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Bay seniors worried about how they’ll do on the Mensa entrance exam, are urged to visit coursera.com. This is an online learning program put together with heavy weight professors from 33 schools like Princeton, Rice, Stanford, Brown, Johns Hopkins and the University of London. Subject matter is all over the map – Bioelectricity, Songwriting, A […]

Bay seniors with a secret urge to stand under a spotlight might want to consider signing up for Stagebridge’s Performing Arts Camp for wannbe thespians over 50. It runs from July 16-20 at the First Congregational Church near Lake Merritt in Berkeley. Classes include acting, mime, storytelling, playwriting, choir, dance, clowning and musical theater. Tuition […]

Bay seniors with a youthful history of messing with our brains, may now have the opportunity to reverse the damage. There is a whole new industry called “rapid cognitive enhancement” bent on restoring our memories, attention and concentration. One sector of this category is all about training your brain via games. Nintendo markets its BrainAge […]