reception 5:30-7:30pm. 4/19-6/3.

RIVER NORTH -
Design Within Reach - 10 E. Ohio St. Hans Habeger, Paintings and Drawings.

Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Inc. - 217 W. Huron. Sculpture: Peter Ambrose, Jean-Christophe Ballot, Ettore Greco, Vivian Van Blerk. Reception 5pm.

Perimeter Gallery - 210 W. Superior. Elana Gutmann, painting. Reception 5-8pm. 4/23-5/28.

STREETERVILLE -
Valerie Carberry Gallery - 875 N. Michigan Ave., #2510. Order of Things, work by Judith Belzer. 4/23-6/5.

WASHINGTON PARK -
DuSable Museum of African American History - 740 E. 56th Pl. The Black Panthers: Making Sense of History, work by Stephen Shames. 4/23-8/8.

WEST LOOP -
Anne Loucks - 1046 W. Fulton Mkt. Spontaneous Meditations, work by Tracey Adams and Sandra Russell. Reception 5-8pm. 4/23-6/15.

Threewalls - 119 N. Peoria St., #2A. VictoryLand (you, I shall answer your letter), work by Claire Pentecost. Reception 6pm. 4/23-5/22.

Walsh Gallery - 118 N. Peoria St., 2nd fl. From Gaza to Beijing, work by Gao Lei. Reception 5-8pm. 4/23-6/19.

WICKER PARK -
The Green Lantern - 1511 N Milwaukee Ave. As part of the Robert Duncan Symposium, The Green Lantern hosts a reading organized by The Chicago Poetry Project featuring Stephen Collis, Joseph Donahue, Siobhán Scarry and Brian Teare. Readings begin at 8pm.

Saturday 4/24
ANDERSONVILLE -
The Part Time Gallery - 5219 N. Clark St. OPENING, the first reception for a new space. Reception 7-10pm.

BRIDGEPORT -
Benton House - 3052 S Gratten Ave. Vers10n Fest: NFO XPO/FREE UNIVERSITY. Open 12-7:30pm. 4/24-4/25.

East Bank Records - 1200 W 35th St, 4. New Romantics, work by Matt Austin, Jessica Bruah, Bill Guy, Nate Mathews, Jason Reblando and Mike Reinders. Reception 5-9pm. 4/24-5/9.

BUCKTOWN -
Johalla Projects - 1561 N. Milwaukee Ave. Bitches Ain't Shit, work by Jes Ashley Santrock. Reception 7-11pm.

HUMBOLDT PARK -
barbara&barbara Gallery - 1021 N Western Ave. Early Thaw of the Northwest Passage, work by Linsey Burritt and Jenny Kendler. Reception 6:30pm.

LOGAN SQUARE -
Concertina Gallery - 2351 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd fl. Transitions and Translations. Receptions 7-10pm. 4/24-5/4.

NOBLE SQUARE -
Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space - 1254 N. Noble. Out of Practice, work by Nina Mayer. Reception 7-10pm.

PILSEN -
BEN RUSSELL - 1716 S Morgan St, 2F. RUBLES. Reception 6-9pm. 4/24-5/22.

STREETERVILLE -
River East Art Center - 435 E. Illinois St. Chicago Art Open. Reception 6-9pm. 4/24-5/8.

Sunday 4/25
WEST LOOP -
Spoke - 119 N Peoria #3D. This is art now by Thomas Garman. Reception 11-5pm.