TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/20-8/26)

1. To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart

August 21, 4-7PM
Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St
Work by: Nnaemeka Ekwelum, Hale Ekinci, Josué Esaú, and Thuong Hoài Tran

2. Islands from a Faltering Empire

August 21, 6-9PM
OH Art Foundation: 3314 S Morgan St
Work by: Sophie deJesus, Camilla Williamson, Diwa Oro, Luluka Brown-Spielman, and Isabel Padilla-Bonelli. Curated by Jonah Sanderson.

3. Parallel Visions

August 22, 1-4PM
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St, Unit 419
Work by: C.C. Ann Chen, Carie Lassman, Frances Lee, and Monika Plioplyte

4. SAB MAG Issue 01 Release Exhibition

August 21, 6-10PM
Point Blank Gallery: 1541 W Chicago Ave
Work by: Ariel Cobbert, Izzy Davis, Kyle Stecker, Rob Fox Rich, Jasmine Johnson, Sharvani Chittem, Phillip Louis Fabian, Mikey Mosher, Zuzu Hill, Jane Hawk, Hugo Zelada-Romero, and Dave Kalesz

5. Hot Kitchen: THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU

August 20, 8-9:30PM
Color Club: 4146 N Elston Ave
Directed and designed by: Jiana Nicole. Created and performed by: Kaylyn Carter, Carol Crosby, Alex Hovi, Eddie Miller, Jiana Nicole, and Colleen Rose Trundy

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The Visualist, www.thevisualist.org, is more than just a list of dates and events on the internet. It's a really long list of dates and events for exhibitions, artist talks, receptions, festivals, panels, performances, readings, fairs, workshops, and curated content all kinds. At its heart the Visualist is really a cursory archive of actions and engagements throughout Chicagoland. In time, this archive will reach back to the Brunswick Building fire of 1989. While creating this image of Chicago's cultural work, the Visualist is also being updated throughout the week to provide as complete and accurate a day-to-day accounting of these activities as is possible.

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