Boulder Senior Activities – Feb. 2015
Boulder Senior Activities for February, 2015:
The Death Cafe Series
West Senior Center
Monday, Feb. 2, 2015
10:30 a.m. to Noon
Free – Registration required
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
A Death Cafe is a respectful, enlightening and thought provoking space within which to help each other increase awareness of our “finite” lives. Hosts, Reva Tift, M.A. and Naomi Rusk, Ph.D. of the Boulder Death Cafe, have a light touch and will help ensure everyone is heard.
Ballroom Dancing for Seniors – Salsa
East Senior Center
Tuesdays, Feb. 3 – 24, four classes
1 to 2 p.m.
$16 to $28
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
Let’s warm up with some Salsa! Danced to popular Salsa music, this four-week class will prepare you to feel comfortable trying all your Salsa moves at a variety of social events. No partner required. Happy dancing everyone!
History Behind the Headlines Series: The Denouncer
East Senior Center
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
$5
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
Back by popular demand! Developed with the University of Colorado, this series focuses on broad topics of current interest. The first of the series highlights the novel The Denouncer, in which author, Paul Levitt, explores the practice of denunciation – people reporting on the doings of others – through murder and attempted assignation, buried in the murkiness of betrayal and deceit, during the Stalin era Soviet Union.
History Behind the Headlines Series: Did the Crusades Really Happen?
East Senior Center
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
$5
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
In the second of this popular series focusing on broad topics of current interest, Brian Catlos, Ph.D in Medieval Studies and member of the CU-Boulder Religious Studies faculty, will be lecturing on his newest book Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors which was published in August 2014.
History Behind the Headlines Series: Sunrise Delayed – A Personal History of Solar Energy
East Senior Center
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
$5
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
In the third of this series focusing on broad topics of current interest, Frank Kreith describes his journey, book and career as Chief of Thermal Research and Senior Research Fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). He will share is lifelong interest in solar energy and work to help bring about a shift in society from fossil fuels to a safe and renewable energy future.
Medicare Basics Class
East Senior Center
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015
2 to 4 p.m.
Free
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
Offered by Boulder County Area Agency on Aging Medicare Counselors for anyone wanting to understand the fundamentals of the Medicare program. Information will be provided about eligibility, enrollment, benefits, costs, plan choices and prescription drug coverage.
AARP Smart Driver Course
East Senior Center
Monday, Feb. 9, 2015
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
$15 to $20
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
Taking an AARP Smart Driver Course may help you save money and your life. Learn defensive driving techniques, new laws, rules of the road, how to adjust your driving to age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction times in this half-day course. Most auto insurance companies in Colorado provide a discount to AARP Smart Driver graduates age 55 and older.
Arvada Theatre “Harvey” – Day Trip
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$65 to $80 includes transportation, trip escort, lunch buffet and theatre admission.
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
Join us for a buffet lunch and performance of “Harvey”, a delightful play about Elwood P. Dowd and his best friend Harvey, a 6-foot tall invisible rabbit, whose mere “existence” has thrown Elwood’s sister into turmoil. Watch and enjoy as the story unfolds through a hilarious chain of events.
Martini Bistro, Longmont – Day Trip
Friday, Feb. 20, 2015
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
$35 to $40 includes transportation, entrŽe and gratuity. Beverages and desserts on your own.
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
Let’s travel to our neighboring city Longmont to have lunch at the Martini Bistro. Their specialty is seafood dishes, but they also offer appetizers, salads, burgers, sandwiches and desserts.
Boulder Dinner Theatre “Fiddler on the Roof” – Day Trip
Meet at the Boulder Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015
11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$50 to $55 includes trip escort, lunch, theatre performance and gratuity.
Call 303-441-4150 or 303-441-3148 to register
We’ll begin with lunch of salad, entrŽe and non-alcoholic beverage. Then, stay in your seats for a charming musical set in the village of Anatevka where Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of their tight-knit Jewish community in the face of changing social mores and growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. Includes songs “Sunrise, Sunset”, “Matchmaker” and “If I Were a Rich Man”.