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Blair Thomas & Co. Puppet Theater

Blair Thomas & Co. Puppet Theater A bit of a one-man-band, through puppets Blair is able to tell deep and complex stories with the various characters often being different extensions of his own personality. Right! Not your average puppet show! — The Huffington Post Catalyst Ranch Ignite Theatre presents its next feature: The Blair Thomas & [...]

By Eva|2018-04-26T16:54:29-05:00October 23rd, 2015|Categories: Art, Create, Meet|Tags: Art, award, blair thomas, Chicago, Chicago theater, company, Corporate Events, creation, Creative, Experience, fellowship, Filter, Innovative, interview, marionette, pageant, parade, personal, Photos, production, puppet, school of the art institute of chicago, teach, Theater, venue, West Loop|

projectMUSIC

The stories of the 40 children who live at LYDIA are consistently shocking and upsetting. These kids have been handed one of the most difficult challenges the world can offer - being taken from their parents due to abuse and/or neglect. The children in LYDIA’s Residential Treatment Center (home for abused and neglected children) are all [...]

By Eva|2018-04-26T16:54:32-05:00July 6th, 2015|Categories: Art, Catalyst Ranch, Create, Creativity, Events, Inspire, Meetings|Tags: camp, challenge, Chicago, children, difficult, Donate, donor, Environment, event, Filter, foster, FUN, heal, healing, help, home, Organization, Photos, Play, Skills, spring break, summer, Vacation, volunteer, ward of state, West Loop|

Finding Balance in a Chaotic World

Please stand up and do some jumping jacks for guest blogger Kim Ready! Fitness Engaged is our newest meeting mix-in vendor and is a full service wellness company offering corporate wellness programs, seminars, and retreats along with 4 programs designed to give your meeting a healthy balance. We live in a world of demanding deadlines, calendars [...]

By Eva|2018-04-26T16:54:32-05:00June 9th, 2015|Categories: Authors, Catalyst Ranch, Create, Creative Spaces, Creativity, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Inspire, Interviews, Meet, Meetings|Tags: active, anxiety, Balance, career, Chicago, corporate event, diet, Energy, exervise, Filter, fit life, Food, Health, healthy, Inspire, love, Meet, Passion, Photos, schedule, self love, Stress, time, West Loop|

Diversity and Inclusion: ‘Build Bridges, Not Walls’

Welcome guest blogger and Catalyst Ranch Art-Work Program Facilitator, Troy Cicero! Diversity and Inclusion are indeed my passion, and what I have discovered is that as organizations attempt to embark on a diversity and inclusion journey, one of the biggest challenges faced is executive level commitment. Executives often view their role as approving the diversity and [...]

By Eva|2018-04-26T16:54:34-05:00April 14th, 2015|Categories: Art, Brainstorm, Catalyst Ranch, Consultants, Create, Creative Spaces, Creativity, Entrepreneurs, Inspire, Interviews, Meet, Meetings|Tags: Accountability, Catalyst Ranch, Chicago, commitment, Communication, Corporate Events, Creative Meeting Space, Creative Meetings, Culture, Diversity, emotional intelligence, empathy, Filter, inclusion, Innovative Venue, interview, John Stuart Mill, multicultural, perspective, Photos, Responsibility, The Art Institute of Chicago presenting Art-Work, Troy Cicero, understanding, venue, Vision, West Loop|

“You should be in the pictures, kid!”

Come one, come all to the second annual Creative Meeting Carnival at Catalyst Ranch! Join us on February 23 to explore the possibilities for your creative corporate meetings in 2015 and beyond! Meet our partner vendors and learn more about how their diverse offerings that can help you make meeting magic! Today we are spotlighting one [...]

By Eva|2018-04-26T16:54:57-05:00February 10th, 2015|Categories: Create, Inspire, Meet|Tags: Carnival, Catalyst Ranch, Chicago, Corporate Events, Creative Meeting Carnival, Creative Meetings, Filter, Fotio, Innovative Venue, Nick Harvey, Photobooth, photography, Photos, Sepia, West Loop|