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News from Metro Compton: Healthy Eating

Food Forward organizes access to quality produce from local Farmers Markets.  EngAGE staff picks up the food and distributes it to residents.  This food distribution program is very much appreciated and enjoyed by Metro Compton residents.         … Continue reading

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Experience Talks 5/29: Dorothy Hom

Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:00 PM PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and … Continue reading

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New Video: “Seniors Getting Late-Life Arts Education”

An excellent new video from The National features our North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony community and Burbank Senior Artists Colony artist Walter Hurlburt. The National is CBC Television’s flagship news program. Airing seven days a week, the show delivers news, … Continue reading

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“Sing It” – LBSAC Inter-generational Chorus

Making joyful noise through music has always been at the forefront at the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony.  With a grant made possible through the Eisner Foundation, EngAGE sponsored a 12 -week inter-generational music program that began in mid-February and … Continue reading

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Profiles: Stewart Brand

“Profiles” is a new EngAGE Blog category devoted to occasional posts about older people who have made a significant creative impact in our world. Today’s subject: STEWART BRAND, whose Whole Earth Catalog (1971) is referred to as “the book that changed … Continue reading

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News from the Jasmine: Art

News from the Jasmine at Founder’s Village in Fountain Valley, CA: Art Class provides a relaxing environment for residents to explore their creativity through different art mediums. Recently the class experimented with watercolor and wax transfer, and acrylic on canvas … Continue reading

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Worth Repeating: A Sample of Accomplished Women Artists Now in Their 80s and 90s

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 5/18/15: From T Magazine in the New York Times: “A very small … Continue reading

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