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Upcoming Special Events
Creatively Aging: A Short-Term Group
Saturdays, January 18, 25 & February 1
11:00am - 1:00pm in Oakland
Fee: $75, Lower Income Fee: $45
You are invited to take part in a short-term life performance coaching group on "Creatively Aging". This group is an outgrowth of "The Joy of Dementia" (You've Got to Be Kidding) workshop. In this new group, we will continue to explore issues related to getting older such as breaking out of the tragedy narrative of aging, caretaking significant others, dealing with issues of forgetting, health-related issues and more. What we have found is that creating from the pain of our lives can be joyous.
This is open to people with dementia, caretakers, and people who are dealing with all kinds of issues re getting older.
The groups will be held at Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Suite 201 (near 17th Street) in Oakland (near the 19th Street BART). Call Helen to discuss any questions you might have at 415-846-8739.
To register click HERE. Please call me to discuss any questions you might have at 415-846-8739.
Creative Aging Symposium
January 29, 2020
9 am to 12:15 pm
The third annual virtual Creative Aging Symposium will be held on January 29, 2020. Join us as we celebrate how creativity builds resiliency, how it shapes our sense of self and guides us to more purposeful living. Through the wisdom of those who have spent decades tackling this topic, along with tips for daily practices of self-expression, we will uncover our own potential for imagination and resiliency.
We are excited to announce our full lineup for the 2020 symposium. Our speakers are leading geriatrician and writer Louise Aronson, eco-friendly style icon Debra Rapoport, 40 Women Over 40 dance company director Nancy Cranbourne, storyteller and MiHistoria co-founder Albertina Zarazúa Padilla, and artist and activist Edythe Boone. Our tentative schedule for the 2020 symposium can be found below.
For more information:
https://covia.org/creative-aging-symposium/
To register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-aging-symposium-tickets-78496239365
Age is the New Designer Drug: How to Redefine Age in our Anti-Aging CultureMonday, February 10, 2020 7-8:30 p.m.
Barbara Rose Brooker, MFA, Author, Performer & Teacher3575 Geary Blvd., SF, CA 94118
Registration/Information: https://barbaralove.eventbrite.com
Continuing Education Info (1.5 CE credit) APA; BRN; CAMFT (serves LCSWs); MCLE
Cost: $15, General Admission; $5.00 students and seniors (62+)
On February 10th, IOA welcomes Barbara Rose Brooker, 83-year-old author, teacher and performer, as she speaks about her personal experiences with ageism in the Hollywood industry and within our anti-aging culture, and how to promote a generation where age doesn’t count.
According to Barbara, measuring one's years of age is a poor metric for quality of life. The true measures, as she calls them out, are functional ability and one's capacity to enjoy life. She dreams of an era in which ageism will dissolve and numbers won’t matter---and she's doing everything she can to contribute to that vision! Barbara Rose Brooker, MFA Creative Writing, is an anti-ageism activist, a native San Franciscan, author of 13 books, and the founder of the first Age March in history. She has published fiction with Morrow, Simon & Schuster, and other presses. She has appeared often on The Today Show, The Talk, ET, Andy Cohen, and Watch What Happens Live. As a columnist, she has published Boomer in the City for the JWeekly and the Huffington Post. Her new novel, Love, Sometimes (being released by Simon & Schuster on January 28, 2020) is about risk, ageism in Hollywood and controversial love. Currently, the book is being made into a television series, scheduled to air in 2021. She teaches writing to adults over 50, at both Shanti and San Francisco State's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Brooker is at work on yet another book about aging, love and staying on the path of your dreams at any age.
"Let's Develop: Creating New Performances of Memory Loss, Dementia and Getting Older"
Friday, April 17th from 12:30-3p.m.
Oakland at The Point.
Stay tuned for more details.
Kulunka Theater Company Presents: Andre y Dorine
May 6, 2020
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
In a small room where memories hung over the walls, Andre and Dorine live just like many old couples do: gently decaying from routine and neglect. But an event comes to break the monotony: Alzheimer's, a devourer of memory and of identity itself. The couple needs to remember who they were, so as not to forget who they are. Kulunka Teatro has created a piece of thoroughly contemporary and committed mask theatre that transcends language barriers. With no words, uplifting and thought provoking, it explores important themes with warmth and humor.
Trailer More details to be announced.
Restaurant of Surprising Orders
Tuesday, June 7
4-7 pm
SF Kebab
550 16th Street, San Francisco
Save the Date! Based off of Japan's Restaurant of Mistaken Orders, SF Kebab will host a pop-up restaurant in which the servers are living with dementia. Your order might be "mistaken" or "surprising," but we guarantee it will be delicious. This event provides purpose and meaning for those living with dementia, increased awareness and decreased stigma for patrons, and better harmony and happiness for all. All tips and 10% of profits will be contributed to the Alzheimer's Association as part of the Longest Day event.
For more information, contact Rachel at rmain@alz.org or 1.800.272.3900
Recurring Events
Healing Circle
Smith Center will be offering an online Healing Circle via Zoom with David “Lucky” Goff and Wendy Miller. Those who have been most gravely tested by life have the most loss, and potentially the most to gain. Yet it is in how we respond to these conditions - which come in many complex and subtle forms such as grief, illness, injury, injustice, war, and other unknown heartbreaks - that defines us and defines our life.
This bi-monthly circle is an opportunity to create a cyberspace community, connecting with others as we learn to grow through the hardships we have experienced in life, not in spite of them, but because of them. Healing becomes a by-product from our shared culture of community, connection, and mystery. In such a community, our flames of creativity can be lit, as we discover ourselves as more sensitized and adaptive human beings.
To sign up, call David “Lucky” Goff at
Phone Number (707) 291-0438
Artful Discoveries at the de Young
Artful Discoveries tours are open to people with a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, who acknowledge their diagnosis and whose symptoms are mild. Care partners are invited to attend along with a person living with dementia.
The Early-Stage Social Engagement Program offers a fun and comfortable way for people living in the early stage of Alzheimer's or other dementia to get out, get active and get connected with one another.
This program is free, but pre-registration is required and space is limited. No walk-ins permitted.
de Young Museum
San Francisco CA
Website alzpowerpurpose.org
Email vsouza@alz.org
Phone Number (408) 372-9976
Artful Discoveries at the Legion of Honor
Artful Discoveries tours are open to people with a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, who acknowledge their diagnosis and whose symptoms are mild. Care partners are invited to attend along with a person living with dementia.
The Early-Stage Social Engagement Program offers a fun and comfortable way for people living in the early stage of Alzheimer's or other dementia to get out, get active and get connected with one another.
This program is free, but pre-registration is required and space is limited. No walk-ins permitted.
Legion of Honor Museum
San Francisco, CA
Website: alzpowerpurpose.org
Email: vsouza@alz.org
Phone Number(408) 372-9976
Creative Insights: Art and Alzheimer's at the CJM
Join us for special tours for people with early-stage dementia and their care partners, offered in partnership with the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Creative Insights tours are offered in conjunction with current exhibitions, and are interactive, offering opportunities for dialogue and meaningful interaction. These tours are free, but pre-screening is required and space is limited.
Admission free, registration required. For more information or to register, contact vsouza@alz.org or 408.372.9976.
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA , vsouza@alz.org , (408) 372-9976
Thrive Alive in West Marin
Bi-monthly sessions from 1-3 pm
Join the community in an interactive, science-based program that will improve brain wellness and increase longevity. Research shows that socialization, music, learning something new, relaxing, moving and connecting improve our health and well-being.
Sliding scale donation per session: $10-$25
St Columba's Inverness
https://www.stcolumbasinverness.org/thrive-alive
For more information, contact Kathleen Downey, 978-895-5763
Creatively Aging: A Short-Term Group
Saturdays, January 18, 25 & February 1
11:00am - 1:00pm in Oakland
Fee: $75, Lower Income Fee: $45
You are invited to take part in a short-term life performance coaching group on "Creatively Aging". This group is an outgrowth of "The Joy of Dementia" (You've Got to Be Kidding) workshop. In this new group, we will continue to explore issues related to getting older such as breaking out of the tragedy narrative of aging, caretaking significant others, dealing with issues of forgetting, health-related issues and more. What we have found is that creating from the pain of our lives can be joyous.
This is open to people with dementia, caretakers, and people who are dealing with all kinds of issues re getting older.
The groups will be held at Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Suite 201 (near 17th Street) in Oakland (near the 19th Street BART). Call Helen to discuss any questions you might have at 415-846-8739.
To register click HERE. Please call me to discuss any questions you might have at 415-846-8739.
Creative Aging Symposium
January 29, 2020
9 am to 12:15 pm
The third annual virtual Creative Aging Symposium will be held on January 29, 2020. Join us as we celebrate how creativity builds resiliency, how it shapes our sense of self and guides us to more purposeful living. Through the wisdom of those who have spent decades tackling this topic, along with tips for daily practices of self-expression, we will uncover our own potential for imagination and resiliency.
We are excited to announce our full lineup for the 2020 symposium. Our speakers are leading geriatrician and writer Louise Aronson, eco-friendly style icon Debra Rapoport, 40 Women Over 40 dance company director Nancy Cranbourne, storyteller and MiHistoria co-founder Albertina Zarazúa Padilla, and artist and activist Edythe Boone. Our tentative schedule for the 2020 symposium can be found below.
For more information:
https://covia.org/creative-aging-symposium/
To register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-aging-symposium-tickets-78496239365
Age is the New Designer Drug: How to Redefine Age in our Anti-Aging CultureMonday, February 10, 2020 7-8:30 p.m.
Barbara Rose Brooker, MFA, Author, Performer & Teacher3575 Geary Blvd., SF, CA 94118
Registration/Information: https://barbaralove.eventbrite.com
Continuing Education Info (1.5 CE credit) APA; BRN; CAMFT (serves LCSWs); MCLE
Cost: $15, General Admission; $5.00 students and seniors (62+)
On February 10th, IOA welcomes Barbara Rose Brooker, 83-year-old author, teacher and performer, as she speaks about her personal experiences with ageism in the Hollywood industry and within our anti-aging culture, and how to promote a generation where age doesn’t count.
According to Barbara, measuring one's years of age is a poor metric for quality of life. The true measures, as she calls them out, are functional ability and one's capacity to enjoy life. She dreams of an era in which ageism will dissolve and numbers won’t matter---and she's doing everything she can to contribute to that vision! Barbara Rose Brooker, MFA Creative Writing, is an anti-ageism activist, a native San Franciscan, author of 13 books, and the founder of the first Age March in history. She has published fiction with Morrow, Simon & Schuster, and other presses. She has appeared often on The Today Show, The Talk, ET, Andy Cohen, and Watch What Happens Live. As a columnist, she has published Boomer in the City for the JWeekly and the Huffington Post. Her new novel, Love, Sometimes (being released by Simon & Schuster on January 28, 2020) is about risk, ageism in Hollywood and controversial love. Currently, the book is being made into a television series, scheduled to air in 2021. She teaches writing to adults over 50, at both Shanti and San Francisco State's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Brooker is at work on yet another book about aging, love and staying on the path of your dreams at any age.
"Let's Develop: Creating New Performances of Memory Loss, Dementia and Getting Older"
Friday, April 17th from 12:30-3p.m.
Oakland at The Point.
Stay tuned for more details.
Kulunka Theater Company Presents: Andre y Dorine
May 6, 2020
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
In a small room where memories hung over the walls, Andre and Dorine live just like many old couples do: gently decaying from routine and neglect. But an event comes to break the monotony: Alzheimer's, a devourer of memory and of identity itself. The couple needs to remember who they were, so as not to forget who they are. Kulunka Teatro has created a piece of thoroughly contemporary and committed mask theatre that transcends language barriers. With no words, uplifting and thought provoking, it explores important themes with warmth and humor.
Trailer More details to be announced.
Restaurant of Surprising Orders
Tuesday, June 7
4-7 pm
SF Kebab
550 16th Street, San Francisco
Save the Date! Based off of Japan's Restaurant of Mistaken Orders, SF Kebab will host a pop-up restaurant in which the servers are living with dementia. Your order might be "mistaken" or "surprising," but we guarantee it will be delicious. This event provides purpose and meaning for those living with dementia, increased awareness and decreased stigma for patrons, and better harmony and happiness for all. All tips and 10% of profits will be contributed to the Alzheimer's Association as part of the Longest Day event.
For more information, contact Rachel at rmain@alz.org or 1.800.272.3900
Recurring Events
Healing Circle
Smith Center will be offering an online Healing Circle via Zoom with David “Lucky” Goff and Wendy Miller. Those who have been most gravely tested by life have the most loss, and potentially the most to gain. Yet it is in how we respond to these conditions - which come in many complex and subtle forms such as grief, illness, injury, injustice, war, and other unknown heartbreaks - that defines us and defines our life.
This bi-monthly circle is an opportunity to create a cyberspace community, connecting with others as we learn to grow through the hardships we have experienced in life, not in spite of them, but because of them. Healing becomes a by-product from our shared culture of community, connection, and mystery. In such a community, our flames of creativity can be lit, as we discover ourselves as more sensitized and adaptive human beings.
To sign up, call David “Lucky” Goff at
Phone Number (707) 291-0438
Artful Discoveries at the de Young
Artful Discoveries tours are open to people with a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, who acknowledge their diagnosis and whose symptoms are mild. Care partners are invited to attend along with a person living with dementia.
The Early-Stage Social Engagement Program offers a fun and comfortable way for people living in the early stage of Alzheimer's or other dementia to get out, get active and get connected with one another.
This program is free, but pre-registration is required and space is limited. No walk-ins permitted.
de Young Museum
San Francisco CA
Website alzpowerpurpose.org
Email vsouza@alz.org
Phone Number (408) 372-9976
Artful Discoveries at the Legion of Honor
Artful Discoveries tours are open to people with a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, who acknowledge their diagnosis and whose symptoms are mild. Care partners are invited to attend along with a person living with dementia.
The Early-Stage Social Engagement Program offers a fun and comfortable way for people living in the early stage of Alzheimer's or other dementia to get out, get active and get connected with one another.
This program is free, but pre-registration is required and space is limited. No walk-ins permitted.
Legion of Honor Museum
San Francisco, CA
Website: alzpowerpurpose.org
Email: vsouza@alz.org
Phone Number(408) 372-9976
Creative Insights: Art and Alzheimer's at the CJM
Join us for special tours for people with early-stage dementia and their care partners, offered in partnership with the Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Creative Insights tours are offered in conjunction with current exhibitions, and are interactive, offering opportunities for dialogue and meaningful interaction. These tours are free, but pre-screening is required and space is limited.
Admission free, registration required. For more information or to register, contact vsouza@alz.org or 408.372.9976.
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA , vsouza@alz.org , (408) 372-9976
Thrive Alive in West Marin
Bi-monthly sessions from 1-3 pm
Join the community in an interactive, science-based program that will improve brain wellness and increase longevity. Research shows that socialization, music, learning something new, relaxing, moving and connecting improve our health and well-being.
Sliding scale donation per session: $10-$25
St Columba's Inverness
https://www.stcolumbasinverness.org/thrive-alive
For more information, contact Kathleen Downey, 978-895-5763