Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling

NoHoSAC and BSAC Poets Shared Their Work at a Reading

Posted on November 30, 2016 by EngAGE

Thanks to two generous grants from Poets & Writers,  poet Oshea Perry taught a series of nine workshops and held a reading at both the Burbank Senior Artists Colony and the North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony, with the BSAC class joining the NoHoSAC group … Continue reading →

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This Thanksgiving, Listen To (And Interview) Your Elders

Posted on November 16, 2016 by EngAGE

In 2015, StoryCorps began a project that is right up our alley. Here’s the scoop: The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national education project that empowers high school students to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by … Continue reading →

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News from NoHo SAC: Poetry Reading on the 17th

Posted on November 14, 2016 by EngAGE

You’re invited!        

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EngAGE Launches Programming in Minneapolis!

Posted on November 11, 2016 by EngAGE

Exciting news from Tim Carpenter, Founder and Executive Director of EngAGE: I’m delighted to announce our first project in Minnesota, where we’ll be known as EngAGE.MN. We have partnered with the affordable housing developer, CommonBond, to offer a 10-week storytelling class in … Continue reading →

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A Fond Memory of the Early Days from Tim Carpenter

Posted on October 14, 2016 by EngAGE

From Tim Carpenter, Founder and Executive Director of EngAGE: I started my work teaching a writing class at four affordable senior housing communities in 1998. My first prompt to get students to write and tell their stories was, “A penny … Continue reading →

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Special Guest at 1st NoHoSAC Storytelling Night: Playwright Larry Dean Harris

Posted on August 19, 2016 by EngAGE

North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony has a special event coming up next week featuring author Larry Dean Harris. Harris, an award-winning playwright, is a co-founder of Los Angeles based, playwrights-managed “Playwrights 6” and the Los Angeles regional representative of the Dramatists Guild. … Continue reading →

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Experience Talks 5/29: Dorothy Hom

Posted on May 26, 2016 by EngAGE

Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:00 PM PT 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 … Continue reading →

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