BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML WPForms//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Feeds v3.12.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:JCafé - Writing When Old..not Older! with Elayne Klassom X-WR-CALDESC:Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20260308T100000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20260308T100000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:JCafé - Writing When Old..not Older! with Elayne Klassom DESCRIPTION:Join us for “Writing When Old… not Older!” with author Elayne Klasson\, a psychologist\, journalist\, and novelistShe will sha re her work and highlight writers who created powerful novels in their 7 0s\, 80s\, and 90s\, and why their voices matter.\n\n \;\n\nTo learn more about Elayne Klasson's work\, visit her website here.\n\n \;\n \nAbout Elayne:\nAuthor Elayne Klasson has never done anything just half way: from a career of scholastic achievements\, contributions to society and bold moves\, to her rise as a writer to successful newspaper column ist. Her debut novel\, Love is a Rebellious Bird\, is no exception—her first to be published with She Writes Press.\nElayne grew up on Chicago ’s northside. She attended university and graduate school in the Midwe st—Ohio State University and the University of Michigan\, earning a Ma sters of Public Health and then a PhD in Psychology. Living in Barbados\ , West Indies for many years\, she worked first as a health care consult ant with Project Hope in the Caribbean\; then\, several decades later\, returned as a writer and columnist for the Barbados Daily Nation. Her pr ofessional career has been in academia at San Jose State University\, wi th her research and clinical area of expertise being the severely mental ly ill. A transplant to the Santa Ynez Valley\, near Santa Barbara\, Cal ifornia\, she is a popular lifestyle newspaper columnist there. Elayne h as also appeared on San Francisco public television as a restaurant crit ic. She is the author of the National Jewish Book Award finalist and bes t-selling\, Love is a Rebellious Bird. Married to David\, between them t hey have five children—biologic and adopted.\n \;\n\n[vcex_divider _dots color="#dd3333" margin_top="10" margin_bottom="10"]\n\n \;\n\n JCafé is a social program for the 65+ Jewish community\, offering a del icious deli lunch followed by an engaging class\, film\, or lively discu ssion! For just $10\, enjoy a deli buffet\, drinks\, and dessert. JCafé takes place every Tuesday from 11:30am-1:30pm. Please note lunch is ser ved from 11:30-12:30pm.\n\nIf you have any questions\, contact Ashley Be linfante at abelinfante@sbjf.org. If you are interested in leading a c lass or lecture\, we'd love to hear from you! We are currently welcoming ideas and volunteers. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.jewishsantabarbara.org/events/jcafe-writing-wh en-old-not-older-with-elayne-klassom/ UID:urn:uuid:82062f06-d90f-476c-a71d-b10ed8eb4d09 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260830T121221Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T133000 LOCATION:Adam Bronfman JCC\, 524 Chapala Street\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, 9 3101\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR