55+ Connections: Week of 3/9/25
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Learn More About Dealing with Conflict
Monday, March 10
2 – 3:30 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 308
Learn more about dealing with conflict through some interactive group exercises and find out about an upcoming mediation training and opportunity to become a trained volunteer small claims mediator. Presented by Annie Tucker. Register online here or by calling 319-356-5220.
55+ Connections: Tuesday Gathering
Tuesday, March 11
10:30 AM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
Have you ever thought night-lights could be a little snazzier? If so, you’re in luck! Per request, we will be making night-light lampshades from safety pins and beads. We’ll have all of the supplies you need (except the night-lights) to make a sparkly light cover to bring a little pizzazz to any room!
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, March 12
6:30 PM
North Liberty Library
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.
Bring along a journal if you have something specific you’d like to use for your junk journal, otherwise we will have paper journals available as well.
Program will take place the second Wednesday of each month in the library meeting rooms.
Contact Melanie at [email protected] or Dani at [email protected] with questions.
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, March 14
11:30 AM
North Liberty Rec Center – Rooms 3&4
Mexico Lindo will be catering another delicious lunch this week and afterward we’ll have an educational presentation. Our presenter will be Connie Mendenhall from the Iowa Department for the Blind and she will be giving us a basic overview of the services they offer and a demonstration.
Registration for lunch is $5 and required for all who attend lunch. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, March 13th. 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 14
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 302
Come to the Senior Center to watch a movie and eat popcorn!
March 14th: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024)
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
Advance Care Planning Workshop
Friday, March 21
12 – 2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Room 308
We can’t predict when a sudden illness or injury could leave us unable to communicate or make decisions. Learn how to talk about and document your health care preferences to ensure that your family, friends, and health care team know what’s important to you and your wishes are honored. Register online here or call 319-356-5220.
Seed Library Looking for Donations
North Liberty Library
Calling all gardeners! Do you find yourself with too many seeds? Not sure what to do with them? Give them to the library! Every year the North Liberty Library hosts a free seed garden for community members. Anyone is welcome to come into the library, pick out some veggie, fruit, or decorative plant seeds all Spring long. This year, we are looking to be able to help more people than ever plant gardens of their own, so if you have seeds of any variety you don’t need, please send them our way.
Questions about donating seeds? Contact Nick Shimmin at [email protected]
