West Side Love Map: Color & Talking Circle

West Side Love Map: Color & Talking Circle

Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Muse Coffee Studio

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Join us for an interactive community experience centered around storytelling, creativity, healing, and collective imagination on Chicago’s West Side.

The West Side Love Map event is designed to amplify meaningful spaces and activate community pride by bringing together residents, artists, families, youth, creatives, and institutional partners in a welcoming environment rooted in possibility, culture, and connection.

Help us complete and expand the community Love Map by marking places across the West Side that hold memories, meaning, culture, joy, and vision for the future. Participants will contribute stories, reflections, and ideas directly onto the map.

Participate in a restorative justice-inspired talking circle focused on civic love, healing, and storytelling. Guided conversation prompts inspired by the “36 Questions for Civic Love” will encourage intergenerational dialogue about sacred spaces, neighborhood memories, and dreams for the future of our communities.

Fun and interactive art-making stations for all ages featuring collaborative coloring activities, creative expression, and community engagement.

Capture moments with family, friends, neighbors, and community members through a creative photo activation space.

Enjoy free refreshments, music, conversation, and a welcoming atmosphere designed to celebrate the beauty and creativity of the West Side.

Guests will receive access to community resources, including printouts and information connected to local initiatives and the “Love Letter to the West Side” research project connected with the Chicago History Museum.

Participants will have the opportunity to complete a short community survey and respond to questions, ideas, and suggestions that will help shape future West Side activations and programming.

This event is open to youth, elders, artists, educators, organizers, families, and anyone who loves the West Side and believes in the power of community storytelling and creativity.

Selections and reflections from the West Side Love Map project will be exhibited in a museum showcase on June 27, 2026.

Come help us color, map, document, and celebrate the stories of the West Side together

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Muse Coffee Studio, 747 South Western Avenue, Chicago, United States

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