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05/21/2026

Community Shoutout 📣 Experience Arc One, presented by our friends at Glitch Theatre — a bold night of new work from 10 emerging D/disability-identified artists, happening this weekend at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre!

From a roadkill road trip to the medical office of Anton Chekhov, an impossible waterfall, and the back seat of a speeding car, Arc One invites audiences into a series of vivid, original live performances spanning prose, poetry, stories, and essays — all accompanied by live mixed sound and music.

The evening will also be recorded live for release as a podcast series later this year.

Date: Saturday, May 23
Time: 7:30 to 9 pm
Where: Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver

🎟 Tickets: $20
♿ D/disability community tickets: $10
Purchase tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/arc-one

If cost is a barrier, complimentary tickets are available by contacting [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance.

More info: https://glitchtheatre.ca/show/arc/

Image description: A stand-up microphone with a cord hanging down is centered in front of a blurred background. Behind the microphone, large coral-coloured text reads “ARC ONE” in bold capital letters. A banner along the bottom of the graphic includes the performance date, May 23, the venue name Roundhouse Performance Centre, and the Glitch Theatre logo and website: glitchtheatre.ca.

Graphic courtesy of Glitch Theatre.

05/20/2026

VocalEye’s Couch & Click Almost Live events are part film screening, part watch party, and part community hangout, all made accessible with audio description.

Hosted by Amy Amantea, these relaxed online gatherings feature a diverse range of films and documentaries, along with opportunities to connect and chat with other blind and low vision community members if you’d like. While Almost Live events are designed with blind and low vision audiences in mind, everyone is welcome — and attendance is always free.

Join us tonight for a powerful adventure documentary with audio description!

🗓 TONIGHT Wednesday, May 20, 2026
🕖 Film begins at 7 pm Pacific Time
🕡 Zoom room opens at 6:30 pm Pacific for land acknowledgement and casual conversation

👉🏾Register to receive your Zoom link: https://www.vocaleye.ca/almost-live-zoom-registration/
🔗More info: https://www.vocaleye.ca/events/zoom-217/

Join us online Zoom with host Amy Amantea for a film screening with audio description!

05/19/2026

🎺 Get ready for a joyful + accessible musical adventure at the Vancouver International Children's Festival!

Join us for Merry Marching Band, a lively, high-energy performance blending world music, clowning, comedy, and playful choreography as this zany brass band journeys from Canada to Brazil, Ukraine… and even Planet Mars!

✨ This performance features live audio description provided by VocalEye, along with a pre-show Touch Tour for blind and low vision audience members of all ages.

🗓 Sunday, May 31, 2026
🕒 Performance at 3 pm
👋 Touch Tour at 2 pm
📍 Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St., Granville Island

During the Touch Tour, audience members can meet the performers and explore the instruments up close before the show begins.

To reserve tickets for the VocalEye-described performance:
Email: [email protected]

Learn more: https://www.vocaleye.ca/events/merry-marching-band-vancouver-childrens-festival/

Image description: A colourful promotional graphic for Merry Marching Band at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. The image features six expressive performers in whimsical costumes holding brass instruments and posing dramatically onstage. Large bold text highlights “Live VocalEye Description + Touch Tour,” along with the performance date, location, and ticket booking information.

05/19/2026

Welcome back from the long weekend, Friends!

Join us this week for a fun and casual film screening, made accessible by audio description! Free to attend, with opportunties to connect with community and host Amy Amantea about the film afterwards.

Almost Live Episode 217: Couch & Click Everest Flick
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Film begins at 7 pm Pacific Time
Register to receive your Zoom link: https://www.vocaleye.ca/almost-live-zoom-registration/

More info: https://www.vocaleye.ca/events/zoom-217/

Join us online Zoom with host Amy Amantea for a film screening with audio description!

05/15/2026

A heartfelt thank you to blind storyteller, author, and advocate Anne Mok (purposeinview) for joining us this week on Almost Live for a deeply engaging writers talk and live reading of excerpts from her book Resilience and Purpose.

Anne shared thoughtful reflections on identity, chronic illness, vision loss, creativity, and belonging — offering audiences an intimate and powerful conversation that stayed with us long after the event ended.

If you missed the live session, you can now watch the recording on YouTube and experience the conversation for yourself.

We also encourage you to support Anne’s work by checking out her book and following her ongoing creative journey. She is in the process of recording an audiobook version of Resilience and Purpose, which will be available in the Fall.

Thank you again, Anne, for your generosity, honesty, and artistry. It was an honour to have you with us.

Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/rek5JHEoYuA?si=ooVkbY6QR4xklvdk
Learn more / purchase the book: https://www.amazon.ca/Resilience-Purpose-Discovering-Strength-Connection/dp/191749601X

VocalEye Almost Live host Amy Amantea is joined by Vancouver-based blind storyteller, author, TEDx speaker, and voice actor Anne Mok.Through themes of resili...

05/13/2026

Join us this evening on Zoom, for Almost Live with host Amy Amantea and special guest Anne Mok (purposeinview)!

Enjoy excerpts from Resilience and Purpose and a writers talk with blind storyteller Anne Mok.

Almost Live Episode 216 | Wednesday, May 13, 2026

* VocalEye's Virtual Lobby opens at 6:30pm Pacific Time for mingling with host Amy Amantea
* Pre-show introduction begins at 6:45pm with special guest Anne Mok
* Programming starts at 7pm
* Followed by conversation and Q and A

Register to receive your Zoom link: https://www.vocaleye.ca/almost-live-zoom-registration/
More information: https://www.vocaleye.ca/events/zoom-216/

VocalEye Almost Live Zoom events are free to attend and designed to be accessible for folks who are blind and low vision. Everyone is welcome!

Join host Amy Amantea for a live Zoom reading of excerpts from Resilience and Purpose, featuring guest storyteller Anne Mok.

05/12/2026

Join us this week on Almost Live for an intimate excerpts reading and writer’s talk with Anne Mok ().

Anne Mok is a Vancouver-based voice actor, blind storyteller, speaker, and author of Resilience and Purpose. A passionate accessibility advocate, Anne also serves on the VocalEye board, helping champion access to the arts for people who are blind and low vision.

As a voice actor, Anne brings warmth, clarity, and authenticity to narration, commercial work, and storytelling. She is also a TEDx speaker whose talks challenge how blindness and disability are represented, with a focus on inclusion and lived experience.

Hosted by Amy Amantea, this episode features Anne reading excerpts from Resilience and Purpose, followed by conversation and reflection.

Image description: A professional portrait of Anne Mok, an Asian woman with long, wavy brown hair, wearing a navy blazer over a bright pink top, smiling gently.

05/11/2026

How do we find strength and connection through life’s challenges?

Join us this week on Almost Live for an intimate excerpts reading and writers talk with Anne Mok (purposeinview)— a Vancouver-based blind storyteller, author, TEDx speaker, and voice actor whose work explores resilience, identity, belonging, and the power of human connection.

Hosted by Amy Amantea, this episode will feature Anne reading excerpts from her acclaimed book, Resilience and Purpose: Discovering Strength and Connection in Life’s Cracks, followed by conversation and reflection.

As a voice actor and speaker, Anne brings warmth, authenticity, and depth to every story she shares — creating spaces where listeners feel seen, included, and connected.

When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Time: 7 pm Pacific Time
Online Zoom | Free to attend
Register: www.vocaleye.ca/almost-live-zoom-registration/

Image description: Headshot of Anne Mok in a circular frame, next to a copy of her book Resilience and Purpose, which features an illustration of Anne Mok, walking with a white cane. Text below Anne’s headshot reads: “Book reading with Anne Mok”. A banner at the bottom reads: ”Resilience. Purpose. Connection. A story of strength, hope and finding your way forward. The VocalEye Zoom logo and Episode #216 line the top.

05/11/2026

VocalEye’s May Almost Live lineup is here!

Join host Amy Amantea on Wednesdays at 7 pm Pacific Time for VocalEye’s Almost Live Zoom series, where we bring community, conversation, and shared arts experiences together. Designed with blind and low vision audiences in mind, and open to all. Free to attend!

This month features a book reading and writers talk with Anne Mok (), an adventure documentary with AD, and poetry with guests Lindsey Adams and Order of Canada award recipient David Roche.

📬 See the full May lineup and event details in our newsletter:
https://bit.ly/VEOnlineBulletin_May2026

📩 Subscribe to stay in the loop:
https://bit.ly/VENewsSubscribe

www.vocaleye.ca

Image description: A calendar-style graphic for VocalEye’s Almost Live Zoom events in May, with the Zoom eyeball logo at the top and coloured bands representing each Wednesday’s event:

Resilience and Purpose (May 13)
With Anne Mok

Couch & Click (May 20)
Everest Flick

Tangerine Muse (May 27)
With David Roche + Lindsey Adams

05/09/2026

Experience the acclaimed Canadian play Casey and Diana at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, made accessible to patrons who are blind or low vision with live audio description from VocalEye and Pay-What-You-Want ticket pricing.

🎧 Live description:
Sunday, May 10 at 2 pm

🎙 Describer: Cas Wanden
⏱ Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes, including one intermission

Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can and can be booked by calling the box office at 250-385-6815 and mentioning VocalEye when reserving.

Set during Princess Diana’s 1991 visit to Toronto’s Casey House, Canada’s first HIV/AIDS hospice, Nick Green’s critically acclaimed play balances humour, compassion, and heartbreak in deeply human and unexpected ways.

For show and accessibility information:
www.vocaleye.ca/events/belfry-casey-and-diana/

Image description: A circular-framed promotional graphic features a production photo from Casey and Diana. Actor Morgan David Jones (Thomas) sits upright in a hospital bed while Meghan Gardiner (Princess Diana) sits beside him on the edge of the bed. Text above the image reads “Live Audio Description” along with the accessible performance date, venue information, and production title. The VocalEye and Belfry Theatre logos appear along the bottom. Photo credit: David Cooper.

05/07/2026

No Almost Live tonight (we take the first Wednesday of each month off) but it’s the perfect opportunity to catch up on last week’s fascinating conversation with Christine Malec, podcast host, writer and storyteller, musician and member of Toronto’s Blind community.

Christine joined host Amy Amantea to share stories from a recent research trip through Vienna and Paris, exploring the lives of two celebrated 18th-century Blind musicians: flutist Friedrich Dulon and pianist and singer Maria Theresia von Paradis.

Huge thanks to Christine for bringing such rich storytelling, history, humour, and insight to the conversation.

If you missed this episode, you can watch it on the VocalEye YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/9mC4bIZocs8?si=8Jk0yPRptYSqt4rZ

Join us for Almost Live Episode 216, next Wednesday, May 13 for an excerpts reading & writers talk with Anne Mok (purposeinview).

VocalEye Almost Live host Amy Amantea is joined by blind community member and VocalEye friend, Christine Malec.Christine shares original stories and songs, i...