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EngAGE in Creativity – Saturday 3/26 from 2PM to 5PM
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Experience Talks 3/27: George Segal + Brewery Artwalk
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.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 27 @ 5 PM PT
GEORGE SEGAL
@ the Laemmle Royal Theater Classics
Host JOHN SEMPER JR.
and
THE BREWERY ARTWALK
Brewery Artwalk President Mitzella
Host CYNTHIA FRIEDLOB
George Segal with Experience Talks Host John Semper Jr. at the 50th anniversary screening of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” at the Laemmle Royal Theater.
Fifty years ago, one of the most provocative films in cinema history was released: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966). The film adaptation of playwright Edward Albee’s scathing dissection of a marriage was brought to the screen with most of its graphic dialogue intact due to the relaxation of the censorious Production Code in its fading, final gasp. VIRGINIA WOOLF garnered a near-record 13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director for Mike Nichols, and five Oscar wins including Elizabeth Taylor (Best Actress) and Sandy Dennis (Supporting Actress). The rest of the four character cast were also nominated: Richard Burton (Best Actor) and GEORGE SEGAL (Supporting Actor). Segal appeared recently at a special, one night only screening at the Laemmle Royal Theater in West L.A. where he was interviewed by Stephen Farber.
The screening was also presented as a tribute to cinematographer Haskell Wexler, who died in late 2015 at the age of 93. Wexler won his first Oscar for filming VIRGINIA WOOLF; it was also the final Oscar ever awarded for the category of Best Cinematography (Black & White).
Thanks to Mike McClellan, Stephen Farber, and the Laemmle Royal Theater for allowing us to share this interview, which is part of their excellent Anniversary Classics Series.
Mitzella, President of the Brewery Artwalk Association, joins us to talk about the upcoming BREWERY ARTWALK on April 2nd and 3rd, 11 am to 6 pm. The Artwalk is a twice a year open studio weekend at the world’s largest art complex located in downtown Los Angeles. With over 100 participating resident artists (including a number of senior artists), visitors will get to see new work, speak with the artists, and purchase artwork directly from their studios. Admission and parking are free. Visit breweryartwalk.com for more information.
Ashton Applewhite Knows What to Call Older People
Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, has a solution to the nagging question, “What should we call older people?” Some older people don’t like to be called “seniors,” some are uncomfortable being called “elders.” Check out Ashton’s solution in this very short video. Read a new ChangingAging interview with Ashton here, and be sure to listen to her interview on this week’s “Experience Talks” with host Tim Carpenter, now posted here (it will move to the Audio Archives next week).
We need a radical aging movement from bob stein on Vimeo.
Get Informed About Candidates’ Positions on Social Security, Medicare, and More
“Millions of American families are impacted by decisions made in Washington on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid yet these issues remain on the back-burner for many political candidates in the 2016 campaign. It’s important that voters understand Presidential and Congressional candidates’ positions and plans for these vital programs.”
Go to Senior Vote 2016 website to learn more. (Associated with the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.)
EngAGE Blog: Our Five Year Anniversary
We’re happy to be celebrating the fifth anniversary of our blog!
We hope you enjoy our daily posts and we hope you’ve explored our archives. You’ll find them on the right side of your screen, in the sidebar (subscribers: click here to go to the blog). You can search by date or by category. So, if you want to find out what was going on five years ago at this time, just click “Select Month” under the Archives tab, and choose March of 2011. If you want to read posts about a particular community or a category, such as Art & Architecture, for example, just click on “Select Category” under the Categories tab, and scroll down to make your choice.
Our Blog Roll features links to blogs that we think you’ll find interesting and entertaining.
Please feel free to comment on any of our posts. Comments are moderated, so there will be a delay before posting, but we always appreciate hearing what you have to say.
Thank you for your interest in EngAGE and for reading our blog.
Onward to the next five years!
The Sightlines Project: How Well Are Americans Doing in Critical Areas of Well-being?
EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter sent along information about The Sightlines Project:
“The developed world is bearing witness to a 21st century miracle – the possibility of living well to the age of 100 and beyond. Three out of four Americans indicate that they want to live to 100 if they can do so in good health. Compelling scientific evidence indicates that living long and living well is most realistic for those who are socially engaged, adopt healthy living behaviors and are able to build financial security.
“THE SIGHTLINES PROJECT investigates how well Americans are doing in each of these three areas that are critical to well-being as people age: financial security, healthy living and social engagement.”
Click here to read the report and learn how it will “stir national debate, guide policy development, stimulate entrepreneurial innovation, and encourage personal choices that enhance independent, 100-year lives.”
Worth Repeating: International Perspective: In England, Sales of Motorbikes Soar Among Women Over 60
“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 3/18/15:
“‘I remember waiting to board a ferry in Southampton in July last summer,’ says Christine. ‘I spotted a petite elderly woman on a huge Harley Davidson bike in front of mine with a sticker across the back that said: I’m riding my grandchildren’s inheritance.
“‘I looked at my bike and thought, yes, that’s about right.'”
Read more here. And here‘s an article in the NY Times from way back in 1988 about an increase in older women riding motorcycles in the U.S.
