Field Trip Reminder

A reminder that on Tuesday, April 5, the entire ninth grade will attend the play American As Curry Pie. We'll leave after period two and before assembly. We will return to school by 1:00. You'll miss all of periods four and three and may be late to period seven. Bag lunches will be distributed after the performance.

American As Curry Pie is written and performed by former Blake Diversity Director, Aamera Siddiqui

, and is directed by Meena Natarajan and Suzy Messerole. Below is the play description, taken from the History Theatre's website:

We’ve all felt like we didn’t fit in, whether we grew up in our hometown or moved to a new country when we were 6. For Aamera Siddiqui, growing up as an immigrant in the United States was a balancing act between her Indian heritage and her American surroundings. Aamera’s world consisted of one country inside the four walls of her family’s home and another country outside those walls. Curried peas and hot dogs, Catholic school uniforms and colorful saris, Urdu and English all blended and bounced off one another to shape Aamera’s identity.
Told with honesty and humor, American as Curry Pie is one woman’s story about immigration, assimilation, and discovering what it means to be an American.

And here's a review of the play by the Pioneer Press's TwinCities.com: "'Curry Pie' offers generous portions of American culture."