UHP Cultural Experience Portfolio 2017–18

New York City Ballet MOVES

“I’m going to a Ballet!” is an example of one of those sentences that will produce two very different responses…

Finding Mercy in Ted Mann

Three years ago, I found myself wandering aimlessly around my high school’s library, searching through a sea of…

Laughing Through the Pain: the Story of the Pan-American Exposition

Performing the Archive Lecture

Usually when I think of musicals, my mind goes to colorful costumes, catchy songs, and a simple yet intriguing plot. In contrast, when it comes to lectures, I have only ever been to a handful of interesting ones, and the rest I forget the moment I leave. When I think of…

Minneapolis Institute of Art: “Seeking a Truth” Exhibition

An Evening at the Cedar Cultural Center

Alone and a little nervous, I entered the colorful, well-aged storefront of the Cedar…

17th Annual Peruvian Benefit Supper

Romeo and Juliet in Minneapolis

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is arguably one of the world’s most famous plays, and a wide variety of interpretations have been directed both on screen and in the theater. In Minneapolis, the Guthrie is Joseph Haj’s interpretation, which combines Shakespearean…