Poetics of Aging Politics | Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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8:00 – 9:00 AM • GENTLE EXERCISE
Yin Yoga – Erin Fleming
8:00 – 9:00 AM • REGISTRATION • COFFEE • EXHIBITS
Poetics of Design Exhibit – Arianne Gelardin
8:00 – 9:00 AM • POSTER SESSIONS
Ann Marie Davis, Nancy Thompson
8:00 – 9:00 AM • CREATIVITY LAB
Lyrical Storyboards – Denise Bondy, Faith Winthrop
9:00 – 9:15 AM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
Jazz Singing – Faith Winthrop
9:15 – 9:25 AM • OPENING
Dedication & Appreciation – Nader Shabahangi, Sally Gelardin
9:25 – 10:00 AM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
Classic Theater: “The Mortal Frame” – Why does the politics of aging so frequently avoid confronting the life-shaping reality of death? – Rush Rehm
10:00 – 11:00 AM • KEYNOTE
Try It—You Might Like
It – John Krumboltz
11:00 – 11:15 AM • BREAK
Book Signing
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM • PANEL DISCUSSION
Politics of Aging Panel – Janice Blanchard; Nader Shabahangi; Helen Harkness; Jesse Lorenz; Sally Gelardin, Moderator
12:15 – 12:30 PM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
The Courtesan and the Crone – Anna Halprin
12:30 – 1:30 PM • LUNCH BREAK
Book Signing
1:30 – 2:30 PM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
The Antic-Witties – Barbara Scott, Daniel Savio
2:30 – 3:45 PM • WORKSHOPS
Benjamin Button, Our Future, and Aging Backwards – John Bailes
Social Security, Medicare, and Social Solidarity – Brooke Hollister
Why Survive? An Intergenerational Discussion on the Role of the Creative Arts in the Survival Process – Stuart Kandell, Ph.D. moderator, Dena Shapiro, 47, Outsider Artist, Terry Stokes, 74, actor, Isabel Fergusen, 95, Playwright/Poet, Terry Taplin, 23, Slam Poet Champion
2:30 – 3:55 PM • SPEAKEASY
Poem – Katherine Hastings (2:30 – 2:55 PM)
Poem – Janine Canan (3:00 – 3:25 PM)
Prose Poem – Barbara Rose Brooker (3:30 – 3:55 PM)
2:30 – 4:00 PM • CREATIVITY LAB
An Artist Lost & Found – Sheila Malkind (2:30 – 3:00 PM)
Leaf Printing on Book Marks – Brooke Agee, Denise Bondy (3:00 – 3:30 PM)
Who am I? Who are you? – Naomi Tickle (3:30 – 4:00 PM)
3:45 – 4:00 PM • BREAK
Book Signing
4:00 – 5:00 PM • FEATURED SPEAKER
Marion Rosen at 97: Finding a New Life Later in Life – Marion Rosen, Sara Webb, Mara Keller
4:00 – 5:00 PM • EXHIBIT
Meet the Designers – Arianne Gelardin, Andy Chen, Marion Rosen, Paulette Taggert, and others…
5:00 – 6:00 PM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
Playback Theater – Martin Holz