The best AILA Annual Conference afterparty this year!! Laugh alongside AILA colleagues, experience a historic Chicago theater, and have fun!

A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship.

A night of storytelling and inspiration with bestselling author Amy Tan and Field Museum ornithologists Shannon Hackett and John Bates.

A “lyrical and virtuosic” fabulist debut collection of stories re-imagining the nine-tailed fox spirit of Asian folklore (Gina Chung).

RO Kwon, author of EXHIBIT - an in-person Boswell event

Embrace in the vibrant Desi summer spirit at Samosas & Mimosas, the official summer kick off party of Chicago, hosted by Mâst Be Nice!

SIRENA blends a personal story, family secrets, a mythic love triangle ending in the beginning of a nation, the displacement of its people, an individual’s perspective of belonging and a spectacular celebration of community through music, art and poetry.

A special Ritual Rhythms Chicago event featuring Ochin Pakhi and a fantastic array of musicians and dancers!