Creativity
Explore the History & Culture of Chicago in CFA: SHORTS!
A sublime spectrum of Chicago historical and cultural perspectives coalesce in SHORTS!, the second installment of our Local Feature film series.
Local Feature’s THE INTERRUPTERS a smashing success!
Our film series LOCAL FEATURE debuted with The Interrupters last week and the event was a smashing success! Attendees arrived early to munch on some delicious snacks, including the scrumptious cupcakes provided by GiGi's Bake Shop. [...]
Dream Big…But Visualize The Reality
If anyone can attest to the joys (and challenges) of being a creative entrepreneur, it’d be our owner Eva Niewiadomski! In a recent interview with Womenetics, she said: “I worked at Quaker Oats for 15 years. My last year there was post the Pepsi merger with Quaker Oats. As is typical with mergers, the environment is stressful as the organizations try to meld together two disparate cultures. It was just not a good fit anymore for either of us. I took the severance package and decided to take this once in a lifetime opportunity and start my own business.”
SNEAK PEEK: “The Interrupters” special screening on 8/24
The award-winning Kartemquin Films documentary about violence prevention was the Chicago movie of 2011. In this stirring and powerfully insightful year-long journey through Chicago’s inner city, director/producer Steve James (HOOP DREAMS) and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz [...]
Meet the inspiration for THE INTERRUPTERS
CeaseFire is the subject of the powerful documentary "The Interrupters," which is the first film in our film series LOCAL FEATURE. CeaseFire is an anti-violence program and initiative of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention aimed at reducing street violence by using outreach workers to interrupt potentially violent situations. Check out this post from their blog:
Catalyst Ranch Designed Cubicle
From Drab to Fab... the Catalyst Ranch design team does it again. Dessa, our 2012 spring winner, now happily enjoys her newly improved desk. Dessa vocalized a desire that one wall of her long cubicle [...]
Interview with Jeff Marinucci, President of inerTRAIN &Executive Producer of Taking the Lunge
Our friend, Jeff Marinucci, wowed us with his innovative, customized and online training program that works with clients to create a unique fitness schedule. We asked Jeff about his business, inerTrain, and his new reality [...]
Get collaborative with our June calendar page!
We've had a great first week of June at Catalyst Ranch, with events like Using Storytelling to Better Connect with your Audience with Esther Choy and tonight's Socially Smart & Savvy book release with Sharon [...]
Interview with Esther Choy, Founder and President of Leadership Story Lab
Esther Choy Leadership Story Lab What is your business & what makes it unique? We’re in the business of combining the science of persuasion and the art of storytelling to help our clients establish deeper [...]
Creativity
Explore the History & Culture of Chicago in CFA: SHORTS!
A sublime spectrum of Chicago historical and cultural perspectives coalesce in SHORTS!, the second installment of our Local Feature film series.
Local Feature’s THE INTERRUPTERS a smashing success!
Our film series LOCAL FEATURE debuted with The Interrupters last week and the event was a smashing success! Attendees arrived early to munch on some delicious snacks, including the scrumptious cupcakes provided by GiGi's Bake Shop. [...]
Dream Big…But Visualize The Reality
If anyone can attest to the joys (and challenges) of being a creative entrepreneur, it’d be our owner Eva Niewiadomski! In a recent interview with Womenetics, she said: “I worked at Quaker Oats for 15 years. My last year there was post the Pepsi merger with Quaker Oats. As is typical with mergers, the environment is stressful as the organizations try to meld together two disparate cultures. It was just not a good fit anymore for either of us. I took the severance package and decided to take this once in a lifetime opportunity and start my own business.”
SNEAK PEEK: “The Interrupters” special screening on 8/24
The award-winning Kartemquin Films documentary about violence prevention was the Chicago movie of 2011. In this stirring and powerfully insightful year-long journey through Chicago’s inner city, director/producer Steve James (HOOP DREAMS) and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz [...]
Meet the inspiration for THE INTERRUPTERS
CeaseFire is the subject of the powerful documentary "The Interrupters," which is the first film in our film series LOCAL FEATURE. CeaseFire is an anti-violence program and initiative of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention aimed at reducing street violence by using outreach workers to interrupt potentially violent situations. Check out this post from their blog:
Catalyst Ranch Designed Cubicle
From Drab to Fab... the Catalyst Ranch design team does it again. Dessa, our 2012 spring winner, now happily enjoys her newly improved desk. Dessa vocalized a desire that one wall of her long cubicle [...]
Interview with Jeff Marinucci, President of inerTRAIN &Executive Producer of Taking the Lunge
Our friend, Jeff Marinucci, wowed us with his innovative, customized and online training program that works with clients to create a unique fitness schedule. We asked Jeff about his business, inerTrain, and his new reality [...]
Get collaborative with our June calendar page!
We've had a great first week of June at Catalyst Ranch, with events like Using Storytelling to Better Connect with your Audience with Esther Choy and tonight's Socially Smart & Savvy book release with Sharon [...]
Interview with Esther Choy, Founder and President of Leadership Story Lab
Esther Choy Leadership Story Lab What is your business & what makes it unique? We’re in the business of combining the science of persuasion and the art of storytelling to help our clients establish deeper [...]