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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Senior Planet talks to…Ellen Burstyn

…me…and then I have a play that I can’t talk about yet until it’s financed and booked in the theater! Q: What’s your secret to aging with attitude? ELLEN: By…

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Video of the week: Four Days in Dementia Village

…go within its confines, visiting their supermarket and the hairdresser, playing music, seeing theater, taking walks. The residents live together in settings that reflect their former lifestyles—traditional or modern, luxury…

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Senior Planet Talks to…Roma Downey

…to heartbreak. If you live long enough you know that everyone is going to be touched by heartbreak. Q: Before Touched by an Angel you began in theater. It used…

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Older performers star in Legacy Project

…segment of the project was set up like a classroom. Joan paired the actors with ten young fellows who are graduate students in the fields of arts, theater, health, and…

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Seniors Traveling Solo: Some Great Solutions

…for theater lovers and literary tours to Italy or Paris that explore where a favorite author lived and wrote. You can find non-traditional cruises online for interests such as motorcycles,…

Friday, December 23, 2016

These Tech Products Might Make a Difference for Seniors   

…curb cut in front of the restaurant or theater, or a graveled or paved walkway, or stairs to navigate. The ALIGN Project at the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental…

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Senior Idol: Brooklyn’s Talent Contest

…like Gentile, had performance experience (he performs with the local M.A.S. Swing Band and the Strivelli Players, a Brooklyn theater group). Others had honed their considerable talents via the karaoke…

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Why “Lift Every Voice?”

…and Black theater of his time. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” isn’t a hymn written to replace our honored National Anthem; it’s a continuation of the methods Black Americans adopted…

Friday, June 15, 2018

The Ties that Bind

…plays for a local theater and hosts her own radio station, is a strong believer in ageing with attitude and is always on the look out for new ventures. “You…

Monday, October 23, 2017

Meet Bobbie Rose—Artist, Model, Centenarian

…paintings and sculpture (she started welding at 90); she’s also made shadow boxes, a puppet theater, a carousel, a totem pole, a tree house… That’s why I’m visiting Bobbie at…

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Sun City Poms (Not Your Typical Cheerleaders)

…dancing, yoga, bridge, backgammon, book clubs, computer, ceramics, racquetball, ukelele, tennis, a women’s chorus and theater. In 2013, Todd Antony, an award-winning London-based photographer, traveled to Arizona to shoot a…

Monday, November 7, 2022

How To Be a Digital Volunteer

…of Directors for National Queer Theater, Inc. Points of Light This site is easy to navigate and has interesting categories, like Archives and Geneaology. There you can volunteer for Ancestry.com’s…

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Tovah Feldshuh: Living in Quantum Time

…about art, life and aging cascade out of her mouth. Up until this year, she was probably best known for her award-winning theater work (four Tony nominations, including her turn…

Friday, October 23, 2015

“The Intern”: Grownup to the Rescue

As the credits rolled, applause broke out for “The Intern” in the South Florida theater where I saw it. Considering that this is a low-key comedy — no one triumphs…

Monday, September 26, 2022

Get Social: From URL to IRL

…in community theater so, of course, the Denver contingent enjoyed a matinee performance. What are friendships like when people first meet each other as small squares on electronic screens? Plans…