At Catalyst Ranch, we've created an environment that stirs up inspiration and creativity, making corporate meetings infinitely more productive and weddings and special events wildly original.
Welcome to Creative Juice: the Catalyst Ranch blog, where you'll find:
- our own insights into what makes creative magic happen at Catalyst Ranch
- activities and ideas you can use at home or with your colleagues, to juice up your imagination
- people, places and events around town that will feed your creative spirit
We're glad to have you here. Now fill up your cup!
Our most recent posts:
Ebony, Jet and Theaster Gates: Black History in Chicago
While February comes to a close, we again look to ways Black History can be celebrated all throughout the year, beyond Black History Month.As we’ve explored in years prior, Black History abounds in Chicago, [...]
Get Out of that Hotel!
This post, originally published in August of 2021, references a cost comparison chart that has been updated with current figures. Get Out of That Hotel! Maximizing the True Value in [...]
CREATIVE PROMPT: Me and Who?
Catalyst Ranch is more than just a meeting space. It’s the result of bringing together the myriad elements that make your meetings their most magical (Read: productive and satisfying). And one of the [...]
Día de los Muertos in Chicago
Halloween is a tradition that for a lot of people started when we were kids. It’s all about the fun we have getting scared. The main event was of course trick or treating, [...]
Artful, Innovative and Halloweeny: The Arts in the Dark Parade
Chicago is host to such a wide range of events at any given time, bringing people together, in environments that allow you to interact with the city around you. There are art showings [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month in Chicago
We here at Catalyst Ranch love to celebrate the many varied peoples that call Chicago home. It’s a city where different communities intersect and overlap, much in the way visitors interact in our [...]
Local Inspiration: Outdoor Community Gathering Space
Our meeting space, Catalyst Ranch, was designed to grease the wheels of important work and idea making. As such, we’re proud that we’ve been a destination not just for large businesses but also [...]
National Black Business Month in Chicago – Part 2
Chicago's Black-owned businesses provide us with plenty of opportunity to celebrate National Black Business Month. Like we mentioned in our previous post, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with more of these companies and [...]
National Black Business Month in Chicago
In honor of National Black Business Month, we're taking a look at three local Black-owned businesses that we admire for different reasons. Their goals and their contributions to Chicago and beyond speak to [...]
At Catalyst Ranch, we've created an environment that stirs up inspiration and creativity, making corporate meetings infinitely more productive and weddings and special events wildly original.
Welcome to Creative Juice: the Catalyst Ranch blog, where you'll find:
- our own insights into what makes creative magic happen at Catalyst Ranch
- activities and ideas you can use at home or with your colleagues, to juice up your imagination
- people, places and events around town that will feed your creative spirit
We're glad to have you here. Now fill up your cup!
Our most recent posts:
Ebony, Jet and Theaster Gates: Black History in Chicago
While February comes to a close, we again look to ways Black History can be celebrated all throughout the year, beyond Black History Month.As we’ve explored in years prior, Black History abounds in Chicago, [...]
Get Out of that Hotel!
This post, originally published in August of 2021, references a cost comparison chart that has been updated with current figures. Get Out of That Hotel! Maximizing the True Value in [...]
CREATIVE PROMPT: Me and Who?
Catalyst Ranch is more than just a meeting space. It’s the result of bringing together the myriad elements that make your meetings their most magical (Read: productive and satisfying). And one of the [...]
Día de los Muertos in Chicago
Halloween is a tradition that for a lot of people started when we were kids. It’s all about the fun we have getting scared. The main event was of course trick or treating, [...]
Artful, Innovative and Halloweeny: The Arts in the Dark Parade
Chicago is host to such a wide range of events at any given time, bringing people together, in environments that allow you to interact with the city around you. There are art showings [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month in Chicago
We here at Catalyst Ranch love to celebrate the many varied peoples that call Chicago home. It’s a city where different communities intersect and overlap, much in the way visitors interact in our [...]
Local Inspiration: Outdoor Community Gathering Space
Our meeting space, Catalyst Ranch, was designed to grease the wheels of important work and idea making. As such, we’re proud that we’ve been a destination not just for large businesses but also [...]
National Black Business Month in Chicago – Part 2
Chicago's Black-owned businesses provide us with plenty of opportunity to celebrate National Black Business Month. Like we mentioned in our previous post, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with more of these companies and [...]
National Black Business Month in Chicago
In honor of National Black Business Month, we're taking a look at three local Black-owned businesses that we admire for different reasons. Their goals and their contributions to Chicago and beyond speak to [...]