Brooklyn Arts Council
c/o Alzheimer's Poetry Project
55 Washington Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-1074
All donations fund
poets to work
with people living
with Alzheimer's disease.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
Dancing with Poetry Workshop:
This is a fun, high-energy session, led by founder and executive director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, Gary Glazner. The workshop teaches simple techniques and skills to facilitate reciting poetry to people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. Reciting poetry helps spark memories. By the end of the sessions workshop attendees will know how to structure a poetry program for people living with Alzheimer's disease. The will understand how to use poetry to start group discussions with their family members or clients. The workshop participants will leave the workshop with increased knowledge of projection, articulation, pacing of the recitation, dynamics, and how to bring out the emotional content of the poem. You will learn how to use poetry to make people laugh, sigh over a remembered love or dance. Yes! Dance to poetry. Alzheimer's Poetry Project founder Gary Glazner can be booked to conduct trainings and poetry readings by sending email to gary@alzpoetry.org.
Coming Events
APP in Wisconsin
When:
September 13th-16th
Where:
9/13, 10:30am, St. Gabriel's Adult day Center, Milwaukee, WI
Poetry workshop 9/14, The Gathering Place, Sheboygan, WI
10am Workshop for volunteers and guests
1:30pm Short poetry performance opening for the Baum Sisters. More info on them at Hope of Alzheimer's. 9/15, 9am, Park Place Senior Living, Platteville, WI ,
Workshop for staff. 9/15, 2pm, Attic Angel Retirement Community, Madison, WI
Workshop for staff with Madison Poet Laureate, Fabu Carter Brisco.
Description:
Glazner teaches workshops and performs poetry at various events. This tour is funded by the Helen Bader Foundation. The Hope of Alzheimer's: An Advocate's Journey is the amazing story of Mary Kay Baum and her sisters Chris Van Ryzin and Rosann Milius: Three women who refuse to accept the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's as a death sentence. Very excited to be able to hear the Baum sisters speak and to learn more about their work.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
APP in Germany
When:
September 20th- 29th
Where:
9/20, German-American Institute Tuebingen,
Performance and talk on Alzpoetry, time TBA 9/21, German American Institute Heidelberg,
Performance and talk on Alzpoetry, time TBA 9/22-25, Gustav-Stresemann Institut, Langer Grabenweg, Bonn
Various workshops and performances including how to teach Alzpoetry in the classroom as a service learning project. 9/27, Workshop for healthcare workers/ with Marburg Alz Association, Marburg
Participants will learn how to build a poetry program for people living with dementia,10:00 9/27, English Theater, Frankfurt,
Poetry Performance with various German poets, (Short talk on Alz Poetry), hosted by Lars Ruppel, 20:00 9/28, English Theater, Frankfurt,
Glazner gives workshops on teaching Poetry Slam for English teachers, time TBA
For more info or to sign up for the workshop, please write to Juliane Moschell at juliane.moschell@english-theatre.org 9/29, Literaturwerkstatt, Berlin,
Performance and talk on Alzpoetry, with Henrikje Stanze, time TBA
Description:
This tour is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. Glazner and Lars Ruppel will perform poetry and present findings from the 2010 German pilot project of the APP. We are also part of the U.S. Embassy Teacher Academy 2010, being held at the Gustav-Stresemann Institut, Langer Grabenweg in Bonn. The theme this year is "Teaching Popular Culture." While the conference registration is closed you can read more about the conference and the workshops we will be teaching at: http://germany.usembassy.gov/ta2010/
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
Brookdale Conference
When:
November 7th, 10:45am
Where:
Denver, CO
Description:
Glazner gives the closing plenary presentation for the Brookdale Conference. For nearly 60 years, the Brookdale Foundation Group has worked to advance the fields of geriatrics and gerontology and to improve the live of senior citizens -- in New York City, across the country, and even around the world. For more information on the Brookdale Foundation and the programs they offer.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
APP in Brooklyn
When:
November 10th, 7pm
Where:
Community Bookstore
143 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Description:
Glazner and other poets from the APP perform classic well-loved poems and talk about using poetry to facilitate the creativity of people living with dementia. The evening will also feature new poems that were created in a series of poetry workshops held at various assisted living and adult day care centers in Brooklyn, as well as original work by the poets. This is the culminating event of a project funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council. Poems will be performed and read in English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Yiddish. Free and open to the public.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
Past Events
APP in Connecticut
When:
September 2nd, 6pm
Where:
The Alzheimer's Resource Center of CT
1261 South Main Street
Plantsville, CT 06479
Description:
Glazner performs classic well-loved poems. The evening will also feature new poems that were created in a series of poetry workshops held at
The Alzheimer's Resource Center of CT.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
Glazner performs at New York Public Library
When:
Wednesday, July 7 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Where:
South Court Auditorium of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building located at Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
Description:
The New York Public Library Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with ADA Day on July 7th
6:00-8:00 p.m.: Evening Arts Panel: Film, Poetry, Dance, and Discussion.
Roger Ross Williams, director of Academy Award-winning film Music by Prudence , about a Zimbabwean band composed of people with disabilities. Film will be screened.
Gary Glazner, founder of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project will perform some short pieces.
Heidi Latsky, founder and choreographer of The GIMP Project. There will be a short performance, Two Men Walking (performed by Lawrence Carter-Long and Jeffrey Freeze, music by Sxip Shirey.)
After the screening/performances, Roger Ross Williams, Gary Glazner, Heidi Latsky, Lawrence Carter-Long and Jeffrey Freeze will assemble on stage for audience questions.
There will also be a series of free programs regarding disabilities throughout July held at the Mid-Manhattan Library located at 455 Fifth Avenue.
For more information about these programs you can visit The Library's website at www.nypl.org.
Or write to gary@alzpoetry.com
APP in Winter Park, Florida
When:
Wednesday, June, 9th, 2010, 9:00am/ Tuesday, June 29th and Wednesday, 30th
Where:
Easter Seals Day Break at the Miller Center (follow up workshops at various locations)
2010 Mizell Avenue
Winter Park, FL
Description:
The APP is working with Easter Seals Florida, Inc.; the Alzheimer Resource Center, Inc.; the St. Mary Magdalen Adult Center and the Brain Fitness Club, with support from the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation and The Pabst Charitable Foundation for the Arts to create a community wide program of the APP to better serve the people living with dementia in the Winter Park area and their families. The partners on this initiative are developing this two-month pilot project to serve as a model for the expansion and implementation of high quality arts projects to other communities. In addition the partners are helping to strengthen the APP's evaluation methods.
The pilot project will culminate in an Alzheimer's Poetry Day (date TBA) to present the poetry created in the project and will issue a paper highlighting the strengths and challenges the partners experience during the pilot project. Please check back for updates.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
APP Pilot Project in Germany
When:
June 12th - 21st
Where:
Berlin, Eichstatt, Hannover, Marburg
Description:
With funding from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin the APP continues the pilot project in Germany.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com
APP in Philadelphia, PA
When:
Monday, May, 3rd, 2010, 5:00pm
Where:
Robin's Book Store/Moonstone Arts Center
108 South 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Description:
Moonstone is working with Gary Glazer to create a tri-state affiliate of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project. The goal is to facilitate the creativity of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. When up and running, poets will get paid to do this work. There will be an onsite training session at 1:30 pm at a Philadelphia Care Center and an information overview at 5pm at Moonstone Arts Center.
If you would like to register to participate please email ray@thetastybrains.com
APP in Santa Fe, New Mexico
When:
Tuesday, May, 12th, 2010, 10:30am
Where:
New Mexico History Museum
On the Historic Plaza in Santa Fe
Next to the Palace of the Governors
113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM
Description:
New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) and the Press at the Palace of the Governors are working with the APP to create a pilot project to bring people living with dementia to the NMHM to create and perform poetry inspired by art, exhibits and collections of the museums.
A main goal of the project will be to create a replicable model for other art museums to be able to facilitate the creation of poetry inspired by their artwork by people with memory loss.
If you would like more information on the pilot project please write to gary@alzpoetry.org
APP in Green Bay, WI
When:
Wednesday, April, 7th,
Where:
NEW Curative Dayservice sites
Description:
Gary Glazer provided training in using poetry with dementia and formed an affiliate Legacies Arts Project Inc. to better serve people living with dementia in the Green Bay Area.
APP in Baraboo and Reedsburg, WI
When:
Thursday and Friday, April, 8th and 9th
Where:
Various assisted living and adult day care centers.
Description:
Glazner provided training for the Sauk County Writers group and gave a public reading on the APP at the Village Booksmith in Baraboo.
APP Launches a Pilot Project in Philadelphia
When:
Sunday, March, 14th, 2010, 6pm
Where:
MOONSTONE ARTS CENTER
110A S. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-735-9598
Description:
Gary Glazner working with Philadelphia poet Ray Garmond and Moonstone Arts Center will be holding an informational talk on the APP as well as two hands-on training sessions.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com.
APP Launches a Pilot Project in Germany
When:
Monday, Feb. 8th through 14th, 2010
Where:
Various locations in Berlin and Marburg
Description:
Gary Glazner working with German poets Lars Rupple and Petra Anders will be holding a number of events, including work with the Wollenbergschule Wetter, school, in Marburg, poetry sessions at Seniorentagesstatte Bethanien, in Berlin and Marburger Altenhilfe St. Jakob GmbH, in Marburg and holding our first symposium. Poets from all over Germany will be attending the symposium.
This work builds the initial sessions and training we held in Germany in September of 2009. The pilot project funded by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com.
The Wisconsin Adult Day Service Association Conference
When:
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Where:
United Community Center in Milwaukee
Description:
Meet Alzheimer's Poetry Project Founder and Executive Director, Gary Glazner. Glazner
gives hands-on workshop on using poetry with people living with dementia and the Closing Keynote Address. For more info about the Wisconsin Adult Day Service Association Conference contact: Sarah Kramer CSW, Care Coordinator, N.E.W. Curative Rehabilitation, 2900 Curry Lane Green Bay, WI 54311, 920-593-3576, skramer@newcurative.org
Speaker evaluation scores from the Closing Keynote Address were: Excellent- 43, Very Good - 27, Good- 7, Satisfactory - 5, Poor- 0. Some of the comments were: Very good idea, Great wonderful project, Moved me to tears, and Told beautiful stories.
Alzheimer's Poetry Day
When:
Wednesday, October 7th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m
Where:
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleecker).
Description:
Artists for Alzheimer's and the Alzheimer's Poetry Project (APP) will co-host the 4th Annual Alzheimer's Poetry Day at the Bowery Poetry Club. People with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia from all around New York City are invited to attend this one-of-a-kind celebration of the spoken word. Participants will be treated to recitations of classic, familiar poems, share poems that they enjoy, and create a poem as a group. Admission to the event is free.
Alzheimer's Poetry Project Launches in Germany
When:
Sept 8th, 2009
Where:
Marburger Altenhilfe St. Jakob GmbH
Sudetenstr. 24
35039 Marburg, Germany
Description:
Working with German poet Larse Rupple and the Sprechzimmer-Workshop-Team, APP Executive Director holds the first workshop and training session for programming in Germany.
Glazner will perform original and classic poems and talk about using poetry to reach people living with dementia.
Write gary@alzpoetry.org for more info. Hosted by Sebastian 23. More info on the Herne Poetry Slam Here: http://www.roomservice-online.de/
Glazner performs at Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin
When:
Saturday Sept. 12th 8pm
Where:
International SLAM!Revue in Berlin!"Festsaal Kreuzberg",
adress: Skalitzer Stra§e 130,
Berlin Kreuzberg!
(Near Underground station Kottbusser Tor)
Description:
Working with German poet Petra Anders, APP Executive Director Gary Glazner holds a workshop and training session for programming in Germany. Please check back for location and time.
Write gary@alzpoetry.org for more info.
Alzheimer's Association Conference on Cutting Edge Alzheimer's Care
When:
Friday, April 24, 2009
Where:
White Plains Hospital, Davis Ave, White Plains NY
Description:
Meet Alzheimer's Poetry Project Founder and Executive Director, Gary Glazner. Glazner gives a workshop on using poetry with dementia. Organized by the Alzheimer's Association, Hudson Valley/Rockland/Westchester, NY Chapter. For more info: 914-253-6860, ext. 102
Greensboro Public Library
When:
May 13th 2009
Where:
Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, North Carolina
Description:
Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Greensboro Public Library and The Center for Creative Aging- NC present: "LifeVerse" Poetry Reading Featuring Gary Glazner- FREE! Glazner gives a reading and talk on his experiences with the Alzheimer's Poetry Project. LifeVerse Poets Jacinta White, Mark Smith-Soto, Anjail Ahmad, Val Mieman, Tanya Owens and Sandra Redding will read works from their LifeVerse workshop participants as well as their own. Central Library
Greensboro Public Library
When:
May 14th 2009
Where:
Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, North Carolina
Description:
Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Writing Workshop- What's New for the Leaves of Recent Spring? FREE!- Poet Gary
Glazner uses Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions as the basis for this exploration into poetry as an investigative tool.
Workshop participants will take an in-depth look at magic realism through the writing of
Federica Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda, and Jorge Luis Borges. We will explore how the people around us
and the places we inhabit can inform and enrich our writing. Can Main Street be your muse? Andy Warhol
became famous for painting Campbell Soup cans, what about the culture we live in "Pops" in your mind?
Are "tweets" on "Tweeter," the new Haiku? This workshop is a fun look at writing and a leap into your own words. Central Library
Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Annual Conference
When:
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Where:
University of California, San Diego
Description:
Meet Alzheimer's Poetry Project Founder and Executive Director, Gary Glazner. Glazner speaks on using poetry with dementia. Annual conference on Alzheimer's scientific and innovative care updates. For more info on the conference Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Shell Point Retirement Community
When:
Monday, Nov. 17th and Tuesday, Nov. 18th 2008
Where:
Shell Point Retirement Community, Fort Meyers Beach, FL
Description:
Under the direction of Shell Point staff formal research will take place studying the effect of recited poetry on people living with Alzheimer's disease. Look for updates on this site as to the outcome of the research. APP Founder and Executive Director Gary Glazner conducts the poetry sessions with Shell Point staff. This research project was initiated and the IRB protocol written by nursing student Lynn Green. APP is thankful for her enthusiasm, creativity and the support of Shell Point management and staff. Shell Point is Florida's largest lifecare retirement community! We are exited to announce this ground breaking research.
Alzheimer's Foundation of America's Caring for the Community Conference
When:
Monday, March 3, 2008
Where:
Miami Downtown Hilton, Miami, Florida
Description:
Meet Alzheimer's Poetry Project Founder and Executive Director, Gary Glazner. Glazner speaks on using poetry with dementia. For more information on attending the conference: Alzheimer's Foundation of America
Alzheimer's Poetry Day
When:
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Where:
Bowery Poetry Club, New York
Description:
Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, Lisa Starr and New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellows, Kristin Prevallet and Betsy Andrews give a benefit reading for the Alzheimer's Poetry Project. Guests of honor will be members of the Early Stage Alzheimer's Support Group from NYUs Silberstein Institute. The group facilitated by Tricia Spoto and Ursula Auclair meets once a week and often writes and reads poetry as a support group for people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. To find out more about the group contact Ms. Spoto at: spotot01@med.nyu.edu
Call 212-614-0505 for more info
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Conference
When:
October, 28th and 29th, 2007
Where:
Philadelphia
Description:
Workshop on using poetry with dementia
Foundation Park Alzheimer's Care Center's annual Ethics and Dementia Conference
When:
October, 17th, 2007
Where:
Toledo, Ohio
Description:
Workshop on using poetry with dementia
Alzheimer's Association Regional Conference
When:
June, 15th 2007
Where:
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Description:
Closing Speaker
Zia Hospice
When:
May 23rd, 2007
Where:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description:
Staff Training
KUNM Children's Hour
When:
Saturday, April 14th 2007
Where:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Description:
Students from Reach the Children School
read original poems about working with people living with Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's Association Regional Conference
When:
March 22, 2007
Where:
Petaluma, CA
Description:
Closing Speaker
California & Pacific Southwest Recreation & Park Training Conference
When:
March 7, 2007
Where:
Sacramento, CA
Description:
Workshop on using poetry with dementia
Workshop on using poetry with
Dementia for health care workers, caregivers and family members.
When:
March 14, 2006
Where:
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
Thousand Oaks, CA
Featured speaker at a Poet’s Dinner benefit
for NorAz (NORthern AriZona Poetry Community)
When:
March 24, 2006
Where:
Sedona, AZ
Description:
Talk on using poetry with dementia
Sedona Winds/Kachina Pointe
When:
March 25, 2006
Where:
Sedona Winds/Kachina Pointe
Sedona, AZ
Description:
Poetry Session
From the book… Photo credit: Daniel Barsotti
The Humor
One of the men had been a Lieutenant Colonel, he had spent 30 years, in the army when I read a poem he doesn’t like, such as a rap version of “The Raven,” he gives me the thumbs down, when he approves he gives me a thumbs up. When I read a sad poem he plays an imaginary “air” violin.
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