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The Gallery CabaretTuesday · Oct 13Free
Tuesday Good Show
The Gallery Cabaret
Nick Bonsignore and Keller Paulson host a free weekly variety showcase at Gallery Cabaret.
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Free things to do in Chicago on Tuesday, Oct 13
Stumblday's ranked list of the best things to do in Chicago on Tuesday, October 13: 16 events, led by Jessie Ware: The Superbloom Tour, BEAU TRAVAIL and Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins — each one checked against the organizer's own page. Below them, 24 exhibitions and shows running through the day.
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The Gallery Cabaret#1Tuesday · Oct 13 · One Day Only
The Gallery CabaretTuesday Good Show
Nick Bonsignore and Keller Paulson host a free weekly variety showcase at Gallery Cabaret.
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Special Collections Research Center Exhibition GalleryTuesday · Oct 13Free
Created Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence
Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery
A free exhibition traces competing uses of the Declaration’s language of equality, liberty and rights.
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Special Collections Research Center Exhibition GalleryCreated Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence
A free exhibition traces competing uses of the Declaration’s language of equality, liberty and rights.
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Museum of Contemporary Photography, South Loop, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopViselippi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSeptember 10–December 19, 2026; Mon–Wed and Fri–Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun closedFree
If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
Downtown, the Loop & West Loop
Imagine the life Emmett Till was denied through a free MoCP exhibition drawing on photographs by more than 110 artists.
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#3September 10–December 19, 2026; Mon–Wed and Fri–Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun closed · Limited Run
Museum of Contemporary Photography, South Loop, Downtown, the Loop & West LoopViselippi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsIf Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
Imagine the life Emmett Till was denied through a free MoCP exhibition drawing on photographs by more than 110 artists.
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