Chicago | Marginalia

I recently had the opportunity to attend another perennial Chicago event that is reminiscent of summertime in Chicago: the Ravinia Fes..

Holy heat wave! This past week, Chicago had temperatures in the 100s for what seemed like forever. Just getting to work in the morning..

I recently had the opportunity to enjoy an experience that visitors to Chicago often put on their “to do” lists: I saw a Chicago Cubs ..

There is just a short amount of time left on the spring calendar, and I am seriously anticipating summer. The Elementary Education MAT..

About a week ago, I made a change that signaled a moment that I enjoy every year it comes: I retired my jeans to the closet in favor o..

As promised in last week’s post, here is my analysis of Rookie Magazine’s effect on adolescents. All of the photos on the blog are my ..

Collagraph Camouflage Lesson: Using Texture to create Pattern

In this lesson, I wanted the students to get a taste of printmaking t..

I grew up in Portland, Oregon. It is the greatest city ever . I had extremely high expectations when I moved to Chicago, and I am pl..

Moving to Chicago was a huge transition for me. I switched regions (south to north), climates (warm to oh so cold), and population (ru..

One of our upcoming assignments in Social Studies is to visit a museum with a student and observe how they interact with the space. I ..