July 26th, 7pm: Grab an iced drink and join me at the wonderful Trail’s End Cafe for a book chat about The Little Gate-Crasher.
Join us for a fun evening that will lift your spirits as we share the life lessons from Mace’s grand adventures: his unstoppable spirit that shows there’s value in every person and his courage to face whatever obstacles life sends your way.
Thank you to the fabulous Ellen Seidman for sharing my new journal for parents…check it out!
Thank you to the amazing board and staff of the Jewish Book Council for hosting an amazing author event today. What a great opportunity to share LGC with so many communities! #JewLit
It was great fun talking to producer Karen Given about Mace’s amazing stories meeting the most famous athletes of his day! Karen really “got it” and shared about Mace’s incredible resilience and generosity. Plus–we get to hear Mace’s own voice in the story. Click here to check it out!
“The world was set up in a way that was just such a giant obstacle for him everywhere he went. And so, if he was able to use his small size as any sort of advantage, he would do it. He had no issue with that…”
I am delighted to share my new talk. Check it out and please share your response!
Faith, Companionship and Vulnerability: Standing With Families Who Have A Child With A Disability
Your book group can have a lively, thought-provoking discussion with our new book guide. Click here to download. I’m delighted to Skype in and lead a discussion with your book group!
Thank you Maiken Scott for featuring Mace’s amazing story–and to your sound engineers for digitizing our very old audio tapes with Mace’s voice. The story will lift your spirits–guaranteed. Check it out!
National Inclusion Advocate Shelly Christensen today announced the selections of Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable by Liane Kupferberg Carter and The Little Gate-Crasher by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, as the 2017 Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month (JDAIM) featured reading selections. Now in its eighth year, Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month (JDAIM) is a unified national initiative during the month of February to raise disability awareness and support efforts to foster inclusion in Jewish communities worldwide.
Each year, several books by Jewish authors highlighting disability issues are chosen for JDAIM Reads. Synagogues, JCCs, book groups and other organizations are encouraged to read and discuss these books during February. An event with the Carter and Kaplan-Mayer is scheduled for Philadelphia on February 26th and both authors are available to lead book talks in person or via Skype.
Learn more about JDAIM and JDAIM Reads at http://inclusioninnovations.com.
Join White Pines for a reading and interactive discussion on White Pines Board Member Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer’s “The Little Gate Crasher: The Life and Photos of Mace Bugen” and a screening of the documentary short on White Pines new holiday musical, Fred Waring’s Christmas Shindig.
“The Little Gate Crasher” is a memoir of Kaplan-Mayer’s amazing Great-Uncle Mace Bugen–an unstoppable spirit, first generation Jewish American, self-made millionaire, celebrity gate-crasher–who was 43 inches tall. Mace’s unstoppable spirit defied the challenges of his own physical limitations and society’s prejudices towards people with dwarfism.
Dr. Dan Gottlieb of NPR’s “Voices in the Family” captured the essence of the book in his review: “Many begin their journeys by saying, ‘Why me?’ But healing begins when they say, ‘Okay, what now?’ Part history and part biography, The Little Gate-Crasher is inspirational— and damn fun to read.”
Bright Invention actors will bring scenes from the book to life and in an interactive slideshow, Kaplan-Mayer will share Mace’s greatest celeb selfies, including him with Muhammed Ali, Joe DiMaggio, Ella Fitzgerald, Jane Russell, Richard Nixon and more.
It’s been so great to hear from people all over the world who are re-connecting around #MaceMemories! I’ll share them here and at The Little Gate Crasher Fb Page.
Hi Gabrielle,
