I have become the Prezi guru, and I'm not mad about it. After making a presentation for Mega-Bad Movie Night, we thought it would be a good idea to take that same model, having an overview program presentation and spicing it up a bit, and using it for an Adult Programs prezi as well. That being said, as I have been starting to fully get the hang of using the program, I began to make a more extensive presentation for the Adult Programs at the Academy. As Jill and I think more about community outreach, and utilizing the newly formed relationship between the Academy and Drexel, presentations like these will be a quick and easy way to show people what Adult Programs are all about, and what they have to offer.
Thinking about outreach, and new ways to engage people with Adult Programs and Mega-Bad Movie night, Jill and I had the chance to grab coffee with Claire Connelly from Philebrity. According to Claire, Philebrity's main focus is on bringing light to Philadelphia's music and literary seen, through events, publicity, etc. Having met with Jill before, Claire and Philebrity were interested in partnering with Mega-Bad Movie night in some way, shape, or form. It turns out Philebrity was interested in the opportunity to help market and promote Mega-Bad's, giving them more publicity as well. Perhaps the most interesting idea to come out of our conversation with Claire, was that the incorporation of literature/poetry could be an awesome and unique way to engage audiences on a previously unexplored level. Hyped up on coffee and excited about the potential possibility of working with Philebrity, both parties went their separate ways to think of ways in which the two organizations could collaborate.
The final, and most unexpected experience of the week came when Jill asked me to head over to the Mutter Museum with her to check out their new exhibition Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits. Having never stepped foot inside the Mutter, I was extremely excited, and it didn't hurt that last semester we spent hours upon hours coming up with our own civil war exhibition ideas. Plain and simple, the exhibition was awesome. Although quite small, you could spend a good solid two hours scouring over the detail and historical instruments. The shining star of the exhibition however, is most likely the interactive Night Kitchen designed, in which you get to watch your "arm" slowly get amputated. In the upcoming Science on Tap, you'll get to learn all about it.
One final thing. The Academy of Natural Sciences had a temporary exhibit in their library on rare and extinct birds from their very own collection. Jill recommended I check it out, and it was definitely worth it. The birds were incredible, and the collection even featured two carolina parakeets that Audobon himself collected. Check them out below:
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