Author Archives: EngAGE

Burbank and NoHo Poets Featured on Poets & Writers Blog

Posted on February 8, 2016 by EngAGE

“Since 2011, P&W has supported creative writing workshops for Los Angeles seniors through the sponsoring organization EngAGE. It started with workshop leader Hannah R. Menkin, and since then P&W has supported workshops led by Morgan Gibson, Mike “the Poet” Sonksen, … Continue reading →

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Tim Carpenter’s Essay Featured on Next Avenue

Posted on February 7, 2016 by EngAGE

EngAGE Founder and Director Tim Carpenter’s essay about reaching his 55th birthday, which was published on this blog last week, is now featured on Next Avenue’s website in their informative and entertaining Artful Aging section. Click here to read it (the new … Continue reading →

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Worth Repeating: LA Times Features Creative Residents at NoHo Senior Arts Colony

Posted on February 6, 2016 by EngAGE

“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 2/1/15: When EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter decided that retirement … Continue reading →

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The Kathryn Joosten Project

Posted on February 5, 2016 by EngAGE

  EngAGE thanks The Kathryn Joosten Project, which helps fund the Neo Cold Reading workshops at the Burbank Senior Artists Colony. Click here to learn more.   Kathryn Joosten (1939-2012) began acting in community theatre at the age of forty-two and … Continue reading →

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Experiece Talks: KPFK’s “Almost Spring” Fund Drive

Posted on February 4, 2016 by EngAGE

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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Long Beach Senior Arts Colony News

Posted on February 3, 2016 by EngAGE

Introduction to Ceramics class, taught by Colette Brown, instructs residents on working with clay, from learning different techniques of building through glazing and firing the work. Here we see Martha at work on her elaborate elephant.   Art Workshop, taught … Continue reading →

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Next Avenue: How to Take Creative Risks After 50

Posted on February 2, 2016 by EngAGE

Our friends at Next Avenue shared a podcast on a topic dear to EngAGE: being creative, no matter what your age. Click here to hear these stories from blogger Chris Farrell, “Unretirement Expert”: Listen to the story of Iris Shiraishi, … Continue reading →

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