Things to do

Attend the Chicago Latino Film Festival, learn how to renew your Medicaid benefits or buy art made by immigrants and asylum seekers.

Learn about anti-gentrification architecture, celebrate Khmer new year, share a grand iftar or preview visual installations recreating the U.S. southern border.

Meet Latinos in leadership, join Chicago’s “illest take on suhoor,” get accepted to an HBCU, or learn about the Newberry’s Spanish-language children’s books.

Hear from a panel of powerful Chicago women, explore ideas of identity with a Chinese American artist or discuss the depiction of young Black and Brown men in the media.

Sip and shop with the Haitian American Museum, sample some Chicago restaurant bites while raising funds for earthquake relief, or hear from some Chicago authors.

See the works of Puerto Rican artists, learn how you can use the Freedom of Information Act, or discuss the ethics of global storytelling.

Check out two cultural festivals, a Lucha Libre wrestling event and get to know local artists at ZINEmercado!

Check out a West Chicago food festival, free Southeast side documentary screening and more!

Check out a thrifting mercado, poetry performance and other local Chicago events!

Check out The Monarch Festival in Glendale Heights, a free Bomba performance and more local events!

Check out a Celia Cruz tribute concert, free community market in Pilsen, and more!

Check out the four-day Barrioteca celebration, a Black-Asian solidarity march and more!

Check out a free folk music performance, community art workshop and more!

Check out the Latin Jazz Festival, a night market and more local events!

Check out this summer night market, parks programs, arts events and more!

Check out a Brighton Park farmer's market, the International Festival of Life and more!

Check out a mushroom cultivation workshop, Latino music series and more!

This week, check out a free Chicago Salsa music concert, a family-friendly reading and arts event, and more!

This week, check out a variety of Juneteenth events, a Filipino festival, a Ukrainian art market and more!

This week, check out an exhibition by a Korean photographer, a film on immigrant activist groups and more!

This week, check out a concert by a Puerto Rican folk singer, a photo exhibition on Asian Americans from the Midwest and more!

This week, check out Chicago’s inaugural AAPI Restaurant Week, the Chicago Palestine Film Festival and more!

This week, check out the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, an art exhibition to mark Haitian Heritage Month and more!

This week, meet Borderless' team for a happy hour, learn about Cambodian music and attend the Youth Hood Fair!

This week, we look forward to an immigration conference, an artist takeover of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and our own public happy hour!

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

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 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!

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!

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

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