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90-Year-Old Inventor/Product Designer Barbara Beskind
Silicon Valley has been criticized for being ageist, but that’s not what 90-year-old designer Barbara Beskind discovered. She is on staff at IDEO, the legendary firm that designed Apple Inc.’s first mouse, the Pilates machine and dozens of high-tech gadgets and digital … Continue reading
Angela Lansbury’s Final Tour: “Blithe Spirit”
The fabulous Angela Lansbury, 89, will retire from the road after her current tour as the charming and disarming medium, Madame Arcati, in Nöel Coward’s ghost-haunted 1941 comedy, “Blithe Spirit.” Read more here and enjoy the slide show of her … Continue reading
Worth Repeating: Photographer Bill Rauhauser, 95, Is 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist
“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 1/15/15: “Not many people can say that they’ve devoted more than 60 … Continue reading
Photographer Nadia Sablin’s Russian Aunties
Brooklyn-based photographer Nadia Sablin received the 2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for her series “Aunties,” an exploration of the daily lives of her father’s two unmarried sisters, who live together in their childhood home, in Alekhovshchina, Russia, five … Continue reading
Experience Talks 1/24: Michael J. Gelb
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
Museum Free Day on January 31st
Plan ahead: many SoCal museums will be free on January 31st! There are 25 participating museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the California Science Center, and the Skirball Cultural Center. Get the full … Continue reading
International Perspective: China’s Aging Population Crisis
From NPR: “A decade from now, about 2025, experts predict that China’s population will peak — reaching as high as 1.4 billion — and begin to steadily decline. Some of them are predicting that a shrinking, aging population could lead … Continue reading
