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12:00 pm

Quilting Bee

February 18, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60613 United States

Celebrate the life of a loved one who died of AIDS-related causes by making a panel to add to the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, started in 1987, and now the largest piece of community folk art in the world.  The session will be led by Nanica Brown, a longtime volunteer with NAMES Project Chicago

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1:00 pm

Public Exhibition Tour Led by John Neff

February 18, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted Street, Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60614 United States

Exhibition Tour Led by Artist and Curator John Neff Explore the Art AIDS America exhibition with artist and curator John Neff, who served as a curatorial consultant on the Chicago presentation. A faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Neff worked with Alphawood Director of Exhibitions Tony Hirschel to strengthen the

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3:00 pm

Sharing Stories – Dr. Rob Garofalo

February 18, 2017 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted Street, Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60614 United States

This program creates a space within the exhibition for dialogue and community. Come to the 2nd floor lounge area to listen to personal stories of individuals who have experienced HIV/AIDS in different ways. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions, share their own experiences or just join the group to learn more about HIV/AIDS. This week’s

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Space By Proxy: reading and writings for Precariat

February 18, 2017 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell Ave
Chicago, IL 60615 United States

Space By Proxy: readings and writings for P recariat will present four performances in response to the themes present in the exhibition and our current political moment. Space By Proxy seeks to create a safe space (both literal as an arts organization, and figurative) and ask, what does that activation look like, sound like, feel

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6:00 pm

Black Sex Matters featuring Kia Labeija

February 18, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - February 19, 2017 @ 1:00 am
Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago, IL 60649 United States

Where Black means good, liberated, & outside the gaze of oppressive power structures | ALL ARE WELCOME VIP Cocktail Hour from 6pm-7pm includes open bar, intimate DJ set, & special performances. Your $20 ticket purchase helps support Breathing Room, an arts, healing, and organizing hub for Black liberation on Chicago's south side. Black Sex Matters

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