Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling

Experience Talks ZoomCast 6/2: Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen

Register here! DAVID QUAMMEN is an American author and journalist whose sixteen books include The Song of the Dodo (1996), The Reluctant Mr. Darwin (2006), and The Tangled Tree (2018).  His 2012 book, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human … Continue reading

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Video: The Book Club at Magnolia @ Highland Discusses “One Hundred Years of Solitude”

EngAGE Program Director Alma Wright, who created this wonderful video, reports: “We finished reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez a couple of weeks ago, and these are clips of our final discussion on the book. I … Continue reading

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Burbank Senior Artists Colony: 2020 VISION Published

Congratulations to the creative writers at BSAC! 2020 Vision is the culminating project of “Writing for Life,” the creative writing class led by EngAGE teaching artist Sarah Jacobus. The book is a collection of student work over the first five … Continue reading

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Reminder: Experience Talks ZoomCast 10/13: Writing for Life – Burbank Senior Artists Colony & Sarah Jacobus

Tuesday 10/13: A special extra ZoomCast this month featuring EngAGE community residents! Register now: https://bit.ly/3jltnug

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Experience Talks 10/13: BSAC Writing for Life Class with Sarah Jacobus

Register now: https://bit.ly/3jltnug Then check your email for a link to attend. Instructor Sarah Jacobus (top row center in photo below) facilitated her first virtual creative writing class for Burbank Senior Artists Colony residents on Zoom back in April. She … Continue reading

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Video: The Magnolia @ Highland Book Club Discusses “The Help”

This video montage of Book Club discussions at The Magnolia @ Highland Senior Apartments about “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett, shows a perfect example of EngAGE virtual programming. Thanks to Program Director Alma Wright for creating the wonderful video. She … Continue reading

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Experience Talks 7/29: Black Art Matters

You’ll get an email confirmation with a link to join the ZoomCast! Black Art Matters Panelists Kamau Daaood is a poet, performer and community arts activist. He has made a respected name for himself from his cultural work in the … Continue reading

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