Architecture
Historic Buildings, Organizations, A View on Cities, Archeworks, Archiseek: Chicago, Architech, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Harbor Light, Chicago Imagebase, Chicago Landmarks, Chicago: National Register Travel Itinerary, From Louis Sullivan to SOM: Boston Grads Go to Chi
Artists and Galleries
Aldo Castillo Gallery, Anatomically Correct Gallery, Andrew Bae Gallery, Ann Nathan Gallery, ARC Gallery, Around the Coyote, Beverly Art Center, Biedron, Tim, BigCityART: Steve Skinner, Chicago Fine Arts Exchange
Comedy
Chicago Comedy Company, Chicago Comedy Festival, Chicago Improv Festival, Cleaning Ladies, The, ComedySportz Chicago, Dobie Maxwell, Galileo Players, Gilmartin, Paul, ImprovChicago, Paper Monkeys
Crafts
Balloon Sculpting, Bead Society of Greater Chicago, Caxton Club of Chicago, Chicago Area Origami Society (CHAOS), Chicago Area Polymer Clay Guild, Lill Street Art Center, Pillow a.go.go, Renegade Craft Fair, Stitch 'n' Bitch Chicago, Ukrainian Village Children's Center, Windy City Knitting Guild (WCKG)
Dance
Ballet, Education, Flamenco, Folk Dancing, Jazz, Latin, Middle Eastern, Modern, Swing, Tango
Events
57th Street Art Fair, Art Chicago, Artists of the Wall Festival, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Maritime Festival, Chicago Reader Guide to Art: Special Events, Chicago's St Patrick's Day Parade, Hyde Park - University of Chicago Arts Fest, Hyde Park Community Art Fair
Graphic Design
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Chicago, Graphic Arts Guild (GAG) Chicago, X-Chicago: Chicago's Art-Tech Resource
Guides and Directories
CHI blue, Chicago Afterhours, Chicago's Weekend Events, Chicago's West and West Suburbs, ChicagoNightlife.com, City of Chicago, Concert Finders, Everything 0, Footlights, NightGuide
Literature
Poetry, Chicago Literary Club, Chicago Oxford Society, Chicago-North Chapter, Romance Writers of America, Golden Rule Jones, Great Books Foundation, The, Olsen, J.W., Windy City Romance Writers of America
Magazines
After Hours Press, Another Chicago Magazine, BlogChicago: The City Talks, Bridge Magazine, Chicago Gallery News, Chicago Reader, Contrary Magazine, Conundrum, F Newsmagazine, Newcity Chicago Magazine
Movies
Film Festivals, 3 Penny Cinema, Brew & View at the Vic, CFCA - Chicago Film Critics Association, Chicago Area Star Wars Collectors Club, Chicago Film Office, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Force, Chicago Psychotronic Film Society, Community Film Workshop of Chicago, Davis Theater
Museums
Art Museums, Children's Museums, Cultural, Science, Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Metromix Museums and Galleries Channel, Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum, Glessner House Museum, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Museum Campus Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Oriental Institute, The Museum of Broadcast Communications
Music
Bands and Artists, Clubs and Venues, Education, Record Labels, Styles, Adrenaline Y2K, Inc. - Global Adrenaline.net, American Guild of Organists, Chicago Chapter, Bass Club Chicago, CHaT - Chicago Harmony and Truth, Chicago Area Shows Listing, Chicago Chapter, GRAMMY: the Recording Academy, Chicago Local Bands, Chicago Metromix Music Channel, Chicago-Music-Scene.com, ChicagoGigs.com
Performing Arts
Magic, Puppetry, Act One Studios, Actors' Center, The, AMEBA Acrobatic and Aerial Dance, Andy Martello - Chicago's Comic Juggler, Audition Studio, The, C.C. Carter, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago Storytelling Guild, Chicago Theatre, The, Free Street Program
Photography
Photographers, Chicago Alliance of African-American Photographers, Chicago Photographic Collectors Society, Chicago Stereo Camera Club, Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum, Howe Digital Photography, Panoramic Images, Photographic Society of America (PSA), Chicago Cha
Theatre
African, Dinner Theatre, Experimental, Guides and Directories, Improvisational, Physical Theatre, Venues, American Theatre Company, Appetite Theatre Company, Arie Crown Theater, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Beverly Theatre Guild, Broadway in Chicago, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, City Lit Theatre Company, Classics On Stage
Visual Arts
Performance Art, Sculpture, Anchor Graphics, Beacon Street Gallery & Theatre, Carol Smoler, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Claro Art Studio / Chicago School of Mold Making a, DoogMa Design, Hot Headz, Hyde Park Art Center, Intuit - Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, JMP Gallery: Justyna Pietraszewska
Arts Bridge
Strengthens the nonprofit cultural community by assisting emerging cultural groups with the business of the arts. Offers office space, office equipment and administrative support services.
Chicago Art Deco Society (CADS)
A not-for-profit organization devoted to preserving all things Deco. Features a magazine, an events calendar, related links, news, and membership information.
Chicago Artists' Coalition
A non-profit service organization open to artists and non-artists. The CAConline provides up-to-date information on the organization's services, Chicago art community events, and features the works of member artists.
Chicago Cultural Center
Architectural showplace for the lively and visual arts. Event calendar, information and membership featured.
Chicago Festival Association
Non-profit organization that produces community events that positively impact and positively affect the overall quality of life, including Field's Jingle Elf Parade.
Little Black Pearl Workshop
LBPW exposes youth to art and culture while teaching the profitable connection between art, education, and business. Information on in-school and after-school programs, adult and teacher workshops, and summer programs.
loophole
An online magazine focused on skewering and sending up work and life in Chicago's loop and beyond. For those with a love-hate relationship with the City. Includes submission information, diaries and stories, and various comedic or serious online writing.
North Lakeside Cultural Center
Offers memberships for cultural events and can be rented for weddings and parties.
Side Project, The
An ensemble of local artists using various art forms to examine and portray the human condition at the peak of adversity. Includes weekly meetings of writers to review scripts, submissions for actors, writers and artisans, mailing list, and contacts.
Tangerine Arts Group
Non-profit that emphasizes collaboration in developing art and provides details of its support for creative, financial, and organizational projects in all artistic media.