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This is a simple two (2) stage multi cache observing culture. (The first stage is virtual. The second is the final and actual geocache.)

To find the geocache, you will have to observe some cultural icons located in a mural along the side of a local movie theater. Culture is different all over the world and varies greatly with people. Sweet Home is one location of culture and this multi-cache will help you explore some different expressions of it.

What is Culture:

"Culture is what we [human beings] make of the world."
It is the physical aspects such as "paintings (whether finger paintings or the Sistine Chapel), omelets, chairs, snow angels."
It is also the immaterial aspects of society such as "music, communication, and education."
It can even be humanity's response at "interpreting the world's wonder and its terror." (i.e. Our understanding and appreciation of something beautiful or scary.)
At the core, "Culture is all of these things for these forms are what human beings make of the world."
~~~ Andy Crouch author of "Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling"

What is a Cultural Icon:

"A cultural icon is a person or an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture."
~~~ Kent Grayson author of the article "Consumer Perceptions of Iconicity and Indexicality and Their Influence on Assessments of Authentic Market Offerings" within the Journal of Consumer Research.

"Popular cultural icons share characteristics in common, namely the ability to function as repositories of collective cultural values, a ubiquitous presence in popular culture, and roots in specific socio-historical contexts that contribute to their iconicity."
~~~ Emily Truman author of the article "Rethinking the Cultural Icon: Its Use and Function in Popular Culture" within the Canadian Journal of Communication.

While I am not an expert, I would probably create a simple definition that explains culture as the real and the perceived aspects which contribute to the concept of self, family, and community. These aspects give meaning, function, roles/interactions, and helps people to understand what is valuable. Thus cultural icons are symbols (real or imagined) by the local group that share some of those values or meaning for life. Specifically the icons have integrated into the culture to define something about culture as a that symbol. (I.e. Apple Pie is a symbol of America. While the Matryoshka dolls are seen internationally as cultural icons of Russia. Although in both cases, the symbol is expressed/made in different ways based on the local perceptions).

Thus the theme of this cache is about identifying some cultural icons created within the culture of mass media and broadcasting. Essentially icons from movies or shows!

The starting area is a short walk from the final. There is parking on the west side of the building. There is street parking near the final.

Cache Details:

The first stage is a virtual locations at a wall mural that depicts a number of cultural icons and images. While there are a number of artistically decorated images and slogans, this multi will only focus on a handful of them.
The mural is about 150feet wide along one side of a building depicting various silhouettes. There is no need to enter the building.

Visit each location and answer questions to collect information for the final. The final stage is the geocache. It is located at North 44° 2A.BCD West 122° 4E.FGH. .

All the murals for this multi are on the west side of the building facing the parking lot.
For convenience, look at the murals moving from north to south.

The first mural is closet to the northern end of the wall. It is halfway up the wall.
Who is this icon?

• Bigfoot Z=4
• Clifford the Dog Z=6
• Spider Man Z=6

Location #2 is next to it and it has two iconic characters next two each other.
Who are they?

• Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Y=5
• C3PO and R2D2 Y=0
• PacMan and Blinky the Ghost Y=2

The next icon in the mural (again moving north to south), is a famous puzzle solving person.
Who is this icon?

• Indiana Jones X=4
• Sherlock Holmes X=2
• Dora the Explorer X=9

The fourth part of this mural is indeed legandary with comics, movies, and appearances in tv shows. (Even some of the qoutes are part of popular culture!)
Who is this icon?

• Darth Vadar W=1
• Doctor Emmett Brown (from Back to the Future) W=3
• Elvis Presley W=0

Continuing south along the mural wall is a women's silhouette.
Who is this icon?

• Marilyn Monroe V=7
• Laura Croft (From Tomb Raider) V=8
• Black Widow V=2

#6 is the next image and it is actually two characters on both sides of the now showing window. (The one on the right is leaning against the now showing frame). They are taller then the rest of the mural icons.
Who are these icons?

• The Boondock Saints U=4
• Avators U=7
• Men in Black U=2

The next image is above the now showing window (at the head height of the previous question #6). It depicts a creature.
Who is this icon?

• Nemo (the fish from Finding Nemo) T=4
• E.T. T=6
• Gollum T=3

The next image is directly south of #6 character is a famous person who has been in a number of movies and shows.
Who is this icon?

• John Wayne S=9
• Morgan Freeman S=6
• Robin Williams S=6

Continuing south on the mural is a bench with three characters.
Who is the one sitting?

• Professor Xavier (from Xman) R=9
• Forest Gump R=5
• Abraham Lincoln R=2

Standing on the same bench are two more characters. (They are about the height on the wall as the head of the person sitting.)
Who are they?

• Stewart Little and Ralph the Mouse Q=0
• Mickey and Minnie Mouse Q=1
• Woody the Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear Q=8

Directly south of the bench is an icon that is famous.
What is it?

• Tardis (from Doctor Who) P=4
• DeLorean Time Machine (From Back to the Future) P=6
• Raptor (from Jurassic Park) P=1

Mural #12 moving north to south is another woman character who has been the focus in movies, comics, shows, and even books.
Who is it? (note this letter is o not zero)

• Annie (Shirley Temple) O=3
• Wonder Woman O=7
• Nefertiti of Egypt O=8

South of this #12 lady, is a superhero.
Who is it?

• Deadpool N=6
• Thor N=1
• Superman N=2

Continuing north to south is character ready for action.
Who is it?

• Predator M=4
• Snoopy with his Sopwith Camel Doghouse M=6
• President Teddy Roosevelt with a Sword M=9

Directly south of that is another iconic character.
Who is it?

• Micheal Jordan L=8
• Rick Sanchez (from Rick and Morty) L=4
• Terminator L=2

At the southern end of the mural about halfway up the wall is the last icon.
What is it?

• Alien (from Alien vs Predator) K=5
• Jack sparrow (from the Pirates of the Caribbean) K=0
• Doc Oct (from Spider Man) K=1

Calculations for the final

• A=V+W
• B=Q-T+W
• C=Y+Y+L
• D=N+P
• E=S-Z
• F=K+N
• G=X+Y
• H=K+M+Y

Final Stage is a short distance from the murals.
It is located at North 44° 2A.BCD West 122° 4E.FGH.

BONUS MURALS: there are other bonus murals too including a Batman on the roof (placed after this was published). And 4 murals by the theater entrance (Olaf the Snowman, Spock the Vulcan, Walle the Robot). What other ones do you see?

Be careful! Depending on how you do it, you will have to cross at least one street. There is traffic and muggles around. Feel free to practice some CITO along the way.

Practice stealth when retrieving and replacing the cache since there may be people nearby.

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Congratulations to Geo_Jessi for being the first to find. She found it approximately 14hours and 44minutes after it published. Congratulations!!!

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