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      • Thursday, Nov 17
      • Friday, Nov 18
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Poetics of Aging
  • Home
  • Interview Series Details
  • Agenda
    • Agenda Information
    • Full Schedule
    • Wednesday, Nov 16
    • Thursday, Nov 17
    • Friday, Nov 18
    • Saturday, Nov 19
  • EHI Inner Elder
  • Highlights
  • Registration
  • CEUs
  • Journal
  • Committee
  • Collaborators
  • Keynote Speakers
  • Presentor Resources
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  • Our Ancestors
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Highlights

Talking Stick

The Talking Stick has been used for centuries by Native Americans and  others as a means to foster respectful listening in council and  deliberations It has been adopted and adapted in many ways, but its core  power remains as a way of honoring a respectful relationship between  speaker and listeners so that everyone feels included, valued, and  understood.


The Tales & Trails Storytellers invite all  Poetics participants to share in the creation of a Poetics Conference  Talking Stick.  Bring a little token (a charm, a button, bead, piece of  fabric - anything that can be tied or strung), and at some point  during  the conference, attach it to the talking stick, which will be held in  the "Speakeasy"  by the poets and storytellers.  We will also bring an  assortment of beads, etc, that you can use.


As  our connections with each other grow at the conference, as we speak  with each other, in scheduled and spontaneous encounters,  we will be  affirming and honoring each other and creating a beautiful tangible  representation of our time together. The Talking Stick will remind us  that in the spirit of Ubuntu, "I am who I am, because of who we all are  together."

Unwind with Jazz Legends Sam Peoples and Charles Unger Frida

Sign up at Registration for the Friday Evening Reception, November 18, 7  pm to 9 pm. Sam Peoples and Charles Unger have been performing around  the Bay area for the past 30 years. Recently, they have been playing  jazz for Age Song. They just returned from Europe performing in Holland,  Denmark and Sweden. You can also see them playing regularly at the  Sheba Piano Lounge,Rasselas Jazz Club and Le Joulin Jazz Bistro here in  San Francisco.

theater

Rush Rehm – Stanford Summer Theater – Starts off Each Day

Rush Rehm – Stanford Summer Theater – Starts off Each Day

Rush Rehm – Stanford Summer Theater – Starts off Each Day

Professor of Drama and Classics at Stanford University, Rush Rehm has  written several books on Greek tragedy and is the Artistic Director of  Stanford Summer Theater. Experience aging through scenes from  Shakespeare, Didion, and Beckett. Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking (about dealing with grief, loss, inevitable change that comes

Professor of Drama and Classics at Stanford University, Rush Rehm has  written several books on Greek tragedy and is the Artistic Director of  Stanford Summer Theater. Experience aging through scenes from  Shakespeare, Didion, and Beckett. Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking (about dealing with grief, loss, inevitable change that comes with age/human time); Act 5 of King Lear (about forgiveness and understanding in the face of age and decline); a section of Beckett’s Happy Days (about the will to continue in spite of physical limitations), and a general piece on the stages of aging (Jacques in As You Like It, some poetry–Yeats, Sarton, Wilbur–and others).

Josiah Polhemus presents Stagebridge

Rush Rehm – Stanford Summer Theater – Starts off Each Day

Rush Rehm – Stanford Summer Theater – Starts off Each Day

The Playback Theater Troupe

Personal stories shared by audience members are instantly transformed  by the ensemble into improvised theater pieces using movement, ritual,  dramatic spoken word and music. The work of Playback theater helps  performers with their listening and memory skills. Performers range in  age from 60 – 75. Director Mar

The Playback Theater Troupe

Personal stories shared by audience members are instantly transformed  by the ensemble into improvised theater pieces using movement, ritual,  dramatic spoken word and music. The work of Playback theater helps  performers with their listening and memory skills. Performers range in  age from 60 – 75. Director Martin Holtz is the Associate Creative  Director and founding member of the Bay Area Playback Theatre.


The Antic–Witties

Participate in The Anti-Witties, featuring Barbara Scott and Daniel  Savio on piano. Join this group of improvisers of a certain age, who  have ‘wowed’ the SF Theater Festival three years in a row, as they  create scenes on the spot and even improvise musical numbers based on  suggestions from the audience. The theater games often involve audience  participation. Barbara Scott is a longtime member of Bay Area  Theatresports and the founding member of TRUE FICTION MAGAZINE improv  company. She has directed the Antic-Witties for the past 3 years. Daniel  Savio is a composer and musical director who has worked with the SF  Mime Troupe, Porchlight Theater and Stagebridge. He is the composer of  the musicals City Green, Grandfather’s Journey, Grandpa’s Teeth and  Chicken Sunday



Antic Witties

Scenework and Discussion: A selection from Harold & Maude

Scenework and Discussion: A sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack

Scenework and Discussion: A sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack

Actress, director Joy Carlin will participate in a scene from the play  and famous movie about an unconventional intergenerational love story.  Discussion will follow with Ms. Carlin and other collaborators on  breaking the stereotypes of desire and love.

Scenework and Discussion: A sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack

Scenework and Discussion: A sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack

Scenework and Discussion: A sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack


Joan Holden (award winning playwright of Nickel and Dimed and the SF  Mime Troupe) features a play dealing with breaking the stereotypes of  aging working professionals. Playwright Joan Holden and actress Joan  Mankin along with director Sharon Lockwood will discuss their nearly 40  year collaboration starting with SF Mime Troupe. The pla


Joan Holden (award winning playwright of Nickel and Dimed and the SF  Mime Troupe) features a play dealing with breaking the stereotypes of  aging working professionals. Playwright Joan Holden and actress Joan  Mankin along with director Sharon Lockwood will discuss their nearly 40  year collaboration starting with SF Mime Troupe. The play is loosely  based on the award-winning book Counter Culture by Candacy Taylor  (featured in the New Yorker and SF Chronicle).

Martha Boesing goes to the streets in Song of the Magpie

Scenework and Discussion: A sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack

Martha Boesing goes to the streets in Song of the Magpie

Martha Boesing’s new, deeply moving play, SONG OF THE MAGPIE is about a 69-year-old woman who goes out to experience the world as a  homeless person. Growing out of the work of the Faithful Fools, a San  Francisco-based organization that enables non-homeless people to go out  into the streets of the Tenderloin and live there for a day, or

Martha Boesing’s new, deeply moving play, SONG OF THE MAGPIE is about a 69-year-old woman who goes out to experience the world as a  homeless person. Growing out of the work of the Faithful Fools, a San  Francisco-based organization that enables non-homeless people to go out  into the streets of the Tenderloin and live there for a day, or in this  case a week, the play portrays the dangers, hardships and unexpected  humanity that is found there.

“SONG OF THE MAGPIE is a masterpiece of homeless drama. It  conveys both the individual’s harsh experiences on the streets, along  with the political injustices perpetuating homelessness. Most  importantly, Boesing somehow reveals the inward fears and joys and the  hidden, deep emotions that very few artists could render so well on  stage” (Street Spirit, March, 2006).

song and music

Faith Winthrop

Faith Winthrop

Faith Winthrop

“The many attitudes toward the process of aging may include  acceptance, delight, denial, despair and abject terror. Having worked  through many of these transitions myself, I am grateful to be my age and  have the ability to share wonderful songs and sentiments.”

Faith Winthrop is a Bay Area treasure celebrating 80 years of life in  song 

“The many attitudes toward the process of aging may include  acceptance, delight, denial, despair and abject terror. Having worked  through many of these transitions myself, I am grateful to be my age and  have the ability to share wonderful songs and sentiments.”

Faith Winthrop is a Bay Area treasure celebrating 80 years of life in  song as both an international singer/songwriter and a leading  specialist in vocal technique and performance skills. Faith was the  founding director of Glide Memorial’s now-famed ensemble and a faculty  member at the SF Conservatory of Music. She continues to teach at The  Jazzschool and Mills College and in her home studio. She has coached  many acclaimed artists, including Ben Vereen, Al Jarreau, Holly Near and  Paula West, as well as countless aspiring singers. Her interest in  songs related to aging has inspired her new show to premier at San  Francisco’s Razz Room in November. You can find out more about Faith by  visiting her website: www.faithwinthrop.com

Gaea Yudron

Faith Winthrop

Faith Winthrop

Gaea Yudron, Director of Sage’s Play, is a best-selling author  (Growing and Using the Healing Herbs, Gaea Weiss), healing arts  practitioner and performing artist.

Listen to clips from A New Wrinkle: Baba Yaga’s Raga; Are You Gonna Take it with You to the Grave?; Passing for Young; Sex after Sixty.

Spirit of ’29

Faith Winthrop

Spirit of ’29

For nearly three decades the Spirit of ’29 has been pleasing  audiences with its hot brand of exuberant Dixieland Jazz. Folks of all  ages clap their hands, tap their feet and get up and dance.

poetry and story telling

David Meltzer and Julie Rogers

David Meltzer and Julie Rogers

David Meltzer and Julie Rogers

Both poets since their youth, Julie Rogers & David Meltzer began  their literary careers during the 50s’ Beat heyday in San Francisco  (David) and in the SF cafes in the late 70s (Julie). Their publications  include poetry, anthologies, songwriting, fiction, and essays. David  bring “music to poetry and poetry to music (Ferlinhetti) and Julie’s  words “travel and illume-the Way” (Hirshfield).

Debora and Barry Barkan

David Meltzer and Julie Rogers

David Meltzer and Julie Rogers

Debora and Barry Barkan use music and communal poetry to cultivate a new  culture of aging for elders. They originated Life Oak Institute and  Elder’s Guild Project and helped found spiritual eldering work with Reb  Zalman Schacter Shalomi. They are among the founders and leaders of the  the Pioneer Network, which has engaged hundreds of 

Debora and Barry Barkan use music and communal poetry to cultivate a new  culture of aging for elders. They originated Life Oak Institute and  Elder’s Guild Project and helped found spiritual eldering work with Reb  Zalman Schacter Shalomi. They are among the founders and leaders of the  the Pioneer Network, which has engaged hundreds of thousands of people  to transform the culture of eldercare. Barry is an Ashoka Fellow.

Bob Kanegis

David Meltzer and Julie Rogers

Bob Kanegis

Bob Kanegis listens for stories, tells stories, and lives a storied  life. He performs at schools, libraries and at community events  nationwide. His passion for encouraging others to tell their stories,  has led to long term teaching residencies and projects with incarcerated  teens, corporate leaders, farm worker families, and the Unite

Bob Kanegis listens for stories, tells stories, and lives a storied  life. He performs at schools, libraries and at community events  nationwide. His passion for encouraging others to tell their stories,  has led to long term teaching residencies and projects with incarcerated  teens, corporate leaders, farm worker families, and the United Nations  Association through the “Visions and Voices project.

Movement

Somatics Healing

Marion Rosen at 97: Finding a New Life Later in Life

Internationally-renowned somatics pioneer Marion Rosen founded her  own work in the healing arts at age 56. Still working at 97, she is a  model for aging gracefully, productively and powerfully. Her message  about the healing power of touch has been carried to 15 countri

Somatics Healing

Marion Rosen at 97: Finding a New Life Later in Life

Internationally-renowned somatics pioneer Marion Rosen founded her  own work in the healing arts at age 56. Still working at 97, she is a  model for aging gracefully, productively and powerfully. Her message  about the healing power of touch has been carried to 15 countries as  Rosen Method Bodywork and Movement. Marion is joined by Sara Webb and  Mara Keller, who ask the audience: How do we revision our usefulness  through the seasons of our lives? How do we become author of our life in  the context of community? Benefits of touch for self-care and caring  for others are addressed as participants learn simple hands-on  techniques for relaxation. When tension is contacted with gentle touch,  release leads to new freedom in our bodies and spirits

Anna Halprin

A Courtesan is a fancy, educated call girl, similar to a Geisha. A  crone is an older woman. Legendary Anna Halprin, at the age of 91,  dances The Courtesan and the Crone. Anna Halprin’s diverse  career has spanned the field of dance since the late 1930s, creating  revolutionary directions for the art form and inspiring fellow

Anna Halprin

A Courtesan is a fancy, educated call girl, similar to a Geisha. A  crone is an older woman. Legendary Anna Halprin, at the age of 91,  dances The Courtesan and the Crone. Anna Halprin’s diverse  career has spanned the field of dance since the late 1930s, creating  revolutionary directions for the art form and inspiring fellow  choreographers to take modern dance to new dimensions. James Roose –  Evans author of “Experimental Theatre” called Anna one of the most  important theatre artists of the 20th century.

Movies

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Life/Work Counseling

Norm Amundson

Norm Amundson

Norm Amundson

Dr. Norman Amundson will discuss how metaphors can be used as conceptual  containers for both understanding and enhancing experience. As a  starting point, participants will be challenged to identify common  personal and work metaphors. Metaphors that have been woven into the  fabric of the conference will be highlighted. Building on this

Dr. Norman Amundson will discuss how metaphors can be used as conceptual  containers for both understanding and enhancing experience. As a  starting point, participants will be challenged to identify common  personal and work metaphors. Metaphors that have been woven into the  fabric of the conference will be highlighted. Building on this  foundation, there will be an exploration of ways in which metaphors can  be identified, expanded upon, enriched and even changed as part of a  positive life/work evolving process. A card sort activity will be  introduced for the upcoming metaphor breakout exercise. The opening  address will be based on Dr. Amundson’s books – “Metaphor Making: Your  Career, Your Life, Your Way” and “Physics of Living”.

Fred Mandell

Norm Amundson

Norm Amundson

Fred Mandell relates the creative process and skills of the great  artists to relevant to personal and professional vitality. Learn how to  enhance your personal creativity and develop a client’s creative skills,  while generating co-creating moments that catapult the relationship to  new levels of exploration, discovery, and authenticity

Fred Mandell relates the creative process and skills of the great  artists to relevant to personal and professional vitality. Learn how to  enhance your personal creativity and develop a client’s creative skills,  while generating co-creating moments that catapult the relationship to  new levels of exploration, discovery, and authenticity. The presentation  is an outgrowth of over 100 in-depth interviews with people at midlife  and beyond and a deep reading of the working process and lives of many  great masters.

Body/Mind/Spirit Fitness

Erin Fleming

Betsy Best-Martini

Sherri Baptiste

Yin Yoga for Boomers on Up, led by Erin Fleming, an inspiring, nurturing  and knowledgeable teacher at the forefront of the Yin Yoga movement in  Northern California. She views Yin Yoga as a profound practice that  emphasizes long-held but passive poses which enhance flexibility in the  joints and instill lightness and grace in the body, especially important  for aging bodies.

Sherri Baptiste

Betsy Best-Martini

Sherri Baptiste

Baptiste Yoga, led by Sherri Baptiste, especially important as we age  and to keep our body and mind fit. Learn a gentle, breath-based yoga  technique from a teacher at the forefront of yoga training and the  author of Yoga with Weights for Dummies. Born and raised in San Francisco, Sherri is the daughter of two yoga-health-fitness pionee

Baptiste Yoga, led by Sherri Baptiste, especially important as we age  and to keep our body and mind fit. Learn a gentle, breath-based yoga  technique from a teacher at the forefront of yoga training and the  author of Yoga with Weights for Dummies. Born and raised in San Francisco, Sherri is the daughter of two yoga-health-fitness pioneers, Magana and Walt Baptiste (former Mr. America). Sherri has been involved with and teaching yoga since her teens.

Betsy Best-Martini

Betsy Best-Martini

Betsy Best-Martini

Betsy Best-Martini, a Certified Recreational Therapist specializing in  the field of gerontology and long term care, leads us in a simple  exercise routine for boomers and beyond. Betsy is a faculty member of  the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) and a national  trainer for, and contributing author to, the “ATRA Dementia Protocol  Guidelines,” an evidence based training manual.

Antonio Sausys

Betsy Best-Martini

Betsy Best-Martini

“The fact that grief is a normal reaction to loss doesn’t make it any  easier to go through,” according to Antonio Sausys, a specialist in yoga  and meditation for those experiencing grief. He says, “Yoga can be  instrumental in addressing the symptoms of grief because it focuses on  mind, body, and spirit, the three areas where grief man

“The fact that grief is a normal reaction to loss doesn’t make it any  easier to go through,” according to Antonio Sausys, a specialist in yoga  and meditation for those experiencing grief. He says, “Yoga can be  instrumental in addressing the symptoms of grief because it focuses on  mind, body, and spirit, the three areas where grief manifests—and often  goes unacknowledged.” Antonio’s unresolved grief related to his Mother’s  early death prompted him to develop a yoga and meditation practice to  address the physical, mental and spiritual symptoms of grief that often  go acknowledged. His Father’s cancer inspired him to create a Yoga for  Cancer program, the motto of which is ‘Spirit can’t have cancer.’

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