EngAGE Senior Olympics – Save the Date: Saturday, Sept. 24th

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16th Annual
EngAGE Senior Olympics
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Cerritos Park East
13234 E. 166th Street
Cerritos, CA


This annual all-day event will feature over 300 EngAGE community residents from across Southern California, participating in a multitude of events, performances, and arts and crafts competitions. Emphasizing EngAGE’s mission of encouraging an active and healthy lifestyle, the EngAGE Senior Olympics treats the participants to a day of spirited competition, great food, and quality entertainment at absolutely no cost. Many participants delightedly return home with medals and ribbons for their efforts.


Please contact Megan Hocking at (818) 563-9382
for details about sponsorship, volunteering, and donation information.


To contribute by mail, please make your check payable to EngAGE, Inc., and send to:

EngAGE, Inc.
240 E. Verdugo Avenue, Suite 100
Burbank, CA 91502
Attn: 2016 Senior Olympics

Thank you for your support!
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How One Community in Massachusetts Is Preparing for a “Major Demographic Shift”

SENIOR-SERVICESFrom a local newspaper article entitled, Gray Days: Brockton area prepares for an aging population: 

“David Stevens, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging, estimates that by December, the number of adults age 60 and older will be greater for the first time in recorded history than the number of people age 20 and younger. ‘There is going to be a sea change in terms of service, response and needs in many towns,’ Stevens said.” Click here to read more.

Do you know what your city or town is doing to prepare for an aging population? Individuals can do only so much, then government and non-government agencies need to  step in. You can check online or with your elected representatives to find out more. Then, get involved if you feel you can offer useful input!

 

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“The Art of Creative Aging” – Juried Art Show Opportunity

Art of Creative Aging - show oppThere are so many talented artists living in our EngAGE communities! Many would like to exhibit their art beyond the opportunities we provide, but they don’t know how to begin to explore the possibilities. Juried shows are one way to start. There are usually fees that are required in order to enter, and entering shows can be expensive. But if the fees are affordable and if the shows are well chosen, getting into a juried show can put an artist’s work in front of a large public audience. Click here to learn about an opportunity at the San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center (18312 Oxnard Street, Tarzana, CA) that is specifically for artists over the age of 50.

It’s important to read all entry instructions carefully! Note that in this case (1) there is an entry fee of $35 for three pieces of art, (2) all of the art that’s accepted must be hand-delivered (no shipping is allowed), and (3) all of the accepted artists must sit one 3-hour shift (or however many it takes to fill up 30 shifts) at the Center during the run of the show  which is 8/23 through 9/10. Also, as is the case for almost all juried shows, entries must be submitted online, so artists must have good digital images of their art. The deadline for entries is Friday, August 12th.

Does this sound like a good fit for you or an artist you know? If you’re accepted, you’ll enjoy having your work seen. If you’re not accepted, you will have given it a good try!

 

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News from Long Beach Senior Arts Colony: Gardening

Gardening Class is a hands-on, once a week community project that teaches residents how to garden, work with the earth, and grow food to eat. Gardening promotes good nutrition, community building, and overall well being. The LBSAC garden is beautiful! It’s full of string beans,  lima beans, cherry tomatoes, large tomatoes, Swiss chard, basil, garlic, carrots, onions, collard greens, beets, and more. The papayas are still on the tree, and the gardeners will gather them and prepare for the new ones that are coming in the summer through fall seasons. The garden is still waging a war against pests. Instructor Toni Byrd plans to try a new organic mix of cumin, lemon juice and turmeric.

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~ Helene Weinberg – Creative 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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Worth Repeating: Doodling Helps Memories Stick

“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 7/21/15:

WORTH-REPEATING“. . . something powerful happens when auditory learning is transposed into images. . . [W]hile students take copious notes, they may not be retaining much of what they write down. When a student doodles, on the other hand, he is synthesizing the information, making choices about what’s important and encoding the memory in a new way.” — And it’s not just for kids! Learn more here.

 

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Problems Growing Old in the Suburbs

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This thought provoking article in The Herald, a South Carolina newspaper, is about Boomers being in denial when they think about aging in place if that place is a home in the suburbs. But this issue affects many parents of Boomers, too, who are currently in that situation. There are three major problems: transportation, accessibility (climbing stairs may be problematic, wheelchairs may be necessary), and social isolation.

Are you thinking of growing old in the suburbs? How will you deal with these issues?

[Hat tip to Ann Davis Garvin for the link.]

 

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Experience Talks 7/24: Nicholas Meyer

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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, JULY 24 @ 5 PM PT
NICHOLAS MEYER
@ the Laemmle Royal Theater Classics
presented by hosts
JOHN SEMPER JR. & CYNTHIA FRIEDLOB


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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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