Help us with a 3-D Animation Project
We’re creating a digital experience — a walk through of the Maxwell Street Market in Chicago c. 1970! We’re looking for volunteer assistance for someone with animation or Photoshop skills or looking to develop those skills. If you’re a student that can do this kind of unpaid intern work for school credit, we’d be grateful! … Read More
Blues in the Czech Republic
The Maxwell Street Foundation gave a walking tour of Maxwell Street on June 4th to a group of 10 Blues enthusiasts / Blues fans / Blues history fans visiting from the Czech Republic for the 2024 Annual Chicago Blues Festival. Its organizer, Štěpán Suchochleb, reached out via the Maxwell Street Foundation’s website for the tour of … Read More
MSF to vend at the Maxwell Street Market
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2024 season beginning Sunday, May 26, with six market days taking place on the last Sunday of each month through October 27 (the only exception being the August date, which is rescheduled to September 1). Visitors to the Maxwell … Read More
MSF to vend at the Maxwell Street Market
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2024 season beginning Sunday, May 26, with six market days taking place on the last Sunday of each month through October 27 (the only exception being the August date, which is rescheduled to September 1). Visitors to the Maxwell … Read More
MSF to vend at the Maxwell Street Market
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2024 season beginning Sunday, May 26, with six market days taking place on the last Sunday of each month through October 27 (the only exception being the August date, which is rescheduled to September 1). Visitors to the Maxwell … Read More
MSF to vend at the Maxwell Street Market
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2024 season beginning Sunday, May 26, with six market days taking place on the last Sunday of each month through October 27 (the only exception being the August date, which is rescheduled to September 1). Visitors to the Maxwell … Read More
MSF to vend at the Maxwell Street Market
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2024 season beginning Sunday, May 26, with six market days taking place on the last Sunday of each month through October 27 (the only exception being the August date, which is rescheduled to September 1). Visitors to the Maxwell … Read More
MSF to vend at Maxwell Street Market
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2024 season beginning Sunday, May 26, with six market days taking place on the last Sunday of each month through October 27 (the only exception being the August date, which is rescheduled to September 1). Visitors to the Maxwell … Read More
Maxwell Street Foundation Merch at Chicago BluesFest
We’ll be at Chicago BluesFest in Grant Park selling books, t-shirts, posters, and pins at the Blues Village tent on Friday, June 7 through Sunday, June 9, 2024, from 12-8pm!
“Mr. H” Holger “Max Halsted” W. Wollert obituary
Farewell to Mr. H, who was a big presence in the fight to save the old Maxwell Street Market in the 1990s. Our board member Steve Balkin writes: “I am sad to report that my good friend and Maxwell St. Blues legend Mr. H. has passed way in Arkansas, where he retired to. Mr. H … Read More