Tag Archives: Arts
Musicorps helps injured veterans learn the gift of music
November 29, 2012Cpl. Tim Donley lost of both his legs in February in Afghanistan. But when he stepped on stage at a Stand Up for Heroes benefit this month, it was his remarkable voice – not his wounds – that the crowd noticed. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Music, Returning Veterans, Wounded veterans | Leave a commentVeterans with brain injuries trying music therapy
November 27, 2012Veterans with brain injuries will have a chance to see whether learning or playing an instrument can improve their brain power. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Returning Veterans, Veteran Health, Wounded veterans | Leave a commentVeterans lift ‘burden of memories’ through art
November 20, 2012Veterans of Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan have turned to art to preserve their intimate and enduring memories of war. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentStudent veterans’ stories inspire unusual play
October 7, 2012US Marine Corps Sergeant Samuel Dillon was on patrol in Afghanistan four years ago when he was hit by sniper fire. Now studying at Suffolk University, Dillon, 26, is one of seven student veterans whose stories are told in an unusual theatrical production titled “At Ease.” Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Civilian Life, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentTheaters offer free, discounted tickets for veterans
September 29, 2012Nearly two dozen theaters around the country are offering free and discounted tickets for plays, classes and other services to veterans and military families. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Military families, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentWanted: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who rock
July 21, 2012Wanted: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans ready to rock for a good cause. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Charities, Entertainment, PTSD, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentOpinion: War-weary veterans need the fulfilling effect of arts in their lives
July 12, 2012It’s little known that, through three centuries of war, the arts have found a home in our military. The ennobling sense of calm, control and beauty that all of us experience when we reach for a book or listen to a symphony is equally if not more vital to men or women who have been to battle. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Civilian Life, Returning Veterans | 1 CommentCarved ‘life-story’ walking sticks honor fallen soldiers
July 9, 2012Florence McSween could not stop crying as she saw the life of her son, killed by an IED in Iraq, memorialized on a handmade staff. The walking sticks, carved by Virginian Bob Hamill, should be called “life-story sticks,” she says. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Fallen Soldiers | Leave a commentVeteran pours his pain into “Fallujah,” first opera about the Iraq War
July 2, 2012Christian Ellis found the only way to soothe the war wounds in his soul was by losing himself singing opera’s powerful, haunting songs. Now the former Marine machine gunner— who has attempted suicide four times — is putting his pain on stage in the first opera believed written about the Iraq War: “Fallujah.” Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Opera, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentSan Francisco mural will include names of 4,484 fallen Iraq soldiers
June 30, 2012A mural being painted in San Francisco’s “Veterans Alley” will highlight each of the names of 4,484 fallen Iraq soldiers. Continue reading
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