Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling
1950s Rock Stars on the Radio – In Pictures
From The Guardian: “Between 1955 and 1960, Cleveland DJ Tommy Edwards photographed guests who would stop by his studio at WERE-AM. The resulting trove – more than 1,700 Ektachrome slides of everyone from Elvis Presley to Doris Day in their … Continue reading
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Writers and Typewriters
During this holiday week, we’d like to share some of our earlier posts from the EngAGE Blog, in case you missed seeing them. This one is from May 18, 2011. There’s a certain sense of romance that surrounds the image of a … Continue reading
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Elder Bloggers Are Active Online
Although this article in the New York Times is not new — “Elder Bloggers Stake Their Claim” — its message is even more valid today than it was when it was published back in 2006. More and more older people are discovering the … Continue reading
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Hedy Lamarr: Actress and Inventor
There’s a lot of press coverage right now about Hollywood’s Golden Age actress Hedy Lamarr thanks to the new book, Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, by Richard … Continue reading
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Happy 175th Anniversary to the New Orleans Times-Picayune Newspaper
In a time when newspapers are considered obsolete by some, it’s refreshing to acknowledge the 175th anniversary [in 2012] of publication by the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. You may remember that the paper valiantly struggled during the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and successfully … Continue reading
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What Does 100 Look Like?
What does 100 look like? Karsten Thormaehlen, a German photographer, decided to show us “Die Schönheit des Alters” (“The Beauty of Old Age”) in her book, Mit hundert hat man noch Träume (At 100 One Still Has Dreams). Here’s a rough translation … Continue reading
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Calvin Tomkins: Art Critic
Calvin Tomkins (age 86), author and art critic, has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1960 and has profiled such creative luminaries as Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Philip Johnson, Julia Child, Georgia O’Keeffe, … Continue reading
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