55+ Connections: Week of 3/4/24
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55+ Connections: Tuesday Gathering
Tuesday, March 5
10 AM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
Join us for a new weekly social gathering that will feature rotating activities and friendly conversation – board games, puzzles, art, book discussions, and more!
This week we’ll be playing card games and board games! We’ll have games ready to go at the library, but feel free to bring your own along as well! No registration required.
Stanley Sage – Jan Friedman
Tuesday, March 5
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Stanley Museum lobby – 160 W Burlington St, Iowa City
Join us for the first Stanley Sage session of the year, a program designed for older adults. This month, local artist Jan Friedman will discuss her career, process, and inspirations.
Jan Friedman has been weaving since 1974. Jan received her MA in Textile Design at the University of Iowa in 1980. She has conducted workshops in weaving, color, and dyeing across the United States. Her tapestries and framed collage pieces have been featured in numerous invitational and juried exhibits and have been commissioned for both private homes and corporate collections.
This program is supported by the Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence.
Trivia Night at the Library
Thursday, March 7
6:30 PM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room BCD
Who doesn’t love a good battle of the brains? Invite your friends to join us for a night of trivia, snacks and small prizes! Teams can be made up of five people or fewer, but you don’t have to bring a team. Individuals can work together or separately. No registration required!
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, March 8
11:30 AM
North Liberty Rec Center – Classrooms 3 & 4
This week Hy-Vee will be catering once again and are expected to bring ham, au gratin potatoes, and green beans. After lunch we’ll have Kellee Forkenbrock from the North Liberty Library leading us in chair yoga! Registration for lunch is just $5 and is required for all who attend. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, March 7th. Call the Rec Center to register (319)626-5716 or go online to your RecDesk Account and register yourself.
Senior Bowling Group
1st and 3rd Tuesdays
1-3 PM
Colonial Lanes – 2253 Old Hwy 218 S, Iowa City
The Senior Bowling Group meets at Colonial Lanes on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday afternoons each month. The cost is $2 per game and you can bowl 1, 2, or 3 games as you feel comfortable doing. Balls and shoes are available at Colonial Lanes with a cost for shoe rental, or bring your own if you have them. We bowl for fun and fellowship; all are welcome, we’d be happy to have you join us! For more information call Beverly Tyree at 319-351-1447 and leave a message.
Film Fridays at the Senior Center
Friday, March 8
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Assembly Room or Room 302
Come watch a free movie at the Iowa City Senior Center!
March 1: Selma (2014)
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
North Liberty Optimists Annual Pancake Breakfast
March 9
7 AM – 1 PM
North Liberty Community Center
North Liberty Optimists host their 50th annual community breakfast with all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee and drinks in March. The annual breakfast helps the Optimists donate $50,000 to local kids’ programs each year.
Cost of tickets is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 10.
