Make your wedding extra special!
Vote for Catalyst Ranch — in the Hospitality and Events SUMMIT Awards 2025
Click here to VOTE for Catalyst Ranch in The Summit Awards through Friday, March 28.Two votes per day per email address are permitted.The Hospitality-Tourism-Events Summit Chicago holds court in April, and the organizers have put [...]
Chicago is for Music Lovers: Lollapalooza 2024
It’s that time of year again! Lollapalooza is coming back to Chicago and with it, the biggest artists and bands across the music world will be lighting up Grant Park. Four days of live [...]
A Portrait of Summer 2023
We’ve been savoring these somewhat in-between days which happen after Labor Day and before the autumn equinox, i.e., the more scientific end of summer. But lo and behold, we're staring that milestone in the face [...]
Chicago Women Who Tell Our Stories
We love witnessing new ideas and new stories. It’s here at Catalyst Ranch, in the midst of objects and décor rich in history, that your imagination is stoked and something new is created. [...]
5 Ways to Enhance Any Gathering with Food
Any meeting is more enticing if you know someone’s bringing donuts. Fact. And that’s only the bare minimum application of the fact we all know: Food makes a gathering better. Food (and drink, [...]
Fiesta de Frida: Let Creativity Lead the Way to Healing
This Saturday, October 8, the spectacular Fiesta de Frida returns to our space, organized by the Women’s Justice League, whose mission is to combat domestic abuse and support abuse survivors. Since 2019 when [...]
Who Throws the Best Parties?
Photo by Michael Abramson Who throws the best parties? Who knows how to run a great meeting? Perhaps it’s you. Scratch that – It’s likely you. Go with us here… In previous [...]
Sofar Sounds: Making a Signature Experience from Live Music
There’s a cohort of music makers and event producers who are a monthly fixture at Catalyst Ranch, but you may be in the dark about them even if you keep tabs on our [...]
Occasions to Celebrate and Honor
June is chock full of special occasions to recognize. Heck, we're already halfway through it, and we've still got the biggest dates ahead of us!So hopefully you have energy leftover from RAGING on Flag [...]
Make your wedding extra special!
Vote for Catalyst Ranch — in the Hospitality and Events SUMMIT Awards 2025
Click here to VOTE for Catalyst Ranch in The Summit Awards through Friday, March 28.Two votes per day per email address are permitted.The Hospitality-Tourism-Events Summit Chicago holds court in April, and the organizers have put [...]
Chicago is for Music Lovers: Lollapalooza 2024
It’s that time of year again! Lollapalooza is coming back to Chicago and with it, the biggest artists and bands across the music world will be lighting up Grant Park. Four days of live [...]
A Portrait of Summer 2023
We’ve been savoring these somewhat in-between days which happen after Labor Day and before the autumn equinox, i.e., the more scientific end of summer. But lo and behold, we're staring that milestone in the face [...]
Chicago Women Who Tell Our Stories
We love witnessing new ideas and new stories. It’s here at Catalyst Ranch, in the midst of objects and décor rich in history, that your imagination is stoked and something new is created. [...]
5 Ways to Enhance Any Gathering with Food
Any meeting is more enticing if you know someone’s bringing donuts. Fact. And that’s only the bare minimum application of the fact we all know: Food makes a gathering better. Food (and drink, [...]
Fiesta de Frida: Let Creativity Lead the Way to Healing
This Saturday, October 8, the spectacular Fiesta de Frida returns to our space, organized by the Women’s Justice League, whose mission is to combat domestic abuse and support abuse survivors. Since 2019 when [...]
Who Throws the Best Parties?
Photo by Michael Abramson Who throws the best parties? Who knows how to run a great meeting? Perhaps it’s you. Scratch that – It’s likely you. Go with us here… In previous [...]
Sofar Sounds: Making a Signature Experience from Live Music
There’s a cohort of music makers and event producers who are a monthly fixture at Catalyst Ranch, but you may be in the dark about them even if you keep tabs on our [...]
Occasions to Celebrate and Honor
June is chock full of special occasions to recognize. Heck, we're already halfway through it, and we've still got the biggest dates ahead of us!So hopefully you have energy leftover from RAGING on Flag [...]