Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
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"Let Them All Talk" is a unique comedy streaming on HBO Max starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest, with Lucas Hedges and Gemma Chan. It touches upon the importance of human relationships – especially as one ages – with humor. "In the old days, this movie would be called a 'comedy of manners,'" said director Steven Soderbergh. "We had a setup that allowed us to get into some issues that are interesting to me, especially as I am getting older." "One of the rea...
Based on the best-selling novel by Robert Kimmel Smith, the new holiday-themed movie "The War with Grandpa" features an all-star cast led by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle and Uma Thurman. There's an old expression that, "A man's home is his castle." That's exactly how sixth grade student Peter feels about his second-floor bedroom in his family's comfortable suburban home. It's a place where he can get away from his folks, his...
(Reprinted courtesy of the Alzheimer's Association.) Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang's moving documentary, "Our Time Machine," follows acclaimed Shanghai artist Maleonn as he stages a play for his father, who is battling Alzheimer's disease. The play, "Papa's Time Machine," is a whimsical, autobiographical stage performance where two men representing Maleonn and his father, Ma Ke, attempt to go back in time to revisit the happiest moments of their lives. "Our Time Machine" has...
"I always joke that I'm not a real artist; I'm a cartoonist," said Jenny Campbell, who creates the comic strip "Flo & Friends." Campbell, the daughter of an artist and a syndicated writer, has always loved to draw. "I've always drawn, from the time I could hold a crayon," she said. "Because my style was too cartoony, I went the journalism route instead – but for every newspaper I did a cartoon." When Campbell was 32, she decided to change careers and give her real passion a s...
Norma Lovelace has been named the Mighty Oak Chorus "Barbershopper of the Year." Last year, she joined the chorus when it welcomed female singers for the first time in its 38-year history. In that short time, she served as program vice president, created the script for the 38th annual two-hour musical "Rock 'N Roll is Here to Stay," and organized and sang in the chorus' first-ever female quartet. Lovelace was inspired to join the chorus by her father, Wayne Snell, who...
"I'm too old for Snapchat, but too young for Life Alert." – Joan Lunden Age seems to be on Joan Lunden's mind a lot these days. The journalist, author, motivational speaker, spokesperson, health-and-wellness advocate and mother of seven, who hosted "Good Morning America" for almost 20 years, recently turned her attention to writing about how life changes for women as they become senior citizens. Her new book, Why Did I Come into this Room? A Candid Conversation about Aging, i...
South Valley fans of singers such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley will soon have a "new" station to turn to on their radios, "It isn't new, it's been on the air," said Fritz Ashauer, the owner of the station, KZKC 89.9FM in Kettleman City. The station, which was known as K-Wave, had been featuring Biblical teaching programs and religious music. The new format won't really be a "new" one, Ashauer explained. The station will be known as "Kings Radio" and play...
"The Age of Love" was inspired by a conversation filmmaker Steven Loring had at his mother's kitchen table in 2011. At the time, his 71-year-old newly widowed mother was trying to adjust to the changes in her life. "Who's ever going to hug me again for the rest of my life, or hold me, or touch me?" she asked. "Now I'm just another old lady in the world, alone." Loring's response took almost four years – the making of the documentary "The Age of Love," which premiered in 2...
Rustler Wednesdays are back at Recreation Park. The Visalia Rawhide has announced the renewal of its Rawhide Rustler Senior Club, a unique ticket membership only available to fans 55 years of age and up. The Visalia Rawhide is a professional baseball team in the Class A Advanced California League and the only professional sports team in Tulare and Kings counties. The team has been an affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks since 2007 and is entering its 74th year of play in...
Looking for something new to do with your grandchild? ImagineU Children's Museum may have the answer. The nonprofit opened in 2015 at its current location northeast of downtown Visalia on Tipton Street, just north of Center. Although its focus is on exhibits and activities for children under eight years old, Executive Director Katy Young said they recently turned their attention toward a much older demographic –grandparents. "One day, I was looking out our window and t...
The 2020 Visalia Senior Games, the Central Valley's only senior games, will be held at various locations in Visalia on March 21-22 and 28-29. Nearly 200 athletes are already registered for the 2020 games, and many more are expected to register before the March 6th registration deadline. Visalia Senior Games promote a healthy, active lifestyle for adults ages 50 and better. This is an event that not only recognizes active seniors but draws attendees from all over California...
"If we want to stay in the game, we need to keep our brains stimulated," explained Carol Pack, co-author of Mind Games & Soporifics, in the book's description on Amazon. "Too many of us have developed routines that make life predictable but don't do much to stimulate our cognitive functions." Barbara Paskoff, the other co-author, told The Good Life that the new book, which follows their simultanously humorous and educational book, Over-Sixty Shades of Gray, was Pack's idea. "T...
In the history of jazz music, there is only one bandleader with the distinction of having his orchestra still performing sold out concerts all over the world more than 30 years after his passing, still with band members chosen by him. Pianist and bandleader William James "Count" Basie was and still is an American institution that personifies the grandeur of jazz. The Count Basie Orchestra, with guest vocalist Carmen Bradford, will headline the Visalia Fox Theatre on Friday,...
(BPT) - Just try to walk by an unfinished jigsaw puzzle without stopping. It's almost impossible. In fact, nearly half of all Americans puzzle for fun, to relax or to relieve stress. Families puzzle together as a tradition. Millennials puzzle to connect with each other and disconnect from a hyper-digital lifestyle, while seniors puzzle for a brain boost. It may feel like puzzling is one of many retro activities in vogue again, but it has always been in fashion. Here are some...
The Visalia Rawhide baseball team is looking for local ladies at least 70 years of age to participate in its annual "Belle of the Ballpark" pageant on Wednesday, May 15. At the event, participants will be asked to participate in several in-game "challenges," including a runway walk, cookie baking contest, cheek pinching show-down, and "white t-shirt contest" (decorating a white Rawhide t-shirt). This annual event began in 2011 to celebrate the team's 65th anniversary. During...
The 50th Annual Senior Day in the Park, a free event for seniors, their families and caregivers, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, May 3, at Mooney Grove Park, 2700 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia. This year's theme is "Golden Anniversary Bash." Entertainment will include Mariachi Juvenal Nueva Generacion, Jerry Hope singing "The Star Bangled Banner," Post 56 Color Guard and Flag Salute, and of course, a performance by "Elvis" (Jeremy Pearce). There will also be a...
Tulare County Library, along with the California Center for the Book, will present "Before I Die," a Book to Action program series, at the Visalia Branch Library. The series is based on the book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson. Programs feature open dialogue on topics related to death and dying, and ways to prepare and overcome to find fulfillment. The series includes a book discussion group, guest speakers and programs that provide ideas on...
The sixth annual Heart of Seniors "Spectacular Resource Event" Luncheon, hosted by the Senior Coalition, was held on February 14 at the Wyndham Hotel in Visalia. The event included a vital resource fair with vendors, a fashion show with the latest in fashion for the mature woman, and a luncheon. The keynote speaker was Cynthia Pahl-Johnson, Language and Communication Studies Division chair at College of the Sequoias, who talked about how to deal with stress and toxic people,...
Wednesdays will be all about the long-time baseball fans at Rawhide Ballpark in 2019. The Visalia Rawhide will debut the Rawhide Rustler Senior Club, a unique ticket membership only available to fans 55 years of age and up, for the upcoming season. By partnering with Health Net, the team will be able to provide tickets to every Wednesday game during the season (excluding July 3) to local seniors at a heavily reduced rate. Rawhide Rustler members can also claim exclusive giveaway items and take part in unique experiences not a...
The San Diego Comic-Con attracts more than 170,000 pop culture fans annually, but is it senior-friendly? This 63-year-old writer enjoys attending the event each year but when I was there this year, I started wondering if it was something I would recommend to other seniors. I decided to get the advice of two cartoonists whose tables I make a point of visiting at every Comic-Con. "The Con's attendees span all age groups, all races and backgrounds," said former National Lampoon c...
COMIC STRIPS OF THE 50S AND 60S Fill in the blanks of the names of these comic strips that were popular in the 50s and 60s: 1. A _ _ y C _ _ p 2. B _ _ t _ _ B _ _ l _ _ 3. B _ _ n _ _ e 4. B _ _ n _ _ S _ _ r _ 5. M _ _ m _ _ u _ _ Answers from the May/June Issue NEWS EVENTS OF THE 60S - ANSWERS 1. 1961 – Alan B. Shepard orbits space 2. 1962 – Cuban missile crisis 3. 1964 – Earthquake destroys Anchorage 4. 1967 – Moshe Dayan leads Israel in 6-Day War 5. 1968 – Martin Luther King slain in Memphis NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE...
"Little Big Shots: Forever Young" premiered on Wednesday, June 21 with five amazing young-at-heart seniors and a special guest appearance by Betty White. The one-hour show on NBC is executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres and host Steve Harvey. Following up on the success of "Little Big Shots," in which kids brought their incredible talents to a primetime audience, "Little Big Shots: Forever Young" features amazing seniors ranging in age from 60 to 103, showcasing their hidden...
G-POP from Kochi-ke ALL STARS is similar to a lot of American boy bands, except that this group is made up of five Japanese men with an average age of 68. The group, which formed in February 2016, comes from from Kochi prefecture, an area that has the second highest percentage of seniors in Japan. Their first single, "Banzai Old Age!," has more than a half million views on YouTube. The group's popularity is not just from fans in Japan, but around the world in places such as...
Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty, in director Zach Braff's comedy "Going in Style." Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with...