Upcoming Events
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
7pm - Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S, SLC
The SLC Film Center and HBO Documentary Films are pleased to announce a special advance screening of
Sundance Award Winner HEAR AND NOW.
HEAR AND NOW tells the personal story of two people who journey into a world of sound together after surgery ends 65 years of silence.
HEAR AND NOW will premiere on HBO May 8, 2008
A deeply personal memoir by Emmy® winner Irene Taylor Brodsky, HEAR AND NOW chronicles her deaf parents’ decision to undergo risky cochlear implant surgery, following their touching journey from a comfortable marriage of silence into new, complex and challenging world of sound.
Winner of an Audience Award at last year’s Sundance Film Festival!
“Irene Taylor Brodsky’s documentary about her parents’ late-in-life decision to undergo cochlear-implant surgery is a moving tribute to her folks and their accomplishments, and an engrossing emotional roller-coaster for filmgoers.” Bonnie Fazio, Reel.com
“Like the wrenching personal accounts of cancer survivors, HEAR AND NOW unlocks the psychological side of their experience, with raw emotion smoothing over the intimate picture’s less cinematic qualities.” Peter Debruge, Variety
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information, please visit www.slcfilmcenter.org
Both age 65 and deaf since birth, husband and wife Paul and Sally Taylor led rich lives filled with jobs, hobbies, passions and the support of a devoted four-generation family, including their own three hearing children. Pioneers in the deaf community, Sally worked as a teacher and a college secretary and lent her expert lip-reading skills to law enforcement investigations, while Paul, an engineer and retired professor, helped develop the TTY, a widely-used telecommunication device for the hearing-impaired.
When the Taylor’s announced just before retirement that they planned to get cochlear implants — a breakthrough technology that could restore their ability to hear – their decision was met with mixed feelings by their daughter. “After this surgery, who will they be?” she asks. “Will they still be deaf people, or hearing people, or will they be something in between? What if the implant doesn’t work? What if one of them can hear and the other one can’t?
At its core, HEAR AND NOW is a love story about two people who found one other and grew together in a world of silence, their bond strengthened by the challenges they faced and overcame as a couple. Undertaking the journey together, they cannot foresee the ultimate impact of this change on their relationship, or the emotional and neurological challenges of adapting to a world of sound, especially when one appears to have more success with the procedure and it looks like their paths – so long the same – might diverge.
The film offers fascinating “before-hearing” and “after-hearing” windows into the lives of Paul and Sally Taylor, recounting childhood years learning to communicate in a special school, experiencing the stigma surrounding deafness in mainstream high schools, and overcoming the challenges of being deaf parents of hearing children.
The three-hour operation is seen from a fascinating surgeon’s-eye view, as a tiny computer is placed into a recess carved out of the skull and multi-tentacled silicone transmitters are threaded into the cochlea, like microphone cables leading to a microscopic amplifier. A month later, they visit their audiologist to have the implants turned on and hear their first sounds. Paul struggles to describe the experience; Sally is speechless with emotion.
HEAR AND NOW explores the psychological dimensions of adapting to the challenges posed by a restored sense of hearing and reveals just how subjective the sense of sound can be. “It’s like a hammer in my head – bang, bang, bang!” Paul says of a flock of geese flying by. Sally, enchanted by her lakefront surroundings in upstate New York, delights in the sound of water gently flowing over rocks and in waves. Sally stands in a hallway of her home flipping light switches, stroking and patting the walls and flushing the toilet, astounded by the everyday sounds she’s wondered about for years. Like a kid in a candy store, Paul drives to the car wash twice in one day just to experience the strange noises he finds there.
The film raises compelling questions about the ease of obtaining cochlear implant surgery. No psychological evaluations were required of the couple — just medical insurance and proof of a working auditory nerve. Likewise, as people age, the elasticity in the brain tends to decrease, making implant surgery for people 65 or older less than successful in many cases. In the end, there are highs, such as a family Christmas when Paul winds up on his back playing air guitar to a CD he’s received. There are also lows, like the couple’s follow-up visit to their audiologist, when they discover they cannot hear any of the test words read to them. As time passes, Paul and Sally struggle with their newfound hearing and begin to wonder if it’s better to live in their familiar silent world or face the frustrations of their new, sound-filled one.
HEAR AND NOW is Irene Taylor Brodsky’s first feature-length film. As a producer and cinematographer, she filmed polygamist Alex Joseph and his nine wives in the Utah desert, investigated the fragile state of American health care, followed a fetish clothing designer (HBO’s “Real Sex”) and produced TV documentaries and shorts on subjects ranging from Bollywood to bluegrass music. In 2004, Taylor Brodsky won an Emmy® for “The Rural Studio,” her portrait of late architect Samuel Mockbee and his legacy in the American South.
HEAR AND NOW is a film by Irene Taylor Brodsky; supervising editor Geof Bartz, A.C.E; associate producer, Crofton Diack; senior producer, Eve Epstein; original music, Joel Goodman. For HBO: supervising producer, Sara Bernstein; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Downtown Sustainability Festival
Live Green, the 5th Annual Downtown Sustainable Living Festival will be held at Library Square from 10am to 6pm.
Learn about the green resources in your community.
This year’s event features:
-Alternative Transportation Exhibitors
-Locally-Grown Yard and Garden Plant Sale
-Sustainable Building Products & Businesses
-Community Advocacy Groups
-Eco-activities for kids
-Food Vendors & Squatters Beer Garden (e2 business)
-Pedal-Powered Music Stage with Shake Your Peace
-Conversation Cafe, discussing regional issues
Presented by the Downtown Alliance
Locally-grown Plant and Garden Sale
Buy your plants from local growers. Find a selection of hanging
baskets, heirloom melons, herb plants, bedding flowers, hand-picked
native seeds. Master Gardeners will be available to answer all of your
green questions.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
IFC documentary film “At the Death House Door” from 2:30 to 5:30 pm at the Weber County Library Auditorium. We will watch the film and discuss the issue of capital punishment. Refreshments will be served.
Contact:
Lydia Kalish, Utah State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Amnesty International USA -
phone:801-393-4467
Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
Thursday, May 15, 2008 n partnership with the Beehive Chef’s Association and in honor of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah’s 30th Birthday, we are excited to present
Chef & A Child: A Night of Excellence
Celebrating 30 Years of “Big Magic”
6:30-9:30
Salt Lake City Downtown Marriott, 75 South West Temple, Salt Lake City
Dress: Black Tie Optional
Tickets are $100 each, tables of ten are $1,000 each
This night of excellence will be host to 400 guests and will feature gourmet creations from Utah’s finest chefs, wine pairings, and exciting silent and live auctions offering remarkable memorabilia and culinary, travel, sports and entertainment packages. Also featured will be the musical delights of “Stella by Starlight” and performances by the “One Voice Children’s Choir.”
To tempt you, here is a small sampling of our live auction offerings:
- Could It Be Death by Chocolate? You and 15 friends will delight in dinner prepared especially for you by “Man of Mystery” Certified Executive Chef Todd Leonard while enjoying a live murder mystery in your very own home. Chef Leonard will work with you to set a menu perfect for your guests.
- Thai Temptations: Experience culinary nirvana with 11 of your very best friends at a private dinner customized to your tastes and preferences at Bangkok Thai on Main (Park City), winner of both Wine Spectators Award of Excellence. And why go home to the summer heat when you and three friends can enjoy a week’s stay at the Park Plaza Resort in Park City from August 16-23? Wine will be provided by friends of BBBSU.
- Hawaiian Get-Away: Enjoy a one week stay for four at the “Worldmark Kihei” in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii from March 8-March 15, 2009. Feel free to partake in the local offerings of scuba diving, whale-watching, surfing, deep-sea fishing, horseback riding and more.
- Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away!: You and a guest will zip off to San Diego on open-ended Southwest Airlines tickets to enjoy a private sailing adventure for two, dinner for two at the San Diego Yacht Club, and two tickets to the San Diego Zoo. Two nights of hotel accommodations will also be provided.
Please contact Jessica Knickerbocker at 743-1673 or jessica.knickerbocker@bbbs.org for more details!
Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16, 2008 TWO Complimentary Workshops with Byron Katie Thursday, May 15TH, 2008 U OF U RICE-ECCLES STADIUM TOWER 6TH FLOOR 3:00 - 5:00 pm Stress Management & Conflict Resolution OPEN INVITATION to ALL Military & VA Medical, Mental Health & Support Professionals 6:00 - 9:00 pm Your Personal Freedom from Stress OPEN INVITATION to ALL Returning Soldiers, Veterans, Their Families & Friends REGISTRATION CONTACT INFORMATION RSVP, POC: PJ Anderson, SFC, 2nd Medical Training Brigade – Email preferred Patrick.J.Anderson@usar.army.mil phone message (801) 656-3911, indicate name & number attending LOCATION/PARKING INFORMATION The Tower at U of U Rice-Eccles Stadium, Varsity Room, 6th Floor 451 S. 1400 E. SLC, UT Park in LOT WEST of Stadium – Enter from 500 South downhill from the Olympic Torch or 400 S where Trax runs by Stadium To access 6th floor use Gate C. South Elevator Soldiers – Major Phil Davis, Chaplain, Medical Readiness Training Command (801) 913-6343 Byron Katie – Kathryn Dixon, Director, Clarity Coaching Institute (801) 487-7621 Integrative Health Network – Jim Overall, MD, Prof Emeritus, U of U School of Medicine, Prior Co-Director of Salt Lake VA Hospital Integrative Health Clinic (801) 558-6340 Discover The Work for yourself and your loved ones. It’s a simple yet powerful process for stress/conflict resolution. Around the world, The Work complements conventional medical care. Experience an alternative to suffering. http://www.thework.com Friday, May 16, 2008 PATCH ADAMS ON MAY 16TH AT KINGSBURY HALL.
We are excited to announce the launch of a new non-profit organization, The Arts in Caring Council, dedicated to promoting the value and importance of art in healthcare in UTAH. The idea of incorporating the arts in the healthcare environment is gaining popularity as research mounts demonstrating that creative expression improves health outcomes. For example, studies reveal:
a. hospital patients recovering in an aesthetic environment had shorter recovery times
b. patients who listen to music before surgery demonstrate an increase in pain tolerance
c. dancing increases circulation, coordination, and alertness in elders
d. creating art decreases depression and anxiety
e. art programming in facilities reduces clinical burnout
As part of the launch, we have invited Patch Adams, made famous by the movie of the same name, starring Robin Williams, to speak on “Living a Life of Joy” at Kingsbury Hall on May 16 at 7:00 in the evening. This inspiring event will be fun, informative, and educational, we hope you can attend. I am attaching an ‘email flyer’ — and hope you will send this message to your email list of colleagues, friends, and family. For tickets contact Kingsbury Hall at 801.581.7100 or find them on the web at www.kingsburyhall.org - (tickets $25.00 General Admission, $10.00 for students, seniors and children 6-12). Also, Approved by the Utah Chapter, National Association of Social Workers for 3 CEUs.
The Arts in Caring Council, working with artists and healthcare providers in the state, provides assistance in incorporating art in health care delivery systems as much as possible. Look for our website coming soon. There we will provide members with access to hundreds of ideas, artists, newsletters, model programs, highlights, tool-kits, research materials, podcasts, message boards and a list-serve, as well as many other resources to serve your healthcare organization. Please plan to engage in Council programs and activities in the months to come. This is a time for all of us to celebrate our community, breaking down the walls of competition, and bottom-line driven mentalities, to meet the increasing need for compassion in healthcare. For more information on the Council, contact Shannon at 801.485.6166.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
UTAH NEEDS FAMILIES TO HOST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Please click on the “Announcements” tab to read more….
Monday, June 23, 2008
Details forthcoming….
Saturday July 19, 2008
Fashion Charity Show
Grand Hall at the Depot- 400 W. South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
Tickets $20 in advance
$25 at the door
Social Hour 6:00pm
Fashion Show 7:00pm
Silent Auction closes at 9pm
Please RSVP by Friday, July 11, 2008
Call 801-484-2205 to get your tickets.
Check back for more details…
Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31, 2008
A Celebration of Cultural Diversity!
6th Salt Lake American Muslim Cultural Festival - Aug 30, 31, 2008
Washington Square - City County Building 451 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
Free, family oriented fun showcasing multiethnic song and dance cultural performances past performers include Kenshin Taiko Japanese Drummers, Sol de Jalisco Mariachi Band, Bein Flamenco and others with multi-ethic food and vendors
Supported by ZAP, Salt Lake City and County Arts Councils and recognized with proclamations by the City, County and the Governor for promoting and inclusion of diversity!
Are you a nonprofit and wanted to do your festival but could not due to financial/ time/know how constraints? You are invited to participate in this festival as a partner WITHOUT A FEE just sign up by contacting us, bring your booth and banner and cultural performers to have your own festival together with us!
Salt Lake American Muslim is a 501C3 nonprofit organizing cultural events, social service and interfaith programs that are not religious, political, or primarily commercial or sexual in content, without regard to race, religion, color, or ethnic origin.
Website: SaltLakeAmericanMuslim.com
Email: SaltLakeAmerican@yahoo.com
Phone: (801) 671-6709
Saturday, September 20, 2008
3rd Annual”Imagine Peace” Festival
Details forthcoming…..
Organizations: Contact info AT imaginepeacefest DOT org for more information on tabling
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