Artist Deborah Sussman, 82, Has Retrospective in Hollywood

Artistic EquipmentDeborah Sussman’s exhibit, “Deborah Sussman Loves Los Angeles,” includes work from 1953 to 1984. She began her career with Charles and Ray Eames and remains active today.

““Pacific Standard Time,” the Getty’s exploration of postwar art in Southern California, and she always seemed to be near the center of things in the L.A. creative scene. . . . Although she socialized with the male-dominated Ferus Gallery art crowd at the time, Sussman also shared a studio with the feminist artist Judy Chicago when Chicago was creating her seminal installation ‘The Dinner Party,’ and she surrounded herself with fiercely independent women like Ray Eames, Gere Kavanaugh and April Greiman.” Read more here.

“Deborah Sussman Loves L.A.” is on view through Jan. 19, Thursdays through Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at WUHO Gallery, 6518 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA.

 

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Gambling: A Serious Problem for Many Seniors

MONEY“Seniors are the fastest growing population of gamblers. They are gambling away their income, their savings, and their chance for a secure future. When they lose, they can’t make it up or start over.  It’s a no-win game, driven by a greedy industry united in unholy alliance with policy makers and politicians who turn a blind eye to the social and economic costs of gambling. . . .

“Experts predict that the trend of baby boomers retiring, coupled with factors like the rise of casinos explicitly marketing to seniors, multi-state Powerball lotteries, proliferating slot machines, and a massive online betting surge, the crisis is only just getting started. . . .

“Fact: a compulsion can suddenly manifest in an older person with no history of gambling.”

Read more here. Hat tip to Ann Davis Garvin for the link to this important post.

 

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Worth Repeating: International Perspective: Grandmas and Their Cooking

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 1/7/13:

Thinking about Grandma’s cooking usually conjures pleasant, nostalgic memories for most of us. Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti wanted to learn what these memories are for people in different cultures around the world, so he’s documented grandmas and their favorite dishes for his photo project entitled “Delicatessen with Love.” Click here to read more and see more pictures from this charming project.

 

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Designer Iris Apfel, 92, Shares Her Thoughts on Style

vector illustration of a black bow tie in low-polygonal style. m“Style is ‘attitude, attitude, attitude,’ Iris Apfel says. ‘It ain’t what you do, it’s what you do with it.’ The 92-year-old style icon, fashion designer, interior designer and TV entrepreneur sat down with T magazine editor-in-chief Deborah Needleman at the Museum of Arts and Design to discuss her surprise rise to fame in 2005 . . . [and] musings on life, style and the pursuit of happiness.”

Click here to see the 4:48 video. See her remarkable home here.

 

 

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Experience Talks 1/11: Stuart Ashman

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Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time 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! You can also enjoy hearing all of our previous shows on the Listen Page of our Experience Talks website.

Saturday, 1/11: Host Bobbee Zeno with Stuart Ashman

Stuart Ashman

Stuart Ashman is CEO and President of the Museum of Latin American Art, located in Long Beach. He is a museum executive and cultural ambassador who has worked in the arts for 30 years. Mr. Ashman was raised in Matanzas and Havana, Cuba, before his family relocated to New York. He attended the City University of New York, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Photography and Fine Art. Mr. Ashman’s additional studies include graduate work at the Rochester Institute of Technology and private workshops in Photography, as well as participation in the Getty’s Museum Leadership Institute.

His extensive career includes stints as Director of the New Mexico Museum of Art; Executive Director of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art; a posting as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, and Director of Latin American Programs at the Richardson Institute for Global Engagement.

He has published numerous articles and co-authored the books “Photography New Mexico” in 2009, and “Abstract Art” in 2003.

Learn more about Stuart Ashman here, and more about the Museum of Latin American Art here.

 

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Angelo Lo Forese Sings Opera Brilliantly in His 90s

MUSICAngelo Lo Forese, now 93, is an Internet sensation and most certainly a sensation in person, thanks to his incredibly powerful operatic voice. And yes, after a long career, he is still performing. Hear him sing, at age 90 in Tokyo,  Di quella pira,  a popular tenor aria from Verdi’s opera, Il trovatore; and, at age 92, La donna è mobile, the Duke of Mantua’s canzone from Verdi’s Rigoletto. Bravissimo! (There are other videos online, but his Wikipedia entry is in Italian.)

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Master of the Hammond B3 Organ

MUSIC“Dr. Lonnie Smith is an unparalleled musician, composer, performer and recording artist. An authentic master and guru of the Hammond organ for over five decades, [Smith, now 71,] has been featured on over seventy albums, and has recorded and performed with a virtual ‘Who’s Who’ of the greatest jazz, blues and R&B giants in the industry.”

Read more on his website, listen to an NPR interview (8:13), and see a YouTube video (6:01) of “Psychedelic Pi” from his new album, “In the Beginning.”

 

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