Communications, Languages and Culture, Inc.: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

The Best of Rumba : Rumba Cubana

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Preparing The 21st Century Workforce For Video and Social Collaboration ...

Winter Flower Train Show At The Lincoln Park Conservatory Video By Garde...

Winter Flower & Train Show at Lincoln Conservatory Holidays
Friday, November 25, 2016 - Sunday, January 8, 2017 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturdays)
Lincoln Park Conservatory
2391 N. Stockton Dr.
Chicago, Illinois 60614
(312) 742-7736

Fee: Free

Age Range: Any

The Lincoln Park Conservatory?s Show House turns into a Winter Wonderland. Lanterns with golden-yellow lights and lighted evergreen trees invite visitors into Lincoln Park Conservatory?s Winter Flower and Train Show this season. Several model trains travel amongst garden scale homes and businesses which are accentuated by a festive plant arrangements.

Poinsettia ‘Goldrush’ with golden-orange bracts and ‘Autumn Leaves’ which has tones of yellow are some of the newest color varieties for this year. Poinsettia ‘Orange Spice’ along with Ornamental Peppers ‘Chilly Chili’ and ‘Peppa Blanca’ will also add a warm, brilliant glow to this enchanting holiday display.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Lady Susan, by Jane Austen

JD's 10th ANNIVERSARY LINKEDIN BASH & MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING EXPERIENCE Tickets, Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Athena Festival — Idle Muse Theatre Company

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Chris Botti / Concierto de Aranjuez 克里斯柏第 / 阿蘭費恩協奏曲

Bio

Gardenia C. Hung has been writing prose, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction topics for the last forty-two (42) years in English, Spanish, French, and sometimes into Portuguese translation. She has written poetry for Scholastic Magazine in Spanish encouraged by her lyrical expression and descriptive style. Ms. Hung completed Elementary and Middle School in Santiago de Cuba with a diploma and certification in Spanish. Then, Gardenia C. Hung continued studies in the United States of America for Middle School, grades 6th with Miss Honeywood, 7th, and 8th at Avondale Elementary School where she graduated with High Honors in Mr. Herbert Hebel's 8th grade homeroom, in Chicago, Illinois. For Middle School English. Ms. Hung wrote original stories which received praise for writing style and authentic narrative topics, encouraged to continue studying English by Miss Kardos, her ESL teacher at Avondale Grammar School and other mentors, family, and friends. Later at Madonna High School received, Ms. Hung received a High School Diploma with High Honors for graduation in the top ten percent of the Class of 1977 with majors in English, French, Art, History, and the Humanities in Chicago, Illinois. Gardenia C. Hung was admitted at Northeastern Illinois University with Advanced Placement in English, French, and Spanish where she majored in Education, English, French, Spanish, Linguistics and minors in Music, Dance, and Physical Education to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree for the Class of 1982. At NEIU, she received a summer scholarship from Laval University in Ville de Québec, Canada to major in French Linguistics, Syntax, and Phonetics. The following year, in 1983, Ms. Hung continued graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago for a Master of Arts in Communications & Theatre, which included majors in Rhetoric, Ethnography, and Theatre. Gardenia C. Hung has written publications for professional associations and community groups. In addition, Ms. Hung writes for online media CNN iReport, Triblocal, Blogger, Facebook, WordPress, Typepad, and other social media groups on the world wide web.

Faculty Service for the Community Colleges of Illinois

Foreign language skills in English, French, and Spanish hired me to work as a Foreign Language Teacher at the Community High School District 218 during 1988-1989, teaching French and Spanish at the Alan B. Shepard High School with an annual salary of $23,778.

Bilingual aptitude in English and Spanish opened the door for me to work as Faculty at St. Augustine University in Chicago where I was teaching English as a Second Language, College Prep and Developmental Skills, U.S. Citzenship for the Amnesty Program, Research Writing and other language development courses which included preparation for High School General Education Development.

Afterwards, I also worked as Faculty for Oakton Community College in the Continuing Education Program, Alliance for Lifelong Learning in Skokie, Illinois. I was teaching English as a Second Language from August 1992 until March 1993.

From September 18, 1997 through October 8, 2001, I was employed as Faculty at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and Lombard, teaching English Writing Development, English 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105, on campus, as well as commuting to teach Spanish for Healthcare Professionals at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, National Chiropractic College in Lombard, also known as National University for Health Sciences, and at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.

In addition, I taught French and Spanish for Berlitz Schools of Languages in Chicago, Hinsdale, Oak Brook Brook Forest and York Middle School, and Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A. Foreign language teaching experience at Inlingua Schools of Languages also included commuting to teach on-site visiting corporate clients, and other travelling students at home. Arroyave Academy of Languages in Highland Park and Arlington Heights also provided teaching work for corporate clients which included translation for the General Learning Corporation in Northbrook, Caremark, Abbot Laboratories, Baxter International and other global companies promoting languages around the world.

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