55+ Connections: Week of 3/2/25
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55+ Connections: Tuesday Gathering
Tuesday, March 4
10:30 AM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
It is once again board game/card game week! We’ll have an assortment of games to pick from, but you are welcome to bring one of your own to play 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.
Walk with Ease
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Mar 4 – Apr 18
10 – 11 AM
North Liberty Recreation Center – Upper Aerobics Room
The Arthritis Foundation’s Walk With Ease Program is a community-based physical activity and self-management education program. While walking is the central activity, Walk With Ease also includes health education, stretching and strengthening exercises, and motivational strategies. The program includes a guidebook and a walking schedule to get you safely moving toward better health. These classes meet three times a week for six weeks. This is an evidence- based program that has been proven to improve the quality of life of people with arthritis, but anyone who wants to add regular activity into their lives can benefit. We will walk on the indoor track at the North Liberty Rec Center and potentially outdoors if the weather is inviting. Click here to register or call 319-356-5220.
Qigong Movement for Wellbeing
Wednesdays
11:15 AM – 12 PM
North Liberty Recreation Center – Upper Aerobics Room
Qigong, sometimes called the grandmother of tai chi, is the basic exercise system within Chinese medicine. It focuses on opening the places in your body where your circulating energy is blocked, allowing your life force, known as qi, to flow freely. As a slow moving, peaceful, meditative form of exercise, qigong can be practiced by people of all ages and abilities. We will use a mix of videos from the Great Courses to lead our routines. The movements in this course are slow and simple, and always carefully modeled and explained. The practice of qigong, time-tested over thousands of years, has the potential to improve your physical fitness, free your mind, and energize your life with renewed vitality. Click here to register or call 319-356-5220.
100 Grannies Lecture Series
Wednesdays, March 5 – 26
3 – 4 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 302
The 2025 Barbara Schlachter and Ann Christenson Memorial Lecture Series is a partnership between the Iowa City Senior Center and 100 Grannies for a Livable Future. For over 10 years, this team of women has been working to inform and activate communities by drawing attention to risks to our environment. Meet some of the leaders who help move us to action, discuss priorities you care about and what you can do to support these efforts. Click here to register or call 319-356-5220.
Mar 5: David Cwiertny – Clean Water in Iowa
Mar 12: Kristin Shevis – Reducing Plastic Pollution
Mar 19: Glen Merzer – Food is Climate
Mar 26: Dr. Jerald Schnoor – Climate Change, Wildfires, and Hurricanes: Where are we heading?
Trivia Night
Thursday, March 6
6:30 PM
North Liberty Library – MR 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.
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, March 7
11:30 AM
North Liberty Rec Center – Rooms 3&4
Somehow, we’re already in March! If you register on a monthly basis, don’t forget that this is the first Friday of the month and you may need to call and check to make sure you’re signed up. This week, we’ll have turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy from Hy-Vee for lunch. After lunch we’ll play BINGO!
Registration for lunch is $5 and required for all who attend lunch. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, March 6th. Call the Rec Center to register (319)626-5716 or go online to your RecDesk Account and register yourself.
Film Fridays & Free Popcorn
Friday, March 7
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 302
Come to the Senior Center to watch a movie and eat popcorn!
March 7th: Sideways (2004)
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California’s wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
First Friday Tech Time
Friday, March 7
2- 3 PM
North Liberty Library – Study Room 1
Bring in your device that you need help with or any tech question(s) you have and get assistance! No appointment necessary!
Help with devices/technology is not limited to this event, but it’s an open space where we’re guaranteed to be present and available. For any questions (or if you’d like tech help outside of this event), email Nick at [email protected]
