Dragons will celebrate the year of the tiger at Argyle Lunar New Year Parade

Enter the year of the tiger during the annual Argyle Street Lunar New Year parade  in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Chinese New Year was already celebrated in the Chinatown community but the Asia on Argyle district holds its parade the week after, so revelers can attend both.  Experience the vivid colors and sounds of a traditional Chinese New Year’s celebration with dragon dances, lion dances, elaborate  floats, martial arts teams and a marching band.  And for the first time in years, all important firecrackers will deliver the bang in the festivities. Firecrackers are illegal in Chicago unless a licensed pyrotechnic company and permits are used.  The organizing committee went the extra mile to make sure that firecrackers can be used to push out the bad spirits of the old year and usher in the good, new ones. Read More »

There’s about to be more magic in Orlando.

Universal Orlando Resort and Warner Bros. have finally revealed the “first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.”  Not the least of which is that the land will open in spring 2010.  That’s soon!
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be an addition to Universal’s Islands of Adventure park, which is already AWESOME (it’s all Marvel characters though, which leads me to wonder what talks are underway between Universal and Marvel’s new owner Disney).  The Spider-Man ride alone is worth the price of admission.

And the Dr. Suess stuff.

Harry Potter’s new land is obviously based upon the stories and characters of J.K. Rowling and promises to remain “faithful to the visual landscapes of the films.” Read More »