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.

 

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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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News from San Antonio Gardens: Hand-Crafting

Posted on September 7, 2016 by EngAGE

At San Antonio Gardens Senior Apartments in Norwalk, CA, Crafts Class instructor Yuri Ramos and Jewelry Class instructor Sandra Vargas offer residents the opportunity for creative expression as well as community building and conversation across languages. And residents are delighted with what they make!

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~ Sandra Vargas, Regional Programs Director

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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EngAGE Welcomes Sylvia Kaplan to Board of Directors

Posted on September 6, 2016 by EngAGE

EngAGE is pleased to announce the addition of Sylvia Kaplan to our esteemed Board of Directors. You can see the entire list of dedicated members here.

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Sylvia Kaplan, Community/Political Activist and Fundraiser – Sylvia has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, a Master’s Degree in American Studies, and a Master of Social Work Degree, all from the University of Minnesota. She has had a varied career, having been a newspaper reporter and columnist; an instructor in American Studies and Composition at the University of Minnesota; and a clinical social worker. She also has been in the restaurant business, first as a partner in and then sole owner of The New French Café in Minneapolis. Currently, she is the owner of the Minneapolis restaurant, Bar Abilene. Along with her husband, Sam Kaplan, founding partner in the law firm of Strangis, Kaplan & Kaplan, Sylvia has nurtured and supported a host of Democratic candidates by hosting well over 100 in-home fundraisers that have drawn celebrities such as Martin Sheen, Larry David, and John Hamm. Sylvia is on the Board of Directors of Growth and Justice (a progressive think tank that focuses on economics), Hennepin Theatre Trust, and the Program Committee of the Minneapolis Club. She is a member of the University of Minnesota Regents Advisory Selection Committee.

 

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Singer/Songwriter Tyler Stenson to Perform at EngAGE Kickoff Celebration in Portland, OR

Posted on September 5, 2016 by EngAGE

We are excited to announce that Portland singer/songwriter Tyler Stenson will perform at our EngAGE Kickoff event at Cascadian Terrace Apartments in Portland, OR, on September 9 from 4 to 6 p.m.!  As you can see below, Tyler is a Portlander who is making himself known in the music industry. He has won awards for his work in Portland, including Songwriter of the Year, and has drawn praise from Don Was, Grammy and Emmy award-winning musician and record producer/executive, for a voice “that leaped out beyond the speakers and pulled me in.” Tune up your listening ears and come hear this creative and talented performer!

If you’re planning on joining us, please drop an email to jdanielsteffey@msn.com or post a comment on this blog so that we can better prepare for the event. Thank you!

Click here to listen to a full, 8-song acoustic set of Tyler Stenson performing on Sirius XM Coffee House Live.

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Labor Day: Rosie the Riveter Isn’t Who You Think She Is!

Posted on September 4, 2016 by EngAGE

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From the U.S. Department of Labor:

Certainly, one of the more readily recognizable icons of labor is “Rosie the Riveter” (by artist J. Howard Miller), the indefatigable World War II-era woman who rolled up her sleeves, flexed her arm muscles and said, “We Can Do It!” But, this isn’t the original Rosie. . . The “Rosie” image popular during the war was created by illustrator Norman Rockwell (who had most certainly heard the “Rosie the Riveter” song) for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943 — the Memorial Day issue. The image depicts a muscular woman wearing overalls, goggles and pins of honor on her lapel. She sports a leather wrist band and rolled-up sleeves. She sits with a riveting tool in her lap, eating a sandwich, and “Rosie” is inscribed on her lunch pail. And, she’s stepping on a copy of Adolph Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf.”. . . The cover was an enormous success… After the war, numerous requests were made for the Saturday Evening Post image of Rosie the Riveter, but Curtis Publishing, the owner of the Post, refused all requests. The publishing company was possibly concerned that the composers of the song “Rosie the Riveter” would hold them liable for copyright infringement. . . Since then, the J. Howard Miller “We Can Do It!” image has replaced Norman Rockwell’s illustration as “Rosie the Riveter” in the minds of many people. (Full article here.)

 

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Worth Repeating: Author Robert Pirsig Is 87 [“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”]

Posted on September 3, 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 9/7/15:

WORTH-REPEATINGAuthor Robert Pirsig celebrated his 87th birthday on the 6th of September. His Seventies bestseller, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, was the biggest-selling philosophy book ever. But for the reclusive author, life was bitter-sweet. He talks frankly about anxiety, depression, the death of his son, and the road trip that inspired the classic in a 2006 interview. And here’s an 8-minute BBC video interview from 2012.

 

 

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Tim Carpenter in Singapore: Photo Album

Posted on September 2, 2016 by EngAGE

Tim Carpenter, EngAGE Founder and Executive Director, was invited by the National Arts Council of Singapore to give the keynote address at the Arts in Eldercare Seminar 2016 being held on September 1st and 2nd in Singapore.

In addition to giving the keynote talk about bringing arts to senior communities, and the role of artists and their practice, Tim is discussing case studies of aging-in-place, facilitating a training session for artists, as well as meeting with leaders of various community arts organizations. This is an exceptional international opportunity to share the EngAGE approach to creative aging.

Here are a few photos of Tim’s trip. You can see more on our EngAGE Facebook Page where we’ll continue to update the photo album.

Tim: "Doing the keynote address and a panel with an amazing group of thought leaders to an oversold house at the Main Auditorium of the National Gallery, beautiful day."

Tim: “Doing the keynote address and a panel with an amazing group of thought leaders to an oversold house at the Main Auditorium of the National Gallery, beautiful day.”

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Tim: "The artwork I was presented as a gift for my visit here from a local senior artist - a portrait of an iconic architectural site in Singapore - onstage at the National Gallery, at which point I broke down in tears, of course. Will treasure this."

Tim: “The artwork I was presented as a gift for my visit here from a local senior artist – a portrait of an iconic architectural site in Singapore – onstage at the National Gallery, at which point I broke down in tears, of course. Will treasure this.”

Tim: "A highlight of my Singapore trip, got to meet and perform a song with Dick Yip & the Minstrels, a crazy elder ukelele and singing group - when Dick found out I was from California, he grabbed me and we did 'California Dreaming' together in the rotunda of the National Gallery."

Tim: “A highlight of my Singapore trip, got to meet and perform a song with Dick Yip & the Minstrels, a crazy elder ukelele and singing group – when Dick found out I was from California, he grabbed me and we did ‘California Dreaming’ together in the rotunda of the National Gallery.”

Meeting with the public housing department of Singapore.

Meeting with the public housing department of Singapore.

 

 

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