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ArtTech
Local Happenings
Center Stage
Assistive Listening Devices: Center Stage offers infra-red headsets in both the Pearlstone and Head Theaters to amplify the sound for patrons who are hard of hearing. Headsets are available from the Gift Shop; you must leave a credit card or driver's license as collateral.
Audio Description: Our volunteer audio describers provide an objective description of the non-verbal action on stage. Headsets are available from the Gift Shop; you must leave a credit card or other identification as collateral.
Coming in October:
Peter Pan
By J.M. Barrie
October 4 - November 24, 2002
Directed by Irene Lewis
The Head Theater
For more information, call
Phone: 410/332-0033
TDD/tty: 410/332-4240
Morris A. Mechanic Theatre
October 1-6, 2002
42nd Street
The Morris Mechanic Theater provides Infrared Listening Systems, Audio Described Performances, and Sign Interpreted Performances.
For more information on the times and dates of these performances, call the Mechanic Theater at: 410-625-4230
Contests
VISUAL ARTS
Submission Deadline: 10-01-02
The Department of Theatre at SUNY Brockport 3rd Biennial Festival of Ten-Minute Plays Entry Rules: Each script must have a running time of no more than ten minutes. No scripts will be returned. Plays will be shredded. Entries will be acknowledged if a SASE post card is enclosed. Only original plays allowed. No musicals, or Equity produced plays. Each manuscript must be typed and bound. Title page should include author's name, address, email address and phone number. Of special interest are plays that deal with the connection between art and science/technology. Deadline for submission is October 1st, 2002. Entry Fee: $2 for EACH submitted play. The top ten plays will be produced as part of the SUNY College at Brockport Ten Minute Play Festival in March 2003. Prize money will be awarded to top three selected plays ($300, $200, $100). Direct submissions to: New Plays III, Department of Theatre, SUNY College at Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420. Finalists will be notified by January 30th, 2003.
For more information please visit
www.brockport.edu/~theatre
Arts Events and Announcements
On April 1, 2002, the FCC mandate requiring TV stations (ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC affiliates) in the top 25 markets to provide a minimum of 50 hours of described prime-time and/or children's programming per calendar quarter, (which is approximately 4 hours per week) took effect. The new rule also requires Multi-channel video programming distributors (MVPDs) - such as satellite and cable systems- with at least 50,000 subscribers to follow the same guidelines for each of the top five national cable networks they carry. PBS stations already air approximately 10 hours of described programming per week- using DVS technology created by WGBH- and are exempt from the new rule. Baltimore Maryland is one of the top 25 markets mandated to air described programming.
ArtLink
The Children Beyond Borders exhibit is a collection of work by children with disabilities from around the world. Each child was given an identical 4" box that could be creatively reconfigured to express each child's dreams, hopes, fears, and more.
www.vsarts.org/gallery/exhibits/cbborders/index.html