ACB Focus: Entertainment

20220623 Prose and Poetry Reading Originally Aired June 23, 2022, on ACB Media

Attendees shared some of their original work or just listened. Facilitator: Carla Hayes McMurray, PA Co-sponsored by FIA and ACB Next Generation

Edited By: Larry Gassman

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20220625 The Art of Disability Culture: Nontraditional Visually-Impaired Artist panel Originally Aired June 25, 2022, on ACB Media

Visually-impaired artists from different creative springboards: • pottery • graphical art • movement • theater shared their experiences presenting and working with curators to provide interactive and accessible connections to their work.

Edited By: Douglas Hunsinger

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20220624 You Gotta Have Harp Originally Aired June 24, 2022, on ACB Media

Attendees relaxed while learning about the harp through presentations and performances. In honor of FIA past president Lynn Hedl. Presenters: • Nancy Pendegraph, Huntsville, AL • Jason Castonguay, Manchester, CT

Edited By: Tony Swartz

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20220624 Showcase of the Performing Arts Originally Aired June 24, 2022, on ACB Media

Listeners got ready for another outstanding panoply of performances from musicians, poets, and others. The pinnacle of diversity, creativity, and professionalism. Co-sponsors: · Friends In Art · ACB Next Generation

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20220625 ACB Families Goes to Camp Originally Aired June 25, 2022, on ACB Media

Edited By: Brian McCallen

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20220623 AI in Music and Pictures Originally Aired June 23, 2022, on ACB Media

Attendees explored how artificial intelligence interacts with music, pictures, and blindness.

Edited By: Michael Moran

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The 50th year of the ACB Lion's special interest affiliate. Special guest speaker is

ACBF Goes to Camp: It's summertime! Time for sitting around the campfire, telling stories and eating hotdogs and s'mores! Whether you're a kid or an adult, camp is a special experience. Attendees enjoyed stories read by a Talking Book narrator at our virtual campfire. Camp memories were shared in order to learn about today's camp opportunities.

• ~~Recorded during the 2021 ACB National Convention on July 17~~

The Library Users of America were joined by attendees as they listened to, and commented on, some of the most inspiring poetry of our times. While we were not able to get the Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman herself, we pulled together a wonderful collection of her reading her own poems across the country, usually alone, but also with such musical backgrounds as the Boston Pops and John Baptiste.

• Recorded during the 2021 ACB National Convention on July 16

~~BPI: Wine from Two Perspectives: Winemakers and Wine-drinkers: BPI invited Dr. Hoby Wedler, Petaluma, CA and Gabriel Lopez Kafati, Miami, FL to share their perspectives in a fun and engaging duel of the experts. Let's hear what winemakers offer, while exploring what wine-drinkers want. Attendees brought a glass of their favorite wine as their questions were answered. They sipped, learned, and laughed together.

• Recorded during the 2021 ACB National Convention on July 22~~