In a photo series called “The Women Of Fifth Avenue,” Leland Bobbé took pictures of “women ‘of a certain age’ [who] seem to exist in their own bubble of leisure while the hustle and bustle of working New Yorkers and tourists swirl by.”
Read more and see a slide show here.
If you’re in the Los Angeles area, please join us for our annual celebration this Saturday!
Dance to the Clarence Johnston Band ~ Enjoy theatrical, musical, and spoken word performances ~ Share your stories in the Experience Talks Radio Booth ~ Get creative with arts and crafts for kids ~ Celebrate with gourmet wines and appetizers ~ Free for the entire community!
Learn more about EngAGE on our website: www.engageforlife.org
Get more information about this special event at (818) 563-9750 or e-mail tim@engageforlife.org.
Hope to see you there!
Yes, it’s well past Valentine’s Day, but it’s spring and that means love, young and not so young, is in the air. Click here to read several wonderful stories of love that has endured through the years.
Photo credit: Claudia Meyer (appropriately from Paris, France) at stock.xchng
Happy Mother’s Day from EngAGE!
(Photo credit: Beverly Lussier, freeimages.com)
“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 5/9/12:
“The St. Louis Monsanto YMCA has the largest population of participating African-American seniors out of any YMCA in the country…One of the biggest attractions… is the computer classes for seniors, said Mildred Boyd [81], who organizes the classes and sometimes leads them.” OASIS, a national nonprofit that provides educational and volunteer opportunities to seniors, has taken over the teaching role. “‘[Mildred] was doing it all on her own,’ said Sharon Hales, community outreach manager for OASIS. ‘We were able to provide her with evidence-based curriculum.’ In 2011, nationwide enrollment into OASIS’ technology classes topped 7,700 in 90 locations.” Click here to read more in the St. Louis American.
Brossy Reina, Senior Olympics Event Coordinator
A native of Los Angeles, and graduate of the USC School of Communications, Brossy’s entertainment industry and event management experience spans more than 38 years. His career as an entertainer and producer/director of touring musical shows transitioned to the film industry where he served as a line producer, editor, and postproduction supervisor for numerous feature films and television including Ghostbusters, Karate Kid III, Moonlighting, and Hill St. Blues. He has also directed regional theater and informational film programs. As a Development executive Brossy has served the University of Southern California, the Bella Lewitzy Dance Company, and the Ojai Valley School. He previously served as Creative Director, Social Concerns Cable Television/Prism Children’s Television; Supervising Regional Coordinator, St. Judes Hospital “Wheels for Life” program; and as a member of the Ojai Arts Commission. Currently founder and principal of Millennium 2 Productions, his clients include The Ojai Film Festival, the Ojai World Music Festival, Performances to Grown On, the Santa Barbara Symphony, The Ventura County Fair Foundation, and the Ojai Performing Arts Theater Foundation. Brossy coordinated the 2012 EngAGE Senior Olympics and we’re delighted to have him on board again for this year’s event!
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, 5/11: Join host Bobbee Zeno and his guests, Hospice Dr. Lucille Ridgill and Chaplain Gordon Van Enk, for a discussion of end of life care.
From Bobbee Zeno: “Dr. Lucille Ridgill and Chaplain Gordon Van Enk are Hospice Professionals at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care at the Torrance, California, office. For something as inevitable as death, which significantly impacts family and friends of the beloved, you would think that Hospice End of Life Care Education would be more pervasive, but people generally don’t like to talk about death. Dr. Ridgill and Chaplain Van Enk explain why End of Life Care Education is monumental for our own human development, for a variety of reasons. Listen to our show to hear the questions you always wanted to ask about death, but were afraid to! These two Hospice Professionals do a great job of answering those good questions about End of Life Care.”
