Tag Archives: changing aging
Worth Repeating: Carrie May Weems
“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 2/4/14: “Through documentary photographs, conceptual installations, and videos, Carrie Mae Weems … Continue reading
Johnny Cash Love Letter Voted Most Romantic
A love letter from Johnny Cash to June Carter Cash on her 65th birthday has been voted “the most romantic of all time” in a Valentine’s Day poll by the UK’s Daily Mail. The poll was commissioned by British life … Continue reading
Artist Slater Barron presents “My Mother’s Garden 2” at Greenly Art Space
From EngAGE C.O.O. Dr. Maureen Kellen-Taylor: Artist SLATER BARRON is putting her work at the service of the community, once again! Slater has served as Arts Advisor to EngAGE at the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony and brought the wealth of … Continue reading
An Oral History of Laurel Canyon
From Vanity Fair: When I first came out to L.A. [in 1968], my friend [photographer] Joel Bernstein found an old book in a flea market that said: Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they’ll tell you … Continue reading
Not the Knicks: A Forty-Year Basketball Game
The gymnasium at the McBurney Y.M.C.A. on West 14th Street in Manhattan is the site of regular, spirited games of pickup basketball that have been going on for over forty years. “Harry Bogdos [82], an artist and a carpenter from … Continue reading
Comedian Dick Gregory Honored with Star on Walk of Fame
Last week, Dick Gregory, 82, comedian and civil rights activist, was presented with the 2,542nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From NBC News: Among his countless career highlights include being honored with special tributes by Coretta Scott King, … Continue reading
Couples with Over Fifty Years Together
From the New York Times: Six years ago, Lauren Fleishman discovered a book next to her maternal grandfather’s bed. Inside were a series of love notes. He had written them to her grandmother during the Second World War. Her grandparents … Continue reading

