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...expressive possibilities that are simply not available in straight narrative discourse,” says Preceptor in Expository Writing Kate Chadbourne. Though Chadbourne’s affiliation with Harvard is primarily that of an Expos teacher, her work extends into numerous other fields. She is a teacher of modern Irish, a poet, a folklorist, a musician who plays the piano, the flute, and the harp, and, most of all, a storyteller—a medium in which all of her other interests and talents come to fruition. Born in Saco, Maine to a nurse and a fisherman, Chadbourne...
...production team of “The Playboy of the Western World” wants you to consider playwright John Millington Synge to be the Irish Shakespeare. Sure, he may have lived and written some 300 years after the Bard himself, but never mind that. According to director Aoife E. Spillane-Hinks ’06, Synge’s “Playboy” overcomes its heavy use of dialect and antiquated setting—early 20th-century Ireland—to achieve a certain universality and applicability, even for modern audiences...
...tourist-safe bridge, less than a kilometer from the harbor of Ballintoy, is a thrilling way to cross over a 25-m-deep chasm. From the island, gaze back toward the mainland at wave-carved cliffsides full of caves and natural archways. Rathlin Island Some 9 km off the Irish coast and about 22 km from Scotland's Mull of Kintyre, this cliff-edged island is reachable by a 45-min. ferry ride from Ballycastle. Few vehicles mean Rathlin is a haven for walkers and cyclists; the nature reserve and bird sanctuary area allow visitors to get close to seals...
...more from the traditional canon of ballet—a modern piece by Larissa D. Koch ’08, and another by this year’s winner of the Suzanne Farrell award in dance, Molly M. Altenburg ’07. It will also feature an Irish dance sequence sure to ruffle a few tutus, and allow the dancers to exhibit a more informal side of ballet. In that same vein, the second performance slated two weekends from now is said to be an “informal showing” that should give the audience...
...Kingdom,” Thomas unleashes this team on the urgent subject of terrorism. It is May 30, 1884, and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), a terrorist organization working to liberate the Emerald Isle from British rule, has just detonated a bomb at Scotland Yard. Barker and Llewelyn immediately offer their services to the government and infiltrate a secretive IRB faction, posing as a German bomb maker and his assistant. They must work to earn the group’s trust while preparing to stop its ultimate plan to bring London to its knees—without concern for innocent...