55+ Connections: Week of 1/5/2025
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55+ Connections: Tuesday Gathering
Tuesday, January 7
10:30 AM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
It’s the first Tuesday of the month (and the year!) so we’ll be playing our usual board games! We’ll have the classics like cards, dominos, chess, checkers, etc. available but please feel free to bring along your own games as well if you’d like!
Join us each week for a social gathering full of activities and friendly conversation – board games, crafts, puzzles, book discussions, and more! No registration required. You can choose which events you would like to attend and are not obligated to go weeks when the activity is not of interest to you.
Page Wreckers
Wednesday, January 8
6:30 PM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
Junk journals are a popular way to store memories, ideas, and can be used for writing, art journaling, and adding photos. Collect found and recycled materials such as trash, packaging, paper scraps, book pages, music sheets, maps, illustrations, and ephemera. Then join us for Page Wreckers to combine these materials with library provided items to create your one of a kind junk journal.
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, January 10
11:30 AM
North Liberty Rec Center – Rooms 3&4
This week, we’ll be having food from Mexico Lindo for lunch (Mexico Lindo will be our second Friday caterer going forward). After lunch, Jake Raecker, a Board Certified Geriatric Physical Therapist, will talk to us about Building Better Bones: The Impact of Exercise on Bone Health.
Registration for lunch is $5 and required for all who attend lunch. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, January 2nd. Call the Rec Center to register (319)626-5716 or go online to your RecDesk Account and register yourself.
Film Fridays & Free Popcorn
Friday, January 10
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 302
Come to the Senior Center to watch a movie and eat popcorn!
January 10th movie: One Life (2024)
Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
The Estates of North Liberty Open House
Sunday, January 12
1 – 3 PM
1242 Vintage Lane, North Liberty
Curious about the independent senior living neighborhood in North Liberty? Now is your chance to learn more about it with an open house of one of the homes! Luxury living made easy – low maintenance living. Featuring a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom home. For more information, call 319-693-4550.
Fire & Ice Festival
Saturday, January 25
2 – 8 PM
Penn Meadow Park, North Liberty
Come beat the bitter in the park with games, food, activities, performances, fireworks, and more! All events will be outdoors, so be sure to bundle up. To learn more about everything happening click here.
PFLAG Grandparent Community
Last Monday of every month
7 PM
Via Zoom
These virtual meetings are open to grandparents of LGBTQ+ grandkids. Each meeting will be led by skilled facilitators who will guide attendees in receiving support, giving support, and finding resources to help their loved ones, families, and communities.
Additionally, every meeting will include a Gender Spectrum Breakout Room especially for grandparents of transgender and gender-diverse grandkids.
These 90-minute meetings will take place on the last Monday of each month, at 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in attending, please click here to register.
