Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling
BSAC and NoHo Poets in Videos from LitCrawl LA 2015
Maureen Kellen-Taylor, EngAGE C.O.O., has this to report: I worked closely with Poets & Writers Foundation Western Region Director Jamie Fitzgerald on a collaboration for the third annual LitCrawl LA 2015. The reading, entitled “On Being A Kid: A Poetry Reading … Continue reading
EngAGE Poets Featured in Lit Crawl Performance 10/21
Join us for a retro night out at 7 p.m. on Thursday, at Studio 77 in NoHo, to hear, “On Being a Kid: A Poetry Reading By Los Angeles Senior Artists.” Talented EngAGE poets keep things old school by sharing memories … Continue reading
Award-Winning Poet Michael C Ford in the Classroom, on Stage, and on Radio
Grammy-winning, Pulitzer Prize nominee Michael C Ford is an archetypal Venice, CA, poet, whose voice has been heard for decades, not only in the written word but also performed in concert with jazz and rock musicians. That his work remains … Continue reading
Author Robert Pirsig Is 87 [“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”]
Author Robert Pirsig celebrated his 87th birthday on the 6th of September. His Seventies bestseller, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, was the biggest-selling philosophy book ever. But for the reclusive author, life was bitter-sweet. He talks frankly about anxiety, … Continue reading
Michael Kearns and His Troupe of Queer Senior Spoken Word Artists
Michael Kearns spent ten years as the artist-in-residence at the Downtown Women’s Center in Skid Row and currently helms Writing Works at Housing Works in Los Angeles on a weekly basis. He is the creator and Artistic Director of QueerWise, … Continue reading
Four Women Reporters Who Covered the Viet Nam War
On July 27, 2015, in conjunction with the new exhibit “Reporting Vietnam,” the Newseum presented a special evening program featuring women who covered the Vietnam War. Denby Fawcett, Jurate Kazickas, Edith Lederer and Laura Palmer shared their experiences as female … Continue reading
“Gallerie de Street Art, Paris” by Caroline McElroy: Book Signing on 7/9 at NoHo SAC
A post from EngAGE C.O.O. Dr. Maureen Kellen-Taylor: We met at author/photographer/ collage artist Caroline McElroy’s home – The NoHo Senior Arts Colony to talk about her latest book – Gallerie de Street Art, Paris. The inevitable question arose of … Continue reading