I'm beginning the day with a horrendous head cold. I can't breathe through my nose at all. I brought decongestants, but I am reluctant to take them because they always make me slow down and shrivel up and today is a big day.
I'm heading to the Fringe Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival ticket offices today to buy tickets for the many shows I need to see. Tickets are expensive, but they almost always offer a concession price for students that is about 2 euro less than standard ticket price.
Tonight is a fabulous opportunity, Dublin Culture Night. The entire city has banded together to make admission to all museums free, and other arts and cultural locations around town will be offering free workshops and presentations. This is such a great idea! And when I see that a city as large as Dublin can band together to put on this event, it makes me think how simple it would be for Appleton to do the same, or even a miniature version of the event on campus at Lawrence. All of the events are family friendly and free, and they are providing free public transportation so that you can easily get from one area to the next. It is simply brilliant.
One of the stops I plan to make tonight is at The Ark, a youth cultural center in the Temple Bar neighborhood of Dublin. They have an indoor theatre, and outdoor amphitheater, and plenty of workshop space to do visual and performing arts workshops. I applied to volunteer there! It's really the perfect spot.
Another exciting development. I e-mailed my professors back at Lawrence and they approved a 3-unit independent study in Irish Youth Theatre. So, while I am here, I will be doing some research and reading to see how the Irish go about working with youth through theatre, and then once I get back to Lawrence I will summarize my findings and get credit for the class. I'm really excited about this. There is so much to discover.
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