Yes, I have big love for Odyssey Storytelling and have presented a few stories there, albeit mostly sappy mom stuff about my son and another night right after the Jan. 8 tragedy. Plus, I plan to participate in the Dec. 5 evening appropriately titled, “Big Bad Words: The B*tch Show,” but here’s a somewhat tardy Thursday night recommendation — head over there tonight, at 7 p.m. for “Saved by the Bell: School Stories.”
There are some interesting folks that curator Lori Riegel has put together for the evening, but what I want to know is what in the world is Tucson Unified School District governing board member Mark Stegeman going to talk about? Perhaps Riegel, a University High School graduate who seemed so darn grateful for Stegeman championing the proposal that her school get its own building during last year’s hearings on school closures, asked the controversial school board member to talk about the successes at UHS or maybe he has a notebook full of prose about the number of times he’s been called a racist (I think he keeps count).
At any rate, it is likely to be an eventful night of storytelling at Fluxx Studios & Gallery, 416 E. 9th St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and there’s a $7 cover.
Other storytellers include Richard Feinburg, director for community outreach for the Foundation for Cardiovascular Heart Health series; local artist Simon Donovan; music teacher Julie Unger Zorn; former schoolteacher, administrator, and PCC governing board member, Georgia Brousseau; and University High teacher John Hosmer.
This article appears in Aug 1-7, 2013.
Ms. Herreras, you need to remember that being called a racist means very little in a city where the knee-jerk response of ethnic chauvinists is to call people who disagree with them racists. Dr. Stegeman is the only member of the TUSD Governing Board who has not been willing to sacrifice the education of TUSD students as a trade-off in the pursuit of radical ideology.
The “article” is somewhat hostile towards Stegeman, for what reason the author is kinda reticent. Stegeman is educated and polite, no need to bash him, or bizarrely think that he keeps a notebook about “activists” calling him a racist.
Three cheers for Mark Stegeman. It’s the only good thing TUSD has going for it.