Brian Grant Foundation Celebrates Teamwork for Parkinson s Awareness Month
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Inspired by founder and former NBA player Brian Grant, who is living with Parkinson s disease, online events focus on teambuilding to improve quality of life with the disease PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB) March 15, 2021 Brian Grant Foundation (BGF) is hosting a series of events focused on building teams to improve the quality of life for people living with Parkinson’s disease. The events kick off in April for Parkinson’s Awareness Month, leading up to a livestream gala with BGF’s founder, Brian Grant, on May 12, 2021 at 6pm PST.
Online events in April include weekly “Motivational Monday” workouts and an “Expert Q&A” webcast focused on building a Parkinson’s healthcare team. The workouts, led by American Ninja Warrior Jimmy Choi, will stream on BGF’s social media channels every Monday in April at 9am PST. The Expe
February 08 2021 A Long Distance Affair
Tracy Francis of Boom Arts and local actor Barbie Wu are involved in A Long Distance Affair, a Zoom immersive play as part of a series that started before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through 10-minute plays, held Feb. 11-21, the audience learns about people from around the world; the latest version features 18 artists from Portland, Beirut (Lebanon), Lagos (Nigeria), Mumbai (India), Los Angeles and Mexico City.
It s produced by Juggerknot Theatre Company ( Miami Motel Stories ) and PopUp Theatrics.
Francis directs the Beirut play, about a dance class and connection, and the Portland play, which fittingly is a sci-fi piece about protest and unrest and a woman stuck in a time loop (in which the old version kills the young version).