ATTENTION:
- healthcare professionals
- narrative medicine/medical humanities practitioners
- writers
- storytellers
- performing and fine artists—
—Join us on March 29th at 6:00 pm for a reading discussion Q&A and book signing at KANEKO in partnership with The Bookworm.
Kathleen Watt will discuss her debut award-winning memoir Rearranged: An Opera Singer’s Facial Cancer & Life Transposed joined in conversation by Professor Mark Gilbert, UNO Associate Professor of Art and Art History and Medical Humanities.
In lyrical prose with musical allusions clinical references and a bit of comic relief Rearranged follows Kathleen Watt's plunge from the operatic stage into the netherworld of hospital life through the devastation of an osteogenic sarcoma tumor in her midface and out the other side. Kathleen was a soprano singing with the New York Metropolitan Opera chorus when a rare and vicious bone cancer blew her career to smithereens along with her face. Rescued by lethal toxins titanium screws and infinite kindness the life she resumed was catastrophically transposed. Rearranged describes letting go to hold on; putting old pieces to new uses; and the unlikely arrangements that make everything work out. This heart-wrenching medical odyssey becomes a joyous personal journey of transformation.
This event is free and open to the public. Books may be purchased at KANEKO on the night of the event.
KANEKO Admission, Parking, and Accessibility Details
• Doors at KANEKO will open at 5:30 p.m. Please use the KANEKO east entrance located at the northeast corner of 11th and Jones St.
• Parking: On-street metered parking; Paid parking garage: Omaha Park Four (1011 Jackson St.)
• Accessibility: If you have questions or would like support with specific access needs, please contact us at [email protected] or 402-341-3800 at least three days prior to your visit and we will do our best to help you attend comfortably.
Disclaimer: This event follows the wishes and guidelines set up by the author. Neither The Bookworm nor KANEKO are responsible for changes made by the author prior to or during the event.
Event Venue
KANEKO, 1111 Jones Street, Omaha, NE 68102, United States
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