Residents at Metro Compton Senior Apartments learned how to transfer files from their computers to flash drives. One more technological challenge conquered!
~ Sandra Vargas, Regional Program Director
News from Metro Compton: Computers
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News from the Jasmine: Holiday Comedy
At the Jasmine at Founders Village in Fountain Valley, CA, the Jasmine Comedy Group, led by Jo McLaughlin, did a phenomenal job performing holiday carols and hilarious skits for about 50 residents at the holiday party in December.
~ Meloney Morse, Regional Program Director
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News from Magnolia at Highland, Metro Chinatown, and Metro Compton: Holiday Decorations
At Magnolia at Highland Senior Apartments in San Bernardino, Artists Round Table changed up the class for the holidays by creating some festive holiday ornaments for the community tree. The relaxed environment enabled residents to share their own holiday stories, and brought laughter and smiles to start the season for all to enjoy.
~ Jennifer Fallon, Regional Program Director
At Metro Chinatown and Metro Compton in Los Angeles, residents made handcrafted decorations for their apartments.
~ Sandra Vargas, Regional Program Director
Join us at Pac Arts on 1/15: Linda Grimes on Experience Talks
~ Helene Weinberg, Program Director
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Happy New Year!
From the New York Public Library Vintage Postcard Collection
Best wishes for 2017 from the entire EngAGE team!
Guy Lombardo’s Final New Year’s Eve Show in 1976
Listening to Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians on radio, and later, watching them on TV, was a ritual in many homes across the country on New Year’s Eve. Lombardo’s orchestra played at the Roosevelt Grill in the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from 1929 (radio’s first nationwide New Year’s eve broadcast) to 1959, and from then until 1976 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Because of the popularity of the show, Lombardo was called, “Mr. New Year’s Eve”.
On December 31, 1956, the Lombardo band did their first New Year’s TV special on CBS. The program (and Lombardo’s 20 subsequent New Year’s Eve TV shows) included a live segment from Times Square showcasing the arrival of the New Year.
By the middle 1970s, the Lombardo TV show was facing competition, especially for younger viewers, from Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, but Lombardo remained popular among viewers, especially older ones.
Even after Lombardo’s death, the band’s New Year’s specials continued for two more years on CBS. The Royal Canadians’ recording of the traditional song, “Auld Lang Syne,” still plays as the first song of the new year in Times Square.
This show — the 48th annual broadcast — rang in the new year 40 years ago with guests Billy Eckstine and Carol Lawrence, and reporter Ben Grauer in Times Square. It was Lombardo’s final holiday appearance. Were you watching?
Experience Talks 1/1: Kumi Yogini, Joni Yung, De Jur Jones
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.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 @ 5 PM PT ~ LIVE!
KUMI YOGINI
JONI YUNG
DE JUR JONES
Host: DR. CONNIE CORLEY
Three leaders in the yoga community share their practices that promote healthy living. ~ Inspired by the practice of gratitude, host Connie Corley builds on her Huffington Post blog post to “skip the resolutions and stick to the practices” in a discussion with Kumi Yogini, Joni Yung and De Jur Jones.
Kumi Yogini (a former freelance graphic designer) now yoga instructor, teacher trainer, and studio owner, opened Veda Yoga in September of 2014. After a decade of teaching and managing for CorePower Yoga, she was inspired to open her own studio. The powerful nature of the practice compelled her not only to change her life but also share the gift with others in a fun, spiritual and accessible way. Veda Yoga strives to cultivate this experience for everyone who walks through the door!
Joni Yung describes herself as an “LA westsider, bike commuter (she’s a member of the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition), addicted to all things yoga, eco-friendly, and chocolate.” Joni offers a weekly podcast of music and interviews with inspirational spiritual leaders, called Yoga Chat with the Accidental Yogist. Her personal story is one of 25 featured in the book, Yoga and Body Image, by Melanie Klein and Anna Guest-Jelley. In it, she talks about being an older woman in the yoga scene; Joni turned 60 this month!
De Jur Jones teaches with UpRising Yoga, an organization that teaches yoga to heal trauma with incarcerated youth, children with a history of foster care and/or commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC), and communities that need it most. They offer many free yoga classes and hold trauma-informed yoga trainings establishing community. De Jur found Yoga in 2001, after a major surgery. It was a practice that allowed her the freedom to heal with grace, grit, and integrity. In 2011, she began her teacher training at Bhakti Yoga Shala. She then went on to get her Yoga Therapy certificate from LMU with a focus on incarcerated youth and adults, seniors, marginalized, and underserved communities. She wants to make sure that yoga is possible for everyone and every body, so she works with many populations utilizing Yoga Therapy. De Jur is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
