A stellar line-up

March 22, 2018

All the films in Palace Cinema’s APIA Young At Heart Film Festival The Young At Heart Film Festival is the only one of its kind in Australia.  Designed totally for seniors, the fastest growing cinema-going demographic in the […]

What’s On – 301

March 3, 2017

City of Canada Bay Seniors Festival 2017 3 – 12 March This years Seniors Festival theme is ‘Let’s Do More Together’, so in that spirit, let us tell you about some of the things you […]

Roadtest: Just Dance

October 21, 2016

Whether you get down like Napoleon Dynamite, Beyonce or Ian Curtis, it’s time to let your apprehensions go and put your dancing shoes on. Boogying is the flavour of the month with a slew of […]

Things we love – 287

July 21, 2016

This informal club of friends and Bocce aficionados from Five Dock have left the bowling greens behind, preferring to meet on the grassy shore of Hen and Chicken Bay to pass their afternoons together. They […]

Your Say: challenges facing seniors

April 1, 2016

What is the major challenge facing local seniors? Loneliness. If you’re an independent person like me, you don’t want help but you need it. I’m an old hippie, so I want more art courses and […]

Freedom from Youth

April 1, 2016

Age is still considered by many to be limiting, yet retirement often emerges as the most liberating period of life. Hannah Craft spoke to two Inner Westies who have embarked upon extraordinary journeys in their […]

Wisdom before Innovation

April 1, 2016

Is it any coincidence that NSW Youth Week is preceded by Seniors Week? Well, they do say ‘age before beauty’, but I prefer to think of it more as ‘wisdom leading innovation’… in other words, […]

Long life loving

April 1, 2016

“No one has sex over 35! Everyone knows that!” An elderly gentleman told me recently. I blinked and looked to see if he was joking but he wasn’t! No one else in the room laughed, […]

What’s On – 279

April 1, 2016

12th Annual Sydney Comedy Festival It’s that time of year again – the Sydney Comedy festival is back, delivering over 200 comedic performances to have you clutching your sides and weeping with mirth. There are […]

Things we love – 279

March 31, 2016

While there has been a move to improve exercise initiatives for our local seniors (for example, the construction of senior-friendly exercise equipment in public parks), one of Ciao’s favourite programs is Marrickville Council’s Tai Chi […]

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