Author Archives: EngAGE

Two Videos Featuring Our EngAGE Community Residents

Check out these two great videos featuring our EngAGE community residents! [Email subscribers: click on the title of the post to go to the blog and see the videos.] From Robin Hart, EngAGE Regional Programs Director: The video and poem, … Continue reading

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Alice Munro, 82, Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

  Canadian author Alice Munro is the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature — and the rare author to be acknowledged for short stories.  She has been honored previously with the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, … Continue reading

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Worth Repeating: Bikers Become Trikers with Three-Wheel Motorcycles

“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 10/23/12: They were born to be wild, but the knees have given … Continue reading

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Richard Lester to be Honored by L.A. Film Critics Association

Richard Lester, 81, who directed the classic Beatles’ film musicals, 1964’s “A Hard Day’s Night” and 1965’s “Help!,” will receive the L.A. Film Critics Association’s career achievement honor. The honor will be presented at their awards ceremony on January 11th at … Continue reading

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Experience Talks Online 10/19: Dr. George Martin

Join us for Experience Talks Online, exclusive podcast interviews posted on our website. Carrying on the same tradition as our KPFK-FM/Pacifica Network syndicated radio show, the podcasts feature talented, creative people with experience worth talking about. Find our podcasts on … Continue reading

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Hy Snell, 94, Legally Blind Painter

“Hy Snell doesn’t know much about this Internet thing that’s turning him into a national sensation. At age 94, he’s a great-grandfather who is almost blind. He lives at Menorah Park Center for Senior Living in Beachwood (Ohio), and uses … Continue reading

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U.N. Report Says World Is Unprepared to Support Aging Population

“The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study . . . by the United Nations and an elder rights group. The report ranks … Continue reading

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