Tag Archives: changing aging
Experience Talks 11/8: Edward Tick, PhD, and Beryl Bender Birch
Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time 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 now syndicated … Continue reading
Steven Politis: Retired Engineer, Advanced Math Tutor
“Remember all those lunar experiments astronaut Neil Armstrong had to carry out after he took mankind’s first steps on the moon and planted the American flag? Politis was on the elite team of engineers that developed them at Northrop Grumman. … Continue reading
Artist Gerhard Richter
Until last year when Jeff Koons beat the record, Gerhard Richter was the most expensive living artist at auction (“Cathedral Square, Milan” had sold for $37 million). “But Mr. Richter, 82, remains conflicted about his superstar status. In a rare … Continue reading
The Synthesized Sound of the Eighties: Jan Hammer on “Miami Vice”
“From the moment its sensory-assaulting opening credit sequence kicked in, “Miami Vice” brought Eighties TV audiences a weekly dose of South Beach escapism — a world of bikini-clad blondes, speedboat formations, palm trees and pink flamingos. Viewers watching at home … Continue reading
Frances McDormand on Red Alert
Francis McDormand, 57, takes on another idiosynchratic character in a four-part mini-series for HBO next month: “Adapted from Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of stories, ‘Olive’ is set in an unremarkable Maine town and traces several decades in the emphatically … Continue reading
Worth Repeating: Robert Osborne
“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 11/4/13: If you enjoy old films, you probably watch Turner Classic Movies … Continue reading
Masters After 80
Frederick Wiseman, T. Boone Pickens, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Edward O. Wilson, Roy Haynes, Carmen Herrera, Ginette Bedard, Tony Bennett, Ellsworth Kelly, Christopher Plummer, R.O. Blechman, Carl Reiner, Frank Gehry, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Betty White. From author to politician, from … Continue reading
