Arabic Language

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Thursdays, Mar 7 - Apr 25, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Location: Room 308 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Asma Ali In this class, you will learn the Arabic language and culture. This class is designed for non-Arabic speakers and Arabic-speaking students using the four axes: listening, conversation, writing, and reading. Bring paper and...

$100
Event Series Device Advice

Device Advice

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tuesdays, Jan 30 - Apr 16, 1-2 pm Location: Iowa City Public Library Thursdays, Feb 1 - Apr 18, 1-2 pm Location: Senior Center, 1st Floor Lobby Device Advice is a UI student volunteer group that works to help shrink the digital divide between generations! Volunteers will be at the Senior Center and Public Library...

Event Series Tech Help Drop-in Hours

Tech Help Drop-in Hours

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tuesdays, through Apr 16, 1-2 pm Location: Iowa City Public Library   Thursdays, through Apr 18, 1-2 pm Location: 1st Floor Lobby Hosts: Device Advice Volunteers Fridays, 1-3 pm Location: 1st Floor Lobby Host: Alex Drake Bring your personal devices and get help with your technology questions from knowledgeable volunteers. Device Advice is a UI...

Event Series Let’s Play Scrabble!

Let’s Play Scrabble!

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 pm Location: 1st Floor Lobby Exercise your vocabulary and crossword skills, and join us for some fun, friendly word play on a giant Scrabble board. All are welcome!

Poetry Reading Circle

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Thursdays, Mar 7 - Apr 25, 3:30-4:30 pm Location: Room 302 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Joi Haskins Let's read poetry together! The class will discuss poems brought in by the instructor, in addition to poems students would like to share. Poets to be read include Rita Dove, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman.

Event Series Device Advice

Device Advice

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00 pm Location: Iowa City Public Library Thursdays, 4:00-5:00 pm Location: Senior Center, 1st Floor Lobby UI student volunteers are available to offer guidance on all things technology-related, so bring your devices and your questions.

Event Series Caregiving Support Group

Caregiving Support Group

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Wednesdays, 12-1 pm Location: Hybrid (Ranshaw House & Zoom) Register online or call 319-356-5220 Fridays, 9:30-11 am Location: Hybrid (Room 308 & Zoom) Register online or call 319-356-5220 Facilitator: Mary McCall This ongoing, drop-in group will provide a space for sharing experiences about caregiving and sharing resources and support related to caregiving, with a focus...

Event Series Family Folk Machine

Family Folk Machine

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Sundays, January 14th - May 12th, 2:00-4:00 pm Location: Assembly Room The Family Folk Machine’s spring program features songs of inclusion, welcome, and working for social justice; and we will present a concert at the Englert Theatre on Sunday, May 12. To join us, please email jean@familyfolkmachine.org. You can also drop-in to our first rehearsal,...

Event Series Water Mindfulness

Water Mindfulness

Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center 220 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, IA, United States

Tuesdays, 9-10 am Location: Robert A. Lee Rec Center Pool Instructor: Mark Cannon Experience the synergistic healing and relaxing qualities of both water and mindfulness. We will explore breathing, water walking, and gentle exercises as a means of being present in the moment. These activities will take place in shallow water to accommodate individuals who...

Event Series Iowa City New Horizons Band

Iowa City New Horizons Band

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tue, Thu, Jan 16 - May 16, 9:30-10:30 am Location: Assembly Room Did you enjoy making music earlier in life but things happened and you had to stop playing? Or have you always wanted to play with a band? The Iowa City New Horizons Band (ICNHB) provides opportunities for chronologically gifted adults to refresh old...

Give the Gift of Information & Organization to Loved Ones

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tuesdays, Jan 30, Feb 13 & 27, Mar 12 & 26, 10:30 am - 12 pm Location: Hybrid (Room 308 & Zoom) Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Mary McCall In this series of workshops, we will work our way through the book by AARP and the American Bar Association entitled Checklist for My Family:...

Book Report

Iowa City Senior Center 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tuesdays, Mar 12, Apr 9, 10:30 am - 12 pm Location: Room 307 Facilitator: Cheryl Walsh A book club that meets once a month for an informal round table discussion and sharing of books you have enjoyed reading. Choose your favorite author, old or new, best sellers or classics, fiction, non-fiction, short stories, or poetry....