Brief But Spectacular: Writer and Teacher Flossie Lewis On Life At 91
June 30, 2016
In a new weekly video series, PBS Newshour has begun 2 minute presentations of interesting individuals speaking passionately about a particular topic. And so, meet Flossie Lewis: This 91 year old Brooklyn bred, Berkeley educated teacher and writer wants you to know that aging is a state of mind. Still…
Losing My Religion: Rethinking Faith (And Bacon) At Age 90
June 23, 2016
By the age of 90 there are probably few surprises in life. For 90 year old Razie, the star of the new documentary short “Bacon & God’s Wrath” her lifelong religious beliefs and faith become the subjects of reconsideration once she discovers the internet. Razie seizes the opportunity to explore…
Piano Lessons: A Master Toy Piano Player Tells All
June 9, 2016
70-year-old classical musician Margaret Leng Tan has devoted her life to being a serious musician, becoming the first woman to earn a doctorate from Juilliard in 1971. Yet her mastery of the toy piano, hardly a conventional choice, has led her on an unconventional musical path. Highly influenced by the…
Old Friends: Four Ladies Turn 100 Together
June 2, 2016
At the beginning of the 20th century, four small African American girls began their lives in the same Southwest neighborhood of Washington DC. They played together, faced the same challenges growing up in a still segregated society, grew up to marry and start families and sustained their friendships through life’s…
It’s In Vogue: Harvey Nichols Celebrates Vogue With A Model For The Ages
May 12, 2016
Turns out that Queen Elizabeth is not the only Britain celebrating a special birthday this year. Celebrating its own centennial, British Vogue is being feted by the fashionable folks of London, including the luxury retailer Harvey Nichols. To mark the occasion of 100 years of British Vogue, this department store…
The Artist Is 100: The Thriving Career of Carmen Herrera:
May 5, 2016
When you hear that someone has been selected to be the inaugural artist at the new Lisson Gallery in New York City, or that her work will be the subject of a retrospective at the prestigious Whitney Museum in the Fall of 2016, you generally don’t think of a diminutive…
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