the newsletter of Center on the Hill ... the place for active adults at the of things C enterFall 2013 Vol. 4 Issue 1 Jackie’s Notes Some of the tried and true courses are expanding, like Golden Yoga adding a second class on Wednesdays and Super Bones Exercise class having a Level II course on Mondays. Our monthly Thursday Speaker Series will include presentations by former governor Dick Thornburgh, architect Mary Werner DeNadai, who renovated Ernest Hemingway’s boat and home in Cuba, and Chris Wheeler, the Phillies broadcaster. Read on in the newsletter to see all the Fall happenings at Center on the Hill. I hope you’ll continue to expand your horizons and take advantage of the myriad of classes and workshops. And while you’re doing that, I’ll be expanding my world, missing all of you, and taking pleasure in the memories of the past three years, as Center on the Hill grew from This column has always been fun to write. It has a beautiful but basically empty space to a vibrant typically been a vehicle to highlight programs and to community center of learning, fun and friends. Stay challenge folks to take risks and get involved. I have engaged, stay active and I promise to do the same. encouraged our readers to try something different, learn something new, volunteer, make new friends, All the best to each and every one of you. look for challenges, stay active in every regard, relax, and create a healthy life that has purpose and fosters a soulful happiness. This time Jackie’s Notes is different. Although I’m still encouraging you in the same vein, I now have my own life challenge and announcement. That is, I have sold my West Mt. Airy home and will be moving Jackie Yorko to Richmond, Virginia, where my mom and two of my Director six siblings live. My strong desire to live near family Center on the Hill … the place for active adults has made me take pause and decide to migrate 215-247-4654 south. The fact that my three grown children all live, [email protected] or will soon live, out west has made me further re- consider life in Philadelphia. So it’s time to “turn the page.” I am passing the proverbial baton to a new, very competent director who I’m sure will take good care of the Center and all of you. That having been said, it was important to me Inside to have planned all the programs from now through Christmas, to have pre-scheduled the monthly art Special Events 2-3 exhibits, and to have arranged the monthly Speaker Languages 4 Series presenters through the New Year. And just wait The Arts 4-5 until you see this line up! We have a bird watching series, a class on setting up your own home security Exercise and Dance 6-8 cameras, vegetarian cooking classes, health talks by Health and Wellness 8-12 both Chestnut Hill Hospital and Abington Memorial For Your Interest 13-14 Hospital, an acupuncture introduction, a seminar on volunteering, stretching classes with a local Computers 14 chiropractor, a flu shot clinic with our local pharmacy, Games 15 and more.

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MONTHLY COMMUNITY LUNCHEONS JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY The fourth Tuesday of the month, except one week a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program earlier in November. No December. Tuesday, December 3 September 24, October 22, and November 19 1:00-3:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. $10 for CHCE members/$15 non-members. $7 per person. Pay at the door. To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, Please register by the Friday prior to the luncheon! or e-mail [email protected]. To register, call Jackie Yorko (215-247-4654) or e-mail Practiced for more than 450 years, the tea ceremony [email protected]. (“chado” or “chanoyu”) is an art form, spiritual Where else in the community can you go for lunch discipline, and a way to socialize, as well as a window where you’ll see both familiar and new faces, where the into Japanese culture. Learn and enjoy a brief history atmosphere is relaxed and welcoming, where the food and demonstration of the tea ceremony. Come away is consistently good and served by a wonderful corps with a bowl of green tea and traditional seasonal sweets. of volunteers, where you stay as long as you like, and where it only costs you seven dollars? Our large room DECORATE GINGERBREAD HOUSES full of round tables are simply decorated and set with WITH PCCH PRE-SCHOOLERS white linens and real dishes. Join us at the ever popular Thursday, December 5 community luncheon, brought to you in partnership by 10:00-11:30 a.m. Center on the Hill, Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment, Free! Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels, and Keystone Care. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, We’d love to see you there. or e-mail [email protected]. This will be our fourth annual gingerbread MOVIE NIGHT FOR ADULTS house decorating event with the students from The The fourth Tuesday of the month Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Pre-K. Many of you September 24, October 22, and November 26 have seen the confection laden houses on display in the Movies start at 6:45 p.m. sharp. Center throughout the holiday seasons. Every year a Harris Room group of about twenty pre-schoolers and any number Free! of adult volunteers convene at Center on the Hill for a No registration necessary. festive hour of gingerbread house decorating and sugar Calling all movie buffs! Please join us for Movie explosion. We supply the naked gingerbread houses Night for Adults. The parking is easy, the “theater” feels and house-worthy sweets. The children provide the friendly and clean, the 63-inch flat screen television is spirit and the creativity. We need YOU to provide the easily viewed, the popcorn is for the taking, and the price guiding hand and support. And right before Christmas is right (free)! On September 24 we will show “The Best you get to bring home the gingerbread house your team Exotic Marigold Hotel”; on October 22, “Million Dollar created, if you so wish. This is a great way to kick off Baby”; and on November 26, “Beasts of the Southern the holidays and get in the spirit of the season! Wild”. Bring a friend along, if you’d like!

Save the Date Center on the Hill and Speaker Series on the Hill Holiday Party

Thursday, December 12 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Widener Auditorium – first floor

Entertainment by New Horizons Senior Glee Club 40 singers and musicians Presenting OSCAR NIGHT! Great songs from Classic Films

Refreshments will be served post-performance. Postcard reminder and registration information to follow in November. $10, paid at the door. www.chestnuthillpres.org/pages/about-the-center 2 Special Events at Center on the Hill

Speaker Series on the Hill Spring Art Exhibits At Center On The Hill Bring your lunch and a friend. Gather at 12:00 noon; Stop by the Center any time to see all of the wonderful presentation begins at 12:30 p.m. Cookies and coffee artwork on display! A portion of the proceeds from any are provided. A $5 donation is requested. sales benefits Center on the Hill.

Mary Werner DeNadai: A First- September and November – ARTsisters Hand Glimpse at Hemingway’s Our September and November art shows are Havana brought to us by ARTsisters, a group of professional Thursday, September 12 visual artists who have been empowering each other Winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel and the community through their art since 2006. Prizes and one of the most notable Sharing resources and offering support to each other, American writers, Hemingway lived in the members also have collaborated with non-profits Cuba longer than in any other location. in the community such as Endow-A-Home, Philadelphia At this fall kick off to our Speaker FIGHT, Juvenile Diabetes, The Cancer Support Series on the Hill, architect Mary Community (formerly The Wellness Community of Werner DeNadai, FAIA, will narrate a pictorial synopsis Philadelphia), The Food Trust, Child Advocates and of Hemingway’s life in Cuba. Mary made a dozen trips Laurel House. Their exhibition at Center on the Hill will to Cuba to participate in the restoration of Finca Vigia, feature the work of the many talented members. For Hemingway’s home from 1938 until his death in 1961. more information, visit www.ARTsisters.org. For the past thirty years, twenty-six of which have been in association with John D. Milner, FAIA, Mary Werner October – Oreland Art Center DeNadai has focused her architectural career in the Over forty paintings and prints by local artists and field of historic preservation. She has received multiple members of Oreland Art Center (OAC) will be on display awards in the field. in October. For over fifty years, Oreland Art Center has been dedicated to furthering the arts in our area. OAC Dick Thornburgh: The Role of Faith sponsors adult studio classes for adults with nationally in Public Life recognized artists, demonstrations and workshops, as Thursday, October 10 well as regularly scheduled open studio time. Oreland Former governor Dick Thornburgh also provides opportunities for members to exhibit their will examine some of the ways in work, including juried shows. In addition, each year which scripture guides those of us who OAC sponsors awards for nearby high school students. hold public office. Dick Thornburgh For brochures and information about membership has served as two-term Governor of and classes, go to www.orelandartcenter.com or call , Attorney General of the 215-572-6855. United States under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and under the Secretary December – Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill General of the United Nations. His wife, Ginny, heads Pre-School the Interfaith Initiative of the American Association of Fresh Artists, a non-profit art organization that People with Disabilities. The Thornburghs have four supplies innovative art programs and art supplies to art sons, six grandchildren and two great-granddaughters, teachers in severely under-resourced public schools, has and reside in Washington, DC, where Dick is counsel to been quoted as saying, “We believe art is a canvas that the international law firm of K&L Gates, LLP. provides hope, purpose and voice to future generations of creative thinkers.” Center on the Hill supports that Chris Wheeler: The Philadelphia philosophy by inviting our church pre-school to bring Phillies us their art, both in the form of paper and in cleverly Thursday, November 14 decorated gingerbread houses. Don’t miss this chance Chris Wheeler (a.k.a. ”Wheels”), to see the children’s creativity and get in the holiday widely recognized in television and spirit. radio as the Phillies’ broadcaster for the past thirty-seven years, is returning to the Speaker Series on the Hill to discuss Advertise at Center on the Hill the never-boring . Everyone who walks through the doors of Center Come hear Chris’s take on the 2013 on the Hill passes our color monitor, which announces season, the players, and what Chris believes is next for upcoming events and displays photos of previous the Phillies. Wheels is an accomplished story teller who, events. Now you can advertise on this monitor! from his first experience behind a microphone at Penn If you would like to place an advertisement on the State in the 1960s to his reflections on the Phillies ring Center on the Hill monitor, please call Jackie Yorko at ceremony at the Ball Park on April 8, 2009, can paint 215-247-4654 or email [email protected]. word pictures like few broadcasters in any sport.

Center on the Hill ... the place for active adults 3 Fall 2013 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Languages ITALIAN IV a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program Mondays, September 16-November 18 10:00 a.m.-12 noon $100 To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, or e-mail [email protected]. For students who have had at least two years of Italian. We will start by reviewing some grammar, including the present, present perfect, future and imperfect verb tenses, followed by a review of the various types of pronouns and their uses. Other verb tenses will then be introduced. We will read a short SCULPTURE novel designed for students. The emphasis throughout a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program will be on improving conversational and reading skills. Session 1: Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24 Registration deadline is September 23 for Session 1. Session 2: Thursdays, October 31, November 7, 14, and 21 Registration deadline is October 21 for Session 2. 2:00-4:00 p.m. $50, plus materials fee. To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, or e-mail [email protected]. This four session course is designed to bring out your individual creativity in the medium of your choice. Whether it is clay, stained glass mosaic, wood or rocks, feel free to come and express yourself and have fun. Margaret Swartz, known professionally as “Pegalina,” The Arts studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and SKETCHING AND DRAWING CLASS has taught many sculpture classes there, including to Mondays, start at any time. the blind and visually impaired. 9:30-11:30 a.m. $32 per month MIXED-MEDIA WORKSHOP To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program or e-mail [email protected]. Mondays, October 7–November 11 Enjoy sketching in a relaxed class. A variety of 1:00-3:00 p.m. mediums will be demonstrated such as charcoal, $75, plus a materials fee. pencil, pastels, pen and ink. Still lifes and photographs To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, will be used. All abilities are welcome. Instructor Alex or e-mail [email protected] before September 20. Forbes has been teaching for the Chestnut Hill Center Looking for ways to express your inner artist? Why for Enrichment for more than twenty years. He also not create unique and stunning greeting cards from teaches illustration at The Hussian School of Art in the found treasures and recycled items (old photos, favorite Bourse building in Philadelphia. poems, lace and ribbon). Learn how to create and use an accordion tag book. Or build your own journal covers WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP from a unique hinged book design. Martina Johnson- a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program Allen is a writer and mixed-media artist. Educated at Tuesdays, start at any time. Penn State University, University of the Arts, the Center 9:30-11:30 a.m. for Book Arts in New York, and the Tyler School of Art, $28 per month for CHCE members/$32 per month she has exhibited work at Allens Lane and Abington non-members Art Centers, The Renwick and National Museum of To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, American Art in Washington, DC, Philadelphia Museum or e-mail [email protected]. of Art, the African American Museum of Philadelphia, This wonderful drawing and watercolor painting and U.S. Embassies in Ghana and Djibouti. class is for people of all abilities. Instructor Alex Forbes has been teaching for the Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment for more than twenty years. He also teaches All classes included in this newsletter take place illustration at The Hussian School of Art in the Bourse at Center on the Hill in the Presbyterian Church of building in Philadelphia. Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, 19118. There is plenty of free parking in the rear. www.chestnuthillpres.org/pages/about-the-center 4 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults The Arts, continued LIFE STORY WRITING MODERN ART AND THE METROPOLIS Instructor Jean MacBryde Swenson, MA, author a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program of Treasures in Time: Resources for Reminiscing with Tuesday, November 5 Older Adults, has been teaching life story writing for 12:30-2:30 p.m. over a decade. $10 for CHCE members/$15 non-members, includes a light lunch. WRITING OUR LIFE STORIES—LEAVING A LEGACY, To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, PART I or e-mail [email protected]. a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program This interdisciplinary exhibition and lecture, brought Wednesdays, October 16-November 20 to us by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, sheds new 1:00-3:00 p.m. light on the vitally experimental decade of the 1920s $55 for CHCE members/$60 non-members. in Paris. It will feature the great French modernist To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, Fernand Léger (1881-1955), who played a leading or e-mail [email protected] role in redefining the practice of painting by bringing We all have a story to tell: our own. Write and it into active engagement with the urban environment share portions of your journey—choices, turning points, and modern mass media. The exhibition also features insights, life lessons. Draw on techniques such as work by Cassandre, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Theo dialogue, description, scene, summary and musing to van Doesburg, Alexandra Exter, Le Corbusier, Gerald enliven and enhance your memoir. Part 1 is open to new Murphy, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, and many others. and continuing participants. INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY: WRITING YOUR LIFE STORIES—LEAVING A BEYOND THE BASICS LEGACY, PART II Wednesdays, November 6 and 13 a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program 10:00 a.m.-12 noon Thursdays, October 17-November 21 $45. Pay at the door. 1:00-3:00 p.m. Equipment requirements: A digital camera with $55 for CHCE members/$60 non-members. adjustable controls. To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected] or e-mail [email protected]. Continue to write and share memories exploring the This hands-on class help you use your camera to cycles and stages of life. Draw on fiction techniques to get the photo you want. You will learn about camera enliven and enhance your memoir. Craft your stories operation and shooting, proper exposure, principles with insights from the process of writing and from of composition, and the use of light. You will become hearing others’ stories. Limited to participants who familiar with editing software and display options. have taken Part I. Instructor Ken Weiner is a photographer with a history that goes back to the 70’s. He teaches photography and YOUR VOICE MATTERS digital technology subjects to students of all ages and Saturday, October 19 skill levels and has exhibited photographs and paintings 1:00-5:00 p.m. in venues throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. $35. Pay at the door. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, LOOKING AT PAINTINGS: HEALING THE MIND, or e-mail [email protected]. BODY AND SPIRIT Most of us know the importance of word content Tuesday, November 12 in expressing ourselves, especially in a professional 1:00-2:30 p.m. presentation. However, we are often judged based $5. Pay at the door. upon the quality of our voice, not just the content of To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, the message. Participants will learn a deep breathing or e-mail [email protected]. technique that will allow them to center in their most Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way, writes, relaxed and confident voice. They will explore three “Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It basic aspects of the voice and discover for themselves brings healing.” This lecture will shed light on Cameron’s which of these is most effective in “putting their best foot wisdom as we look closely at selected paintings that forward” in a business setting. Participants will have the immerse us in myriad shapes, colors and story. This opportunity to practice these new vocal skills in a safe seminar offers participants the opportunity to look and supportive environment. Presenter Deborah Crane, within, as we examine the deep, healing qualities of MA, is a registered voice movement therapist, having these famous artists’ works. Presenter Flo Gelo is a completed her training in Voice Movement Therapy with Pastoral Psychotherapist at the Samaritan Counseling VMT founder Paul Newham in 1999. She has over twenty Center in Chestnut Hill, a museum guide at the years experience as a behavioral health counselor and Woodmere Art Museum, and a guide at the Philadelphia has maintained a private practice in Voice Movement Museum of Art. Therapy for over ten years.

Center on the Hill ... the place for active adults 5 Fall 2013 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Exercise and Dance LEVEL II SUPER BONES EXERCISE CLASS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Daytime: Mondays, start at any time. Daytime: Mondays, start at any time. 9:00-10:00 a.m. 10:30-11:30 a.m. $12 per class, or $85 for eight classes, plus a one-time Evenings: Wednesdays, start at any time. $10 equipment fee. 6:45-7:45 p.m. To register, call Joanne Fagerstrom, 267-432-1795. $12 per class; $85 for eight classes. This class is for those who are ready to challenge To register, call Joanne Fagerstrom, 267-432-1795. themselves further in their strengthening and balance Please bring payment to first class. work. Although this is the next step up from the basic Ease chronic pain or overcome injuries through a Super Bones Class, it is not necessary, depending on gentle movement program for people of all ages and your conditioning, to have taken that class prior to abilities. Increase flexibility, strength and balance at starting Level II. your own pace and ability. Will Byrd, program participant said, “To feel the result of lengthened limbs and opened T’AI CHI CH’UAN - THREE LEVELS joints is nothing short of miraculous, and something I Susan Heineman is a long-time student of Maggie have not experienced anywhere else.” Course instructor Newman and has taught T’ai Chi in the Philadelphia Joanne Fagerstrom is a physical therapist of over thirty area for twenty years. Related areas of practice include years, a certified Feldenkrais instructor since 2004, and Qi Gong and Meditation. has her own physical therapy practice. T’AI CHI CH’UAN - LEVEL ONE SUPER BONES Wednesdays, September 25–December 4 (No class on EXERCISE CLASS November 27) Daytime: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursdays, start at $99 for 10 sessions. any time. To register, call Mt. Airy Learning Tree, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at 215-843-6333 visit www.mtairylearningtree.org. Evenings: T’ai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art that Wednesdays, start at strengthens body and mind. The sequential, flowing any time. movements promote balance, flexibility, endurance and 5:30-6:30 p.m. well-being. T’ai Chi offers a means of deeply relaxing, $12 per class, or $85 while being alert and aware. Here, the Yang Style short for eight classes, form will be taught. This class is for beginning students plus a one-time $10 of any age and ability. Wear comfortable clothing and equipment fee. flat shoes. To register, call Joanne Fagerstrom, 267-432- T’AI CHI CH’UAN – CONTINUING 1795. a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program Did you know Wednesdays that a woman’s 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. risk of developing an $99 for 10 sessions. osteoporosis-related To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180 hip fracture is equal to or e-mail [email protected]. her combined risk of This class is for students who have completed the developing breast, first 20 moves of the Yang style Short form and wish uterine, and ovarian to continue and deepen their practice. Qi Gong and cancer? Well there’s Meditation will be included in this course. something you can do NOW to reduce that risk. Bones need to be stressed to TAI CHI - ADVANCED be healthy and active lifestyles that stress those bones a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program reduce the risk of fracture by half. Join physical therapist Wednesdays Joanne Fagerstrom in this bone building exercise class 10:00-11:00 a.m. that will focus on key strengthening exercises, balance, $99 for 10 sessions. and posture. Participant Kristy Conwell said about To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180 Joanne, “Her keen awareness of how movement affects or e-mail [email protected]. the human body, coupled with her extensive physical This class is for students who have completed the therapy experience, make Joanne an incredibly effective Yang Style short form. The course will focus on form instructor. Everyone could benefit from the Super Bones correction and Qi Gong Meditation practices. class.”

www.chestnuthillpres.org/pages/about-the-center 6 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Exercise and Dance, continued GENTLE THERAPEUTIC YOGA YOGA CLASSES Mondays, start at any time. Center on the Hill hosts four unique yoga classes. 2:00-3:30 p.m. Please read below to see which might best fit your $12 per class. Partial need-based assistance is available. needs and preferences. To register, call Michelle Carlino, 609-413-6656. This class is designed for those who benefit from YOGA WITH ATTITUDE a slow, gentle flow of movements to stretch the body a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program and relax the mind. It is tailored for those dealing with Fridays, start at any time. fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, back injuries, chronic 9:30-11:00 a.m. fatigue, or other physical challenges. A deep relaxation $45 per month; walk-ins $15 per class is included to support the body’s inner healing. Yoga To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180 instructor Michelle Carlino has been studying multiple or e-mail [email protected]. styles of yoga since 1982 and teaching since 1990. She This is basic yoga with breath warm-ups, asana and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Education and meditation. Students of all ages and levels of experience Communications and has developed yoga programs are welcome. The class provides a method which for many special populations. Michelle is certified in allows us to adopt an “attitude” when confronted and Hatha, Kripalu, Arusara, Kundalini, and cardiac/cancer to respond to the adventures in our lives. Participants therapeutic yoga. She is also a certified reflexologist, practice alternative viewpoints, “while standing in truth Reiki Master, therapeutic touch practitioner, and seated and light.” Grace Perkins has been teaching yoga in and chair massage therapist. around Philadelphia for over twenty-four years. She has developed a unique program, integrating seasons, GOLDEN YOGA posture, metaphors, poetry and stories to enhance the Wednesdays and Fridays, basic Integral Yoga approach. start either or both classes at any time. 2:30-3:30 p.m. YOGA, A CHAIR AND YOU Four classes for $20 a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program To register, call Barbara Levitt, 215-247-3029 Fridays, start at any time. or e-mail [email protected]. 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Golden Yoga is a Classical Yoga, adapted by the $45 per month; walk-ins $15 per class SKY Foundation, to accommodate those who have To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, difficulty getting up and down from the floor. The or e-mail [email protected]. practices include stretching, breathing, relaxation, Everybody can enjoy the benefits of yoga. And and meditation techniques – all done while sitting in it’s not necessary to get on the floor to explore this a chair or standing. Barbara Levitt, author of Golden gentle and effective exercise system that creates Yoga: You Can Do It, has practiced and taught Classical strength, flexibility, balance, and rotation. Over twenty- Yoga under the direction of Dr. Vijayendra Pratap for five years ago, Grace Perkins created this program for forty years. Barbara is Secretary of the SKY Foundation people recovering from illness or who have physical and is a yoga instructor for the Jefferson-Myrna Brind limitations. The program is classically structured with Center of Integrative Medicine. breathing techniques, asana (postures for strength and stretching) and meditation based in the Integral YOGA SEMINAR TO BALANCE YOUR MOOD Tradition. Everyone is welcome and standing is optional. Wednesday, October 9 1:30-3:30 p.m. $15 To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. In this empowering workshop, you will learn yogic tools that will help to elevate your mood, calm your anxiety and balance your nervous system. The focus will be on some specific asanas, yogic breathing strategies, mantras, meditation and relaxation techniques. This

WWW.ZENSHIATSUCHICAGO.ORG experiential seminar will be taught by Elisabeth Steuble, a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Yoga Teacher-200 and a Certified LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner-1. For more information on Elisabeth’s work, go to www.moodbalancingyoga.com.

Center on the Hill ... the place for active adults 7 Fall 2013 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Exercise and Dance, continued Health and Wellness SOUL LINE DANCING FOR BEGINNERS ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: Thursdays, start at any time. WHY DO IT ALONE? 5:30-7:00 p.m. Third Tuesday of the month, start at any time. $7 per class. Pay at the door, but please register ahead 5:30-6:45 p.m. of your first time. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, For more information or to register call Wendy Liebling, or e-mail [email protected]. 610-733-1473 or e-mail [email protected]. This Soul Line Dancing class will teach you some Share your caregiving challenges and wisdom of the old favorites and newer line dances of today. It with others and join our support group for caregivers, is a wonderful way to get moving, lose weight, relieve sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association of the Delaware stress and have loads of fun. Soul Line Dance teacher Valley. This group support is provided in a confidential Lorraine McClary has been dancing since 2004 and is and supportive environment. Facilitator Wendy Liebling, proficient in more than 100 dances. Lorraine hopes LSW, C-ASWCM, is a licensed social worker and certified to share the experience of line dancing with you and advanced social work case manager who brings together others who wish to move, groove, and have fun! caregivers dedicated to a common goal. Wendy brings over 20 years of sSocial work experience her to her INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING volunteer role with the Alzheimer’s Association. a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program Fridays, start at any time. 1:00- 2:30 p.m. $50 for 10 classes for CHCE members/$60 for 10 classes for non-members $7 perclass at the door. Your first visit is free. To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, or e-mail [email protected]. Enjoy learning folk dances from Israel, the British Isles, France, the Balkans, and beyond. No partner is needed, as most dances are done in lines and circles. Although this is primarily a class for beginning and intermediate dancers, more experienced dancers are always welcome. Instructor Bill Wadlinger and his wife, Carol, founded Beaver Folk Dancing in the 1970’s and are part of Three’s a Village, which provides WWW.THEPATTERSONFOUNDATION.ORG participatory dance instruction with live music for public and private events. Bill also plays with the folk dance INDIVIDUAL MEDICARE COUNSELING band International Folk Sounds. For more information, By appointment see http://www.beaverfolkdance.org/folkdancefridays. Free! Medicare can be complicated and confusing for those new to Medicare, retirees, baby-boomers preparing for retirement, children who are handling their parents’ health care, and social security disability recipients. The RSVP APPRISE program offers free and confidential Medicare counseling at Center on the Hill. Make an appointment to meet with trained and state-certified volunteer counselor Barbara Rutberg on Thursdays between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. In a confidential meeting, Ms. Rutberg will help you understand what Medicare does and doesn’t cover and explain your options concerning Medicare HMOs, supplemental insurance, and Part D prescription drug plans. Learn about long- term care, special assistance programs available to low- income recipients or problem solve about your current Medicare, HMO, or Supplemental Insurance benefits. Make your appointment for free Medicare counseling by calling 610-834-1040, ext. 59. Leave your name and phone number for Barbara Rutberg who will call you back within 24 hours to arrange an appointment.

www.chestnuthillpres.org/pages/about-the-center 8 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Health and Wellness, continued ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FLU DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM Monday, September 23 Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 p.m. September 4, 11, 18 and 25 OR FREE! October 2, 9, 16 and 23 To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, November 6, 13 and 20 (4 sessions merged into 3) or e-mail [email protected]. 12:00 noon-2:00 p.m. It’s that time of year again—flu season. While the Free if you attend all sessions OR $5 for the cooking flu can make anyone sick, people with chronic health workshop alone, which is the last session of each series. conditions are at greater risk for serious complications. To register, call Susan Pierce, 215-248-8479. If you are one of the millions of Americans with a chronic Chestnut Hill Hospital’s certified diabetes educator, health condition like asthma, diabetes, stroke, heart or Susan Pierce, MPT, CDE, will help you understand lung disease, this seminar applies to you. This workshop managing diabetes to stay healthy. All are welcome to will outline common misconceptions about the flu and take part in this series of four small-group workshops, the flu vaccination, provide tips to prevent the flu, and where participants receive personalized attention and discuss what to do if you have the flu. Presenter Megan learn what it takes to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Gill has been a pharmacist for twenty-one years and Participants can sign up for one or all four workshops. currently works for Chestnut Hill Pharmacy. Session 1: What, When and How Much to Eat: Developing food awareness. FLU VACCINATIONS AT CENTER ON THE HILL Session 2: It’s Not Just about Food: The impact of Tuesday, September 24 activity, options in medications, understanding blood 2:00-4:00 p.m. sugar results and how to avoid complications. $20 Session 3: Going for your Goal: Setting realistic To register, call pharmacist Megan Gill, 215-247-1221. goals and overcoming pitfalls. Chestnut Hill Pharmacy will set up camp at Center Session 4: Healthy Cooking: Demonstration, tasting on the Hill to give flu shots. Protect yourself early and and tips. get your flu vaccination! Here it’s easy and convenient, with plenty of free parking at the back of the church. Plan to stay after the community luncheon that day and get your vaccination. Call ahead for your appointment.

VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASSES Tuesdays, October 1, 8 and 15 12:30-2:30 p.m. $10 per class. Pay at the door. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. If you’re interested in eating more healthfully but not sure where to start, this is the class for you. Even kitchen pros will pick up great ideas for quick, healthy HTTP://WWW.LCHDHEALTHCARE.ORG/ meals. Presenter Ermine Laud-Hammond is a retired Health and Nutrition Educator with a Master of Science PROTECT YOURSELF WITH PREVENTIVE CARE in Health Education. Ermine has taught vegetarian Monday, September 16 cooking for the past fifteen years. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. Learn how you may benefit from the Affordable Healthcare Act’s focus on screenings and preventative services. Valerie Pendley, MD, Chestnut Hill Hospital geriatric medicine, will discuss vaccinations including shingles, pertussis, influenza and pneumovax. Melissa Vitek, OD, Eye Institute of Chestnut Hill, will discuss prevention, as well as updates on common eye problems including glaucoma, dry eye, and diabetic eye care.

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Health and Wellness, continued ACUPUNCTURE 101 Thursday, October 24 1:00-3:00 p.m. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-465, or e-mail [email protected]. Acupuncture is an affordable, holistic medicine that provides relief to people suffering from chronic conditions, especially when western medicine fails. Acupuncture helps those struggling with chronic pain, sleep disorders, depression/anxiety, menstrual irregularities/PMS, headaches, digestive disorders and other chronic conditions. Come learn the basics about this ancient medical healing practice and how it can benefit you. Presenter Melissa McConnell, MA, LA, ATC, LMT, is a licensed acupuncturist with a Master’s degree from the Won Institute of Graduate Studies.

ANEURYSMS TO VARICOSE VEINS Tuesday, November 12 12-1 p.m. Free! FREE MEDICARE SEMINAR IN TIME To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT or e-mail [email protected]. Thursday, October 3 Mark Kahn, M.D., Chestnut Hill Hospital vascular 6:00-7:30 p.m. surgeon, diagnoses and treats conditions that affect the OR blood vessels of the circulatory system. From clogged Tuesday, October 8 arteries that can lead to stroke, to lack of blood to the 10:00-11:30 a.m. legs resulting in difficulty with walking, the vascular Free! program at Chestnut Hill Hospital can help. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. WHEN SECONDS COUNT: Your Medicare plan options change every year, just STROKES AND STROKE SCREENINGS as your needs may change. Fall Open Enrollment period, Wednesday, December 11 from October 15 through December 7, 2013, is when 12:30-2:30 p.m. you can change your Medicare coverage for 2014. You Free! can do this by joining a new Medicare Advantage plan To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or by joining a new stand-alone prescription drug plan or e-mail [email protected]. (PDP). You can also return to Original Medicare, with Everyone is at risk for stroke! Being able to recognize or without a stand-alone Part D plan, from a Medicare the warning signs could save the life of a loved one or Advantage plan. State trained volunteer APPRISE maybe your own. Pascal Jabbour, MD, medical director counselors offer FREE presentations on your choices, of Chestnut Hill Hospital’s stroke program and professor 2014 Medicare costs, Medicare Advantage options, and of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, on Medicare Prescription Drug plans. will provide the latest information on stroke prevention,

diagnosis and treatment. Following the presentation, BRAIN AGING AND DEMENTIA members from the stroke team at Chestnut Hill Hospital Wednesday, October 16 will provide stroke screenings to interested participants. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. Join Russell Breish, MD, Chestnut Hill Hospital Advertise at Center on the Hill geriatrician, to shed light on the processes behind these Everyone who walks through the doors of Center changes. Understand how dementia may present and on the Hill passes our color monitor, which announces the importance of diagnosing dementia so symptoms upcoming events and displays photos of previous such as depression, delusions and agitation can be events. Now you can advertise on this monitor! treated. If you would like to place an advertisement on the Center on the Hill monitor, please call Jackie Yorko at 215-247-4654 or email [email protected].

www.chestnuthillpres.org/pages/about-the-center 10 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Health and Wellness, continued SAFETY AND SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMEN HEALTHY FOODS AND COOKING Tuesday, December 17 Linda Taylor, CHHC is a Certified Health Coach and 10:00-11:30 a.m. Culinary Cooking Instructor, specializing in holistic $15. Pay at the door. wellness and nutrition. Since the opening of Taylor’s To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, Wholesome Foods Workshop, L.L.C. in 2002, Linda has or e-mail [email protected]. appeared on Channel 12 WHYY’s Chef Jim Coleman’s Learn how women can protect themselves in a Healthy Flavor and WURD. She has been a guest speaker variety of situations—in the home, car, parking lots, on health issues for Germantown radio stations and has and on the street. Instructor Nancy Pollack has been written articles for local newspapers and magazines. a therapist and counselor for over thirty-five years, specializing in women’s issues. Nancy has a Master’s CHANGING COMFORT FOODS TO HEALTHY FOODS degree in Counseling and Human Relations from Monday, October 21 Villanova University and a First Degree Black Belt in 1:30-3:30 p.m. Korean Martial Arts (certified by the World Tae Kwon Do $12. Includes recipes, handouts, and food containers Federation). to transport your handmade comfort foods. Pay at the door. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. This class is all about changing comfort food into healthy vegan foods … no dairy, no eggs, no cholesterol. It’s a hands-on cooking class that offers samples to taste, recipes to take, and information to share. Come enjoy vegan and raw foods that will provide energy, well-being and eating pleasure while preparing savory entrees and deceptively delicious desserts. Bring your favorite apron!

FABULOUS FIBER Wednesday, December 18 1:00-2:00 p.m. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. This informative presentation will make sure you WWW.PAPAGANACHE.COM know what fiber is, what counts and what doesn’t count, why fiber is so important to your diet, how much fiber MAKING HEALTHY HOLIDAY DESSERTS: you need on a daily basis and how you get enough of NO DAIRY, NO EGGS the right kind of fiber. Presenter Judy Thalheimer RD, Monday, November 18 LDN, is a registered dietitian from Abington Memorial 1:30-3:30 p.m. Hospital who practices community nutrition in the $12. Includes recipes, handouts, and food containers Philadelphia area. Judy combines her love of science to transport your handmade comfort foods. Pay at the with her interest in theater arts and writing to develop door. educational and engaging nutrition presentations for all To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, ages. Judy seeks to dispel myths and provide sound, or e-mail [email protected]. practical advice that empowers individuals to take Desserts have never been so nutritious and quick. control of their health. Give your body the delectable, energizing treats it deserves. Learn to enhance your overall health, as you prepare these super nutritious, dense desserts. This is All classes included in this newsletter take place a hands-on cooking class that offers samples to taste, at Center on the Hill in the Presbyterian Church of recipes to take, and information to share. Bring your Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, favorite apron! 19118. There is plenty of free parking in the rear.

Center on the Hill ... the place for active adults 11 Fall 2013 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults Health and Wellness, continued YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHIROPRACTOR WANTS YOU TO KNOW AARP DRIVER SAFETY COURSE Dr. Dawn Cute is a 1996 graduate of New York Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15 Chiropractic College. She is the sole proprietor of 12:30-4:30 p.m. (eight hours total) Optimum Health Chiropractic in Roxborough Market $12 for AARP members/$14 non-members Square. Dawn is committed to getting the message out Please write your AARP number on your check. to the public about chiropractic care and the importance Phone registration and pre-payment is required. of natural, holistic healthcare. Call 215-247-4654. To hold your spot, checks, made payable to AARP, must be sent ahead of time PROPER STRETCHING FOR FLEXIBILITY to Center on the Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, AND INJURY PREVENTION: PHASE 1 Philadelphia, PA 19118. Tuesday, October 1 This eight-hour, in-classroom driving review 1:00-2:00 p.m. program is designed for adults 50 and older who Free! want to develop safe, defensive driving techniques. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, Full attendance is mandatory in order to receive the or e-mail [email protected]. AARP certificate. Pennsylvania state law requires This seminar will teach proper stretching for insurance companies to give a minimum 5% increased flexibility and decreased risk for injury. The premium reduction to persons 55 years and older exercises are easily learned, take only a couple of who complete this course. minutes to do, and reap big rewards, if done three to four times a week. AARP DRIVER SAFETY REFRESHER COURSE Monday, November 18 SPINAL WELLNESS AND SPINE SCREENINGS 12:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 15 $12 for AARP members/$14 non-members 12:00 noon-2:30 p.m. Please write your AARP number on your check. Free! Phone registration and pre-payment is required. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, Call 215-247-4654. To hold your spot, checks, or e-mail [email protected]. made payable to AARP, must be sent ahead of time Are you suffering with ailments like arthritis, to Center on the Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, disc degeneration, disc bulge and herniations, lower Philadelphia, PA 19118. back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, or The AARP Driver Safety Refresher Course is headaches? This twenty minute talk will review these available to all those who have completed the ailments and explain what a chiropractor would do to eight-hour AARP Driver Safety Class, or the AAA treat them. Understanding your ailment is helpful in equivalent, within the past three years. Interested realizing how chiropractic care can help and in knowing participants will need to bring to class their driver’s which activities of daily living affect you positively or license and proof of having previously completed negatively. The spine screenings will be post-lecture the eight-hour training. In order to continue to and by appointment. receive the discount on Pennsylvania car insurance premiums, AARP certificates need to be updated PROPER STRETCHING FOR FLEXIBILITY every three years. AND INJURY PREVENTION: PHASE 2 Tuesday, November 5 1:00-2:00 p.m. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. Join Dr. Dawn Cute for the second stretching seminar that will build from the first stretching class held on October 1. This session will review the previous exercises that were taught and will teach advanced, full body stretching/toning exercises to help increase flexibility and build strength. Attendance at the first stretching class is not a requirement.

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For Your Interest WE’RE GETTING OLDER: NOW WHAT? INTRODUCTION TO BIRDING Mondays, October 28, November 4, 11, and 18 IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY 10 a.m.-12 noon Thursdays, September 26, October 3, 10, and 17 $50. Pay at the door. 1:00-2:30 p.m. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, $40. No pro rating, please. or e-mail [email protected]. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, Have you been thinking about growing older or or e-mail [email protected]. entering a new time in your life? Do you wonder who Each year hundreds of species of birds can be seen you are becoming or how you want to spend your in the Delaware Valley Region. This course will focus on time? This is an invitation to engage in study and the local species, as well as the numerous species that conversation about the opportunities and challenges as migrate through the region. We will discuss the various we age. We will examine personal transformation and techniques used to identify these birds, including their a new vision of growing older. The purpose of this study profiles, flight patterns, song and behavior. The first group is to explore issues and questions, to share our class will discuss the “where and when” of Birding in thoughts, and, perhaps to discover some answers or the area. The second class will focus on ways to identify new directions for our lives. In addition to our reading the individual species, with special emphasis on hawks, and conversation, we shall also do “inner work” at which are migrating through in large numbers at this each session – engaging in life review, contemplative time of year. The third class will discuss bird song and exercises, journaling and dyads. We will use Rabbi its role in identifying birds. The fourth class will look Zalman Schachter’s book, From Age-ing to Sage- at the wider opportunities for bird watching throughout ing, as a background text, complemented by other the US and the world. Cliff Hence, long time local birder resources and other writings. Facilitator Lynne Iser has and Past President of the Wyncote Audubon Society, a taught many workshops and classes, including Spiritual chapter of National Audubon, will teach the course. A Eldering, Growing Older in Community, and Elders and field trip will be planned to the Wissahickon Creek area Social Activism/Transformation. to provide real world experience in birding skills. VOLUNTEERING FOLLOW UP Monday, September 30 1:00-2:30 p.m. Free! To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. This is the follow-up to the June 2013 session with Sally Vanderloop. At this program we welcome you to check in with Sally on your volunteering search and efforts. Get your questions answered, get Sally’s help in fine tuning your search, and evaluate your volunteer experiences. WWW.NJ.COM VOLUNTEERING: IS IT TIME TO GIVE BACK? SETTING UP YOUR OWN WEBCAM Monday, November 4 HOME SECURITY SYSTEM 1:00-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, October 22 and 29 Free! 2:30-4:30 p.m. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, $30. Pay at the door. or e-mail [email protected]. Class minimum is 6 students. No matter your age, volunteering is a successful To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, way to enrich your life. In this interactive seminar or e-mail [email protected]. you will design a way to give from your heart in a Home security has become a necessity. And did satisfying way. We will discuss and analyze your you know there are affordable ways to monitor your desired level of involvement and where you are home for less than fifty dollars? Learn how to setup an best suited to give your time. You will receive inexpensive home webcam security system using an old resources about opportunities with the government, computer, some free software from the internet, and a virtual experiences, clearinghouses and national webcam. You’ll be able to check on your home, business and international organizations. Facilitator Sally or children via the internet while you’re away. Software Vanderloop is a graduate of Union College, Ohio and manuals will be provided free of charge. Instructor State University, and Johns Hopkins University, with Gerald Brown has more than 27 years of computer an emphasis on the Social Sciences. She has been experience as a subcontractor, specializing in software helping people design their next life stages for over development, production support, troubleshooting and twenty years. maintenance. Center on the Hill ... the place for active adults 13 Fall 2013 Programs at Center on the Hill... the place for active adults For Your Interest, continued Computers David Grauel has been a Technical Support and Training Specialist in Microsoft Office Products for such companies as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. He has years of experience in staff training, help desks and network troubleshooting.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS Wednesdays, October 2, 9, 16, and 23 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $99 for 4 sessions To register, call Mt. Airy Learning Tree, 215-843-6333 or visit www.mtairylearningtree.org. This course covers working with desktop icons and manipulating Windows; managing and organizing files and directories/folders; copying, moving, and deleting files and directories/folders; using search features, and simple text editing tools. No experience is necessary and the class is 100% hands-on. Classroom lap-tops are provided. You’ll feel more comfortable with computers by the end of the course.

INTERNET AND E-MAIL BARB SHERF Wednesdays, November 6 and 13 10:00 a.m.-12 noon DOWNTON ABBEY FASHION FLASHBACK $39 for 2 sessions Wednesday, December 4 To register, call Mt. Airy Learning Tree, 215-843-6333 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. or visit www.mtairylearningtree.org. $12. A light lunch is included. Pay at the door. An excellent follow-up to the Introduction to To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, Computers class, this two part series explores in depth or e-mail [email protected]. the internet and e-mail. Find valuable resources on Do you remember when women wore hats and the internet, learn how to make purchases online, use white gloves to go shopping and men wore bow ties search engines to locate anything, protect yourself and and pocket-handkerchiefs? In this fun session, we’ll others while online, and create a free e-mail account take a walk down memory lane with a look at the and learn how to use it. Students are asked to bring fashions of yesteryear. Participants are urged to bring their e-mail logins to class, if they have one. (or wear) a hat, bodice, shoe-hooks or other clothing item that typically isn’t in use anymore. We’ll explore HOW TO SELL YOUR THINGS ON E-BAY the history of fashion themes from the 1900’s to the Tuesdays, December 10 and 17 present. Please bring a bag of gently used clothes 1:00-3:00 p.m. to donate to those in need of clothing (optional). $20. Pay at the door. Facilitator Barb Sherf created CommunicationsPro. Class minimum is 6 students. com in 1996 and served as an award-winning print and To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, broadcast journalist for nearly a decade before serving or e-mail [email protected]. as a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Do you want to make extra money and become Environmental Protection’s Southeast Regional office. an E-Bay seller? Instructor Jerry Brown will walk you Barb is certified as a Competent Toastmaster and served through the steps to become a successful seller. You will as Toastmaster’s Vice President of Public Relations and learn what items get the most money; how to get an as Vice President of Education. With a degree in print E-Bay and seller’s account; how to create an effective journalism, Barbara continues to write for a variety of E-Bay ad; how to research the value of your items publications and has co-authored a book. and how to design your E-Bay seller web page to draw more attention. Jerry Brown has more than twenty- seven years of computer experience as a subcontractor, specializing in software development, production support, troubleshooting, and computer maintenance.

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MAH JONGG 101 (BEGINNERS) Wednesdays, September 25-October 30 2:00-4:00 p.m. $78 for 6 sessions, includes 2013 playing card. To register, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. Learn to play this increasingly popular and BRIDGE challenging Chinese tile game involving skill, strategy Bill Farmer has been playing bridge for seventy and luck. Mah Jongg 101 is for beginners or can be a seven years and has been an American Bridge refresher for those who would like to improve their skills. Association Life Master for over twenty years, directing This initial series of classes introduces and reinforces all and playing in tournaments throughout the country. Bill basics of play and then evolves into greater emphasis is the founder and still an active member of the Mt. Airy on strategy and skill development. and Cosmopolitan Bridge Clubs.

OPEN PLAY – NOT FOR BEGINNERS BEGINNING BRIDGE Fridays, start at any time Tuesdays, September 24-November 26 1:30-3:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.–12 noon Free! $99 for 10 classes No registration necessary. To register, call Mt. Airy Learning Tree, 215-843-6333 This is an opportunity to simply enjoy others’ or visit www.mtairylearningtree.org. company and play the game of Mah Jongg. Participants This class will teach you how to bid and play your should be familiar enough with the game to play hand. Students will be able to play a game of bridge by without formal instruction. Over the past year, a the fourth lesson and will fully understand the basics of small group of people have been meeting to play contract bridge by the end of the course. These classes and would like to expand the number of players. Any are for people new to the game of bridge. questions, call Jackie Yorko, 215-247-4654, or e-mail [email protected]. INTERMEDIATE BRIDGE a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program Thursdays, September 12-October 31 10 a.m.–12 noon $85 for 8 classes To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, or e-mail [email protected]. This is a course for people who have taken Beginning Bridge or who have played previously and want to bring their contract bridge game up-to-date. Upon finishing these classes, participants will be ready for Wednesday open play bridge games at Center on the Hill or Thursdays at the Center for Enrichment.

BRIDGE REFRESHER a Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) program Thursdays, November 7, 14, 21, December 5, 12 10 a.m.–12 noon $55 for 5 classes To register, call CHCE, 215-248-0180, or e-mail [email protected]. WWW.ECLECTIC-ELEMENTS.COM This class is for people who have played bridge in the past, feel a bit rusty and would like some lessons, tips and supervised practice.

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