Residents at Magnolia@9th Senior Apartments in San Bernardino, CA, are excited to have new EngAGE programming designed to promote their creative abilities: Craft Class will meet three times a month for two hours each session. Participants are currently working on a wall-hanging newspaper craft project.
~ Alma Wright, Regional Program Director
The community of Carlsbad, CA; WSH Management; and Tavarua Senior Apartments residents enjoyed a wonderful art show reception last week. The residents displayed and shared their work while Madeline Brauhreiter from Carlsbad High School Orchestra played her cello. The beautiful instrumental music added a relaxing atmosphere while residents and the Carlsbad community viewed the artwork in Tavarua’s community room. (We posted about the preparations for the show here and here.)
~Tracy Freeburg, Program Assistant
Last month, creative residents at The Metro @ Chinatown Senior Lofts in downtown Los Angeles enjoyed making decorations for their home or as a gift for a loved one for Valentine’s Day.
~ Sandra Vargas, Regional Program Director
Photo: a salad prepared from the Burbank Community Day School garden which was created in partnership with Burbank Senior Artists Colony.
The National Institute on Aging provides several interesting articles about nutrition for older people. Click here to learn about choosing healthy meals as you get older, the importance of reading labels, tips for healthy eating for people with Alzheimer’s Disease, and more.
The Los Angeles Public Library has partnered with the AARP Tax Foundation, CSULA, CSUN, and UCLA to provide free income tax preparation at selected libraries. Click here for more information.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities, and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. In addition to VITA, the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) program offers free tax help for all taxpayers, particularly those who are 60 years of age and older, specializing in questions about pensions and retirement-related issues unique to seniors. The IRS-certified volunteers who provide tax counseling are often retired individuals associated with non-profit organizations that receive grants from the IRS. More info at the IRS website.
Doing your own tax prep? Here are a few tips from the IRS that you should know.
The tax filing deadline date in 2017 is Tuesday, April 18 rather than the traditional April 15 date. In 2017, April 15 falls on a Saturday, and this would usually move the filing deadline to the following Monday — April 17. However, Emancipation Day — a legal holiday in the District of Columbia — will be observed on that Monday, which pushes the nation’s filing deadline to Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Under the tax law, legal holidays in the District of Columbia affect the filing deadline across the nation.
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 now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.
Miss the show? You can always hear it as a podcast on the Listen Page of our website! You’ll also find an archive-in-progress of all of our previous shows there for you to enjoy. New shows are usually posted within 48 hours after broadcast.
JACKIE GOLDBERG, known as the Pink Lady, is a teacher, actor, writer, and toastmaster. For over 40 years, she was in the fashion industry as a Womens’ Wear marketing & sales rep. At age 70, she developed a series of seminars called, “Get Up, Get Out, & Get a Life,” to encourage fellow seniors to embrace new challenges. She also began an acting career. This led to her creation of the non-profit Senior Star Power Productions and an annual live stage show featuring performers over the age of sixty. The 2017 show will be an intergenerational version of last year’s “America Salutes Our Veterans.” Audition info here for the show coming up in the Fall. More about Jackie here.
SUNIE LEVIN holds degrees in Psychology and Education as well as a Master’s degree in remedial reading. She founded the Midwest Reading and Dyslexia Clinic in Kansas City, Missouri, for children and adults with learning problems. She’s also an author who’s written books about grandparenting, the importance of making new friends when you’re older, and how to choose a retirement community. She’s conducted workshops and seminars throughout the country and was a syndicated columnist for many newspapers. Click here to learn more about Sunie and her book, Make New Friends…Live Longer: A Guide for Seniors. Click here for a list of all of her books available on Amazon.
JIM MAURER grew up playing piano, having started at the age of five. He played in some of the most famous hotels in Los Angeles, including the St. James Club, an art deco hotel on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, for the club’s nearly ten-year existence. He also played piano at private parties for scores of Hollywood film, television and theatre elite. For many years, Jim volunteered at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, CA, playing the piano every afternoon in the lobby. His community service was acknowledged with awards from Women in Theatre, the City of Burbank, the California State Senate, and KNX radio. Click here to listen to some of Jim’s music on YouTube. His album, “Romantic Christmas Classics,” is available here on CD Baby.
This program was originally recorded as a 2012 podcast for Experience Talks Online.
Have you ever listened to EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter’s excellent TED Talk? In 2011, he explained EngAGE in an informative and entertaining presentation to a very receptive audience. Take a look! It’s eleven minutes well spent.
