<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Audio Description Learning Network</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:adlearningnetwork@gmail.com">adlearningnetwork@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 12:55\u202fPM<br>Subject: August-September Audio Described Events<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hello ADLN Community, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This is ADLN admin Simon Bonenfant. I hope you\u2019ve been
enjoying your summer! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This month, the ADLN is proud to feature 6 audio described
events presented by the Black Star Film Festival, starting today, August 6<sup>th</sup>,
through Sunday August 9<sup>th</sup>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Founded in 2012, the Black Star Film Festival is an annual
celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the global majority \u2014showcasing
films by Black, Brown, and indigenous people from around the world. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Additionally, I\u2019d like to spotlight an event happening in
September called Lunar Retreat. This multi-sensory performance is presented by
Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths and FringeArts, as part of the 30<sup>th</sup>
annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I\u2019m proud to be an accessibility and outreach consultant for
this project, and would love to see you there. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Details about these events and more are below! </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Black Star Film Festival: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
6, 2026 (Thursday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Lamentations Shorts</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts,
Perelman Theater</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 11:30 AM</p>
<p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> <span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">\u201cNavigating
grief into comfort.\u201d </span></p>
<p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/lamentations-shorts" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/lamentations-shorts</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> <span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Email: </span><a href="mailto:STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(17,85,204)">STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG</span></a></p>
<p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Phone: 267.603.2755. </span></p>
<p style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
6, 2026 (Thursday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Kimmel Center For the Performing Arts,
Pearlman Theater </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 5:30 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cTenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of
Magnets is a collection of stories about the inhabitants of a land,
specifically the Black community of North Philadelphia in the 20th century, an
epicenter of African American social, cultural and political life both locally
and nationally. The place of the documentary is a portion of the original
homeland of the Lenape between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and the
stories told cover an age of industry shaped by developing electromagnetic
technology.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Featured oral history narrators include Chief Robert Redhawk
Ruth, Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter, Rev. Joseph Williams, Cecily Moore Banks,
Elaine Brown, David Litofsky, Dr. John Churchville, Rev. Frank Tyson,
Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Karen Warrington. Their life stories are animated by
photos from the archive of photographer John W. Mosely.\u201d</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/tenants-of-lenapehocking-in-the-age-of-magnets" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/tenants-of-lenapehocking-in-the-age-of-magnets</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Email: <a href="mailto:STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG" target="_blank">STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 267.603.2755.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
6, 2026 (Thursday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> West Side Familia </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Kimmel Center For the Performing Arts,
Perelman Theater </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 8:00 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cWest Side Familia is a feature
documentary about an overlooked Puerto Rican community on Manhattan\u2019s Upper
West Side whose cultural and political influence helped shape New York City
while remaining largely erased from its official history.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The film begins when director Taylor Hosking witnesses
neighborhood elders scaling a traffic light pole to hang a Puerto Rican flag
ahead of the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, a decades-long tradition they
continue to fight to preserve amid rapid gentrification. That moment launches a
deeply personal investigation into the hidden history of the neighborhood and
the generations of activists, artists, musicians, and community leaders who
transformed it into a cultural force.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Centered around a legendary neighborhood biker crew and
advocacy group founded in the 1970s, West Side Familia explores how communities
protect memory, public space, and identity in the face of displacement. Through
archival footage, intimate present-day vérité, and conversations with elders
who lived the history firsthand, the film uncovers stories of resistance,
celebration, and survival that connect the Upper West Side to broader movements
across New York and the Puerto Rican diaspora.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At once cinematic, joyful, and politically urgent, West Side
Familia is both a love letter to a disappearing New York and a living archive
of the people determined to keep its spirit alive.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/west-side-familia" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/west-side-familia</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Email: <a href="mailto:STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG" target="_blank">STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 267.603.2755. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
8, 2026 (Saturday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Finding Your Laughter! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Kimmel Center For the Performing Arts,
Perelman Theater </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 5:30 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cIn this deeply personal documentary,
Arlieta has gone against all popular advice and quit her day job to care for
her father, Milton. She has to learn how to laugh in the midst of a disease
that is not very funny, using improv to affirm and validate his experiences.
Inspired by her father\u2019s own artistic career, Arlieta turns to comedy to
process her emotions. It\u2019s challenging for her and her \u201cbonus mom\u201d Charmaine to
watch Milton decline, but they support each other and find healing through
laughter.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/finding-your-laughter" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/finding-your-laughter</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Email: <a href="mailto:STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG" target="_blank">STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 267.603.2755. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
8, 2026 (Saturday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Quintessence Shorts </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Kimmel Center For the Performing Arts,
Perelman Theater </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 8:30 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cInexplicable energy expanding the
universe.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/quintessence-shorts" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/quintessence-shorts</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Email: <a href="mailto:STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG" target="_blank">STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 267.603.2755. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
9, 2026 (Sunday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Heredity Shorts </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Kimmel Center For the Performing Arts,
Perelman Theater </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 4:30 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cImparting and transmitting legacy.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/heredity-shorts" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://blackstarprojects.org/festival/2026/events/heredity-shorts</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Email: <a href="mailto:STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG" target="_blank">STAR@BLACKSTARFEST.ORG</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 267.603.2755. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Note: End of Black Star Film Festival listings. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
11, 2026 (Tuesday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> From Nature to Nylons: A Touch-Based History
of Textiles</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Science History Institute</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Cost:</b> $3</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cCreated in collaboration with Philly
Touch Tours, Touch Tours is a recurring program taking place on the second
Tuesday of every month. This touch-based tour offers guests a private learning
experience that combines a personally guided exploration of select gallery
exhibits and a hands-on study of objects from our collections.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From Nature to Nylons begins with an introduction to natural
fibers, such as wool and linen, and moves on to the development of plastics and
synthetic materials like nylon and Gore-Tex. Guests will leave with a better
understanding of how these fibers changed our world, and how the changing world
influenced our desire for advanced high-tech textiles.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This tour is specifically designed to engage guests who are
blind and visually impaired. We also strive to be inclusive for all visitors
with various abilities. Please reach out to communicate your accessibility
needs.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Reservations for the touch tour are required, and
participation is restricted to 10 guests. Because reservations are limited,
guests are encouraged to register early. To register, use the form provided on
the event page.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/from-nature-to-nylons-a-touch-based-history-of-textiles-202608/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/from-nature-to-nylons-a-touch-based-history-of-textiles-202608/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Special Notes: If you have any questions or would like to
pay cash for the tour, email <a href="mailto:touchtours@sciencehistory.org" target="_blank">touchtours@sciencehistory.org</a> or call
215.925.2222. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">August
23, 2026 (Sunday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Signers Hall Touch Tour</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> The National Constitution Center</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 9:00 to 10:30 AM</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cCreated in collaboration with Philly
Touch Tours, staff will guide visitors through a fascinating story telling
experience and interaction with the full size statues of those who added their
names to the Constitution as well as those who dissented. Contact <a href="mailto:kmarinello@constitutioncenter.org" target="_blank">kmarinello@constitutioncenter.org</a> and
<a href="mailto:bkrisch@constitutioncenter.org" target="_blank">bkrisch@constitutioncenter.org</a> to reserve a spot.\u201d</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/" target="_blank">https://constitutioncenter.org/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Interested in learning more? Check out
this recent <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/06/18/nx-s1-5835738/museum-blind-disability-america-250" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">NPR
radio segment</a>, which features staff from Philly Touch Tours as well as the
National Constitution Center. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">September
12, 2026 (Saturday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Lunar Retreat </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Nichole Canuso Branching Paths and FringeArts,
30th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3401 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 2:00 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cLunar Retreat is a multi-sensory
performance installation inspired by the gravitational push and pull between
the Earth\u2019s oceans and the Moon. Audiences enter the experience in groups of 12
people at a time and are guided through gentle invitations from dancers,
pre-recorded prompts on headphones, and a tactile set design. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The slow, rhythmic inevitability of the growing distance
between the Earth and Moon, known as the \u201clunar retreat,\u201d is the poetic motor
for this work, which uses the powerful patterns found in nature to invite
people into exchanges that juxtapose tender, personal experiences alongside the
vastness of global, environmental, and cosmic phenomena. Lunar Retreat creates
opportunities for participants to settle their nervous systems and explore
meaningful exchanges that touch on loss, grief, healing, and transformation.
Lunar Retreat reflects on our deep evolutionary ties to the ocean and the moon,
reminding us that we are all interconnected with the natural world.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With Lunar Retreat, we are extending an expansive
invitation\u2014inviting all of us, no matter how we identify\u2014to come together and
reflect on our relationship to cycles and grief and the natural world. To
increase the accessibility of the work, we have built relationships in the
Blind and Low Vision communities, through workshops, showings, explorations,
and conversations. As a result of the feedback from our workshops, we have
built audio description and tactile elements into the design of the show. As
part of our set design, we created alternative, tactile props specifically for
Blind and Low Vision audiences, to ensure that the sensory world of the piece
is fully available to those experiencing it through touch.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Website: <a href="https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acode=ac26e22e43357d49f461320273befe68&#/instances/a0FUO00000CAhRN2A1" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acode=ac26e22e43357d49f461320273befe68&#/instances/a0FUO00000CAhRN2A1</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Accessibility Services:</b> Audio Description, Touch
Tour, Performance Docents, and post-show talk-back. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Tickets: $35 per person, discount 20%
off with code Lunar20 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">groups of 10 25% off, $26 per person. <br>
Access tickets: $2, max 4 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact: Simon Bonenfant, Accessibility Consultant,
<a href="mailto:sbonenfant2@gmail.com" target="_blank">sbonenfant2@gmail.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> or Lee Etzold,
Accessibility Coordinator, <a href="mailto:letzold@helloartscollective.com" target="_blank">letzold@helloartscollective.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To purchase tickets via phone, call the FringeArts box
office at 215.413.1318. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">September
13, 2026 (Sunday)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Lunar Retreat </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Nichole Canuso Branching Paths and FringeArts,
30th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3401 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 4:45 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cLunar Retreat is a multi-sensory
performance installation inspired by the gravitational push and pull between
the Earth\u2019s oceans and the Moon. Audiences enter the experience in groups of 12
people at a time and are guided through gentle invitations from dancers,
pre-recorded prompts on headphones, and a tactile set design. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The slow, rhythmic inevitability of the growing distance
between the Earth and Moon, known as the \u201clunar retreat,\u201d is the poetic motor
for this work, which uses the powerful patterns found in nature to invite
people into exchanges that juxtapose tender, personal experiences alongside the
vastness of global, environmental, and cosmic phenomena. Lunar Retreat creates
opportunities for participants to settle their nervous systems and explore
meaningful exchanges that touch on loss, grief, healing, and transformation.
Lunar Retreat reflects on our deep evolutionary ties to the ocean and the moon,
reminding us that we are all interconnected with the natural world.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With Lunar Retreat, we are extending an expansive
invitation\u2014inviting all of us, no matter how we identify\u2014to come together and
reflect on our relationship to cycles and grief and the natural world. To
increase the accessibility of the work, we have built relationships in the
Blind and Low Vision communities, through workshops, showings, explorations,
and conversations. As a result of the feedback from our workshops, we have
built audio description and tactile elements into the design of the show. As
part of our set design, we created alternative, tactile props specifically for
Blind and Low Vision audiences, to ensure that the sensory world of the piece
is fully available to those experiencing it through touch.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acode=ac26e22e43357d49f461320273befe68&#/instances/a0FUO00000CAhWD2A1" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acode=ac26e22e43357d49f461320273befe68&#/instances/a0FUO00000CAhWD2A1</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Accessibility Services:</b> Audio Description, Touch
Tour, Performance Docents, and post-show talk-back. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Tickets: $35 per person, discount 20%
off with code Lunar20 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">groups of 10 25% off, $26 per person. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Access Tickets $2, max 4 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact: Simon Bonenfant, Accessibility Consultant,
<a href="mailto:sbonenfant2@gmail.com" target="_blank">sbonenfant2@gmail.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> or Lee Etzold,
Accessibility Coordinator, <a href="mailto:letzold@helloartscollective.com" target="_blank">letzold@helloartscollective.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To purchase tickets via phone, call the FringeArts box
office at 215.413.1318. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 align="left" style="margin:0.25in 0in 4pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal">September
19, 2026)</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Event:</b> Lunar Retreat </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Venue:</b> Nichole Canuso Branching Paths and FringeArts,
30th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3401 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Time:</b> 6:45 PM </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Description:</b> \u201cLunar Retreat is a multi-sensory
performance installation inspired by the gravitational push and pull between
the Earth\u2019s oceans and the Moon. Audiences enter the experience in groups of 12
people at a time and are guided through gentle invitations from dancers,
pre-recorded prompts on headphones, and a tactile set design. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The slow, rhythmic inevitability of the growing distance
between the Earth and Moon, known as the \u201clunar retreat,\u201d is the poetic motor
for this work, which uses the powerful patterns found in nature to invite
people into exchanges that juxtapose tender, personal experiences alongside the
vastness of global, environmental, and cosmic phenomena. Lunar Retreat creates
opportunities for participants to settle their nervous systems and explore
meaningful exchanges that touch on loss, grief, healing, and transformation.
Lunar Retreat reflects on our deep evolutionary ties to the ocean and the moon,
reminding us that we are all interconnected with the natural world.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With Lunar Retreat, we are extending an expansive
invitation\u2014inviting all of us, no matter how we identify\u2014to come together and
reflect on our relationship to cycles and grief and the natural world. To
increase the accessibility of the work, we have built relationships in the
Blind and Low Vision communities, through workshops, showings, explorations,
and conversations. As a result of the feedback from our workshops, we have
built audio description and tactile elements into the design of the show. As
part of our set design, we created alternative, tactile props specifically for
Blind and Low Vision audiences, to ensure that the sensory world of the piece
is fully available to those experiencing it through touch.\u201d </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Website: <a href="https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acode=ac26e22e43357d49f461320273befe68&#/instances/a0FUO00000CAhT02AL" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acode=ac26e22e43357d49f461320273befe68&#/instances/a0FUO00000CAhT02AL</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Accessibility Services:</b> Audio Description, Touch
Tour, Performance Docents, and post-show talk-back. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Special Notes:</b> Tickets: $35 per person, discount 20%
off with code Lunar20 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">groups of 10 25% off, $26 per person. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Access Tickets $2, max 4 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact: Simon Bonenfant, Accessibility Consultant,
<a href="mailto:sbonenfant2@gmail.com" target="_blank">sbonenfant2@gmail.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> or Lee Etzold,
Accessibility Coordinator, <a href="mailto:letzold@helloartscollective.com" target="_blank">letzold@helloartscollective.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To purchase tickets via phone, call the FringeArts box
office at 215.413.1318. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I hope you will be able to attend many of these events, and
I will be back in September! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With best regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Simon Bonenfant, on behalf of the ADLN team. </p></div>
</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Simon
Bonenfant </a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Outreach Coordinator </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hire Musicians LLC.</p></div></div></div>