CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions is hosting a holiday art contest for persons 60 years or older in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties.

Any medium may be used: pencil, pen, oils, watercolor, acrylic, etc. Please DO NOT use any trademarked images in your design (e.g., Disney or Sesame Street characters). Entries will be judged on the artist’s interpretation of the theme; originality; artistic elements, composition, and skill.

Like many of us who grew up in Central Indiana during the 1960s, Eric Grayson was mesmerized by a spooky local TV host named Sammy Terry. Terry hosted what could best be described as “B-Movies of the horror/science fiction genre” every Friday night on WTTV (Channel 4). However, unlike most of those viewers, Grayson paid particular attention to the films.

Despite the unusual interest, Grayson pursued a pretty traditional path at Purdue University majoring in electrical engineering following graduation from Lawrence Central High School. Slowly but surely, the interest in vintage films moved from hobby to vocation.

Today Grayson is a film historian, preservationist and projectionist, dedicating his full-time attention to collecting obscure and even never-been-seen films. His expertise is so renowned in the field of film and film stars that his advice and counsel is sought by many institutions including the Library of Congress.

Television is aging upward in a dramatic way.

Thanks to the success of current shows starring Tom Selleck, Kathy Bates and William Shatner, a parade of stars in their 50s, 60s and 70s is making TV pilots now with hope of getting on the air in the fall.

Home Improvement star Tim Allen, 57, is making an ABC sitcom. Miami Vice heartthrob Don Johnson, 61, and still sexy Ellen Barkin, 56, are doing an hour-long NBC pilot set in a Beverly Hills beauty salon. L.A. Law partner Jimmy Smits, 55, is among the stars of an untitled NBC drama. Christine Lahti, 61, Eric Roberts, 54, Marcia Gay Harden, 51, Donald Sutherland, 75, and Morgan Fairchild, 61, are in the pilot mix as well.

The American Pianists Association announces The Finals of the ProLiance Energy Jazz Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association on April 16, 2011 at The Athenaeum. The evening will feature performances by the five Finalists with Grammy Award winning Jazz singer, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra.

The five Finalists will compete for the largest jazz prize in the world, $50,000, and the title of 2011 Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz of the American Pianists Association. Finalists are Emmet Cohen (Miami, age 20), Zach Lapidus (Indianapolis, age 24), Glenn Zaleski (New York City, age 23), Aaron Diehl (New York City, age 25), and Jeremy Siskind (New York City, age 24).

Tickets for The Finals are $35 for the general public and $30 for APA members.  For more information about the American Pianists Association or to purchase tickets, visit www.americanpianists.org or call 317.940.9945.