CMO Blog
Winter Showcase 2016
by Annie Chen
Posted on February 20, 2016
Damn we’ve done so many of these I can’t tell them apart. Winter Showcase was fun and huge because everyone was hiding from the weather outside. We filled the entire penthouse and ran out of chairs, even though we set somewhere around 100. And then we were nearing the Logan Penthouse fire hazard, and I felt pretty proud of that. To kick off the show, I made a corny joke about the weather, I think, and then somebody told me to get off the microphone.
Read MoreWinter Sight-Reading Party 2016
by Shirley Zhang
Posted on February 2, 2016
While all the Econ majors at UChicago donned their business formal clothes (even though the dress code is business casual) for the Winter Career Fair, CMO board members were getting ready for the Winter Sight-reading Party.
Read MoreAutumn Movie Night 2015
by Catherine Lee
Posted on January 15, 2016
On December 3rd, CMO had a movie screening, showing “The Sound of Music.” Because it was held during the reading period and had a short gap from the last CMO event of the quarter, we didn’t expect much people to show up to the event.
Read MoreAutumn Study Break 2015
by Sonja
Posted on December 20, 2015
On the Tuesday of tenth week, many a battered students migrated to the 8th floor of logan to partake in a study break held by the CMO only to discover a room full of students studying furiously. Yes. Turns out the event was named in a rather misleading manner.
Read MoreWhiplash
by Clara Kao
Posted on September 26, 2015
In March, the CMO had it's first ever movie screening! We showed Oscar award winning (or was it just nominated? either way, it was supposed to be good) "Whiplash."
Read MoreWinter Sight-reading Party 2015
by Annie Chen
Posted on September 26, 2015.
It was a cold and stormy and snowy afternoon. The winds ravaged the Midway Plaisance, threatening to bury buildings and topple warriors soldiering to yet another Sunday battle at the Reg. Only one structure stood tall and defiant against the brutal onslaught of Winter and its allies—the castle known as Logan.
Read MoreWinter Showcase 2015
by Lily Chen
Posted on September 27, 2015.
Damn we’ve done so many of these I can’t tell them apart. Winter Showcase was fun and huge because everyone was hiding from the weather outside. We filled the entire penthouse and ran out of chairs, even though we set somewhere around 100. And then we were nearing the Logan Penthouse fire hazard, and I felt pretty proud of that. To kick off the show, I made a corny joke about the weather, I think, and then somebody told me to get off the microphone.
Read MoreSpring Showcase 2015
by Anthony Pan
Posted on September 24, 2015
The Spring Showcase on May 1st, 2015 featured eight groups of musicians in what turned out to be an “uplifting” (quote: anonymous survey respondent, 2015) concert experience in the Logan Penthouse.
Read MoreSpring Sight-reading Party 2015
by Emily Brown
Posted on September 26, 2015.
The Spring Sight-reading party took place early this past spring quarter on Sunday, April 5th. Members of the CMO board started preparing early, getting suitcases full of chamber music!
Read MoreThings I learned on Friday, April 10, at the Fine Arts building for the Chicago Cultural Mile’s Second Fridays
by Shirley Zhang
Posted on September 26, 2015.
Disclaimer: For some reason, none of us thought to take pictures (read: we forgot to save them from our Snapchat stories), so this is not actually a buzzfeed-style listicle. #sorrynotsorry #ImActuallySorryThatWeDidntTakePictures
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