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Worth Repeating: America in Color – 1939-1943
“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 11/6/11: Click here to see a truly wonderful historical photo blog … Continue reading
Glorya Kaufman’s Gift Builds Dance School at USC
Few people have the opportunity to be as spectacularly generous to the arts as Glorya Kaufman. “Her groundbreaking gift [well over $20 million] for the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance will establish the first new endowment-funded school at the … Continue reading
Salvaging Your Valuables After a Disaster
Watching the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy is a reminder that disaster preparedness is important for all of us. But what happens in the aftermath of such an event? Knowing how to salvage important items that have been damaged by flood, … Continue reading
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Dave Hickey “Retires”
Cultural critic, curator, professor, one-time art dealer, and winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Dave Hickey has decided to retire. His retirement plans include revising material for three anthologies and writing (another) book. Read more here in an interview with the outspoken Mr. Hickey.
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Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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Life After Picasso: Artist Françoise Gilot at 90
At 21, Françoise Gilot met Pablo Picasso, then 61, and moved in with him. “When Françoise Gilot decided to take her two young children and leave Pablo Picasso in 1953, ending their ten-year relationship, the infuriated genius told her she … Continue reading
Going to College for One Day
If you live in New York City and you have some disposable income, One Day University offers excellent opportunities to learn about your favorite subject — or something completely unfamiliar — in single one-hour classes taught be respected authorities in the field. From … Continue reading
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 – Video
As the East Coast prepares for the hard-hitting hurricane Sandy, let’s look back on another storm that some of you may remember. [Subscribers: click on the title of the post to go to the blog and see the video.] Read more here. … Continue reading
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