Tag Archives: creative aging
Award-Winning Poet Michael C Ford in the Classroom, on Stage, and on Radio
Grammy-winning, Pulitzer Prize nominee Michael C Ford is an archetypal Venice, CA, poet, whose voice has been heard for decades, not only in the written word but also performed in concert with jazz and rock musicians. That his work remains … Continue reading
Experience Talks 9/13: Paul Cummins and Michael C Ford
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
Piedmont Thursday Night Jam Sessions
News from The Piedmont Senior Apartments in North Hollywood: Piedmont Thursday Night Jam Sessions feature some of LA’s top musicians: vocalist Cynthia Lee, Jon Hartman (piano), Michael Morera (sax), John Hart (bass), Tony Pretzello (guitar), Chauncy Isom (vocalist/guitarist), plus the comedy of … Continue reading
“Baddie” Winkle, 87, Takes Internet by Storm
“Helen Van Winkle is 87 years old. On some days, she likes to wear floral dresses and drop earrings. On others, she’ll wear a sweatshirt plastered with a hyperrealistic print of Justin Bieber over green-rose-patterned leggings and a clutch of … Continue reading
Author Robert Pirsig Is 87 [“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”]
Author Robert Pirsig celebrated his 87th birthday on the 6th of September. His Seventies bestseller, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, was the biggest-selling philosophy book ever. But for the reclusive author, life was bitter-sweet. He talks frankly about anxiety, … Continue reading
Worth Repeating: A Changing World: Jobs Far Away from the Cutting Edge
“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 9/1/14: In 2002, producers at “Radio Diaries” interviewed “New Yorkers who were among … Continue reading
Artist John Baldessari to Receive National Medal of Arts
“[John] Baldessari, 84, was cited on Thursday by the NEA for his ‘ambitious work [that] combines photography, painting and text to push the boundaries of image, making him one of the most influential conceptual artists of our time.’ “The medal … Continue reading
