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Tuesday, December 10
After a year of building renovations, The Chinese-American Museum of Chicago officially opens tomorrow with an exhibit called "Paper Sons" that focuses on the Chinese immigrant's experience in the Midwest of the 19th and early 20th century. See Slowdown for details.