Whether you are looking for an authentic Chicago souvenir or a one-of-a-kind collectible for your home, shopping in Chicago is more when you’re shopping local. During special Neighborhood Artisan Markets happening all summer, artisans and businesses from throughout Chicago set up shop at Navy Pier to offer items for sale and show off the city’s dynamic neighborhoods.
The Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1301 N Humboldt Dr in Chicago has been the setting for several of our pop-ups this summer under the banner of Lolita's Bodega.
The scenic and gorgeous setting is the perfect back drop for local entrepreneurs to market and sell their products. Follow us on our social media pages to keep up with our appearances here.
This design captures an image of the Island/Tree or Home/Tree, which is re-imagined through the idea of growth but also the fragility of change.
We are pleased to announce Daniela Mouleón as our 2017 Freedom Effect Scholar. A dreamer, and a doer, Daniela represents what inspired us to begin the Freedom Effect project.
Last year, we asked our daughters, Ava and Naia, who were then six and thirteen years old, to collaborate on a design that expresses their idea of freedom.
Bomba “is a musical expression created in Puerto Rico at the end of the 17th century by West Africans and their descendants who worked the colonial sugar plantations along the island’s coast. Through fiery drum rhythms and improvised dance, the cane workers released the feelings of anger, resistance, and sadness, which characterized their condition.”