Experience Talks 1/3: Burbank Senior Artists Colony Poetry Group led by Hannah Menkin

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EXPERIENCE TALKS 1/3 @ 8 AM PT

Burbank Senior Artists Colony Poetry Group

led by Hannah Menkin

with host HELENE WEINBERG

 

WRITINGThe BURBANK SENIOR ARTISTS COLONY POETRY GROUP led by HANNAH MENKIN discusses the process of writing poetry and what the writing experience means to them. The featured poets are Jo Lynda, Dolly, Abagail, and Felicia. Hannah Menkin is an educator, poet, and visual artist, who uses an integrative approach to help adults, older adults, and veterans discover their own voice through oral history, memoir, storytelling, and the creative/expressive arts. Funding for the group comes from Poets & Writers Inc., The James Irvine Foundation, and EngAGE, Inc.

 

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Happy New Year!

2015 - New YearVisit one of our favorite blogs, Ephemeral New York, for this link to a slide show of Times Square in New York City as 1941 became 1942. Some of our readers might have been there to see the scenes in person. If you were, it must have been memorable! For 2015, everyone at EngAGE wishes all of you a memorable and very happy New Year!

 

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International Perspective: Decorating Holiday Store Windows in Paris

“Each November to January, Mr. Dehix, an elfin 64-year-old, reigns as both impresario and chief troubleshooter of this realm, rising before dawn to inspect every display for broken strings, burned-out bulbs or a derailed train set. Known affectionately as the Geppetto of the Grands Magasins, Mr. Dehix has been Paris’s go-to man for holiday windows for more than four decades.” Read the story here.

 

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Joan Williams to Ride in Rose Parade Almost 60 Years Late

Joan Williams was denied the chance to ride as “Miss Crown City” in the Tournament of Roses Parade in 1958 when it was discovered that she was black. But on Thursday, the city of Pasadena finally will honor the 82-year-old who will be riding on the lead float in the 126th annual parade.

Story here. News video here.

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Behind the Scenes at Macy’s in 1948

Digital CameraMacy’s is on the minds of many people because of the Thanksgiving Day parade. Take a look here at some wonderful photos taken in 1948, all from a bountiful source: the Life Magazine archives.

 

 

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Worth Repeating: End of an Era: Good-bye, VW Bus

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 12/17/13:

For some of us of a certain age, the VW bus that Arlo Guthrie drove in “Alice’s Restaurant” was emblematic of  the times (1969). It went through some design modifications over the years and eventually lost favor, ending international sales. But it continued to be popular in Brazil. The production of the Brazilian Volkswagen ends in 2013 with a production run of 600 Last Edition vehicles. The phase-out marks the end of an era which has lasted since 1935. Read more and see a brief news report here.

 

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Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine

HEALTHThis year’s British Medical Journal holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots. “The findings, published in the Christmas issue of the British Journal of Medicine, may not seem like the normal fare for the journal, but they are part of a great tradition. Every year, researchers publish papers that use proper scientific methods to answer questions of dubious importance. Last year WRITINGresearchers explained that James Bond probably couldn’t down martinis at the rate depicted in Ian Fleming’s novels without sacrificing his spy and lady-wooing abilities. Other reports explored the effect of formal attire on patient’s confidence in their doctors and the genetics of magical abilities.” Read more here.

 

 

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