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...watched “Just Got Paid,” the opening number, Caitlin D. Driscoll ’11 scribbled on a notepad. Driscoll, the director of TAPS, has been a competitive Irish step dancer since the age of four. Her involvement hasn’t dwindled since coming to Harvard. In addition to working with TAPS, she is on the executive board of Corcairdhearg, the Harvard College Irish dancers. After the dancers finished, she said, “You have to rock it out. This is a rock-out piece.” And when a troupe member...
What: TAPS is one of Harvard's newest student-run dance companies. The group features all student-choreographed pieces in a variety of styles, including Rhythm tap, Broadway, and Irish. TAPS' performances are varied in order to spread appreciation for tap dancing to a wide audience. Tickets are $10 or $5 for students, Harvard affiliates, and seniors...
There could perhaps be no better (or worse, depending on your religious inclination) day to open a blasphemous art exhibition than Good Friday. As many Irish Catholics were dutifully attending church, a group of young, well-dressed Dubliners gathered in the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art to view an exhibition inspired by the country's new - and much loathed - antiblasphemy...
...first artwork to greet the visitors to "Blasphemous" is a grotesque variation on Michelangelo's Pieta, with the Virgin Mary transformed into a malicious giant rat. Next is a multimedia piece called Resur-erection that references the Irish Catholic sex-abuse scandals of recent months and features stop-motion priests and bishops in suspicious scenarios. Another exhibit simply and bluntly declares "F___ Christmas" in baubles and fairy lights. The reaction of gallery-goers on opening day ranged from bemusement to gratitude that at least one venue in Dublin's capital was serving alcohol on the most abstinent of Irish religious...
...Because of the stinging criticism, the Irish government may now be reconsidering the move. Complaining that he has been the victim of "a sophisticated campaign, mostly on the Internet," Ahern last month proposed holding a referendum on the law, insisting that this was always his "preferred choice." However, with no date set for any referendum, opponents are keeping up the pressure. In May, Atheist Ireland will organize a 25-day walk across the country to hold public meetings on the statute, while the Museum of Contemporary Art is planning further one-off anti-blasphemy law events, as well...