The city-wide Contact Photography Festival always features a great number of exhibits that are well worth your time, but one you don’t want to miss is “In the Playroom.” This award-winning (and controversial) series from Jonathan Hobin (whose work draws from the darker side of childhood imagination and storytelling) explores the idea of the “impossibility of a protective space, safe from the reach of modern media.” Opening reception is on May 2 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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