This Week on the Internet
This week on the Internet, The Atlantic is at it again with its series of stories on gender differences, we remember Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s legacy of magical realism and Chicago has found the key to boosting tourism: puppets.
This Week in Every Post on Your Facebook Feed
The Confidence Gap. A new study shows women are significantly less self-assured than men, but how do we stop it? And is this really new news at all?
Turn on Pandora and Check This Out
From YouTube to Spotify, streaming music is piloting our listening habits in fascinating new ways that both upend old hierarchies and recall innovations of previous eras. In the most mind-bogglingly gorgeous and artful way possible, Pitchfork’s Eric Harvey explores how these developments are affecting ideas of taste, access and ownership in the 21st century.
The Newest Craze in Menstrual Health? Jellyfish.
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| Could this puppet attract more tourists to Chicago? We have to admit; he is pretty cute. |
Yes, you read that correctly. No, we can’t totally believe it either. But science is once again rocking our world with the creation of a highly absorbent, biodegradable material called “Hydromash,” soon to be used in diapers, tampons and more.
Giant Street Puppets!
Coming soon to a city near you. Looking to boost tourism, Chicago’s DCASE is working on ensuring the summer of 2016 will be the most entertaining one yet, thanks to French street theatre company Royal de Luxe.
“A Person Doesn’t Die When He Should, But When He Can”
This week, we’re appreciating the life and work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982 and died Thursday at the age of 87. Garcia Marquez, the master of magical realism, was and remains Latin America’s best-known writer and the author of such classics as Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude.
We’ve Got Plans for You Next Week
Our good friends at Table XI will have you booked Tuesday through Thursday evenings with The City of Broad Shoulders, a three-night event coinciding with RailsConf to showcase Chicago’s entrepreneurial spirit. Come for the community connections, stay for the cleverly themed parties and local beverages. We’ll see you there!
A Little Holiday Cheer
For those of you celebrating Good Friday: Hot Cross Buns.
For those of you celebrating Passover: Join the club.
