BOLD VENTURES April 2016
Blind Outdoor Leisure Development
BOLD welcomes persons 18 and older with all degrees of vision: blind, low vision, partially sighted and fully sighted.
PO Box 8114
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Terri Winaught, Editor
Email: boldwpa@gmail.com
website: www.wpabold.blogspot.com
Yahoo Groups: wpabold@yahoogroups.com (moderator must approve posts).
Update Line: 1-773-597-4222 (updates recorded each Friday.)
ALWAYS AWESOME APRIL
CALENDAR
Starting with this newsletter, the Calendar will be at the beginning. Additionally, all of the information about an activity will be in one place as follows: Date, event, time, location, reservationist, and reservation deadline.
Beginning in May, cultural events will appear ONLY in Cultural Connections, listed in chronological order. Please feel welcomed at and thoroughly enjoy the events listed below:
Sunday the 3rd: Sex With Strangers: Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, 15203; Start time, 2:00 PM; Sensory workshop for persons with sight loss and low vision, 1:00 PM; cost, $22 with the option of a free companion ticket. To order tickets, call 412-431-4900. With accessibility questions, call Kristen Link: 412-431-4400.
Tuesday the 5th: Board meeting: 6:30 to 8:30 PM; Rachael Carson Room, 1 Smithfield Street, Downtown. Sunday the 3rd is the deadline for letting Tammi Swiantek know you plan to attend: 412-488-6298.
Tuesday the 5th: Barber of Seville: 7:00 to 10:00 PM, Benedum Center: 7th Street and Penn Ave., Downtown. audio description and Braille programs upon request. To buy tickets at $10 each, phone Randy Adams, 412-281-0912, x213.
Thursdays the 7th and 21st: Mall Walking at the Ross Park Mall: 9:30 to 11:30 AM; Pat DiPasquale, 412-492-1692 by 9 PM on Sunday the 3rd and Andrea Schwartz by 9 PM on Sunday the 17th: 724-444-0064. (Although this began as a Friendship Group event, it has become a collaboration between BOLD and the North Hills-based Group.)
Thursdays the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th: Yoga: 2:30 to 4 PM: Schoolhouse Yoga Studio: 2215 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, 15217; $15 per person with four or more needed to hold a class. Sign up by 9 PM on the Tuesday before each class with Veronique Schreurs: 412-225-4038. Anyone trying Yoga for the first time will experience many therapeutic benefits, and appreciate Richard's excellence as an Instructor.
Thursday the 9th is also the 10 PM Camp Kon-o-Kwee Sign-up Deadline with Mark Grasak: 412-264-4944. Also, deadline for sending $60 check or money order, payable to Western PA BOLD, to 2269 Tilbury Ave., Pittsburgh, 15217.
Sunday the 10th: Bingo: Liberty Room, 1 Smithfield Street, 2:00 to 5:00 PM; Reservationist, Terri Winaught by 10 PM on Wednesday the 6th: 412-263-2022. Winners will receive $2 per regular game; $5 for the coverall; can play no more than two cards, and can win no more than two regular games. Bring a snack or beverage. Building vending machines also have beverages and snacks.
Wednesdays the 13th and 27th: Mall Walking at the Monroeville Mall: 9 to 11 AM; Reservation deadline with Joyce Driben, 9 PM on the Thursday before each walk: 412-521-4385.
Sunday the 17th: Opera Up Close from 2 to 4 PM, featuring Rake's Progress; Pittsburgh Opera: 2425 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, 15222; free to friends of Pittsburgh Opera and $5 for other guests. If you will need sighted assistance, or to ask about audio description, phone 412-281-0912, x242, Marilyn Egan; or x256 for Chelsea Patch. Enjoy superb singing and gracious guidance.
Sunday the 24th: Art Song Recital featuring resident artists; 2 to 4 PM; Pittsburgh Opera: 2425 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, 15222. This will be the last recital. BRAVA! to the Opera and their talented performers.
PAST EVENTS
Seven people attended bowling on 02-28 at Forward Lanes.
A lot of appreciation to the Leveretts for driving; Nancy for event planning and collecting the money, and everyone whose help made it a fun-filled day.
Skiing, Mall Walking, and attendance at Cultural Events continue to go well.
LOOKING AHEAD
May's and June's Board meetings will be on Tuesdays the 3rd and 7th respectively, with all being welcomed.
May 3rd is also when the Opera Rake's Progress will be presented from 7 to 10 PM at the Benedum Center.
Friday, May 6th is when Kon-o-Kwee campers need to arrive at Moorhead Towers no later than 5:45 PM, and will return to Moorhead on Sunday the 8th between 12:30 and 12:45 PM, depending on when the bus leaves camp. Moorhead's address? 375 North Craig Street, Pittsburgh, 15213.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
"Ray and the Catholic Alumni Club really do a great job," is how Cindy Perseo began the Personal Perspective she has wanted to do for some time. Cindy went on to praise both Ray and the volunteers he recruits for all of the hard work they put into helping at every BOLD event Ray hosts.
"Ray is so generous with all of the food he provides," Cindy continued, adding, "Just because Ray encourages people to eat as much as they want-doesn't mean that anyone should take advantage of his generosity."
"I just feel that we really should thank Ray and the Catholic Alumni Club for doing this for us. They really wouldn't have to do this but they do it out of the goodness of their hearts. "They have hearts as big as gold and even bigger," Cindy concluded.
To ask about writing or to be interviewed for a Personal Perspective, phone 412-263-2022, come to a Board meeting, or email twinaught@comcast.net.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADD-ON
Membership Chair Veronique Schreurs is doing an excellent job compiling the 2016-2017 Membership Directory.
If your contact information has changed, or if you want your directory, newsletter or both in a different format, phone 412-225-4038, or email veronik43@gmail.com. If you got a Braille membership list last year, you will receive one again this year.
FUNDRAISING FACTS
On Tuesday May 3rd from 6 AM to 11:59 PM, BOLD will participate in the Pittsburgh Foundation Center's Day of Giving (more info in May's newsletter, on the Update Line, 773-597-4222, and via email).
BOLD BITS
WELCOME!! to new member Diane Kirk, and WELCOME BACK!! to John Dern and Ila Sensenich. If there is anyone to whom this Editor failed to extend a Welcome or Welcome Back, please phone 412-263-2022, or email twinaught@comcast.net.
Having given an old number to the Membership Chair, Jim Winaught's correct cell is 412-608-4711.
Happy Birthday to Carrie Fisher, Karen Good, Ray Jablonowski, Jim Wiseman, Larry Wiseman, and anyone else with an April birthday. Belated wishes to Sam Wagoner whose birthday was in February, and this Editor's apology for being belated. Please let the Editor know if she forgot any other people who want their birthdays mentioned.
Thank you to BOLD's Board for editorial assistance, along with Maurice Johnston, Marty Mathews, Veronique Schreurs, and the Braille Team which Tina Wassermann leads for the many ways in which they make this newsletter accessible.
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