LightHouse will be closed on June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday.
The week's events
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Create In Community Art Making (in-person)
Create In Community Art Making (in-person)
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Dec 8Let's gather together in the 11th floor art space to explore a different art process, style or media each moth wile connecting with fellow creatives. These are exploratory, process-oriented classes that invite you invite you to work at whatever level you are, be it first timer to expert. It's December. Need a last-minute holiday card? Drop in to create a variety of card options including Braille blind, pop-up cards and more. Take them home complete with an envelope ready for giving.
RSVP to Maia Scott at Mscott@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7608
Disney's "Frozen" the Musical (in-person)Disney's "Frozen" the Musical (in-person)
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Dec 8The Orpheum Theater located at 1192 Market, across the street from LightHouse San Francisco bursts with Disney magic and winter spirit as FROZEN the musical lights up the stage.
The Broadway SF website describes the experience, "Heralded by The New Yorker as ‘thrilling’ and ‘genuinely moving,’ FROZEN features the songs you know and love from the original Oscar®-winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters... An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, FROZEN is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.”
Gravity Access Services will be providing live, real-time audio description for the show. Headsets are limited.
Our friends at the theater have group tickets set aside for us. $35 includes your ticket, a pre-show exclusive experience for our Lighthouse Community plus a slice of pizza and bottled water in the Orpheum lounge while you wait for the show to start.
Please RSVP to Maia with your number of tickets (2 max for now) and a phone number where you can be reached to collect payment information by Monday, December 5 to MScott@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-290-6242.
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The Art of Listening (virtual)
The Art of Listening (virtual)
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Dec 10Join blind poet and memoirist Stephen Kuusisto as he talks about what it means to be a “literary listener.” Kuusisto writes: “Starting in the 1920’s creative writers turned to the image as the means for conveying immediacy in literature. The idea was to be as clear as news photos. These talks will instead focus on sound as a tool of the imagination. Igor Stravinsky said: “Hearing has no merit. A duck hears also.” Our goal is to explore the art of active listening. “ We’ll explore opera arias, steamboat whistles, the chance music of what happens around us, conversations overheard, the sound of a baseball cracking off a bat, water coursing, Chet Baker’s trumpet, Beethoven’s old piano—in short talk about stretching our ears. The aim is to promote great listening, literary invention, and yes, fun.
December 3 (Session One): “Who Are the Great Literary Listeners?”
Kuusisto talks about literary listening: why is it different from just hearing things? From John Keats to Tillie Olson, from Hemingway to Toni Morrison the best writers have had a true felicity for deep listening and have conveyed it in their work. One outcome is that you’ll appreciate the auditory imagination when reading.
December 10 (Session Two): The Practice of Active Listening”
Kuusisto provides exercises (many drawn from his own life of blind travel) that will sharpen the skills of anyone who wants to not only listen with attention, but also put that experience into writing.
RSVP the Friday before each session to Sabrina Bolus at Sbolus@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7607.
The events for the upcoming week are read aloud on our event hotline every Friday, which can be accessed by calling 415-694-7325. For more information about visiting the Adaptations Store, head to our shop page.
The LightHouse is scent-free. Please abstain from wearing colognes, perfumes, or other scented products. Additionally, coffee must be securely lidded at all times and citrus should not be peeled on the premises. Thanks for supporting our efforts to respect chemical sensitivities!
