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Birthmother: History & Culture of Adoption | The Presidio

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Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP required through Eventbrite

Presidio Officers’ Club | 50 Moraga Ave, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA

Event Details

Birth/first mother Deanna Ross presents Birthmother, a solo performance which weaves her own highly personal memoir with moving and surprising facts about the history and culture of adoption in the United States. Following the performance, Deanna and other birth/first mothers from On Your Feet Foundation will engage in conversation about Birthmother and take audience questions.

Free. Registration Required via Eventbrite.Please note that registering does not guarantee admission. Registered guests will be offered priority admission that will be honored until 15 minutes before the start of the event.

Deanna Ross lives on the Monterey Peninsula, where she teaches dance and choreographs for theater productions, sings and writes songs with her husband in the indie folk-pop duo The Jinxes, and is at work on her debut novel.

Birthmother is part of a program series supporting the exhibition Operation Babylift: Perspectives and Legacies. Each program explores ideas central to the exhibition. The exhibition will be open until 7 pm on this evening.

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Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP required through Eventbrite
Categories: Lectures & Workshops, San Francisco
Address: 50 Moraga Ave, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA