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Who’s the Oldest Woman to Win an Olympic Gold Medal?
Queenie Newell, 1908 gold medalist in archery, was fifty three years old at the time, making her the oldest woman to win a gold medal. Thanks to Cool Chicks from History for this photo and tidbit.
Worth Repeating: Retiring Near a College Campus
“Worth Repeating” is a new weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 8/10/11: Many seniors are opting to retire or move to homes … Continue reading
Yet Another Older Woman Fashion Model!
We’ve posted on Facebook about 82-year-old Jacquie Tajah Murdock landing a Lanvin campaign (learn more here), and we’ve now learned that 62-year-old Tziporah Salamon is also going to be in a Lanvin ad. Having a major design house use older women as … Continue reading
Experience Talks 8/4: John Altman – Part Two
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
EngAGE Senior Rappers Perform
The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation has provided EngAGE with facilitator/artist, Jo McLachlan for the 2012 year. Jo invites residents to have some fun with improv and creative thinking. The seven-minute video below shows members of the Improv RAP Group performing last … Continue reading
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Channa Horwitz: Oldest Artist in Hammer Museum Show
Artist Channa Horwitz, 80, is the oldest “emerging” artist included in the bienniel exhibit, “Made in L.A. 2012,” currently at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, CA. She’s spent the last five decades making her geometric abstract drawings in relative obscurity. Read more … Continue reading
Music Benefits the Brain
A second study, just published, “confirms and refines findings from an original study published in Neuropsychology in 2011 that revealed that musicians with at least 10 years of instrumental musical training remained cognitively sharp in advanced age…Sustained musical activity … Continue reading
