Category Archives: FYI
Doodling Isn’t Just Doodling Around
Our urge to scribble is more significant than we think: “Scribbling and sketching aren’t just practices to idle time away, but a more fundamental indication of our need for language.” Read more in this fascinating article on the BBC Future … Continue reading
Posted in Art/Architecture, FYI, Learning, Writing/Storytelling
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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Email Subscribers: How to See Videos on the EngAGE Blog
You will almost always find a link in the blog post to whatever video is featured, but occasionally it gets forgotten. Like yesterday. If that happens, please click on the title of the post and you’ll be taken to the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Cup, FYI
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International Perspective: Cambridge Classicist Mary Beard, O.B.E.
“In February, Mary Beard, a classics professor at the University of Cambridge, gave a lecture at the British Museum titled ‘Oh Do Shut Up Dear!’ With amiable indignation, she explored the many ways that men have silenced outspoken women since … Continue reading
Posted in FYI, International Perspective, Writing/Storytelling
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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Help Our Friends at The Dinner Party Win a $100,000 Grant
The Dinner Party is a community of mostly 20- and 30-somethings who’ve each experienced significant loss (a parent, sibling, partner, friend), and get together over dinner parties to talk about it and the ways in which it continues to affect … Continue reading
“Amazing Randi” Is Subject of New Documentary
James Randi, 86, is not just a well-known magician, he’s also a famous fraud-buster. He has been debunking telepaths, spoonbenders, and faith healers for decades, and now he is the subject of a new documentary. Randi has won a MacArthur Foundation genius … Continue reading
Labor Day
Labor Day is not just a time to lament the end of summer and the start of school, nor is it merely a weekend filled with great bargains for the frugal shopper; it’s a national holiday that celebrates the … Continue reading
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Reflections on the 1963 March on Washington
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. In an article entitled, “Witnesses to History, 50 Years Later,” the New York Times compiled a series of reflections about the experience from people who were there. ~ Do you … Continue reading
