Thursday, August 15, 2024
Disability and Progress
"Disability and Progress" Radio Program on KFAI-FM- Other
- Weekly radio program devoted to disability topics
Location
Schedule and Tickets
To hear the current Disability and Progress show, or the previous week’s show, download Real Audio Player to your device or put the app on your smart phone. To receive a weekly email about the next show, or to offer feedback or suggest future interview subjects, call 612-341-3144, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com, or mail KFAI, Attention: Disability and Progress, 1808 Riverside Ave. S., Box 116, Minneapolis MN 55454.
About the Show
Thursdays, 6:00-7:00 PM
Sam Jasmine, Producer
On the weekly radio show “Disability and Progress,” Sam Jasmine interviews people on many disability topics, including arts, health, technology, special events. Listen Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at 90.3 KFAI-FM Minneapolis, stream online, download the app for your smart device, or access the podcasts. Shows are subject to change.
Thursday, July 25: The Arc MN's Metro Regional Quality Council (MRQC) discusses the topic of affordable housing for people with disabilities.
Thursday, August 1: Rachel Bohnsack, Paula Anderson and other members of Northern Starz Theater in Ramsey talk about their Penguin Project productions, including "Guys and Dolls Jr." (August 1-4 at North Hennepin Community College Theatre). Performers with and without disabilities perform their shows in a unique, nationally-recognized program.
Thursday, July 18: Dr. Coral Hoh, a leading expert in clinical linguistics, talks about how AI can fix Dyslexia. Also, Dawn Bentley, executive director for the Minnesota Fringe, discusses this year's accessible Fringe Festival opportunities August 1-11.
Thursday, July 11: Paul Martz, a blind editor and author, talks about the anthology of climate-themed fiction, Without Brakes, Fingers Crossed, which he co-edited.
RECENT SHOW podcasts or online recordings may still be available:
Thursday, June 20: Rocky Batzel talks about accessibility with opening medication bottles. Rocky is CEO of SnapSlide, which is dedicated to making it easier for consumers to access, use and store pharmaceutical products.
Thursday, June 13: Dr. Joshua Hou, Lion's Gift of Sight Medical Director, and Jolie Schmidt, Lions Gift of Sight Director of Clinical Operations, talk about the importance of eye donation. How does it work?
Thursday, June 6: Belo Miguel Cipriani discusses his new company. Belo is the founder of Oleb Media, a digital inclusion company that makes its customers' digital spaces more inclusive.
Thursday, May 30: Susan Kline, MD, MPH professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine at the U of M Medical School, talks about Measles. What in the world is going on with all these growing outbreaks?
Thursday, May 16: Amos Miller from the company Glidance talks about the product Glide.
Pick Up Truck Opera: Faust - ASL
Mixed Precipitation at Loring Park Garden of the Seasons- ASL Interpretation
- Large Print Playbill
- Interpreters: Sarah Brown and Gilda Houck-Markovitz.
Location
- Accessible Entrance
Schedule and Tickets
Reservations are FREE. Voluntary contributions can be made online or at the performance. The suggested donation for adults is $15- $45. Children under 12 are free. Recommended for all ages.
About the Show
August 8 – September 15, 2024
It’s French Romantic Opera and New Wave Disco Beats. It’s a deal with the devil as humanity shoots for the Moon. It’s Mixed Precipitation’s 16th Annual Summer Operatic Adventure -- a new production adapted from composer Charles Gounod’s 1859 opera Faust, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré.
In the not-so-distant future, scientist and entrepreneur Dr. Johann Faust faces a planet in crisis but no motivation to spare humanity its fate. He yearns to find a life of meaning and love. Méphistophélès, a mysterious extraplanar entity with a devilish charm, appears with a bargain: Relocate Earth’s climate refugees to a lunar colony and win the love of the brilliant physicist Marguerite. Together, Faust and his mysterious companion launch a fanatical quest to save humanity and reach beyond the limits of human potential. Dr. Faust finds himself torn between the love of his life and the conditions of his bargain. The music of Depeche Mode is laced into this tale, featuring the work of songwriters Vince Clarke and Martin Gore.
CAST & CREATIVE
Pickup Truck Opera: Volume 4—Faust is created from the combined talents of music director Gary Ruschman (returning for his seventh production with Mixed Precipitation), playwright and theologian Max Yeshaye, stage directors Scotty Reynolds and Jacob Miller, and the Mixed Precipitation ensemble.
Tenor Maurice Fields leads the cast as Faust. Bass Justin Spenner returns in the role of Méphistophélès, and sopranos Caroline Kouma and Corissa Bussian split the role of Marguerite. Galina Đorđević, Joshua Eidem, Joni Griffith, Jill Morgan, and Nick Miller play multiple roles and multiple instruments under the leadership of Ruschman.
This touring spectacle features the work of set designer Alex Hathaway, costume designer Rhiannon Fiskradatz, props designer Karly Bergman, and stage manager Ches Cipriano