Event Assignment

Arts in The Dark

On October 19th from 6 pm to 8 pm, I saw a parade at North State Street near Harold Washington College with Kailin. The event is called ‘2019 Arts in The Dark Halloween Parade of Artists’. It was quite cold, but I enjoyed the wonderful performances. People from various institutions and universities performed, and different groups showed different performances. We did not need ticket, that was free and there was no age limit. So I was very happy because there was no scary makeup.

     I am afraid of zombie and ghost makeup, so I do not enjoy Halloween very well. All I saw was the Halloween theme at the amusement park in Korea, and I wanted to see the Halloween parade once. I chose this event because I do not think it would be scary because everyone can see it.

    

     I saw the Halloween parade for the first time, and it was good to see many themes. There were quite a lot of people, but seeing among them was also a valuable experience for me because I do not go crowd place well. It was pleasant to see the makeup of friendly characters, such as the makeup of the animation COCO I know, not the scary makeup or performance. If I have any change, I want to go to this parade again next year.

     It has been four years since this parade started, and it has been very well organized. The parade was produced by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, DCASE, and LUMA8, an independent organization that does not aim for profit. It was interesting to be able to watch such a high-quality parade even they did not want any profit.