On Saturday Oct. 10 and Sunday Oct. 11, 2025, Aretha Sills, the granddaughter of Viola Spolin, will be side-coaching an improvisational acting workshop at the UIC Jane Addams Hull House, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, for actors, educators, directors, and improvisers. Sign up or learn more: click here. Working with immigrants from the Maxwell Street … Read More
SUNDAY JUNE 8TH: DCASE IS PROVIDING A FREE TROLLEY between Maxwell Street Market and the Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park from 10:45 – 2:15PM. Trolley will make continuous runs from Maxwell Street (1330 S. Halsted) to Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph Street). AT MILLENNIUM PARK Check out more Blues Music at the Historic Maxwell Street Market, the City’s … Read More
Nick Jackson, a member of the Maxwell Street Foundation’s Advisory Council and artist working at Project Onward, is curating a Maxwell Street-related exhibition this summer at the Maxwell Street Market and in Project Onward’s exhibition space. Project Onward is a studio for artists with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. Please see the details below for our collaborative event; contact for … Read More
The iconic Maxwell Street Market is at its original location on Maxwell Street for the 2025 season, and the Maxwell Street Foundation will be one of the vendors, selling our t-shirts, books, shopping bags and more. We’d love to chat with you about the Market’s history and future! Dates for Maxwell Street Market on Select … Read More
There will be a guided visit of the exhibition “Poor Man’s Paradise” at Project Onward (1200 W 35th St, 4th Floor) on Saturday 09/06/25 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Nick Jackson, a member of the Maxwell Street Foundation’s Advisory Council and artist working at Project Onward, is curating a Maxwell Street-related exhibition this summer at the Maxwell Street Market and in … Read More
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2025 season. Join us September 14, 2025. The market is free for all ages to attend, and runs from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Visitors to the Maxwell Street Market will experience an eclectic mix of foods and finds—including … Read More
The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home on Maxwell Street for the 2025 season. Join us October 5, 2025. The market is free for all ages to attend, and runs from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Visitors to the Maxwell Street Market will experience an eclectic mix of foods and finds—including … Read More
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
“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
June 11-12, 2016. Join the Maxwell Street Foundation at the famous annual Printers’ Row Book Fair to buy Maxwell Street history publications, including Chicago’s Maxwell Street by Lori Grove and Laura Kamedulski, Arcadia Publishing, Inc., 2002.
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!