On Saturday, October 9th, MindsEye’s own Gateway Archers BeepBall team came together with members of the St. Louis University Ophthalmology department for a great afternoon of BeepBall! The SLU group was spearheaded by Dr. Thomas Porter, a SLUCare physician specializing in Optometry and Low Vision. Dr. Porter is a former MindsEye Board Member. He is…
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MindsEye Takes on Springfield, Illinois Radio Information Service Station The Belleville-based nonprofit has run a similar broadcast in Metro St. Louis since 1973 St. Louis, MO, October 1st, 2021— On October 18th, MindsEye will take up the Springfield Radio Information Service (RIS) broadcast, which provides current print information to area citizens who are blind, low vision, or print-impaired. The service…
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Summers are fun at the MindsEye Studio, as we welcome student volunteers earning service hours. Sometimes we get a whole family of volunteers like this month’s spotlighters! Janet is a long-time volunteer who introduced her granddaughter Ella and great-niece Gini to MindsEye this summer. Development and Communications Coordinator Laura Foughty got to sit down with…
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MindsEye was thrilled to bring Audio Description to Busch Stadium for the FIRST TIME EVER this year! In total, we described five St. Louis Cardinals games, and one Springfield Cardinals game, to over 60 sports fans who are blind or visually impaired. On June 14th Gateway Archers players helped test out the Audio Description equipment…
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Last week MindsEye Development and Communications Coordinator Laura Foughty had a chance to chat by phone with John Wolbers, Producing Associate at Metro Theater Company. They discussed Metro’s upcoming production, Digging Up Dessa, which will be Audio Described by MindsEye on October 23rd. They also covered Metro’s robust programming response to the pandemic, the history…
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At the end of July, the Gateway Archers took to the road to attend the BeepBall World Series in Wichita, Kansas. Amidst the heat and humidity that joined in on the festivities, the Archers proved that they are not a team to be taken lightly! After starting in 17th place, the Archers went 5-4 and…
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