At 21, Françoise Gilot met Pablo Picasso, then 61, and moved in with him. “When Françoise Gilot decided to take her two young children and leave Pablo Picasso in 1953, ending their ten-year relationship, the infuriated genius told her she was ‘headed straight for the desert’ because no one would ever have more than ‘a kind of curiosity . . . about a person whose life has touched mine so intimately.’ He was wrong.” Click here to read more about the muse/artist and author of Life with Picasso.
If you live in New York City and you have some disposable income, One Day University offers excellent opportunities to learn about your favorite subject — or something completely unfamiliar — in single one-hour classes taught be respected authorities in the field. From their website: “Each One Day U features 10-12 professors, and each ‘student’ chooses the 5 classes they want to take. Of course, at One Day U there are no grades. No tests. No homework. Our professors are there to educate – but also to entertain! . . . One Day U seeks out the finest professors from the world’s top schools – Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, and many others. We use two criteria, teaching awards and student evaluations. Our professors are the teachers that students on campus urge each other to take classes from…the top 1%. Think of a One Day U lecture as the most fascinating highlights from an entire semester!” You can also sign up for just a half-day. Tuition runs from about $100 to $250, and returning students pay significantly reduced fees. Click here to learn more about One Day University. (Some classes are also available in other East Coast cities.)
There are also free alternatives, if you’d like to take college courses online. Try Coursera, iTunes U, or Open Culture. There’s a world of learning available to you!
As the East Coast prepares for the hard-hitting hurricane Sandy, let’s look back on another storm that some of you may remember. [Subscribers: click on the title of the post to go to the blog and see the video.] Read more here.
Hat tip to SeniorPlanet.com, Slate.com, and TheWeek.com for leading us to this video!
Gary Burton wasn’t sure how long the celebrated jazz duo would last. But, “. . . after a while, I thought, you know, at some point, we will exhaust the possibilities and we’ll get bored, or we’ll evolve in different directions and we’ll move on. When we got to the 20-year mark, I remember saying to myself, this probably won’t last much longer. Next thing I knew, we were at 30-year mark. About that time, I said, this is proving me wrong, this seems to just keep on going. It’s going to be interesting to see how long it continues. Now we’re at 40, it will keep going until one of us falls over on the stage one night. That will be the history of it.” Click here for the full interview and more videos. (Subscribers: click on the title to this post to see the embedded video, “Chega de Saudade.”)
“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 10/27/11:
There’s a wealth of information on the BenefitsCheckUp website, a service of the National Council on Aging. If you need financial assistance in any area of your life, or know someone who does, just click on the link to read more. Here’s their introduction:
Many older people need help paying for prescription drugs, health care, utilities and other basic needs. Ironically, millions of older Americans — especially those with limited incomes — are eligible for but not receiving benefits from existing federal, state and local programs. Ranging from heating and energy assistance to prescription savings programs to income supplements, there are many public programs available to seniors in need if they only knew about them and how to apply for them.
Developed and maintained by The National Council on Aging (NCOA), BenefitsCheckUp is the nation’s most comprehensive Web-based service to screen for benefits programs for seniors with limited income and resources. BenefitsCheckUp includes more than 2,000 public and private benefits programs from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Stephen Jepson is a former art professor and master potter whose work is in the Smithsonian Museum Collection of American Crafts. His instructional videos teaching pottery techniques are sold worldwide. But his passion in later life is advocating — and demonstrating — how movement can keep us healthy and youthful. And how do we stay motivated to move? Never leave the playground! This 7:48′ video is inspiring. (Subscribers: click the title of the post to go to the blog and see the video.)
Thanks to Robin Hart, EngAGE Regional Programs Director for this link.
“After a 23-year hiatus, Ed Asner has returned to Broadway in Craig Wright’s new play, ‘Grace,’ which opened at the Cort Theatre Oct. 4.” Click here to read an interview with the popular, award-winning actor, who’s also been a guest on our Experience Talks radio show.
