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:
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, [...]
Ranch Recommendations: How We DO Chicago
One of the best parts of being in the hospitality industry is personalizing that hospitality. It’s a great feeling to make folks feel welcomed and entertained; it's fulfilling on a whole other level [...]
Food for Thought: Reflection on Pantone’s 2023 Color of the Year – Viva Magenta
It’s no surprise we at Catalyst Ranch relish the announcement of Pantone’s Color of the Year. Vibrant color is, after all, a foundational design element for our spaces. This year, however, the [...]
Reaching New Heights: Welcome to Suite 5E
With the expansion of our footprint at 656 West Randolph Street to include not just Suite 4E but now also Suite 5E, we have effectively doubled our available meeting and event space in [...]
A Thank You to the Hosts
Thanksgiving is days away. Chances are you’re in the middle of something you're responsible for on Thursday. If you’re attending "Friendsgiving", maybe you’ve baked the crust for a pie you’ll bring. If you’re heading [...]
Client Spotlight: Guitars Over Guns
This year we were fortunate to come into contact with Guitars Over Guns, a nonprofit organization empowering young people in Chicago—as well as Miami and Los Angeles—with music education and mentorship from music [...]
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 [...]
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:
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, [...]
Ranch Recommendations: How We DO Chicago
One of the best parts of being in the hospitality industry is personalizing that hospitality. It’s a great feeling to make folks feel welcomed and entertained; it's fulfilling on a whole other level [...]
Food for Thought: Reflection on Pantone’s 2023 Color of the Year – Viva Magenta
It’s no surprise we at Catalyst Ranch relish the announcement of Pantone’s Color of the Year. Vibrant color is, after all, a foundational design element for our spaces. This year, however, the [...]
Reaching New Heights: Welcome to Suite 5E
With the expansion of our footprint at 656 West Randolph Street to include not just Suite 4E but now also Suite 5E, we have effectively doubled our available meeting and event space in [...]
A Thank You to the Hosts
Thanksgiving is days away. Chances are you’re in the middle of something you're responsible for on Thursday. If you’re attending "Friendsgiving", maybe you’ve baked the crust for a pie you’ll bring. If you’re heading [...]
Client Spotlight: Guitars Over Guns
This year we were fortunate to come into contact with Guitars Over Guns, a nonprofit organization empowering young people in Chicago—as well as Miami and Los Angeles—with music education and mentorship from music [...]
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 [...]