Posted Sunday November 08 2015 at 9:04 pm
Michael Mack returns with his moving, often humorous, multi-character, one-man show of a family navigating mother's schizophrenia and eventual recovery. Called by the Boston Globe "Transcendent art that reaches out with unblinking honesty." See the award-winning show about love and schizophrenia.
Michael Mack was a little boy when his mother was first diagnosed with schizophrenia -- becoming convinced that she was the Virgin Mary.
One in every five families faces a major mental illness, and the stunning transformation of a loved one can strike a child mute. But Michael Mack found his voice, and he shares it with others in his feature-length solo play Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues.
Over a decade in creation, Mack's multi-character one-man show is a lyric memoir of one family navigating a life-changing reality. Mack charts his mother's odyssey through state hospitals, halfway houses, jails, and homelessness until she finds recovery through an unexpected grace. Exploring the shadowy landscape between psychosis and religious illumination, Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues is one family's journey of deliverance.
SHOW TIME - November 9, 2015 at 7:00pm sharp (please arrive early). Doors open 6:30.
SHOW PLACE. Cambridge Hospital, Macht Auditorium, 2nd floor of the Macht Building. 1493 Cambridge Street, Inman Square, Cambridge 02139.
Posted Sunday October 18 2015 at 9:00 pm
Description: Based on the VSA Minnesota Reaching All Learners (ReAL) workshop series, this interactive webinar will use the power of collaborative inquiry to analyze a visual arts lesson through the lens of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) both in terms of the written lesson plan and what the lesson looked like in action. Facilitators will lead participants through the Artist to Artist reflective process of lesson analysis to demystify and make visible UDL principles that are part of the lesson design and tease out the manifestations of those principles. Time will allow for participants to share their own insights, ask questions, and develop a better understanding of principles and elements of UDL as it applies to their own practice.
Takeaways for Webinar participants include:
• Concrete examples of UDL principles guiding lesson planning
• Process and strategies for analyzing a lesson
• Connections to the Artist to Artist Community of Practice
When: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 from 3-4pm EDT
More information and registration.
Realizing this blog post is coming at pretty much the last minute, it's worth pointing out that The Kennedy Center maintains an archive of prior VSA webinars which this will certainly become a part of.
Posted Monday October 05 2015 at 10:09 pm
Join us at Institute Park in Worcester October 18, 2015 starting at 10am for AbilityFest. Join a diverse community of Seven Hills friends, families and supporters as we challenge and encourage each other to SEE, BELIEVE and ACHIEVE!
Seven Hills AbilityFest is an inaugural event where our community will celebrate the A-bilities of children and adults with life challenges. AbilityFest will provide an opportunity for community-wide fun through your participation in either a 5K road race or the 1 mile "Murphy Mile" walk in honor of Alice Murphy – all during a festival of arts, music and inclusive activities. WXLO Radio and host, Jen Carter, will keep the music going along with guest performances from the stage. Browse our vendors and exhibitors and take part in the interactive fun! The event opens at 10:00 am with warm-ups and the race and walk start at 11:00 am. Bring your friends and join the fun and help celebrate the talents, hopes and dreams of ALL!
More information and sign-up.
