Tag Archives: creative aging

Tatsuo Horiuchi Makes Beautiful Excel Spreadsheet Art

Tatsuo Horiuchi has discovered something in the Excel Spreadsheet computer program that will surprise most people: the ability to create art! Click here to read more and see more of his amazing work. From the recent blog post in Spoon … Continue reading →

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Experience Talks – Now Posted: Azar Lawrence

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 →

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Yoko Ono: The Meltdown Festival

Yoko Ono, now 80, says she feels like she’s starting a new life. Part of that includes curating this year’s Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London next month. Click here to learn more about the festival. Click here to … Continue reading →

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Grandmother Power

“Paola Gianturco is an author/photographer who has documented women’s lives in 55 countries, had five books published—and is a grandmother. . . Her newest book, Grandmother Power, A Global Phenomenon (powerHouse Books, 2012), documents a new, unheralded international women’s movement. … Continue reading →

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Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on Comedy Central’s Twitter Comedy Fest

“Comedy Central will host a five-day comedy festival that includes a lineup of legends like Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner alongside popular young comics like Amy Schumer and the director Paul Feig. But there will be no smoky comedy clubs. … Continue reading →

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Arranger Van Alexander Celebrates 98th birthday

Big band arranger and composer Van Alexander is best known for arranging Ella Fitzgerald’s career-launching hit A-Tisket A-Tasket, which she recorded on May 2 (his birth date), 1938, with Chick Webb’s band, but his long and varied career in film and … Continue reading →

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What Does It Take to Spread an Idea? A Good Story.

In early May, Ashoka teamed up with Wondros, a full-service production company specializing in translating complex business and pro-social ideas into simple media messages, to bring together a handful leading social entrepreneurs [all Ashoka Fellows] to figure out the key ingredients … Continue reading →

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