Hey Everyone!
My name is Melissa King and I am the Exploration Leader for the Rogers Park - Edison Park area. I am a sophomore majoring Audio Arts and Acoustics with my concentration in Acoustics. Feel free to ask me any questions about Columbia. I am looking forward to meeting you all!
If you have any questions feel free to email me at melissa.king@loop.colum.edu
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Have you ever wanted to check out one of Chicago’s markets? Come with the Exploration Leaders to explore the Green City Market!!
Wondering what changes Mayor Rahm Emanuel is planning for Chicago? Check out this video!
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is outlining his plans for a “New Chicago.” The infrastructure projects planned in his first term — including renovating 100 CTA stations, repaving half of the city’s 2,000 miles of streets and rebuilding so many parks that at least one will be within a 10-minute walk of every Chicagoan — are expected to cost $7.2 billion and will create 30,000 jobs. You can read more about the initiative here.
This is one of my FAVORITE places to go to in Chicago! Superdawg is a great place to go for a taste of one of Chicago’s famous hot dogs
A beautiful day in the Chi (Taken with Instagram at Superdawg)
superdank!
Tickets for this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival are now on sale, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.
Attention shoppers: Michigan Avenue Niketown to close for six months —The Niketown store at 669 N. Michigan Ave. will close Monday for a six-month-long renovation, temporarily laying off its 160 employees. The store is expected to re-open in mid-September.
Credit: achimh / Flickr
Summer and Fall 2012 Registration begins on Monday, March 19th
It’s that time of year again… Registration begins on March 19th for continuing degree-seeking students for both summer and fall registration. In the past, summer and fall registration were two separate dates, but this year students can register for both concurrently. Fancy!
students.colum.edu/news/2012/03/summer-and-fall-2012-registration/
Chicago feels chill as G8’s global spotlight swings away: As the loss of the G8 summit’s global spotlight begins to sink in, many onlookers say Chicago took a pie in the face — but perhaps dodged more serious injuries.
More G8 coverage:
- Ghost of ‘68 comes back to haunt Chicago in G8 fiasco
- So who’s coming to Chicago now?
- What others are saying about Chicago losing the summit
- Pro teams won’t bemoan Chicago’s G8 loss
Credit: Scott Kleinberg / Facebook
“Pic of the Day” — “Towers” by topmedic
The Trump and Sears towers, shot from the Hancock.
Do you have a Chicago-related photo you think is worthy of being our “Pic of the Day”? Submit it!
YUMM!
Taco Joint seeks to replicate success in River North: The owners of Taco Joint are hoping to replicate the Lincoln Park restaurant’s popularity with a second — and much larger — location set to open in June.
Credit: Taco Joint
Come with the Exploration Leaders as we host a trip to explore the Armitage Brown Line stop/area! There are tons of cute boutiques to shop at, a Johnny Rockets, a Starbucks, a Wizard of Oz themed park, Lincoln Park Zoo, and tons of beautiful tree lined streets.
We will be meeting up this Saturday, March 10th, at 12:30PM in Plymouth Court’s Lobby located at 731 S. Plymouth Ct.
