August 2025 | Volume 43, Issue 4 |
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Late Summer Greetings & Autumn Planning |
Artist Laura White poses next to the tactile quilted art piece she created which is shaped like the Audio-Reader logo and framed by quilt squares.
Have you been by the studio recently? If it's been a while, we would love for you to stop by to say hello, grab a treat at the coffee bar, and check out the new art piece Audio-Reader commissioned from local artist Laura White (art is pictured above with the artist). This special art is made to be touched!
Laura White has been losing both her vision and hearing slowly over the last 30 years due to Retinitis Pigmentosa with Usher syndrome. She was told she would have to give up art due to her vision loss, but she pushed back and adapted to a new way of making art using fuse beads. This method allows her to continue using art as an outlet for her creative expression.
Similar tactile quilt pieces have been on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Roeland Park City Hall, Johnson County Community Building, and Englewood Gallery in Independence, MO.
Learn more about her art in this article posted on the Johnson County Parks & Rec website: https://jcprd.com/2007/Community-Beaded-Quilt
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VCB Updates & Upcoming Events |
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| Don't have time to stop by the studio? Try joining the chat during the monthly, 1-hour Virtual Coffee Bar!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://kansas.zoom.us/j/91499262397
Meeting ID: 914 9926 2397
Passcode: 4600 |
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Upcoming Virtual Coffee Bars:
August 20, 2pm, Audacity Training, Part 2- with Steve Grimm
This is the second session; here is a link to the recording of Part 1.
September 17, Audio Description
October 15, Vision Awareness
November 19, Lions Club and Telephone Reader + A Year in Review!
November is the final VCB for 2025; we do not have a meeting in December.
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September 1 - LABOR DAY (Studios Closed; do you need a sub?)
- September 8 - Audio-Reader Book Club (2nd Monday of the month, 11:30a - 1:30p) Meet friends of A-R in the Living Room for lively book conversations!
- September 13 - Next Audio Sale at the Lawrence Library (10a - 4p , flyer below)
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September 25 - Garden Gathering, 9:30am - 11:30am. Help out in the garden, stay for treats and conversation at the coffee bar, Sensory Garden
- September 28 - Listener Robert Phillip's Book Launch (2p - 4p; read more below)
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October 10 - Audio-Reader's 54th Birthday Party October is Vision Awareness Month and A-R’s Birthday – join us for learning, conversation, and cake! More details to come.
- December 9 - Audio-Reader Holiday Party (4p -7p) More details to come.
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Upcoming Audio Description |
- September 20 - Life of Pi, Starlight Theatre in Kansas City
- September 21 - Next To Normal, Theatre Lawrence in Lawrence
- October 9 (9:45a) & October 11 (2p) - A Wrinkle In Time, Coterie Theatre at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO
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| Robert Phillips Book Launch
Event Date: Sunday, September 28th
Event Time: 2:00p - 4:00p
Event Location: Union Pacific Depot; 402 N 2nd St., Lawrence
Join author, veteran, and Audio-Reader listener Robert Phillips at his book launch in celebration of his new memoir Big Boys Don't Cry. The book is being read by volunteer Doug Heacock as a special request for Robert.
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A time for our new volunteers to connect via Zoom over the lunch hour.
Lunch-time Zooms
Friday, September 5, 12:30 to 1:30
Friday, November 7. 12:30 to 1:30
Join Zoom Meeting
https://kansas.zoom.us/j/91499262397
Meeting ID: 914 9926 2397
Passcode: 4600
If you have a topic you'd like included, please reach out to Trish.
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Subs: Keeping the Information Flowing |
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| Our A-R community of volunteers support each other by filling in when needed. Subs help us keep the news flowing! Thanks for your help filling in and bridging the gaps.
If you can help by being a sub, use the link below to sign up via TeamUp.
Reminder:
Green is FILLED; Pink is OPEN (needs a sub to help out).
If it starts with a P - it is a Telephone Reader assignment.
If it starts with the Day - it is a Broadcast assignment.
Questions or just to sign-up via a human - give Trish a call or email her.
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Thank you Sale Volunteers! Stop by Sept 13! |
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