by Thomas Weinheimer | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
Washington DC is a stunningly confusing and incredible city to me. Though I have lived close to a major city for my whole life, Washington DC threw me for a loop, and much more than I was expecting it to. First, I adapted to a non-grid structure, making me miss and...
by Penelope Musto | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
It was a whirlwind of a month in DC. We visited sites all over the city and attended a truly astonishing amount of performances. Along the way we discussed funding, censorship, accessibility, citizenship, engagement, and countless other ideas. All of these issues...
by Charles Hamer | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
Twelve years – give or take a year – was the last time I went to see live theatre. We went as a family to see Wicked and I finally got to see the other side of the story that we watched annually at my house. I’ve been thinking back to why we saw that...
by Sam Maul | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
Washington D.C. has been an experience beyond description. It is hard to explain how this course has and will continue to impact me as I process all the amazing opportunities we had here. Not only am I far more informed on the connections between democracy and the...
by Emma Jenks | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
Before I arrived in D.C. to take the Democracy and the Arts class, the only connection between democracy and the arts that I thought about was the government supporting the arts. I expected the whole trip to be meeting government officials with the power to make big...
by Blake Ormond | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
262,274 steps, 28 sight visits, 11 performances, 4 meals at Bibibop (with my final meal culminating in a lot of teriyaki sauce on my shirt), and 5 visits to Wawa later, our time in D.C. has come to a close. After countless hours of sitting in a myriad of coffee shops...
