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What is The Grief Dialogues? (Interview)
An interview with Elizabeth Coplan about the non-profit artistic movement she created, Part OneThis month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth Coplan, the brain behind The Grief Dialogues, a non-profit artistic movement dedicated to creating new dialogue about death, dying and grief. The Grief Dialogues started as a live theater event that included an on stage follow-up discussion moderated by a grief counselor, to give people the…
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“How to Plant a Tree, A Simple Celebration of Tree-Planting Ceremonies”
The perfect book to accompany a gifted memorial seedling“How to Plant a Tree, A Simple Celebration of Tree-Planting Ceremonies” by Daniel Butler is a sturdy little hardbound book worthy of gift giving, perhaps alongside a ribbon- wrapped memorial seedling. This sweet book covers all types of ceremonies, such as a new baby, a marriage, new beginnings, an anniversary, a retirement, and of course…
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Active Aging: Age is Becoming Merely a Number in America
More seniors are becoming active as they age and it’s not hard to see whyAs attitudes about aging change in America, we’re seeing a redefining of what it means to be retired. American seniors are becoming more active in their communities, engaging in more organized physical activity, and even changing the face of higher education as this trend grows. Starting second careers, learning second languages, and taking on challenges…
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“The Last Carnival”
A musical tribute to Danny FedericiBruce Springsteen wrote, “The Last Carnival: A Farewell to Danny” after the death of longtime bandmate Danny Federici. Federici, who died of melanoma in 2008, had played with Springsteen for more than 40 years. Together they formed the backbone of what would become The E Street Band. Springsteen wrote the song as a way to…
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The Rate of Veteran Suicide Has Increased 35 Percent since 2001
A Pulitzer Prize winner recently wondered whyOne week after the culture shock over two celebrity suicides – designer Kate Spade and bon vivant Anthony Bourdain’s — let’s remind ourselves that both tragedies were single instances out of the average 123 Americans who commit suicide every day. And when we take into account our entire population, the suicide rate for veterans is 22 percent higher…
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Most Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need Chemotherapy
A new study shows the vast majority of women do well on endocrine therapy aloneA much anticipated study comparing the long-term survival of women with early-stage breast cancer who received chemotherapy with women who did not has just been released. The results, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 3, 2018, will likely spare about 60,000 women in the United States each year from treatment with…
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An Occupation of Loss: Installation Featuring Professional Mourners From Around the World
Taryn Simon’s gathers professional mourners from 15 different countriesIn September 2016, an installation opened at the Armory Arts Center in New York that explored the cultural multiplicities of grief as expressed in different countries, from Ecuador to Ghana to Burkina Faso to Cambodia. For the installation, “An Occupation of Loss,” artist Taryn Simon brought together professional mourners from 15 different countries to broadcast…
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“Coco”
Pixar’s Best Animated Film of 2018 is a matter of life and deathEvery Pixar computer-animated film takes on a new artistic challenge. In “A Bug’s Life” the audience views the world the way an insect would – from the ground up. “Inside Out” metaphorically animates how the interior landscape of our minds function. But no computerized cartoon feat has ever turned out as breathtakingly beautiful as Pixar’s family-friendly…
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Judge Halts California’s End of Life Options Act
Hundreds of patients are in limbo as the state prepares its appealIn a move that shocked many terminally ill Californians, Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolio overturned the state’s End of Life Options Act on Tuesday, May 15. Compassion & Choices, the patient advocacy group that lobbied heavily for the law’s passage, immediately filed a motion with the Appellate Court to vacate the judgement, but that request was…
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