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ArtTech
General Cinema Owings Mills is the only Movie Theater in the Baltimore Area that has available closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system (for moviegoers who are deaf and hard of hearing), and audio descriptions (for moviegoers who are blind or have low vision) utilizing the DVS Theatrical System. The following is a list of current films that are available with this system:
Washington, D.C., Date: October 11, 2001
Literary Arts
Celebrating 100 Years of Filmmaking
Local Happenings
MONSTERS, INC., from the makers of TOY STORY and with the voices of Billy Crystal and John Goodman, from Buena Vista Pictures (rated G)
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS, starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Penny Marshall, from Sony Pictures (Rated PG-13)
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
This must-see film from Warner Bros. debuted in theaters on Friday, November 16.
SPY GAME from Universal Pictures
ALI from Sony Pictures will debut with closed captions and descriptions on December 25
ROAD TO PERDITION from DreamWorks Pictures scheduled for a January 11 debut
BLACK HAWK DOWN from Sony Pictures scheduled for a January 18 debut
PANIC ROOM from Sony Pictures scheduled for a February 1 debut
TIME MACHINE from DreamWorks Pictures
SPIDER MAN from Sony Pictures
MEN IN BLACK II from Sony Pictures
STUART LITTLE 2 from Sony Pictures
Directions : The Owings Mills 17 is located just off of Rt. 795 northwest of Baltimore on the ring road surrounding the Owings Mills Mall.
Call the theater (410-444-3456) for scheduled showings and to make your wishes known as to what films you would like to have presented.
Center Stage
700 North Charles St. (410-332-0033)
A Raisin in the Sun * November 15 - December 23, 2001 * The Pearlstone
Theater By Lorraine Hansberry, Directed by Marion McClinton
Audio Described Performances:
Sat Eve Dec 1 - 8 pm
Fri Eve Dec 7 - 8 pm
Sun Mat Dec 9 - 2 pm
Sun Eve Dec 16 - 7:30 pm
Sun Mat Dec 23 - 2 pm
Three Tall Women * January 11 - February 10, 2002 * The Pearlstone
Theater by Edward Albee, directed by Tim Vasen
Audio Described Performances
Sat Eve Jan 26 - 8 pm
Fri eve Feb 1 - 8 pm
Sun Mat Feb 3 - 2 pm
Sun Eve Feb 3 - 7:30 pm
Sun Mat Feb 10 - 2 pm
Baltimore Opera
Lyric Opera House, 140 W. Mount Royal Ave., (410-727_6000)
Mozart's The Magic Flute,
John Osborn, tenor, Kristopher Irmiter, baritone, Valeria Esposito, soprano, Will Crutchfield, Conductor
Audio Described Performances
Sun Mat Dec. 9 - 2 PM
Wed Eve Dec. 12 - 8 PM
Fri Eve Dec. 14 - 8 PM
Sun Mat Dec. 16 - 2 PM
There are many other performances in the area for which Audio Description is available upon request. Call Maryland Arts Access at 410-347-1650 or Email maai @bcpl.net. to make arrangements or for advise on "What to do and where to go."
Emerging Playwrights see their work about disabilities produced on stage at the Kennedy Center
VSA arts hosted the premiere performances of "The Trouble with Being Inspiring" and "I Play by Ear," two plays written by students about the experience of living with a disability. The performances, which were directed by Paul Douglas Michenewicz, were presented as part of the 2001 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award Evening on October 1, 2001 in the Theater Lab of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Through VSA arts' 18th annual Playwright Discovery Award, promising student writers, grades 6 through 12, were invited to explore the experience of living with a disability through the creation of a one-act dramatic work for the stage. Scripts were submitted by 147 students from all over the country; four received top honors.
The first place award recipient, The Trouble with Being Inspiring, written by Helen Kilian of Wamego, Kansas was selected for full production on The Kennedy Center stage. Katherine Gee and Deborah Yarchun of Austin, TX, co-authored the second place award recipient, I Play by Ear which was presented as a staged reading. Third and fourth place honors were awarded to Jessica Carleton from Glenview, Illinois, for OC Me and to Luke Barats of Eagle, Idaho, for What I See in Myself.
All five authors came to Washington, DC to be recognized for their accomplishment during the event hosted by New York playwright, director, actor, Jon-Michael Hernandez (Merrick's Gallery). Each was presented with an award and cash scholarship in front of an audience that included VSA arts Founder Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, congressional representatives, and distinguished guests.
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award is supported in part by The Kennedy Center's Education Department and through the support of the U.S. Department of Education.
VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith to promote education and lifelong learning opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities. VSA arts has been designated by Congress as the coordinating organization for arts in education programs for children and youth with disabilities. 5.6 million people participate in VSA arts programs annually through a network of affiliate organizations and collaborators in the U.S. and other countries. VSA arts affiliates offer programming in music, dance, drama, creative writing, and the visual arts that develop learning skills, encourage independence, and promote access and inclusion.
For more information about this topic or VSA arts, contact Dani Fox at VSA arts (202) 628-2800 or 800-933-8721, ext. 3853 or email danif@vsarts.org.
Contests
Submission Deadline: 1/1/02
US Society for Disability Studies: Call for Papers * Call for Papers: "Disability, Difference, and Tolerance -- Crossing Boundaries and Taking Risks" The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the exploration of disability through research, artistic production, and teaching. This year's theme seeks to examine emerging international issues in disability studies in today's political, economic, and cultural context. The conference will place special emphasis on identifying and crossing oppressive physical, political, ideological, communication, and attitudinal boundaries. They want specifically to sponsor cross-disability, cross-disciplinary, and cross-cultural discussion that promotes peace and tolerance. The Conference will be organized to encourage dialogue among academic disability studies, activists, policy makers, practitioners, and the disability community as they try to situate disability studies in today's global crisis of shifting boundaries. Deadline for submissions is January 1, 2002.
Carol Gill cg16@uic.edu at: SDS, c/o Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago (M/C 626), 1640 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608-6904 Voice/TTY: 312-996-4664, Fax: 312-996-7743, Web page:
Arts Events
On February 28 - March 4, 2002, CIMI is planning a Festival of Cinema for the Deaf, in Chicago. This five-day event will feature:
Since the birth of cinema, filmmakers have ignored the needs of deaf spectators. Deaf actors, directors and filmmakers have struggled to create a genre that reflects the physical and cultural differences of their community. CIMI challenges filmmakers from all backgrounds to work with members of the deaf community in supporting this film festival.
Check out the website www.cinemaforthedeaf.org
Or contact: The Chicago Institute for the Moving Image, 1610 Highland Ave., Chicago, IL 60660; (847) 942-0767;
Or email joshuaflanders@cimi.ws ; liz@cimi.ws
ArtLinks of interest
www.tstonramp.com/~rjhamm/gallery2.html -First Street Gallery Art Center exhibits the personal artwork of artists with disabilities.
www.icomm.ca/iarts/gallery/index.html - Integrated Arts unites people with and without disabilities by providing opportunities and reasons for them to come together. The art gallery exhibits the personal art work by their artists with disabilities.
www.theaterofinclusion.net -Website of a theater group dedicated to the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the theater.