A Soft Landing: Closing Event for BEP Exhibit

Artist Interviews + Performance Sunday, May 16th 3pm–6pm Pilsen Arts & Community House 1637 W. 18th Street, Chicago 

 Join us at our exhibition closing event! Soft Landing: Artist Interviews, Poetry, Prose, and Music features @victoria_riza @niduman @kaltra @tkb.studio @matias.delaflor and @sunflowersummit !!!! View the exhibit, hear artists’ insights, and listen to some amazing songwriters! We … Read more

Poetry & Collage Workshop with Tanda Poetry

Tanda Poetry & AnySquared present “POETAS v. COLLAGISTAS”! Friday, May 8th at 7pmat Anysquared2328 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Floor All levels of writers, readers, collagists, and artists are welcome! Join us as @cristocristoball offers a mixed media workshop intended to explore the intersectional dynamics between poetry and collage. The session will explore the idea of a “SPIRAL,” … Read more

Beautiful Performances & Artist Interviews at our Mid Air Event

The BEP Mid-Air event was a very sweet one. Thank you to @gsolorioart, @ygcreations, and @beautyvictoriapaint for sharing your stories and insight about your art, and @a_philharmonic for being the MC with the questions! Gratitude to @jimenah.aart for sharing your powerful words and @sunflowersummit for the beautiful songs. See the exhibition: The Butterfly Effect: Across … Read more

Mid-Air: Artist Interviews & Musical Tales!

Sunday, April 26th from 6pm-9pm Pilsen Arts & Community House 1637 W. 18th Street, Chicago. See the Butterfly Effect: Across Land, Generations, and Time exhibition and hear from some of the artists in the show, including Victoria Park, Grecia Solorio, and Yekseny Guerrero, along with poetry by Jimena Hernández Aguilar. Also, enjoy music by Sunflower Summit! The Butterfly Effect: Across … Read more

Impressive Performances at PACH-Butterfly Effect Open Mic!

What a great night last Thursday! Captured just snippets of such an amazing open mic night! Note: please see Pilsen Arts & Community House‘s live reel on Instagram on their feed for the full event! Pilsen Arts & Community House, as always, had an excellent open mic! Gratitude to Tanda Poetry for hosting this event! … Read more

Join Butterfly Effect at Show & Tell: Immigrant Stories Vol. II

Join us for another round! This time, everyone gets to share! Show & Tell: Immigrant Stories Vol. II Thursday April 23rd 8pm–10pm Pilsen Arts & Community House 1637 West 18th Street, Chicago Bring in any object/photo that represents a part of your journey of movement: What brings you A) to this country? and/or B) what … Read more

Join us at Butterfly Effect for an Open Mic at PACH this Thursday!

🎤 Don’t forget Open Mic! This THURSDAY APRIL 16th. Pilsen Arts & Community House does this Every 3rd Thursday of the month! WHEN: APRIL 16thTIME: 7 pm – 9 pmWHERE: 1637 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL, 60608 This month is hosted by @tandapoetry! April is also in collaboration with Butterfly Effect Exhibit! 🎤 This event … Read more

Butterfly Effect: Performance + Screening was Amazing!

What a wonderful event on Saturday! Our Taking Flight event was a packed house for our screenings, readings, and music! Thank you Valeria Osornio and El Poeta for their thoughtful readings. Gratitude Matías delaflor and Taki Soul 🇪🇨🎶🏔️ for sharing your inspiring music! Our screening was also amazing featuring:Two touching short films by schantelle! 🇵🇭🇺🇸Lydia … Read more

New Schedule! Exhibit Extended Thru May 16!

The Butterfly Effect: Across Land, Generations, & Time Exhibit Extended through Saturday May 16th!Gallery Hours Wednesday–Thursday 12pm–6pm Pilsen Arts & Community House 1637 W. 18th Street, Chicago  See Schedule above: Closing event added on May 16th too! Thu APRIL 16th – 7P–9POpen Mic!Theme: Immigration Thu APRIL 23rd – 8P–10PShow & Tell Vol. 2!Immigration Stories Sun APRIL 26th – 6P–9PIn … Read more

Intergalactic Gathering! Fundraiser for Midwest Immigration Bond Fund!

Spiderknit Productions + AnySquared Fundraiser for Midwest Immigration Bond Fund! Be there: Saturday October 18th 7pm-11:30pm AnySquared 2328 N Milwaukee Ave Features DJs playing trance & acid techno throughout the night + excellent vendors + a zine/button/kandi making table! Costumes HEAVILY encouraged but not mandatory! Lots of black lights – *wear neons* We’re also sharing … Read more