The Movies Learn to Talk
The Jazz Singer, the arrival of talking pictures, and the first movies residents remember seeing.
Community Edition
Coffee and a Topic
A 45-minute hosted conversation on one rich topic: host guide, reader set, poster and screen announcements.
18 Coffee and a Topic packets and growing. Newest first. Subscribers download everything; or buy one for $30.
One-time-use license for one program at one community. Download link valid 60 days from purchase.
How it works (5-minute video)
AI-narrated overview · free to watch, no sign-in
A Song from Home
The music that carries a place with us, and the songs residents grew up with.
“The Plate and the Circle”
The samba that left Bahia, and the kitchen plate that keeps its beat. Part of Passport Week Brazil.
Thirty Minutes in the Park
Cuba’s grandparents’ circles: neighbors who meet in the park most mornings to exercise together. Part of Passport Week Cuba.
The Stage Door Canteen
A 45-minute hosted conversation from Theme Week · Big Band and USO Dinner Dance. Host guide, large-print reader set, posters, screens and announcements.
The Real McCoy
A 45-minute hosted conversation from Theme Week · The Roaring Twenties Speakeasy. Host guide, large-print reader set, posters, screens and announcements.
AI illustration
The Pasta Grannies
Italian grandmothers in their 80s and 90s, one of them 101, rolling pasta by hand and passing it on. Part of Passport Week Italy.
The Night Oklahoma! Opened
A 45-minute hosted conversation from Theme Week · Golden Age of Broadway. Host guide, large-print reader set, posters, screens and announcements.
The Lunch Box Men
Mumbai’s dabbawalas, who have carried hot lunches from home kitchens to offices since 1890 with a painted code instead of computers. Part of Passport Week India.
The House That Bet on a Long Life
Le viager: the French woman who lived to 122 and the lawyer who bought her home “for life.” Part of Passport Week France.
The Forest Above the Cathedral
How carpenters rebuilt Notre-Dame’s oak roof by hand after the 2019 fire. Part of Passport Week France.
Make It Last
How Cuban families kept old machines running and turned repair into an art. Part of Passport Week Cuba.
Laughing for No Reason
A Mumbai doctor, five people in a park in 1995, and the laughter clubs that spread around the world. Part of Passport Week India.
Grandma Moses: Never Too Late
A 45-minute hosted conversation from Theme Week · Resident Art and Gallery Walk. Host guide, large-print reader set, posters, screens and announcements.
Doctor’s Orders: Three Weeks at the Spa
La cure thermale: in France a doctor can prescribe three weeks at a mineral-spring spa. Real medicine or a lovely vacation? Part of Passport Week France.
Caves You Can Walk Into
The painted Mogao caves of China and the art people made in the dark. Part of Passport Week China; a free sample is in the Sample Edition.
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A House for One Euro
The Italian towns selling old houses for one euro, and the people who took the chance. Part of Passport Week Italy.
Art marked “AI illustration” was made with AI for The World Desk; it is not a photograph.