Culture

For more than 50 years, 88 year old Alex Carozza has been plying his trade on West 48th Street in New York City as the country’s premier accordion repairman. But as neighborhoods come and go in New York, so, too, do its shopkeepers. After 5 decades, Mr. Carroza has had…

Now that the holidays and winter are upon us, it’s easy to think of a warm hat or scarf as an appropriate and useful gift. One New York-based start-up wants you to also think about being socially conscious while you go about your holiday shopping. Wooln is a new crowd-funded manufacturer of…

It’s hard enough getting older. Imagine growing older, with all of its attendant limitations, while serving a sentence behind bars. Your life is severely restricted and your options to maintain a quality of life are few. For photographer Jessica Earnshaw, the subject of aging prisoners became a passion and a…

As people live longer and the over 80 segment of the population grows larger, researchers are beginning to focus on how to improve the lives of these very senior citizens. Scientists at Stanford recently published a piece in the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences that highlights the real value that information…

This time of year there are innumerable “best of” lists floating around. So here’s one that you might find a bit unusual: “Best Books For People of a Certain Age.” The list includes memoirs and mini-histories, with some self-help and humor thrown in. Looking for a little distraction for yourself…

It’s hard enough getting older. Imagine growing older, with all of its attendant limitations, while serving a sentence behind bars. Your life is severely restricted and your options to maintain a quality of life are few. For photographer Jessica Earnshaw, the subject of aging prisoners became a passion and a…