What a wonderful Art Show at The Huntington in Morgan Hill, CA, where resident artists shared and celebrated their Art, and their stories of how they discovered their creativity! Artist instructor: Georgesse Gomez.
~ Nancy Goodhart, C.O.O.
News from The Huntington: Art Show
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Experience Talks 4/15: Sky Bergman and Scott Kaiser, MD
Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:30 PM PT 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! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.
Miss the show? You can always hear it as a podcast on our website! You’ll also find an archive-in-progress of all of our previous shows there for you to enjoy. New shows are usually posted within 48 hours after broadcast.
APRIL 15, 2018 @ 5:30 PM PDT
SKY BERGMAN
SCOTT KAISER, MD
with host DR. CONNIE CORLEY
Sky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer. Her fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France) in Paris. Her book, The Naked & The Nude: Images from the Sculpture Series, includes an introduction by Hèléne Pinet, curator of photography at the Rodin Museum in Paris. She has shot book covers for Random House and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., and magazine spreads that appeared in Smithsonian, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Reader’s Digest, and Archaeology Odyssey. Sky currently is a Professor of Photography and Video at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, CA.
The documentary, “Lives Well Lived: Celebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age,” is Sky’s directorial debut. From the website:
What is the definition of a Life Well Lived? We asked forty people aged 75-100 with a collective life experience of 3000 years who shared with us their secrets, wit, and wisdom. Forty voices, one shared history of lives well lived.
The Lives Well Lived project captures the images, ideas and ideals of those who are proving that aging is something to cherish, not dread. That retirement doesn’t mean you retire from life. And that growing older doesn’t mean growing silent.
Scott Kaiser, MD is a practicing geriatrician and Chief Innovation Officer at the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF), which provides services, support and assistance to the entertainment industry community. He is an advocate for the improvement of aging services and geriatric care with a focus on better health and well-being through a community-oriented approach to the care of older adults. He believes in looking beyond “healthcare” to meet people where they are and where health happens: in their daily lives, with their friends and families, in their communities.
MPTF’s new initiative, the Daily Call Sheet, is combating the epidemic of chronic loneliness – which can be as bad for your health as smoking – with volunteers taking a few moments out of their day or week for a phone call with an isolated industry member. Funded with the support of the AARP Foundation, this service is eligible for anyone in the industry and their families, and volunteers are always welcome!
Scott Kaiser received his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He went on to train within the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, a program dedicated to the care of underserved populations. Following residency, he joined the Harvard Geriatric Medicine Fellowship where he refined his clinical skills and began to apply his interest in health promotion to an older adult population while initiating research exploring the psychology of health behavior change. To further his expertise in this field, Dr. Kaiser returned to Los Angeles and joined the UCLA/VA Primary Care and Health Services Research Fellowship where he served as a Health Media Fellow. In this role, Dr. Kaiser partnered with the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging to produce broadcast media projects aimed at directly addressing the needs of older adults and ultimately improving their health and quality of life; including, “On The Move,” a series following the lives of twelve LA seniors as they take on new challenges to become active, get fit, embrace a healthy lifestyle and enjoy all of the rewards of this transformation.
REMINDER: Join Us for “EngAGE in Creativity” on Saturday
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“Still Dreaming” Documentary Feature Public TV Premiere in April
EngAGE was delighted to help launch the delightful documentary, STILL DREAMING, the latest award-winning feature from Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller (SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS, HOMELAND). The film will have its public television premiere in April 2018, distributed by American Public Television (APT) to more than 225 PBS stations and on The World Channel.
Listen to Tim Carpenter’s Experience Talks interview with Hank Rogerson in 2013, just prior to the film’s completion.
A majority of stations will air the film on April 14, but check your local PBS stations and air times here.
Initial broadcast times on The World Channel are:
Saturday, April 14 at 5pm PT // 8pm ET
Saturday, April 14 at 9pm PT// April 15 at 12am ET
Monday, April 16 at 7am PT // 10am ET
Buy a DVD or watch the entire movie streaming here.
Watch the 30-second trailer:
STILL DREAMING is a wistful, honest, and frequently hilarious true story which takes place at The Lillian Booth Actor’s Home, a community for retired entertainers and their family members just outside New York City. The Home has decided to bring its residents out of retirement and stage a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the facility. Ben Steinfeld and Noah Brody, two young, acclaimed directors from NYC, are hired to make this challenge a reality in a mere six weeks. As the ensemble dives into an unpredictable but revelatory journey, the choice of play begins to resonate in unexpected and marvelous ways. Like Shakespeare’s famous woods, the retirement home is a world where the difference between dreams and reality aren’t easy for some to distinguish. Working with aging cast members who are struggling with ailments from Alzheimer’s to near-blindness, Ben and Noah find themselves in a world they don’t quite understand—one in which they and the meaning of their art are being transformed. The film follows the production as opening night approaches and as tempers flare, health concerns abound, and disaster seems imminent. But as these seasoned entertainers forge ahead, they find that creativity is a magical force of renewal.
Featured in the film are some of Broadway’s finest performers including Charlotte Fairchild (Mame, 42nd St., Damn Yankees) Aideen O’Kelly (Othello, A Life, Philadelphia Here I Come!), Bob Evans (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game, Guys & Dolls), and Joan Stein (Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows). Robert Morse (How to Succeed in Business, AMC’s Mad Men) sings the end credits song, “Even I,” with piano accompaniment by Grammy award winner Bill Cunliffe.
Hank Rogerson, the film’s co-director says, “At the Lillian Booth, we discovered a group of people who have spent their whole lives following their dreams, some wildly successful, and some hardly at all. And here they are, retired, supposedly having given it all up. But what we witnessed during the rehearsal and performance process of “Midsummer” is that the huge talent of these former entertainers is still alive and well. What we captured was a reawakening, and it was truly profound and inspiring. We hope this film will challenge everyone to rethink what aging can be – a time of enrichment and joy rather than decline.” Rogerson and Spitzmiller are multi-award winning filmmakers whose work has appeared on National PBS, Sundance Channel, BBC, Starz/Encore, Aljazeera, Canal + and around the world.
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Welcome to the Team: Ben Evans
Welcome, Ben Evans, Program Director/Gallery Curator at ACE/121!
Originally from WA State, Ben settled in Los Angeles after a decade living abroad. Following a B.A. in Theater Studies from Yale University, he lived in London, Barcelona and Paris, where he earned an M.A. in Theater and Choreography from the University of Paris 8. His work as a choreographer and performer toured across Europe and parts of North and South America, and his more recent work in visual art has been shown in France, Germany, Brazil and Cyprus. He grew up with a strong sense of service and his move to Los Angeles was inspired by a desire to make an impact on a local level. He is elated to work with the residents at ACE/121 in Glendale in creating an innovative model of multi-generational living, art making and community development.
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News from the Team: Volunteers?
EngAGE Program Directors Sandra Vargas and Meloney Morse set up a table to recruit student volunteers at a Student Fair on the Cal State LA campus last week. If you’d like to get engaged as a volunteer, please email us at GetEngaged@gmail.com. We’re happy to work with volunteers of all ages!
News from Tavarua: Cooking Matters
EngAGE and the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank have teamed up again to provide a six-month cooking series for the residents at Tavarua Senior Apartments in Carlsbad, CA. Each month, a healthy and budget-friendly meal is prepared and enjoyed. Participants are educated about buying fruits and vegetables, comparing prices, reading and comparing food labels, and planning affordable meals. A free bag of fresh produce is also given out at each class.
~ Tracy Freeburg, Program Director
