Monthly Archives: May 2014

Worth Repeating: Artist Tsuruko Yamazaki

Posted on May 17, 2014 by EngAGE

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 5/14/13: At age 88, Tsuruko Yamazaki, one of the founding members of … Continue reading →

Posted in Worth Repeating | Tagged | Leave a comment

Tim Carpenter to Give Keynote Address at NCCA Conference

Posted on May 16, 2014 by EngAGE

EngAGE Founder & Executive Director Tim Carpenter will give the keynote address on “ENGAGING ARTS: ENGAGING AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES” at THE CREATIVE AGE: Exploring Potential in the Second Half of Life A National Leadership Exchange and Conference on Creative Aging … Continue reading →

Posted in News from the Team, Tim Carpenter | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Experience Talks Online 5/17: Julie Adams – Part Two

Posted on May 15, 2014 by EngAGE

Join us for Experience Talks Online, exclusive podcast interviews posted on our website. Carrying on the same tradition as our KPFK-FM/Pacifica Network syndicated radio show, the podcasts feature talented, creative people with experience worth talking about. Find our podcasts on … Continue reading →

Posted in Experience Talks | Tagged | Leave a comment

Community News: The Magnolia at Highland

Posted on May 14, 2014 by EngAGE

The Beginnings of a Very Special Project In April, participants in The Magnolia’s Artists’ Round Table put their heads together and decided to start building an 1800’s old western town inspired by their own great grandparents’ stories of life shortly after slavery was abolished. The town … Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Magnolia @ Highland | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Monuments Man Harry Ettlinger

Posted on May 13, 2014 by EngAGE

From the U.S. National Archives: Harry Ettlinger, 88, is one of six surviving “Monuments Men,” whose art-saving exploits were recently featured in the film of the same title. A 19-year-old GI and a native German speaker, Ettlinger was part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art/Architecture, FYI | Tagged | Leave a comment

Community News: Portofino Villas Senior Apartments

Posted on May 12, 2014 by EngAGE

Tea Ceremony [A follow-up to our post on April 21.] Ten returning residents at Portofino Villas participated in the completion of a project with the Pomona-based American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA): building personalized, ceremonial tea bowls. Pomona-based American Museum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Portofino | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Thokozile Matilda Masipa: The Judge in the Oscar Pistorius Trial

Posted on May 11, 2014 by EngAGE

  Thokozile Matilda Masipais, 66, is the judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial, which resumed last Monday morning in Pretoria. (Pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.) The judge has a long history of seeking justice in South Africa. … Continue reading →

Posted in FYI | Tagged | Leave a comment