IRENE'S BLOG

Last week, The professor took us to the Garfield Park Conservatory which is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States . We have been to several cultural institutions this semester such as Shedd Aquarium Narrative and Chicago Cultural Center. We all enjoyed the colorful ocean world at Shedd Aquarium Narrative as well as full of artistic Chicago Cultural Center. Cultural institutions are very important projects for construction of cultural cities. The Garfield Park Conservatory is one of cultural institutions, so it is the no exception. There are three importances of the Garfield Park Conservatory. It is a real eye-opening experience to visit the Garfield Park Conservatory, for example, people can see thousands of plants which grow in different climates at the same time. The Garfield Park Conservatory is an amazing place, because it restores some kinds of the plant environment. There is a Fern Room which shows Illinois might  have looked like milli...

Cultural Institutions are carriers of cultural values. My professor led us to Chicago Cultural Center last week. I enjoyed the trip and learned a lot. The Chicago Cultural Center has been established since 1991. Every year, the Chicago Cultural Center exhibits hundreds of international and national artists’ works. We can enjoy and learn about the arts for free. In my opinion, cultural Institutions point to the cultural values, improve people artistic accomplishment and are good for improving cities’ creativity. One reason why cities support cultural institutions is the cultural values. Cultural Institutions show the cultural values and lifestyle of the city. Chicago is a multi-cultural city. We saw different kinds of art forms at Chicago Cultural Center, such as modern style arts, abstract arts and realistic arts, etc. I believe that Chicago Cultural Center becomes one of important representatives of Chicago, because Chicago Cultural Center accept all kinds of artistic work. Cul...

I knew it was going to be a good day, because it was my first time to go to Shedd Aquarium. I quite looked forward to go there with my professor and classmates. My dear professor had our free tickets, that was nice. We went there by red line train and we arrived at around 6:30pm. When we got inside,  we heard the sweet music. So nice. The first exhibit was sea otters. There were three of them cuddled up together on the stone. Maybe they are good friends or maybe they are family. They looked like they were sleeping. Sometimes the middle sea otter moved, may be it would like to change the sleeping pose. After a while, the middle sea otter woke up, it started to make sounds. The third sea otter was woken by the middle otter, but the first sea otter was still sunk in sleep! After that my classmates and I went to see belugas. They are so big! They whole body is white  like snow. The beluga revolved its snow white body in the water. It was playing water. It looked so co...

E veryone is ordinary as well as unique. I have been in Chicago for 1.5 years. Before this I lived in China for 23 years. I finished college in China. My major was jewelry design. Unfortunately, I did not like my major. I was strategic learner who aim for top grades rather than true understanding in my whole schools. After I graduated from college, my computer hard disk was broken. I lost all my college stuff, for example, my homework. That was one of my most regrettable things. Only a couple of them were kept on the internet. What a such good internet! March 27, 2014 I have loved drawing ever since I was a child. When I am drawing, I feel peaceful and comfortable. I learned sketching for 1 year at my high school. At those days I made some good friend who also loved drawing. I miss the time. December 18, 2017 My sister loves dogs very much, but I love cat very much. She has two dogs. I agree with that dog people only like their own dogs, and cat people like ca...