A CELEBRATION OF ELIZABETH GREGORY

Thursday, August 16, 7:00pm
Soo Visual Arts Center
2909 Bryant Ave S #101, Minneapolis

Ah, look at all the lonely people: where do they all come from? We might find out a glimmer of an answer at this celebration of Elizabeth Gregory, a chapbook of poems that combs the inner space of every mom in search of radical humanity. Elizabeth Gregory is one of millions currently living with early onset Alzheimer’s dementia (EOAD), often referred to as “the long goodbye.” Carollo uses Beatlemania as his compass with which to find a path toward communication, understanding, and love. Elizabeth Gregory is for every mom.

Join us to celebrate this remarkable collection. Author Kevin Carollo will take those assembled on a mystery tour through verse, photography, music, and memory, and YOU are invited to participate in either of the following ways:

  1. Send a photo of a loved one with dementia, we’ll add it to a memory montage to be screened at the event:
    email to news [at] raintaxi [dot] com
    post on our Facebook Event page HERE
    tweet to @RainTaxiReview
  2. Tell us the name of a song that you and a parent both love, we’ll add it to the event’s playlist:
    tweet to @RainTaxiReview, #SongsConnectUs
    post on our Facebook Event page HERE
    email to news [at] raintaxi [dot] com

Our mission: Dementiacide.

Reception to follow, get ready to be received!


Kevin Carollo (pictured here with Elizabeth Gregory) is a poet and translator living in Fargo, ND. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, Moorhead and editor for New Rivers Press. Kevin is known to birth cardboard critters and play guitar.