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North Lawndale Arts & Culture Festival

August 6, 2016

August 6, 2016. Join the Maxwell Street Foundation and other arts and culture organizations at Douglas Park Fieldhouse in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Many residents of the old Maxwell Street neighborhood moved to Lawndale?for?upward mobility or due to displacement by urban renewal. This is the first annual festival!

Women’s Voices on Maxwell Street: The Silent Influence – Corine A. Azem MA Thesis

December 22, 2016

This project was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Maxwell Street Foundation. It is a compilation of stories surrounding five influential women as they pertain to Chicago’s Maxwell Street. These women have each had their stories documented to varying degrees, and some are more well known than others. But it was not … Read More

Community Partners with DePaul’s Steans Center

August 24, 2016

The Maxwell Street Foundation partnered with the Irwin W. Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning at DePaul University to have students in Maxwell Street Foundation board member Janelle Walker’s “Documenting Maxwell Street and Pilsen” classes catalogue some of the Maxwell Street Foundation’s collection of historic material documenting the old Maxwell Street Market and neighborhood. Students … Read More

Muddy Waters Mural on State Street

August 24, 2016

Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra painted a rainbow-colored mural of blues legend Muddy Waters in 2016. Muddy Waters gained acclaim playing clubs on the South and West sides in the 1940s and ’50s and through his hits at Chess Records, based in Chicago. The mural, which is part of the Wabash Arts Corridor project to … Read More

Maxwell Street’s Last Hope

June 10, 2016

“Maxwell Street’s Last Hope” at Uri-Eichen Gallery, 2101 S. Halsted, Chicago, June 10- July 1, 2016 Opening Friday, June 10, 2016 from 6-10 pm with live music: Low-reen & the Maxwell St Market Blues Band, featuring Killer Ray Allison, Rasheed Stewart Muhammad, & Chris Alexander. MAXWELL STREET’S LAST HOPE will explore the meager resources that … Read More

Maxwell Street Foundation at the New Maxwell Street Market

April 3, 2016

From April through October in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Maxwell Street Foundation will keep a seasonal presence at the New Maxwell Street Market by a history display of photos, books, T-shirts and posters. Shoppers have one-stop shopping at the Market to show their love of Maxwell Street! The Market is open to the public … Read More

Prospectus Art Gallery “West Side Images”

September 3, 2016

September 3 through October 9, 2016 — “West Side Images” Eufemio Pulido and the Maxwell Street Photography Collection at the Prospectus Art Gallery at 1210 W. 18th Street, Chicago. Open Wed-Sun 12-5 pm — Mon & Tue by appointment. 312-733-6132. Opening reception September 3, 5-10 pm with entertainment by Vincent Johnson and Joe Gollinger. Eufemio … Read More

Open House Chicago – Chicago Architecture Foundation

October 15, 2016

October 15-16, 2016, Maxwell Street Collection portfolio of photographs on display at University Hall, 26th floor, at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus.

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