55+ Connections: Week of 5/4/25
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55+ Connections: Tuesday Gathering
Tuesday, May 6
10:30 AM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
Come to the library to play board games and card games with friends! We’ll provide some of the classics, but you are welcome to bring your own games to play too.
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.
Movie Night at the Coralville Library
Wednesday, May 7
6 – 8 PM
Coralville Public Library – Schwab Auditorium
Come to the Coralville Public Library for a free movie. They are showing Twisters, which is rated PG-13. This film is approximately 2 hours long. Refreshments, including fresh popped popcorn, will be provided.
As storm season intensifies, former storm chaser Kate is lured back to Oklahoma while she seeks to forget a devastating event from years past. She meets social-media star Tyler, as never before seen storm systems converge and they find themselves in the struggle of their lives.
Qigong Movement for Wellbeing
Wednesdays, May 7 through August 27
11:15 AM – 12 PM
North Liberty Rec 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 and YouTube 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. This class is offered by the Iowa City Senior Center at no cost. To register, call 319-356-5220 or go online and register here.
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, May 9
11:30 AM
North Liberty Rec Center – Rooms 3&4
We’ll be having food from Mexico Lindo this week and after lunch we’ll play “Local Interest Trivia” to test our Iowa and Johnson County knowledge and compete for small prizes.
Registration for lunch is $5 and required for all who attend lunch. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, May 1st. Call the Rec Center to register (319)626-5716 or go online to your RecDesk Account and register yourself.
55+ Connections: Friday Meal Raffles
Thanks to a generous donor, we have 100 free meals to give away to participants of the 55+ Connections Friday Lunch! We have decided to hold raffles every week for the rest of 2025 to distribute these meals. Three names will be drawn weekly and the three winners will have the cost of lunch that day refunded to them. Anyone who is registered for lunch can participate, but you can’t win twice in one month. Our May 2nd winners are: John D., Shirley B., and Judy V. Congrats!
Film Fridays & Free Popcorn
Friday, May 9
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center
Come to the Senior Center to watch a movie and eat popcorn!
May 9th movie: Carol (2015)
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Volunteer Fair
Saturday, May 10
10 AM – 2 PM
Meet with area organizations about volunteer and internship
opportunities in our community. Volunteer Fair will be held in the North Liberty Library from 10 am to 12 pm on Saturday, May 10.
Join us on the Ranshaw House Lawn following the Volunteer Fair from 12 pm to 2 pm for some fun provided by Grace Community Church including a bounce house, giant Jenga, and yard games.
Is your non-profit seeking volunteers? Reserve a table at the Volunteer Fair by May 7 at https://bit.ly/3EpAzVQ.
Contact Kellee or Corrie at the North Liberty Library with questions about this event.
Community Grill Out
Saturday, May 10
11 AM – 2:30 PM
McGrath Hawkeye Harley-Davidson – 120 Westcor Dr., Coralville
The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association® (CVMA®) is an association of Veterans from all branches of the United States Armed Forces who ride motorcycles as a hobby. Come support this organization with a free will donation, eat some burgers, and enjoy being a part of the McGrath Hawkeye Harley-Davidson community! For more information, call 319-313-3042.
