Thursday, April 4, 2024
Disability and Progress
"Disability and Progress" Radio Program on KFAI-FM- Thu., April 4 at 6:00 pm
- Other
- Weekly radio program devoted to disability topics
Location
Schedule and Tickets
Schedule: 04/04
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, March 28: Nic Novicki, founder and director of the Disability Film Challenge, will discuss bringing together the world's first disability loop group. What is that, you ask? Tune in and find out.
Thursday, April 4: Roger Khouri will speak about Out-Of-Sight.net, a free gaming, chat and learning, website offered to the blind community.
Thursday, April 11: Wendy Fagan, executive director of Envision Blind Sports, will talk about her new venture.
Thursday, April 18: Dr. Emil Lou will speak about Colorectal Cancer. What are your options?
Thursday, April 25: to be announced.
Thursday, May 2: to be announced.
Thursday, May 9: Robb Leer, the new head of Partners in Policy Making, will bring people from class number 41 to talk about their experiences in learning to advocate for people with disabilities in this class.
RECENT SHOW podcasts or online recordings may still be available:
Thursday, March 14: Professor Joseph Gaugler, director of the U of M's Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, will speak about Alzheimer's. What do we know now about it? Has it changed?
Thursday, March 7: Dr. James Dahle, will talk about the unique and effective financial strategies he has developed and tested for parents of children with disabilities -- based on his newest book, Retire Secure for Parents of a Child with a Disability.
Thursday, February 29: Mickey Carolan speaks about his book Mom Dad Not Hear: Lessons on Leadership, Life, and Love from my Deaf Parents.
Open Flow
Open Flow- Thu., April 4 at 7:00 pm
- Audio Description
- ASL Interpretation
- Meetings captioned through the Zoom app, and ASL interpretation is available upon advance request. Visual art will be audio described.
Location
Schedule and Tickets
Schedule: 04/04
For Zoom log-in or call-in info, email or call Andy at 651-294-0907.
About the Show
First Thursday of each month
Join fellow artists at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your Writing, Visual Art, Music, Memoir, Poetry, Photography, Video, Storytelling or other artform.
Open Flow is a space where artists with and without disabilities can meet and share their work with one or another.
Open Flow meets on First Thursdays at 7:00 pm remotely via the Zoom video-conferencing app (with or without a web camera) or by regular telephone. An in-person gathering is typically held each December for a holiday party at Springboard for the Arts, 262 University Ave. W., St. Paul. Other in-person gatherings may be scheduled.
If you have never used Zoom, please contact Andy at Springboard for a step-by-step guide on getting set up. It's free, and you can join by video or any telephone (cell or landline). You don't need a video camera or computer to join.
Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women - CC
Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women Live Show & Podcast with Mary M. Tjosvold & Yemi Love-
Thu., April 4 at 7:30 pm
- Real-time Captioning
- Live Real-time captioning available via your smartphone
Location
Schedule and Tickets
Tickets $30 to $40 plus fees & sales tax. Buy directly from the Eventbrite ticket page OR via the Island of Discarded Women website: https://www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com/
About the Show
April 4, 2024
The Island of Discarded Women Live Show & Podcast is a live variety show amplifying women's voices through powerful personal stories, captivating original music, empowering social commentary and an inspiring conversation with a special guest!
Special guest on April 4, Mary M. Tjosvold, is not only the highly successful owner of Crooners Supper Club, but is lauded for her humanitarian work locally and around the world. Mary’s tireless advocacy has focused on eliminating violence toward women, ending child trafficking, preserving the environment, and eliminating torture. She has been awarded countless awards for her humanitarianism.
Musical guest Yemi Love is a Nigerian American singer/songwriter with a rich, distinctive and soulful voice, known and loved for her contemporary urban soul and her lyrics that explore the empowering dimensions of love. A recording artist for almost 20 years, Yemi has been nominated for countless awards, has been commissioned to write music for film and has collaborated with Grammy award-winning artists.
Guest contributor Stacey Dinner-Levin joins with a powerful personal story of navigating life with an adult autistic son. Plus Island favorites, Dae Yang, Zippy Laske & host Sue Scott!
Doors open at 6:30 for Dinner and drinks before the show! Bring friends!
More Information about Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women - CC
The Color Purple - ASL/AD
Theater Latté Da-
Thu., April 4 at 7:30 pm
- Audio Description
- ASL Interpretation
- Assisted Listening Devices
- Braille Playbill
- Large Print Playbill
- Describer: TBA; Interpreters: TBA
Location
- Accessible Entrance
- Accessible Restrooms
- Accessible Seating
- Wheelchair Accessible
Schedule and Tickets
https://theaterlatteda.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0S5d00000V5QGyEAN Box Office: 612-339-3003 or boxoffice@latteda.org
About the Show
March 20 - May 5, 2024
by Alice Walker, Book by Marsha Norman, Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray; Directed by Daniel J. Bryant, Choreographed by Heather Beal, Music Direction by Sanford Moore.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Marsha Norman, this stirring family chronicle follows the inspirational Celie as she journeys from childhood through joy and despair, anguish and hope, to discover her own unique voice and place in the world.
Starring Ronnie Allen, Carnetha Anthony, Zola Dee, Lynnea Doublette, Lamar Jefferson, Dwight Xaveir Leslie, Heather McElrath, Nubia Monks, David L. Murray, Dennis Spears, Angela Stewart, and Angela Wildflower.
A Co-Production with Geva Theatre Center.