Young@ Heart

I have a growing interest in the senior population thanks to the Human Development class I’m taking this semester, which focuses on adulthood and aging. The highlight of the class so far was last Friday when my professor showed us a news clip highlighting an upcoming documentary about the Young@ Heart chorus group. The group consists of men and women age 72 to 88 who are still passionate about singing and performing.

Bob Climan started the group in 1982 at an elderly housing project in Northampton, Massachusetts. Since then they have lost quite a few members but are still going strong, touring around the U.S. and Europe. Young@ Heart has covered rock classics such as “I Wanna Be Sedated” by The Ramones and have performed “Road to Nowhere” with lead singer David Byrne from The Talking Heads

The documentary, Young@ Heart opens in Boston this Friday (April 18th) and across the country by May 16th. Click here to find out when it is opening in your city.

Coolidge Corner Theater- Brookline

2:30PM 4:45PM 7:00PM 9:10PM

AMC Loews Harvard Square 5- Cambridge

1:45PM, 4:20PM, 6:50PM, 9:30PM

ABC Nightline Video can be found here (link).

More videos and info about the documentary can be found here (link).

“Heima’ means at home.”

Sigur Rós released a movie this past year documenting shows they performed throughout their home country of Iceland. Visually experiencing the breathtaking landscape that the band grew up in gives fans insight into how the unique sound of Sigur Rós originated.

“Space is what we have here… in our personal life and in the land.”

 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=728897364962063973

I urge you to buy it. Watching it on a tiny laptop screen won’t do the film justice.