Community Forum: Abolish ICE... and Then What?

• March 8 @ 1:30 PM
• until 3:30 PM

• Living Water Community Church
• 6808 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL

Join us March 8 for a community forum! (Español abajo) Where did ICE come from? How is it connected to policing, prisons, the military, and other forms of oppression? How can abolition make us all safer? Join us to meet your neighbors and learn together—about how we got here, and how we can practice abolition now while organizing for the future we deserve.... Read More

ILC Film Screening: How to Blow Up a Pipeline

• March 8 @ 11:00 AM
• until 2:00 PM

• Facets Multimedia
• 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL

Join the @ilcofchi for a matinee screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022), with special guest Jordan Sjol, co-writer and producer of the film. The screening will be followed by discussion and light breakfast refreshments will be provided. Tickets are $15 or $22 solidarity rate.... Read More

No New Prisons Illinois Logan Prison Teach-In

• March 4 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Virtual
• Virtual

Learn more about the harms of prison transfers and the need for the Illinois Department of Corrections to adopt the Logan Transfer Rapid Response Plan now. Care cannot wait! Register at: tinyurl.com/LoganTeachIn

Soup and Bread

• March 4 @ 5:30 PM
• until March 11 @ 9:00 PM

• The Hideout
• 1354 W Wabansia, Chicago

Since 2009 Soup & Bread has been providing food and community to hungry Chicagoans, and has raised more than $110,000 for local food pantries. This winter, we’re bringing back our traditional community meals at the Hideout on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6-8 pm, from December through April. As... Read More

RESCHEDULED: Favorite Shards Album Release Show

• February 28 @ 8:00 PM

• Seven Bar and Restaurant
• 400 East Randolph 7th Floor

Come celebrate the release of Melon's CD, Favorite Shards - out now on Burial Recordings:) 8pm --- Seven Bar, 400 E Randolph, 7th floor PWYC Nu A M - saturated tape ambience Quicksails - hyperspheric synthesis Melon Sprout - ceramic amplifier Slumpman Ray - welcome Ray... Read More

Prairieland Defendants Case Updates & Solidarity Movie Screening

• February 25 @ 7:00 PM

• Chicago Art Department
• 1926 S Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60608

🖤🖤Join us for a discussion on the Prairieland Defendants case and solidarity with anti-ICE protestors facing political repression. This case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward; the results impact everyone involved in the anti-deportation struggle and basic first amendment rights. 🎞️💌Stay... Read More

Cooking Demo with Chef Brandon Lagrone

• February 25 @ 5:30 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Garfield Park Conservatory
• 300 North Central Park Avenue

Celebrate Black History Month at Garfield Park Conservatory! Join us in celebrating Black History Month with a special cooking demo featuring Chef Brandon Lagrone who was born and raised on Chicago’s West Side. Chef Brandon will highlight culturally significant ingredients in a dish that is sure to inspire and educate visitors about the history of Black culinary traditions. Chef... Read More

Music Celebrating Black Artists

• February 25 @ 10:00 AM
• until 7:00 PM

• Garfield Park Conservatory
• 300 North Central Park Avenue

Enhancing the Visitor Experience Through Music Don’t forget your headphones! As guests explore the collection, they are encouraged to enjoy these playlists, enriching their experience. These curated selections serve as a heartfelt tribute to the enduring impact of Black culture on music and instrument-making.... Read More

Bring the Heat, Melt the ICE! Minnesota Week of Action

• February 25 @ 12:00 AM
• until March 01 @ 11:59 PM

• Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
• RSVP IN LINK

From Wednesday, February 25, to Sunday, March 1, neighbors and anti-ICE organizers in Minnesota will host a Week of Action (WoA) assembling community members, students, workers, people of faith, and people of conscience from across the country. We invite you to come to the Twin Cities metropolitan area to participate in ICE-watch rapid response networks and huge public protests.... Read More

General Strike Teach-In

• February 24 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL

via @generalstrikeillinois: Join the Illinois chapter on Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30 for a General Strike Teach-In at Skunk Cabbage Books! Open to the public. Please help us keep the event safe and inviting for everyone by wearing a mask! (masks provided) Learn the histories of general strikes in America and how we can use those past experiences to prepare for the future. General... Read More

State of Flock Safety: Digital Teach-In

• February 24 @ 6:00 PM

• Online
• Online

Flock Safety has had a bad year. Local organizers across the country are researching, campaigning, and getting Flock kicked out of their cities. Flock has been exposed for what it is: a company that cares more about growing its revenues than anything that might resemble community safety.... Read More

How the Tenant Movement Can Mobilize Against ICE Violence

• February 22 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Sulzer Regional Library
• 4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

How do we build communities that can protect themselves from ICE and Landlords? Come out for a community discussion on how the tenant movement can mobilize against ICE. By Chicago Union of Tenants Location: Sulzer Regional Library 4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL... Read More

Self-Defense Clinic

• February 22 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:30 PM

• Hammer Fitness and Boxing
• 525 W North Ave Chicago, IL

@ilcofchi is excited to present its first self-defense workshop. This will be an introduction to the basics of hand-to-hand self-defense, drawing on the boxing tradition. The session will focus on finding your stance, learning basic strikes and defensive techniques, and drilling effective responses to real life encounters.... Read More

Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• February 22 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Food Not Bombs rescues food from the waste stream and often in the summer, we have fresh produce that is unsold at Farmers Markets, alongside miscellaneous goods. Many neighbors join us to hang out and everyone is welcome to grab some items and bring treats they want to share with neighbors! When we expect disruptive rain, we only set up on the corner of Farewell & Glenwood.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• February 22 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

Films for a Changing World presents: The Spies Among Us

• February 19 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

Join us Thursday, February 19th at 6 PM for a screening of Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman’s 2025 documentary The Spies Among Us. The film will be followed by a discussion led by members of Lucy Parsons Labs. Proceeds from ticket sale donations will go towards supporting the work of Lucy Parsons Labs and refreshments will be served.

Against Landlords: Belden Sawyer Tenant Association Book Club

• February 17 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

"Against Landlords overturns the stale assumptions and YIMBY delusions as to why housing in the UK is so poor, and why rent is so high. Bano lays the blame squarely at the feet of landlordism, which boosts house prices and makes tenancy unaffordable.... Read More

FUCK ICE FEST

• February 15 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Beat Kitchen
• 2100 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

100% of proceeds from this show will be donated to The National Immigrant Justice Center, which is a nonprofit organization that seeks to establish and defend the legal rights of immigrants, regardless of background, and transform the immigration system to one that affords equal opportunity for all. If... Read More

Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• February 15 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Food Not Bombs rescues food from the waste stream and often in the summer, we have fresh produce that is unsold at Farmers Markets, alongside miscellaneous goods. Many neighbors join us to hang out and everyone is welcome to grab some items and bring treats they want to share with neighbors! When we expect disruptive rain, we only set up on the corner of Farewell & Glenwood.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• February 15 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• February 8 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

Lucy Parsons Labs turns 10!

• February 7 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Little Black Pearl
• 1060 E 47th St, Chicago IL 60653

Come join us in celebrating 10 years of Lucy Parsons Labs! Little Black Pearl 1060 E 47th St, Chicago IL 60653 February 7th, 2026 7PM - 10PM Food, fun and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided! Come hang out! RSVP (see link) is not required, but will help us with a food order :) Invite your friends, family, and trusted loved ones! Wanna learn more about us? Check out our 2025 year in review: https://www.urlvanish.com/88f70d1b

Soup and Bread

• February 4 @ 5:30 PM
• until February 11 @ 8:00 PM

• The Hideout
• 1354 W Wabansia, Chicago

Since 2009 Soup & Bread has been providing food and community to hungry Chicagoans, and has raised more than $110,000 for local food pantries. This winter, we’re bringing back our traditional community meals at the Hideout on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6-8 pm, from December through April. As... Read More

Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• February 1 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Food Not Bombs rescues food from the waste stream and often in the summer, we have fresh produce that is unsold at Farmers Markets, alongside miscellaneous goods. Many neighbors join us to hang out and everyone is welcome to grab some items and bring treats they want to share with neighbors! When we expect disruptive rain, we only set up on the corner of Farewell & Glenwood.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• February 1 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• January 25 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Food Not Bombs rescues food from the waste stream and often in the summer, we have fresh produce that is unsold at Farmers Markets, alongside miscellaneous goods. Many neighbors join us to hang out and everyone is welcome to grab some items and bring treats they want to share with neighbors! When we expect disruptive rain, we only set up on the corner of Farewell & Glenwood.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• January 25 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

ICE OUT EMERGENCY PROTEST: Logan Square

• January 24 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Illinois Centennial Monument
• 3150 W Logan Blvd, Chicago, IL

ICE just executed another person in Minneapolis this morning. This lawlessness and terrorization of our communities cannot continue. Join ICNW today to say "ICE OUT" of our communities and "Accountability now!" for these rogue government agents. We'll meet at the circle in Logan Square and walk down to Palmer Square Park to make our voices heard. It... Read More

Favorite Shards Album Release Show

• January 23 @ 8:00 PM

• Seven Bar
• 400 East Randolph

Celebrate the release of Melon Sprout's ablum, Favorite Shards :) at Seven Bar 400 E Randolph - 7th Floor Performances from Quicksails - psych-ed out hypersphere synthesis, Melon Sprout, the ceramic amplifier, Nu AM - tape saturated ambience, Slumpman Ray - all the way from NC, bringing the sweets to our sweet city.... Read More

The Matriarch, ktwheels, Jane Hobson at Beat Kitchen

• January 22 @ 7:00 PM

• Beat Kitchen
• 2100 W Belmont Ave

Awesome rock show with female-led indie bands. @thematriarchband @ktwheelsmusic @jane_hobdaughter

Racoon Junior, Michael, Jealous Lot, Static Trip Show

• January 19 @ 8:00 PM

• Burlington Bar
• 3425 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

@racoon.junior show at @theburlingtonbar with @michaelmathrocks , @jealous_lot , and @statictrip.band

Abortion Y'Allidarity: Line Dancing Fundraiser for Midwest Access Control

• January 18 @ 7:00 PM
• until January 19 @ 12:00 AM

• Broken Hearts Bar
• 1009 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607

Chicago For Abortion Rights is a network of activists and community members fighting for abortion rights and reproductive justice for all. IG - @ChiForAbortion https://bit.ly/yall4mac is the link to the eventbrite rsvp page bit.ly/m/CFAR is the link to our linktree type page

Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• January 18 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Food Not Bombs rescues food from the waste stream and often in the summer, we have fresh produce that is unsold at Farmers Markets, alongside miscellaneous goods. Many neighbors join us to hang out and everyone is welcome to grab some items and bring treats they want to share with neighbors! When we expect disruptive rain, we only set up on the corner of Farewell & Glenwood.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• January 18 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

F*CK ICE Cafe Pop Up

• January 17 @ 4:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Arts & Community House
• 1637 W. 18th St, Chicago

Live DJs. Limited Merch. Hosted by Cafe Masira. Profits donated to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights and the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. Tickets can be purchased through ourmasira.com Date/Time: Jan. 17, 2026, 4 p.m. - Jan. 17, 2026, 8 p.m.

Report Back From Palestine

• January 16 @ 6:00 PM

• Al Nahda Center
• 8840 Ridgeland Ave, Oak Lawn, IL

Chicago ALL OUT this week to hear from Palestinian community members about their delegation to Palestine! Join us for a night of solidarity, recounting, and storytelling. No registration needed! Food will be provided and we will see you all there!

Poppy and the Pen (Book Club)

• January 14 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

After a decade of yearning for parenthood, years marked by miscarriage after miscarriage, Hala Alyan makes the decision to use a surrogate. In this charged time, she turns to the archetype of the waiting woman—the Scheherazade who tells stories to ensure another dawn—to confront her own narratives of motherhood, love, and inheritance. Book... Read More

Venezuela From Below (Liberation Flick)

• January 14 @ 6:00 PM

• Muse Coffee
• 747 S Western Ave

Join us for a screening of the 2004 documentary ‘Venezuela From Below.’ In this critically important film, Venezuelans describe their own day-to-day experience in building a democracy for working-class people. The U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela and the illegal kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro are the most recent attempts to crush their sovereignty and independence.... Read More

ICIRR FUNDRAISER @ THE MUSIC BOX (Kiss of the Spiderwoman)

• January 13 @ 6:30 PM

• Music Box Theatre
• 3733 N. Southport Ave, Chicago

@musicboxchicago is hosting a fundraiser for ICIRR on January 13th! All proceeds from ticket sales will support our work as well as our friends at @pilsenpuno! Tickets are $15 at musicboxtheatre.com. Screening of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN at 6:30PM followed by an artist talk with film star, @iamtonatiuh & moderated by actor and artist, @lio.mehiel @kissofthespiderwomanfilm

ICIRR Know Your Rights Workshop / Taller de Conoce Tus Derechos

• January 12 @ 6:00 PM

• VIRTUAL
• ZOOM

Learn how to protect yourself and your community during encounters with immigration or law enforcement. This workshop will cover our fundamental rights, how to assert them safely, and where to find trusted resources and support. [Interpretación en español disponible] Aprende cómo protegerte a ti mismo y a tu comunidad durante encuentros con agentes de inmigración o agentes federales .... Read More

Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• January 11 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Food Not Bombs rescues food from the waste stream and often in the summer, we have fresh produce that is unsold at Farmers Markets, alongside miscellaneous goods. Many neighbors join us to hang out and everyone is welcome to grab some items and bring treats they want to share with neighbors! When we expect disruptive rain, we only set up on the corner of Farewell & Glenwood.

Memorial for People Killed by Police

• January 11 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

We gather every Sunday to work on the Memorial for people killed by police, recognize the profound loss of life, honor their memory, and talk about abolition.

Fighting MAGA and the Far Right, from the Campus to the Streets

• January 9 @ 7:30 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us for a conversation with leading scholars, activists, and organizers about how we can combat the attacks on people in our streets, our communities, and our universities. How do we defend ourselves and organize against ICE, academic repression, racism, and attempts to silence us? The panel will feature those who have been targets of right-wing attacks as well as those who have been writing and organizing about the long history of repression in the US, including Tom Alter, A.... Read More

Chicago Palestine Film Festival: The Voice of Hind Rajab

• January 9 @ 5:45 PM
• until 7:45 PM

• Gene Siskel Film Center
• 164 N State Street Chicago, IL

The Chicago Palestine Film Festival is proud to partner with the Gene Siskel Film Center for the theatrical opening of The Voice of Hind Rajab in Chicago! Between January 9 to 29, there will be numerous opportunities to catch this film, so if you missed it last time, be sure to catch one of the upcoming showings. Note:... Read More

Protest: Solidarity with Hero in Minneapolis Murdered by ICE

• January 9 @ 4:00 PM

• Federal Courthouse
• 219 S Dearborn St, Chicago

Join us to protest in solidarity with the brave community member, Renee Good, who was murdered by ICE in Minneapolis. Sponsoring orgs include Behind Enemy Lines and Dare to Struggle

Nonfiction Read Aloud - ONLINE

• January 8 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

Nonfiction Read-Aloud Book Group meets online once a month, on the 2nd Thursday of each month @ 6:30pm. We’ve been meeting since 2019. Meetings are fluid. Pop in when you can! We take turns reading aloud to each other and stop the reading frequently to discuss the text, ask questions, and repeat sentences.... Read More

ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE! Vigil and Protest

• January 7 @ 7:30 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• La Villita Arch
• 26th St & South Troy, Chicago

Join us for an emergency vigil and protest in solidarity with Minneapolis, where a community responder was murdered by ICE.

Soup and Bread

• January 7 @ 5:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• The Hideout
• 1354 W Wabansia, Chicago

Since 2009 Soup & Bread has been providing food and community to hungry Chicagoans, and has raised more than $110,000 for local food pantries. This winter, we’re bringing back our traditional community meals at the Hideout on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6-8 pm, from December through April. As... Read More

New Years Eve Noise Demo at CCJ

• December 31 2025 @ 9:30 PM
• until 11:30 PM

• Cook County Jail
• 27th and California

Bring Noisemakers, Instruments, Lights, Love and Rage -- This is a call for a raucous night of strong solidarity with those imprisoned by the state on one of the noisiest nights of the year. On New Year’s Eve gather your crew, collective, community, organization, or just yourself and come together to raise a racket and remind those on the inside that they are not alone. Internationally,... Read More

The Black Banjo Jam

• December 28 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• Harrison Park
• 19th & Damen

The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

From Mail to Medicare: Stop the Authoritarian

• December 27 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until December 26 @ 11:30 AM

• Bulk Mail Center
• 7500 Roosevelt Rd Forest Park IL 60130

12/27/25 10-11:30 AM From Mail to Medicare: Stop the Authoritarian Bulk Mail Center 7500 Roosevelt Rd Forest Park IL 60130

MOTH COCK LIVE AT COLE'S BAR

• December 23 2025 @ 8:30 PM

• Cole's Bar
• 2338 N Milwaukee Ave

World’s best band Moth Cock hits Chicago on December 23 at @colesbar +++ a stacked Chicago bill curated by @goodwillsmith much love to the Chicago Reader for sharing the news of the show: “All Chicago’s goodest little boys and gargoyles get a special treat this year: a merry Moth Cock Christmas.” MOTH... Read More

Assembly

• December 18 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• CreataSpacePlace
• 447 E. 3rd St., Hobart, IN 46342

An assembly for folks in Northwest Indiana to discuss ways we can change the world beyond voting.

CRAFT/STORE

• December 15 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• CreataSpace Place
• 447 E. 3rd St., Hobart, IN 46342

A Holiday Crafting event with a Free Store and Free Gift Wrapping, put on by The Space (@spacenwi) & Queerly Crafted (@queerlycraftedin)! What to expect: *Holiday Crafting - cards, gifts, decorations, whatever you can think of! *Free Store - pantry, hygiene, clothing, housewares, toys *Free Gift Wrapping - wrapping supplies will be available! Ways to participate: *Use crafting time to make gifts, cards, or decorations for yourself, your people, or to add to the Free Store! *Bring items for the Free Store, or supplies for crafting/wrapping (paper, scissors, tape, wrapping paper, tissue paper, markers, etc.)... Read More

Radical Board Game Night

• December 12 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• P.O. Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626

What are the radical horizons of play? How do we game counter-histories as strategies for the future? Join us on Dec 12 for a collective teach-and-play / discussion of "Chicago '68", a new strategy board game about the DNC riots of 1968.... Read More

Game Night for Good

• December 3 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Our Mutual City Coffee Co
• 3600 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL

Drop in. Play games. Win prizes. Support your neighbors. Bring friends or come make new ones - we’ll introduce you to some of our favorite fast, fun tabletop games, while supporting a good cause. ✨ Play games, collect tickets and trade them in for goodies from local businesses ✨ All welcome, all skill levels ✨ Snacks & drinks available All proceeds go directly to supporting our neighbors through Albany Park Mutual Aid. Mark... Read More

How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action with Charity Tolliver, Erica R. Meiners, and Shannon Perez-Darby

• December 1 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL

Join BYP100, MAMAS and Pilsen Community Books in celebrating the publication of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action as we explore all the ways that family policing impacts our communities. From the policing of families, attacks on bodily autonomy, and undermining the self-determination of people experiencing violence and abuse, the family policing system is an often ignored tool used to criminalize our communities.... Read More

Queer Self Defense Class

• November 24 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.

Art for Gaza Fundraiser

• November 23 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL

We invite you to join us for Art for Gaza, a community art sale and event featuring ceramics, prints, zines, textiles, and more by local artists, plus live music. This event is both a celebration of creative resistance and a fundraiser.... Read More

The Black Banjo Jam

• November 23 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• Harrison Park
• 19th & Damen

The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

All-Chicago Tenant Alliance Recruitment Event

• November 16 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• ACTA
• 3403 W Grand Ave

@all_chicago_tenant_alliance Come learn about why we believe tenant unions are the way to build strong ties within our communities that are necessary to sustain revolutionary struggle! Our work is growing, and we are looking for dedicated and curious individuals who are searching for a serious organization to call home and build with us.... Read More

Movie Night + Letter Writing Fundraiser for Casey Goonan

• November 16 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Email: aseasonforscreenings@proton.me for the location.
• Email: aseasonforscreenings@proton.me for the location.

Chicago!!! Movie night and fundraiser for political prisoner Casey Goonan! Casey Goonan is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza and response to the repressive actions against the pro-Palestine student encampments in the United States.... Read More

Traffic Stops Know Your Rights Event!

• November 15 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Walls Turned Sideways
• 2717 W Madison St, Chicago, IL

From ICE raids to police violence, our communities continue to face harm during encounters that should never turn deadly. It’s time to know our rights — and to organize for real change. Getting stopped shouldn't cost us our dignity or our lives.... Read More

Friendsgiving Potluck! 🍂✨

• November 13 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Mixed Mediums
• 2130 W Chicago Ave

Make new friends and celebrate the season of gratitude at our cozy Friendsgiving Potluck! 🍂✨ Join us at Mixed Mediums for an evening designed to help you connect with amazing new people in our creative community. Whether you're new to Chicago, looking to expand your social circle, or just want to meet like-minded creatives, this is the perfect event for you! What to expect: 👥 **Main Focus: Meeting New Friends** - Structured activities to help you connect 🍽️ Potluck-style dinner with dishes from our amazing community 🍷 Seasonal beverages and warm drinks to break the ice 🎨 Interactive craft activities (gratitude journals, fall decorations) to spark conversations 🎵 Cozy atmosphere with music and good vibes 💬 Conversation starters and friendship-building activities Perfect for: - New Chicago residents looking to build community - Solo attendees ready to make new connections - Anyone wanting to expand their creative network - People who love meeting new friends over good food What to bring: - A dish to share (appetizer, side, main, or dessert) - Your own plate and utensils (eco-friendly!) - An open heart and willingness to meet amazing new people This is a free community event open to all! Come solo or bring a friend - either way, you'll leave with new connections and great memories. RSVP... Read More

The Haymarket Martyrs Speak!

• November 11 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us November 11th, the 138th anniversary of the execution of the Haymarket Martyrs by the state of Illinois, as we mark the return to print of The Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists, edited and organized by Lucy Parsons and now with a new introduction from David Roediger.... Read More

WE ARE INTERNATIONALISTS: PREXY NESBITT AND THE FIGHT FOR AFRICAN LIBERATION with Prexy Nesbitt, Martha Biondi and Bill Ayers

• November 10 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Under the Tree Podcast will host a conversation at Pilsen Community Books with Prexy Nesbitt, Martha Biondi and Bill Ayers in celebration of Dr. Biondi's new book We Are Internationalists: Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight for African Liberation, an exploration of forgotten solidarity with African liberation struggles through the life of Black Chicagoan Prexy Nesbitt. For... Read More

Queer Self Defense Class

• November 10 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.

Sex Change and the City

• November 9 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL USA 60618

Tuck Woodstock is the host of the acclaimed Gender Reveal podcast and co-founder of Girl Dad Press. His first anthology, 2 Trans 2 Furious, received a 2024 Lambda Literary Award. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Tuck currently lives in Brooklyn, like Miranda from that TV show. Vera... Read More

Good Vibes, Good Service w/ raea - Kink Klass

• November 9 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

The idea of service can be hot and enticing especially for those of us into power dynamics. But it’s important for us to understand our motivations for service, what it means personally, and what do we gain from it. Service should be rewarding and fulfilling and when it’s not it can become disappointing and frustrating.... Read More

SOUNDS, FREE FOOD at SECRET LOCATION (CORRECTED # FOR LOCATION)

• November 8 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 12:00 PM

• SECRET LOCATION
• TEXT FOR ADDRESS

(CORRECTED # FOR LOCATION) SECRET LOCATION - TEXT FOR DETAILS 🍈🍈🍈 NOVEMBER 8th 🍈🍈🍈 COME SEE KWAMI FRESH FROM EUROPE 🍈🍈🍈 ENJOY FREE RICE N BEANS! PWYC - FREE FOOD - WELCOME ALL FREAKS! 🍈 LOCALS: @wajidaldomour WAJID @laserofthebride HEDRA @melon.a.friend (yours truly)🍈 TOURING: @_._kwami_._... Read More

Erotic Photography Workshop

• November 8 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Learn how to add color gels to high contrast photos. $10.00.

Collage Club ✂️ Community Event w Mixed Mediums

• November 8 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Mixed Mediums
• 2130 W Chicago Ave

Free collage club! Filter events by community events to find this event and many others.

The 2025 Trade Apprenticeship Expo

• November 6 2025 @ 3:30 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• IBEW Local 701 Union Hall
• 28600 Bella Vista Pkwy, Warrenville, IL 60555

Please join us at this year’s DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo, Thursday, November 6th, 2025 from 3:30pm – 6:00pm at the IBEW Local 701 Union Hall in Warrenville! Visit over a dozen trade affiliates and meet with their training directors Learn more... Read More

READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART launch celebration with Kelly Hayes, Eman Abdelhadi and Atena O. Danner

• November 5 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join Kelly Hayes, Eman Abdelhadi, and Atena O. Danner at Pilsen Community Books for the launch of Hayes's new book Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Campaigns will be lost.... Read More

Documentary premiere of "Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution

• November 5 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Film Row Cinema
• 1104 S Wabash Ave, 8th Floor

Join the Independent Labor Club (ILC), Chicago Workers Solidarity Network (CWSN), Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and Working Films at Film Row Cinema for a FREE premiere screening of Partners: How Starbucks Workers Started a Labor Revolution on Wednesday, November 5 at 6 p.m.... Read More

Clothing Swap & Halloween Costume Donation

• November 2 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Mixed Mediums
• 2130 W Chicago Ave

Bring your unwanted Halloween costumes and old clothing to trade for new-to-you pieces! Perfect way to end Halloweekend by giving your costumes a second life and finding new outfits. - How it works - 1. Bring your unwanted Halloween costumes and gently used clothing (no more than 2 bags please) 2.... Read More

Green Corn Festival

• November 2 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• Global Gardens Chicago
• 4815 N. Sacramento Ave. Chicago, IL 60625

The American Indian Center and Global Gardens Chicago are excited to invite you to our Green Corn Festival on Sunday, November 2nd from 1-6pm. Events will take place at the farm at 4815 N Sacramento as well as the AIC at 3401 W Ainslie St,.... Read More

Cafe Pop Up for a Cause

• November 2 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until 12:00 PM

• My Modern Oasis
• 2418 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60647

Join us for a special cafe pop up on November 2nd, from 9 am to 12 pm at My Modern Oasis. In collaboration with coffee at KC's, the Fat Pan, and ceramicists from The Pottery Studio (Chicago, IL), we're coming together to support our city's street vendors, many of whom are in urgent need right now. What... Read More

Community Altar Build

• November 1 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Corner of Emerson & Grand
• Franklin Park IL

Community Altar Build Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez Saturday 11/1/25 2 PM Corner of Emerson & Grand Franklin Park IL

mk zariel reading: Boy Apparition

• November 1 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:30 PM

• Comfort Station
• 2579 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647

Reading of Boy Apparition by mk zariel There are two transmasculine genders: the butch anarchist, and the tiny atemporal gremlin who really needs a hug. In BOY APPARITION, mk zariel tackles both. This chapbook is full of love letters to the BashBack tendency, chronicles of insurgent trans boyhood and its ties to lesbian culture, unhinged teenage rants, and the kind of love poems you’d write in lipstick on the mirror of the gender-neutral bathroom.... Read More

Migra Watch Training with PUÑO at Haymarket House

• November 1 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena

Join PUÑO for a training on how to document and report ICE activity in your neighborhood. Since January, PUÑO has been building collective power to protect Chicago’s immigrant communities through a variety of trainings and connecting Chicagoans to their local rapid response group.... Read More

Absono, PROXOXIE, vivi video vixen, BOYNESKI

• October 30 2025 @ 8:30 PM
• until 11:59 PM

• Cole's Bar
• 2338 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Thursday, October 30 Doors: 8:30pm // Show: 9pm $14.45 / Day Of : $16.65 Absono- I’m a hardcore junglist bringing sounds from all across the world with massive influences from Los Angeles (my home city) and Chicago (where I live now). Aiming to create dance floors that keep people dancing, engaged and bring a sense of community on the floor. ... Read More

Comfort Music: Jeb Bishop & Keefe Jackson

• October 30 2025 @ 7:30 PM
• until 9:30 PM

• Comfort Station
• 2579 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647

Set 1: Jeb Bishop (solo trombone & electronics) Set 2: Keefe Jackson w/ dancers (woodwind & movement duo)

Leather Bound Lit Presents: A DEVIL’S NIGHT POETRY READING, LET’S GET PHYSICAL

• October 30 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Step away from your screens and into the real world, where the words aren’t just read - they’re felt. On the night before Halloween, our poets will embody the sensual, the haunting, and the deliciously tangible in a reading that’s as physical as it is spectral. 📅... Read More

Panel Discussion: Performance to Camera

• October 30 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Museum of Contemporary Photography
• 600 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

Please join MoCP at Ferguson Lecture Hall for the panel discussion Performance to Camera, expounding upon the works from the exhibition Channeling: body ← Image → viewer. The conversation will address the role photography plays in translating, preserving, and sharing live, site-specific performances, while also discussing what is missing when representing a live moment through still images. Panelists... Read More

Echo Chamber, Z. Soniat, Melon Sprout at Marz Brewing

• October 29 2025 @ 8:00 PM

• Marz Brewing
• 3630 South Iron Street

Free music, improvisational and experimental, with DJ One Track Mind Echo Chamber Z. Soniat Melon Sprout DJ One Track Mind

Halloween at Comfort Film: A Dark and Stormy Night with Group 312 Films

• October 29 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 10:30 PM

• Comfort Station
• 2579 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647

Halloween at Comfort Film presents, A Dark and Stormy Night with Group 312 Films GROUP 312 FILMS, Chicago’s Most Adventurous Video Collective, is excited to present our newest Halloween program–“A Dark and Stormy Night with Group 312 Films”. This holiday themed line-up will present 15 of the scariest, creepiest, and weirdest videos made by group members over the years.... Read More

Sir! No Sir! - A Labor Film Screening

• October 29 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL

Sir! No Sir! tells the story of the 1960s GI movement against the war in Viet Nam, the impact that the movement had on the war, and the subsequent erasure of the movement from public memory. About Face Veterans Against the War will facilitate a post-screening discussion.... Read More

Nonfiction Read Aloud Online: Let This Radicalize You

• October 27 2025 @ 7:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• PO Box Collective
• Online

Nonfiction Read-Aloud Book Group meets online on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month @ 7:30pm. We’ve been meeting since 2019. Meetings are fluid. Pop in when you can! We take turns reading aloud to each other and stop the reading frequently to discuss the text, ask questions, and repeat sentences.... Read More

Queer Self Defense Class

• October 27 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.

Full Spectrum Resistance

• October 27 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL

Join us for our Chicago book club session, where we will be reading chapter 5 of “Full Spectrum Resistance.” Full Spectrum Resistance by Aric McBay is a powerful toolkit for liberation movements. Emphasizing a range of popular tactics, the book outlines how movements grow and sustain themselves through principled solidarity, diverse strategies, and collective action. We... Read More

Channeling: body ←Image→ viewer

• October 27 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until December 20 @ 5:00 PM

• Museum of Contemporary Photography
• 600 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

Thru December 20 About the Exhibition Channeling: body ←Image→ viewer features works by eleven international artists who communicate through and with the body. The featured artists draw on diverse approaches and means to deliberately activate direct connections with the viewer. These articulations position the viewer to experience a heightened awareness of their self and body, and to explore how bodies channel and confront societal malaise, oppression, transition, and vulnerability.... Read More

Leather, Kink and Fetish Artists - Group Meet-Up

• October 26 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Leather Archive & Museum would like to invite you to join us in the library for an afternoon of art, conversation and fun, for artists of all skill levels. You can draw your sexiest fantasies or kinky icons, meet and chat with other fetish artists and get to know each other in a fun, laid-back artistic experience! Bring your own materials, and come with cool kinky ideas to draw or peruse works in the library for inspiration.... Read More

The Black Banjo Jam

• October 26 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Harrison Park
• 19th & Damen

The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

Trans Tea Party

• October 25 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Join us be having tea along with an open mic/jam session at the leather archive and museum on august 30th from 1-4:30! as usual, this is a potluck style event - bring snacks and drinks to share! we’ll be in the auditorium, if you want to bring something to perform, please do! You'll also have access to the museum and library/archive during the event, so you’ll also have the opportunity to see a bunch of queer art Note that stairs are required both to get to the space and to get to the restrooms.... Read More

VICE

• October 24 2025 @ 8:00 PM

• Life on Marz
• 1950 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Seven sins. Eight DJs. Zero restraint. Four deadly B2Bs serving temptation by the pound—so hot and sinful, it’ll make the angels blush 😳 Expect hardgroove, hard dance, bouncy techno, and deep, filthy bass to keep you sweating all night long 🥵 Buckle up, sinners.... Read More

Independent Labor Club General Assembly - Trump 2 and Class Independence

• October 18 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Eckhart Park Meeting Room
• 1330 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

@ilcofchi presents a collaborative discussion on the far-reaching impact of the second Trump administration. Together, we will discuss how it will affect the climate, the border, corporate power, foreign policy, and the welfare state, and how it all adds up to a sweeping war on workers.... Read More

¡Las Sandinistas!

• October 17 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Inga Books
• 1740 w 18th St

Join us for a screening of ¡Las Sandinistas! The documentary uncovers the untold stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution, and the ensuing US-backed Contra War, as these same women continue as leaders in the struggle against their current government's suppression of democracy and women's rights. 🇳🇮... Read More

Leather and Kink Symbolism in the AIDS Memorial Quilt

• October 16 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Curious about leather and kink history? Do you want to learn more about the affect of the AIDS epidemic on the leather community? The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt honors over 110,000 people, and thousands of them were leatherfolk and kinksters.... Read More

FEK Draw

• October 14 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs......you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

Queer Self Defense Class

• October 13 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.

Fruta Putería and alterotics film screening

• October 12 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Fruta Putería and alterotics curated together a selection of six queer and trans erotic films. Three of these films are from Chicago (Fruta Putería and alterotics produced), while three of the submissions are international (Argentina and Greece). The run time of the screening is about 2 hours total. October... Read More

Dolls Dolls Demons Dolls

• October 10 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Friday!!! Poetry, opera, drag, cello duets, trans art makers, and more. 10 minute open mic slot, one poem per poet! Proceeds to the LA&M and performers.

BIPOC FUNDRAISER (& Zapatista Reportback)

• October 10 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Cedillos's Garden
• 325 W. 70th Pl

BIPOC only | Silent auction | Donation table | Hot drinks & snacks | Open grill at Cedillo's | Reportback of August 2025 Zapatista encounter in Chiapas (informal discussion and Q&A) NET PROCEEDS TO Chicago Books Break Walls; Hammond Community Garden; migrant and Palestinian relief; Sudanese horizontalists; Suwayda minorities; and Cedillo's. Suggested... Read More

BIPOC FUNDRAISER (& Zapatista Reportback)

• October 10 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Cedillos's Garden
• 325 W. 70th Pl

BIPOC only | Silent auction | Donation table | Hot drinks & snacks | Open grill at Cedillo's | Reportback of August 2025 Zapatista encounter in Chiapas (informal discussion and Q&A) NET PROCEEDS TO Chicago Books Break Walls; Hammond Community Garden; migrant and Palestinian relief; Sudanese horizontalists; Suwayda minorities; and Cedillo's. Suggested... Read More

Men In The Sun

• October 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Jazwah Coffee
• 9150 S Harlem Ave Bridgeview IL 60455

Men In The Sun 7-9 PM Jazwah Coffee 9150 S Harlem Ave Bridgeview IL 60455

ice "Know Your Rights" Training

• October 8 2025 @ 6:30 PM

• Orland Park Prayer Center (Sister's Ground Hall)
• 16530 104th Ave Orland Park IL 60467

ice "Know Your Rights" Training 630 PM Orland Park Prayer Center (Sister's Ground Hall) 16530 104th Ave Orland Park IL 60467

Emergency Protest

• October 8 2025 @ 5:30 PM

• Ida B Wells & Michigan
• Chicago IL

Emergency Protest 530 PM Chicago says: ice, national guard Out Of Our Streets Ida B Wells & Michigan

Vigil For Gaza

• October 8 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• aipac 240 W monroe Ave
• Chicago IL

Vigil For Gaza 430 PM aipac 240 W monroe Ave Chicago IL Noise Demo 6 PM

7th Of October Protest

• October 7 2025 @ 4:00 PM

• israel consulate
• 500 W Madison Chicago IL

7th Of October 2025 Protest 4PM israel consulate 500 W Madison Chicago IL

Side Yard Sounds at Compound Yellow

• October 5 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Compound Yellow
• 244 Lake St

A noisy fundraiser for Compound Yellow Side Yard Sounds A Noisy Fundraiser 10/5/2025 BYOB Join us for a wild and noisy event/fundraiser featuring a line up of experimental sound artists and musicians: Hedra Rowan NuAm Tina LaFauve Melon Sprout Nicole Alonso Hedra Rowan: Hedra Rowan is a computer musician in Chicago. She runs Bodymilk, a concert series and tape label.... Read More

Lotions, Potions and Elixirs - Leather Care Shouldn’t Be Spooky! -> with Tito Joey

• October 5 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Let’s go above and beyond basic care for leather, whether at home or on the stand. We will look at some of the widely available and some very niche products on the market you can incorporate in your kit and gain confidence when to crack open that new bottle of magic potion! This class is great for beginners who are interested in bootblacking as well as seasoned bootblacks looking for new and fun products to try on their next project! - - - - - Come worship with us on the first Sunday of every month with some fun and engaging kink education.... Read More

Erotic Photography Workshop

• October 4 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Join Kristopher Daniel of La Petite Mort Photography (www.LaPetiteMortPhotography.com) for a Halloween-themed workshop. Learn how to create bold, sensual imagery with a delightfully wicked twist—using dramatic lighting, inventive posing, and kink-inspired styling. Think moody shadows, seductive costumes, and just the right amount of mischief. Costumes... Read More

Bread & Puppet's Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus

• September 30 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Clarendon Park
• 4051 N Clarendon Ave

Ladles and Jellyspoons! The one and only Bread & Puppet Circus returns to Chicago with Anti-Empire Art that acknowledges our beloved Mother Dirt, who makes us and unmakes us, and who presents urgently needed domestic resurrection services for the victims of this latest genocide.... Read More

RIDE FOR PALESTINE

• September 28 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Start Daley Plaza
• Finish Sultans Market

RIDE FOR PALESTINE Sunday 9/28/25 Noon Start Daley Plaza Finish Sultans Market

The Black Banjo Jam

• September 28 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Harrison Park
• 19th & Damen

The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

Stop The Deportations

• September 27 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• 1930 Beach St.
• Broadview IL

Stop The Deportations Saturday 9/27/25 6PM- 1930 Beach St. Broadview IL

About Face: The History of GI Resistance with Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Aaron Hughes, and Bill Ayers

• September 27 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St

Join us as we welcome Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes in conversation with Bill Ayers as they discuss the long history of GIs rebelling against US militarism and fascism. Viewed through an abolitionist framework, this discussion will highlight the legacy and revolutionary power of GI resistance against the backdrop of military mobilizations to violently suppress people’s movements. Arti... Read More

Rally Saturdays 4 Silverio

• September 27 2025 @ 3:00 PM

• Grand & Emerson
• Franklin Park IL

Rally Saturdays 4 Silverio Saturday 9/27/25 3PM Grand & Emerson Franklin Park IL

Protest Cook County S.A.

• September 27 2025 @ 1:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 W. Washington St. Chicago IL

Protest Cook County S.A. Saturday 9/27/25 PM 1PM Daley Plaza 50 W. Washington St. Chicago IL

Pet Cemetery with a C : the Musical

• September 26 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Facility Theatre
• 1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

PET CEMETERY WITH A C THE MUSICAL is here! It's absurd and audacious and if you're not entertained you can slap the producers as hard as you want in the face. The show runs every Friday evening in September at Facility Theater.

Kinky Rummage Sale

• September 26 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until September 27 @ 5:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

It's going to be HUGE! Join us for the annual Kinky Rummage Sale where you'll find a great deal on everything from leather to rubber to butt plugs to fine china. All funds go to support the work of LA&M, so support a great cause and find some new treasures.... Read More

Shut Down Broadview

• September 26 2025 @ 7:00 AM

• Broadview Detention Center
• 1930 Beach st, Broadview Illinois

At Broadview, immigrants are being held hostage by ICE and are awaiting deportation. Stop ICE from kidnapping our neighbors! Shut down Broadview! Bring a buddy, bring goggles, bring goggles. ICE out of our city!

FEMME FREQUENCY

• September 25 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 11:59 PM

• Cafe Mustache
• 2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

RHC presents FEMME FREQUENCY 💋📡 an evening of experimental dance music celebrating the divine feminine ❤️‍🔥 ⏰ 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM 🗓️ Thursday 9/25/25 📍 @cafe_mustache 💰 $5-$10 donations recommended LINEUP: @problemchildhels (resident) @k1ttipup @voidblxm @heavyflow.chi @hyper_individualism

SBWU PRACTICE PICKET FOR A JUST CONTRACT

• September 25 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 12:00 PM

• 970 N Ridge Ave
• Chicago IL

SBWU PRACTICE PICKET FOR A JUST CONTRACT Thursday 9/25/25 10AM-12PM 5970 N Ridge Ave Chicago IL

Imagining A Liberated Future

• September 22 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL 60608

Imagining A Liberated Future Monday 9/22/25 7PM Pilsen Community Books 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL 60608

Fetish Film Forum - Queen Bee Empire (2014)

• September 20 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

This raunchy and campy DIY film is about the sexcapades of friends Tracey, Stacey, Lacey, Kacey and Macey over 24 hours during a hot and sweaty summer. Single Tickets can be puchased in advance and cost $10 per screening, or $8 for LA&M Members & Students.... Read More

Pet Cemetery with a C : the Musical

• September 19 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Facility Theatre
• 1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

PET CEMETERY WITH A C THE MUSICAL is here! It's absurd and audacious and if you're not entertained you can slap the producers as hard as you want in the face. The show runs every Friday evening in September at Facility Theater.

No New Prisons Teach-In

• September 19 2025 @ 5:45 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Walls Turned Sideways
• 2717 W. Madison St.

Illinois isn’t the only state trying to build more prisons and jails- there are fascist carceral projects being attempted across the US 💥 Join us as we welcome comrades from Kentucky, compare notes and learn from their ongoing fight against federal prison expansion in Letcher County. Take... Read More

DIVEST FROM GENOCIDE Press Conference

• September 19 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• 160 N. LaSalle Street
• Chicago IL

DIVEST FROM GENOCIDE Press Conference on Friday 9/19/25 12pm at 160 N. LaSalle Street Chicago IL denouncing the State Board of Investment for investing our tax dollars into the Israeli genocide, apartheid, & occupation of Palestinians. Call on Frerichs to divest at 866-458-7327.

SHUT DOWN THE BROADVIEW ICE FACILITY!

• September 19 2025 @ 7:00 AM

• BROADVIEW ICE FACILITY
• 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

SHUT DOWN THE BROADVIEW ICE FACILITY! Join us Friday, 9/19/25 7-9 AM & 6PM-onward 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL CHINGA LA MIGRA - STOP DEPORTATIONS - DEFEND COMMUNITIES - FIGHT FASCISM - FREE THEM ALL Bring a buddy, N95s, goggles & noise makers. Share widely!

CHICAGO EMERGENCY PROTEST ALL EYES ON GAZA

• September 17 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• McNally HQ
• 151 N Franklin St Chicago

CHICAGO EMERGENCY PROTEST ALL EYES ON GAZA BOOTS OUT OF GAZA BOOTS OUT OF CHICAGO WEDNESDAY 9/17/25 5PM McNally HQ 151 N Franklin St

Speak-out for Silverio

• September 15 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Grand Ave and Emerson in Franklin Park, IL
• Grand Ave and Emerson in Franklin Park, IL

🪧🕯️The grieving family of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez requests that you attend a Public Speakout TODAY/MONDAY 9.15 in Franklin Park, IL. Please circulate widely to social media and other groups. SPEAKOUT for Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez Murdered in cold blood by ICE Fascists. Stop the Racist Trump Regime's Ethnic Cleansing Campaign.... Read More

Pet Cemetery with a C : the Musical

• September 12 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Facility Theatre
• 1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

PET CEMETERY WITH A C THE MUSICAL is here! It's absurd and audacious and if you're not entertained you can slap the producers as hard as you want in the face. The show runs every Friday evening in September at Facility Theater.

RALLY TO DEFEND YOUR NEIGHBORS!

• September 12 2025 @ 7:00 AM
• until 7:00 PM

• 1930 Beach St
• Broadview IL

RALLY TO DEFEND YOUR NEIGHBORS! ice OUT OF CHICAGOLAND! Friday 9/12/25 7AM-7PM 1930 Beach St Broadview IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Talk Long, Talk Love! a free communication workshop

• September 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

September 8 at 7pm. TALK LONG, TALK LOVE!, a free workshop with Nancy Ava Miller, MEd, CHt. At this unique and FUN workshop, learn to reach beyond the chatter and the clutter of small talk to the soul of our beautiful kink community.... Read More

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation with Eileen Flanagan

• September 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

Join us as we welcome Eileen Flanagan to the store for an event in celebration of her new book Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation. As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, it has become apparent that we have a shared stake in protecting the air, water, and climate—for ourselves and for future generations.... Read More

Knotty & Nice — Rope Fun & Safety, with Jay

• September 7 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Rope can be very daunting at times... This class is will bring back fun and emphasize safety in rope bondage basics. There will be an emphasis on anatomy and common ties which can be used for light suspension. Let’s get knotty and nice! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jay is a Leather Woman and a body work specialist.... Read More

Second City Bootblacks Present - Leather: It's Not What You Wear, It's Who You Are

• September 6 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Join us at LA&M for "Leather: It's Not What You Wear, It's Who You Are" Saturday, September 6th, 3 - 4pm Taught by Master Leather Redux and raea Presented by Second City Bootblacks Come learn, reflect, and grow with us. whether you're new to leather or a lifelong traveler on the path, this class is for you.

Anti-ICE Block Party by All Chicago Tenant Alliance

• September 6 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 6:00 PM

• Cuyler Ave Between Clarendon and Broadway
• Cuyler Ave Between Clarendon and Broadway

🅰️🐺⚡️SAVE THE DATE⚡️🐺🅰️ @fuerzasbroadwaycuyler and ACTA are throwing a rager on September 7th, all day! The occasion, like all things, contains some good and some bad. We are celebrating six months of Fuerzas Inquilinos in the struggle; this is right on time as their historic rent strike approaches is climax.... Read More

Pet Cemetery with a C : the Musical

• September 5 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Facility Theatre
• 1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

PET CEMETERY WITH A C THE MUSICAL is here! It's absurd and audacious and if you're not entertained you can slap the producers as hard as you want in the face. The show runs every Friday evening in September at Facility Theater.

BDSM History & Memories Talk and Exhibit Opening

• September 5 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Friday, September 5th. 6pm-8:30pm at the LA&M. Free admission. Exhibit opening at 6pm, talk at 7pm. BDSM History & Memories: Notes from the Sexual Underground with Nancy Ava Miller 💋📝 Come to the LA&M for a lively discussion about life and love in the sexual underground of the 1970s, 80s and 90s.... Read More

PACK THE COURT FOR RICO CLARK

• September 5 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Leighton Criminal Court Room 305
• 2650 S California Chicago IL

PACK THE COURT FOR RICO CLARK Friday 9/5/25 930 AM Leighton Criminal Court 2650 S California Room 305 Chicago IL

Rally for Your Neighbors at Broadview ICE Processing Center

• September 5 2025 @ 7:00 AM
• until 9:00 AM

• Broadview ICE Processing Center
• 1930 Beach St, Broadview IL

Broadview Detention Center has begun boarding up its windows and the Broadview mayor says that the detention center will be the center of ICE operations as the primary processing center for the next 45 to 60 days. Every Friday from 7AM-9AM people detained at Broadview are loaded into vans and moved to airports or to other detention facilities in Indiana, Kentucky, and other states.

WE ARE ELIAS! Benefit Show

• September 4 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Tattler Post
• 4355 n western ave

Show up for radical artists paying tribute to a local Chicagoan fighter currently doing time for Palestine! Proceeds will go directly to Elias Rodriguez via offenderconnect. Performers: Sol, Said Earth The Last Poet Beanersteamer Zaza za

Bondage with the Persian Prince

• September 4 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Learn techniques and skills, and practice your ties with an expert. All experience levels are welcome. Thursday sessions are scheduled for June 26, July 17, July 31, Aug 14, and Sep 4. $5.00

Erotic Hypnosis class and demo

• September 3 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Wednesday, September 3. 7pm-8:30pm at the LA&M. Free admission. Nancy Ava Miller presents... Erotic Hypnosis 💤✨ A class and demonstration with assistant Ninjet Kitty. A JOURNEY INTO CONTEMPLATION AND MORE… Eye-opening! Intelligent! Profound! Attendees at this workshop will be guided into a deep, relaxed hypnotic and meditative state, during which they will experience a calm “inner being” — uninhibited and blissful.... Read More

Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: Jarrod Shanahan in Conversation with Lake Effect Collective

• September 3 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us in celebrating this long-awaited collection by Chicago author and agitator Jarrod Shanahan, who will appear in conversation with members of Lake Effect Collective. Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help (PM Press, 2025) collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles—Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside accounts of the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture, to paint a dense and complex portrait of a decade of protracted social crisis. Jarrod... Read More

Free Xochitl Vigil

• September 2 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Chicago Patchwork Farms
• 2825 W Chicago Ave Chicago IL

Free Xochitl Vigil Tuesday 9/2/25 6-8 PM Chicago Patchwork Farms 2825 W Chicago Ave Chicago IL #FREEXochitl https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/833035/ #DEFUNDfacebook

BLACK AUGUST PEOPLE'S FEAST COOKOUT

• August 31 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
• 6400 S KIMBARK AVE CHICAGO IL

BLACK AUGUST PEOPLE'S FEAST COOKOUT SUNDAY 8/31/25 6PM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 6400 S KIMBARK AVE CHICAGO IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Trans Tea Party

• August 30 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Join us be having tea along with an open mic/jam session at the leather archive and museum on august 30th from 1-4:30! as usual, this is a potluck style event - bring snacks and drinks to share! we’ll be in the auditorium, if you want to bring something to perform, please do! You'll also have access to the museum and library/archive during the event, so you’ll also have the opportunity to see a bunch of queer art Note that stairs are required both to get to the space and to get to the restrooms.... Read More

BIKE REPAIR SKILL SHARE

• August 30 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• LEGION PARK
• ENTER ON W THORNDALE AVE, EAST OF KEDZIE CHICAGO IL

BIKE REPAIR SKILL SHARE COMMUNITY EVENT SATURDAY 8/30/25 12PM LEGION PARK ENTER ON W THORNDALE AVE, EAST OF KEDZIE CHICAGO IL

Poppers Talk & Open Mic

• August 24 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

LA&M researcher Jay Sosa discusses the history and politics of poppers. Got a story? Got a question? We'll have a community conversation about what we should know about poppers. No names, no details, no recordings.

The Black Banjo Jam

• August 24 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Harrison Park
• 19th & Damen

The Black Banjo Jam is a Black affinity space to learn and play the banjo hosted by @black.banjo.reclamation. It’s an intergenerational space, so feel free to bring your aunties, uncles, grandma, and the baby. A limited number of extra banjos are available to play if you don’t have your own.

Join 505051: No Camps / No War / No 1984

• August 23 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• TBD!
• Chicago, IL

On August 23rd we will gather to demand an END to the concentration camps, END to the wars, and END to the march towards fascism. Silence serves the oppressor, so come get loud. We will release more details soon! Please note, we will be holding this event instead of an event on August 2nd.

COFFEE & CONVERSATION

• August 22 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Zoom
• ZOOM

COFFEE & CONVERSATION Weekly M-F 9AM Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcuCtqTgpHtVZc7UfxUfQOw8mjrLdPP2l#/registration #DEFUNDfacebook

HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY

• August 21 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 11:00 AM

• Social Security Adminstrative Office
• 2127 W Lawrence Ave Chicago IL 60625

HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY 10-11 AM Social Security Adminstrative Office 2127 W Lawrence Ave Chicago IL 60625

Weekly Vigil For The Children Of Gaza

• August 20 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Michigan and Wacker
• Downtown Chicago IL

Wednesday 8/20/25 at 4:30pm join us for our weekly vigil for the children of Gaza. We will meet downtown at Michigan and Wacker to make sure that we are getting the message out to as many of our fellow Chicagoans as possible: Chicago stands with Palestine! Vigils will continue weekly as long as our tax dollars are funding war crimes committed against Palestinians.

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours

• August 16 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood, Chicago IL

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours are every second Sunday 3-4:30 pm and every third Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm. This is the time to pick up new seeds (free!), gift your surplus, or just hang out and talk seeds!

BIPOC Solidarity Benefit Cookout

• August 15 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Cedillo’s Fresh Produce
• 325 W. 70th Pl

Join us for an evening of community, care, and collective action at this BIPOC-only, alcohol-free benefit cookout. Friends and neighbors are coming together to raise funds for BIPOC-led efforts and solidarities through shared food, connection, and a silent art auction featuring local talent. There’s... Read More

Bondage with the Persian Prince

• August 14 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Learn techniques and skills, and practice your ties with an expert. All experience levels are welcome. Thursday sessions are scheduled for June 26, July 17, July 31, Aug 14, and Sep 4. $5.00

Film Screening “The Body Electric,” Six Films By Paul Sharits” by Tone Glow

• August 14 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• International Museum of Surgical Science
• 1524 North Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60610

Tone Glow is excited to announce a special screening of an film Paul Sharits! Tone Glow Presents “The Body Electric: Six Films By Paul Sharits” August 14th, 7:00pm-9:00pm Doors: 6:00pm Tickets: $15 GA Presale $10 Student Presale (Use code STUDENT at checkout) $10 IMSS Member Presale (Use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout) -$20 at Door $15 Student at Door $15 IMSS Member at Door Tone Glow is excited to announce “The Body Electric,” a program highlighting six films by the visual artist and filmmaker Paul Sharits (1943-1993).... Read More

Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

• August 12 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

Emergency Protest & Memorial

• August 12 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 w Washington St DownTown Chicago IL

Emergency Protest & Memorial Tuesday 8/12/25 430 PM Daley Plaza 50 w Washington St DownTown Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

DEFEND EPA WORKERS

• August 12 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

DEFEND EPA WORKERS! Join us Tuesday 8/12/25 at noon at the Federal Plaza in Chicago IL to support @704afge members fighting back after Trump's authoritarian move to cancel the contract of thousands of EPA workers. This administration is escalating its union-busting.... Read More

ICE Out of Chicago

• August 11 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• 101 Ida B Wells
• 101 W Ida B Wells Dr Chicago, IL 60605 United States

This Monday, August 11th from 9-10am, there will be an autonomous noise demo next to the driveway at the northwest corner of 101 Ida B.Wells, which is home to the ICE field office. This demo is a surge effort to... Read More

SHOW: Pure Terror @ Canalport River Walk

• August 10 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Canalport River Walk
• 2900 S Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60608 United States

Punk show. No cops, no zionists. DJ set following at the clipper.

NEW YORK CITY INFERNO: A Bijou Video Screening at the Leather Archives & Museum

• August 10 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/new-york-city-inferno-a-bijou-video-screening-at-the-leather-archives-and-museum Come early for sex and love life tarot reading by oracle Jessika Cutts. Plus so much more to be announced! Structured around the journey of Jerome (hairy, uncut Christopher Dock) in search of his lover, this French production also serves as a study of NYC's gay sex culture/locales and includes, along with its truly hot sex scenes and story, an interview with a gay political activist and performer/poet Camille O'Grady fronting a punk band in the film's epically wild orgy scene shot in the infamous Mineshaft! Raw, gritty, kinky, occasionally bizarre, this artfully made, historically significant classic is a major film of the '70s French gay porn boom. New... Read More

Pass the Aux: A Collective Sharing and Listening Session

• August 10 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 5:30 PM

• Unity Park, at the pergola
• 2636 N Kimball Ave, Chicago

Pass the Aux: A Collective Sharing and Listening Session August 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm “What are we listening to these days, and why?” Prompted by this and other questions, Josh Rios invites you to this all-ages gathering to share and reflect on music in an open, collective setting.... Read More

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours

• August 10 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood, Chicago IL

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours are every second Sunday 3-4:30 pm and every third Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm. This is the time to pick up new seeds (free!), gift your surplus, or just hang out and talk seeds!

Erotic Photography Workshop

• August 9 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Learn how to shoot bold, sensual, and kink-inspired imagery. Led by Kristopher Daniel of La Petite Mort Photography (www.lapetitemortphotography.com), this hands-on workshop covers lighting, posing, and working with erotic themes using live models. All skill levels are welcome. The second hour is open shoot time to practice what you’ve learned using Kris’ lighting setup.... Read More

Quimby’s Show & Tell: Marc Fischer of Public Collectors

• August 9 2025 @ 6:30 PM

• Quimby's Bookstore
• 1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622

Join Chicago-based publisher Marc Fischer of Public Collectors to discuss his latest Public Collectors publications, and read from the recent booklets: “Why Self-Publish Under Fascism?” and “Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?“ Marc Fischer is the administrator of Public Collectors, an initiative he formed in 2007.... Read More

Drawn Together in Struggle & Hope Community Fundraiser

• August 9 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Walls Turned Sideways
• 2717 W. Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612

Come out to support artists inside IL prisons and organizations working together towards freedom! Artworks from Castaway (a group of artists at Western IL prison) and formerly incarcerated artists will be on sale. Join us for food, drink, music and more! 100% of proceeds will support ILARJ & WTS! Sliding scale tickets start at $10, including a dinner plate and free drink! RSVP and buy your ticket at Givebutter.com/DrawnTogether! The... Read More

Inga Books Turns 6!

• August 9 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Inga Books
• 1740 W. 18th Street Chicago, IL 60608

🎆 ✨ Join us on Saturday, August 9th to celebrate Inga’s six year b-day. 🪅 We’ll gather around drinks, snacks, cake, printed freebies, and some newly released, limited edition merch. 🪢 Festivities set to take place during our 1-7pm open... Read More

Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition with brian bean

• August 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us as we welcome brian bean to the store for an event in celebration of his new book Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition, a deeply reported analysis of the connections between policing and capitalism, centering global lessons of revolt and resistance. Where... Read More

Chicago Hardcore Benefit for Congo & Sudan

• August 8 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• First Presbyterian church of Chicago
• Chicago IL

🇸🇩🇨🇩Chicago Hardcore Benefit for Congo & Sudan August 8th, 2025 at 5PM 5-10PM / All Ages / No Drugs or Alcohol. Join us at the First Presbyterian church of Chicago, $15 (or more 👀) entry at the door! Thank you to @bugginhc @sensoryimpactchi @_manoamano_il @situationalhazard.hc... Read More

Picket Ariel Investments

• August 8 2025 @ 12:30 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Ariel’s corporate headquarters
• 200 E RANDOLPH ST / CHICAGO, IL

That's right--we're showing up, and we're picketing the owners. In our campaign to organize VRS interpreters at both Sorenson and ZP Better Together, Ariel Investments (Sorenson's private equity owner) is a major decision maker, especially in our continued pressure to get leadership to meet with us and negotiate a union agreement.... Read More

Transatlantic Antifa: The Rise of the Far Right and the History and Challenges of Antifascist Movements

• August 6 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

A conversation between activist/scholars from Germany and the U.S. about the far right movements in Europe, the U.S., and the possibility of international solidarity. Zeena Arndt is a researcher and activist from Berlin, Germany, who has been involved in antifascist/antiracist movements for over 25 years. Michael... Read More

Worker Support Action

• August 6 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Emily Hotel
• 311 N. Morgan Chicago IL 60607

Worker Support Action Wednesday August 6, 2025 5PM Emily Hotel 311 N. Morgan Chicago IL 60607 #DEFUNDfacebook

Worker Support Action

• August 6 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Emily Hotel
• 311 N. Morgan Chicago IL 60607

Worker Support Action Wednesday August 6, 2025 5PM Emily Hotel 311 N. Morgan Chicago IL 60607 #DEFUNDfacebook

VIGIL FOR GAZA

• August 6 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• 500 W Madison
• Chicago IL

VIGIL FOR GAZA Wednesday 8/6/25 430PM 500 W Madison Chicago IL Bring your empty pots & pans for a 6PM demand! Stop Starving Gaza Now! #DEFUNDfacebòok

VIGIL FOR GAZA

• August 6 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• 500 W Madison
• Chicago IL

VIGIL FOR GAZA Wednesday 8/6/25 430PM 500 W Madison Chicago IL Bring your empty pots & pans for a 6PM demand! Stop Starving Gaza Now! #DEFUNDfacebòok

Hearing & Press Conference to dismiss domestic terrorism charge

• August 6 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Online &
• In person

Hearing to dismiss domestic terrorism charge against Cop City Defendant Jamie Marsicano Wednesday, August 6 2025 at 2pm DeKalb County Superior Court, 556 N. McDonough Street, Decatur, GA https://weelauneethefree.org/hearing-august-6-for-cop-city-defendant-seeking-dismissal-of-domestic-terrorism-charge-unindicted-more-than-two-years-after-march-2023-arrest/ Marsicano’s hearing can also be viewed virtually at: https://tinyurl.com/DropTheTerrorismCharge (ID: 883 8751 7511) Virtual press conference will be held by Marsicano’s legal team at 3:30pm, or when the hearing ends, whichever is later: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78121869057... Read More

Press Rally & Triple-Header Court Date

• August 6 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Leighton Criminal Courthouse
• 2650 S California Chicago IL

🚨JOIN US for a press rally and triple-header court date to demand freedom for three survivors of corrupt CPD detectives Brian Forberg, John Foster and Kevin Eberle! This crucial day of mobilization calls for all hands on deck! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 When: 9 a.m.... Read More

Replace the State: How to Change the World When and Elections and Protests Fail with Sasha Davis

• August 5 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

In the current political atmosphere of cruelty, repression and irrationality, many have pleaded for the urgent development of social movements to counter the rampage of the federal government and their oligarch allies. But what should these movement look like? And how should we build them? Imagining just such a grassroots movement is the goal of a new book from Sasha Davis.... Read More

Rally and march On The Boss

• August 5 2025 @ 10:00 AM

• mauser headquarters
• 1515 W 22nd St Oak Brook IL 60523

Join Teamsters Local 705 members striking mauser for a rally and march on the boss Tuesday, August 5 2025 10AM @ mauser headquarters 1515 W 22nd St Oak Brook IL 60523. Tell mauser it’s time to listen to their workers and deliver a fair contract.... Read More

TEACH-IN Divesting Our Money

• August 4 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL

TEACH-IN Divesting Our Money From The Gaza Genocide Monday 8/4/25 7PM Pilsen Community Books 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

TEACH-IN Divesting Our Money

• August 4 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL

TEACH-IN Divesting Our Money From The Gaza Genocide Monday 8/4/25 7PM Pilsen Community Books 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Abolitionist Playdate/Book Swap

• August 4 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Horner Park Nature Play Space
• near California Ave. & Belle Plaine

Abolitionist Playdate/Book Swap Join us for cultivating a future focused on dismantling systemic inequalities and building collective capacity for change, while the kiddos play! This time we’ll swap books (any genre, for kids or adults). 📆 Monday, August 4th ⏰ 5:30-7:30 PM 📍Horner Park Nature Play Space (near California Ave.... Read More

LETTER PACKING

• August 3 2025 @ 3:00 PM

• Sultan's Market
• 2057 North Ave Chicago IL

LETTER PACKING Newsletter To Mail To Cook County Jail Sunday August 3 2025 3PM Sultan's Market 2057 North Ave Chicago IL

Kink Klass: So You Want To Teach A Class

• August 3 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Kink Klass: So You Want To Teach A Class — Pro Tips for Teaching, with Master Leather Redux and Raea Do you find yourself called to teach a class on leather or kink? Not sure how to go about it? Navigating wanting to teach has many facets.... Read More

MEET YOUR ALLIES Everyone Has A Partisan Story

• August 3 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Sikh Religious Society
• 1280 Winnetka St Paletine IL 60067

MEET YOUR ALLIES Everyone Has A Partisan Story Sunday August 3 2025 1PM-4PM Sikh Religious Society 1280 Winnetka St Paletine IL 60067

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION: A Community Fundraiser

• August 2 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Walls Turned Sideways
• 2717 W. Madison St, Chicago

100% of proceeds support Chicago organizing. Connect with orgs putting in the work! ** No New Prisons IL ** Campaign for Public Health and Safety ** Cannibis Equity IL ** Logan Sq Mutual Aid ** Chicago Food Soveignty Coalition ** MAMAS ** Coalition to Decarcerate IL ** Illinois... Read More

STOP GAZA GENOCIDE PROTEST AND MARCH!

• August 2 2025 @ 3:30 PM

• Michigan Ave & Wacker Dr
• Downtown Chicago lL

STOP GAZA GENOCIDE PROTEST AND MARCH! Saturday 8/2/25 330 PM Michigan Ave & Wacker Dr. Downtown Chicago lL END ALL U.S. AID TO lSRAEL!

Tesla Takedown Chicago

• August 2 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Gold Coast Tesla Dealership
• 901 N Rush St, Chicago, IL 60611 US

Tesla Takedown Chicago Aug. 2 Start: Saturday, August 02, 2025 • 12:00 PM End: Saturday, August 02, 2025 • 01:30 PM Location: Gold Coast Tesla Dealership • 901 N Rush St, Chicago, IL 60611 US Host Contact Info: teslatakedownchicago@proton.me

Illinois Bear Contest

• August 1 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until August 02 @ 10:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Contest is open to participants of all genders. Meet and Greet at the North End (3733 N. Halsted) on August 1st at 8pm. Contest at the LA&M on August 2nd at 7pm (6418 N. Greenview).

Bondage with the Persian Prince

• July 31 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Learn techniques and skills, and practice your ties with an expert. All experience levels are welcome. Thursday sessions are scheduled for June 26, July 17, July 31, Aug 14, and Sep 4. $5.00

RALLY TO SUPPORT S&S WORKERS

• July 28 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until July 27 @ 4:00 PM

• 16427 W Prologis Pkwy
• Lockport IL 60441

RALLY TO SUPPORT S&S WORKERS Monday July 28 2025 1-4 PM 16427 W Prologis Pkwy Lockport IL 60441 Join the Teamsters Joint Council 25 & Teamsters Local 179 to stand with workers at S&S Activewear as they fight for the dignity and respect that... Read More

Ice Out of Chicago

• July 28 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until 10:00 AM

• Northwest corner of 101 Ida b wells, next to driveway
• 101 Ida b wells

Come protest at 101 Ida B Wells that hosts ice field office. Learn about how to identify ice cars and agents and how we can keep our neighbors safe

Interactive Performance Sunset 1919 A Ritual

• July 27 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Eugene Williams Memorial Square
• 125 Fort Dearborn Drive Chicago IL

Interactive Performance Sunset 1919 A Ritual Sunday July 27 2025 7PM Eugene Williams Memorial Square 125 Fort Dearborn Drive Chicago IL https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/25/lookingglass-honoring-1919-race-riot-victims-with-lakefront-performance-sunday/

Summer Soup Night

• July 27 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Montrose Beach Grassy Area by Cricket Hill
• 4400 N Lake Shore Drive

☀️SUMMER SOUP NIGHT- SUNDAY JULY 27TH, 4-7, MONTROSE BEACH GRASSY AREA BY CRICKET HILL☀️ Join for an afternoon of food, dialogue and music! We will be talking about what it takes to get organized in the face of current struggles-- how to plug in, how to network, how to crew up, and what roles established groups and orgs have in our work and strategies.... Read More

Environmental Justice Community Cookout - Fighting the Quantum Facility

• July 26 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Steelworkers Park
• 87th St and the Lake

Come out THIS Saturday for our Community Cookout to explore how we are fighting the Quantum Facility and what we would rather see built in our neighborhoods. 📆 Saturday, July 26th from 12-4 pm (speeches at 2 pm) 📍Steelworkers Park, 87th St... Read More

Chicago Critical Mass - Ride for Palestine

• July 25 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• Washington and Dearborn, Chicago IL

🚴‍♀️ RIDE FOR PALESTINE 🚴‍♂️ Chicago Critical Mass – Palestinian Contingent 🗓 Fri, July 25 | ⏰ 6 PM | 📍Daley Plaza Flood the streets. Ride in defiance. Drape your bike in flags, keffiyehs, signs, and resistance. This isn’t just a ride—it’s a call for liberation. Ride... Read More

Close The Broadview ice Facility!

• July 25 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Email
• Email

Close The Broadview ice Facility! EMAILS NEEDED to tell Eileen Burke and Kwame Raoul to SHUT DOWN BROADVIEW! Use the link caarpr.org/irwc to send an email and support immigrants in Illinois! #DEFUNDfacebook

Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left with Benjamin Balthaser and Gabriel Winant

• July 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL

Join us as we welcome Benjamin Balthaser and Gabe Winant for a discussion of Benjamin Balthaser's new book, Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left, out now from Verso Books. Citizens of the Whole World is a 100 year cultural, political and literary history of the American Jewish left and its critique of the colonial and nationalist project of Zionism.... Read More

GAZA IS BEING STARVED! STOP THE GENOCIDE NOW!

• July 24 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• israeli embassy
• 500 W Madsion St Chicago IL

GAZA IS BEING STARVED! STOP THE GENOCIDE NOW! Thursday July 24th 2025 430PM Rally in front of the israeli embassy 500 W Madsion St Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Kitchen Table Puppets + Press Presents - DIGITAL DYSTOPIA: Kicking Big Brother Out of School

• July 23 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Chicago Teachers Union
• 1901 W. Carrol Ave. #205

Hola Chicago mycelium🥄 Kitchen Table is coming to town with puppet parties!! We’re touring with support from GPS Network @edgelands.institute and the Notice Coalition and we’re excited to bring our anti-surveillance big puppet show “Digital Dystopia: Kicking Big Brother Out Of School” to the Midwest! Chicago happenings: 7/22, 4-8pm Piñata build with @pilsenartscommunityhouse 7/23, 7-9pm Puppet Shows at Chicago Teacher Union @ctulocal1 “Digital Dystopia: Kicking Big Brother out of School” by Kitchen Table with opening acts: “Shake Off” by Tanima @jugnupanti “An Anansi Experience” by Anthony Michael Stokes @kesstokreatures We’ll end our puppet play with a piñata smashing during our art and organizer market featuring: @carlosbarberena @atlanaw @hoofprintchicago @werdmvmnt @justseeds We are a masked and wheelchair accessible event.... Read More

Vigil Honoring All Palestinian Children Affected By The Genocide

• July 23 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• 180 N LaSalle St
• Chicago IL

Vigil Honoring All Palestinian Children Affected By The Genocide July 23 2025 430PM 180 N LaSalle St Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Close the Broadview ICE Facility!

• July 22 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 W Washington St Chicago IL

Press Conference On Tuesday 7/22/25 12PM @ Daley Plaza 50 W Washington St Chicago IL to announce a campaign to close the Broadview ICE Staging Facility, which is being used as a de facto detention center.

ICE OUT OF CHICAGO

• July 21 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until 10:00 AM

• Northwest Corner of 101 Iba B Wells
• 101 Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago, IL 60605

Autonomous demonstrators are calling for as many people as possible to show up next to the driveway at the northwest corner of 101 Ida B.Wells, which is home to the ICE field office. Every week, masked ICE agents in unmarked cars leave the ICE field office to terrorize Chicago with violent raids.

Movie Club: Freakiest Friday

• July 19 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Eli Tea Bar
• 5507 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

Movie Club is proud to present Freakiest Friday: on a Saturday! Taking place on Saturday, July 19th at 8PM, this show will cover any and all body swap films through monologue, song, dance, idk! Anything can happen on a Freaky Friday that’s on a Saturday! Movie Club is a variety satire show.... Read More

A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre with Garrett Felber, Denzel K. Burke, and Destine Phillips

• July 19 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St. Chicago IL

Join A Continuous Struggle author Garrett Felber and Denzel K. Burke from the REAL Youth Initiative to discuss the legacy of jailhouse lawyer Martin Sostre (1923-2015). A Continuous Struggle, the first biography of the revolutionary political prisoner, shows how his lifetime of principled struggle helped lay the foundation for contemporary abolitionist struggles and Black anarchism.... Read More

Chicago Zine Fest 2025

• July 19 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 4:00 PM

• Harold Washington Library Center Winter Garden, 9th Floor
• 400 S State St Chicago, IL 60605

We're excited to partner with Chicago Public Library to bring you the next Chicago Zine Fest! Chicago Zine Fest is a celebration of small press and independent publishers, with an annual festival of workshops and the big expo day where 70+ zinesters sell and trade their zines.... Read More

Tenant Power in Times of Crisis with Rae Baker and the Chicago Union of Tenants

• July 18 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St. Chicago IL

Join us for a conversation about tenant organising to celebrate the publication of Dispatches from the Threshold, edited by Rae Baker and Alexander Ferrer. Housing insecurity turned catastrophic during the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing the cruelty of threadbare tenant protections and state hostility toward unhoused people made worse by mass unemployment, a public health crisis, and racist police violence.... Read More

Hands Off Iran! Emergency Protest If U.S. attacks Iran!

• July 18 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S. Dearborn St. Chicago IL

Hands Off Iran! Emergency Protest If U.S. attacks Iran! Federal Plaza 230 S. Dearborn St. Chicago IL If attack occurs before noon, protest will be at 5PM the same day. If attack occurs after noon, protest will be at 5 PM the next day. Demand that we don’t want the U.S.... Read More

Bondage with the Persian Prince

• July 17 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Learn techniques and skills, and practice your ties with an expert. All experience levels are welcome. Thursday sessions are scheduled for June 26, July 17, July 31, Aug 14, and Sep 4. $5.00

Group Bike Ride! Femmes and Thems x Dykes on Bikes

• July 17 2025 @ 6:30 PM

• BFF Bikes
• 2056 N Damen

Come join us and our friends at Dykes on Bicycles for a night ride and party at Dorothy together on Thursday, July 17th ❤️🪩🚲 Ride will be at a casual pace; 8 miles. 📍Meet up at BFF Bikes at 6:30pm, we roll at 7. @femnthembikechi @dykesonbicycles

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON RALLY

• July 17 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 W Washington St Chicago IL 60602

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON RALLY Thursday 7/17/25 530–8PM Daley Plaza 50 W Washington St Chicago IL 60602 Our rights are under attack. We honor the anniversary of the passing of civil rights hero John Lewis, not with ceremonies, but with action. A new front in the struggle for freedom. It's... Read More

Oppose The Snap Curfew

• July 16 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• City Hall
• 121 N Lasalle Chicago IL

Oppose The Snap Curfew Wednesday 7/16/25 9AM City Hall 121 N Lasalle Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims.” book discussion

• July 14 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL

Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims.” book discussion Monday 7/14/25 630pm-830pm Pilsen Community Books 1102 W 18th St Chicago IL We will be meeting to discuss pages 171 through the end of the book. #DEFUNDfacebook

Lets talk about Sinners

• July 13 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Little Red Nest
• 5458 N Ashland Chicago IL

Sinners of Empire Sunday 7/13/25 6PM Little Red Nest 5458 N Ashland Chicago IL Lets talk about Sinners What does the representation of Irish culture in this film reveal? Email chirish.mutualaid@proton.me if youre joining in person

Kink Klass: Spanking 101 *M/M Edition Presented by Justin and Trevor

• July 13 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Ever wanted to have a spanking or to give one? Learn how to redden those cheeks as we go over the basics of spanking play, including the anatomy of spanking, different varieties of spanking play, types of implements and positions, effective communication, recommendations for safe play, how to connect with the spanking community, and more.... Read More

Speakout Against Extortion Of Families & Inmates

• July 13 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• 2900 S California Ave
• Chicago IL

Speakout Against Extortion Of Families & Inmates Sunday July 13th 2025 12PM 2900 S California Ave Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebook

Virtual Mass Meeting

• July 12 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Zoom
• Virtual

Virtual Mass Meeting 7/13/25 2PM via Zoom Connect with other antiwar activists. Fight to divest Illinois from genocidal zionist investments. Push murica out of israel & build power. Organize & build solidarity with Palestine. Get the meeting information @ bit.ly/joinantiwarchicago

Riders Rise Up to Save Transit

• July 12 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 W Washington, Chicago IL

It's time for state legislators to get back to work to fix and FUND transit! Transit is in crisis because this Spring, the Illinois General Assembly failed to do their job and secure funding necessary to fend off 40% service cuts! Gov.... Read More

Chalk the Walk

• July 12 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Independence Park
• 3945 N Springfield Ave Chicago IL 60618

Indivisible Chicago Northwest Chalk the Walk 7/12/25 930AM Independence Park 3945 N Springfield Ave Chicago IL 60618 We’ll have Sign-making stations, Chalk art & templates. Together we reject the harm caused by the Trump regime & stand up for a future for all of our neighbors. #DEFUNDfacebook

Chicago Fetish Weekend

• July 11 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until July 13 @ 10:00 PM

• Multiple Locations
• Chicago, IL

Chicago Fetish Weekend is back with another year of celebrating Chicago's vibrant and diverse fetish community. Everyone in our community deserves to be heard & represented. Friday 9:00pm | Opening Ceremonies and Meet the Contestants, Jackhammer Saturday 12:00 pm - 4:30pm | Club... Read More

A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America's Most Notorious Dungeon with Eric King

• July 10 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St., Chicago IL

We're honored to welcome Eric King and Jeremy from Midwest Books to Prisoners to the store for a discussion of Eric's forthcoming book A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America's Most Notorious Dungeon. A Clean Hell opens the doors of America’s most secretive prison and lets the reader step into the cell to experience all the horrors the Federal Bureau of Prisons tries to keep hidden underground. In... Read More

Justice For Nathaniel Fejerang Emergency Protest & March

• July 10 2025 @ 6:30 PM

• Corner of Grand & Long
• Chicago IL

Justice For Nathaniel Fejerang Emergency Protest & March Thursday July 10th 2025 630PM Corner of Grand & Long Chicago IL #DEFUNDfacebok

We are all Palestine Action

• July 9 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• British Consulate
• 625 N Michigan Ave Chicago IL

On Monday June 30th, the UK government began the process of banning the group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. For years, Palestine Action activists have disrupted, defaced, and destroyed the offices and manufacturing plants of Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems, which is the primary supplier of drones and land equipment to the Israeli Defense Force (IDF).... Read More

Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

• July 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

Stand Up for Social Security

• July 8 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 11:00 AM

• Social Security Administration
• 3260 W Fullerton Ave Chicago, IL 60647

Stand Up for Social Security! Tuesday 7/8/25 10 – 11am Social Security Administration 3260 W Fullerton Ave Chicago, IL 60647 About this event Let’s gather in support of beleaguered yet dedicated SSA staffers and demand HANDS OFF Social Security — an earned benefit! Got a sign? Bring it.... Read More

I Learned Self Defense in a Church Basement

• July 7 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church - Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

A queer focused self defense class held biweekly at Grace Church in Logan Square. Admission is $15, trans folx fight free! Taught by Aspen Drake and Chijioke Williams

Autonomous Demo: Show Out to Get ICE Out

• July 7 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Immigration Court/ ICE Field Office
• 536 S CLARK ST, CHICAGO IL

Autonomous Demo: Show Out to Get ICE Out 🧊 JULY 7 @ 9:00 AM. ICE FIELD OFFICE / IMMIGRATION COURT, 536 S CLARK ST, CHICAGO IL. With news from OCAD that ICE is going to refocus their kidnapping efforts at court hearings held at the ICE Chicago field office on S Clark and Ida B a Wells Dr.,... Read More

(ATLANTA/Remote) Ayla King Trial Support/ Fire Ant Defense Assembly

• July 6 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Grant Park Gazebo (Atlanta)
• 625 Park Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30308

Find Out About The Ayla King Trial JULY 6 @ 6:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 PM. MEET BY THE POOL, GRANT PARK GAZEBO. Fire Ant Movement Defense Assembly Find out about the Ayla King Trial July 6th 2025 6-8 PM Grant Park Gazebo Meet by the pool! (REMOTE SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY) You can donate to Ayla’s trial fund here and to the Stop Cop City RICO defendants as a whole here. For... Read More

Letter Packing

• July 6 2025 @ 3:00 PM

• Anticonquista Cafe
• 952 W 18th St

Letter Packing 7/6/25 3PM Anticonquista Cafe 952 W 18th St People are locked up in Cook County Jail facing horrific conditions. The majority of them are waiting for trial & many have been waiting for years. Help pack newsletter to send to inmates to fight the conditions from the inside & outside.

People’s Independence Day March

• July 4 2025 @ 1:31 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S Dearborn Chicago, IL, 60604

We are calling on CHICAGO for all to join us on July 4th for the PEOPLE’s INDEPENDENCE DAY because there can be no freedom without justice! The Coalition Against the Trump Agenda is a growing coalition united in the demands to fight and put an end to the racist and reactionary agenda of the Trump administration.... Read More

BOYCOTT 4TH OF JULY

• July 4 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 219 S Dearborn

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLUjmkHO6qy/?igsh=MTNlYzNkZTgyeGJyeQ==

Justice for Timothy

• July 3 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Lake & Central
• Chicago IL

July 3rd marks 6 months since CPD executed Timothy Glaze. Join us in the streets to demand justice for Timothy @ 6PM on Lake & Central Chicago IL. JAIL KILLER COPS!

Teach In

• July 3 2025 @ 4:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

THURSDAY: As part of our solidarity programming with the JVP Chicago Hunger Strikers, they are hosting TWO teach-ins (Thursday July 3) in Federal Plaza Chicago IL. First, from 4-5pm, @salon.kawakib will present a teach-in on Fighting Pinkwashing as Part of Your Activism.... Read More

Justice 4 Murod

• July 2 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• 9446 Raymond Ave
• Oak Lawn, IL

WEDNESDAYS ACTION ALERT WHEN: July 2nd, 2025 at 5PM LOCATION: 9446 Raymond Ave., Oak Lawn, IL Join AAAN, USPCN, CARPRR & others to protest the @OakLawnPD and Fire Commission board meeting & demand #Justice4Murod & his family. #StopPoliceCrimes #EndRacialProfiling #DEFUNDfacebook

Stand Up To ICE! Know Your Rights!

• July 1 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Home Depot
• 6211 N Lincoln Ave Chicago IL

Stand Up To ICE! Know Your Rights! 7)/1/25 12PM Home Depot 6211 N Lincoln Ave Chicago IL

Interfaith Vigil For Gaza

• June 30 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• St. James Commons
• 65 E Huron St Chicago IL

Interfaith Vigil For Gaza Monday 6/30/25 7PM St. James Commons 65 E Huron St Chicago IL

I Learned Self Defense in a Church Basement

• June 30 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church - Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

A queer focused self defense class held biweekly at Grace Church in Logan Square. Admission is $15, trans folx fight free! Taught by Aspen Drake and Chijioke Williams

Stop Deportations / Stop the Genocide Pride Parade Contingent!

• June 29 2025 @ 11:30 AM

• Assemble at W. Dakin St & Sheridan Rd, Chicago (just south of the "Sheridan" Red Line el stop)
• W. Dakin Street & Sheridan Road, Chicago

Please join Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) and the Gay Liberation Network (GLN) in a joint Pride Parade contingent on Sunday, June 29th. Our aim is to highlight the intersectional solidarity that was at the core of the Stonewall Rebellion and grassroots activism in the years afterwards that won us the right to have pride parades in the first place. Help... Read More

TRANS LIBERATION MARCH

• June 28 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena Ave

Organized by Stop Trans Genocide Chicago. We did it last year, let's do it again! Saturday June 28 (the eve before the Pride parade).

Stop The Gaza Genocide!

• June 28 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Water Tower Park
• Chicago Ave & Michigan Ave Chicago IL

Stop The Gaza Genocide! Saturday June 28th 2025 2PM Water Tower Park Chicago Ave & Michigan Ave Chicago IL

From Chicago to Palestine: Mothering is Radical.

• June 27 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• 2717 W Madison St
• Chicago, IL 60612

From Chicago to Palestine: Mothering is Radical. Friday, June 27th 2025 7PM 2717 W Madison St. Chicago, IL 60612 Register: bit.ly/ChiPalMIR Childcare provided by ChiChiCo

Poems While You Wait & Leatherbound Lit Poetry

• June 27 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Poems While You Wait is joining us for Gear Night on June 27th, 6-9pm. We'll have a poetry writing station, rare erotic poetry from vintage kinky magazines for your eyes only, and a live reading with Ramrose and the Leatherbound Lit poetry workshop group from 7:30 to 8pm.... Read More

Solidarity Hours With Hunger Strikers

• June 27 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

Solidarity Hours With Hunger Strikers Friday June 27th 2025 4-7PM Federal Plaza Chicago IL

No kings!

• June 27 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• St. Clair County Courthouse
• 20 Public Square Belleville IL 62220

No kings! Fridays 4-6 CT St. Clair County Courthouse 20 Public Square Belleville IL 62220

Rally to Save the Alternative Work Schedule at Jesse Brown VA!

• June 27 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Across the street from the Damen entrance,
• Jesse Brown VA Chicago IL

Rally to Save the Alternative Work Schedule at Jesse Brown VA! Friday 6/27/25 1-2PM Across the street from the Damen entrance, Chicago IL. Schedule changes & staffing cuts are putting workers & the veterans they care for in danger!

Demand that the charges on Alejandro Orellana be dropped!

• June 27 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

🚨THIS FRIDAY! We are joining the national day of action with our allies to demand that the charges on Alejandro Orellana be dropped! Join us 12PM Friday 6/27/25 at Federal Plaza Chicago IL! Protesting is not a crime!

Flyering ForThe Protest For Timothy Glaze

• June 27 2025 @ 11:00 AM

• Central Green Line
• Chicago IL

Flyering For Protest Friday 6/27/25 11AM Central Green Line, Chicago IL & Protest For Timothy Glaze Thursday 7/3/25 6PM Lake & Central, Chicago IL July 3rd marks 6 months since cpd executed Timothy Glaze. Take the streets & demand justice for Timothy. JAIL KILLER COPS!

Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Augustus Wood and Camila Gavin

• June 26 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

Join us as we welcome Augustus Wood and Camila Gavin to the store for a discussion of Wood's new book Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification. Between 1966 and 2015, the city of Atlanta was transformed.... Read More

Know Your Rights Training

• June 26 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Zoom
• Zoom

Know Your Rights Training Thursday June 26th 2025 6PM CT open to ALL Starbucks partners. We keep each other safe, first and foremost. Zoom http://tinyurl.com/sbwu-kyr

The Art of Domination and Submission with Jamie Joy

• June 22 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Are you ready to step into your Dominant side and step up your kinky play? Are you looking to sink deeper into your Submissive role? This workshop will take you on a thrilling and immersive journey into the erotic world of consensual power exchange.... Read More

Art build in support of Trans Liberation March

• June 21 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join activists from @stoptransgenocide and other groups for an art build in support of the Trans Liberation March. Bring posterboard, markers, paint and other art supplies, or just bring yourself!

Early screening of Ponyboi @ Music Box

• June 19 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• music box theatre
• 3733 n. southport ave

hi 👋🏼 come thru this thursday, june 19 at 7pm to a one-night-only early screening of Ponyboi at Music Box Theater! 🐴✨ i’ll be hosting (@pidgeon) and would love to see you there 💕 the film was written by and stars... Read More

Queer Leather History: Focus on Bootblacking

• June 18 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Chicago Public Library Bezazian Branch
• 1226 W. Ainslie Street

Join us at the Chicago Public Library Bezazian Branch for an historical overview of bootblacking and its role in the queer leather community – including practical tips on leather care and restoration. This workshop will be led by local bootblack, Joey Reyes, and Gary Wasdin, Executive Director of The Leather Archives & Museum.

Vigil Honoring The Children Of Gaza

• June 18 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

Vigil Honoring The Children Of Gaza Wednesday 6/18/25 4:30 PM Federal Plaza Chicago IL

Say No to the Instant Snap Curfew

• June 18 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• City Hall
• 121 N Lasalle St Chicago IL

Say No to the Instant Snap Curfew Wednesday 6/18/25 9:30 AM City Hall 121 N Lasalle St Chicago IL

⚡️☎️ PHONE ZAP! ICE OUT OF THE LOOP! 🚫🧊

• June 18 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until 5:00 PM

• PHONE
• ZAP

⚡️☎️ PHONE ZAP! ICE OUT OF THE LOOP! 🚫🧊➰ Please share widely and post to social media, so people everywhere can help stop the kidnappings at Chicago Immigration Court 🗣️ 📞 ⚡️ 📞 ⚡️ 📞 ⚡️ Can't get out in the street or risk arrest? Here is a way to Melt Ice from wherever you are: ICE is kidnapping our neighbors from their court appearances at 55 East Monroe! We have to make it too costly for their landlord to allow them to continue operations.... Read More

I Learned Self Defense in a Church Basement

• June 17 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church - Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

A queer focused self defense class held biweekly at Grace Church in Logan Square. Admission is $15, trans folx fight free! Taught by Aspen Drake and Chijioke Williams

People's University For Palestine Teach-In

• June 17 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 5:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

People's University For Palestine Teach-In Tuesday 6/17/25 10AM-5PM Federal Plaza Chicago IL

A Call For Support

• June 17 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Skokie Courthouse
• Skokie IL.

A Call For Support 6/17/25 9AM @ Skokie Courthouse

Melt ICE Noise Demo!

• June 17 2025 @ 8:00 AM
• until 4:00 PM

• Immigration Court
• 55 E Monroe / 50 E Adams Chicago IL

Melt ICE Noise Demo! Tuesday June 17 2025 at the Immigration Court 55 E Monroe / 50 E Adams Chicago IL. Show out at 8 AM. ICE typically arrives around 8:30 AM. Court is 9 AM to 1 PM and 1 PM to around 3:30 or 4 PM.

Let Gaza Live

• June 16 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until June 21 @ 2:00 PM

• Federal Plaza & ect
• Chicago IL

Monday 6/16/25 JVP Chicago 11AM press conference & 11:30 rally SE corner of the Federal Plaza launches the #LetGazaLive series of actions and Hunger Strike! As part of a nationwide mobilization, >22 actions are planned over the next 3 weeks. Daily events will be held, mostly in Federal Plaza, as the strike continues. ‼️6... Read More

Woodstock PrideFest - Indivisible Booth/Parade

• June 15 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until 6:00 PM

• Woodstock Square Historic District
• 121 W Van Buren St Woodstock, IL 60098

Woodstock PrideFest - Indivisible Booth/Parade Community Event · Volunteer organized for Indivisible Sunday, June 15 2025 9am – 6pm CDT Woodstock Square Historic District 121 W Van Buren St Woodstock, IL 60098 About this event This a local Indivisible event! We are participating in the Woodstock Pridefest.... Read More

NO KINGS S Chicago

• June 14 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• 10300 S Western Ave
• Chicago, IL 60643 lL

NO KINGS S Chicago Rally · Volunteer organized for No Kings Saturday, June 14 1 – 3pm CDT 10300 S Western Ave Chicago, IL 60643 lL

CHICAGO • Kick Out the Clowns

• June 14 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 West Washington Street Chicago, IL, 60602

CHICAGO • Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth Starts on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM CDT Ends on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM CDT Daley Plaza 50 West Washington Street Chicago, IL, 60602

NO KINGS Senior Event

• June 14 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• North Sheridan Road & West Berwyn Avenue
• Chicago, IL 60640

NO KINGS Senior Event: Chicago Edgewater Rally · Volunteer organized for No Kings Saturday, June 14 12 – 2pm CDT North Sheridan Road & West Berwyn Avenue Chicago, IL 60640

CHICAGO Chalk The Walk

• June 14 2025 @ 9:30 AM
• until 11:00 AM

• Jefferson (Thomas) Memorial Park
• 4822 N Long Ave, Chicago, IL, 60630

CHICAGO Chalk The Walk: A NO KINGS Rally Send-Off. Saturday, Jun 14, 2025 9:30am - 11am CDT Jefferson (Thomas) Memorial Park 4822 N Long Ave, Chicago, IL, 60630

Punk show for Kurdistan Red Crescent

• June 13 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• American Legion tattler post
• 4355 n western ave

Everybody Takes One (sxe from twin cities) Contempt (Chicago XXX) Totaled (Peoria XXX) Scope (ChiHC)

Ruidosa Presents: Benefit Show @ Workshop 26

• June 13 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• WORK26
• 2620 S. Central Park Ave, Chicago, Illinois

FATES HAND / FATAL INTENT / FLESHPILE / SHACKLED BY LUST / LOS PARASITOS / CURBSTOMP THE OPPOSITION. All proceeds will be donated to the community affected by ICE! $10-15, all ages.

Free America Festival (Obviously)

• June 13 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Raven Theatre
• 6157 N Clark St, Chicago IL

The Free America Festival (Obviously) will be held on Saturday, June 14th, 2025, from 12PM - 3PM at Raven Theatre (6157 N Clark St, Chicago IL), with activities both indoors and outdoors, including:

Ban Fascists, Not Books Protest and Book Drive

• June 13 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• 16 E Lincoln Way
• Valparaiso IN

Women's March Ban Fascists, Not Books Protest and Book Drive Friday June 13th 2025 12PM-2PM 16 E Lincoln Way Valparaiso IN Protest against the rump regime & book drive. Please bring a sign and some books to donate. When you elect clowns, they don’t become leaders.... Read More

Emergency Rally! We Won't Let Them In!

• June 13 2025 @ 8:00 AM

• Immigration Court Building
• 50 E Adams & 55 E Monroe Chicago IL

Emergency Rally! We Won't Let Them In! Friday the 13th 2025 8 AM Show up @ 50 E. Adams & 55 E Monroe Chicago IL (Both sides of the Immigration Court building) Only we can end this! Share widely! https://m.facebook.com/events/1401902660822551/?view=permalink&post_id=1406885990324218&mibextid=Nif5oz

ICE OUT OF ILLINOIS, ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE:

• June 12 2025 @ 4:00 PM

• Ida B Wells & Michigan
• Chicago IL

ICE OUT OF ILLINOIS, ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE: Join us June 12th 2025, at 4pm at Ida B Wells & Michigan, Chicago IL to say we reject ICE’s escalations in Illinois and across the country. ICE is tearing apart families... Read More

The Free America Festival (Obviously)

• June 12 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until June 14 @ 3:00 PM

• Raven Theatre
• 6157 N Clark St, Chicago IL)

The Free America Festival (Obviously) will be held on Saturday, June 14th, 2025, from 12PM - 3PM at Raven Theatre (6157 N Clark St, Chicago IL), with activities both indoors and outdoors,

This Is The Front Line In Chicago

• June 12 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Chicago Immigration Court
• 55 E. Monroe Chicago IL

The Chicago Immigration Court was closed because the people shut it down. This is the front line. 9AM 55 E. Monroe Chicago IL every weekday. Be there.

An Ordinary White: My Anti-Racist Education with David Roediger and Zhandarka Kurti

• June 11 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St

Join us as we weclome David Roediger and Zhandarka Kurti to the store for a discussion of Roediger's new book An Ordinary White: My Anti-Racist Education. Written by the author of the landmark book The Wages of Whiteness and one of the key figures in the critical study of race and racism in America, An Ordinary White is the life story of the historian and radical American writer, David Roediger. With... Read More

Pack The Court For Gilberto Vargas

• June 11 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Room 304 Cook County Courthouse
• 26th & California Chicago IL

Pack The Court For Gilberto Vargas Wednesday 6/11/25 9:30 AM Room 304 Cook County Courthouse 26th & California Chicago IL Join us this week at 26th and California to support a survivor of police torture Gilberto Vargas as they fight for their freedom! Court support is one of the most valuable tools we have to pressure the the courts to make just decisions This cases has a pattern and practice of a lack of evidence, recanted testimony from witnesses, coercion and wrongful conviction. Justice... Read More

Pack The Court For Rico Clark!

• June 11 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Room 305 Cook County Courthouse
• 26th & California Chicago IL

Pack The Court For Rico Clark Wednesday 6/11/25 9:30 AM Room 305 Cook County Courthouse 26th & California Chicago IL Join us this week at 26th & California to support a survivor of police torture Rico Clark as they fight for their freedom! Court support is one of the most valuable tools we have to pressure the the court to make just decision.... Read More

Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

• June 10 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

Emergency Solidarity Rally, Anti-Deportation Noise Demo

• June 10 2025 @ 3:00 PM

• Immigration Court
• 55 E Monroe, Chicago

Autonomous demo in solidarity with LA, outside the immigration courthouse at 55 E Monroe, Tuesday, at 3 PM. Last week and today, ICE agents have repeatedly kidnapped people from immigration court. Bring signs, art, noisemakers, and a friend. Be sand, find... Read More

Pack The Court For Deshanta Young

• June 10 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Rm 204 Cook County Courthouse
• 26th & California Chicago IL

Pack The Court For Deshanta Young 6/10/25 9:30 AM Rm 204 Cook County Courthouse 26th & California Chicago IL Zoom Option 95374722662 Pass 495237

#FreeDavidEndRaids Day of Action

• June 9 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60604 US

On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocating for immigrant workers. While he has been released from the hospital, he remains in federal custody. Since... Read More

Indivisible Zoom Call To Defend Medicaid

• June 8 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 5:30 PM

• Zoom
• Call

Join Indivisible Illinois on Zoom from 4PM-5:30 PM to help us call voters in the 3 Republican congressional districts in Illinois to let them know that their GOP congressperson voted to make deep cuts to Medicaid, and what that would mean for them and their communities.... Read More

Stop ice & cpd Collaboration Emergency Protest

• June 8 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Plaza Technotitlan
• W 18th St & S Loomis St Chicago IL

Stop ice & cpd Collaboration Emergency Protest Sunday, 6/8/25 2p.m. Plaza Technotitlan W 18th St & S Loomis St Chicago IL Fight back against ice and cpd collaborating to kidnap our loved ones! This week we've seen a dramatic upsurge in ice working with local law enforcement to conduct illegal arrests in 10 cities across the nation.... Read More

abnormal house show

• June 7 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until June 08 @ 1:00 AM

• abnormal house
• 3634 s normal ave

free art+music show maximum weng rocco desgres wrex morbid circle harry james lotto quarter juice taurean da great

Strategies For Resistance

• June 7 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W. 18th St Chicago

Strategies For Resistance Saturday 6/7/25 6-8 PM Pilsen Community Books 1102 W. 18th St Chicago

No EID During Genocide Protest & March

• June 7 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Ida B. Wells & Michigan Ave
• Chicago IL

No EID During Genocide Protest & March Saturday 6/7/25 2PM Ida B. Wells & Michigan Ave Chicago IL Demand a stop to the murican backed israeli Gaza genocide‌, an end to all murican aid to israel & the full liberation of Palestine! As people in Gaza are being massacred & starved it is crucial that we continue to mobilize in mass & raise our voices. Mass... Read More

Radical Used Book Fair

• June 7 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 4:00 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL

Hey Chicago! Join us Saturday, June 7th at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena Ave.) for our Radical Used Book Fair! All proceeds go to supporting the 2025 Socialism Conference with the goal of expanding our Spanish language access. We'll have hundreds of radical books available—many in like-new condition, as well as some rare finds.... Read More

The Artistic Expression of Adult Male Spanking Presented by Justin

• June 6 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Express your spanking kink! We’ll start with a presentation showing the history of depictions of male-male spanking in literature, art, photography, and videos. This is your chance to see some of the original sources that have ultimately shaped the development of the adult male spanking kink! Then, we’ll have some time for an artistic workshop to develop our own creations, followed by some show-and-tell.... Read More

DEFEND THE CONSTIUTION

• June 6 2025 @ 4:30 PM
• until 6:30 PM

• Elk Grove Village Hall
• Biesterfield and Wellington Ave Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

DEFEND THE CONSTIUTION Rally · Volunteer organized for Indivisible Friday, June 6 4:30 – 6:30pm CDT Elk Grove Village Hall Biesterfield and Wellington Ave Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

Mini Neighborhood Protest

• June 6 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• Diversey Avenue & California Avenue
• Chicago, IL 60647

[Member-led] Mini Neighborhood Protest Advocacy Event · Volunteer organized for Indivisible Chicago Northwest Friday, June 6 2025 4 – 6pm CDT West Diversey Avenue & North California Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 About this event Come and lift your signs to oppose the fascist regime in DC! Join me for a small neighborhood protest to share our message with people stuck in rush hour traffic. Accessibility Mainly... Read More

Mini Neighborhood Protest

• June 6 2025 @ 4:00 AM

• Diversy Ave & California Ave
• Chicago IL 60647

[Member-led] Mini Neighborhood Protest Advocacy Event · Volunteer organized for Indivisible Chicago Northwest Friday, June 6 2025 4 – 6pm CDT West Diversey Avenue & North California Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 About this event Come and lift your signs to oppose the fascist regime in DC! Join me for a small neighborhood protest to share our message with people stuck in rush hour traffic. Accessibility Mainly... Read More

Queer Haunts & Hauntings: Readings from C. Russell Price & Dale Corvino In-Person

• June 5 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Reading from their latest works, C. Russell Price and Dale Corvino will open the floor to discussions of queer haunts and hauntings, sex work, longing, desire, and whatever else enters the room. Bisquick: An American Seance Grief work is a rodeo filled with ghost clowns.... Read More

No EID During Genocide Protest & March

• June 5 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Ida B. Wells & Michigan Ave
• Chicago IL

No EID During Genocide Protest & March Saturday 6/7/25 2PM Ida B. Wells & Michigan Ave Chicago IL Demand a stop to the murican backed israeli Gaza genocide‌, an end to all murican aid to israel & the full liberation of Palestine! As people in Gaza are being massacred & starved it is crucial that we continue to mobilize in mass & raise our voices. Mass... Read More

‼️COMMEMORATION PROTEST JUSTICE 4 MUROD

• June 4 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Oak Lawn Village Hall
• 9446 Raymond Ave., Oak Lawn, IL

‼️COMMEMORATION PROTEST JUSTICE 4 MUROD: Two years since the killing of Murod Kurdi‼️ WHEN: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025, at 5 PM WHERE: Village Hall 9446 Raymond Ave., Oak Lawn, IL8 u

Union Fight Back Panel Discussion

• June 4 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• CTU Headquarters
• 1901 W Carroll Ave, Chicago

Racial justice. Trans rights. Education equity. Union organizing. Freedom of speech is under attack and unions must fight back. Join us for a crucial panel discussion: 📍 CTU Headquarters 1901 W Carroll Ave, Chicago 📅 Wednesday, June 4 🕔 Doors at 5PM | Panel to follow 🍽️ Food provided RSVP here so we can plan accordingly: bit.ly/64freesp... Read More

EMERGENCY DEMO AGAINST DEPORTATIONS

• June 4 2025 @ 4:00 PM

• Main ICE Office
• 101 W Ida B Wells, Chicago

Across the country, the feds are ramping up deportation efforts, preying on immigrants attending their regular immigration proceedings and threatening lawyers and activists who question these kidnappings with arrest. Today in Chicago, multiple people have been detained after their hearings at 55 E Monroe and deprived of contact with their lawyers, while others have been detained during other check-ins with immigration at 2245 S Michigan Ave.... Read More

PACK THE COURT! FREE ELIAS!

• June 4 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Cook County Courthouse Room 101
• 26th and California Chicago IL

PACK THE COURT! FREE ELIAS! Join us the morning of Wednesday, June 4th 2025 at 9:30 a.m. to pack the court for Elias Gomez, a wrongful conviction survivor at the hands of corrupt CPD detective Daniel McWeeny. We'll meet at... Read More

PACK THE COURT! FREE RAMON NOW!

• June 4 2025 @ 8:00 AM

• Suite 1500
• 55 E Monroe Chicago IL

PACK THE COURT! FREE RAMON NOW! This hearings is Wednesday June 4th 2025 Ramon Morales-Reyes was detained and publicly smeared by ICE for allegedly writing a letter threatening chump. It’s been revealed that this letter was fabricated by a man Ramon was going to testify against for armed robbery. We... Read More

Illinois Divest Teach-in

• June 3 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 West 18th Street

Join members of the Illinios Divest coalition for a teach-in on Illinois’ growing divestment campaign and how to get involved. Illinois Divest demands the end of our pension funds and tax dollars being invested in genocide and community decision making power over investments.... Read More

Save Briar Woods at Orph Fest

• May 31 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• The Orphanage
• 641 W. 31st St. Chicago, IL

Viewing of the 25 minute documentary "Save Briar East Woods". Q&A session to follow. Join us!

Single Payer March on Health Insurance Industries

• May 31 2025 @ 11:00 AM

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters
• 300 E Randolph

As part of the National day of action for Single Payer Health Care Chicago is targeting Blue Cross Blue Shield as the reason health care is out of reach for many.

Radial Chicago and the Struggles for a Livable City: Jeanne Theoharis on the Kings of Chicago

• May 30 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 West 18th Street

From the fight for the 8 hour day to the first Rainbow Coalition to the struggle for fair housing to the Chicago Teachers Union strike (and so, so much more!), there is much to learn about past struggles as we navigate a quickly changing world in crisis.... Read More

Orph Fest Fri 5/30, Sat 5/31 and Sun 6/1

• May 30 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until June 02 @ 1:00 AM

• The Orphanage
• 641 W. 31st St. Chicago, IL

Daytime: Workshops, vendors, DIY Art, Food/Drink Extravaganza Night time: Bands and DJs! Come Celebrate The Life and Bring Forth The End Of Our Beloved Community Center: The Orphanage

Art Show at Orf Fest

• May 30 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until June 01 @ 5:00 PM

• The Orphanage
• 641 W 31st Street, Chicago, IL

Art for sale / portraits on 35mm film / paintings, prints, photos, banner making, block printing, & more! All funds raised will go toward supporting the Comedor Communitario, a self-organized community kitchen by and for migrants.

Pack The Court!

• May 30 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Room 306
• Cook County Courthouse at 26th and California.

Join us for the upcoming court! Donate Graham was wrongfully convicted and is fighting against the corrupt States Attorney's Office to prove their innocence and win their freedom. Court support is a powerful tool to help this survivor win the best possible outcome in court.... Read More

Teach-in on Mail and Book Bans in Prison

• May 29 2025 @ 6:30 AM
• until 8:00 PM

• Women & Children First bookstore
• 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640

With Chicago Books to Women in Prison, Midwest Books to Prisoners, and Restore Justice, we will host an event on Thursday, May 29th at 6:30pm to learn more about programs that bring books to incarcerated folks & how to fight mail bans and book ban legislature. This... Read More

West Town Bikes WTN Open Shop Night

• May 28 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• West Town Bikes
• 2459 W Division St Chicago, IL 60622 United States

Women/Trans/Non-binary Open Bike Shop (5pm-8pm). Our DIY volunteers can help you learn how to work on your own bicycle; fix a flat, adjust your bike’s fit, true a wheel just to name a few. Donations appropriate for the work done in shop is requested.

Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio with Felipe Hinojosa

• May 27 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

We're excited to welcome Felipe Hinojosa and Miguel Castaneda to the store for a discussion of Dr. Hinojosa's book Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio. In the late 1960s, the American city found itself in steep decline.... Read More

Protest on the 5th Anniversary of George Floyd's Murder!

• May 25 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 50 W Adams Chicago IL

Protest on the 5th Anniversary of George Floyd's Murder! Sunday 5/25/25 2pm Federal Plaza 50 W Adams Chicago IL Show up to demand abolishing the police! Raise your voice & make some noise. People are mobilizing in cities across the country for this action marking the 5th anniversary of George Floyd's murder.... Read More

Saturday Mourning Dance Party 5.24.25

• May 24 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Fallen Log
• 2556 W. Diversey ave. Chicago, IL

We are so excited to bring you another edition of Saturday Mourning Dance Party with DJ Scary Lady Sarah at Fallen Log Saturday, May 24th! It's getting bright outside, so come on in to the darkness and dance with us! As always the event is 18 and over, under 18 can attend if accompanied by legal guardian.... Read More

Author Talk: Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline

• May 24 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana

Greetings! We will be hosting a talk with author Jamie Merchant this May 24th, focusing on his book "Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline". This read could not be more timely and is likely to help us gain a better grasp on the economic turmoil the current administration has been engaged in.... Read More

The Protest List

• May 24 2025 @ 10:00 AM

• Across murica
• Including chicagoland area

The Protest List 5/24-30/25 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1f-30Rsg6N_ONQAulO-yVXTKpZxXchRRB2kD3Zhkpe_A/htmlview?pli=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawJum_lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvXHu3_wAd5_Yo5IitNL0VnyfYnjtLpZxSANXmx4FKtY7RjuCk_iF7Y8JBQB_aem_dVELXQnuFhUHexwPIVbnQg

Illinois Protests

• May 24 2025 @ 10:00 AM

• Illinois
• Illinois

The Protest List Illinois Protests 5/24/25 https://www.facebook.com/share/1Fvw9gZvSW/

Fuerzas Inquilinos Union Rent Strike Press Rally

• May 24 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• 4049 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60613
• 4049 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60613

WHAT: Buena Park tenants threatened with displacement are putting on a press conference to speak about the situation landlord Drew Miller and managers 33 Realty have put them through. Tenants will also speak about retaliation they have faced from management,... Read More

Take Action Now!

• May 23 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until June 05 @ 11:59 PM

• Events mostly in the chicagoland area.
• Events mostly in the chicagoland area.

Take Action Now! Events mostly in the chicagoland area.

REI Union Chicago Rally

• May 23 2025 @ 1:34 PM

• REI's Lincoln Park store
• 905 W Eastman St Chicago 60642

🚨 🚨 🚨 RALLY ALERT 🚨 🚨 🚨 Join REI Union Chicago & the CFL @ REI's Lincoln Park store 905 W Eastman St Chicago 60642 for a rally on Saturday 5/24/25 @ 1PM to demand REI give workers a fair contract! REI Union is currently bargaining their 1st contract with the co-op. https://www.facebook.com/share/1LEvgkkwBr/

Hands Off Social Security

• May 22 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 11:00 AM

• Social Security Administration office
• 2127 W Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL 60625

Hands Off Social Security Thursdays 5/22/25 10am – 11am CDT Social Security Administration office 2127 W Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 Vigil outside of the Social Security Administration building to support SSA employees and to demand HANDS OFF Social Security. Meets the 4th Thursday of the month, 10am - 11am https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/787628/ The... Read More

Free screening of Oscar-nominated short documentary "Incident," a film about the 2018 killing of Harith "Snoop" Augustus by Chicago police officer Dillan Halley.

• May 21 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:30 PM

• DuSable Black History Museum
• 740 E 56th Place, Chicago, IL 60637 US

The DuSable Black History Museum is showing the film about the 2018 killing of Harith "Snoop" Augustus by Chicago police officer Dillan Halley.

Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News with Alec Karakatsanis and Robert Vargas

• May 21 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Join us as we welcome Alec Karakatsanis and Robert Vargas to the store for a discussion of Karakatsanis's new book Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, the deeply researched and definitive book on the way the media and police distract us from what matters.... Read More

Exhibit B presents Defiant Acts: James Stewart III and J. Howard Rosier

• May 20 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St. Chicago

We're excited to welcome James Stewart III and J. Howard Rosier to the store for the launch of Stewart's much anticipated debut novel Defiant Acts. James Stewart III’s powerful debut novel documents the life of a working-class interracial couple and their children in a Chicago suburb in the early 1990s.... Read More

Public Square Conversation Personal Power & Collective Action

• May 20 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Edgewater Presbyterian Church
• 5615 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660-4628, United States

Public Square Conversation Personal Power & Collective Action Tuesday 5/20/25 6PM Edgewater Presbyterian Church 5615 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660-4628, United States https://facebook.com/events/s/public-square-conversation-per/1033047798370423/ RSVP https://secure.everyaction.com/6nb4245sREiblICPN6GR4Q2 Join CAPA’s next Public Square Conversation where you’ll connect with others who are ready to get into action. This is your invitation to do something—and to do it together. The... Read More

Save Briar East Woods Film Night

• May 18 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL USA 60608

The evening program will start with a short presentation by Dr. Ken Schoon, author of several books about the importance of duneland forests, followed by a 25 minute documentary viewing. There will be a Q&A session following the viewing that includes frontline community members.... Read More

Hands Across Chicagoland

• May 18 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• From Aurora IL to Douglass Park in Chicago
• go to handsacrosschi.com to pick your spot

We will form a human chain of conscience across Chicagoland in peaceful protest against Trump's illegal and authoritarian actions. We will line sidewalks from Aurora to Douglass Park along Ogden, 26th Street, and California. Bring signs, wear black, and make some noise!

Protest for the return of Kilmer Abrego Garcia

• May 17 2025 @ 1:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S Dearborn St Chicago IL 60604

Join us on the 17th of May 1pm at Federal Plaza 230 S Dearborn St Chicago IL 60604 to protest for the return of Kilmer Abrego Garcia SMART Local 100 apprentice! The racist Trump regime has kidnapped and deported Garcia to El Salvador to be imprisoned.

Design Skillshare

• May 17 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Share your design process when creating art in various forms. We will have an emphasis on digital media, but all styles and forms are welcome. Please be prepared to share and answer questions from other attendees. We look forward to... Read More

CPOP Training & Tabling

• May 17 2025 @ 10:30 AM
• until 3:00 PM

• CAARPR Office
• 6353 S Cottage Grove Chicago IL

Reminder: Show out in the streets for the CPOP Spring Offensive at the CAARPR Office 6353 S Cottage Grove Chicago IL for training at 10:30 a.m. followed by tabling from noon to 3 p.m. The CPOP referendum will give us the democratic power to hold CPD accountable for their crimes against our communities.... Read More

Say No To USPS Privatization

• May 17 2025 @ 10:00 AM

• 7500 Roosevelt Rd
• Forest Park, IL, 60130

Indivisible Say No To USPS Privatization This a local peaceful protest to alert the public and raise support in our efforts to stop the privatization of the United States Postal Service and save our jobs. Event Details Date: Saturday, May 17th Time: 10:00 AM Location: 7500 Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park, IL, 60130 https://www.findaprotest.info/event/Forest%20Park/47d8a8b8-2b8e-405a-9d1b-8c36d39488dc

Screening of Interrebellium

• May 16 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Swift Hall RM. 106
• 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Interrebellium, a new documentary about the 2019 Estadillo Social in Chile, will be screened this friday at Swift Hall RM. 106 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637 7pm! Stop by if you’re free

Lisa Kohl’s Music for Union Station

• May 15 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Great Hall, Union Station
• 255 S Canal St Chicago, IL 60606 United States

In a one-time performance, Chicago-based composer and sound artist Lia Kohl presents the world premiere of her latest composition "Music for Union Station," a chamber work responding to the Great Hall of Chicago's central train station. Inspired by the historic space's expansive acoustics, and an ongoing interest in the mundane and profound possibilities of sound, Kohl offers a soundscape for intentional audiences and train passengers alike. NPR... Read More

Spotlight on Transit!

• May 14 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Radio
• WGN 720 AM

Tune in TONIGHT at 6 PM for Spotlight on Transit! WGN Radio 720 AM is airing a special edition of The Workers' Mic: Spotlight on Transit, diving into Illinois' Public Transit Crisis, the bill that's aiming to fix it, and how you can get involved! Link: buff.ly/XpNu3Fw

Demand Gov. Pritzker to move on all the clemency petitions!

• May 14 2025 @ 8:30 AM
• until 5:00 PM

• Call 312-814-2121
• Call 217-782-6830

Call 312-814-2121 & 217-782-6830 8:30AM-5PM to Demand Gov. Pritzker to move on all the clemency petitions collecting dust on his desk. Antoine Chest (R15473) is just one of hundreds of petitioners waiting for the governor to make a ruling. Antoine Chest was wrongfully incarcerated in 2007.... Read More

Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

• May 13 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

Civil Servants: Speak Out!

• May 12 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until May 13 @ 7:00 PM

• Chicago Unity Center
• 3339 S Halsted St Chicago IL

Since the attacks on federal workers continue, so do the Workers' Rights Board Hearings! Join us for Civil Servants: Speak Out! ft. HUD workers on May 12 and learn about and discuss the impacts of DOGE’s inhumane handling of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁

• May 12 2025 @ 1:30 PM

• 𝗜𝗨𝗢𝗘 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝟯𝟵𝟵
• 𝟮𝟮𝟲𝟬 𝗦. 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗜𝗟. 𝟲𝟬𝟲𝟭𝟲

On Monday, May 12, join @chicagolabor @ILAFLCIO @Local150 with WGN Radio's the Workers' Mic to put a spotlight on public transportation. You are invited to join the hosts of the Workers' Mic for a LIVE discussion and radio recording. Featured guests Senate Transportation Chair State Senator Ram Villivalam and myself to update you on the work at the Capitol in Springfield to ensure a stronger future for public transit 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧: 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁 - 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗚𝗡 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗠𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘: 𝗜𝗨𝗢𝗘 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝟯𝟵𝟵 𝟮𝟮𝟲𝟬 𝗦.... Read More

AWC MASS MEETING

• May 11 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Casa Michoacán
• 1638 S Blue Island Ave

Join our weekly meetings to build a strong anti-imperialist, anti-war movement here in Chicago! Visit bit.ly/joinantiwarchi… to get involved! Sun 5/4- 2pm on Zoom Sun 5/11- 2pm at Casa Michoacán, 1638 S Blue Island Ave. Sun5/18- 2pm on Zoom Sun 5/25 - 2pm at... Read More

Bouquets For Mothers Resistance

• May 11 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Newton Park
• 707 Fairview Ave Glen Ellyn IL 60137

American Civic and Humanitarian Coalition Bouquets for Mothers of Resistance Celebrate Mother’s Day by honoring the strength, sacrifice, and resilience of mothers facing oppression around the world. Sunday, May 11 2-5 PM Newton Park in Glen Ellyn, IL Bring your own set of flowers.... Read More

Food Not Bombs at PO Box Collective

• May 11 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL

Rogers Park Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday.

Hands-on Beekeeping Class

• May 10 2025 @ 2:30 PM
• until 3:30 PM

• Garfield Park Conservatory
• 300 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624

Every year, our awesome Urban Roots teens learn new skills and take on different responsibilities while working at the Conservatory. In 2023, we added beekeeping to that list. This year we are offering hands-on beekeeping classes led by our Head Beekeeper with the help of our two teen beekeepers.... Read More

Tabling To Build The Movement

• May 10 2025 @ 10:30 AM
• until 3:00 PM

• Meet at
• 6353 S Cottage Grove

Join us in the streets for our CPOP Spring Offensive! Every Saturday in May starting on the 10th, we'll be hitting the streets to spread the word about why we need to fight for the Referendum for Community Power Over Policing (CPOP).

Nonviolent Communication Teach-In

• May 10 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Join us for a Nonviolent Communication Teach-in hosted by certified trainer (and friend of Joy Bomb) Mary May. Learn the core concepts of NVC and put it into practice with us!

Spring Gathering and Fundraiser

• May 9 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 11:00 PM

• Yolotl / Bloodfruit Anarchist Library
• DM bloodfruitlib on Instagram for the address

Spring Community Gathering and Fundraiser at Yolotl and Bloodfruit Anarchist Library 🌿🌼🍄🏴 Friday, May 9th 6-11pm DM bloodfruitlib on Instagram for the address Come gather around the fire, plant seedlings, eat yummy food and write to the families of disappeared relatives in la ciudad de Mexico.... Read More

News Night (INGA)

• May 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Inga Books
• 1740 W. 18th Street

Save the date for: News Night, where 4 journalists have an open-ended conversation around what their latest stories are about and what they are thinking about in the city and globally. Come hungry for a long sandwich. Thursday, May 8th at 7p.m. @... Read More

Self Defense Class (Haymaker Gym)

• May 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

antifascist, antiracist, antisexist, nonhierarchical martial arts classes in Chicago

Workers Over Billionaires Mass Call

• May 7 2025 @ 7:30 PM

• Mass Call
• Mass Call

Billionaires are organizing — but so are we. CTU President Stacy Davis Gates is joining the Workers Over Billionaires mass call this Wednesday, May 7th, and you don’t want to miss it. We’ve had enough of a rigged system where billionaires raise our rents, freeze our wages, and strip away our rights, while workers like us are told to wait our turn.... Read More

Love in a F*cked Up World: Dean Spade in conversation with Eman Abdelhadi

• May 7 2025 @ 6:30 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena, Chicago IL, 60613

Join Dean Spade and Eman Abdelhadi in conversation around Spade's new book Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together. This event will take place at Haymarket House, and will also be live-streamed on our YouTube channel.... Read More

Emergency protest

• May 6 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• 50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

Emergency Protest: ICE raids which were rumored are happening today in DC targeting delivery drivers. Chicago raids are next. EMERGENCY PROTEST AND MARCH TONIGHT AT 5pm Daley plaza

Pack The Court For Douglas Livingston!

• May 6 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Rm 404
• 2650 S California Ave Chicago IL 60608

JOIN US Tuesday, May 6 at 9:30 a.m. in Rm 404 at 2650 S California Ave Chicago IL 60608 to pack the court for Douglas Livingston! Livingston is a survivor of wrongful conviction at the hands of corrupt CPD sgt. Brian Forberg. On... Read More

Indiana Hardcore Punk Show

• May 5 2025 @ 7:30 PM
• until 9:30 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay St, Lake Station, IN 46405

$10, 7PM

Food Not Bombs at PO Box Collective

• May 4 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL

Rogers Park Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday.

Fundraiser for Palestinian short film, "Milk"

• May 3 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us for a special evening in support of Milk, a powerful new short film by Palestinian-Mexican filmmaker Tasnim Hindeyeh. We’ll begin with a live table read of the script, followed by a panel discussion featuring the director and a guest speaker from Gaza.... Read More

Silent Solidarity: What You Need for Surviving a Grand Jury

• May 3 2025 @ 5:30 PM

• Casa de Cultura
• 2057 W 18th St, Chicago, IL

With the Trump administration announcing plans to target pro-Palestine protesters and organizations under “terrorism” designations, it is critical that communities learn about what those tools look like in practice. Like everyone else, Lucy Parsons Labs is concerned with the growing repression and recognize that inter-community solidarity is one of our strongest defenses. We... Read More

May Day 2025 at Joy Bomb Social Center

• May 3 2025 @ 3:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, IN

Attention Workers! Celebrate May Day 2025 with Joy Bomb! We will be hosting speakers discussing labor history and it's relevance for current organizing, along with several classic labor songs sung by local musicians!!

Celebrate May Day at Haymarket House

• May 3 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL

Join us for an afternoon of camaraderie, delicious food (including vegetarian and vegan options), and refreshments as we celebrate May Day and the long tradition of resistance it represents. In this volatile moment we are more grateful than ever for our Haymarket House community.... Read More

May Day Benefit Show for Comedor Comunitario

• May 1 2025 @ 8:30 PM

• Cole's Bar
• 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Come out to Cole’s Bar on Thursday, May 1 to fight back against Trump’s attacks on the immigrant community! All proceeds will go to El Comedor Comunitario, a local community kitchen run by and for newly arrived immigrants. This autonomously run kitchen has been operating in the Bridgeport neighborhood, focused on providing not only food, but also care, support, and solidarity within the community. Come... Read More

Mary Patten: At The Risk Of Seeming Ridiculous

• May 1 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Siskel Film Center
• 164 N State St. Chicago IL 60601

The work of Chicago-based artist and activist Mary Patten operates between the realms of poetry and politics, posing expansive questions drawn from a life deeply engaged with social and political movements. In a program wryly titled after a truncated quote by Che Guevara, she presents a selection of readings and videos spanning from the mid-1990s to the present.... Read More

Haymarket Memorial Plaque Dedication

• May 1 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Haymarket Memorial
• 175 N Desplaines Ave Chicago IL

Haymarket Memorial Plaque Dedication event still takes place Thursday 5/1/25 4:30 PM @ The Haymarket Memorial 175 N Desplaines Ave Chicago IL.

MAY DAY RALLY & MARCH

• May 1 2025 @ 10:00 AM

• Union Park
• 1501 W Randolph St. Chicago IL 60606

NEW TIME FOR MAY DAY RALLY & MARCH The May Day Rally & March will now begin on Thursday 5/1/25 10 AM @ Union Park 1501 W Randolph St. Chicago IL 60606.

Take Action Against Snap Curfew!

• April 30 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor City Hall
• 121 N Lasalle St Chicago IL

Take Action Against Snap Curfew! Show up on 4/30/25 9AM @ City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor City Hall, 121 N Lasalle St Chicago IL to give public comment agaist snap curfew..

Pack The Court For Caleb Charleston

• April 30 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Rm. 308
• Cook County Court House 26th & California

Pack The Court Cook County Court House 26th & California For Caleb Charleston 4/30/25 9AM Rm. 308 Free Caleb Charleston! Free Them All!

Why We Fear AI: The Interpretation of Nightmares with Hagen Blix and Michael Sappir

• April 29 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us as we welcome Hagen Blix and Michael Sappir to the store for a reading and discussion of Why We Fear AI: The Interpretation of Nightmares. Will AI come and take all our jobs? Will it dominate humanity, hack the foundations of our civilization, or even wipe humans off the face of the planet? All kinds of people seem to think so.... Read More

The Infiltrators (Doc 10: Chicago's Documentary Movie Festival)

• April 29 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Gene Siskel Film Center
• 164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

Directors: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera U.S., 95 min, 2019 With ripped-from-the-headlines relevance, though set during the Obama years, The Infiltrators chronicles the riveting, unbelievably true story of a group of activist Dreamers who slipped undercover into ICE detention centers to stop those inside from being deported.... Read More

Pack The Court For Gerald Reed

• April 29 2025 @ 11:30 AM

• Rm. 500
• Cook County Court House 26th & California

Pack The Court Cook County Court House 26th & California For Gerald Reed Rm. 4/29/25 11:30AM Rm. 500 Free Gerald Reed! Free Them All!

Pack The Court For Elias Gomez

• April 29 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Rm. 101
• Cook County Court House 26th & California

Pack The Court Cook County Court House 26th & California For Elias Gomez Rm. 4/29/25 9:30AM Rm. 101

Art Build for Workers Memorial Day & May Day!

• April 27 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Chicago Women in Trades
• 2444 W. 16th St., Chicago, IL 60608

@chicago_jwj

Food Not Bombs at PO Box Collective

• April 27 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL

Rogers Park Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday.

NIMMY’S RENT PARTY

• April 26 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until April 27 @ 12:30 AM

• THE ORPHANAGE
• 641 W 31ST STREET CHICAGO, IL

From Flyer: “Neighborhood artists who’ve been helping nimmy have organized a night of performances to raise funds for her rent and utility bills and resources needed to give nimmy the adequate caretaker she deserves. Help the community local helpers, activists, and... Read More

Reading and Teach-in in Support of Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

• April 26 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 West 18th Street Chicago, IL 60608

Pilsen Community Books is honored to welcome Alejandra Oliva, Diego Báez, Daniel Borzutzky and other special guests to the store for a reading and teach-in in support of Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (MIBF). The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund facilitates a revolving immigration bond fund to pay immigration bonds that frees individuals from ICE custody and gathers community to advocate for the abolition of immigration detention and surveillance.... Read More

Trinh T. Minh-ha: What About China?

• April 26 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Gene Siskel Film Center Theater 1
• 164 N State St

A weekly drop-in, hands-on art studio open to all ages, facilitated by art therapists and alumni from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The topics and projects are chosen by you. A wide variety of creative and artistic supplies are Winner, New:Vision Award, CPH:DOX 2022 Winner, Prix Bartók, Jean Rouch International Film Festival 2022 2022 Whitney Biennial In the visually and sonically stunning What About China?, renowned artist and filmmaker Trinh T.... Read More

The Pre Game 2.0

• April 26 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Saturday April 26, 2025 from 4-7pm The Chicago Black Gay Men Caucus and Chicago Department of Public Health present an inclusive, nonjudgmental space for a community discussion about Chemsex. Free Vaccinations, Sexual Health Screenings, Resources, and Demonstration!

Imaginary Crimes Tour

• April 26 2025 @ 1:00 PM

• JoyBomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay St. Lake Station, IN

The Stop Cop City Imaginary Crimes Tour comes to Joy Bomb on April 26th and will continue through May with events in cities across the country - Join us for the talk! The fight to Stop Cop City in Atlanta, GA is a localized iteration of the global struggle against carceral futures and a fascist police state.... Read More

FILM: La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2024)

• April 26 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Doc Films
• 1212 E 59th St, Chicago IL

Watkins’s reenactment of the Paris Commune — the revolutionary proletarian government in 1871 Paris — is another instance of his experimental approach to documentary-fiction. La Commune was shot in under two weeks with hundreds of actors, mostly non-professional, who are the populist backbone of the film.... Read More

Digging through Softness – performance by TAITAI x Tina

• April 25 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Comfort Station
• 2579 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647

TAITAIxTina swims and moves with homemade gelatin objects as she responds to SLAPHAPPY. A pink plastic table cover roll will cover the gallery floor. The objects are shaped from food preserving vessels with quarters and dollars cast inside. Audience members are invited to watch the performance and move with her, and take a close look at the objects in the exhibition.... Read More

Mapping Resistance - Theatrical Readings dedicated to the Italian Resistance Movement

• April 25 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Harris Hall - Northwestern University
• 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Italy’s Liberation from Nazifascism, the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Department of French and Italian at Northwestern University, presents a performance of theatrical readings dedicated to the Italian Resistance movement. Through a reading of selected stories — translated into English by students of Italian at Northwestern University in collaboration with students of the Università La Sapienza of Rome — we will rediscover stories and testimonies of the events that shaped the Italian Resistance across the peninsula from 1943 to 1945.... Read More

Gallery: THE WAIT WE CARRY

• April 25 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until May 11 @ 12:00 PM

• Jackson Junge Gallery
• 1389 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622

For their second solo exhibition of the year, Jackson Junge Gallery is excited to announce THE WAIT WE CARRY, an exhibition featuring the work of in-house artist, Clifton Henri. THE WAIT WE CARRY is a collection of photo-based images inspired by the layered and complicated experience of ‘Being Black in America’.... Read More

SPACES OF EXCEPTION: Film Screening and Discussion

• April 25 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• JoyBomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay St, Lake Station, IN

Join us for an upcoming film showing and talk with one of the filmmakers -- @thenativeandtherefugee -- of "Spaces of Exception" on Friday April 25th @ 6pm -- co-organized with @nwicommunitysolidarity "Spaces of Exception features interviews with members of the American Indian Movement, the Mohawk Warrior Society, and Diné families resisting displacement on Black Mesa, as well as members of Fatah, Palestinian environmental and media activists, autonomous youth committees, and the families of political prisoners and martyrs.... Read More

Global Day Of Action For Gaza

• April 25 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S Dearborn Av Downtown Chicago IL

Global Day Of Action For Gaza Friday 4/25/25 4:30 PM Federal Plaza 230 S Dearborn Av Downtown Chicago IL

Rally To Demand Pritzker Pardons

• April 25 2025 @ 11:30 AM

• Pritzker's Office
• 555 W Monroe St, Chicago IL

Rally Friday 4/25/25 @ 11:30AM @ Gov. JB Pritzker's office 555 W Monroe St, Chicago IL to demand he pardon all survivors of police torture & all cases recommended for clemancy by the Prison Review Board.

"NO OTHER LAND" Film Showing and Discussion

• April 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Lake Street Church
• 1450 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

"NO OTHER LAND" Film Showing and Discussion --RSVP: bit.ly/No-Other-Land-…. WHEN: Thu 4/24/25 at 7PM. WHERE: Lake Street Church, 1450 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201. @MennoniteAction @IfNotNowOrg AdvocatesforJustice LakesStreetChurch CAPA

Imaginary Crimes Tour: Chicago

• April 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Northwestern Law School Aspen Hall (RB150)
• 375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL

The Stop Cop City Imaginary Crimes Tour comes to Chicago on April 24th and will continue through May with events in cities across the country - Join us for the talk! The fight to Stop Cop City in Atlanta, GA is a localized iteration of the global struggle against carceral futures and a fascist police state.... Read More

Zine Club Chicago on Marz: Everything’s Gone Green Zinemaking Hangout

• April 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Life on Marz Community Club
• 1950 N. Western Ave

This month, Zine Club Chicago is celebrating the earth and its natural delights in collaboration with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club! Y’all are invited to help create a group zine on the theme Everything’s Gone Green. Please join us for Zine Club Chicago on Marz: Everything’s Gone Green Zinemaking Hangout, 7-9 p.m.... Read More

Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture!

• April 24 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Zoom
• Zoom

Get involved in the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture! Thursday 4/24/25 at 6PM on Zoom! Visit bit.ly/cfistmeet at that time.

Blues is Life - Stoop Style Stories returns.

• April 23 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until April 06 @ 8:00 PM

• Rosa's Lounge
• 3420 W Armitage Ave

@lilybe606@stoopstylestories Thirteen years ago, Stoop Style Stories was born on a humble stoop. It was raw, real, and revolutionary. And now—it’s back, better than ever. Because this time, we’re not just telling stories. We’re helping people live. This isn’t your average storytelling show.... Read More

Self Defense Class (Haymaker Gym)

• April 21 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

antifascist, antiracist, antisexist, nonhierarchical martial arts classes in Chicago

Civil Servants Speak Out - Worker Health & Safety

• April 21 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• SEIU Healthcare
• 2229 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60608 US

@chicago_jwj, The Chicago Federation of Labor, and the AFL-CIO host the 6th round of the Civil Servants Speak Out Series. This month we'll be discussing and learning about how the gutting of worker health and safety departments such as OSHA and NIOSH impact ALL workers.... Read More

Banner Drop: No Easter When Israel is Destroying the Holy Land

• April 20 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• W Addison St over Kennedy EXPY
• W Addison St over Kennedy EXPY

Join us for a Banner Drop Against Gaza Ecocide as we call out the ongoing genocide and environmental devastation in Palestine. As families gather to celebrate Easter, we remind the world that there can be no true celebration while Israel continues to destroy the Holy Land.... Read More

Mainstays VS Fresh Blood

• April 19 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 11:00 PM

• The VCR
• DM for address

Allen Moore vs. June Rin Peisert vs. Cody Shaffer CONSUMER. vs. Melon Sprout Mrs. Hands vs. Xerox Noise “Mainstays”: Allen Moore, Rin Peisert, Mrs. Hands, CONSUMER. “Fresh Blood”: June, Cody Shaffer, Xerox Noise, Melon Sprout “Referee”: Clark Woods @gayinsurance Mrs. Hands @allenmoorestudios Allen Moore @butt.mommy 1/2 Xerox Noise @dancejannadance 2/2 Xerox Noise @jcodyshaffer Cody Shaffer @art.cowboy... Read More

Let's talk about May Day: community discussion in advance of International Workers Day

• April 19 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Let’s talk about MAY DAY… and Lucy Parsons… and general strikes from Chicago to Palestine! Community discussion in advance of International Workers Day. As we organize to tear down violent systems this May Day and beyond, let’s contemplate together where we’ve been, where our movements are now, and how we can build the deep and powerful solidarity needed to move towards the liberation of all lands & peoples.... Read More

Toward a Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life: Brian Massumi in conversation with Matthew Goulish

• April 19 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Watershed Art & Ecology
• 1821 S Racine Avenue

“I am the Chosen One!” With this exclamation Donald Trump crowns the national exceptionalism his base upholds with a claim of personal exceptionalism. He leaves no doubt as to the emotional note: “I am your vengeance!” He personifies reaction for the masses.... Read More

Protest & Food Drive: Joy as Resistance

• April 19 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Daley Plaza
• Washington and Dearborn

Join us for an uplifting event at Daley Plaza focusing on "Joy as Resistance" as a form of protest. Organized by 50/50 Chicago, this gathering aims to bring the community together from 12 PM to 2 PM on April 19. We... Read More

The Origins of Critical Race Theory with Aja Y. Martinez and Robert O. Smith

• April 18 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Aja Y. Martinez and Robert O. Smith will be at Pilsen Community Books for a reading and discussion about their new book The Origins of Critical Race Theory: The People and Ideas that Created a Movement. Critical race theory (CRT), a vital movement and discipline in American legal scholarship, has transformed our understanding of systemic racism.... Read More

GALLERY // the undercommons by Brandon Carlton

• April 18 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until August 31 @ 12:00 PM

• ARTS + PUBLIC LIFE
• 301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago IL

OPENING NIGHT: Friday April 18 6PM-8PMGALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday 1PM-5PM Arts + Public Life presents the undercommons, the first solo exhibition by painter Brandon Carlton. Through his distinctive approach to stylized figuration, Carlton explores the complexities of contemporary Black life, using portraiture and spatial composition to evoke intimacy, distance, and presence.... Read More

What's Left? Book Talk - Malcolm Harris and Gabriel Winant at Haymarket House

• April 17 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena, Chicago

Join us for a co-sponsored event with Haymarket Books at Haymarket House with best-selling author Malcolm Harris and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Harris’s new book, What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. In What's Left, Malcolm Harris gets real about our remaining options for saving the world.... Read More

Webinar: The Feds are Knocking: Federal Grand Juries & State Repression

• April 16 2025 @ 5:30 PM

• Online - register on NLG's website!
• https://www.nlg.org/events/

Federal Grand Juries and State Repression Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 6:30pm ET / 5:30pm CT / 4:30pm MT / 3:30pm PT The NLG National Office is excited to announce a new webinar! Federal agents use tactics like “door knocks” and grand jury subpoenas to target activists and surveil social movements.... Read More

Tax Day March and Rally

• April 15 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Jefferson & Harrison
• 630 W Harrison, Chicago, IL 60607 US

Tax Day March and Rally Start: Tuesday, April 15, 2025• 4:30 PM Jefferson & Harrison• 630 W Harrison, Chicago, IL 60607 US

Pack The Court To Support Antonio Porter

• April 14 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Courtroom 304
• 26th and California Chicago IL 60608

Pack The Court Monday 4/14/25 9:30AM in room 304 26th and California Chicago IL 60608 or on zoom to support Antonio Porter in Court! We won't stop fighting until all survivors of police torture and wrongful conviction have justice! FREE... Read More

Dance Social and Fundraiser

• April 12 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• APMA Building
• 3000 W. Lawrence Ave. Chicago

Dance for a good cause! Help an immigrant family pay their lawyer expenses for their asylum case, while also dancing your hearts out with all your friends👯 This dance social will be from 6 - 10pm on Saturday, April 12 at the APMA building (3000 W.... Read More

End The Genocide!

• April 12 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Ida B Wells Dr & Michigan Ave
• DownTown Chicago IL

Protests continue this Saturday 4/12/25 2 PM @ Ida B Wells Dr & Michigan Ave DownTown Chicago IL End the Genocide! No to Deportations! Arms Embargo Now! End ALL U.S. aid to Israel!

NWI Tree Share

• April 12 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana

Our annual native fruit tree share is going to be an local extravaganza, not to be missed! There will be food provided, music/a DJ, along with workshops on caring for the trees as well as other ecological topics.

Take Action

• April 12 2025 @ 12:01 AM
• until April 25 @ 11:59 PM

• Mostly Chicagoland Area
• Omniverse

Sharing events on facebook to take action everywhere in the omniverse, mostly in the chicagoland area. https://www.facebook.com/share/1AZKpYPTeF/

Public comment to demand justice!

• April 11 2025 @ 8:45 AM

• council chamber 2nd floor city hall
• 121 N Lasalle St Chicago IL 60602

Updated Date! Urgent! 🚨UPDATED DATE !! URGENT ASK! CPD CONTINUES TO MURDER AND BRUTALIZE OUR LOVED ONES! Join us at city council chamber 2nd floor city hall 121 N Lasalle St Chicago IL 60602 for public comment to demand justice! Demand... Read More

Sanctuary City Coalition-Building

• April 10 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until April 06 @ 8:00 PM

• Haymarket House
• 800 W Buena Ave

Stop Trans Genocide Chicago (@stoptransgenocide on Instagram) is hosting a coalition-building night to talk about our sanctuary city status. What does it mean, in actual practice? Can we envision something even more ideal? Who will be on board? What kind of giant mutual aid networks can we create? How can we handle an influx of trans asylees? When will we get our needs met? So join us for this discussion.... Read More

"Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World On Fire" Talk with Adam Greenfield

• April 10 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Adam Greenfield, author of Lifehouse will be visiting to further discuss the book and its application in our communities.

Taking Care of Ourselves in A World On Fire: Lifehouse launch with Adam Greenfield and A Naomi Paik

• April 9 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL

How can we not merely survive this time of climate chaos together, but do so with our values of dignity and justice intact? And how on Earth are we supposed to do so in a moment when everything sustaining feels like it's being torn to pieces around us? Join us at the store to launch Adam Greenfield's Lifehouse.... Read More

Makers On 8 Artworks Studio with SAIC

• April 9 2025 @ 4:30 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Harold Washington
• 400 S. State Street

A weekly drop-in, hands-on art studio open to all ages, facilitated by art therapists and alumni from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The topics and projects are chosen by you. A wide variety of creative and artistic supplies are provided free by the library.... Read More

Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing

• April 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Join us on the 2nd Tuesday each month for a studio drawing class where you can practice your figure drawing skills individually. We'll provide the sexy fetish models, tables and chairs.... you provide whatever materials you want to use for your art. This... Read More

Self Defense Class (Haymaker Gym)

• April 7 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

antifascist, antiracist, antisexist, nonhierarchical martial arts classes in Chicago

Kink Klass: Spilling the Tea on High Protocol Tea Services & Ceremonies with Raea & Master Leather Redux

• April 6 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:30 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

3pm - 4:30pm on Sunday April 6th 🍵⛓️ Ever wonder what a high protocol tea service entails? Curious about different types of tea service? Join Raea & Master Leather Redux in April as they go over the ins and outs of high protocol tea service and ceremonies.... Read More

Anti-War Chicago Meeting

• April 6 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Zoom
• Zoom

Join Anti-War Chicago at their upcoming April meetings. It is more important than ever to get organized, find your community, and take collective action against Imperialism, war, and the US/Israel reign of terror. Together, we can make a difference and fight back against tyranny.

DIRECT ACTION (2024) w/ filmmaker Ben Russell in person

• April 6 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• The Block Museum of Art
• 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208

DIRECT ACTION brings viewers into France’s rural Notre-Dame-des-Landes commune, whose activist inhabitants live and work to protect a “Zone to Defend” (ZAD) against development in the region. With a commitment equal to that of their subjects, filmmakers Ben Russell and Guillaume Cailleau deliberately observe the work and play of daily life in the commune: agriculture, domestic chores, recreation—and preparations for a major protest action against a proposed reservoir project.... Read More

Vigil Honoring Immigrants Lost

• April 5 2025 @ 7:30 PM

• 26th & Pulaski
• Chicago IL

Join the Immigrants Rights Working Committee 4/5/25 on 26th & Pulaski Chicago IL @ 7:30PM for a vigil, honoring immigrants lost in the struggle and sharing stories of our immigrant experience. Let’s come together in solidarity and come out ready to fight back against injustice! Acompaña el Comité de Derechos Inmigrantes de CAARPR este 5 de Abril para una vigilia, honorando inmigrantes perdidos en la lucha, y compartiendo historias de nuestra experiencia inmigrante.... Read More

Oppose Giving More Power To The Police!

• April 5 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Ogden Park
• 6500 S Racine Chicago IL 60636

CPD officers in the 7th district are now allowed to file felony gun charges against anyone without going through the traditional felony review process. MOBILIZE at the 7th District Council meeting at 12pm on Saturday, April 5th, at Ogden Park 6500... Read More

Hands Off! Rally and March to Rise Up and Fight Back Against Trump/Musk Attacks

• April 5 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Richard J Daley Center
• 50 W Washington St Chicago, IL 60602

Join the Chicago Federation of Labor, Equality Illinois, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Indivisible Chicago, Personal PAC, Sierra Club Illinois, and many others to rally and march opposing Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Trump Administration’s catastrophic attacks on our nation and the world. Enough... Read More

Support Little Village Tamalera

• April 5 2025 @ 8:00 AM
• until 10:00 AM

• Marshall Plaza
• Cermak & Marshall, Little Village, Chicago IL.

Support Little Village Tamalera from being kicked out of her 20 year location! Saturday 4/5/25 8-10AM Marshall Plaza, Cermak & Marshall Little Village, Chicago IL.

Court Support Training

• April 3 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Walls Turned Sideways
• 2717 W Madison Chicago, IL 60612

Court Support Training 4/3/25 5:30PM-7:30PM Walls Turned Sideways 2717 W Madison Chicago, IL 60612 Come support and learn how to build a court support program that free's while exposing the criminal justice system. Register now at: https://givebutter.com/CourtSupport

I Didn't Come Here to Lie Book Launch

• April 3 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• CTU Center
• 1901 W Carroll, Chicago, IL. 60612

THURSDAY, 4/3/25 at 5:30 PM! CTU Center 1901 W Carroll, Chicago. IL. 60612 Join the @ChicagoTeachers and labor allies for the launch of the much-anticipated biography (I Didn't Come Here to Lie) of President Emerita Karen Lewis, the transformative leader of the CTU, IFT, and the entire labor movement. f.mtr.cool/dhqvccjxgf

Pup Play from AIDS-Era America to Contemporary Taiwan

• April 3 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• Leather Archives & Museum
• 6418 N. Greenview Ave

Join us for a provocative exploration of how animal roleplay became a powerful form of queer resistance and community-building across time and borders. "Howls Across Spacetime" traces the evolution of pup play from its roots in the AIDS crisis—when leatherfolx reimagined sex and care amid devastating loss—to the vibrant pup community in Taiwan, where animal personas have become unexpected symbols in struggles for recognition and democracy. This... Read More

Intro to Applied Soil Science with Nance Klehm (Garfield Park Conservatory)

• April 2 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Garfield Park Conservatory
• 300 North Central Park Avenue

Participation is required on both April 2nd and April 9th. Ticket price includes both classes for a one time payment. Soil isn’t just dirt—it’s a living, breathing foundation for all life. In this immersive two-part course, renowned soil ecologist Nance Klehm of Social Ecologies will guide you through the hidden world beneath our feet, helping you understand how soil health directly impacts urban environments, food systems, and ecosystems. Designed... Read More

Soup & Bread & Thread

• April 2 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• The Hideout
• 1354 W. Wabansia

Stressed out? Feeling hopeless and crushed by despair? Experts agree: the remedy is soup. Join us at the Hideout for the final Soup & Bread of the winter 2025 soup season — and the return of Soup & Thread! We’re extending our hours this month, so stick around after the soup is gone for a crafting hour.... Read More

Pack The Court For Douglas Livingston

• April 2 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Room 404
• 2650 S California Ave, Chicago, IL.

Join us on 3/2/25 to support Douglas Livingston in court. Douglas was kidnapped and torture by Sgt Brian Forberg & wrongfully convicted in 2012. He has been incarcerated ever since. Court support: 930AM Room 404 2650 S California Ave Chicago IL Zoom 990... Read More

Weird Book Club: Biography of X (@ Map Room)

• March 31 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Map Room
• 1949 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Do you like science fiction, fantasy, horror, or just plain strange books? Meet fellow weird readers to discuss strange and speculative fiction at Weird Book Club, an adult book discussion group that meets at Map Room, on the last Monday of every month.... Read More

Civil Servants Speak Out!

• March 31 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Hybrid: Zoom & In-person
• Chicago Teachers Union, 1901 W. Carroll Ave.

Hear from workers, educators, and community members about how cuts to the Department of Education impact workers and all of us! @chicago_jwj

Rally for Trans Visibility

• March 30 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S Dearborn St Chicago, IL 60604

Trans Day of Visibility is a time to celebrate the strength, resilience, and accomplishments of transgender and nonbinary individuals. This year, we’re taking action early and gathering to demand visibility, justice, and equality. On Sunday, March 30, 2025, we’ll gather at 1:00 PM at Federal Plaza in Chicago for a protest that’s more than just a community gathering for an early TDOV, it’s a call for action.... Read More

Discussion about the upcoming 2026 IBT election

• March 30 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Zoom
• Zoom

🚨Teamsters Mobilize. IBT ELECTION: A Platform for the Rank-and-File! 🗓️: Sunday, March 30, 2025 ⏰: 10am PT/ 11am MT/ Noon CT/ 1pm ET 🔗: bit.ly/TM-16 Join us, TM in discussing our demands for the upcoming 2026 IBT election.

Tesla Takedown

• March 29 2025 @ 11:00 AM

• Tesla
• Chicagoland Area

#GlobalDayOfAction on 3/29/25 #Illinois #TeslaTakedown Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere. https://www.teslatakedown.com/

Take Action

• March 29 2025 @ 12:01 AM
• until April 11 @ 11:59 PM

• Chicagoland Area
• Everywhere

Take action! A facebook event sharing events everywhere but mostly in the chicagoland area.

Lastima, apophy, blood nymph, flowering

• March 28 2025 @ 9:00 PM

• VCR Collective
• blood.nymph.chi@gmail.com

Lastima, (emotional black metal) apophy (black/death metal), blood nymph (anguished noise metal) and flowering (powerviolence) play at the vcr on Friday march 28th. 10$ suggested. 8pm doors music at 9pm. This show is 18+ Email blood.nymph.chi@gmail.com for address, please walk through... Read More

A Poem for Entangled Living Activation

• March 28 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Watershed Art & Ecology
• 1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608

A public, interactive, art show about grief, abolition, and what it means to live on a world that is falling apart around us. Come co-create this piece with us! Also happening on Saturday, 3/29 from 3-6pm.

Stand Up For Federal Workers

• March 28 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Jesse Brown VA
• Polk & Damen Chicago. IL.

🚨🚨🚨RALLY ALERT🚨🚨🚨 Join federal workers for a rally at the Jesse Brown V.A. Polk & Damen Chicago, IL. Friday, March 28 @ 12 PM Stand with us to stop chump and MuskRat’s plan to slash 83,000 jobs and strip the VA of... Read More

Cozy Night @LUVSICK (Supporting the Midwest Access Coalition)

• March 27 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• LUVSICK
• 2706 n Sawyer Ave Chicago, IL

It's time to get cozy! This time we're swapping little, tiny, big, creepy, spooky, handmade, hand -me-down, cutesy trinkets! Clear some space, bring home something cute and maybe make some new friends. Ticket sales go to @midwest_access_coalition

Public Square Conversations: Pillars of Democracy

• March 27 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Lake Street Church
• 1450 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL. 60201

Public Square Conversations: Pillars of Democracy WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 6:00 PM WHERE: Lake Street Church, 1450 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 (enter door on the north side of the courtyard) The upheaval we are experiencing as a society has left many individuals and communities wondering what they can do to uphold the pillars of our democracy.... Read More

Stand Up For Federal Workers!

• March 27 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Jesse Brown Va
• Polk & Damen Chicago, IL.

🚨🚨🚨RALLY ALERT🚨🚨🚨 Join federal workers for a rally at the Jesse Brown V.A. Polk & Damen Chicago, IL. Friday, March 28 @ 12 PM Stand with us to stop chump and MuskRat’s plan to slash 83,000 jobs and strip the VA of... Read More

Clemancy Now!

• March 27 2025 @ 8:30 AM
• until 5:00 PM

• Call
• Call

CALLS NEEDED to 312-814-2121 & 217-782-6830 to urge Gov. Pritzker to move on clemency petitions collecting dust on his desk. Antoine Chest is just one of hundreds of petitioners waiting for the governor to make a ruling. Use the script on slide two to call in and build the pressure on Priztker to do what’s right, and comment on this post when you’ve called.... Read More

CR Education: Discovering Authenticity

• March 26 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 11:59 PM

• The Chicago Rose
• 6525 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626

Hear from our guest speaker Sunny Flower about using tools and resources to reflect on your own identity (sexual, kink, gender etc). This class can help you understand your wants and desires in various relationship dynamics. Doors at 7PM, Class 7:30- No alcohol allowed on Thursdays.... Read More

Makers On 8 Artworks Studio with SAIC

• March 26 2025 @ 4:30 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Harold Washington
• 400 S. State Street

A weekly drop-in, hands-on art studio open to all ages, facilitated by art therapists and alumni from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The topics and projects are chosen by you. A wide variety of creative and artistic supplies are provided free by the library.... Read More

Pay Your Employees A Liveable Wage

• March 26 2025 @ 12:01 AM
• until 11:59 PM

• On Social Media
• On Social Media

We’re asking people to go to the Field Museum’s IG page and leave comments asking them to negotiate a fair contract! People can also leave comments on their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/share/1BjXBadJgf/ & message them. People can as well leave a reply on their Twitters @FieldMuseum & @SUEtheTrex . &... Read More

Enemy Feminisms with Sophie Lewis and Eman Abdelhadi

• March 25 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Sophie Lewis and Eman Abdelhadi will be at Pilsen Community Books for a discussion of Lewis's new book ENEMY FEMINISMS: TERFS, POLICEWOMEN, AND GIRLBOSSES AGAINST LIBERATION. In recent years, "white feminism" and girlboss feminism have taken a justified beating. We know that leaning in won't make our jobs any more tolerable and that white women have proven to be, at best, unreliable allies.... Read More

Justice For Deshanta Young

• March 25 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Cook County Courthouse Rm 204
• 26th & California

JUSTICE FOR DESHANTA YOUNG! Join us for court support at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 25th, at 26th and California to pack the court for Young! Young is serving time in some of the worst prison conditions imaginable for a crime he did not commit. There... Read More

We Are Nature Defending Itself: Entangling Arts, Activism, and Autonomous Zones

• March 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Join us for a discussion of "We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself: Entangling Art, Action, and Autonomous Zones." This book club meeting is a part of Spill Paint Not Oil's week of programming culminating in interactive art shows for A Poem for Entangled Living at Watershed Arts and Ecology on March 28th-29th.... Read More

Self Defense Class (Haymaker Gym)

• March 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Grace Church of Logan Square
• 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

antifascist, antiracist, antisexist, nonhierarchical martial arts classes in Chicago

Book Club: We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself: Entangling Arts, Activism and Autonomous Zones

• March 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL USA 60608

Join us for a discussion of We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself: Entangling Art, Action, and Autonomous Zones. This book club meeting is a part of Spill Paint Not Oil's week of programming culminating in interactive art shows for A Poem for Entangled Living at Watershed Arts and Ecology on March 28th-29th.... Read More

Rally For A Fair Contract!

• March 24 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Between Engine 103 & Whitney Young HS
• Monroe & Laflin Chicago IL

🚨🚨🚨 RALLY ALERT 🚨🚨🚨 Join Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 and Chicago Teachers Union to rally for a fair contract on Monday, March 24 at 9 AM at Monroe & Laflin, between Engine 103 & Whitney Young HS 🔴Wear red and stand... Read More

THE DESTROYING ANGEL: A Bijou Video Screening

• March 23 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• LA&M Etienne Auditorium
• 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL

"There's only one way to overcome temptation - by giving into it!" Acclaimed '70s avant-garde erotic filmmaker Peter de Rome and Hand in Hand Films bring a balanced measure of storyline, emotion, and raunchy sex to this classic gay horror/adult film hybrid, which is simultaneously artful, campy, and haunting. Loosely... Read More

Gear Night @ The Museum Gear Night @ The Museum

• March 23 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• LA&M Etienne Auditorium
• 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL

Grab your favorite gear and join us on the last Friday of every month, from 6-9pm. We'll have music, drinks, and snacks to get your weekend off to a kinky start. Join us to socialize with other kinksters, check out the latest exhibits, or just hang out and color in your sexiest stuff. All... Read More

Anti-War MASS Meeting

• March 23 2025 @ 2:34 PM

• Zoom
• Zoom

Sunday meeting at 2pm to get involved in the anti-imperialist, anti-war movement & a campaign to demand Frerichs divest IL tax $ from genocide. 3/23 on Zoom https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1t1wEU_F4ZfQU7rYQOyTRWmc5k1K3LLgzEuSxqsM-lYU/viewform?edit_requested=true for details

FNB Distro

• March 23 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood 12-1pm

Rally To Save USPS

• March 23 2025 @ 11:30 AM

• Federal Plaza
• Chicago IL

Join National Association of Letter Carriers members rallying at Federal Plaza on Sunday March 23 2025 at 11:30 a.m. in response to attempts made by the chump regime to dismantle the USPS. Show solidarity by attending if you're able and... Read More

"Lifehouse" Book Discussion

• March 23 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

We will be reading and discussing "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves In a World On Fire" by Adam Greenfield. Everyone is invited to join in the group discussion with us.

Preparedness through Community (Workshop)

• March 22 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave

We know everyone has been telling you to find community in uncertain times, but maybe you're not sure where to start? Join us and facilitator Belle for a conversation about building preparedness through community. This isn't "eat beans in your bunker" prepping, it's a way of thinking about how you and the people around you can support each other in times of uncertainty and emergencies.... Read More

Queer-aoke

• March 22 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Join us for queer focused karaoke night at Joy Bomb!

Bring Me The Head of Susan Lomond launch and comics reading

• March 22 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave

We're hosting our pals from Silver Sprocket and comics artist Connor B. to launch Bring Me The Head of Susan Lomond, a queer enemies-to-prom-date romance between a teen misanthropic genius and the lead quarterback, perfect for fans of the novel I Kissed Shara Wheeler and the shopping experience of Hot Topic. Featuring... Read More

Protest & March

• March 22 2025 @ 1:00 PM

• Ida B. Wells & Michigan Ave.
• Chicago, IL.

Protest & March on Saturday 3/22/25 1PM @ Ida B.Wells Dr & Michigan Ave Chicago IL WE HIT THE STREETS AGAIN! We demand an end to the murica-backed Gaza Genocide! Immediate end to deportations! Freedom for Mahmoud Khalil and all other ICE... Read More

Tesla Takedown

• March 22 2025 @ 11:00 AM

• Tesla Showroom
• Chicago & Lisle

Tesla Takedown 3/22/25 Telsa Showroom https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

Divest from Occupation & Genocide!

• March 21 2025 @ 8:30 PM

• 180 N LaSalle St
• Chicago IL

Show up Fri, 3/21/25, 8:30am to protest the IL State Board of Investments to demand Frerichs & ISBI divest from genocide! ISBI invests in companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine & Frerichs just renewed $15mil in Israeli bonds bringing investments in Israeli bonds over $135m.

Strapped Tour Kick off

• March 20 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 12:00 AM

• NOT NOT
• 3950 W Grand Ave

Doors at 7 PM $10-15 Pay What You Can't

Demand Justice

• March 20 2025 @ 7:30 PM

• Chicago police department headquarters
• 3510 s Michigan Ave Chicago il

Show up at the police board hearing to demand justice for Dexter Reed, Reginald Clay Jr, Lorenzo Williams Jr, and Ramon Banks! Pack the public comment to demand the firing and prosecution of all pigs involved in these crimes, and an end to cpd’s use of pretextual traffic stops! When: 7:30 p.m.... Read More

Candlelight Vigil For Christopher Lepe

• March 20 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Simmons Park
• 1201 E Indian Trl, Aurora, IL 60505, United States

Candlelight Vigil For Christopher Lepe - Killed By apd! Thursday 3/20/25 7pm Simmons Park, 1201 E Indian Trl, Aurora, IL 60505, United States https://facebook.com/events/s/candlelight-vigil-for-christop/1331518321418408/

Protest Against Quantum

• March 20 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Grand Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Center
• Meet @ Michigan & Wacker

Protest Against Quantum Thursday 3/20/25 6PM Grand Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Center Meet @ Michigan & Wacker

Hands Off Our Public Postal Service!

• March 20 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Daniel J Doffyn Post Office
• 3750 N. Kedzie Chicago IL 60618

Join APWU members on 3/20/25 at 5 p.m. @ the Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office 3750 N Kedzie Chicago IL 60618 Help postal workers send the message: the U.S. Mail is not for sale! The USPS is facing a serious threat and now more than ever, we must stand together to protect our mail service.

Graphics / Seaxes / Larvavision

• March 19 2025 @ 9:00 PM

• Sleeping Village
• 3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Graphics (Math / no-wave) Seaxes (Noise rock) Larvavision (Improv jazz-skronk) 9 PM $12

Makers On 8 Artworks Studio with SAIC

• March 19 2025 @ 4:30 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Harold Washington
• 400 S. State Street

A weekly drop-in, hands-on art studio open to all ages, facilitated by art therapists and alumni from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The topics and projects are chosen by you. A wide variety of creative and artistic supplies are provided free by the library.... Read More

Hands Off Gaza

• March 18 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• israeli consulate
• 500 w madison chicago il

Emergency Protest! Hands Off Gaza! 3/18/25 4:30 PM @ The israeli consulate 500 W madison chicago il.

Radical Movie Showing: Jiyan's Story

• March 16 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 6:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Join us, following our next radical assembly, for a wonderful documentary about the Kurdish Women's Revolution that has been taking place in North and East Syria for more than a decade now. Learn about the lessons they have taken and put into action as they continue to fight to build a new world based on egalitarian values.

Radical Assemblies @ Joy Bomb Social Center

• March 16 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Joy Bomb is hosting radical assemblies throughout the year to give space for people to plug in to emerging mutual aid efforts in Northwest Indiana as well as to develop a strong network of connection among people ready to act. If you have an interest in making connections with what is growing in NWI's radical scene, the assemblies would be a great way to connect with us.

FNB Distro

• March 16 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood 12-1pm

Chicago Irish for Palestine - Old St. Pat’s Protest

• March 15 2025 @ 8:30 AM

• Heritage Green Park
• 610 W Adams, Chicago, IL

Join Chicago Irish for Palestine to pressure visiting Irish Minister of Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeil and demand that the Irish Government reject US weapons passing through Ireland’s Shannon airport. @chicagoirishforpalestine

TAKE ACTION

• March 15 2025 @ 12:01 AM
• until March 28 @ 11:59 PM

• Earth, mostly chicagoland area
• Omni-verse

Upcomming actions shared on facebook events.

Chicago Irish for Palestine - Union League Club Protest

• March 14 2025 @ 7:30 AM

• Union League Club
• 65 W Jackson, Chicago, IL

Join Chicago Irish for Palestine to pressure visiting Irish Minister of Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeil and demand that the Irish Government reject US Weapons passing through Ireland’s Shannon airport. @chicagoirishforpalestine

We Grow the World Together: Parenting toward Abolition with Maya Schenwar, Kelly Hayes, Anya Tanyavutti and Bill Ayers

• March 13 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Maya Schenwar, Kelly Hayes, Anya Tanyavutti and Bill Ayers will be at Pilsen Community Books for an event in celebration of We Grow the World Together: Parenting toward Abolition. Abolition has never been a proposal to simply tear things down. As Alexis Pauline Gumbs asks, “What if abolition is something that grows?” As we struggle to build a liberatory, caring, loving, abundant future, we have much to learn from the work of birthing, raising, caring for, and loving future generations. In... Read More

Skyscraper Jails: The Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City with Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan

• March 11 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan will be at Pilsen Community Books to launch their new book Skyscraper Jails :The Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City, a damning account of the latest transformation in mass incarceration, revealing how powerful nonprofits and so-called progressives used the language of social movements to build new jails. In... Read More

Release Mahmoud Khalil

• March 11 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• Federal Plaza
• 230 S Dearborn Ave Down Town Chicago IL

Emergency Protest to Protect Our Students Release Mahmoud Khalil Tuesday 3/12/25 4:30 PM Federal Plaza 230 S Dearborn Ave Down Town Chicago IL

Walk Out & Rally For Palestinian Liberation

• March 11 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• University of Chicago Center Quad
• Chicago IL

Emergency Protest Chicago IL Tuesday 3/11/25 Walk out & Rally! 12 PM University of Chicago Center Quad Resist the government's assualt on the student movement for Palestinian liberation!

Rally To Stop Displacement

• March 10 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Ald Nugent's Office
• 4200 W Lawrence Ave Chicago IL.

Rally Monday 3/10/25 @ 6pm @ Ald Nugent's Office 4200 w Lawrence Ave Stop the forced displacement of the Gompers Park Encampment Sign the petition @ bit.ly/support4gomps Text HOUSING to 33777 to get involved

FNB Distro

• March 9 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood 12-1pm

Rock for a Right to Housing; fundraiser for The Revolutionary Housing League

• March 8 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Irish American Heritage Center
• 4626 North Knox Avenue Chicago, IL 60630

Join us at the Irish American Heritage Center for live music, a silent auction, and a sneak peek of the upcoming documentary THE REVOLUTIONARY HOUSING LEAGUE, with Q&A with J.H. Palmer. See this one-of-a-kind story, shot in Dublin, Ireland, about a group that resorts to breaking into empty buildings to house their homeless neighbors, and what it could mean for us across the pond.... Read More

Demo: No Borders! Stop All Deportations!

• March 8 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Division/Milwaukee/Ashland
• Division/Milwaukee/Ashland

Over the past month, people across the country have taken bold, decisive action against ICE. With that bravery in mind, join us at 2PM at the Division Blue Line Stop in Wicker Park for a demonstration against borders and deportations.... Read More

Community Film Screening: The Strike (2024)

• March 7 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Walls Turned Sideways
• 2717 W. Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612

Amidst the redwood trees on the California-Oregon border sits one of the most infamous prisons in US history. Pelican Bay is a labyrinthine construction of solid cement blocks – a supermax prison – opened in 1989 and designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement.... Read More

From Panther to Panther: Legacies of Resistance

• March 7 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

On May 28, 2022, a historic conference took place outside Mumbai, India bringing together leaders of the Black Panther Party and the Dalit Panthers, on the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary group’s founding, which aimed to abolish caste-based discrimination in India.... Read More

Pack The Courts@

• March 7 2025 @ 9:30 AM

• Cook County Courthouse Room 201
• 26th & California Chicago IL.

Support Devon Showers in court!

Power of the Powerless: A Community Discussion & Connection Session

• March 6 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Online
• Zoom

A 90-minute facilitated discussion of Vaclav Havel's famous essay, "The Power of the Powerless," with directing questions and prompts as well as small-group engagement opportunities that takes place on Zoom. A link to join the meeting will be provided upon registration.... Read More

Court Support

• March 6 2025 @ 9:00 AM

• Cook County Courthouse
• 26th & California Chicago il

Court support for 2 survivors of corrupt cpd torture cops.

Justice 4 Murod Action

• March 5 2025 @ 5:00 PM

• Meeting
• 9446 Raymond Ave Oak Lawn

Monthly protest at the @OakLawnPD meeting, to demand #Justice4Murod

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours

• March 4 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours are every second Sunday 2-3pm and every third Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm. This is the time to pick up new seeds (free!), gift your surplus, or just hang out and talk seeds!

FNB Distro

• March 2 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood 12-1pm

Movie Club Relitigates the 85th Academy Awards

• March 1 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Eli Tea Bar
• 5507 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

Movie Club is a free comedy, variety show with a different theme each show.

Take Action NOW@

• March 1 2025 @ 12:01 AM
• until March 14 @ 11:59 PM

• Everywhere
• Everywhere

Take Action NOW! A facebook event listing above ground events for the next 2 weeks. Please share events to be posted.

Economic Blackout

• February 28 2025 @ 12:01 AM
• until 11:59 PM

• Everywhere
• Everywhere

Spend No Money!

"Redefining Safety" Documentary Showing + Q&A

• February 26 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay Street, Lake Station, Indiana 46405

Worldwide protests following the 2020 murder of George Floyd included calls to defund or abolish the police until a sharp rise in crime gave politicians and police supporters the fuel they needed to suppress the movement. Unfortunately, a detailed conversation about transforming public safety was never had.... Read More

Book Talk: Conversations towards Abolition with Calvin John Smiley and Jasson Perez

• February 25 2025 @ 7:00 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St. Chicago IL 60608

Join us as we welcome Calvin John Smiley and Jasson Perez to the store for an event in celebration of Dr. Smiley's new book Defund: Conversations Towards Abolition, a collection of illuminating interviews with leading abolitionist organizers and thinkers, reflecting on the uprisings of summer 2020, the rise of #defund, and the work ahead of bridging the divide between reform and abolition. The... Read More

Whispers Beneath the Orange Grove Community Care Under Fascism

• February 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• Pilsen Community Books
• 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL USA 60608

Author and organizer Yaffa joins us to talk about how to create community care under rising fascism. Their latest book, Whispers Beneath the Orange Grove, blends personal narratives with strategies to build a liberated world grounded in mutual aid, community care, and collectivism.... Read More

SEED EXCHANGE: Trial Event!

• February 24 2025 @ 3:30 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• McKinley Park Branch (Chicago Public Library)
• 1915 w 35th St Chicago, IL 60609

Free event, RSVP Strongly Encouraged! Join us for a fun and inspiring Seed Exchange at the McKinley Park Branch Library! Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting, this is a perfect chance to connect with others, exchange seeds, and grow your gardening community. Here's... Read More

The "Peoples" Town Hall

• February 23 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 5:00 PM

• Amberg Hall, Bethel New Life
• 1150 n Lamont av 60651

If you go let everybody know at the second People’s Town Hall on the west side that we need to abolish the police. Learn about the mayoral task force and district councilor 1/2 measures if that, to root out white supremacists from within cpd! Where: Amberg Hall, Bethel New Life, 1150 N Lamon Ave When: Sun, Feb.... Read More

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours

• February 23 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 3:30 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours are every second Sunday 2-3pm and every third Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm. This is the time to pick up new seeds (free!), gift your surplus, or just hang out and talk seeds!

FNB Distro

• February 23 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood 12-1pm

Workshop: Know Your Building. Know Your Landlord. (Woodlawn)

• February 22 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Woodlawn - Coleman Library Branch
• 731 E 63rd St.

Are you a Chicago renter, homeowner, community advocate — or just someone who’s curious about Chicago’s housing landscape? Join Injustice Watch senior reporters Maya Dukmasova and Alejandra Cancino for a free, hands-on workshop to help Chicago residents learn how to research building code violations and find out who owns properties in the city.... Read More

Starsdontmeananything (NM) / Teeth Kids / Iwan / Rat Chasm

• February 20 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Empty Bliss
• Ask a Punk <3

$10, ask a punk for the address, all ages

With Feathers: Nature Book Club (February)

• February 19 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Skunk Cabbage
• 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL USA 60618

With Feathers is a nature focused book club to imagine brighter futures. No RSVP is required, feel free to just drop in! In February we're reading The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Kimmerer, a botanist and citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, uses plant relationships and systems of interdependence to explore the possibilities for reciprocity that nature offers us and our obligations to each other and the Earth.

Zine Club Chicago (REMOTE)

• February 18 2025 @ 7:30 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Quimby's
• Email for Zoom Link

7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Online! Free! On Zoom, RSVP details below Whenever self-publishing fanatics gather, one question always seems to come up: How do you organize your zines? Whether you’re a meticulous cataloguer, a creator of haphazard piles, or something in between, we want to know about the ways you arrange, display, and categorize your personal collection. Get... Read More

Another World Is Possible: Natasha Hakimi Zapata, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Alex Han and Sarah Lazare

• February 18 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 8:30 PM

• In These Times
• 2040 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60647

Join Pilsen Community Books and In These Times for a discussion about Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe, by Natasha Hakimi Zapata. In Another World Is Possible (published by The New Press), intrepid journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata travels around the world, from Costa Rica to New Zealand, and Estonia to Singapore, to uncover how different countries solve the problems that plague the United States—from housing to retirement to drug addiction.... Read More

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours

• February 18 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

Share and trade at the Seed Exchange from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, February 24, 2025, at the McKinley Park branch of the Chicago Public Library, 1915 W. 35th St., Chicago. The seed exchange provides opportunity to connect with others, exchange seeds and grow your gardening community.... Read More

Oolong, Final Boss Fight, Dead Dog, Buena Cara

• February 16 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Empty Bliss
• Ask a Punk <3

$10-15, ask a punk for the address, all ages

FNB Distro

• February 16 2025 @ 12:00 PM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood 12-1pm

ILC Chicago @ CASA Hernandez

• February 15 2025 @ 3:00 PM
• until 4:45 PM

• Casa Hernandez community space
• 3519 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

An afternoon of community building and Socializing

Protest Lurie Childrens Hospital’s Elimination of Gender Affirming Care

• February 15 2025 @ 1:00 PM

• Seneca Park (outside Lurid Children’s Hospital)
• 220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611 United States

Protest Lurie Children eliminating gender affirming care. Sponsored by DSA, Equality IL, PFLAG, Indivisible, Trans Up Front Illinois, and more.

Tesla Takeover - Protests at Tesla Dealerships Everywhere

• February 15 2025 @ 12:00 PM

• Tesla (THREE locations! Gold Coast, South Loop, and Elston)
• 901 N Rush St, 717 S DesPlaines St, 2656 N Elston

On Saturday February 15th, people all around the country are called to picket and protest in front of Tesla dealerships. Say no to nazi musk! Bring signs, banners, and noisemakers. End impunity, end autogenocide, end oligarchy. Chicago has three Tesla... Read More

Bullseye x National Photo Committee x P.Noid

• February 14 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• VHS Collective
• Ask Around <3

nyc bulleyes chicago punks NPC and P.noid Sharp Pins is not playing this show anymore P.S. If you have not made it to this space yet- I highly recommend.

WTN Night Presents: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

• February 14 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 11:00 PM

• West Town Bikes
• 2459 W Division St

Fundraiser for West Town Bikes Doors at 7, show at 8 Pizza from Dante's, beer from Revolution $15 suggested donation (WTN is Women, Trans, Nonbinary, we host open shop nights for those demographics to learn how, get help with, or get shop access for... Read More

Coworking Fridays @ PO Box Collective

• February 14 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 4:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.

Stop Investing In Genocide!

• February 14 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until 5:00 PM

• Phone & Petition
• Phone & Petition

🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨 @ILTreasurer announces renewal of $15 million in Israel bonds, despite our demands to cut ties with genocide. Join us in flooding the lines to his office & sign petition demanding @MikeForIllinois stop investing Illinois tax dollars in Israel’s war crimes! Below is the script and the petition. Bit.ly/awcdivest

Poppy and the Pen Palestinian lit book club

• February 12 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Skunk Cabbage
• 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL USA 60618

We're excited to be hosting Poppy and the Pen, a Palestinian literature book club, in February! This month they’re discussing Randa Jarrar's A Map of Home, a coming-of-age story about a Palestinian girl whose family moves from 1970s Boston to Kuwait, until the Iraqi invasion pushes them into Egypt and then Texas. Poppy... Read More

Screamo Gig w/ Heaven Through Violence + more

• February 10 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until February 14 @ 11:00 PM

• Empty Bliss
• Direct Message

Friday, Feb 14, 07:00 PM (doors at 6:30) $10-15 suggested donation. Protect your community, WEAR A MASK.

Tate Danger Presents... Cucuy, Dog Shit, and Braince

• February 10 2025 @ 8:00 PM
• until 11:00 PM

• Cafe Mustache
• 2313 N Milwaukee Ave

The inimitable and uncanny Tate Danger presents another Cafe Mustache banger ft. $10 Cucuy - fast/weird, members of Black Hole Youth, Sad Dragon, G.I.G.O., The Diamond Stretch - new CS "exclusively" on Earth Girl Tapes/Holistic Industrial (https://bandwagon.fm/675798140b68db7dda2861d9) Dog Shit - new, but not shitty Braince - catchy, dancey local two piece (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAfw-daX00U) Monday,... Read More

Call & Email Illinois Attorney General

• February 10 2025 @ 9:00 AM
• until February 14 @ 5:00 PM

• Phone
• Phone

Call 217-782-1090 & Email ATTORNEY_GENERAL@ILAG.GOV Illinois Attorney General to demand an investigation of the oak lawn police for violating the rights of Arabs & other people of color.

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours

• February 9 2025 @ 2:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave

Rogers Park Seed Library Open Hours are every second Sunday 2-3pm and every third Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm. This is the time to pick up new seeds (free!), gift your surplus, or just hang out and talk seeds!

Workshop: Know Your Building. Know Your Landlord. (West Garfield Park)

• February 8 2025 @ 10:30 AM
• until January 25 @ 12:30 PM

• West Garfield Park - Legler Regional Library
• 115 S Pulaski Rd

Are you a Chicago renter, homeowner, community advocate — or just someone who’s curious about Chicago’s housing landscape? Join Injustice Watch senior reporters Maya Dukmasova and Alejandra Cancino for a free, hands-on workshop to help Chicago residents learn how to research building code violations and find out who owns properties in the city.... Read More

Ŵar Criminals Out Of Chicago!

• February 6 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• N. Broadway & N. Halsted St.
• 3760 N. Broadway Chicago IL 60613

Protest WarCriminal Yoav Gallant speaking tour on Thursday 2/6/25 @ 6 PM @ 3760 N. Broadway Chicago IL 60613! Free Palestine!

Group Bike Ride: Femmes and Thems Monthly Ride

• February 1 2025 @ 12:30 PM

• Smith park to Garfield Park Conservatory!
• 2526 W Grand Ave

Join us for our February Social Ride on Saturday, February 1st! Meet up at Smith Park @ 12:30pm, we roll at 1. We’ll be riding approximately 6 miles to the Garfield Park Conservatory to enjoy Chicago’s warmest oasis in these cold, cold weeks.

Blood Fruit Library Open Hours

• January 31 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Blood Fruit Library
• Direct Message

Library, social space, sometimes distro. Chicago, IL DM for address & time to visit Open Hours: Fridays 7-10pm.

Co-working Fridays @PO Box Collective

• January 31 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 4:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.

Concentrating Chaos: Poetry Workshop

• January 29 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• Skunk Cabbage Books
• 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60618

Concentrating Chaos is a free, open community poetry workshop to offer a consistent and supportive space for poets of all levels to refine their work together. More details can be found at ConcentratingChaos.com. This event is capped at 30 participants and requires an RSVP! Please sign up and find more details on the website. Skunk... Read More

Touhy Park FNB Distro

• January 29 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 6:30 PM

• Touhy Park
• Northwest Corner of Touhy Park

Food Not Bombs Rogers Park invites all of our neighbors to join us at Touhy Park on Wednesdays from 5:30pm. As the City of Chicago expands its criminalization and displacement of unhoused neighbors with the evictions of Humboldt Park and Gompers Park and the eviction of asylum seekers from city run shelters, we invite all community members to fortify their relationships, their hearts and their commitments to each other. Come... Read More

Save Briar East Woods

• January 27 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• city hall
• 5925 calumet ave. Hammond in. 46320

Come to city hall to tell mayor mcdermott No to the governor's parkway project.

Protect Unhoused Neighbors!

• January 27 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 7:00 PM

• Phone
• Phone

Phone blast to protect unhoused neighbors.

Letter Writing Night for Casey Goonan + Other Political Prisoners

• January 26 2025 @ 4:30 PM

• P.o. box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626

Join us for an evening of Letter Writing for Casey Goonan + Other Political Prisoners. Sunday, January 26th @ 4:30 PM at PO Box! Bring stamps if you can, and things you'd like to screenprint! Donations accepted for Screen Printing & Button Making with Free Casey designs.... Read More

Radical Book Discussion: Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

• January 26 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 3:00 PM

• Joy Bomb Social Center
• 2584 Clay St, Lake Station, IN 46405

Joy Bomb Social Center is envisioned to be a hub for radical, direct engagement with communal possibility. It is one part of a greater strategy to create pathways to utopian culture and practice in Northwest Indiana. With communities working together, Joy Bomb can remain a permanent site of collective creativity, sowing the seeds of connection that can give way to a liberated world.... Read More

All-Chicago Tenant Alliance Recruitment Event

• January 26 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 2:00 PM

• Case Hernandez Community Space and Free Store
• 3519 W. North Ave.

Join the All-Chicago Tenant Alliance (ACTA), an alliance of Chicago renters organizing tenant unions across the city against the landlord class. ACTA is holding two recruitment events for any Chicago tenant interested in joining the fight. Come as you are! No experience needed! Our rents continue to rise.... Read More

Memorial for Victims of Police Violence

• January 26 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

We are here every Sunday 11am-1pm honoring those who have been killed by police. Please join Cheap Art for Freedom (CAfF) and PO Box Collective in the maintenance of our public memorial under the El tracks at Glenwood and Farwell, to wheat paste a name to the wall, help keep the memorial swept, add flowers, pick up a free poster, or just show your solidarity. #defundthepolice

Rogers Park Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• January 26 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 3:00 PM

• Willye B. White Park/PO Box Collective
• Willye B. White Park, 1610 W Howard/ 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: 11am-1pm: Willye B. White Park, 1610 W Howard 1-3pm: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood

Zine Club Chicago: No Sleep Til Stapling Zinemaking Hangout

• January 25 2025 @ 5:00 PM
• until 9:00 PM

• Quimby's Bookstore
• 1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622

Bring your work-in-progress, create a new zine on the spot, or just catch up with other zine folks. We’ll stay open until 9 p.m., so feel free to drop in anytime during the evening. Bonus points if you wear your cutest pjs! (This gathering will channel the chill vibe of Quimby’s Zlumber Parties of yore.) We’ll... Read More

Independent Labor Club of Chicago Meeting @ Chicago Tool Library Repair Fair

• January 25 2025 @ 1:00 PM
• until 4:00 PM

• Chicago Tool Library
• 4015 W Carroll Ave, Suite 101, Chicago, IL 60624

The Independent Labor Club of Chicago is participating in the Repair Fair with the Chicago Tool Library on Saturday, January 25th at 1pm. 4015 W Carroll Ave, Suite 101, Chicago, IL 60624 From the Chicago Tool Library: "Repair Fairs are free community events where you can bring your broken and beloved bikes, clothes, appliances, jewelry, and more and work with repair volunteers to fix them.... Read More

Workshop: Know Your Building. Know Your Landlord. (Lincoln Square)

• January 25 2025 @ 10:30 AM
• until 12:30 PM

• Lincoln Square - Sulzer Regional Library
• 4455 N Lincoln Ave

Are you a Chicago renter, homeowner, community advocate — or just someone who’s curious about Chicago’s housing landscape? Join Injustice Watch senior reporters Maya Dukmasova and Alejandra Cancino for a free, hands-on workshop to help Chicago residents learn how to research building code violations and find out who owns properties in the city.... Read More

Blood Fruit Library Open Hours

• January 24 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Blood Fruit Library
• Direct Message

Library, social space, sometimes distro. Chicago, IL DM for address & time to visit Open Hours: Fridays 7-10pm.

Co-working Fridays @PO Box Collective

• January 24 2025 @ 10:00 AM
• until 4:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.

All-Chicago Tenant Alliance Recruitment Event

• January 23 2025 @ 6:30 PM
• until 7:30 PM

• Case Hernandez Community Space and Free Store
• 3519 W. North Ave.

Join the All-Chicago Tenant Alliance (ACTA), an alliance of Chicago renters organizing tenant unions across the city against the landlord class. ACTA is holding two recruitment events for any Chicago tenant interested in joining the fight. Come as you are! No experience needed! Our rents continue to rise.... Read More

All Chicago Tenant Alliance (ACTA) Recruitment Event

• January 23 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Casa Hernández Community Space and Free Store
• 3519 W North Ave

Join the All-Chicago Tenant Alliance (ACTA), an alliance of Chicago renters organizing tenant unions across the city against the landlord class. ACTA is holding two recruitment events for any Chicago tenant interested in joining the fight. Come as you are! No experience needed! 💲 Our rents continue to rise.... Read More

Touhy Park FNB Distro

• January 22 2025 @ 5:30 PM
• until 6:30 PM

• Touhy Park
• Northwest Corner of Touhy Park

Food Not Bombs Rogers Park invites all of our neighbors to join us at Touhy Park on Wednesdays from 5:30pm. As the City of Chicago expands its criminalization and displacement of unhoused neighbors with the evictions of Humboldt Park and Gompers Park and the eviction of asylum seekers from city run shelters, we invite all community members to fortify their relationships, their hearts and their commitments to each other. Come... Read More

Book Release: City Time w/ David Campbell & Jarrod Shanahan @ Governors State University

• January 22 2025 @ 4:00 PM

• Social Justice Building, Governors State University
• Address 1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484

From the publisher: "A unique insider perspective of daily life in New York City’s most notorious house of correction While most people behind bars at Rikers Island are detainees awaiting the settlement of their cases, a smaller population have already been convicted and are serving sentences deemed too short for the state prison system.... Read More

Book Release: City Time w/ David Campbell & Jarrod Shanahan @ Loyola

• January 21 2025 @ 6:00 PM

• Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore, Cuneo Hall Rm 109
• 6430 N Kenmore, Chicago

Zhandarka Kurti (States of Incarceration, Hard Crackers) hosts a book release event for City Time (NYU Press, 2025), an immersive ethnography of the facilities for sentenced men at Rikers Island, written by former political prisoner David Campbel and Jarrod Shanahan, author of Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage. From... Read More

Third Mondays Fiber Night

• January 20 2025 @ 6:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

Come make stuff in a respectful community. Bring your project, snacks, ideas, kindly disposition. Introverts welcome. As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.

Memorial for Victims of Police Violence

• January 19 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 1:00 PM

• PO Box Collective
• 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

We are here every Sunday 11am-1pm honoring those who have been killed by police. Please join Cheap Art for Freedom (CAfF) and PO Box Collective in the maintenance of our public memorial under the El tracks at Glenwood and Farwell, to wheat paste a name to the wall, help keep the memorial swept, add flowers, pick up a free poster, or just show your solidarity. #defundthepolice

Rogers Park Food Not Bombs Food Distro

• January 19 2025 @ 11:00 AM
• until 3:00 PM

• Willye B. White Park/PO Box Collective
• Willye B. White Park, 1610 W Howard/ 6900 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60660

RP Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday: 11am-1pm: Willye B. White Park, 1610 W Howard 1-3pm: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood

Community Vigil and Art Build (Festivals of Resistance Chicago/Gary)

• January 18 2025 @ 4:00 PM
• until 8:00 PM

• The Orphanage
• 641 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60616

Week of the Forest Defender: Regroup & Strategize

Treewhispers Exhibition & 25 Year Celebration

• January 18 2025 @ 2:00 PM

• Artists Book House
• 4207 W Irving Park, Chicago, IL

Treewhispers is an ongoing international collaboration celebrating the profound connection between trees and humanity through handmade paper and artistic exploration. Participants contribute handmade paper rounds with personal memories, poems, images of tree rings, leaves, or depictions of their beloved trees. These rounds, bound with bookbinding thread, come together to form paper columns, creating an ever-evolving forest of art, stories and handmade paper.... Read More

Anti-Deportation Rally (Festivals of Resistance GARY)

• January 18 2025 @ 11:45 AM
• until 3:00 PM

• Gary Airport South Shore Stop
• 2nd Place and Clark Road, Gary, IN 46406

Make friends, protect eachother! Join the Chicago/ NWI festival of resistance to support undocumented people targeted by the incoming administration. Coming early? Meet at 11 AM at JoyBomb (2584 Clay St) for hot drinks and handwarmers~

Blood Fruit Library Open Hours

• January 17 2025 @ 7:00 PM
• until 10:00 PM

• Blood Fruit Library
• Direct Message