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
Nate’s Deli sign on view in “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli exhibition
Through April 14, 2024, Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077 A sign from the former Nate’s Deli in the collection of the Maxwell Street Foundation is on loan to this temporary exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, Illinois. Nate Duncan worked at Lyon’s Delicatessen on Maxwell Street … Read More
Op-Ed by Steve Balkin: Maxwell Street Market has a rich history and deserves the support that would allow it to thrive
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-maxwell-street-market-incubator-chicago-support-20230317-hxsqfruxhvaptd7jthdcpqvq6q-story.html I applaud the Tribune for writing about the success of Rubi’s Tacos, moving from the all-outdoors new Maxwell Street Market to a bricks-and-mortar restaurant in the Pilsen neighborhood. Their food is great, and they attracted world-class foodies to do cable TV segments about them and the market. What some may not know is that Rubi’s … Read More