Tag Archives: creative aging
Birthdays: Lauren Bacall and Jon Hendricks
Happy 88th today: Lauren Bacall’s career began in the 1944 film To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart, and went on to include performing on Broadway decades later in Applause and Woman of the Year. Click here to read … Continue reading
Big Jay McNeely
From the Burbank (CA) Leader (8/12/12): “Tenor saxophonist Big Jay McNeely has been a musical revolutionary for decades. His first recording, the sinuous, irresistible 1949 instrumental ‘Deacon’s Hop,’ ignited a rhythm-and-blues explosion that heralded and hastened the rise of rock … Continue reading
The Feathered Flounder
Great news for senior writers: The Feathered Flounder is looking for your work! From the About Page of their website: “The Feathered Flounder offers original literary writing by authors who are 60 or older. Each quarterly issue contains short fiction, … Continue reading
“Robot and Frank”
Sounds interesting: Kenneth Turan describes “Robot and Frank” as “a film about a 70-year-old man [Frank Langella] saddled with a healthcare robot that deals in a good-humored way with questions of age, vulnerability and usefulness. To keep the story lively, … Continue reading
September Is Library Card Sign-Up Month
It’s hard to find a better bargain than a library card! Take advantage of all that your local library has to offer by signing up during September. Click here and scroll down to check out the slide show of sixty ways to … Continue reading
Drummer Tootie Heath at The Village Vanguard
Jazz drummer Tootie Heath, now 77, just played The Village Vanguard with Ethan Iverson and Ben Street. Heath made his recording debut on John Coltrane’s first album in 1957. Read more here and listen to the entire excellent 70 minute show here, compliments … Continue reading
Worth Repeating: Music May Help Ward Off Hearing Loss
“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 9/7/11: News from NPR’s Health Blog: “If you spend a lot of … Continue reading
