Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd. Chicago, IL 60637
Upcoming Programs Include:
First Monday Jazz Series: Crosswind
Monday Feb 4 | onwards 7—9 pm
First Monday Jazz is a free monthly event showcasing local Chicago jazz artists.
Green Light Series: South Side Story Time
Sunday Feb 17 | 10—11 am
Bring your kids to listen, learn, sing, dance, and interact! South Side Story Time is a small gathering that centres on readings for its young attendees along with the chance for their parents to socialize. Open to families with children of all ages.
Sistergirls and Freedom Fighters: Stories in Celebration of Women's Power and Grace
Wednesday Feb 20 | 7—8:30 pm
Join us for an evening of storytelling featuring the dynamic singing, In the Spirit by Emily Hooper Lansana. This performance will highlight a range of stories that demonstrate women's creative and political genius from folk heroines to Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Family Saturdays: Art together
Every 1st Saturday of the Month | 3—5 pm
Explore your child's artistic curiosity with hands-on art workshops designed to stimulate creativity and play. These interdisciplinary workshops are exciting for the entire family, offering activities from music to arts and crafts. Come to learn something new! Appropriate for families with children. Registration is encouraged.
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I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones. I was literally waiting by the mailbox to get a letter with a warmest comfort from her.
So when I moved to New York and got depressed, I did the only thing I could think of. I wrote those same kinds of letters like my mother for strangers, and tucked them all over the city: in cafes, in libraries, and even in the subway. I blogged about those letters and promised if asked for a hand-written letter, I would write one.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22-year-old immigrant, all asking me to write them and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated the act The World Needs More Love Letters.
Today I run a global organization fueled by those trips to the mailbox. It is a miracle. But the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people brought up in a paperless world where some best conversations happen on a screen. We have learned to diary our pain onto Facebook, and we speak swiftly in twitter.
Therefore, I've been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war, and how she left love letters throughout the house saying, "Come back to me." And a man, who had decided to take his life, slept safely with a stack of letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These stories convince me that letter-writing will never need to be about efficiency, because it is an art now, all of it: the signing, the scripting, the mailing.
Nanako Hama was holding a light envelop. When she tore it open with care, locks of hair emerged. Many strangers send Hama locks of their hair, hoping to recycle it.
People generate a huge amount of hair waste. Nearly all of that waste ends up in landfill, where it can release harmful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. But hair possesses useful qualities that it's a shame to simply throw it away. That's why people all around the world, like Hama, have been collecting hair and finding innovative ways to recycle it, including making mats (垫子) out of it for removing oil leaks in the ocean.
Hama is part of the nonprofit Matter of Trust (MoT) members working at more than 60 centers dotted across 17 countries, using machines to make hair donated from local salons and individuals into square mat, which are then used to clean up the floating oil. "Hair is particularly well-suited for this," says MoT co-founder Lisa Gautier. "That's because its rough sort of outer layer lets oil stick to it." MoT's mats have been used in major oil leaks, including the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 2007 Cosco Busan incidents.
In a 2018 study, Murray, an environmental scientist at the University of Technology Sydney, in Australia found that mats made of recycled human hair could absorb 0.84 grams of oil onto its surface for every gram of hair—significantly more than polypropylene (聚丙烯),a type of plastic that's typically used to clean up floating oil. Besides, hair is also useful as fertilizer (化肥). Hair contains a relatively high nitrogen (氮), a chemical element crucial for plant growth, and each lock of hair is made of roughly 16 percent of this essential nutrient. Last year, more than 560 gallons of liquid fertilizer made from human hair was sold to farmers in northern Tanzania and the feedback from the farmers has been very encouraging.
"It's just a great way to use hair in a productive way. Hair is an answer literally hanging in front of our eyes—for oil and soil," Hama says.
German physicist Albert Einstein is one of the most famous scientists of all time, the personification of genius and the subject of a whole industry of scholarship. In The Einsteinian Revolution, two experts on Einstein's life and his theory of relativity— Israeli physicist Hanoch Gutfreund and German historian of science Jürgen Renn— offer an original and penetrating (犀利的) analysis of Einstein's revolutionary contributions to physics and our view of the physical world.
For the first time ever, by setting Einstein's work in the long course of the evolution of scientific knowledge, Gutfr eund and Renn discover the popular misconception of Einstein as an unconventional scientific genius who single-handedly created modern physics—and by pure thought alone.
As a large part of the book explains, Einstein typically argued that science progresses through steady evolution, not through revolutionary breaks with the past. He saw his theory of relativity not as something from scratch, but a natural extension of the classical physics developed by pioneers such as Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei and English physicist Isaac Newton in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as nineteenth-century physicists.
The authors highlight how classical physics cannot be separated cleanly from modern Einsteinian physics. The book also includes substantial sections on Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo whose methods inspired Einstein. When Einstein considered himself as standing on their shoulders, he meant that, without their contributions, he would not have formulated (阐述) the theory of relativity.
The Einsteinian Revolution is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the scholarly literature on Einstein and his surprising scientific creativity between 1905 and 1925. Gutfreund and Renn might not have given the final answer as to why Einstein, of all people, revolutionized physics in the way that he did. But they argue in fascinating detail that, to understand his genius, one must take into account not just the earlier history of physics but also the history of knowledge more broadly. Although not always an easy read, the book will interest physicists and historians alike.
Problem solving skills are increasingly valuable in the workplace and could help you achieve more in your personal life too. Here's how to enhance your strategy.
Develop analytical thinking
The key to effective problem solving is the ability to break down complex issues into smaller, more manageable components. . This involves systematically deconstructing a problem, understanding its differences and identifying the relationships between its various elements. Improving analytical thinking requires a structured approach. Begin by clearly defining the problem at hand, identifying its key components and recognizing the interconnections between them.
Promote creativity
To develop creativity, you must engage in activities that can stimulate your imagination and form new ideas. Additionally, exposing yourself to different fields, experiences and cultures can serve as a source of creative problem solving.
Strengthen communication skills
Clear and brief communication is the key to effective problem-solving, acting as the bridge that connects diverse perspectives and adjusts individuals toward a common goal. Good communication begins with the art of expression. This needs choosing the right words and structuring information logically. Active listening, on the other hand, is the skill of receiving information with focus. .
Learn from mistakes
Mistakes are not failures but a good way to success. . Analyze what goes wrong, identify areas for improvement and use this knowledge to inform your future problem-solving efforts. It not only accelerates the learning process but also encourages collective problem-solving skills.
The journey to becoming an expert problem solver is an ongoing process of growth and improvement. Seeking continuous learning opportunities ensures that you stay ahead of changing challenges and acquire the necessary skills. Furthermore, networking with professionals in your field provides a good way of shared learning.
A. Stay well informed
B. Seek continuous learning
C. Improving it requires a structured approach
D. Each mistake will give you a chance to think and learn
E Out-of-the-box thinking is essential for problem solving
F. These will make sure your message is easy to understand
G. It involves not just hearing words but understanding the differences
This was the big game. The boys were 1 and excited. It was a clear night, and my son Andy's baseball team, which had 2 all year, had shocked the better teams by making it to this championship game. The atmosphere was 3 : the other team's slugger (强击手),a big kid, was like a snake, dangerous and ready to 4 .
Nervously, I looked out Andy's way. I was 5 to see Andy looking straight up at the night sky! Obviously he wasn't 6 on the game. I was horrified that he wouldn't even know the ball was coming.
"Come on, Andy. 7 out there," I said to myself.
Thank goodness the big kid made a mistake. We (Andy and I) had been 8 , and our team still led by one run.
Andy ran up to me at the 9 . I was about to 10 him when he said loudly, "Did you see that shooting star?"
Andy's eyes were glowing (发光) with 11 . I paused.
"Yes," I said. "Well, one inning (局) to go. Hit a home run (全垒打)!"
"Okay!" said Andy, and he ran back to his 12 .
I suddenly realized it was nice my son would take time out to 13 the wonder and beauty in life. You might be surprised by the beauty you can find when you least 14 it. Andy hit a triple in that last inning. But I still wish I had 15 that shooting star, too.
The lantern fair in Zigong, Southwest China's Sichuan province, boasts a history of more than 1,000 years. (mark) the Year of the Dragon, many of the lanterns show the Chinese sign of the zodiac (生肖), but there are also wide variety of other lantern designs to meet different needs. Visitors prefer traditional lanterns can find lanterns with flowers and birds, and legendary figures, while lanterns with modern patterns such as cultural (trend) and online games are gaining popularity among young people.
In addition to the (elegance) craftsmanship, modern technologies such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence have also been used to make the lanterns (nice) and more vivid. The lantern show is also accepting the concept of environmental protection. A set of lanterns (feature) the famous Chinese statue "Bronze Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow" from the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) was created by using different kinds of waste materials, including tires and plastics to form its outside decorations.
This year's show will not come to an end July 31. The sets of lanterns (update) to keep up with other traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival. Visitors can also enjoy folk arts, and Chinese music performances during (they) lantern-viewing tours.
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Our Cultural Festival on Campus
Michael saw the trouble coming. There standing in the hallway was Frank, the boy who enjoyed making fun of anyone at any given moment. Frank was tall and strong, so few of his victims stood up to him. Michael hated the idea that Frank always got away with his wrongdoing. Yet like most kids who were picked on, he just took it quietly and waited for the unpleasant to pass.
Frank walked up, his eyes locked on the books in Michael's arms. When they met, Frank stopped unexpectedly, "Hey, let me see those books!" Some students watched as Michael held out the books he was carrying, trying not to give away his nervousness.
Frank took a book, looked inside for a second, and then threw the book at Michael, who dropped all the other books. "Hey, those are school property," Frank barked, "Be careful!" Then he walked away, laughing loudly.
Michael, his cheeks turning red, half kicked the fallen books. Suddenly a hand picked up one book. "You look like you could use a p ally (盟友)," a friendly voice said. It was Ramon, the most athletic boy in the high school. Michael couldn't believe Ramon was stopping to help him as they barely spoke.
"Thanks," Michael sighed with relief. "It's confusing. I don't know what his problems is."
"Well, as I see it," Ramon said, "you need to find a way to end this." Michael nodded, stuck for what to say. Ramon continued, "You know my grandmother used to tell me whenever I had a problem with someone. She'd say, ‘You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar (醋).'"
Looking puzzled, Michael asked, "What does that mean?"
"It means kindness may be more effective than anger," Ramon explained.
"Can you just tell Frank to stop picking on me?" Michael suggested
"That's vinegar," Ramon laughed as he walked away. "Try honey instead."
Ramon's words left Michael thinking.
The next school day brought Michael's usual pain. There stood Frank, and Michael knew it would be just seconds before he had to face him in the middle of the hall. Frank came nearer.
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Then, suddenly, the unexpected happened.
……
Michael bent down and quickly picked up Frank's books on the floor.
