Monday, March 18, 2019

9:30-10:30   HEALTH   Presidents’ Hall

Senior Co-Op Housing: Empowering Seniors

Speaker: Barbara Murphy, Director of Marketing, 7500 York Cooperative

Our speaker will discuss senior housing options in Minnesota to discover why Minnesota leads the nation in senior cooperative housing. She will describe types of senior co-ops and show how this model of housing empowers seniors from ages 55 to 100+ to lead fulfilled independent lifestyles. Murphy received the Senior Cooperative Housing Leadership Award in 2004. She will highlight 7500 York Cooperative in Edina as the inspiration for the growth in senior cooperative development in the Upper Midwest and potentially the nation.

10:45-11:45   WOMEN SPEAK   Presidents’ Hall

Don’t Age Me Out of Living

Speaker: Judith Guest, Novelist and Playwright

How do you feel about birthday cards with black balloons and messages of doom? Anti-aging products give the message that it’s bad to be old instead of a privilege to be old. Guest addresses the demeaning “ism” – ageism – as described in Aston Applewhite’s book, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. See the myths and reality of aging vs. the freedom of more leisure time and the ability to use it creatively.

11:45-Noon    ANNOUNCEMENTS

12:00-1:15      LUNCHEON

1:15-2:15        THE ARTS     Presidents’ Hall

Breaking Legs: A Life in Performance

Speaker: Annie Enneking, Fight Director, Songwriter, Teaching Artist, Front Woman, Founder of the rock band, Annie and the Bang Bang, and Actor

Enneking has been a performing artist for 35 years. All of the art forms she practices have an intense physical component, whether performing with and writing songs for her rock band, crafting fights and intimacy for the stage, or teaching her students to wield a broadsword. Annie will talk about fight directing, songwriting, touring with her band, and what all of those things have in common. And if there’s time, she’ll show you how to fake slap someone.