Welcome to Chicago Salons!

A “Salon” in this sense is a gathering of intelligent people who seek not only to meet and socialize with other like-minded people, but to focus their discussion on a specific topic.

To accomplish this, we assign a “theme” to each salon – and feature a person or persons who are experts in that area and who can either provide a presentation or lead a discussion about the theme/topic. The result is a stimulating evening of intellectual and focused thought.

Here is a list of the salons we have hosted or will be hosting. You can click on any of them to go to the page – or you can use the menu above.

• Exoplanets With NASA’s Dr. Knicole Colon and the James Webb Space Telescope

• An Evening With Grammy Award-Winning Percussionist, Matthew Duvall. Thursday, February 23, 2023

• A French Evening with the Black Oak Ensemble. Saturday, December 5, 2020. LIVE EVENT!

• Dr. Elly Toyoda – An Evening of Violin Performance, Musical Insights, and Discussions with Artists and Composers! Saturday, November 21, 2020. LIVE EVENT! 

• Music with Ruth, Marty and the Ginsburg Family! Saturday, October 24, 2020. LIVE EVENT!

• A Taste of Opera NOW! – Saturday, May 30, 2020. LIVE EVENT!

• Innovation and Diversity in a Time of Disruption – A Discussion with Christie Hefner and Dennis Chookaszian – Saturday, March 7, 2020

• Interactive Percussion with Grammy Award Winner Matthew Duvall – Saturday, February 1, 2020

• Big Shoulders Ensemble Presents the “Chamber Jam” – Monday, December 2, 2019

• Leadership! A Discussion with Former Navy Secretary John H. Dalton. Friday, November 15, 2019

• Want to Write a Book? Here’s How to Do It! Saturday, November 2, 2019

•  Captain Charlie Plumb, POW, USNR (Ret). Sunday, May 26, 2019

• Sex and Human Labor Trafficking – A Discussion With Laurel Bellows – Saturday, May 11, 2019

• Biological and Cognitive Underpinnings of Religious Fundamentalism, Saturday, April 13, 2019

• Diderot String Quartet! Wednesday, March 20, 2019

• Hamilton! Reflections and Fun with Members of the Cast! Sunday, February 10, 2019″

• Chamber Jam! Monday, January 21, 2019

• Spektral Quartet Returns! – Friday, November 30

• Black Oak Ensemble – “Silenced Voices” – Saturday, September 29

• An Evening with INA – the Breakfast Queen – Saturday, June 23

• Multiple Sclerosis – Up Close and Personal

• Epilepsy – Up Close and Personal

• iGIANT Roundtable

• Jim Lovell – Apollo XIII

• Baseball as a Business – Bill Barthalomay

• Super Nuke! – Cold War Nuclear Submarines

• Critical Skills and the Doom Loop

• Gender Equality Issues – Andie Kramer

• Robotic Surgery

• FBI Counter Terrorism

• Dr. Rocky Kolb – Exo-Planets

• Dr. Rocky Kolb – Telescopes in Chile

• Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

• Eighth Blackbird

• Spektral Quartet

• Hands of Peace

• Blair Thomas – Puppeteers

• Wine Tasting and Provence (Piaugier)

• Kerry Cohen – Author – Teenage Female Sexuality and Issues

• Women’s Health – Cancer Issues

Our salons are by invitation only. If you are interested about attending, please fill out and return the form provided in the “Contact US” page or simply by clicking HERE.