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CENTER STAGE
410-332-0033
"And God Created Great Whales"
directed by David Schweizer -- The Head Theater
May 10 - June 16, 2002
Audio Described performances:
Sat. Mat. -- June 1 -- 2:00pm
Sat. Eve. -- June 1 -- 8:00pm
Fri. Eve. -- June 7 -- 8:00pm
Sun. Mat. -- June 9 -- 2:00pm
Wed. Eve. -- June 12 -- 8:00pm
Sun. Eve. -- June 16 -- 7:30pm

MORRIS A. MECHANIC THEATRE
Men Cry In The Dark
June 1 &2, 2002
Audio Described Performances
Audio Described performances are available upon request. Patrons must call the Director of Theatre Services at 410-625-4230 at least two weeks prior to a performance.
http://www.themechanic.org/html/siteindex.htm
info@themechanic.org or
call 410-625-4230

ARTSCAPE
July 26-28, 2002
Check the website for schedule. Audio Description is available for most events. Check at information booth where Braille programs are available.
http://www.artscape.org/

COCKPIT in COURT THEATRE
Community College of Baltimore County - Essex Campus
Audio Description is available for any performance upon request to
410-780-6369

1776, An American Musical
June 21 to June 30, 2002
MAME
July 26 to August 4, 2002
TOM SAWYER
July 11 to July 21, 2002
HENRY V
July 11 to July 21, 2002
ANNIVERSARY GALA
May18, 2002

TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Center for the Arts
410-704-2787
I GET A KICK OUT OF COLE - AN EVENING OF MUSIC BY COLE PORTER
Friday and Saturday, June 28 - 29, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2 p.m.
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/centerforthearts/ordertickets.html
Audio Description can be arranged for most events, exhibits and performances. Check the following website for a listing of these activities. To arrange audio description, call Maryland Arts Access at 410-347-1650 or email maai@bcpl.net
http://www.promotionandarts.com/webguide/index.html

Contests

Submission Deadline: 6/15/02

"Promoting the creative power in people with disabilities." Call for Art Entries Expressing Freedom: A National Juried Exhibition for Young Artists with Disabilities VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc. are proud to launch a Call for Entries entitled Expressing Freedom: A National Juried Exhibition for Young Artists with Disabilities. This juried exhibition is open to young artists, ages 16-25, and living in the United States who have a physical, cognitive or mental disability. Ten artists will be selected by a panel of art professionals to receive $25,000 cash awards. The grand prize awardee will receive $10,000 and will be honored at a reception in Washington, D.C. this fall.

Please visit the VSA site for a complete posting of the Call for Entries and to download entry forms: http://www.vsarts.org/gallery/callsforart/vw/index.html.

Feel free to email or call VSA with further questions:
Email: voa@vsarts.org
Phone: 1-800-933-8721 x3877

Arts Events and Announcements

Seeing the poems

Have you ever seen a poem? I mean really looked at one, with your eyes closed of course. Have you ever just listened to the words; let each image roll into and out of your imagination like some small story pattering its bare feet rapidly across your mind?

For the patrons and guests at the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH), they had just this experience. On Saturday, April 13th, Michael Collier, the poet Laureate of Maryland, gave a guest reading at the LBPH.

His poems, which are image-rich, deeply personal and yet universal in experience, entertained a large audience while he spoke of the act of writing, his experiences while growing up, and the topics that fuel his imagination.

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Michael Collier reading.

With an introduction by library patron and pediatrician Dr. Connor, Michael Collier was greeted with a warm reception and an excited audience. The poet provided a varied reading, covering such themes as birds breeding in May, going to the barber as a young boy, and the relationship of the classic Odysseus to his dog Argos. In all of these, the constant reminder of the relationship humans' share with nature, with their more primal and instinctive selves was revealed.

The library also provided a varied collection of Mr. Collier's work in Braille and in cassette both for sale and borrowing.

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. The crowd at the LBPH waiting to hear Michael Collier.

The reading was followed by a large reception with classical music by a group made up of a violinist, flautist, and keyboardist.

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Classical music by (left to right) Matt Schnell, Page Trammell, and Lou Smith.

Mpg file of the classical music group playing "Pachabel's Canon." D.

Poems have always been a multi-sensory experience. They are written to be read, to be heard, and to be felt in the metaphysical sense. For the patrons of the LBPH, the poetry of Michael Collier did all of that.