Mayo Clinic Center For Humanities In Medicine Presents Kevin Kling Reading "The Dog Says How"

Thursday, August 27, 2009

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine, with generous support from the Jack Taylor Family Foundation, presents Kevin Kling reading "The Dog Says How."

WHO: Kevin Kling is an acclaimed storyteller and commentator for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." His plays and adaptations, including "Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log," "21A" and "Lloyd's Prayer," have been performed around the world. Kling has won numerous grants and fellowships for his work and has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, The McKnight Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Foundation and the Jerome Foundation. He lives in Minneapolis, where he continues to write plays and stories.

In Kling's classic and never-before-told stories, "the mundane becomes magical, the fantastic becomes accessible and through it all his profound sense of curiosity about the world transforms the everyday to the timeless." – Queen Anne News, Seattle

WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Geffen Auditorium, Gonda Building, subway level, 100 Third Ave. S.W.

WHAT: This event is free and open to all Mayo staff, students, patients and the community.

However,tickets are limited. Reserve early to ensure seating. Email: humanitiesrochester@mayo.edu. This program is made possible through the generosity of the Jack Taylor Family Foundation. Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine integrates the arts, history and ethics into the medical environment to support Mayo's primary value that "the needs of the patient come first."

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About Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of "the needs of the patient come first." More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers and 46,000 allied health staff work at Mayo Clinic, which has sites in Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. Collectively, the three locations treat more than half a million people each year. To obtain the latest news releases from Mayo Clinic, go to www.mayoclinic.org/news. For information about research and education visit www.mayo.edu. MayoClinic.com is available as a resource for your health stories.

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About Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of "the needs of the patient come first." More than 3,700 physicians, scientists and researchers and 50,100 allied health staff work at Mayo Clinic, which has sites in Rochester, Minn; Jacksonville, Fla; and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. and community based providers in more than 70 locations in Southern Minn., Western Wis. and Northeast Iowa. These locations treat more than half a million people each year. To obtain the latest news releases from Mayo Clinic, go to www.mayoclinic.org/news. For information about research and education, visit www.mayo.edu. MayoClinic.com is available as a resource for your health stories.