The Powered by Age Podcast is entering it's second season: "Age-Friendly City", and is sponsored by the 411 Seniors Centre Society and the City of Vancouver.
Our 113th Zoomcast (June 30, 2022);
Guest hosted by Jesse Wentzloff.
Today’s host, CJSF Public Affairs Coordinator Jesse Wentzloff, invites Nansey Sinclaire to introduce her daughter, Vancouver Island University fine arts student Christine Battye. We watch and discuss a video of the exhibition Art Action Arising, a compilation of works from the Qualicum Beach Art Battle, curated by Christine.Christine tells us about the art battle, the process of creating the exhibit, and her artistic style and creative process.
Neall Ryon reads his poem There’s Room Here and complements his reading with a You Tube video of O Canada sung in 11 different languages.
We close by discussing how we plan to celebrate Canada Day.
Sponsored by the 411 Seniors Centre Society; The Government of Canada: New Horizons Grant; and G & F Financial.
23 Jun 2022
S4E12 - A Smooth Summer Solstice
Our 111th Zoomcast (June 23, 2022);
Our host #CharlotteSistaCFerrell announces the launch of her video poem Choose to Challenge.
Neall Ryon reads an article an extract from Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson about the chaotic history of Juneteenth. Read at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com (http://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/)
Lesley Hebert reads the poem Bed in Summer by RL Stevenson and we share our summer memories and talk about the impact of summer on our creativity.
Charlotte reads her poem Can you Imagine?
Neall shares his plan to create a book by travelling to various communities across the province and gathering creative writing from seniors. Anyone interested in taking part or sponsoring Neall’s project can contact him at ncr223@gmail.com (mailto:ncr223@gmail.com)
Listeners hear different versions of the song Summertime.
In closing, Charlotte reminds us that the nature or our podcast is to “speak up listen up act upon” – to share ideas and work for change – and encourages listeners to contact her at pbaafc@gmail.com (mailto:pbaafc@gmail.com) to have their work recorded for the easy listening section of the PBA website.
Sponsored by the 411 Seniors Centre Society; The Government of Canada: New Horizons Grant; and G & F Financial.
2 Jun 2022
S4E9 - Celebrating the Best of PBA, Volume 2
Our 108th Zoomcast (June 2, 2022);
Revisit more of the best moments of the Powered By Age Podcast, featuring some of our favourite guests: Shibani Gokhele, Doretta Lau, and Hassan Aj Konter
Sponsored by the 411 Seniors Centre Society; The Government of Canada: New Horizons Grant; and G & F Financial.
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