[Tasl] The Soloist, with Primary Sources, and Other April Highlights

[Carole Bos]

During April, we anticipate "The Soloist," a film about a student afflicted with schizophrenia who grew up to be a homeless street musician - then was befriended by members of the LA Philharmonic and an LA Times columnist.  Meet the real people, hear the music which helps "The Soloist" stay calm and watch him play various instruments in this story behind the movie.  http://www.awesomestories.com/flicks/the-soloist    

In addition, we're thinking about the earthquake of April 6th (in which "a jewel of medieval Italy collapsed"), Mahatma Gandhi (who "broke" the unfair salt laws following non-violent resistance), the San Francisco earthquake and fire (which devastated the city on April 18, 1906), the Chernobyl meltdown (which remains the world's worst nuclear accident) and "the miracle" at the water pump (when Annie Sullivan made a startling breakthrough with her pupil, Helen Keller).  Learn the details of those, and other events, in this summary of April Highlights. 
http://www.awesomestories.com/newsletters/april-highlights     

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Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu