Visual comparison between Chicago and New York

So I found this awesome poster that shows a visual comparison between Chicago and New York. It's very well designed and colorful, making it attractive to read. Check out the image:

Dia de los Muetos Event

Rachel and I got a chance to go to the Dia de los Muetos Event last Thursday. Although the weather wasn't the greatest, it didn't stop people from checking out the museum. At the Children's Museum on the Navy Pier, we brought our recording devices to capture the event at hand. Upon arrival we listened to some of the mexican music that was being performed. The music and dancing encapsulate evening on the second floor while a flurry of activities, such as paper mask making, clay sculpture creating, and many more workshops dominated the lively event.

We got a chance to interview Keith McCormick, the Director of Cultural Programs, who was in charge of the evening's activities. It was a great way to showcase cultural heritage from around the world and getting kids and adults to participate in the activities together. Overall he wanted to welcome everyone, locals or walk-ins, to experience and share their creative talent or have a good time in the museum with their kids. I had a lot of fun exploring the museum since it was my first time. Rachel even recorded my plane creation activity. I was overly impressed with all the space and play tables and props that were set up around the museum. It truly was a great place for kids to explore all day.

Overall it was a good evening interviewing people. We recorded a few families and kids and got a great insight about the activities and the programs the museum has to offer. Quinn, a staff at the museum, had the chance to tell us about her experience in art education and how it has gotten her to love the program. In the end we learned a lot about the children's event and highly recommend bringing your kids to Chicago Children's Museum. You can check them out on at www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org.

Trip to Sear's Tower with alphabet in mind

I just got back from a trip to the Sears Tower. Btw, I still call it Sears because I believe it's the spirit of the building and I don't really care how much money you have if you want to change the name to a historic site (someone explained to me that chicagoians still call it Sears and yell in discouragement when called Willis Towers *cough wheeze*). But overall it's a pretty cool exhibit: the Skydeck Ledge. Sure there are the other exhibits – the history of the building, the founders of the site, events during the construction of the tallest building, and so forth. Overall it's a great place to blend in history and art to a specific installation, especially on one of the beloved towers in Chicago.

During my trip there and back I was busy hunting for structures that shape letters of the alphabet. I found the easy ones pretty fast – O, W, M, H, V, I, P – but the tricky ones I still need are A, R, K, D, G, Q, and Z. I think I should get a majority of them tomorrow if I don't see any today. Piece of cake? I don't think so.