My spring break!

Hi everybody,

Sorry for the lack of the posts over the break. I have been very busy with lots of events and I cannot wait to share with you! Photos will be uploaded tonight or tomorrow.

On April 15th I went to Long Island University which is also called C.W Post. After a rainy one and half hours ride on the bus I arrived at the University. You might ask why I was there? Transferring there? No. I went there to see my former High School English teacher Russell Kane whom is deaf himself. He currently teaches at Nassau Community College (NCC) American Sign Language courses. He was at C.W Post to give lecture on ASL and his deaf life growing up. I know Mr. Kane very well and he has written two amazing books. He is the only deaf person in his family like me and his parents were extremely supportive for him to go through and aiding him. His presentation was hysterical and fun. He was talking about deaf culture like us the deaf community always like to ask more questions and stay longer. He also mentioned that deaf people are open telling sometimes TMI. One TMI part was he was talking about Dr.Oz the TV show bowel movements and Russ told that the show is like the deaf world must be completely open about things.


On April 18th I went to Barnes and Noble Union Square event related to Tribeca Film Festival. I was able to get a interpreter. The interpreter name was Stephanie Feyne and she is one of the best top interpreters in the New York City area. The panel was filmmakers making documentaries and telling their experiences about film. The panel was varied one person focused on the fake artworks in museums and another one focused on the bike tour in Europe. Honestly the lecture was little boring at times and I didn't really get the whole concept. At least I finally went to a real panel talk and I will be more open to go more panel talks if it is more interesting than this one. I found out it was very easy to score a interpreter all I had to do give a call to the Barnes and Noble store location two weeks in advance and they contacted me right away. They told me they will secure a interpreter and it was simple no hassle. Stephanie informed me that Barnes and Noble is very willing to provide equal access without any problems.

One more event I'm going tonight is meeting Luke Adams. Stay tuned......

Reading event summary

Hi Folks,

I went to a show called "The Signal Season Of Dummy Hoy". It performed at Gene Frankel theater in Manhattan. It was directed by Marlee Koenigsberg. The show focused on the deaf baseball player named William Hoy. His nickname was "Dummy" because he couldn't hear and at that time in the 1800's. William "Dummy" Hoy was born hearing but became deaf later on. The show focused on the journey of Hoy to become the first deaf professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. He has a remarkable record of: 2,000 hits, 1,400 hits, 594 stolen bases, 287 batting average, and .386 on base percentage. The info can be found in the baseball hall of fame.

The show was amazing. The props, lighting, and the dialogs was flawless. It was a great show. There was no voice-overs but there was captions. Only 1 deaf actor was in the show and the rest are hearing. One of the actors is a sign language interpreter Jon Wolfe Nelson. If you have seen "The L Word" show he was involved with that show. The script was flawless and I enjoyed every moment of it.

Photo coming up soon. I didn't take a picture of myself at the event due to no photography rule. I will scan the playbill and the ticket soon