The accessibility boom keeps a-booming, which is wonderful for me, and, I think, for the community at large. I had my first gig of the year at the Chicago Women's March--a little bit colder than last year, but bright and full of a wonderful energy. And this year--the city was prepared. We bested our numbers from last year, and we got to march. Dig me in my neon yellow vest and stenomask! Over the next month, I have possibly the strangest combination of description gigs I have

In late February, I was contacted by the Music School at DePaul University and given the opportunity to provide audio description for their production of two short operas: “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi.” My contact person was the Music School's director of marketing, who told me that a group of audience members had contacted the school and requested that the service be provided. Having never described an opera, I leapt at the chance. A few days later, I was contacted b