

Coming Next Week ...
To AlexKotas.com, this will be the greatest performance of all time. I'm going to be starting a new class where we recreate a radio show from the 1950's. We will be using an authentic vintage Radio Play script. We will create a variety of character voices, make sound effects, address the new stories of the day and create original commercials for the show! We will present our final show – in full costume – to an audience at 7:30pm on May 24, 2017 in our Theatre Studio. I am v


First Plunge!
The Polar Plunge is a fundraiser for Special Olympics. There are many polar plunge locations, I was at the one at Loon Lake in Yorkville. The main event of the Polar Plunge is to actually go into a lake in the winter!!! Before taking the plunge, we had to register and we looked for officers from the Aurora Police Department. Despite having foot surgery, officer Lisa decided to show up and support Special Olympics. I saw some friends there. They had lunch, pulled pork sandwi


'Member This? Bill Nye the Science Guy
Consider the following ... I was thinking this week about Bill Nye the Science Guy and decided to re-watch some of the episodes. I wanted to pick one "favorite" to write about , but so many of them are hilarious (and educational, of course) that I couldn't pick just one. Here's a list ... you might want to catch these on Youtube yourself! "Seasons" "The Moon" "Pressure" "Momentum" ... featuring Soundtracks of Science "The Faster You Push Me" In "Momentum", it was hilarious wh


Pokemon Go!
Pokemon Go is a game a recently started playing. It's a realistic game, you take your iphone or ipad on the go with you and you collect various types of Pokemon. They can be anywhere! To find the Pokemon, they just appear out of nowhere. They are literally all over the place. If you see one, you tap it and throw Pokeballs at it to collect it. Once you have collected some, you can go to the Battle Gym so the Pokemon can battle each other. A lot of people play Pokemon Go! On Fe

Polar Plunge
Special Olympics has a fundraiser called Polar Plunge. All donations go to Special Olympics. The Polar Plunge takes place at various locations, we are going to the one at Loon Lake in Yorkville on Sunday 3/5 at 1:00. It ends at 3:00 pm. My family formed a team called "Team Brain Freeze". Please make a donation. Here is a link to our team page: http://soill.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=8183 The idea is to actually go into the cold lake water in