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Neighborhood Social

Event flyer for a Neighborhood Social with three vintage art images, event details (Sept. 10, 6–9 PM), ticket prices, RSVP info, and mention of food, drinks, silent auction, performance, and celebration.

Join Hull-House for a celebration of history and the arts as tools for civic participation! Our evening is inspired by the “Hull-House Chamber Theatre,” gatherings that took place in the homes of friends and supporters during the 1960s. This intimate evening will feature a performance by acclaimed chamber music ensemble D-Composed, weaving in texts from the play Halsted Street, which was written and performed at Hull-House in 1939. A silent auction will feature work by contemporary Chicago artists, historic photographic prints from the Hull-House Collection, and signature “experiences” of Chicago history.

Auction experiences include four tickets to the Joffrey’s Nutcracker alongside drinks or tea with dance historian Susan Manning, Chicago history bike tour with historian Brad Hunt, dinner with a private chef at the historic Ravenswood home of artist Martin Puryear, a guided tour and membership to the Driehaus Museum, and a behind-the-scenes tour of Saint Ignatius College Prep and Church of the Holy Family, the “Ellis Island of the Midwest” with historian Ellen Skerrett. We are so excited to share these experiences (and more) with you!

Thursday, September 10
6 to 9 pm

Private residence in Lincoln Park*

6 pm food & drinks & silent auction
7 pm remarks & scenes & music
7:45 pm drinks & sweets & conversation

Tickets starting at $150 Please RSVP by AUGUST 14!

2026 Neighborhood Social Sponsors

Lead Sponsors

Gustavo Bamberger & Martha Van Haitsma
Amy & Rahul Khare
Liesl Olson & John McGuire
An Anonymous Neighbor

The Jane Club

Jane & Don Hunt
Anna Kornbluh & Ezra Friedman
Rachel B. Tiven
Penny Pritzker & Bryan Traubert
The Chicago Community Trust

 Supporting Sponsors

Karen & Liam Krehbiel
Susan & Doug Lyons
Susan Manning & Doug Doetsch
Sarah Montgomery Interiors
Lisa Yun Lee

Artists Featured in the Silent Auction

Gabriel Chalfin-Piney Gonzalez
Olly Costello
Carlos Flores
Tanya Gill
D. Lammie Hanson
Marylu Herrera
Tulika Ladsariya
Rosondunnii Marshall / The Darkroom Chicago
Erin Mckinley
Noam Nayberg
Fick Patterson
Melissa H. Potter
Elise Robison
Diana Solis
Christy Webber Farm & Garden
Latham Zearfoss

Tickets

Single Tickets

Walk in the historic steps of Louise DeKoven Bowen, Florence Kelly, Julia Lathrop, Mary Rozet Smith and many others by choosing to be a Benefactor! Or channel the spirit of Hilda Satt Polacheck and Ellen Gates Starr by choosing to be a Neighbor & Resident! Artist tickets reserved for members of our creative community.

Benefactor: $300 (1 ticket)

Neighbor & Resident: $150 (1 ticket)

Artist: $75 (Reserved for members of our creative community)

 Sponsorships

Lead Sponsor — $10,000 (10 tickets)

The Jane Club — $5,000 (8 tickets)

Supporting Sponsor — $2,500 (6 tickets)

To Confirm Your Sponsorship or for Further Information, Please Contact:
Jonathan Kinkley; Email: kinkley@uic.edu; Phone: 773-668-6797

*Access to the Neighborhood Social requires the use of stairs to enter the residence. Please contact the Hull-House team at jahh@uic.edu with any questions about accessibility.

 

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