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NW Deaf Arts Festival celebrates Deaf Cultural Diversity
Listen to this post: On June 16th, 2018, history will be made as the Northwest Deaf Arts Festival (NWDAF) will bring together top national Deaf artists who share a passion for an inclusive and innovative multi-sensory cultural extravaganza made equally accessible for Deaf and Hearing allies. For the first time in recent times, Portland Oregon will…
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Pigeonhole Podcast 7: Colleen and Her Guide Dog
Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of this page.] Meet Colleen and her guide dog, Joplin, our first episode in a series of stories from people with their working dogs. Here they are, snuggling. Colleen runs the Blind Inspirationcast with the goal of “changing the world’s perspective regarding visual impairments through motivational…
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Hollywood Theatre PDX Airport Cinema Shorts
Listen to this post: Airports. Ugh. I’ll just leave it at that. Or I would have left it there until The Hollywood Theatre opened their microcinema at the PDX Airport here in Portland in February, 2017. They have seasons where a selection of local short films play on an hour-long loop. If you had a…
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Pigeonhole Podcast 6: May Day and the Moon
Listen to this post: (Podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.) Happy May Day, everyone. Don’t forget: President Eisenhower attempted to turn this labor organizing day into a national “Loyalty Day” celebration where people were supposed to reaffirm their love for and loyalty to the U.S. and its “heritage of freedoms.” Odd choice…
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Boom Arts presents the amazing Jess Thom, Touretteshero
Listen to this post: I first heard about Jess Thom several years ago talking about Backstage in Biscuit Land. For that show, Jess delightfully warns audiences, “having Tourettes means I’m neurologically incapable of staying on script, and that’s where the fun starts.” While Jess also uses the name Touretteshero, please don’t mistake her for the one-dimensional…