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# May 12th | Accessible Events Roundup
- URL: https://www.creativeconnector.art/may-12th/
- Published: 2023-05-18T14:30:04.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-02T21:38:27.000Z
- Author: Alexia Vassos

![Velvet, a fat Black person of a certain age with salt & pepper hair, expansively extends their left hand out to the side while singing to the audience through a microphone.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/06/95/06953699-2cb1-4f2e-b6ba-fbe56a7bc7da/content/images/2023/05/ARR-VDP-Promo-Image.png)

Promo image for "All Request Radio".

Don't miss out on what's happening in disability arts and culture!

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## June 15th - 25th | All Request Radio

**Ottawa Fringe Festival | [More info](https://thevelvetduke.com/all-request-radio/?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

In *All Request Radio*, DJ Velvet Painting (The Velvet Duke) works a daring job at CKVD 995 FM — a radio station where the DJ sings the Top 10 songs that the audience and DJ discover together at the same time.

**All performances will be ASL/English Interpreted by Katherine A. Sibun. Lyrical Captioning by Naheen Ahmed. Mobility-device accessible. Some audio descriptions incorporated in the performance.**

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## May 2nd - 21st | The Chinese Lady

**Presented by Studio 180 Theatre and fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company in association with Crow’s Theatre (Toronto) | [More info](https://studio180theatre.com/productions/the-chinese-lady/?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

*The Chinese Lady* follows the story of Afong Moy, a 14 year old girl brought to the United States from Guangzhou in 1834.

**Pay What You Can Tickets. Mask-Mandatory Performances**.

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## May 10th - 14th | Old Stock Refugee

**Belfry Theatre (Victoria) | [More info](https://tickets.belfry.bc.ca/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent1236.html?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a tender and delicate, truly original, captivating, glorious and smart exploration of human resilience and survival.

**Pay What You Can Tickets.**

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## May 11th - 14th | Stage It Festival

**Arts Commons (Calgary) | [More info](https://www.artscommons.ca/stage-it-festival?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

The *Stage It Festival* features a bevy of new works by local artists. Enjoy new plays, music, local arts market and more!

**Reserve [accessible seating via this link](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58d07906ff7c505812a736c8/t/631f959a51fc31190ee7afc6/1663014306729/Size+Accessible+Seating%5FMotelTheatre.pdf?ref=creativeconnector.art).**

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## May 17th | My Mother's Story

**VocalEye (Online) | [More info](http://www.vocaleye.ca/shows/jan-to-aug-2023-online-zoom-events/?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

*My Mother’s Story* is a showcase of stories from community members and workshop participants. Join this session for tales of extraordinary lives of ordinary women.

**Free Event. Almost Live events are designed to be accessible for people who are blind and partially sighted, but all are welcome to join them. Registration is required for first-time attendees. You can sign up for one event or the whole season.**

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## May 17th - June 17th | Haptic Voices

**VibraFusionLab and InterAccess (Toronto) | [More info](https://interaccess.org/exhibition/haptic-voices?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

Visitors to the *Haptic Voices* project are invited to stand against the wall to experience vibrations that are controlled by online participants.

**By using vibration as the final output, Haptic Voices is equally accessible to Deaf and hard of hearing communities to experience the wall. With a camera in the gallery facing the haptic wall, online participants are able to view how they are interacting with participants in the gallery.**

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## May 18th | Virtual Encounters: Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich) and Ellen Moffat

**London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA) | [More info](https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItc-ypqjsiHtJsdgU1C%5FTmGREuku6Jojdb?ref=creativeconnector.art#/registration)**

Raven Chacon & John Dieterich will host a performance of *Parallel 03* with collaborators from London and Winnipeg. The artists will then come together in a virtual conversation with Ellen Moffat.

**ASL Interpretation. Captions. Free Event.** 
**Please contact Christine Negus at [cnegus@lomaa.ca](mailto:cnegus@lomaa.ca) for any access requirements.**

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## May 24th - 27th | Loose Assemblage

**Jack Mosher & Nico Pante (Vancouver) | [More info](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/loose-assemblage-tickets-618254294237?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep%5Ftld=1&ref=creativeconnector.art)**

*Loose Assemblage* weaves together theatre and dance to meet the absurd. This piece is tethered in the desire for connection.

**Discounted Tickets Available.** 
**For questions about accommodations, please reach out via email at [nackelproductions@gmail.com](mailto:nackelproductions@gmail.com).**

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## May 27th - June 3rd | ACCESSFest 2023

**Kickstart Disability and Arts Culture (Vancouver) | [More info](http://www.kickstartdisability.ca/accessfest/?fbclid=PAAaY1LtxSED7BelXkNOeYBllsFGfwPd7dSmXQjsSsQFdjOexQ5tmU-7f%5FS2U&ref=creativeconnector.art)**

This festival will include art shows, workshops, community film screenings and so much more! Register to save your spot.

**ASL Interpretation. Free Event.** 
**All events in the festival are held at a wheelchair accessible location. Masks are required for each event.**

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## May 28th | Raine Hamilton with Bicycle Face and Joanna Hawkins

**West End Cultural Centre (Winnipeg) | [More info](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/raine-hamilton-with-bicycle-face-and-joanna-hawkins-tickets-570970296527?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&ref=creativeconnector.art)**

A classical violinist and musicologist by training, Raine Hamilton and their string trio offer a hybrid of the classical tradition of string quartet chamber musical arrangements of Raine’s original songs.

**ASL Interpretation.**

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## June 1st - 3rd | This Is Happening

**Propeller Dance (Ottawa) | [More info](https://propellerdance.com/event/this-is-happening/?ref=creativeconnector.art)**

*This Is Happening* is an exclusive glimpse behind stage door – an engagement of immersive dance conversations and backstage vignettes.

**Discounted Tickets Available.** 
**Audience members in wheelchairs or require other assistive devices, please contact [info@propellerdance.com](mailto:info@propellerdance.com) or leave a voicemail at (613) 236-5192 ext. 314.**

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## June 2nd | Community of Practice: Create/Activate/Extend Workshops

**Presented by NSCAD Master of Arts Art Education Candidates (Halifax) | [More info](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-of-practice-createactivateextend-workshops-tickets-632623302327?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&ref=creativeconnector.art)**

In this workshop, the works presented will reflect on how everyone relates to space and place, where people find solace or tension, and how folks move through their communities.

**Free Event.**