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The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures. Chicago area programs focus on peacebuilding, Middle East peace, youth and militarism and the rights of taxi drivers.
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The Chicago History Museum invites Chicagoans and visitors to explore the people, places, and cultures that transformed Chicago into the urban metropolis that has significantly shaped American history and society. The Museum cares for, showcases, and interprets millions of authentic pieces of Chicago and U.S. history, telling the story of the city and its people. A vital, active part of Chicago’s cultural and educational life, the Museum offers a range of popular programs and tours, as well as critical resources for Illinois educators. The Museum invites you to engage with their stories and make history yourself.
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Chicago Opera Theater’s mission is to provide first class productions of small to middle scale opera repertoire in the Chicago area, develop young artists, expand and diversify its audience, be one of the best mid-sized opera companies in the country and be an integral part of Chicago’s cultural landscape. Chicago Opera Theater fulfills this mission through careful planning of repertoire, affordable ticket prices for performances in the 1,400 seat Harris Theater, and in-depth arts education and community outreach programs. The strategic objective is to remain a mid-sized opera company that offers admission at modest prices and intimate settings reflecting their belief that opera should be widely accessible.
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Since 1873, the Chicago Public Library has offered equal access to information, ideas, and knowledge through books, programs, and other resources. Modern technology has increased that access and the Library has kept pace, offering free Internet access, WiFi and over 80 online newspapers, magazines, and databases. The Library welcomes and supports all people in their enjoyment of reading and their pursuit of lifelong learning through free author talks and educational programs every month in each of the 79 locations throughout the city. Celebrate the freedom to read, to learn, and to discover.
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From its humble origins 134 years ago, Chicago State University has evolved into an outstanding, nationally-acclaimed university that provides a value-added education for all who enter its hallowed halls. Consistently evolving to reflect state of the art trends in higher education, the university has always kept sight of its educational mission and enhanced its services to Chicago and its surrounding communities. In addition to the programs offered by the university's four colleges, Chicago State University has a Division of Continuing Education and Non-Traditional Programs that reach out to the community with extension courses, distance learning, and not-for-credit programs.
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The story of Chicago is often seen as the Tale of Two Cities. Unfortunately, only one of these stories usually gets told in all its detail: the glitzy and glorious downtown, where problems are forgotten and escapist fantasy reigns. Then there's the other Chicago, where most residents live, where problems linger, and solutions are created by citizens noisily exercising their democratic rights. The Community Media Workshop is trying to link the two Chicagos by encouraging the media to report on the other Chicago, and by training people of that Chicago to tell their stories.
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Community Renewal Society is a progressive, faith-based organization that works to eliminate race and class barriers. Founded in 1882, Community Renewal informs, organizes and trains both communities and individuals to advocate for social and economic justice, while providing investigative reports on issues of education, government, housing, criminal and social justice and economic conditions through its independent, award-winning publications: The Chicago Reporter, with investigations to engage leaders and residents in critical issues around race and poverty; and Catalyst Chicago, which serves as a watchdog and resource, fueling efforts to ensure that Chicago’s public schools serve all their children well.
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Culinary Historians of Chicago studies the history of food and drink in human cultures. Why we procure, prepare and serve the food we do has cultural, sociological, geographical, financial and political influences. We encourage participation from all walks of life: from academics to home cooks, chefs to grill masters, farmers to heirloom gardeners, food scientists to students. Our programs, and those of our sister organization Chicago Foodways Roundtable, are supported by research, fieldwork and scholarship, though geared to an informed popular audience. We welcome everyone to gather at our table to share food, drink and their life's culinary experiences.
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The Donors Forum brings together the people, ideas and resources at the heart of the region’s philanthropic community, and is the premier resource for networking and education, information and knowledge, and leadership on behalf of philanthropy in the region. As a nonprofit membership association of grantmakers, individual donors and advisors, the Donors Forum advances philanthropy by serving its members and the community, and by promoting an effective and informed nonprofit sector.
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The Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College Chicago works to deepen understanding and appreciation of how issues relating to women, gender, creativity and community shape social policy, culture, and history. Within this framework, the Institute addresses ideas of access, representation, equity, and participation, as well as race and class, using the arts and media as a central means of research, engagement, public education, and advocacy. The Institute offers a wide range of public programs, including exhibitions, performances and discussions, as well as fellowships, research residencies, and student-based curriculum intersections within Columbia College.
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The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. Promoting knowledge of the German language abroad, and fostering international cultural cooperation, Goethe-Institut conveys a comprehensive picture of Germany by providing information on Germany's cultural, social and political life. The Goethe-Institut Chicago organizes and supports a broad spectrum of cultural events, chief among them the awarding of the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize. Along with being the focal point for the Institut’s work promoting German literature in translation, it serves as a connection point with American publishing as well.
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Goodman Theatre, Chicago’s oldest and largest not-for-profit theater, has won international renown for the quality of productions, the depth and diversity of artistic leadership, and the excellence of its many community and educational programs. It has earned unparalleled artistic distinction, garnered hundreds of awards – including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre (1992) – and moved dozens of plays from Chicago to stages in New York and abroad. CONTEXT: Discourse/Discussion, Goodman's newest series, engages audiences in conversations that both illuminate their productions and act as catalysts for deeper exploration.
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The Highland Park Historical Society represents a community effort to preserve our past and present for the future. Our historical archives of photographs, city documents, maps and books dating back to the city's founding in 1869 are maintained for research and interpretation. The rich history and culture of Highland Park, Ravinia Festival and Fort Sheridan are revealed in programs highlighting local architecture, history, landscape and residents' personal stories. We often go beyond our city's borders to examine history of regional, state and national importance in order to provide information in a meaningful context.
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Celebrating almost 70 years of success, the Hyde Park Art Center has been serving the Hyde Park-Kenwood community and surrounding neighborhoods as well as the metropolitan Chicago area with outstanding visual art exhibitions and education programs. Since its inception in 1939, the Center’s mission has been to stimulate and sustain the vitality of the visual arts in Chicago. To fulfill this mission, the Center actively pursues arts mentorship within the community it serves, fostering a collective spirit among artists, teachers and students, children and families, collectors, and the general public.
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The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) is an educational organization dedicated to fostering a culture in which the humanities are a vital part of the lives of individuals and communities. Through its programs and grants, the IHC promotes greater understanding of, appreciation for, and involvement in the humanities by all Illinoisans, regardless of their economic resources, cultural background, or geographic location. Organized as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 1973, the IHC is now a private nonprofit (501 [c] 3) organization that is funded by contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations, by the Illinois General Assembly, and by the NEH.
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The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at UIC and serves as a dynamic memorial to Jane Addams, the work of her associates, and the neighborhood they served. The Museum and its programs make connections between the work of Hull-House residents and important contemporary social issues. Addams and the residents of Hull-House created opportunities for civic discourse and dialogue, advocated for public health, fair labor practices, full citizenship rights for immigrants, public education, recreational and public space, public arts, and free speech. The Museum preserves and develops the original Hull-House site for the interpretation and continuation of the historic settlement house vision, linking research, education, and social engagement.
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Founded in1934, The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group of business and civic leaders committed to serving the public interest through the promotion and implementation of sensible planning and development policies necessary for an economically competitive Chicago region. MPC researches and develops policy recommendations and conducts outreach and advocacy in partnership with public and community leaders to enhance equity of opportunity and quality of life throughout Metropolitan Chicago.
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One of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) presents exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. Each season the MCA offers a series of conversations, lectures and panels that explore the visual and intellectual complexities of contemporary art and design and their connection to culture and history. Using the MCA’s exhibitions and its collection as a point of departure, these stimulating programs put audiences in direct contact with today's most innovative artists, curators, designers and scholars.
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The Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) provokes dialogue and promotes change by creating opportunities for adults in low-income neighborhoods to write, publish, and perform works about their lives. NWA hosts free writing workshops for adults in libraries and social service agencies during which participants tell their stories and make connections between their own histories and the experiences of others. Selected writing from the workshops is published quarterly in the Journal of Ordinary Thought (JOT), which was founded on the proposition that Every Person Is a Philosopher and strives to be a vehicle for reflection, communication, and change. NWA further amplifies the voices and stories from Chicago’s neighborhoods through public readings, local theatrical, and media coverage.
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Nextbook is a nonprofit organization that is a gateway to Jewish literature, culture, and ideas. In Chicago, Nextbook partners with the Chicago Public Library and the North Suburban Library System to offer a variety of innovative public programs. On the national level, Nextbook's Web site offers a daily cultural news digest, original features, and recommended books, as well as a Jewish Encounters book series in partnership with Schocken books. Nextbook was established by Keren Keshet of the Rainbow Foundation.
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