AGLP Virtual Meet Ups and Educational Sessions

AGLP is bringing online virtual experiences to you. Please join us for the following upcoming virtual events:

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AGLP Opera (by streaming) Discussion: The Hours

Sunday, April 28 , 2024  8:00-9:00pm ET/5:00-6:00pm PT

About 2 years ago we had AGLP zoom discussions of the novel and the film The Hours and now will continue our exploration of the story with a discussion of the opera  version.

The Hours is a opera written by neo-romantic composer Kevin Puts premiered a year ago by the Metropolitan opera which is based on the Pulitzer prize winning novel by gay author Michael Cunningham.   The film depicts three generations of women who are in dialogue with the classic novel Mrs. Dalloway, either directly or indirectly. Those women are struggling with their sense of identity and purpose, as well as their sexuality, either as lesbians or bisexuals.  They are all dealing with the question of suicide, either their own or of someone they love.

The opera was so successful, it has been revived for this season, and there will be a performance of it during the APA meeting on Sunday May 5 from 3p-6p.  Information for buying tickets for the opera is here (as well as information on how to get rush tickets).   Metropolitan Opera | The Hours (metopera.org)

In the first thread of the opera, the author Virginia Woolf is writing Mrs. Dalloway itself in 1923 as she was struggling with her own mental illness. In the second, set in 1951, in Los Angeles, Mrs. Brown, the wife of a World War II veteran and a closeted lesbian, who is reading Mrs. Dalloway, is planning her husband's birthday party. In 2001 New York City, in the final narrative thread, Clarissa Vaughan, a lesbian literary agent  is planning a party to celebrate a major literary award received by her good friend and former lover, a poet, Richard, who is dying of an AIDS. Richard has always fondly referred to her as Mrs. Dalloway
Please feel free to invite your friends/family  to join our discussion.  
Opera can be obtained for streaming ($4.99) at:The Hours (metopera.org)
Opera  review  'The Hours' Review: Why This Opera Is a Stunning Triumph (variety.com)

During the APA there will be a session about the Hours on Wednesday May 8th   Psychiatric Perspectives on Art and SMI: The Novel Film and Opera the Hours and Its Relevance to Virginia Woolf, Sexual Orientation, Suicide, and Depression   with Drs. Amir Ahuja, Gregory  Gabrellas and George Saiger.  
Opera  Discussion Leaders: 

Howard Rubin, MD, is immediate Past-President of AGLP. He is director of the medical student wellbeing program at UCSF School of Medicine, has a private practice in San Francisco, and a masters in creative writing (MFA) from San Francisco State University.

'Gene Nakajima, MD works in community psychiatry in San Francisco and is a clarinetist and Vice President of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony.  

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Suggestions for future AGLP ZOOM sessions.

If you have any suggestions for zoom sessions, please contact us. We are interested in Educational Sessions and right now we are looking for presenters for a COVID session. We need suggestions for our Book Club. We are looking for hosts or events for our virtual cocktails/mocktail parties. We are also looking for residents to present cases and attendings to lead discussions in psychotherapy cases conferences. We are particularly looking for women and POC presenters. Please contact Gene Nakajima, MD at GNakajima@aglp.org and Howard Rubin, MD at Hrubin@aglp.org

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