Fridays, 10:00-10:45 am - Location: Assembly Room Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Laura O'Conner This fitness class will improve mobility and balance while also improving cardiovascular fitness and increasing flexibility. This class starts with a short warm-up followed by 30 minutes of movement that will increase your heart rate without putting stress on your joints....
Fridays, 1:00-3:00 pm Location: Room 311 Join an informal group of "fiber friends" in an afternoon of knitting, sewing, crocheting, weaving, or whatever fiber craft strikes your fancy. Stuck on casting on, using a pick-up stick, what an overcast stitch is? Gather a group of your friends and find more who share your interest in...
Mondays, Wednesdays, 8:30-9:00 am Location: Room G13 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Kam Atwater In Fitness Foundations, you can expect to learn the foundations of exercise, gain strength, and get into a routine of working your upper body, arms, and grip strength. This class will focus on proper lifting form, modifications, and seated exercise movements....
Tuesday, April 18, 10:00 am Location: Room 302 For years, Sonia Warshawski (92) has been an inspirational public speaker at schools and prisons, where her stories of surviving the Holocaust as a teenager have inspired countless people who once felt their own traumas would leave them broken forever. But when Sonia is served an eviction...
Monday, April 17, 1- 2pm in room 302 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Iowa City had a significant number of manufacturing concerns in the 1800s, some short-lived, others spanning a half-century or more, but most of them were gone by the first part of the 20th century. It wasn’t until the 1950s that a new generation of...
Mondays, 1:30-3:00 pm Location: Assembly Room The Senior Center’s all-request singing group meets each week for the joy of group singing, without the pressure of performing. We usually sing with live instrumental accompaniment (piano and guitar), and sometimes a cappella. All are welcome!
Mondays, 1:30-3:00 pm Location: 1st Floor Lobby Are you interested in playing cards? Join us on Mondays to play either Euchre or Pinochle.
Mondays, 1:30-3:00 pm Location: Assembly Room The Senior Center’s all-request singing group meets each week for the joy of group singing, without the pressure of performing. We usually sing with live instrumental accompaniment (piano and guitar), and sometimes a cappella. All are welcome!
Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm Location: Zoom Register online or call 319-356-5220 Facilitator: Emily Edrington Join us for a weekly group practice incorporating guided meditation, gentle movement, and supportive conversation. Cultivate your day-to-day skills for living in the present rather than worrying about the future, ruminating on the past, or zoning out on autopilot. This awareness can help...
Tuesdays, March 21 - April 25, 1:00-2:30 pm Location: Room 302 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Facilitator: Courtney Hotovec What happens to the brain as we age? In this course, we will gain an understanding of the science behind how our brains change over time. We will view two, 30-minute video lectures each week and...
Location: Colonial Lanes (2253 Old Hwy 218 S) Bowl up to 3 games for $2/game with the Senior Bowling Group on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Balls are available for free, shoes for rent; or bring your own if you have them. We bowl for fun and fellowship; all are welcome, we’d...
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.
