Best Place To Be a Woman!

I've been thinking recently about where I'll end up after graduation, this coming spring. I like Chicago, and there are also a lot of other places throughout the U.S. I would like a chance to get to know better, but I've also been thinking about moving back to Europe. I lived in Dublin for nearly two years after graduating from undergrad, and although I don't think I'll be rushing back to Ireland any time soon I am increasingly more interested in the idea of living and working in Europe. My partner is Irish and we talk a lot about the places we'd like to live, Germany is high up on our list! I'm seriously concerned with the future of the arts in the U.S. and also the prospect for getting a job in my field after I'm done with school. Sure, Europe is going through a tuff time like the States, but after reading this article in The Huffington Post Europe is looking much more enticing. Especially for women!

Iceland
 The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/global-gender-gap-report_n_1070466.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=110211&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief

"Barack Obama's White House of Horror"

By Brian McFadden for The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/

Northern Lights

This past Monday the aurora borealis or northern lights were visible across many areas of the United States.

"According to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, auroras are created when electrons from space collide with atoms and molecules of gases (like oxygen and nitrogen) from the Earth's atmosphere. These collisions produce the amazing displays of light that we can see."

The Language of Less

New Exhibit at the MCA in Chicago, The Language of Less (Then and Now), will be showing through April 8, 2012. Minimalist and post-Minimalist work from the 1960-70's as well as new works by contemporary artists are installed and reinstalled by the MCA.

Jason Dodge 

http://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/now/2011/273

Chicago Girl Talk

This Saturday I will be attending the Chicago Girl Talk info session. I am excited to begin working with the group and also begin collecting data for my fieldwork.
http://chicagogirltalk.wordpress.com/

Chicago Children's Museum

Last Wednesday my classmate and I visited the Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier. I found the museum to be three floors of non-stop fun and excitement. There were kids everywhere, each one in engaged in some way or another. There were areas to run around, exert energy, and just focus on movement, as well as areas that focused on exploration, like the dinosaur dig, and on building Chicago skylines.

Chicago Girl Talk: Info Session

I will attend an info session for the organization Chicago Girl Talk Saturday, October 29, 2011.  And then on Saturday, November 12, 2011 I will attend an all day orientation with the group. I am excited to join the group and begin participating in the workshops. I hope this will help spark the field work for my thesis.
http://chicagogirltalk.wordpress.com/