‘Age of Love’ coming to JCC

Janice and Pacho at the event.
“The Age of Love,” an alternately poignant and funny look at the search for love among the senior set, follows 70- to 90-year-old speed daters – recently widowed, long divorced, or never-married—prepare for the big day, endure a rush of encounters, then anxiously receive their results.

Fearlessly candid about themselves and what they’re seeking, these WWII babies are forced to take stock of life-worn bodies and still-hopeful hearts. Then, as they head out on the dates that result, comic and bittersweet moments reveal how worries over physical appearance, romance and rejection, loss, and new beginnings change – or don’t change – from first love to the far reaches of life. It is a story of the universality of love and desire regardless of age. “The Age of Love” screens Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Admission is $3 for members and $5 for nonmembers. For more information, contact Erin Moseley, director of arts & culture at emoseley@jewishallianceri.org or 401-421-4111, ext. 108.