``Love and Respect'' Photography Exhibit to Highlight Alzheimer's Week; Week of Special Community Events Scheduled Oct. 2 Through Oct. 7.Entertainment & Lifestyle Editors/Health Writers LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000 In an effort to heighten awareness of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , the Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association, incorportated on April 10, 1980 as the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., is a non-profit American voluntary health organization which focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. will launch Alzheimer's Week, a series of special events bringing awareness, art and education to the public. The week of events will begin on Monday, Oct. 2, and culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. with the association's eighth annual Memory Walk fund-raiser on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Hollywood Park Racetrack Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse and poker cardroom located in Inglewood, California, USA, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to The Forum. History The track was opened in 1938 by the Hollywood Turf Club. . Alzheimer's Week will include "Love and Respect," a fine-arts photography exhibit featuring the work of Jim Hubbard, former White House photographer and three-time Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded. nominee. The exhibit opens on Thursday, Oct. 5, at Santa Monica's Highways Gallery, located at 1651 18th St. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Hubbard's beautiful black-and-white photographs showcase people with Alzheimer's disease and people whose lives they've touched. Hubbard is currently the creative director of the Venice Arts Mecca. Admission to "Love and Respect" is free to the public. The Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles serves more than 150,000 people with Alzheimer's disease and their families by providing a variety of programs and services. Information regarding the Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles and available services can be obtained by calling 800/660-1993 or by visiting the Web site at www.alzla.org. Additional information regarding "Love and Respect" and other Alzheimer's Week events can be obtained by calling 800/660-1993. Information about Memory Walk can be obtained by calling the Memory Walk Hotline at 323/930-6228; information in Spanish is available at 800/633-5767; or visit the Web site at www.alzla.org/mw2000. |
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