Mary Serritella competes and performs here in Los Angeles and abroad. Her passion for the sport challenges society’s conceptions of age. “I just didn’t want to absorb that ‘I can’t’ attitude.” Her ...

Dressed in seven-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on a September night at The Bourbon Room bar in Hollywood, in the US state of ...

Women over 70 don't just excel at knitting, belote, and baking buttered cakes. Mary Caryl Giltner Serritella, on the other hand, doesn't become one with the leather sofa, but with a metal pole. This ...

Mary Serritella, 71, performs in front of a live audience during the Comedy Pole Show at the Bourbon Room on Sept. 18, in Hollywood, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) LOS ANGELES — Dressed in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Serritella, 71, performs in front of a live audience during the Comedy Pole Show at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood. (Gina ...

Mary Serritella, 71, performs in front of a live audience during the Comedy Pole Show at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent ...

LOS ANGELES — Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on a recent Wednesday night at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room. Spinning ...