Daily Archives: 04/11/2013

(Community Matters) The National Parkinson Foundation released early findings from its Parkinson’s Outcomes Project. NPF and Dr. Mark Guttman from Markham Stouffville Hospital’s Centre for Movement Disorders, an NPF Center of Excellence, to explore the most important findings of the study and the factors that have been found to affect the health of people with Parkinson’s, including depression, mobility and activities of daily living.

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Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Online pre-registration is required (here).

(Community Matters) Our friend Steven Dietz’s newest play Mad, Beat, Hip & Gone opens tonight at Zach Scott. Commissioned by Zach and UT Dept of Fine Art, the story of two Nebraska lads following across the country in the car behind Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady is played by a new generation of Austin’s best actors, Jon Cook, Jacob Trussell and Erin Barlow.

Steven is probably the most produced, contemporary playwright in America – and it’s no surprise why. His material is smart, relevant and accessible. As the director of this play, he also summons the technical elements of the stage to tell his story in between the lines.

UT Fine Arts Dean Doug Dempster and Theatre & Dance Chair Brant Pope hosted a cocktail reception in the Skyline Lounge prior to last night’s show. Great seeing them, Steven’s wife Allison Gregory, JoLynn & Greg Free, Nancy Scanlon, James Armstrong & Larry Connelly, Michele Baylor, Sharon Watkins and many other friends, including my second favorite theater date (Steven’s traveling), Michael Mitchell.