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Practice and Performance with Culture
The Gaiety School of Acting offers classes for those wishing to become professional actors and actresses. Those who want to go can take part-time or full-time classes to pursue their dreams of being onstage. For one small group of American students this January, a special three week program is currently underway to give us experience […]
Greetings from Perú
Due to some technical difficulties and limitations here in Perú, our first post is later than expected. We left Gustavus Friday morning and arrived in Lima late Friday night. We spent a night in a local hotel, and left early the next morning for a long bus ride north to Chimbote. Throughout the bus ride […]
Having Some Craic in Ireland
Don’t worry folks; it’s craic not crack. Really it’s an Irish Gaelic word that means fun. See how happy that title is now? We learned that, amongst many, many other interesting facts while on our guided couch tour of the Burren from our chipper, knowledgeable driver and guide, Brian. We awoke early, at least for […]
The Burren Heights
Friday marked the end of our first set of weekdays in Ireland. We began by covering some of the basics of poetry, and the interpretation of it, in the context of Yeats’ poems from Michael Robartes and the Dancer. Of particular interest in this collection are the pieces concerning the English presence in Ireland and […]
Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.
On the banks of the River Liffey, smack dab in the center of Dublin sits Smock Alley Theatre. It is the oldest (newest) theatre in Ireland, having reopened its doors as a theatre for the first time in over 200 years in 2012. Its walls are older than the United States of America, and it […]
Living in the Burren
We had our second day of classes at Burren College of Art today. Since it’s on campus, we decided to have our English class in the fifteenth century castle. It’s right there at the school so why not use it for class. During class, we acted out some of the scenes from The Death of […]
The adventures continue…
A view from Galway Bay, which is across the street from our cottages. Dear family and friends, Wednesday was our official first day of class at the Burren College of Art. We started our morning with Baker’s literature class from 10:00 to 12:00. During this time, we discussed the poetry of William Butler Yeates and […]
Friends we haven’t met yet…
Dia dhaoibh friends and family! Yesterday was our first day waking up here in Ireland and I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we are already really enjoying ourselves! It took no time at all to realize that the cottages we are staying in are terribly drafty but they sure are […]
Mt. Olivet
The following post is made by: Sophia Iaquinta and Alli Kroll We have arrived!! (at retreat that is). The first day and a half have been a blur packed full of presentations, group bonding, great food, and talk of India. We arrived on Sunday afternoon at the Mount Olivet Retreat center in Farmington. […]
Ireland J-Term 2013: Arrival in Ireland
Late Sunday morning, we flew out of the Twin Cities, snow and lakes forming a fractal-patterned Jackson Pollock painting beneath us. Up at thirty thousand feet, it was only a little colder than on the ground below. After landing in New York, a seven-hour layover gave us plenty of time to explore JFK Airport–we were […]