<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;color:rgb(45,46,46);font-size:26px;line-height:1.4">Going Blind Movie Discussion<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></h2><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">LBPH is excited to share that we will be having a facilitated discussion with the director of Going Blind, Joseph Lovett, and the Lovett Production's Manager, Jordan Hawks. This event will be held via teleconference and will feature patron submitted questions. <br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Patrons are encouraged to watch the film Going Blind by April 30th and submit questions to be part of our facilitated discussion on May 4th. </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Movie summary: </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">GOING BLIND is a documentary film by Peabody Award-winning producer/director Joseph Lovett, that looks at each aspect of vision loss: detecting, treating, and coping. Joe Lovett has glaucoma, a disease that robs 4.5 million people worldwide of their vision. After years of slowly losing his sight, Joe decides to take action: to investigate how people all over the country respond to vision loss. His search begins in his home of New York City with people Joe meets on the streets, and gradually leads him to places and people around the country, all of different ages and backgrounds. Each has a fascinating story about dealing with the vision loss caused by sight-robbing diseases, infections, and accidents.  </em><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><em class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></em></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To watch the film:</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">Original Version: </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,173,239);line-height:inherit;border:0px;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://vimeo.com/316603259" target="_blank" title="going blind orginal film" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail-ms-rteForeColor-8 gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;font-size:13pt;line-height:inherit;border:0px;background-color:transparent">https://vimeo.com/316603259</span></a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:inherit;border:0px;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></font></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:inherit;border:0px;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">With Captions: </font></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ms-rteForeColor-8 gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;font-size:13pt;line-height:inherit;border:0px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline solid rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="https://vimeo.com/404572911" target="_blank" title="Goiong blind with captions" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">https://vimeo.com/404572911</a></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:inherit;border:0px;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">With audio descriptions: </font></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://vimeo.com/403060353">https://vimeo.com/403060353</a>  <br></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To submit up to 3 questions for the facilitated discussion, please click here:</span><a href="https://forms.gle/gZS1tG4omqZnPewU8" target="_blank" title="Google form" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail-ms-rteForeColor-8 gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> https://forms.gle/gZS1tG4omqZnPewU8</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Then join us Monday, May 4th at 6:30 PM via our teleconference line: (319) 527-4994 to listen to the facilitated discussion. </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">If you have any questions, please connect with me off-list. </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-ms-rteFontSize-3 gmail-ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",Segoe,Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Ash</span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;border-collapse:collapse">
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  <p style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ashley M. Biggs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
  <i>Marketing & Outreach Librarian</i><br>Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped<br>Maryland State Library<br>415 Park Avenue<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603<br>
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