News from Tavarua: Gardening

Posted on September 14, 2016 by EngAGE

At Tavarua in Carlsbad, CA, Community Gardening promotes nutrition, community building, and overall well being. With high interest and demand, Program Assistant Tracy Freeburg has reached out to Armstrong Nurseries for gardening tips and education, including a guest speaker, at Tavarua.  Residents are anxious to learn the ins and outs of their garden. A resource binder for gardening was created and placed in the shed for easy reference. The results? Beautiful!

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~ Jennifer Fallon, Program Coordinator

EngAGE offers a variety of classes, workshops, and special programs at each of our
communities. These posts highlight just a small sample.

 

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Health News: The Value of Silence

Posted on September 13, 2016 by EngAGE

HEALTH“This Is Your Brain on Silence,” an article in Nautilus (a different kind of science magazine that delivers big-picture science by reporting on a single monthly topic from multiple perspectives), offers fascinating perspective on the value of silence, including this:

“[In 2013] a Duke University regenerative biologist, Imke Kirste . . . found that two hours of silence per day prompted cell development in the hippocampus, the brain region related to the formation of memory, involving the senses. . . Conditions like dementia and depression have been associated with decreasing rates of neurogenesis in the hippocampus. If a link between silence and neurogenesis could be established in humans, she says, perhaps neurologists could find a therapeutic use for silence.”

 

 

 

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EngAGE Video: The Challenges of Learning About Technology

Posted on September 12, 2016 by EngAGE

Inner Life Of NumbersThanks to EngAGE tech guru Miles Morse for making this wonderful video about the challenges older adults face when learning about technology, and thanks to our EngAGE community residents from Coventry Court, Dorado, and Jasmine Senior Apartments for participating on camera!

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News from Cascadian Terrace: EngAGE Kickoff Celebration Photos

Posted on September 11, 2016 by EngAGE

Tim Carpenter, Founder and Executive Director of EngAGE, celebrated with the residents of Cascadian Terrace Apartments in Portland, OR, where we’re excited to be offering our EngAGE creative programming. Tim commented: “I love my job. The people who live at Cascadian Terrace felt special today, happy, lifted up. I was joined by so many great friends in Portland. Thanks to all: J Daniel Steffey, Abby Chroman, Wil Kristin, Melissa Egan, Eric Payne, Mya Chamberlin from Friendly House, and others.

EngAGE believes that every day is an opportunity to learn something new and discover more about who we are. As talented guest performer, singer/songwriter Tyler Stenson says in one of his popular songs, “Not a day goes by we don’t grow.” (Take a listen here.)

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Tim says a few words.

Tyler Stenson puts on a great show!

Tyler Stenson puts on a great show!

BBQ!

BBQ!

The residents and guests begin to gather.

The residents and guests begin to gather.

Tyler Stenson does justice to Joni Mitchell.

Tyler Stenson does justice to Joni Mitchell.

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Worth Repeating: Aging Gay Veterans Battle for Honorable Military Discharges

Posted on September 10, 2016 by EngAGE

“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 9/15/15:

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“When the Army discharged Pvt. Donald Hallman in 1955 for being what it called a ‘Class II homosexual,’ the 21-year-old was so scared of being an outcast that he burned all his military records, save for a single dog tag he hid away. . . . But this summer, Mr. Hallman, now 82, retrieved the dog tag from a keepsake box and began working through an application to the Department of Defense, asking that his decades-old discharge be upgraded from ‘undesirable’ to ‘honorable.’ ‘I’ve gotten to a point in my life where no one can hurt me now,’ he said. ‘I don’t care who knows, and I want to show I was an honorable person.’” Read more here.

 

 

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News from Cotton’s Point: Food Donations

Posted on September 9, 2016 by EngAGE

” You have two hands. One to help yourself, the second to help others.” 

EngAGE recently developed a new partnership with Talega Life Ministries and Community Outreach Alliance to provide food and supplies for the Cotton’s Point residents in San Clemente, CA. Over 20 residents received food donations from the program. Residents were shuttled by Talega Life in three different trips to bring them to the donation center. They were greeted by many volunteers of all ages who enjoyed helping others on Labor Day weekend. Cotton’s Point residents were so grateful to receive a variety of fresh produce, meats, bread, and canned goods. We’re excited about this new partnership!

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~ Jennifer Fallon, Program Coordinator

EngAGE offers a variety of classes, workshops, and special programs at each of our
communities. These posts highlight just a small sample.

 

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Experience Talks 9/11: Nicholas Meyer

Posted on September 8, 2016 by EngAGE

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01 - KPFK ListenLiveButtonTune 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.

 

PODCASTMiss 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, SEPTEMBER 11 @ 5 PM PT
NICHOLAS MEYER
@ the Laemmle Royal Theater Classics
presented by hosts
JOHN SEMPER JR. & CYNTHIA FRIEDLOB

(This show was scheduled in July, but was preempted by the KPFK Summer Fund Drive.)

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NICHOLAS MEYER has achieved success as a novelist, screenwriter, and director. His many films as writer and/or director include Time After Time, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Sommersby, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Deceivers, Company Business, and The Human Stain.

He adapted the screenplay for his first film, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, from his 1974 best-selling first novel of the same name. For his work, Meyer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The film tells the story of two of the greatest detectives in history—Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud—who team up to solve a mystery in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. The 1976 film, directed by Herbert Ross, brought the story to vivid cinematic life. The stellar cast includes Nicol Williamson as Holmes, Alan Arkin as Freud, Robert Duvall as Dr. Watson, along with Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Joel Grey, and Jeremy Kemp. Pauline Kael called the elegant, witty film “a highly civilized light entertainment.”

Recently, Meyer made an appearance at the 40th anniversary screening of the film at the Laemmle Royal Theater in West Los Angeles and, after the screening, participated in a Q&A moderated by Los Angeles Film Critics Association President Stephen Farber.

Experience Talks host John Semper Jr. recorded the interview.

Thanks to Mike McClellan, Stephen Farber, and the Laemmle Royal Theater for allowing us to share these interviews, which are part of their excellent Anniversary Classics Series.

More on Nicholas Meyer here.

 

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