“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” – Albert Einstein “Age is no barrier to creativity,” said Gail Hinchliffe, president, United Active Living. “We just need the right atmosphere and opportunity to express ourselves. United Active Living’s philosophy is to encourage residents to do that through the arts: singing, music, drawing, painting, dance, pottery and sculpture.” United’s […]
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A Tribute to an Inspirational Couple
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – poet Robert Frost. They met at Ithaca College in New York, married and came to Calgary in 1960 with their four children. Quenten Doolittle worked at the University of Calgary teaching strings and theory […]
For the Love of Music
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer, poet. Goethe’s words sum up the focus on the arts, programs and activities that sets United Active Living’s communities […]
