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Shelia E.: The Beat Goes On

Sheila E. sits at a North Hollywood restaurant eating huevos rancheros with her father, Mexican American percussionist Pete Escovedo. This morning the musician accompanied her dad to a doctor's appointment, and now they're squeezing in a quick bite at Don Huarache before heading next door for a session at Sheila's studio.

July 9, 2009

By: Aaron Shulman | Source: AARP Segunda Juventud

AARP Radio: Benjamin Button

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' starring Brad Pitt, is based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, with a script by Oscar winner Eric Roth. This film is in theatres now.

January 5, 2009

By: Bill Newcott

Maya Angelou: "Growing Older by Design"

Dr. Maya Angelou, former Poet Laureate of the United States, pens a poem honoring AARP's 50th anniversary.

October 9, 2008

By: Dr. Maya Angelou | Source: AARP.org

West Side Story Revisited

Five decades after West Side Story debuted at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., it's back this December.

December 5, 2008

By: Elizabeth Llorente

True West Side Stories

Gang rivalries? Forbidden love? Former residents of New York's West Side tell us what it was really like.

December 5, 2008

By: Elizabeth Llorente

Q and A with Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents, the original librettist for West Side Story, is bringing a new production of his landmark 1957 musical to Broadway this spring. He answers questions in an AARP Segunda Juventud interview.

December 5, 2008

By: Elizabeth Llorente

AARP Radio: Fats Domino

March 18, 2008

By: David Kunian

AARP Radio: Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel, 96, the preeminent oral historian of 20th-century America who described the major events of his time through the experiences and observations of the ordinary men and women who lived them, died October 31, 2008 at his home in Chicago after a fall.

November 3, 2008

By: Mike Cuthbert

Music for Grownups: Top Ten Holiday Albums

A stack of holiday albums sways precariously on my desk. It represents only a fraction of the seasonal releases this year, and an even smaller portion of the thousands of holiday albums released during the history of recorded sound. Offerings 2008 range from traditional carols and standards to reinvented rock and jazz arrangements to moody midwinter evocations of the holidays' pagan origins. Here are my favorites:

December 18, 2008

By: Richard Gehr | Source: AARP.org

Music for Grownups: Top Albums of 2008

If you need any help coping with these all-too-interesting times, the 10 finest albums of 2008 are great places to look for it. Like a greatest-hits collection on steroids, the CD boxed set, whether in a box or not, usually delivers bonus features such as alternate takes, live tracks, and probably a smartly designed booklet alongside copious music. Here are some of this season's standout samplers.

December 18, 2008

By: Richard Gehr | Source: AARP.org

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