We Like Sportz, And We Don't Care Who Knows

by Tyler Zeutenhorst

This weekend was filled with high-flyin’, rip-roarin’ sports action. On Friday night a group of Chicago Semester students made our way over to the United Center to watch the Bulls take on the Utah Jazz. To our disappointment, Bulls star Derrick Rose still wasn’t back from injury. They did, however, have Marco Belinelli. Belinelli hit a HUGE three-pointer with five seconds left in the game to put the Bulls up 89-88. The place went nuts. I high-fived an usher. The home team held on for the victory. It wasn’t the prettiest game of basketball, but it sure was a fun experience, and a great ending.

The next day, my roommate Graham and I traveled an hour and 45 minutes from Canterbury Court to Toyota Park to watch the Chicago Fire take on the New England Revolution. For those of you who have never heard of those teams, they are MLS (Major League Soccer) clubs. Graham and I are big soccer fans, and we found a great deal on tickets. Let me just say that our chicken strips at the game were more than the tickets themselves. We sat in “Section 8,” their crazy fan section behind the goal. We had a blast cheering for the Fire and yelling at the Revolution’s goalkeeper. Despite the 1-0 Revolution victory and a great deal of our Saturday spent on traveling, it was well worth it.

My Arts in the City class has had some great opportunities the past couple weeks. Last Thursday we attended the production of Julius Caesar at Navy Pier’s Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. The set and costumes were completely modernized, but they kept the original language. I thought they outdid themselves. I was especially impressed with the set design. The entire cast displayed a wonderful sense of professionalism as well. The week prior, we dressed up and went to a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. There, we were privileged to witness an appearance from the great Yo-Yo Ma. Ma is revered as the world’s greatest cellists. We were all completely blown away by his talents. It was neat to be 50 ft. away from someone with such a stellar profile and reputation.

I may get to do some photo/video work for my internship at Freeosk in the near future. To prepare, I visited a photo shoot at the studio our company uses. They were shooting food for Blue Sky Chicago, Freeosk’s partner company. The photographer and food stylist taught me a lot about psychology and perception in the viewer’s mind. They asked me for feedback, too. Though I didn't know a whole lot about photography, I did pour a pretty mean glass of lemonade that was used in the shoot.

Until next time…

Tyler Zeutenhorst