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Monday, March 12, 2018

Meet the Member: Richard Berger

…interest, with classes on music and creative thinking at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Another favorite destination? The Senior Planet Exploration Center. A Passion for Music The couple, married…

Friday, August 7, 2020

Louis Gossett Jr. talks to Senior Planet

Brooklyn-born actor Louis Gossett Jr., 84, reckons we’re never too old to learn something new – today spreading the word about the connection between music and brain health with his…

Monday, July 31, 2023

Striking the Right Chords

Music Education degree from Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in New York.” After a career as an elementary school music teacher, and a break to raise her children,…

Monday, October 6, 2014

Aging With Attitude: Dr. Ephraim Engleman, 103

…“Eph” took a breather to talk to Senior Planet by phone.   Your life has been a mix of music and medicine. How have they kept you happy? Music is…

Monday, August 27, 2018

Dancing through life: Martha Halas

When grandmother Martha Halas decided to “unlearn” everything she’d been told growing up, she had no idea it would put her on the music map and earn her a starring…

Monday, August 12, 2019

Q&A: Journalist takes us back to Woodstock

music or tell people about it as a publicist or journalist. Music is my muse and my salvation. One of the themes of my Woodstock book is music as salvation….

Monday, August 7, 2023

Tech: Six Cool Tricks You Didn’t Know Alexa Can Do

Who says technology has to be serious? There’s so much more to Alexa than setting alarms or playing music. If you have an Echo smart speaker device you’ve got Alexa….

Friday, May 15, 2020

Bill Bonk’s Quarantine Concerts

…be together, even at a distance. Music is so healing and we’ve started a great new tradition.” Music has long been a canyon custom, he says, recalling the “needle drop”…

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

It’s Roller Disco Season, and Seniors Are Boogieing

…– with great music. The power of community   Ironically, this skating community might have had its biggest boost from its most serious threat: a New York City amplified music

Friday, August 11, 2017

Why I Like Hanging Out with Younger People

…members. If you don’t like horror movies, look for social groups. There’s one in my area called Music, Mingle and Mischief which features “live music, dancing, happy hours, pool parties,…

Friday, April 19, 2013

Got Vinyl? Record Albums Are Making a Comeback

…their superior audio quality – you probably moved on long ago to CDs and mp3s. But the tide is turning: while CD and mp3 sales have dominated the music industry…

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Singing for Health – and Happiness

music programming. Get info here. “Music puts us in touch with our feelings, connects us to the past, and gives us hope for the future. There are so many inspirational…

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Senior Planet Talks to J.K. Simmons

…a peek? Here’s the trailer for Night Sky: Q: You studied music at college and your dad was a music teacher. What instrument do you play at home? JK: I…

Friday, June 9, 2017

How I Made Seventy

…even considered when I sat down to write the script. Music was my inspiration—the music I was using in my film and the music I had listened to most of…

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Make a Joyful Noise – Worldwide!

…to songs written by other participants. The monthly sessions are open to everyone to perform and to listen. Love music? Check out all the Senior Planet’s musical events you can…