There are many events happening around Chicago this week, so many that we are going to preview them in three parts, covering November 5, 6 and 7. Here are exhibitions, auctions, film screenings and more.

Happy fall – finally!

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Terry Karpowicz Recent Works

Nov 5, 2026 - Dec 18, 2026

Opening: Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

McCormick Gallery

Veteran Art Summit - Hyde Park Art Center

Nov 5, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026

Hyde Park Art Center

Veteran Art Summit, a four-day series as part of the 2026 Veteran Art Triennial and Summit RESISTING THE LONG WAR organized by the Chicago-based emerging Veteran Art Movement (eVAM). Taking place at all four exhibiting spaces, including Chicago Cultural Center, Elmhurst Art Museum, and Walls Turned Side Ways in addition to the Art Center, the Summit runs November 5–8, 2026, days leading up to Veterans Day, November 11, 2026.

Veteran Art Summit - Elmhurst Art Museum

Nov 5, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026

Elmhurst Art Museum

Elmhurst Art Museum kicks off the Veteran Art Summit with poetry readings and presentations inaugurating the 2026 Veteran Art Triennial RESISTING THE LONG WAR. Other participating venues include the Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, and Walls Turned Sideways with additional exhibitions and related programming. Each exhibition offers a distinct curatorial frame on artists’ creative defiance to war and militarism, and each location will host programming during the Veteran Art Summit, November 5–8, 2026.

Political & Historical Americana sale

Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Potter & Potter Auctions, Inc.

Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City (1961)

Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Block Museum of Art

Block Cinema presents a newly rediscovered print of Denis Mitchell’s impressionistic BBC documentary portrait of Chicago, in its first screening in 60 year

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