Crate and Barrel's History: A Conversation with Gordon Segal
Gordon and Carole Browe Segal established the celebrated housewares and furniture retailer Crate & Barrel with the goal of offering strikingly designed, well-made products at reasonable prices. The Segals established Crate & Barrel in 1962 as a modestly financed, single outlet in Chicago’s Old Town … Read More >
Extinguishing the Myths of the Great Chicago Fire
To celebrate Carl Smith’s book Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City and the Chicago History Museum’s milestone exhibition, City on Fire: Chicago 1871, this program brings together four acclaimed specialists on Chicago history for an important conversation… Read More >
A Discussion with Chicago's Cultural Changemakers
Chicago Collections Consortium is proud to partner with the Design Museum of Chicago with the program, A Discussion with Chicago's Cultural Changemakers. Panelists Paola Aguirre, Founder, Borderless, George Aye, Co-Founder and Director of Innovation, Greater Good Studio, and Christopher Rudd, fou… Read More >
Chicago Municipal Records: Access and Accountability
Access to municipal records is important for government accountability. In some major U.S. cities, there is a city-wide mandate to preserve municipal records, a master retention schedule, and a central municipal archives. Chicago, however, has historically had decentralized and inconsistent policies… Read More >
Tempestt Hazel on Sixty Inches From Center
Join us a curator and co-founder Tempestt Hazel discusses the mission, holdings and projects of Sixty Inches From Center. Sixty Inches documents the stories of Chicago artists, cultural workers, architects, organizers, memory workers, and writers of the LBTQ+, femme, BIPOC, diasporic, and disabl… Read More >
Author Talk: Michelle Duster
CCC and CCC member Bronzeville Historical Society present Michelle Duster, who will discuss her recent book “Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells” and Wells’ impact on American history. Ms. Duster is an author, professor, public historian, and champion of racial and ge… Read More >