Arts & Culture

Events on our radar include a virtual book club, a talk on Afghanistan's missing history and night of dancing and tribute to Selena

Events on our radar include a community iftar and a photography exhibition featuring service industry workers

Events on our radar include Expo Chicago and a virtual discussion on refugee resettlement services in Chicago

Events on our radar include art shows at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.

This week, check out a comedy show about immigrating to the U.S., a lecture on Greek independence and an art show in Pilsen.

Events on our radar include an art show titled “America, le/the/el Terrible” and a film screening about a Korean American's coming of age

Amanda Cervantes and Jose Luis Benavides look at how far the queer Latinx community has come in their work with Chicago’s Gerber/Hart archives.

Events on our radar this week include a a mindful storytelling workshop and an exhibition by Iranian artist Azadeh Gholizadeh.

A book talk on Chicago's Mexican American neighborhoods, a fundraiser to mark one year since the Atlanta spa shootings and more events

Learn about an Indian sitarist and composer, attend a German film screening and register for FOIA Fest 2022!

On our radar this week: exploring Latin hip hop as poetry, discussing the Haitian migrant crisis and considering "Japaneseness"

Learn about generational storytelling between African American women, celebrate the Year of the Tiger and attend a workshop for Latinx writers

A talk on Palestinian identity, an anti-Asian hate rally and more events to check out this week in Chicago

Learn about a nature-centric curriculum for youth, watch a documentary on activism in Gage Park and attend a community-focused art expo!

An immersive evening of Cuban culture, a conversation on environmental racism on the Southeast Side and more

A comedy night, a sip-and-paint and other ways to unwind both mentally and physically this week in Chicago

A food and toy giveaway, free yoga and more

A festive tribute to Chicago’s '90s drag underground scene, cocktails for a cause and a pop-up holiday market!

Los artistas y educadores de Chicago detrás del programa “lo pequeño es todo” (“small is all”) hablan sobre lo que los lleva a vivir en la ciudad.

Go dancing, attend an NIJC training to educate and advocate for the release of detained immigrants and attend a holiday market in Pilsen!

Learn about a nature-centric curriculum for youth, watch a documentary on activism in Gage Park and attend a community-focused art expo!

An immigration story for kids, a therapeutic community vaccine event and holiday shopping at the National Museum of Mexican Art!

Attend the Queer Cinema for Palestine Film Festival, an educational printmaking festival and a community thanksgiving!

Voice your thoughts with the #StopGeneralIron campaign, run to fundraise for Afghan refugees and join us at an awards ceremony for local independent online news!

Attend a climate justice event, go on an altar walk and learn about storytelling in Native communities!

Help advocate for a path to citizenship, visit an installation of ofrendas and go "trunk-or-treating" on the Southeast Side!

Diferentes artistas han pintado una serie de murales en las puertas de la calle 18, inspirados en el clásico juego de la Lotería.

Attend a Halloween show to help communities in Honduras, support the Southeast Environmental Task Force and get free COVID tests and boosters!

Different artists have painted a series of murals on doors along 18th Street, inspired by the classic Lotería game.

Watch a documentary about Chicago’s Southeast Side, run to support Middle Eastern refugees and meet the Borderless team at a beer tasting!

Get a free copy of our comic book, give local journalists feedback on their work and learn about the case for opening the U.S.-Mexico border.

Eat mooncakes, learn about activist campaigns on Chicago's Southeast Side and sign up for a workshop geared towards photo editors.

Check out Latinx artwork, attend a peace rally for Haitian migrants, and join Borderless in conversation with organizer Lucky Camargo on gentrification in Little Village and the Discount Mall.

Celebrate Hangawi at the Korean Cultural Center, attend a garden party hosted by the Latino Union to support organizing for worker and immigrant rights, and catch a small business sidewalk sale at Mestiza Shop

Get free copies of our comic, watch a panel on how 9/11 changed the United States’ immigration system and attend an art show exploring the idea of home

Check out South Asian artwork, dance to the rhythms of Bomba con Buya and eat delicious Caribbean food

Join Borderless for free handouts of our latest comic, meet refugee farmers over a salad bar and pick up free food

After volunteering at refugee camps in Greece, human rights lawyer Alexandra Tarzikhan created a virtual community to amplify the individual stories of refugees.

At the DePaul Art Museum, a major intergenerational art show celebrates the contributions of Latinx artists with ties to Chicago.

Borderless Magazine's most popular stories of 2020 include immigration stories about labor, racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Midwest.

More people have moved from the U.S. to Mexico in recent years than the other way around, further blending cultures and communities in the neighboring countries. 

Chicago chefs Rafael Esparza and Mitchell AbouJamra drew on family recipes to create Evette’s, a new restaurant that highlights Lebanese immigrants’ contributions to Mexican cuisine.

Nestor Gomez’s storytelling showcase 80 Minutes Around the World focuses on the personal in a time of competing narratives about immigration.

Executive director Nissa Rhee shares some of her favorite stories of the year.

A special excerpt from César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's forthcoming book "Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants"

After fleeing war, many refugees who come to Chicago face new traumas in a city that had nearly 3,000 shooting victims last year. But the health services that once existed to support them are now being gutted.

A new kind of fashion company is coming to Chicago.

Forty people braved a snowstorm on Monday, February 5, to attend Borderless’ night of immigrant stories at the Oak Park Public Library.

Just 11 months apart in age, brothers Mufaddal and Abdulghany Hamadeh have shared almost everything in their lives — including their love of the two countries they call home.

Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, “American War,” is a haunting post-apocalyptic universe where readers watch the impact of civil war through the unraveling of one American family.

Watan Studio is Chicagoland’s only distinctively Palestinian art and design studio.