Last week on Thursday the 12th, the St. Louis Zoo held its first ever See Like Me event, an event dedicated to those in the blind community. With the help of the Sight Collective, a coalition of STL based organizations, the Director of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion Rory James, were able to tackle a…
Read MoreMagan’s Summer Access Suggestions! SUE: The T. rex Experience at the St. Louis Science Center.
Last week, Magan, MindsEye’s Director of Audio Description and ADA Coordinator, met up with Kaylia, the Science Center’s Manager of Special Exhibitions and Featured Experiences to have a roaring good time at the SUE exhibit! Since MindsEye doesn’t currently have anything scheduled with the Science Center, you may think there isn’t anything accessible for you….
Read MoreMagan’s Summer Access Suggestions! The Missouri History Museum’s Updated 1904 World’s Fair Exhibit
For the first several months of 2024, MindsEye’s director of audio description, Magan Harms, worked many long hours preparing descriptions for more than 200 photos for virtual walking tours in the newly updated 1904 World’s Fair exhibit at the Missouri History Museum. Recently, she finally visited the exhibit. Below is her experience. People are surprised…
Read MoreAudio Description Awareness Day
Hey there MindsEye friends, Paul here, and I wanted to write up a little something to highlight Audio Description Awareness Day that’s coming up on the 16th. If you’re new here and this is the first time you’re hearing about AD, allow me to give you a quick overview. What is Audio Description? The FCC…
Read MoreUpcoming AD Events with MindsEye
Upcoming LIVE Audio Description Events CITY SC vs Kansas City at CITYPARK – Saturday, September 28, 7:30 PM Audio description will be available exclusively through the LiveVoice app on your own smart phone or tablet. Remember to bring your headphones for those devices! A limited number of tablets are available to borrow if you are…
Read MoreAccessible Movie Night
Bring the family and friends for a fun, inclusive, and accessible movie night! When: Tuesday, April 30 at 6:00 PMWhere: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema We will be featuring “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (rate PG-13) with open audio description and captions. Tickets available soon! Proceeds for this event help support our Audio Description Program and Arts and Culture Accessibility…
Read MoreMagan’s 2022 Audio Description Wrap-Up
As we say goodbye to 2022, Arts and Culture Director Magan Harms has been taking a Facebook stroll through memory lane of some of her favorite Audio Description moments of the year… out of almost 140 events total! Check it out– We begin with the show “Roll With It!,” a play by Katie Rodriguez Banister…
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