No - I have not been swallowed up by the city…

Although it may appear that I have died or perhaps have gotten misplaced somewhere in this city, it is not true - my lack of blogging has been mainly due to business (and laziness.) However, I have also found myself settling into a good routine and perhaps did not feel the need to extensively blog. With the last few weeks ahead though I will try to stay on top.

First, a quick recap of the past few weeks. Work, class, art events and perhaps some fun activities on the weekend. One of our most notable art events recently was “Jersey Boys” the musical - the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Fun music and overall a decent musical. I think many people my age don’t think they know the Four Seasons but once they hear their classics such as “Sherry,” “Walk like a man,” and “Oh what a night…” they realize that they do indeed know it.

The Alvin Ailey Dance Company - amazing to say the least. This was probably one of my most favorite events thus far. We got to see vingettes or a sampling of many of their pieces as well as the half hour long “Revelations” which is set to all gospel music. The dance and music was beutiful and very moving.

“Rent” - the musical. Very famous and long running musical. However, I was actually not very impressed. For one we were sitting literally at the very back of the theater, making it impossible to see facial expressions and hard to hear dialog and music. The other factor was that it is a musical that is hyped up so much that I was probably expecting too much. Finally, I actually didn’t think it is that well written of a musical. The script is very sporadic with all kinds of characters who never really develop, too much dialog is sung which makes the music seem weak and poorly written and overall I just thought it was poorly executed.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - a few of us students bought cheap students tickets for the CSO, even though the arts class is attending the CSO as a group next week. The theme was “Back to Bach” and obviously featured some great Bach pieces. The Symphony and the hall was also a bit of an experience in itself. I would recommend going to the CSO at least once if you can for a night of rich culture.