Tyrone Polk: Photography Show at NoHoSAC

Tyrone Polk art show

As an Artist that has an addiction to vibrant colors and an interest in exploring photography, I found that I had an innate interest in photographing unique subjects such as graphics , landscapes, animals and unusual sites, that contain a strong interest in and that touched me spiritually and emotionally. Photography is very personal to me.

I became very passionate and very pleased to share my visions, along with my passion to capture these images. I wanted my photos to be interesting and somewhat controversial (in some cases), so that the photos speak to the person viewing them.

I am grateful to be part of the Art World that inspires and captures my full attention and brings joy in my life to share them.

Tyrone R. Polk

Love Each Other

“Love Each Other” (c) Tyrone Polk

 

Join Tyrone at the reception for his show on April 14th at 6:00 p.m., at North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601

Read the NoHo Arts District.com post about the show here.

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Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation Grant Supports Art by Talented EngAGE Community Residents

Thanks to a generous grant from the Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation, residents at Cotton’s Point Senior Apartments in San Clemente, CA, have been enjoying classes taught by accomplished artist Susie Stockholm.  Take a look at a few samples of student work below, and be sure to click on each picture to enlarge it. They are all beautiful!  You can see additional work on the iPad by more of our artistic residents here, and see more collage work here. The artists are planning to hold an exhibition sometime this year. [Thanks to Nancy Goodhart, EngAGE Vice President, for sharing!]

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Twyla Tharp: Fifty Years in Dance

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Choreographer Twyla Tharp, 73, asks herself one question before starting any new project: What is dance?

“The question will inform two lecture-performances, at Barnard on April 13 and Hunter College on April 16, that kick off Ms. Tharp’s anniversary. She will discuss ‘Tank Dive’ [her first piece] as well as ‘The Fugue,’ her 1970 breakthrough, and present a new work, set to Beethoven’s late String Quartet No. 13, Opus 130.” Read more here.

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Ringo Starr Sends Postcards from Paradise

MUSIC“Postcards From Paradise,” is Ringo Starr’s new album that features many of his rock star pals, including Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, Peter Frampton, Benmont Tench (keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) and producer-songwriter Glen Ballard. At 74, Ringo has recorded his last three albums at home. “There’s none of the pressure of everybody being in the studio, and the red light goes on and everybody’s got to get it right. But then I went into a studio with Joe Walsh recently and we did it that way, and it was great. So I might do my next record the regular way.” Read more here. Check out a sample single on this video.

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Ethan Hawke Reintroduces 86-Year-Old Pianist Seymour Bernstein

MUSICEthan Hawke might strike you as an unlikely guide to classical music. But in directing his first documentary, Seymour: An Introduction, he created an intriguing and ultimately profoundly moving tribute to a largely unknown artist, 86-year-old pianist Seymour Bernstein. . . . This isn’t only a film for piano fans, though. Bernstein’s deep humanity, sagacity, and wit come shining through in this tender and loving portrait. Borrowing the title of a J.D. Salinger short story for this project, Hawke illuminates Bernstein as an artist and teacher whose wisdom reaches far beyond the confines of classical music.” More here, and a New Yorker review of the film here (see the film first!).

 

 

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Worth Repeating: Rosie the Riveters Visit the White House

WORTH-REPEATING“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 4/4/14:

“Phyllis Gould waited 12 years for the moment when she, one of the six original ‘Rosie the Riveters,’ made it to the White House. Gould, 92, and her five fellow ‘Rosie the Riveters,’ who worked in a shipyard during World War II, were invited by Vice President Joe Biden after a decades-long letter campaign by Gould that began when Bill Clinton was in office. . . . With their motto, ‘We can do it,’ and their famous red bandanas, Gould and the 20 million other American women who went to work during World War II turned gender stereotypes on their heads.” More here about their White House visit this week.

 

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Experience Talks Online – Now Posted: Guru Singh

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Join us for Experience Talks Online, exclusive podcast interviews posted on our website. Carrying on the same tradition as our KPFK-FM/Pacifica Network syndicated radio show, the podcasts feature talented, creative people with experience worth talking about. Find our podcasts on the Listen Page of our website. They’ll post on an intermittent basis, so read this blog for updates about new podcasts as well as new Experience Talks radio shows. You can also like Experience Talks on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to get the latest news. Experience Talks and Experience Talks Online are produced by EngAGE, Inc.

PODCASTExperience Talks is pre-empted through the end of May, but we’ll have occasional podcasts for you during this hiatus. Just click the button to go to our Listen Page to hear this one!

 

Now Posted:

Guru Singh talks with host Dr. Connie Corley

Guru Singh will be at Sat Nam Fest West in Joshua Tree, CA, April 8 – 12. 

Guru SinghGURU SINGH is a celebrated third-generation yogi, master spiritual teacher, author, and musician. He teaches conscious living through the tools of Humanology, Kundalini yoga, meditation, and sacred sound. He was born in Seattle in 1945 into a yogic spiritual household, to an artist father and musician mother. His teachings grew from an esoteric curiosity inspired by his family’s deep connection to the masters of India and the blessings of being ready when teachers appeared.

Buried TreasuresGuru Singh’s book, Buried Treasures: The Journey from Where You Are to Who You Are, is the confluence of two great spiritual rivers that led to the fulfilling of Guru Singh’s destiny—a near-death experience and the vision quests in an indigenous village in Mexico. Buried Treasures is the story of three years in the early adult life of Guru Singh. Learn more at his website.

[This program was originally broadcast on KPFK-FM on 8/30/14.]

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