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LightHouse Names Bryan Bashin as New Executive Director/CEO

On April 1, the LightHouse will welcome new Executive Director/CEO, Bryan Bashin. Bashin’s extensive background in private and public executive leadership, consulting and community service make him an ideal fit for the helm of Northern California’s largest and most established agency serving the blind community. Bashin has been blind since his college days at…

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Marilee Talkington's performance "Truce" premieres March 17"

Marilee Talkington  is a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director who works in plays, film, multi-media performance, journalism, and sound sculpture.  She is the founder and Artistic Director of Vanguardian  Productions, a Resident Artist of Crowded Fire and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theatre marking her as one…

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Marilee Talkington’s performance “Truce” premieres March 17″

Marilee Talkington  is a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director who works in plays, film, multi-media performance, journalism, and sound sculpture.  She is the founder and Artistic Director of Vanguardian  Productions, a Resident Artist of Crowded Fire and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theatre marking her as one…

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Apprenticeship for young disabled filmmakers

Were you inspired by the Oscars? Are you a young visually impaired person who wants to show the world your vision through documentary films? Check this out!

Apprentice at AFI/Discovery Channel SilverDocs Documentary Festival

Deadline for applications: March 12, 2010

VSA invites emerging filmmakers with disabilities, ages 18 to 30, from
around the world who…

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Podcast: Portable Video Magnification Seminar

Video magnifiers are ideal for low vision reading. With the touch of a button, you can enlarge words in a newspaper, bestseller, or grocery list. Text becomes crisp and bright and can appear in various colors!

Learn about the Pebble Hand Held, the Sapphire Portable, the Mano Portable, and the Graduate PC Based Portable and…

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Berkeley Art Museum Offers Two for One Admission for LightHouse Community

Staff and LightHouse News subscribers of the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired are eligible for 2 for 1 admission to a career-spanning retrospective of the celebrated self-taught artist James Castle at the Berkeley Art Museum:

If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to receive the LightHouse monthly email newsletter, LightHouse…

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Adaptations Offers Special Discount at Video Magnifier Tech Seminar

We sat down with LightHouse assistant director of business services Sam Rodriquez to ask if there are going to be any special discounts during this Friday’s Technology Seminar. Here’s the scoop from Sam: “Adaptations is offering a special 15% discount on portable video magnifiers just on the day of the seminar. These magnifiers are…

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Friends of Charlie Fundraiser a Resounding Success!

The 6th annual Friends of Charlie fundraiser for EHC at the Twin Peaks Tavern on Saturday, February 27th was a resounding success. Together we raised $14,000 for Enchanted Hills Camp! The LightHouse wishes to thank the Castro Lions, the Twin Peaks, the Mix, American Storage and all of the donors…

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Blind Fulbright fellow advances sound engineering access at Stanford.

I had been working in Glasgow as a sound engineer with BBC radio when my mother sent me an ad for the Fulbright Program she’d seen in an Irish newspaper. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State working with countries around the world. My curiosity aroused, I wrote off to find…

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