Aloha, y'all!
This message is divided into 3 parts
Part 1: The Next Meeting
Part 2: Notes and Comments
Part 3: About VICUG NYC's General Membership Meetings
*** PART ONE: THE NEXT MEETING
VICUG NYC's next General Membership Meeting will be held in the Board Room of
The Associated Blind (TAB)/Selis Manor building on Tuesday, April Thirteenth,
from 6 to 7:30pm. The April meeting will feature a presentation by Kitch
Barnicle, a doctoral candidate at Columbia University, and Senior Research
Engineer at the American Foundation for the Blind. Ms. Barnicle's presentation
will focus on the subject of her doctoral dissertation: a "usability" study
focusing on how screen-reader users navigate in the Windows environment. Ms.
Barnicls's presentation will include: a description of her study and
methodology; a demonstration of her testing model; and a discussion of her
findings.
*** PART 2: NOTES AND COMMENTS
1. On Friday, April 16, Theater By The Blind begins previews of the American
premiere of Maxim Gorky's play _Vassa_. Performances run through May Ninth at
the Samuel Beckett Theater, which is located at 400 West Forty-Second Street,
on the south side of the street, just west of Ninth Avenue. A schedule of
performance dates and times follows:
Previews:
Friday April 16 -- 8 p.m.
Saturday April 17 -- 8 p.m.
Sunday April 18 -- 3 p.m.
Wednesday April 21 -- 7 p.m.
Thursday April 22 -- 7 p.m.
Preview Tickets:
general admission: 8 dollars
Regular Performances:
Friday April 23 -- 8 p.m.
Saturday April 24 -- 8 p.m.
Sunday April 25 -- 3 p.m.
Thursday April 29 -- 7 p.m.
Friday April 30 -- 8 p.m.
Saturday May 1 -- 8 p.m.
Sunday May 2 -- 3 p.m.
Thursday May 6 -- 7 p.m.
-Friday May 7 -- 8 p.m.
Saturday May 8 -- 8 p.m.
Sunday May 9 -- 3 p.m.
Regular Performances:
seats are 12 dollars or TDF Voucher. 8 dollars for seniors and
students. Group rates are also available.
* TBTB will be performing the 1910 version of Gorky's play. However,
readings of
the 1935 version of Vassa will occur at the following times: z
Wednesday April 28 -- 7 p.m.
Sunday May 2 -- 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday May 5 -- 7 p.m.
For reservations call: (212) 358-5943
Please note: The Samuel Beckett Theater is accessible but has only three
wheelchair locations so please, when making reservations, specify your
wheelchair needs. The bathrooms, alas, are not accessible.
2. At the last VICUG NYC Executive Committee Meeting in March, I, as
Minister of Propaganda for the organization was asked to give the
membership at least a week's advance notice of upcoming General Membership
Meetings, to which I readily agreed. Unfortunately, my computer had ideas
of its own, and as a result of its work stoppage, I have been offline since
shortly after returning from that very EC meeting. A coincidence? Draw
your own conclusions. In the meantime, please accept my humblest apologies
(and believe me, after the past few weeks, I'm nothing, if not
humbled--well, ok, I'm also frustrated, but that's another story entirely)
for not getting this notice out to you sooner!
*** PART THREE: ABOUT VICUG NYC's GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
VICUG NYC meets on the second Tuesday of every month in the Auditorium of
the TAB/Selis Manor building, which is located at 135 West Twenty-third
Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, in New York City. If you have
any questions about subway lines and bus stops in the vicinity of Selis
Manor, please call The Associated Blind at (212) 766-6800 between 9am and
4:30pm, or consult the hypertextualized directions to the TAB/Selis Manor
building located at:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/directions.html
For more information about VICUG NYC and its activities, please call the
VICUG NYC Hotline at (212) 539-3514, or visit the VICUG NYC web site,
which is located at:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/
Gregory J. Rosmaita, <[log in to unmask]>
President, WebMonster, & Minister of Propaganda, VICUG NYC
<http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/index.html>
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He that lives on Hope, dies farting
-- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1763
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Gregory J. Rosmaita <[log in to unmask]>
President, WebMaster, & Minister of Propaganda,
VICUG NYC <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/>
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