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It’s a Daily 21 Mile Commute on Foot for 56-Year Old Worker
From the Detroit Free Press: “Leaving home in Detroit at 8 a.m., James Robertson doesn’t look like an endurance athlete. Pudgy of form, shod in heavy work boots, Robertson trudges almost haltingly as he starts another workday. “But as he … Continue reading
LA Times Features Creative Residents at NoHo Senior Arts Colony
When EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter decided that retirement living should offer more than bingo and doughnuts, he created a new, exiting, and far more fulfilling model for senior living: EngAGE, Inc., which brings intellectually and creatively stimulating … Continue reading
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Worth Repeating: Classical Guitarist Julian Bream at 80
“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 1/28/15: Although an injury forced Julian Bream, Britain’s greatest virtuoso of guitar … Continue reading
Civil Rights Over Fifty Years Late for the Friendship Nine
“A judge in South Carolina has thrown out the convictions of the Friendship Nine, nine black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, at the peak of the civil rights movement. ‘We cannot rewrite history, but we … Continue reading
Experience Talks 1/31: Gary Ferguson
Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time 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 now syndicated … Continue reading
The Rescued Film Project Discovers Images from an American Soldier in the 1940s
“Lucky Strike Beach,” “Start of Train Trip,” “Roll of French funeral, 1947” — these are some of the labels found on 31 never-developed rolls of film taken over 70 years ago by an American World War II soldier. One roll … Continue reading
The Mystery of Bobbie Gentry
Remember singer/songwriter Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 Southern Gothic tale of doomed romance, “Ode to Billie Joe?” Remember the mysterious lyric that left you wondering what was thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge? (We had our theories, of course.) Equally mysterious is Bobbie … Continue reading
