Just a quick heads up today about an interesting (free) event going on next week: AETN, along with Hendrix College, is hosting a showing of Young@Heart at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Murphy Building on the Hendrix campus in Conway (corner of Washington Avenue and Winfield Street).

I remember seeing the trailer for this film some time ago, but I never caught it. It’s a documentary about the group, Young@Heart, which is a collection of senior citizen singers with an average age of 80 who sing popular rock songs from the Rolling Stones to Coldplay. The film, shot by Stephen Walker, follows the group over seven weeks in 2006 as they prepare for an “Alive and Well” concert in their hometown of Northampton, Mass.

As one coworker put it, how can you not want to see your grandmother singing “I Wanna Be Sedated”?

Also, there’s a giveaway for the DVD of the movie and free refreshments. Following the screening, a community discussion will be held with panelists from the Arkansas Department of Health Services Division of Aging and Adult Services and other senior services organizations. More details on the Hendrix website.

lol at 1:38