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Cyber-Seniors Documentary Premiere in L.A. on 5/9
“The idea for the Cyber-Seniors documentary came from a high school project that was launched by two sisters, Macaulee (16) and Kascha Cassaday (18) in 2009. The sisters had witnessed firsthand how learning to use the Internet had transformed their … Continue reading
Larry McMurtry and the Mythology of the Old West
“After more than five decades trying, Larry McMurtry—the Pulitzer Prize- winning author of Lonesome Dove, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Brokeback Mountain, and creator of Booked Up, one of the planet’s largest used bookstores—still can’t escape the enduring mythologies of the Old … Continue reading
Worth Repeating: Stained Glass Artist Rowan LeCompte Featured in Documentary
“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 5/6/13: “Narrated by Garrison Keillor, Let There Be Light tells the story of a great … Continue reading
Patrick Stewart Ponders the Future
The actor whose leading roles in “Star Trek” and “X-Men” have taken him into the far future, reflects on his career and where present-day society is headed. Read more here at Smithsonian.com. … Continue reading
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KPFK-FM Bobbee Zeno Tribute: “That’s Cold-Blooded!”
An important announcement from our friends at KPFK-FM radio: KPFK experienced the sudden loss, on March 19th, of the very engaging, multi-faceted producer and host, Bobbee Zeno. His work at the station goes back 15 years. Bobbee was currently co-producing … Continue reading
Dolly Parton’s New Album: “Blue Smoke”
Blue Smoke is Dolly Parton’s 42nd album, a testament to her enduring popularity. “The patchwork nature of Blue Smoke feels surprisingly authentic coming from a singer-songwriter of country, pop and plenty else with a megawatt, gussied-up image, who’s played … Continue reading
Aging Gracefully
It’s an era of extremes: Botoxed “gargoyles” and cougars, or eccentric grandmothers and kooky matrons. Writer Charlotte Druckman muses on her struggle to find older women who are inspiring: “I’d begun to despair of ever having role models. And then Penny Martin—the editor-in-chief of … Continue reading
