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  • Meet Me at the Coolidge . . . and Make Memories

    Posted Sunday December 09 2012 at 10:43 pm

    Meet Me at the Coolidge

    ARTZ - Artists for Alzheimer's and Coolidge Corner Theatre present an interactive film program for people with memory loss and their care partners.

    Meet Me at the Coolidge...and Make Memories is a one-of-a-kind film experience, designed specifically for people with memory loss and their care partners.  Short clips from classic films will be shown, followed by audience discussion and reminiscence, guided by a moderator.

    Where: Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline MA
    When: Thursdays - December 13 2012,  March 14 2013,  June 20 2013  10am -12noon

    This program demonstrates how film can be a form of treatment for people with memory loss, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.  The cinema has the power to connect us with our deep-rooted emotional memories - the kind that never leave us.

    For tickets, more information, or to volunteer, send an e-mail to Dee Brenner at brenner@artzalz.org or call 978-985-4427.

    Admission, Parking, and Refreshments are FREE but please RSVP with the number of seats requested.



    The Boston Globe Asks: "Is Art Therapy the Answer for Dementia?"

    Posted Thursday December 06 2012 at 05:14 am

    Art Therapy for Dementia

    Boston Globe, 11/27/2012
    Written by Karen Weintraub/Globe Correspondent
    Photo by Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff

    DEDHAM — Carla shook a tambourine, while Dorothy played the xylophone and Leni tapped her palms gently on an African drum. Vivian declined an instrument, but shimmied her shoulders when the music moved her.

    Their walkers stood ready and their voices were wispy with age, but the eight group members sang with purpose, remembering every word of the Doris Day classic without prompting.

    “We were sailing along, on Moonlight Bay. We could hear the voices ringing . . .,” they sang.

    When they had finished “love’s old sweet song” and given themselves a round of applause, Clara proclaimed the group “ready for Symphony Hall.”

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    Free Webcast of Niv Ashkenazi Performing Live at Kennedy Center

    Posted Friday November 30 2012 at 12:58 am

    Niv Ashkenazi

    Watch a live webcast of violinist Niv Ashkenazi on the Kennedy Center Millennium stage December 3 2012 at 6pm.  Ashkenazi is a 2007 VSA International Young Soloist Award recipient.

    Learn more about Niv Ashkenazi by visiting his website.