Life Gets Better: The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older
Saturday September 6, 2025, 3:00pm
Main Building and Outdoor Pavilion
Offered by The Hamlet
Admission
By donation
Join The Hamlet for “Life Gets Better:
The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older”, an Author Event with Wendy Lustbader, MSW.
Saturday, September 6th, 3-5 pm
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, South Veranda
Sweet and savory hors d’oeuvres
By donation only
Wendy Lustbader, MSW, is the author of several books that have earned her a national reputation in the field of aging. She is also a popular speaker at conferences throughout the United States and Canada, using storytelling to animate complex subjects. Additionally, she is a skilled psychotherapist, having worked almost twenty years with people from all walks of life at a community clinic in downtown Seattle. Currently, she is a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work in Seattle. Wendy’s first book was co-authored with Nancy Hooyman, Taking Care of Aging Family Members. Her second book, Counting on Kindness, helps readers to comprehend the complex feelings which arise when we become dependent on others for help. Her latest books are What’s Worth Knowing, a collection of pithy insights gathered from older people, and Life Gets Better, which explores how life improves as we get older, on every level except the physical.
The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older”, an Author Event with Wendy Lustbader, MSW.
Saturday, September 6th, 3-5 pm
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, South Veranda
Sweet and savory hors d’oeuvres
By donation only
Wendy Lustbader, MSW, is the author of several books that have earned her a national reputation in the field of aging. She is also a popular speaker at conferences throughout the United States and Canada, using storytelling to animate complex subjects. Additionally, she is a skilled psychotherapist, having worked almost twenty years with people from all walks of life at a community clinic in downtown Seattle. Currently, she is a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work in Seattle. Wendy’s first book was co-authored with Nancy Hooyman, Taking Care of Aging Family Members. Her second book, Counting on Kindness, helps readers to comprehend the complex feelings which arise when we become dependent on others for help. Her latest books are What’s Worth Knowing, a collection of pithy insights gathered from older people, and Life Gets Better, which explores how life improves as we get older, on every level except the physical.