Deaf Awareness Week offers entertainment, workshops Deaf Awareness Week at UCSC will offer a glimpse into the world of the deaf through stage and film, a crash course in sign language, and presentations on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
All events are free.
Missy Keast will give a one-woman show Thursday, May 3, during Deaf Awareness Week. Missy Keast, a deaf professional storyteller and actress who has toured with the National Theatre of the Deaf, will give a one-woman performance at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at Stevenson College Dining Hall. Deaf culture is documented in the book through history and photography. The documentary In the Land of the Deaf, by French filmmaker Nicolas Philbert, will be shown at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in Stevenson College Dining Hall. The workshop is from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 4, at the Cowell College Fireside Lounge.