Bowery Arts and Science
c/o Gary Glazner
310 Bowery
NY, NY 10012
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 Launches a Pilot Project in Germany
When:
Monday, Feb. 8th through 14th, 2010
Where:
Various locations in Berlin, Herborn 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 in partnership with AWO Lahn-Dill, in Herborn. 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 is partially supported by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and AWO Lahn-Dill.
For more information please write gary@alzpoetry.com.
Past Events
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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