Chuck Nicholas is now a member of the Next Age Speakers Bureau and his biography and the list of presentations outlined below can also be found at its website.

Presentations

• Dancing as a Metaphor for Successful Aging in Some New Movies and an Old Folk Tale
• Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson and the Male Retirement Syndrome
• New Yorker Cartoons (1985 to the present): Sexism, Ageism, and the Struggle for New Perspectives on Today’s Aging
• “The Elderquest in Today’s Movies: The Recent Re-emergence of an Ancient but Long Neglected Archetype: The Search for Forgiveness, Transformation, Integrity, and Transcendence in Life’s Second Half”
• “‘Love Again’: Late Life Love and Relationships in Today’s Movies and Novels”
• “Sirens or Crones: Competing Images of the Older Woman in Today’s Movies and Novels”
• “Wrestling Ernest Hemingway: Some Warnings and Some Remedies for the Aging American Male
• “’Away from Her’ or Him: Coping with Alzheimer’s, A Film Presentation and Discussion for Caregivers and Families”

Longer three hour presentations combine the screening of an entire film (for example, Wild Strawberries, the modern prototype for the Elderquest) followed by an always lively discussion of its aging themes.

Workshops

One, Two, and Three Day Workshops are also available. Each treats one of the above themes by presenting some clips and a few whole films that illustrate them best. Each also features discussions and writing exercises designed to relate its theme to the participants’ own aging challenges and triumphs.

E-Courses

Still in development, e-courses on various subjects related to these Second Half Stories and their impact on how we perceive ourselves in the new old age will be taught by members of our growing community of facilitators and enthusiasts and made available at nominal cost.