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West Hollywood Carnaval 1. Description Monday October 31, 2016, Halloween night, my friend and I decided to attend West Hollywood Carnaval. Before getting there, we had a hard time looking for parking for we didn’t know it’s going to be that popular. It took us about two hours to find parking which is also very far from the event. We walked for 30 minutes just to get to the location. It’s both our first time. The event takes place in the streets of Santa Monica Boulevard between N Doheny Drive…

In this report, I will be discussing two different children’s books. The first book, Goodnight Spaceman, was published in 2016 by Penguin Books Ltd, written by Michelle Robinson, and illustrated by Nick East. Goodnight Spaceman is a bedtime story based on traveling to outer space. The two little boys in the book have a father who is a British ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut. They imagine the experience of spending time with their dad in outer space. The second book, Round is a Tortilla: A…

My adventure started on a balmy, early-August day, about six years ago. My family and me were vacationing in San Antonio, Texas for a little over a week as a part of a family reunion. My dad’s from a big family and they are spread out all over the country from the east coast to the west coast. Every even numbered year we get together for a long weekend. We’ve had them in Savannah, Ga,, Hartford, CT., and we even hosted one in Detroit when I was too young to remember. Our family photo album…

Four centuries back the guitar designed was made. From that point forward, the guitar has been an incredible instrument. Many varieties of music have the guitar as a primary musical object. It is the most usually used in genres such as blues, rock, and flamenco, also in groups of the folklore music. Among acoustic guitar, and electric guitar were a significant step in advance in the history of the guitar. The guitar is a musical family of the stringed instrument. It has a flat and fitted body.…

Drug trafficking between the United States and Latin America have create a mass of violence between both countries. In the last years, both governments have declared a “war on drugs” with the idea that drug consumption and drug trafficking will stop or will get control. Drug trafficking has brought blood and pain to society. According to surveys drug trafficking is affecting more young adult than other groups. According to Matthew Jenner, “drug trafficking is the most crucial and most dangerous…

Personal Reflection (Part I) Culture is often looked at as an integrated pattern of learned behaviors, and beliefs that we often share among groups. This includes the way we interact, communicate, our views on relationships, roles, values, and customs. My culture is very important to me in regards to the music, art, and dance that makes me, me and the others around me, individuals. I grew up listening to music that I loved, along with learning how to dance through many dance classes I took.…

A film is an art form. Composer, Henry Mancini, once said, “the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer.” Henry Mancini was the composer for Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. While these two films may seem like they don’t connect with each other at any point, they do and it is with Henry Mancini. By examining Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s through the lens of Henry Mancini’s music choices we can see that Mancini’s music choices were just as important as…

During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. . Frida use to tell people know that she was born in 1910. The beginning of the Mexican revolution. Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of…