<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Annette Lutz<div>President</div><div>Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</div><div>614-288-4323</div><div>President.capital.nfboh@gmail.com</div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people because we know that low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want, blindness is not what holds you back. </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Jane Ehrenfeld <jehrenfeld4043@att.net><br><b>Date:</b> October 3, 2025 at 6:40:39\u202fPM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Ehrenfeld Jane <jehrenfeld4043@att.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Live AD at "The Old Man and the Sea" October 125!</b><br><br></div><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">\ufeffReminder! Please share!<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">I\u2019m thrilled to announce that I will be providing the live audio description for the 2 p.m. performance of the Wexner Center for the Arts and Opera Columbus\u2019 production of \u201cThe Old Man and the Sea\u201d on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Mershon Auditorium,<span style="font-size: 11px;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1871 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210</span>. Tickets are on sale and available online on the Wex website <a href="https://my.wexarts.org/5808/5812">here</a><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.capa.com/productions/rappaccinis-daughter/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"> </a> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If you have questions about accessibility at the Wexner or wish to request an accommodation, please contact the accessibility manager by calling </span><a href="tel:+16146883890" style="padding: 2px 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative; text-decoration: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(72, 89, 214) 0px, rgb(72, 89, 214) 100%); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 100% 0.13rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: inherit; transition: 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.68, 0, 0.07, 1); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">(614) 688\u20133890</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> or emailing </span><a href="mailto:accessibility@wexarts.org" style="padding: 2px 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative; text-decoration: none; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(72, 89, 214) 0px, rgb(72, 89, 214) 100%); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 100% 0.13rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: inherit; transition: 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.68, 0, 0.07, 1); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">accessibility@wexarts.org</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">Not familiar with the story? Here\u2019s the lowdown f<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">rom the </span>Wexner Center for the Arts website:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Based on the Ernest Hemingway 1952 novella, this innovative adaptation of </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The Old Man and the Sea</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">is the result of a collaboration between illustrious composer Paola Prestini, librettist Royce Vavrek, and conductor and stage director Karmina \u0160ilec. Breathtakingly staged with eight pools of water enhanced with dynamic lighting, costumes, and sound, the performance combines the Hemingway text with original portraits of everyday life to create a look at aging, legacy, and our relationship to the ocean.</span></i></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><i>Onstage you\u2019ll hear music from longtime collaborators and muses of Prestini\u2019s including Jeffrey Zeigler as the featured cellist, as well as percussionists and a 16-person chorus featuring students from Ohio State\u2019s School of Music. The cast brings to life the book\u2019s pivotal characters: Santiago, Manolin, and the wife, who\u2019s rewritten as La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, a goddess in the Afro-Caribbean faith Santerķa found floating off the coast of Cuba in 1628. Themes of baseball, ecology, religion, and economy paint a conflict between progress, tradition, passion, and exploitation, ultimately shedding contemporary perspectives on this timeless tale. (100 mins., no intermission)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Join us for live audio description at the October 12 performance. Program notes will begin at 1:30 PM. Mershon Auditorium offers</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Listen EVERYWHERE</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">streaming, and a limited number of assistive listening devices are also available for your convenience.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">This production will be performed in English with English captions. <o:p></o:p></p><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">Here is the timeline for the audio description audience:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">1:30 p.m. Program notes</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">2:00 p.m. Curtain</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;">Next up this fall are:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Tuesday, October 23<sup>rd </sup> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">\u201cFragmented Shadows\u201d at Performance Space in the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Curtain @ 7:30 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> <b>(run time approximately 55 minutes)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">From the Wex website: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Wanjiru Kamuyu explores the body as a site of liberation through dance, sound, and imagery in collaboration with dancers Elodie Paul and Sherwood Chen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Fragmented Shadows</span></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> brings attention to untold stories of the personal, ancestral, and societal invisible wounds that imprint on our bodies and shape our well-being in seen and unseen ways. Supported by epigenetic and psychosomatic research, the three performers trace an inner, abstract, and visual journey into the body, weaving a tapestry of memories. In <i>Fragmented Shadows</i> dance becomes a practice of healing and release, transforming the body into a site of liberation and creating a powerful visual and emotional landscape. An internationally renowned choreographer, Kamuyu has collaborated with other notable artists featured at the Wexner Center including Bill T. Jones and Julie Taymor, among others. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">More information is available at <a href="https://wexarts.org/performing-arts/wanjiru-kamuyu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">wexarts.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Wednesday, November 5<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">\u201cMareas/Tides\u201d at Performance Space in the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Curtain @ 7 p.m. (run time approximately 60 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">From the Wex website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Dance, live music, and immersive visuals transport audiences into a story about the Earth\u2019s interconnected, push-and-pull relationship with its oceans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Mareas/Tides</span></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> is an interdisciplinary performance that combines dance, storytelling, singing, music, visual imagery, and improvisation. The performance traces island cosmologies and diasporic geographies of the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Pacific seas and the gravitational power of the moon. Marion Ramirez, a Puerto Rican somatic dancer-choreographer, conceived and curated the performance in collaboration with Ojeya Cruz Banks, a Black Chamoru (Guåhan) dancer-anthropologist. <i>Mareas/Tides</i> includes a live score that draws from jazz, salsa, and gospel music, featuring Pete Mills (music director and saxophone), Timothy Carpenter (piano and vocals), Dean Hulett (bass), and Matthiessen Nisch Quan (drums) along with stunning visual projections designed by Christian Faur. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">More information is available at <a href="https://wexarts.org/performing-arts/marion-ramirez-and-ojeya-cruz-banks" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">wexarts.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Saturday, November 15th</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><b><font face="Aptos, sans-serif">ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus \u201cYou.Sleep.Stay.\u201d at the Columbus Museum of Art. </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><b><font face="Aptos, sans-serif">1 p.m. Introduction</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><b><font face="Aptos, sans-serif">1:15 p.m. Film</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><b><font face="Aptos, sans-serif">2:45 p.m. Discussion</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><b><font face="Aptos, sans-serif">I am not sure at this time if we will be doing program notes before this film. Please check future e-mails for more specific information about this event.</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243);"><font color="#060606">Join ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus and the Columbus Museum of Art for a screening of You. Sleep. Stay. Space is limited so make sure you register</font></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243);"> </span><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; text-decoration: none; box-shadow: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; border: medium; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://events.humanitix.com/apo-yousleepstay" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; text-decoration: none; box-shadow: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; border: medium; padding: 0px;">to reserve your seat at</a></font><a href="http://events.humanitix.com/apo-yousleepstay">Humanitix.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243);">A rigorous artistic vision that leans into cinema\u2019s ability to create empathy, YOU SLEEP STAY seeks to convey the resonances of a deaf, intellectually and developmentally disabled senior citizen who\u2019s lived in a large State institution for over 70 years \u2014 and now has to move. Exploring his experience of time, community, and language, the feature-length documentary is a story of home and family, of brothers and responsibility, and of the role filmmakers play in participating in reality\u2014not just reflecting it. The first documentary made in a U.S. institution for the developmentally disabled in 50 years, YOU SLEEP STAY transforms filmmaking into a communication machine \u2014 celebrating Fred\u2019s unique language, immersing audiences in his universe, and highlighting society\u2019s failure to provide adequate resources for his community. Run time for the film is 98 minutes. Please check out the information on the Art Possible Ohio website for more information about the event</span><a href="https://artpossibleohio.org/events/reelabilities-screening-you-sleep-stay/"> here</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243);">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><br></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sunday, November 30<sup>th</sup></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">\u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d at The Ohio Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Curtain @ 2:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">From the CAPA website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">A beloved Columbus holiday tradition returns for 2025, as CAPA presents <i>A Christmas Carol</i> live on stage in the Ohio Theatre over Thanksgiving weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">This original production of the classic Dickens tale blends familiar holiday elements with fresh theatrical touches, including dance and musical moments and beloved carols woven throughout. Created and produced in Columbus, it\u2019s a festive way for families to kick off the season together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Directed by Short North Stage Artistic Director Edward Carignan, the show features a talented cast of local and national performers and brings the spirit of the season to life on one of the city\u2019s most iconic stages. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">More information is available at <a href="https://www.capa.com/productions/a-christmas-carol/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">capa.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">See you at the theatre!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 13.8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Jane<b> </b></span></p><div>
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