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Art in the city is more than the Steppenwolf Theater and the sparkling Modern Wing. It lives in an apartment stairwell, on the walls of your post office, in the sprinkles atop a cupcake. You just have to know where to look.

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August 24

Chicago fire photos
City Gallery
806 N. Michigan Ave. map

The images that led to Chicago being dubbed Second City.

Inner Town Pub
www.innertownpub.com
1935 W. Thomas St. map

A pub and an open mic? Only good things can happen.

August 25

$5 Improv
The Playground
3209 N. Halsted St. map

Five dollars for Free Improv. Can’t beat the price. Or the comedy.

Tallgrass Writers Guild
The Bourgeois Pig
738 W Fullerton Ave map

For the literary-minded, this open mic with featured performances will tickle your brain.

August 26

The Scholar's Studio
Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Ave. map

Find your way to the U. of C. for this Art History professor’s selections.

Artapalooza
12th Street Gallery
7023 Roosevelt Rd. Berwyn

An art show with “Palooza” in the title? Don’t mind if we do.

August 27

The Chicago Project III
Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W. Superior St. map

A collection of work from underrepresentated photographers.

Inner Town Pub
www.innertownpub.com
1935 W. Thomas St. map

A pub and an open mic? Only good things can happen.

August 28

The Big World: China
Chicago cultural center
77 E. Randolph St. map

Expand your horizons with this collection from China.

collages and watercolors
Chicago cultural center
77 E. Randolph St. map

Water colors are not easy to do. These ones are fun to look at.

August 29

$5 Long-Form Night
ComedySportz Theatre
929 W. Belmont map

Relax with these Buddhist examples of printing from times past.

John T. McCutcheon’s Cartoons
Chicago Cultural Center
77 E. Randolph St. map

Featured artwork from the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.

August 30

Let's Do Some Living After We Die
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave. map

An art show by Cody Hudson in Hyde Park.

Bucktown Arts Fest
Festival site
Lyndale and Oakley map

The 24th annual festival gets you inside this neighborhood’s artwork.

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