Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling

Tribes of Eden: Book Launch Wednesday 4/4 at 3:00 PM ET

Geriatrician and elder advocate Dr. Bill Thomas released his new novel, Tribes of Eden, as an e-book awhile ago, but the paperback was just published today (Tuesday). He’s celebrating with an online streaming video book launch party on Wednesday, April 4th at … Continue reading

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Al Martinez, Award-Winning LA Times Columnist, Celebrated at Huntington Library

“Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author Al Martinez (b. 1929) has covered  Los Angeles and the nation for more than five decades.  Los Angeles residents  know him best as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to  2009…The Huntington, … Continue reading

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News from The Grove: Talk Story Performance

Coming to America: What Democracy Means to Us Talk Story is funded by the California Council for the Humanities. Performances at both The Grove and Burbank Senior Artists Colony were recorded for future Experience Talks radio shows.   From EngAGE RPD Nancy … Continue reading

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News from Burbank Senior Artists Colony & The Grove Senior Apartments: “Talk Story” Live Radio Recording

Talk Story: DEMOCRACY A live taping of a Radio Show. Thursday, February 23 @ 5:00 p.m. – The Grove and Saturday, February 25 @ 3:00 p.m. – BSAC Theater Hear stories from EngAGE community residents about coming to America and … Continue reading

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Featured Resident Artist: Dolly Brittan

Dolly Brittan has been a resident of Burbank Senior Artists Colony since 2009. She teaches Transcendental Meditation, which she has been practicing since she was in her twenties, to residents at BSAC and at The Piedmont in North Hollywood. Below, she shares some of … Continue reading

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Check Off the Arts!

Want to help bring arts and arts education to California communities and schools?  Contribute to the California Arts Council Fund on your annual state tax return!  Look for the California Arts Council Fund in the “contributions” section.  Thousands of children … Continue reading

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EngAGE at Positive Aging Conference – December 2011

EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter, Holly Rothschild and Alicia Sedwick led a Workshop on Writing/Improv/Dance for the Positive Aging Conference, December 6-9, 2011, in Los Angeles. The fifth annual internation conference was a highly interactive gathering of diverse leaders … Continue reading

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