Social Services for Native American Seniors

FYI“The National Resource Center on Native American Aging’s mission is to identify and increase awareness of evolving Native elder health and social issues. The NRCNAA’s vision is to empower Native people to develop community based solutions. . . . Native American elders have many of the same needs as other elder populations; however services to address these needs remain unavailable, underdeveloped or inaccessible in most Native American communities.” The NRCNAA has three centers committed to increasing awareness of issues affecting American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian elders. Learn more here. Senior Corps also offers resources for Native Americans here.

 

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Worth Repeating: Stylish at 100

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 12/13/11:

We enjoy Ari Seth Cohen’s blog, Advanced Style, because it helps redefine what older people look like. Take a look at this recent post which features Rose, a New York resident and a very stylish centenarian. And this one, which features Ruth, an equally stylish 100-year-old.

Read more in a New York Times article about Ari and the blog here.

 

 

 

 

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NoHo Senior Arts Colony: Call for Artists

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CALLING ALL ARTISTS—DISPLAY YOUR ART AT THE INAUGURAL NOHO SENIOR ARTS COLONY ART SHOW!

 “RE-IMAGINING LIFE”

 

  • The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, a brand new Los Angeles senior apartment community centered around the arts, will hold its inaugural art show from January 17 to March 14, 2013.
  • Artists from Los Angeles County aged 62 years and above are invited to submit their work for a chance to be a part of this exciting, new, state-of-the-art live/work building!

–        This gallery will receive a great deal of attention which will help to promote each participating artist.

–        The show will also include three cash prizes that will be awarded by the selection committee.

  • To submit art for consideration, please follow the guidelines below:

–        Artists aged 62 and older are invited to submit two-dimensional work in any media for consideration.

–        Entry fees are $10 per art piece.  Checks can be made out to EngAGE.

–        All submitted work must be ready for hanging, weigh less than 20lbs, and artists are required to carry their own insurance.

–        Artists must also arrange for the delivery and pickup of their own pieces.

–        The deadline for submissions is January 4, 2013.

  • Works which are selected for the show must be dropped off at the NoHo Senior Arts Colony on January 11, 2013.
  • Slides or photograph submissions can be mailed to:

MKT Suite 100, 240 East Verdugo Ave., Burbank 91502.  Please note that slides/photos are non-returnable, unless a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.

DATES TO REMEMBER –

Deadline For Submissions:  January 4, 2013

Art Drop Off Date:     January 11, 2013

Art Show: January 17 – March 14, 2013

LOCATION:                

NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601

INFORMATION:          (818) 563-9382

WEBSITE:                       www.nohoseniorartscolony.com

 

North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony Media Contact:
Corynne Randel/Jenn Quader at Brower, Miller & Cole
(949) 955-7940 or CRandel@browermillercole.com

 

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Leon Ware Marks Fifty Years in Music Biz

MUSICTalented singer/songwriter/producer Leon Ware, 72, may be best known for crafting the hit album, I Want You, originally recorded for Ware, until friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye was assigned to the album by Berry Gordy in 1976. Ware also is notable for writing the Top 5 R&B single, “I Wanna Be Where You Are” for a young Michael Jackson in 1972, and creating the Body Heat album along with Quincy Jones.

This year, Ware is celebrating fifty years in the music business with a tour and awards for his talent. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards. Most recently his tour has taken him to Japan; click here for upcoming performance dates in Paris and the UK. Locally, on December 16th, Ware will be a guest of honor at the “ArtDontSleep presents: That 70’s Soul” concert at the Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Details here.

 

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Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary Tour Hits New York

MUSIC“The Rolling Stones — average age 68, if you’re counting — were in rollicking form as they rocked the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for 2½ hours Saturday night, their first U.S. show on a mini-tour marking a mind-boggling 50 years as a rock band.” The Stones will play two shows in Newark, N.J., on Dec. 13 and 15, but before that, they’ll join “a veritable who’s who of British rock royalty and U.S. superstars at the blockbuster 12-12-12 Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden. Also scheduled to perform: Paul McCartney, the Who, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, Billy Joel, Roger Waters and Chris Martin.”

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Diana Serra Cary: “Baby Peggy”

Diana Serra Cary, 94 years old, is now an author and advocate for child actors’ rights, but she is best known as Baby Peggy, one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 shorts for Century Studios. We posted on Facebook last week about the television premiere on TCM of a documentary about her entitled, “The Elephant in the Room.” Below is a trailer for the documentary. Click here to watch a 4:00 clip from her interview for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences library. Read a Wall Street Journal article here. [Subscribers: click on the title of this post to go to the blog and see the video.]

 

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Drug and Food Interactions

HEALTHEngAGE Programs Director Amanda Talbot shared an important post from the BBC News Health about the danger of eating grapefruit while taking certain drugs: “The fruit can cause overdoses of some drugs by stopping the medicines being broken down in the intestines and the liver.” Read the entire post here.

Click here to read information from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration about other dangerous food and drug interactions, and dangerous interactions between drugs and over-the-counter vitamins, minerals, and herbs. Just because it’s “natural” doesn’t mean it’s always safe!

 

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