July through December 2019

OVER 400 ACTIVITIES DESIGNED FOR OUR 50+ RESIDENTS (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors Citizen Contact Center: 311

Timothy M. Keller, Mayor | Anna M. Sanchez, Director Welcome to the Fall/Winter Activities Catalog for the City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs. We hope you enjoy the multitude of activities, classes, and trips that you can participate in at our Senior Centers and throughout Albuquerque’s many social and Timothy M. Keller, cultural venues. Burque is a vibrant place to enjoy a variety of activities, everything from Mayor, City of Albuquerque outdoor adventures in our city parks and open space to the talented artists performing Anna M. Sanchez, in any number of theaters, breweries, and coffee shops around town. Whatever it is that Director, Department of Senior Affairs you enjoy, there’s a good chance that you’ll find it here. Angel C. Montoya, You can connect with your peers at any one of our senior centers, or bring along your Acting Recreation Division Manager family and friends for some of the fun whether it’s at one of our multi-generational centers or out and about around town. Our goal is to keep you active and engaged in our community where you can meet Department of Senior Affairs up with old friends and meet some new ones along the way. Recently our city hosted the 2019 Senior Advisory Council Games presented by Humana. During this time our city received over 13,000 athletes ready to compete Bobbi Carmona-Young Debby Knotts and enjoy all Albuquerque had to offer. Thanks to the help of countless volunteers we were able to Steve Borbas Greg Lopez pull off a successful Senior Games. As always we encourage you to get involved through our volunteer C. Hugh Formhals Lucy Lopez program—One ABQ Volunteers. We are turning government inside out so every person has a role to Richard Garcia Evan Thompson play in moving our city forward. There’s something for everyone—if you’re interested in public safety we Joie Glenn Allison Weber have crime data entry; if you care about animals you can foster a pet—we want everyone to be able to Diann I. Huddleson find something they’re passionate about and pitch in. You can learn more at cabq.gov/abq-volunteers. Onastine N. Jaramillo We hope this catalog will serve as a resource for you to engage with your community, whether you’re a regular at one of our centers or you’re looking to join us for the first time. City Councilors District 1 Ken Sanchez Your Mayor, District 2 Isaac Benton District 3 Klarissa J. Pena, President Timothy Keller District 4 Brad Winter District 5 Cynthia Borrego, Vice-President District 6 Pat Davis District 7 Diane G. Gibson We’ve had a wonderful summer so far as the City of Albuquerque came together to host District 8 Trudy Jones the National Senior Games presented by Humana in June, with over 13,000 athletes from District 9 Don Harris across the country. Albuquerque also shattered the record for athlete participation this year, a record originally set 20 years ago in Orlando, Florida. We are grateful to all those who supported this undertaking including our sponsors, local and state partners, City Departments and countless volunteers! While I was out watching all of the amazing athletes compete in the Games I was struck by one very simple concept. Wellness is about finding a place to start, identifying a goal and working toward it. Regardless of your age. This understanding of wellness brought up the same Our Vision feeling I experience as I walk through our City Senior and Multigenerational Centers—watching folks To be the community leader, who, dance in our social halls, taking computer classes, or learning a new skill. in partnership with others, involves That’s why I am honored to serve as Director of the Department of Senior Affairs, because we are able seniors in creating and sustaining a to walk alongside you in your wellness. Our eight centers offer diverse programming, in addition to five community where there is a growing fitness and sports facilities. Perhaps you want to take up pickleball this year, or learn artisan skills, we spirit of interdependence that have something for everyone. Our community is much richer with you, our Seniors, sharing your time, enhances everyone’s quality of life. stories, talents and skills with others. We hope you will consider sharing your time and talent with your community through our Foster Grandparent program, or becoming a Senior Companion. Our Mission The many opportunities included in this guide would not be possible without our partners, volunteers The Department of Senior Affairs and our dedicated staff. They’re the ones serving meals, cleaning bathrooms, setting up a class or is a community leader, who in transporting folks to one of our locations. We would be honored to walk alongside you as you determine partnership with others, involves your wellness journey. Keep this guide handy so you can identify your next step. seniors and people of all ages in As Larry Johnson (the oldest NM athlete who competed in the National Senior Games at the age of 99) creating a community that enhances says, “just keep moving.” everyone's quality of life by providing opportunities that involve and assist seniors to achieve their potential, In Service, share their wisdom, maintain their Anna M. Sanchez, Director independence, and live in dignity. 1 Activities Catalog CENTER DIRECTORY In this Catalog Nationally Accredited Senior and Multigenerational Centers Center Directory...... 2 General Information...... 8 Classes...... 10 Senior Centers Multigenerational Centers Arts and Crafts...... 10 Barelas Composition (Writing)...... 11 Manzano Mesa Computer...... 11 714 7th St. SW, Alb, NM 87102 501 Elizabeth SE, Alb, NM 87123 Crocheting and Knitting...... 12 Phone: (505) 764-6436 • Fax: (505) 764-6472 Phone: (505) 275-8731 • Fax: (505) 275-8734 Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Dance...... 13 Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 9:00 pm Folk Art...... 14 Saturday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Debby Knotts Language...... 14 Bear Canyon Greg Lopez 4645 Pitt NE, Alb, NM 87111 Metals...... 15 North Domingo Baca Lucy Lopez Music...... 16 Phone: (505) 767-5959 • Fax: (505) 767-5964 7521 Carmel Ave. NE, Alb, NM 87113 Evan Thompson Painting and Drawing...... 16 M, T, W, F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Allison Weber Phone: (505) 764-6475 • Fax:(505) 764-6489 Photography...... 18 Thursday, 8:00 am - 9:00 pm Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 9:00 pm Pottery...... 18 Saturday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Quilting, Sewing and Weaving...... 18 Saturday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Woodworking...... 19 Highland Events...... 20 131 Monroe NE, Alb, NM 87108 Breakfast at the Centers Weekly Center Dances...... 20 Phone: (505) 767-5210 • Fax: (505) 767-5224 Games and Cards...... 27 Enjoy a full menu breakfast M, T, Th, F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Groups and Clubs...... 30 Monday - Friday, 8:00 - 9:00 am Acting...... 30 Wednesday, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm at all of our centers. Arts and Crafts...... 30 Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Automobile/Trains/RV...... 30 Bible Study...... 30 Los Volcanes Lunch at the Centers Book and Discussion...... 30 6500 Los Volcanes NW, Alb, NM 87121 Area Agency on Aging Funded Meal Sites: Community Groups...... 31 Phone: (505) 767-5999 • Fax: (505) 767-5992 Barelas, Los Volcanes, North Domingo Family...... 32 M, T, W, F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Language...... 32 Thursday, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm Baca, North Valley, Manzano Mesa Music ...... 32 Reserve by 1:00 pm one work day prior. Neighborhood Association...... 33 Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Monday - Friday, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Other Groups...... 33 Hotspot Gift Shop Outdoor Sports...... 33 $3.25 for 50 - 59, $7.67 for guests under 50 Photography...... 34 Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (including children). If you are 60 or older, Senior Issues...... 34 North Valley donations are accepted to help cover the Social Networking...... 34 expense of preparing the meal, however no 3825 4th St. NW, Alb, NM 87107 Special Interest...... 34 one will be denied services for choosing not to Support Groups...... 34 Phone: (505) 761-4025 donate. Travel...... 35 M,W,T,F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Writing...... 35 Tuesday, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm City of Albuquerque General Fund Cultural Services...... 36 Sunday, 12:30 am - 5:00 pm Meal Sites: Presentations...... 37 Bear Canyon, Highland, Palo Duro Cooking...... 37 Palo Duro Monday - Friday, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Gardening...... 37 5221 Palo Duro NE, Alb, NM 87110 You may purchase soup, salad, sandwich, or Health Awareness...... 37 Phone: (505) 888-8102 • Fax: (505) 888-8107 you may purchase the nutritionist meal that is History...... 39 M, T, Th, F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm served at our other centers for a nominal fee. Life Planning/Retirement...... 40 Wednesday, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm Security...... 41 Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Special Interests...... 42 Special Services...... 43 Technology...... 45 Writing...... 45 Satellite Senior Center Activities...... 47 Sports and Fitness...... 50 Day Trips...... 60 City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 2 CENTER DIRECTORY(CONTINUED) SENIOR SERVICES Meal Sites The Department of Senior Affairs provides many Sites are generally open Monday - Friday, 9 am - 3 pm, and offer activities as well as a services to our honored seniors. These include: hot meal for lunch. Lunch reservations are required. Menus and activities calendars are available. Suggested contributions: 60 and older: Donation; 50-59: $3.25/meal; under age • Social Services 50: $7.67/meal. Limited transportation for neighborhood residents is available to some • Hot Meals and Satellite Centers sites. Call below for information. • Sports and Fitness Activities Bernalillo County Facilities Department of Family and • Transportation Community Services Facilities Assistance Alameda Satellite Please call the Raymond G. Sanchez Community Center Cesar Chavez Community Center Senior Information 9800 4th Street NW, Alb, NM 87114 7505 Kathryn Ave SE, Alb, NM 87108 Line at (505) 764- (505) 897-8896 (505) 256-2680 6400 for more Paradise Hills Los Duranes Community Center information about 6001 Paradise Blvd NW, Alb, NM 87114 2920 Leopoldo NW, Alb, NM 87107 any of our (505) 314-0246 (505) 767-5900 programs and services. Rio Bravo Satellite Don Newton-Taylor Ranch 3910 Isleta Blvd SW, Alb, NM 87105 Community Center (505) 873-6647 4900 Kachina St NW, Alb, NM 87120 (505) 768-6006 Center Closings South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center North Valley Senior Center ...... July 8 - July 12 2008 Larrazolo SW, Alb, NM 87105 Thomas Bell Community Center (505) 468-7341 3001 University SE, Alb, NM 87106 Palo Duro Fitness Center ...... July 22 - July 26 (505) 848-1333 Whispering Pines Bear Canyon Senior Center ...... July 29 - August 2 #6 Lark Road, Tijeras, NM 87059 North Domingo Baca (505) 281-8003 Privately Run Housing Facilities Multigenerational Center ...... August 5 - August 9 Ed Romero Terrace Los Volcanes Senior Center and Albuquerque Housing Authority 8100 Central Ave SE, Alb, NM 87108 Fitness Center ...... August 19 - August 23 Facilities (505) 232-8880 Embudo Towers Meal Site Encino Garden Meal Site Department of Senior Affairs Retreat 8010 Constitution NE, Alb, NM 87110 412 Alvarado SE, Alb, NM 87108 All Centers Closed ...... August 29 (505) 764-3921 (505) 266-7736 Labor Day...... September 2 La Amistad Satellite Encino Terrace Meal Site Veteran’s Day...... November 11 415 Fruit NE, Alb, NM 87102 609 Encino Place NE, Alb, NM 87102 Thanksgiving Day...... November 28 (505) 848-1395 (505) 247-4185 Day after Thanksgiving...... November 29 Shalom House Meal Site Christmas Day...... December 25 Village of Tijeras Facility 5500 Wyoming NE, Alb, NM 87109 (505) 823-1434 Tijeras Senior Center #10 Tijeras Ave, Tijeras, NM 87059 Center Memberships (505) 286-4220 Membership offers fitness programs as well as classes, travel, meals, computer labs, volunteer opportunities, $ competitive sports events, 20 and much more at six Centers, seven Fitness Centers and two Multigenerational Centers. 3 Activities Catalog Libraries Senior Affairs and Cultural 1. Alamosa Library 6900 Gonzales SW • 836-0684 2. Central and Unser Library Services at a Glance 8081 Central NW • 768-4320 3. Cherry Hills Library 6901 Barstow NE • 857-8321 4. Erna Fergusson Library 3700 San Mateo NE • 888-8100 5. Ernie Pyle Library 900 Girard SE • 256-2065 6. Juan Tabo Library 3407 Juan Tabo NE • 291-6295 7. Los Griegos Library 1000 Griegos NW • 761-4020 8. Main and Genealogy Library 501 Copper NW • 768-5141 9. North Valley Library 7704-B 2nd St. NW • 897-8823 10. San Pedro Library 5600 Trumbull SE • 256-2067 11. South Broadway Library 1025 Broadway SE • 764-1742 12. South Valley Library 3904 Isleta SW • 877-5170 13. Special Collections Library 423 Central NE • 848-1376 14. Taylor Ranch Library 5700 Bogart NW • 897-8816 15. Tony Hillerman Library 8205 Apache NE • 291-6264 16. Westgate Library 1300 Delgado SW • 833-6984

Cultural Venues 1. The KiMo Theater 423 Central Ave. NW • 768-3544 Satellite Senior Centers/Meal Sites 2. Old Town Just NE of Rio Grande and 1. Raymond G. Sanchez 7. Cesar Chavez Comm. Center 12. Don Newton-Taylor Ranch Central Comm. Ctr. 7505 Kathryn Ave SE Community Center 9800 4th Street NW • 897-8896 256-2680 4900 Kachina St NW • 768-6006 3. South Broadway Cultural 2. Embudo Towers 8. Tijeras Senior Center 13. Thomas Bell Community Center 768-6006 1025 Broadway Blvd. SE 8010 Constitution NE • 764-3921 #10 Tijeras Ave, Tijeras Center 848-1320 3. Encino Garden 286-4220 3001 University SE • 848-1333 The Albuquerque Museum of 412 Alvarado SE • 266-7736 9. Paradise Hills 14. Ed Romero 4. 5901 Paradise Blvd NW 8100 Central Ave SE • 232-8880 Art & History 4. Encino Terrace 2000 Mountain Road NW • 314-0246 15. Whispering Pines 609 Encino Place NE • 247-4185 243-7255 10. Rio Bravo #6 Lark Road, Tijeras • 281-8003 5. South Valley Multipurpose 5. Anderson-Abruzzo Center 3910 Isleta Blvd SW • 873-6647 16. Los Duranes Albuquerque International 2008 Larrazolo SW • 468-7341 11. Shalom House 2920 Leopoldo NW • 767-5900 Balloon Museum 6. La Amistad 5500 Wyoming NE • 823-1434 9201 Balloon Museum NE • 415 Fruit NE • 848-1395 880-0500

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City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 6 Senior Centers Multigenerational Centers and 50+ Sports and Fitness Centers 18+ Sports and Fitness Centers Palo Duro Barelas Los Volcanes 3351 Monroe NE 714 7th St. SW 6500 Los Volcanes NW Manzano Mesa (505) 880-2800 (505) 764-6436 (505) 767-5999 501 Elizabeth SE (505) 275-8731 Bear Canyon North Valley Los Volcanes 4645 Pitt NE 3825 4th St. NW North Domingo Baca 6500 Los Volcanes NW (505) 767-5959 (505) 761-4025 7521 Carmel NE (505) 767-5999 (505) 764-6475 Highland Palo Duro North Valley Fitness Center 131 Monroe NE 5221 Palo Duro NE 3825 4th St. NW (505) 767-5210 (505) 888-8102 (505) 761-4025

One Albuquerque Albuquerque’s Rich Cultural Tapestry What a perfect complement to one another — Senior Affairs and Cultural Services! In this Activities Catalog, the Department of Senior City of Albuquerque Cultural Services Department Affairs and the Cultural Services Department join together to show our City of Albuquerque, Cultural Services Department, oversees city’s rich variety of activities and services available to seniors and their management of Albuquerque’s Public Libraries, BioPark, Museums, families. the KiMo Theatre, and more. Cultural Services also hosts special events throughout the city.

CULTURAL SERVICES AT A GLANCE: • Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System • ABQ BioPark: Albuquerque Aquarium, Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Rio City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs Grande Zoo, Tingley Beach • Albuquerque Museum of Art and History The City of Albuquerque, Department of Senior Affairs, has been • Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum serving City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County residents for more than forty years. Through innovative programs and quality services, • Harry E. Kinney Civic Plaza the department has evolved into an exemplary model, dedicated to • KiMo Theatre enriching and improving the lives of our community’s senior population. • Old Town - New Fun Senior Affairs offers people age 50 and older a wide-array of services and • South Broadway Cultural Center opportunities. From services for active and healthy seniors to services • Special Events for frail, homebound elderly, we provide activities and opportunities to • GOV TV Channel 16 involve you in our community and to promote active, healthy aging, as • Public Art Urban Enhancement Program well as a continuum of care specially designed to meet individual needs throughout the aging spectrum. Mission: The mission of the Cultural Services Department is to enhance Membership: Any person wishing to participate at a senior center is the quality of life in the City by celebrating Albuquerque’s unique required to obtain a membership card. Membership is $20 a year and is history and culture, and providing services, entertainment, programs, valid at all six senior centers in Albuquerque, and the Manzano Mesa and and collections that improve literacy, economic vitality, and learning North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Centers and all 50+ Sports & in state of the art facilities that enrich city life and increase tourism to Fitness Centers. People who are 50 years and older may become center Albuquerque. members; spouses of members, even if they are younger than 50 may also become members. Individuals can be as young as six years old to become a member of a multigenerational center.

7 Activities Catalog General Information General Information Using This Catalog CENTER SHOPS AND MARKETS If you have a membership (only $20 a year) at one location and are over age 50, you are Arts and Crafts Fair entitled to participate in all of our centers. If This event offers a fine selection of handcrafted items to satisfy everyone's a trip or class is filled at your home center, a shopping needs. similar trip or class may be available to you at Palo Duro another. 4th Thursday • 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Our Multigenerational Centers are for seniors, youth and the entire community age 6 and older. For only $20 you can join our Market Place at the Centers Multigenerational Centers. Currently we have Find special bargains, treasures. Reserve your table at the front desk. two, Manzano Mesa and North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Centers. Both centers Barelas have fitness rooms, classrooms and meeting Thursday • 8:00 - 11:00 am, $2 table rooms. Manzano Mesa has a gymnasium and Bear Canyon a water spraypark, a fully automated aquatic Tuesday, June - September • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, $2.50 table play environment where all ages can get wet Highland during the hot summer months. Monday • 8:00 am - 1:00 pm, $2 table The activities in this catalog are especially Los Volcanes designed for those age 50 and older. Friday • 8:00 - 11:15 am, $2 table Programs funded by the Older Americans Act and the Area Agency on Aging (Home North Valley Delivered Meals, Transportation, and Care Wednesday • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Coordination) have a minimum age of 60. $1, $1.50, $2 table Some classes and trips require a fee. Other services, including lunch at our Satellite Centers, may request a donation or nominal Gift Shop fee; however, no one is denied meal services Visit our gift shop to find handcrafted items made by our members. for not contributing. For information Los Volcanes, Hot Spot Gift Shop on accessing other services, call Senior Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Information at (505) 764-6400. Unless otherwise noted: LEGAL CLINIC • Activities are free with membership. • Trip and class sizes are limited. Senior Citizen Law Office • Meals are at your expense. Provides general legal information. Divorces, wills and criminal issues are not included. Appointment required, please contact Senior Law Office: (505) 265-2300. • Activities are first-come, first-served. • Unless there is alternative contact Barelas information in the listing, most activities 2nd Thursday • 10:30 am - 12:30 pm require advanced reservations; call the Highland host center for more information (a center 3rd Tuesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm directory is on page 2). 1st Wednesday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm • Activities leave from or take place at the Los Volcanes host center. 4th Thursday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • Return times are approximate. North Valley Class fees are usually payable to the 3rd Thursday • 9:00 - 11:00 am instructor at the first class.

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 8 SHOPPING TRIPS HEALTH AARP SMART DRIVER Blood Pressure Screening This one day, four-hour class provides Shopping Trips from Barelas to techniques for coping with changes in Wal-Mart Superstore Maintain your health by having your blood vision, hearing and reaction time, along pressure checked regularly. with a “rules of the road” review. No tests are Sign up at front desk. Bear Canyon involved. $15 for AARP members, $20 for Barelas Wednesday • 9:00 - 11:00 am non-members. Make check payable to AARP Monday • 9:30 - 11:30 am and bring it to class (cash not accepted). Call Highland for dates and to register. Minimum 3 people Friday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Palo Duro Barelas NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION Monday • 9:15 - 11:15 am 3rd Wednesday • 12:30 - 4:30 pm Bear Canyon Staff will welcome new members and Call for dates 3rd Thursday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm General Information General talk about the programs and services our GEHM Clinic centers have to offer. Registered nurses from UNM College of 1st Saturday • 9:30 am - 1:30 pm Bear Canyon Nursing provide blood pressure screening, Highland 2nd Friday • 10:30 - 11:30 am diabetes glucose screening, health- 1st Thursday • 12:15 - 4:15 pm related counseling, medication review and Los Volcanes Palo Duro education. 1st Monday • 3:00 - 4:00 pm 1st Monday • 9:00 am - 1:15 pm Barelas: (505) 764-6436 Manzano Mesa 1st and 3rd Saturday • 9:15 am - 1:00 pm Bear Canyon: (505) 767-5959 North Domingo Baca Highland: (505) 767-5210 1st Saturday • 10:30 am - 2:30 pm Los Volcanes: (505) 767-5999 North Valley Manzano Mesa: (505) 275-8731 1st Monday • 12:15 - 4:30 pm North Domingo Baca: (505) 764-6475 Palo Duro 1st Friday • 8:30 am - 12:30 pm North Valley: (505) 761-4025 Palo Duro: (505) 888-8102

Fitness Centers Americans with Public Art in Albuquerque Disabilities Act: The A free brochure is available by contacting The Department of Senior Affairs has six City of Albuquerque does us at [email protected]. Please visit our fitness facilities located through the City to not discriminate on the interactive public art map at www.cabq. meet all of your fitness needs. See page 50 basis of race, color, gov/publicart/public-art-in-albuquerque. of the catalog for a location nearest you or national origin, ancestry, Sign up for our call (505) 880-2800 for more information. sex, religion, age or bi-monthly disability in employment e-newsletter or provision of services. If at www. you have a disability and cabq.gov/ will need special publicart/e- assistance to benefit newsletter- from an activity or trip archive. offered by a senior center, please call that location at least two weeks prior to that event.

9 Activities Catalog Classes Classes | ARTS AND CRAFTS Ceramics Plastic Canvas ABQ Astronomical Society Learn about ceramics, starting with care Plastic canvas is a foundation for and use of molds, pouring, preparation for needlepoint or other canvas work Making your own telescope. firing, glazing, over glazing and/or staining, embroidery. Its rigidity makes it useful Arts and Crafts Manzano Mesa decorating, decals, etc. Materials not for creating 3-dimensional objects such 1st and 3rd Wednesday • 7:00 - 9:00 pm included. as tissue box covers, small jewelry boxes, handbags, and other decorative objects. Barelas Arts and Crafts Sharing Monday and Wednesday • 9:00 am - 12:00 Los Volcanes pm Thursday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Embroidery, crochet, counted cross-stich, Los Volcanes knitting, needlecraft, and more. Please bring Friday • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm your own materials. Self-directed. Porcelain Doll Making North Valley North Valley Learn this art while making a doll. Materials Tuesday and Wednesday • 12:00 - not included. Wednesday • 9:00 am - 12: 30 pm 4:00 pm Los Volcanes Palo Duro Thursday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Artist’s Corner Monday • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Call center for details. Open arts and crafts. Thursday • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Manzano Mesa Thursday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm Craft Group Open Studio Rosemalers We do rosemaling from Norway, dalmalning Come join this Open Studio Craft Group from Sweden, hindeloopen from Holland with a fun loving group for socializing, and Beading and bauernmalerei from Germany and learning new techniques for crafts such as others. Bring a wood piece and we will get This class is designed to encourage and knitting, crochet, etc. It’s also a great way you started. No registration required. learn beading techniques. Please bring your to share creative and new craft ideas. This own materials. is an informal group working on different Highland Manzano Mesa individual and group projects. You must Friday • 9:30 - 11:30 am Monday • 8:30 - 11:00 am bring your own supplies. 2nd Saturday (No meetings for July and Highland August) • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Tuesday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Stained Glass/Beginning Open Crafts Enjoy learning the art of Stained Glass No instructors; each individual is able to for beginners. This is a 6 week hands-on work on a craft project of their choice. course where you will learn how to make Please bring your materials and or projects. a pattern, cutting glass, using a grinder, piecing your project together using copper Manzano Mesa foil and working on your soldering skills. Monday • 8:30 - 11:30 am Upon completion of this 6 week course, and if there is enough interest the course will continue with advance skills and topics being taught. Bear Canyon Thursday, August 8 - September 12 8:30 - 11:30 am Fee: $10 plus addition materials

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 10 Stained Glass COMPUTER Apple Macintosh Day Learn how to cut, grind and copper foil Open Computer Lab Open to Mac users of any experience glass, assemble, solder and complete level — FREE. An open, interactive- projects. Materials not included. Open to members who wish to practice Apple Macintosh Users meeting and their skills or access the web. The lab will workshop. Activities include a question North Valley be available only if a computer monitor is and answer session, demonstrations of Tuesday and Thursday • 9:00 am - 12:00 present. various Mac tips and tricks, and useful pm Bear Canyon presentations of other “how to” Mac related Palo Duro Monday, Wednesday and Friday topics. Friday • 9:30 - 11:30 am 9:00 - 11:00 am Bear Canyon Highland 3rd Saturday of every month Visiting Artists Series Wednesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm 9:45 am to 12:00 pm Guest artist guides participants in an Los Volcanes activity that often involves a demo and Monday and Wednesday • 9:00 am - 3:00 a hands-on experience. Open to all. A pm Computer: Windows PC Classes at

Arts and Crafts, Composition, Computer Arts and Crafts, Bear Canyon different artist volunteers each week from Manzano Mesa Labor Day to Memorial Day. During the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday For a calendar of Bear Canyon computer summer, the program is more informal. 9:00 - 11:30 am room activities, visit: Palo Duro Wednesday • 1:00 - 2:45 pm www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/bcsc. Tuesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm North Valley We conduct classes periodically on a variety of Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Windows PC topics. To join our email list, and Classes | 1:00 - 3:00 pm receive course notifications, email, garylday@ COMPOSITION (WRITING) msn.com. Tuesday • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Memories - Autobiography Palo Duro Recall and record your favorite memories. Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Computer: Windows Workshop Bear Canyon 1:00 - 3:00 pm A FREE monthly workshop forum where Tuesday • 9:00 - 11:15 am Thursday • 9:30 - 11:30 am you have the opportunity to get your Windows PC related questions answered. Tijeras Meal Site No reservations needed. Seating is limited Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday to the first 25 who arrive. Word Wright’s Writing 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Open creative writing group that meets Bear Canyon 3rd Wednesday of every month weekly to help each other put their BEAR CANYON thoughts down. 1:30 - 3:30 pm North Domingo Baca Apple iPad and iPhone Workshop Monday • 1:30 - 3:30 pm iPad and iPhone users, bring your iPad Computer: Chromebook Users or iPhone and join the fun! This is a FREE Group workshop format where your iPad, iPhone, A FREE monthly workshop forum where Writing about our Lives and iOS questions may be answered. Note: you have the opportunity to get your Kindle, Nook, Windows tablets, or Android In this memoir class we will help each Chromebook related questions answered. devices are not covered. Seating is limited to other write our stories by writing, reading No reservations needed. Seating is limited the first 25 who arrive. aloud and revising. We can write for our to the first 25 who arrive. children and grandchildren, ourselves and Bear Canyon Bear Canyon our community. We will experience a sense 2nd Thursday of every month 2nd Wednesday of every month of accomplishment, enhance our mental 10:00 am - 12:00 pm alertness and make friends. It is never too 1:30 - 3:30 pm late for personal growth. Highland Friday • 1:30 - 3:00 pm

11 Activities Catalog NORTH DOMINGO BACA Excel 2010 and Up, Level 2 CROCHETING AND KNITTING Classes | Word 2010 and Up, Level 1 Learn to create advanced formulas, work The “Busy Bees” with functions and dates, sort and filter, Create and modify documents; use spell worksheet protection, and charts (graphs). All projects made are donated to various and grammar check; enhancing text with More tips and tricks! Detailed handout organizations (hats, blankets, and scarves). fonts, bullets, and numbering; cut and included. paste, Undo, margins; saving and printing. Palo Duro Computer, Crocheting and Knitting Detailed handout included. North Domingo Baca Wednesday • 12:00 - 3:00 pm August 21, 22, 27, 28 North Domingo Baca 9:45 am - 12:00 pm July 10,11,16,17 • 9:45 am - 12:00 pm Open Studio Crochet and Knitting Come join us for Open Studio Crochet NORTH VALLEY and Knitting with a fun loving group for Publisher 2010 and Up, Level 1 Tech 101 socializing and learning new techniques. Create eye-catching, colorful flyers, signs, This is in an informal group working on letterheads, greeting cards, business cards, Technology can be overwhelming, but also different individual and group projects. You labels and include clipart and photos. Many very beneficial. Find out more about basics must bring your own supplies. tips and tricks will be included to help of computers and the Internet and how North Valley you create and modify your publications. smart phones and tablets work. Wednesday • 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Detailed handout included. Thursday, September 5 North Domingo Baca 10:00 am - 11:00 am September 18,19,24,25 Project Linus 9:45 am - 12:00 pm All levels welcome. Learn techniques for creating sweaters, afghans, burping bibs, baby blankets, etc. Many of the blankets are Word 2010 and Up, Working with donated to Project Linus. Photos Bear Canyon Learn how to place, modify, and enhance Monday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm photos, clipart, and text boxes in your documents. This is an advanced Word class. Detailed handout included. North Domingo Baca November 6, 7, 12, 13 9:45 am - 12:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 12 DANCE Line Dancing Line Dancing III: Intermediate Ballroom: Beginning A line dance is a choreographed dance with Manzano Mesa

Dance a repeated sequence of steps in which a Tuesday • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Come learn the basics moves for ballroom. group of people dance in one or more lines No partner required. or rows without regard for the gender of the Bear Canyon individuals, all facing either each other or in Line Dance: Intermediate Thursday • 4:45 - 5:45 pm the same direction, and executing the steps Los Volcanes at the same time. Manzano Mesa Thursday • 10:10 - 11:10 am

Classes| Wednesday • 6:00 - 7:00 pm Line Dance: Starter North Domingo Baca Highland First time dancers or beginners. Tuesday • 5:45 - 7:30 pm Tuesday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Manzano Mesa Wednesday • 12:15 - 1:15 pm Line Dance: Advanced Ballroom/Swing/Country/Dance Barelas Bear Canyon Come learn the basics moves for ballroom, Wednesday • 9:00 - 10:00 am Thursday • 1:30 - 3:00 pm Latin and swing. Intermediate is a Palo Duro continuation from the beginning class, Monday • 1:30 - 3:00 pm with intermediate step patterns. Includes Line Dancing: Beginning patterns and disc. 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturday Barelas 10:30 am - 12:00 pm North Domingo Baca Wednesday • 10:10 - 11:10 am Thursday • 7:00 - 8:00 pm Bear Canyon Saturday • 10:30 am - 12:45 pm Tuesday • 1:30 - 3:00 pm Tribal Belly Dance/ Belly Dance Foundations Thursday • 3:15 - 4:30 pm Get in touch with your inner beauty while Dancing with the Bars Los Volcanes getting a good workout. This gentle It’s not what you may think...Dancing with Thursday • 9:00 - 10:00 am approach to this ancient art form can be the Bars is a movement exercise form of Manzano Mesa enjoyed by women of all ages, abilities, sizes dancing — to the bars of music. It’s a fun Wednesday • 1:30 - 3:00 pm and shapes. way to achieve a fit, toned body, and serene North Domingo Baca North Domingo Baca mind. It is user friendly, playful, and easy. Thursday • 1:30 - 2:45 pm Friday • 5:00 - 6:30 pm Bear Canyon Palo Duro Thursday • 8:30 - 9:15 am Monday • 3:15 - 4:30 pm Wise Women Belly Dancing Saturday • 9:00 - 10:30 am This gentle approach to this ancient art Hula and Hawaiian Culture form can be enjoyed by women of all ages, Learn Hula dance and experience the rich Line Dancing I: Intermediate abilities, sizes and shapes. and beautiful Hawaiian culture. Bear Canyon Manzano Mesa North Domingo Baca Tuesday • 3:15 - 4:30 pm Thursday • 6:15 - 7:15 pm Tuesday • 4:45 - 5:45 pm Manzano Mesa Fee: $5 for first session, $10 drop in or $35/ Wednesday • 3:00 - 4:30 pm 4 sessions

Line Dancing II: Intermediate Manzano Mesa Friday • 2:00 - 3:30 pm

13 Activities Catalog FOLK ART German: Conversational Italian Workshop: Intermediate Classes | Retablos/Hispanic Folk Art This class is designed for people with Emphasis is on reading, grammar, some knowledge of German Grammar and conversation and verb conjugation. Acquire Learn the art of making retablos. Pronunciation who want to improve their the basic tools to get around in Italy, as well North Valley long lost memory from travels and previous as an appreciation of the culture. classes. At present we use as Textbooks Wednesday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm Bear Canyon

German made Simple, German Vocabulary, Folk Art, Language Barelas Tuesday • 11:10 am - 1:00 pm Zurück in Zürich. Teacher is a native born Tuesday • 9:00 - 11:00 am German and brings a comprehensive knowledge of customs, culture and Lip Reading LANGUAGE language to make this class informative and fun. No tests, no grades, some homework Learn to hear with your eyes and never miss French: I and mostly fun to learn new things to keep a word again! This class is for beginners and a good our brain functioning. Bear Canyon refresher for those who would like. Bear Canyon Monday • 12:30 - 1:30 pm Come have some fun while picking up Tuesday • 1:15 – 3:15 pm Fee: $5 for book conversations in French. Students will learn at a beginning level. Italian: Beginners Sign-Language: Beginners North Domingo Baca For people with no prior knowledge of the Wednesday • 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Italian language. This course will introduce Learn sign language basics, including the you to engage in simple communication in manual alphabet, counting, plus familiar Italian so that you are able to greet people, words and phrases. French: II introduce yourself and others, talk about North Valley This class is an intermediate level. Interested where you live and where you come from, Tuesday, July 23 - August 27 students may visit to determine if class level what you do, to express age, to describe 5:30 - 7:00 pm and content are appropriate for them. people and the clothes they wear. Learn Tuesday, September 3 - October 8 the language of love! Whether you are a 1:00 – 2:30 pm North Domingo Baca beginner starting with basics or looking to Thursday • 1:00 - 2:30 pm practice your skills, this class is for you. Barelas Sign-Language: Intermediate French: Advanced Friday • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm This is a secondary course for those who have taken the beginning course. Conversation, reading and writing. Students North Valley should be able to read, write and speak at Tuesday, August 6 - September 10 North Valley advanced level. Tuesday, September 17 - October 22 Tuesday, October 15 - November 19 • 1:00 - 2:30 pm Palo Duro Tuesday, October 29 - December 3 Monday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm 10:00 - 11:00 am Fee: $5 materials Fee: $40

German: Intermediate Italian: Beginners II Members need to have pronunciation For those who already have basic and grammar under control and can write knowledge of Italian. You'll learn to talk sentences with dependent clauses. This is not about your family, ask about the time and a conversation class. describe the weather, ask for directions and places, expressing likes and dislikes, talk Palo Duro about your routine and leisure activities. Thursday • 9:30 - 11:30 am North Valley Tuesday, August 6 - September 10 Tuesday, September 17 - October 22 Tuesday, October 29 - December 3 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Fee: $40 City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 14 Spanish: Beginners Spanish (Intermediate Level) Metalsmithing/Jewelry Lab This is a beginner’s course that will help you This on-going class is an intermediate- Join us for a self-directed open shop for learn Spanish and carry on conversations advanced level. Listening, speaking, reading silver-smithing, enameling and other with others in Spanish. and writing skills are included. Interested techniques of this beautiful art! students may visit to determine if class level North Valley Palo Duro and content are appropriate for them. Thursday, July 11 - August 22 Wednesday • 11:30 am - 4:00 pm Thursday, September 5 - October 10 Highland

Language, Metals Fee: $1 per week for consumables Thursday, October 17 - November 21 Tuesday • 12:30 - 3:00 pm 10:00 - 11:00 am Please call HSC for availability. Tin Class Fee: $45 materials provided Tinsmithing is a traditional Spanish colonial Spanish Workshop: Intermediate Spanish Workshop: Contemporary art form. Come to learn basic techniques. and Advanced Self-taught. Classes | Carry on conversations with others in No official instructor is provided. Class is led Spanish. Improve fluency through use. Los Volcanes by rotating volunteer participants. First hour Tuesday • 12:30 - 4:30 pm Bear Canyon has an emphasis on the study of grammar. Tuesday • 1:10 - 3:00 pm Second hour consists of topics selected by the facilitator of the week with an emphasis Tin Punching on conversation and cultural themes. Spanish: Beginning Tin-punching is a colonial art form to make Bear Canyon functional and decorative items from tin. This on-going class is a beginning level Tuesday • 9:00 - 10:50 am This is a great class to learn about cutting, course. Emphasis is on grammar, verb punching, and finishing off tin. This class is conjugation, reading, and conversation. self-taught. Interested students may visit to determine if Spanish: Open Studio/Conversation the class/content are appropriate for them. Barelas This on-going Open Studio Spanish Tuesday • 12:30 - 4:00 pm Highland Conversation Group is for beginners thru Thursday • 10:30 - 11:45 am intermediate-advanced level Spanish speakers. This is a casual group, with no Tin Works Class Spanish: Beginning Discussion emphasis like the Spanish Beginners and Join Jason Younis y Delgado, a 5th Student will learn at a beginning level and Advanced classes. Interested participants generation tin smith and member of the will practice through music, writing and may visit to determine if the group is Spanish Colonial Arts Society in an open speaking. appropriate for them. class for Tin Works. All levels invited. Palo Duro Highland North Valley Session I: July 16 - August 20 Tuesday • 1:00 - 2:00 pm Thursday, August 8 - 29 • 9:30 - 11:30 am Session II: August 27 - October 1 Please call HSC for availability. Thursday, October 3 - 24 • 9:30 - 11:30 am Session III: October 15 - November 19 Fee: $55, Materials provided Tuesday • 3:00 - 4:00pm METALS (sign-up is required) Spanish: Intermediate Metal Casting Tinworks Holiday Workshop Have you always wanted to learn Spanish Learn basic skills and methods. Using We will be creating ornaments, farolitos but were unsure where to start? Join our the lost wax casting process you can cast and other fun holiday items. Class covers a Beginning/Intermediate Spanish class objects in silver and bronze. sheet of tin, necessary tools and instruction. Custom punches and additional tin are and spend 6 weeks getting a feel for the Palo Duro language and the grammar. available for purchase if you want to Thursday • 1:00 - 4:30 pm continue at home. Bear Canyon Fee: $4 per casting for consumables Monday, July 15 - Aug. 26 North Valley Tuesday, December 10 Monday, September 9 - October 14 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Monday, October 21 - December 2 Fee: $55 materials provided 8:30 - 9:30 am Fee: $45 materials provided 15 Activities Catalog MUSIC OTHER Drawing: Tonal Classes | Canto y Guitarra Introduction to Vedic Astrology If you have taken a drawing class before and want to continue to hone your skills Get together to sing in Spanish. Class come to Tonal Drawing 2. Barelas Learn how the sister sciences of astrology, Monday • 12:30 - 1:30 pm Ayurveda and Yoga connect and how to North Valley apply them to your astrological chart and Thursday, November 7 - 21 life path. Class size limited to 10. 1:00 - 3:00 pm Music, Other, Painting Guitar: Consortium Fee: $50 materials provided Palo Duro A structural guitar learning class open to Tuesday • 10:30 - 11:30 am beginners and intermediate guitar learners. Fee: $5 Learn to Draw with Kelly Must have own guitar. Come have fun with us! Supplies can be Highland PAINTING AND DRAWING purchased at Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Wednesday • 1:00 - 2:30 pm 1-12x18 of newsprint, 1-kneaded eraser, Acrylics: Abstract Painting 1-charcoal pencil. Guitar: Classical Beginners Join us for weekly acrylic sessions. You North Domingo Baca This free course aims at learning the can work from photos or observational Friday • 9:00 - 11:00 am fundamentals of the Classical Guitar, i.e., drawings and panting with still life in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. reading music, tuning and maintenance, Painting: Abstract Landscape basic theory, performance techniques, etc. A North Valley book is required, “Solo Guitar Playing, Book Tuesday, September 3 - 24 You can work from photos or observational One, 3rd edition” by Fredrick Noad, and your 4:30 - 6:30 pm drawing and painting with still life in a relaxed and a comfortable atmosphere. own instrument. Learning to play duets and Fee: $75 “Greensleeves” add to the knowledge base Work at your own pace with Instructor/ in this easy going, but PRACTICE-based class artist Elaine Cimino. setting. Acrylic: Workshop North Valley Bear Canyon Instruction is given on perspective, Thursday, September 5 - 26 Monday • 9:00 - 11:00 am composition, form, color mixing, and 1:00 - 3:00 pm blending. All levels. No registration Fee: $75 materials list will be provided required. Students supply their own Guitar: Classical Intermediate materials. This free course continues the fundamentals Bear Canyon Pastels: Landscapes with Soft learned in Beginning Classical Guitar, but Monday • 9:00 - 11:30 am Pastels with emphasis on finishing the ‘Solo Guitar Introduction to pastels offers a variety of Playing, Book One, 3rd edition’, along techniques from chalk pastels, stick and with learning simple studies by Carcassi, Drawing, Painting, and Art Critique pastel pencil. Students will have a chance Sor, and Giuliani. Music and guitar theory Open Studio. All levels welcome. to work with numerous papers, pastels and will be explored to further enhance the equipment. The class will include studies presentation of a chosen performance piece, North Domingo Baca of landscape, as well as subjects of the which each student will work on as a final Saturday • 9:00 - 11:30 am student’s choice. requirement. North Valley Bear Canyon Drawing: Perspective Thursday, October 3 - 24 • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Thursday • 12:30 - 3:00 pm You will learn one point, two-point, three- Fee: $50 point, and atmospheric perspective. You’ll make drawings from photographs and the Painting: Oil Ukulele: Beginners imagination. Instruction is given on perspective, Learn the basics of ukulele; holding, North Valley strumming, chords and playing songs. composition, form, color mixing, and Tuesday, July 16 - 30 • 4:30 - 6:30 pm blending. All levels. Bring materials. Highland Fee: $50 materials provided Wednesday • 4:30 - 6:30 pm North Valley Friday • 9:00 am -12:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 16 Painting: Oil Workshop Palo Duro Palettes Watercolor: Flowers Instruction is given on perspective, Work in all mediums and share our This transparent water-based painting composition, form, color mixing, and knowledge and enthusiasm. Come sample medium has been enjoyed and used for

Painting blending. All levels. No registration required. a variety of methods, ideas as well as new centuries. Regardless of your experience Bring materials. techniques. Materials are available. level, you will learn how to use materials and all the techniques associated with Bear Canyon Palo Duro watercolor. You will see demonstrations, and Wednesday • 8:30 - 11:30 am Wednesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm we will discuss composition, design, subject matter, and textures that lend themselves to Painting: Tile Pastel: Flowers this medium. Classes | This class is designed for members with Introduction to pastels offers a variety of North Valley special needs and their caretakers. techniques, from chalk pastels stick and Thursday, August 1 - 22 • 1:00 - 3:00 pm pastel pencil. You will have a chance to Manzano Mesa Fee: $75 materials provided work with numerous papers, pastels, and Friday • 8:30 - 11:30 am equipment. The class will include studies in flowers as well as subjects of the student’s Watercolor: Intermediate Painting: Watercolor choice. Please bring a couple of photos to the first class. This on-going activity allows participants to Study the work of great artists as you share ideas, techniques and inspiration. No receive individual instruction in watercolor North Valley registration required. techniques, composition, color theory, and Thursday, July 18 - August 1 drawing while developing your artistic 1:00 - 3:00 pm Bear Canyon vision. Bring any supplies you may already Fee: $60 materials provided Tuesday • 1:00 - 3:30 pm have but please wait to purchase new supplies until after the first class. Palo Duro Sketching Watercolor: Landscape of New Session I, Level III Watercolor: Learn the technique of free hand drawing. Mexico Monday, September 9 - October 14 Los Volcanes Learn how to paint landscape watercolor, 2:00 - 4:30 pm Thursday • 9:00 - 11:00 am lay-in techniques, color theory, and practice Session I, Level II Watercolor: washes and textures. This class is for those Tuesday, September 10 - October 15 already familiar with basic concepts in Tuesday, 2:00 - 4:30 pm Watercolor: Adult Class watercolor. Session II, Level III Watercolor: This class is for anyone interested in learning North Valley Monday, October 21 - November 25 basic watercolor painting techniques and Tuesday, August 6 - 27 • 4:30 - 6:30 pm 2:00 - 4:30 pm general practice. Fee: $75 Session II, Level II Watercolor: Los Volcanes Tuesday, October 22 - November 26 Tuesday • 9:00 - 11:00 am 2:00 - 4:30 pm North Domingo Baca Fee: $145 Tuesday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Portrait Drawing Class We need your face! Highland Portrait Drawing class draws live models with a focus on the proportions of the head. Models are needed weekly; in return models will get copies of all the artworks of your portrait. New artists are welcome and models are always needed. Call the front desk for more information. Highland Tuesday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

17 Activities Catalog Watercolor: Open Studio Pottery: Clay Classes QUILTING, SEWING AND Classes | You may use the open studio time to further Learning and exploring the fundamentals WEAVING explore projects in watercolor. This class of creating art with clay. Students are Quilting is for self-led, intermediate-level students. encouraged to explore their own ideas You must bring your own supplies. The within each lesson. Watch your creations Quilting is the process of sewing two or supply list suggested is watercolor paper, come to life. more layers of fabric together to make a thicker padded material, usually to create a

watercolor paints, brushes, mixing pallet, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Quilting, Sewing and Weaving Los Volcanes watercolor cups, pencils, a big eraser, and a quilt or quilted garment. Typically, quilting Wednesday • 9:00 - 11:00 am drying towel. is done with three layers: the top fabric or North Domingo Baca quilt top, batting or insulating material and Highland Tuesday • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm backing material. Novice and experienced Thursday • 9:30 am - 12:00 pm quilters are welcome. Donations of fabric and yarn are always appreciated. Pottery: Open Studio – On going PHOTOGRAPHY class Highland Tuesday • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Photography Classes Once completing the six month introduction to pottery, students may use Palo Duro Come and join our class! From beginners the open studio time to further explore Tuesday • 8:00 am - 12:30 pm to advanced, take it to the next level. Join projects in clay. This class is for self-led, Saturday • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm other enthusiasts in discovering & sharing intermediate-level students. Materials and new techniques, smart tips, great fun and firing fees apply. true passion. Highland Quilting: Cluster North Domingo Baca Monday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm A group of hand quilters sharing Wednesday • 8:30 - 11:30 am Thursday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm techniques, conversation and laughs. Thursday • 6:00 - 8:00 pm Novice and experienced quilters are Los Volcanes welcome. Wednesday • 9:00 - 11:00 am POTTERY North Domingo Baca Palo Duro Friday • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pottery Wednesday • 8:00 - 11:30 am All levels welcome. From pinch pots, slabs, coiling to wheel throwing. Quilting: Experienced Self-directed. There is a material fee. This group of experienced hand quilters work on each other’s quilts to completion. Manzano Mesa Tuesday and Thursday • 9:00 am - Bear Canyon 1:00 pm Tuesday • 8:30 - 11:45 am North Valley Monday • 9:00 - 11:30 am Quilting: Hand Palo Duro Friday • 9:00 - 11:30 am A group of people interested in quilting and quilting art assemble. Most of the individuals quilt by hand but sewing machines are also used. No formal instruction is given however, encouragement is shared by all. North Valley Monday • 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 18 Quilting: Machine WOODWORKING Woodshop and Wood Carving Intermediate quilting using a sewing Open Woodshop and Wood Carving If you are interested in carving, cutting or machine. Designed to make quilts for working on other wood projects please join donation, to the VA, Animal Humane and If you are interested in carving, cutting or us. the pediatrics unit at UNMH. Space available working on other wood projects please join Los Volcanes to work on personal projects as well. us. Tuesday • 8:30 - 10:30 am Manzano Mesa Manzano Mesa Monday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm (power tools) Tuesday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Wednesday • 8:00 - 11:30 am

Sewing and Alterations Woodcarving/Bear Canyon Carvers Bring your latest sewing project and get help Women and men of all skill levels enjoy with any alterations or questions you may woodcarving in this ongoing class. have! Bear Canyon Palo Duro Friday • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Tuesday • 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Saturday • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Quilting, Sewing and Weaving, Woodworking Quilting, Sewing and Weaving,

Swedish Weaving Swedish weaving is an art of weaving yarns through a counted cloth, called Monk’s Cloth.

Classes | Los Volcanes Tuesday • 11:30 am - 2:30 pm Palo Duro Friday • 2:15 - 4:30 pm Fee: $10 materials

Tuesday Angels A wide variety of items from donated materials. Everything produced is given to community groups and hospitals. Donations of fabric and yarn are always appreciated. Palo Duro Tuesday • 8:30 - 11:30 am

19 Activities Catalog Events Events | Ice Cream Socials Ongoing Events Banana splits and sundaes are favorites. July 75¢/serving.

Dance to Live Music at the Centers Happy Birthday America! Ongoing, July Dance to top 40s, Spanish, country western, Barelas Join us for a 4th of July party to celebrate swing and oldies. Check the bulletin boards 2nd Thursdays • 10:00 - 11:00 am our independence with good friends and for our monthly listings of bands. $3 per Los Volcanes good food! person. 1st Wednesday • 10:15 - 11:15 am Event sponsored by Aetna Insurance. Palo Duro Barelas Bear Canyon, 3rd Thursdays • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Friday • 1:30 - 4:15 pm Wednesday, July 3 • 11:30 am -1:00 pm Bear Canyon Meal Reservation Required Thursday • 6:00 - 8:45 pm Pie Socials Highland Enjoy your favorite pies at these socials. 4th Saturday • 12:00 - 3:00 pm 75¢/serving. Let’s celebrate the 4th of July Please join us for a 4th of July Celebration! Los Volcanes Los Volcanes Thursday • 1:30 - 4:15 pm 3rd Friday • 10:15 - 11:15 am Barelas North Valley North Domingo Baca Wednesday, July 3 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Sunday • 1:30 - 4:15 pm 1st Friday • 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Reservation Required

Friendship Coffee Dessert Socials Summer’s End BBQ Bash Come chat with old friends and make new Join us for a special treat once a month, Join us as we celebrate the end of summer ones over coffee and a special treat. with a variety of desserts. with great food and entertainment. Barelas Barelas Palo Duro Wednesday • 9:30 - 10:30 am 4th Thursday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Wednesday, July 3 • 11:30 am -12:30 pm Bear Canyon Bear Canyon Tuesday • 9:30 - 10:30 am 3rd Friday • 1:30 - 2:30 pm 4th of July BBQ Highland Join us as we celebrate Independence Monday • 12:30 - 2:30 pm Movie Matinee Day with hamburgers, hotdogs and all Los Volcanes Join us for a movie and some goodies. Have the fixings, potato salad and baked beans, Tuesday and Thursday • 10:00 - 11:00 am a movie suggestion? Let us know! Free for dessert apple pie. Thirst quenching Manzano Mesa popcorn will be provided for attendees. beverages will consist of fruit punch and Thursday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Agua Frescas! Bear Canyon North Valley 3rd Tuesday 1:30 - 4:00 pm Los Volcanes Wednesday • 8:30 - 10:30 am Wednesday, July 3 • 1:30 - 3:30 pm Highland Palo Duro Every Friday • 2:00 pm Wednesday • 9:15 - 10:15 am Palo Duro 4th Celebration 1st and 3rd Thursday • 1:30 - 4:00 pm Come join us for a nice afternoon and celebrate our independence. Talk with Karaoke veterans from all branches of our military that continue to provide us with our Sing along to your favorite tune. freedom. Barelas North Domingo Baca 3rd Tuesday • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Friday, July 5 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm North Valley 3rd Tuesday • 11:00 am- 1:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 20 4th of July Bash BARELAS HUB Watermelon Summer Bash Join us as we celebrate our Nations' What is happening in the Barelas Hub, Come join us for a juicy piece of Birthday with music and goodies. one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods? watermelon on the patio. New and exciting activities are happening Palo Duro North Domingo Baca, Social Hall between the Barelas Senior Center and Wednesday, July 3 • 11:30 am- 12:30 pm Tuesday, August 6 • 11:00 am - 2:30 pm the Barelas Community Center. It’s an opportunity for children and seniors to July and August July Themed Bingo with the State of come together. Please join us for the NFL Cook Out NM Regulation and Licensing following events and activities: Are you ready for some football? It's Los Department Tortilla Making Volcanes' inaugural preseason celebration. Have fun and learn how to avoid identity Los Volcanes Do you remember growing up watching theft. Wednesday, August 7 • 1:30 - 3:30 pm Events | Events grandma or grandpa making tortillas and Manzano Mesa sharing stories of “the good old days?” Monday, July 1 • 10:00 -11:00 am Join us for this fun class. We’ll find out who Woodstock 50th Anniversary can roll the roundest tortilla and then eat Luncheon our nice warm tortillas with some melting Rise & Shine… It’s Breakfast Time A luncheon to celebrate the 50th butter! Anniversary of Woodstock. Woodstock was Our chef is busy cooking up one special Barelas Community Center a music festival held on a dairy farm in the breakfast surprise for you! Enjoy some Wednesday, July 24 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Catskill Mountains of Bethel, Northwest nice background music while visiting with of New York City. Come and join us for a friends. It’s a great way to start the day! festival of music and fun! Come dressed as It’s Tiki Time Luau they did in 1969 and “please pace yourself.” Barelas Friday, July 19 • 8:00 - 9:00 am Break out your Hawaiian shirt and dust off Highland, your grass skirt. It’s time for a Luau at Los Fee: $1.50 Thursday, August 15 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Volcanes Senior Center! LVSC is hosting Fee: $4, Reservation Required a Luau tropical theme party and will be Crazy Hat Day serving delicious appetizers. Everyone loves a luau so come join us for this tropical Rise & Shine… It’s Breakfast Time Come join the fun, enjoy a piece of your extravaganza! You’ll be sure to have all kinds favorite pie, some ice cream and don’t forget of fun! Our chef is busy cooking up one special to wear your silliest, funniest craziest hat! breakfast surprise for you! Enjoy some Los Volcanes nice background music while visiting with North Domingo Baca Wednesday, July 31 • 1:30 - 3:30 pm friends. It’s a great way to start the day! Friday, July 19 • 1:30 - 2:30pm Barelas Friday, August 16 • 8:00 - 9:00 am I Scream, You Scream, We All Fee: $1.50 Scream For Ice Cream August Vanilla and chocolate ice cream vies for the Back to School Supplies Drive The Great Gatsby Dinner Dance taste buds of ice cream lovers. Chocolate Help provide area students with materials Join us for a fun evening of dinning and may win the popularity contest. But Vanilla needed for the upcoming year. is a close second. Enjoy it in a cone, a dish dancing. Ticket is required. Manzano Mesa and/or a float. If you get to come in today, North Valley August 1 - 15 • Operating Hours ask for an extra scoop and worry about Tuesday, August 20 • 4:00 - 7:00 pm the calories later. Just make sure to eat it Fee: $7.50 quickly, before it melts. Ice Burger Party North Domingo Baca It is that time of the year to come and enjoy Monday, July 22 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm a cold sandwich….an ice cream sandwich. Ice cream sandwiches are so popular and taste so good! North Domingo Baca Monday, August 5 • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 21 Activities Catalog Golden Ager Shindig Tortilla & Chile Roast Events | We are recognizing and showing Holy Guacamole it is Chile Roasting Time! appreciation for the value and contribution September Let the aroma lead your nose to where we’ll of the senior population. In his Presidential Movie Matinee be roasting green chile & come join us in Proclamation (August 19, 1988), President the Los Volcanes Patio for this iconic New Ronald Reagan said "For all they have Celebrate Labor Day with the classic movie: Mexican snack! achieved throughout life and for all they 9 to 5. August and September Los Volcanes continue to accomplish, we owe older Manzano Mesa Wednesday, September 11 • 1:30 - citizens our thanks and a heartfelt salute. Tuesday, September 3 • 1:00 - 3:00 pm 3:30 pm We can best demonstrate our gratitude and esteem by making sure that our communities are good places in which to Eat an Extra Dessert Day Chile Harvest Fiesta mature and grow older." Do you love pie, cake, doughnuts and Celebrate New México’s Chile Harvest North Domingo Baca cookies!? North Valley Senior Center is the at a roasting and recipe sharing event, a Friday, August 23 • 10:00 am - 12:30 pm place to be! Let’s celebrate National Eat an New Mexican Tradition. Green Chile with Extra Dessert Day with your favorite treats. homemade tortilla samples and lemonade will be available. The Last Days of Summer Party North Valley Wednesday, September 4 North Domingo Baca Join us as we celebrate the last days of 10:00 - 11:30 am Friday, September 13 • 9:00 - 11:30 am summer with local entertainment and light snacks and refreshments. North Valley End of Summer BBQ Homecoming Noon Dance - Putting Tuesday, August 27 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Join us for a fun BBQ! The summer might be on the Glitz ending but the party is just getting started! Homecoming is an event that people come together to welcome back Alumni. You are Chile Cook Off Contest North Domingo Baca Wednesday, September 4 • 11:00 am - invited to this Black Tie Event at Highland Come join us for Los Volcanes' inaugural 1:00 pm Senior Center. Dance to the hits of the 60’s, Make It Hot, Make it Mild Authentic New 70’s and 80’s. Space is limited please sign Mexico Chile Cook-Off! Who makes the up at the front desk. Refreshment will be best authentic New Mexican Chile? We’ll National Grandparent Day served. have 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize winners! Chile Honor all grandparents. We will have Highland, Social Hall competition limited to 15 participants. One intergenerational art activities, specials Saturday, September 14 • 12:00 - 3:00 pm contestant per household. poems for grandparents, music and food. Los Volcanes North Domingo Baca Wednesday, August 28 • 1:30 - 3:30 pm Friday, September 6 • 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Celebrate the Banana Split It’s all about the Banana Split with vanilla ice cream, yummy chocolate and caramel, and of course a cherry on top, perfect way to end the summer! Entertainment to be announced. North Domingo Baca Thursday, August 29 • 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 22 Barelas 6th Annual Fall Fiestas Rise & Shine… It’s Breakfast Time ¡Bienvenidos! Enjoy the history and Our chef is busy cooking up one special traditions of Barelas with live entertainment, October breakfast surprise for you! Enjoy some children’s activities, food, music and Oktoberfest Dance nice background music while visiting with dancing in the Hub of Barelas. Fun for the friends. It’s a great way to start the day! whole family. Music by Micky Cruz! Hey, it’s time to jump into your dirndl and lederhosen and yodel your way to our haus. Barelas El Camino Real Garden Club Refreshments Bear Canyon’s celebrating Oktoberfest. Friday, October 18 • 8:00 - 9:00 am at the Annual Barelas Fiesta: Always a great Entertainment by Swing Shift. Fee: $1.50 treat! Once again we will feature our now

September and October famous New Mexico fresh roasted green Bear Canyon chile dogs and bags of freshly roasted New Thursday, October 3 • 6:00 - 8:45 pm Fall Festival Mexico green chile. There will also be cold Fee: $3 drinks at our refreshment stand. Please join us for our annual autumn event featuring games, food and fun! Barelas Friday, September 6 • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Los Volcanes Day Manzano Mesa Events | Events Saturday, October 19 • 10:00 am - Call center for details Los Volcanes Senior Center is celebrating 29 years of service to our seniors. Come join us 2:00 pm for this day full of fun, with a market place, Rise & Shine… It’s Breakfast Time live entertainment and a dance. Everyone is invited. Food vendors and children activities A Hunka Hunka Halloween Our chef is busy cooking up one special will be available. Come get All Shook Up with the ghost breakfast surprise for you! Enjoy some of Elvis. Costumes not required but Los Volcanes nice background music while visiting with encouraged! friends. It’s a great way to start the day! Friday, October 4 • 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Bear Canyon, Social Hall Barelas Friday, October 25 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Friday, September 20 • 8:00 - 9:00 am Mark of Zorro Luncheon Fee: $4, Reservation Required. Fee: $1.50 Join the masked hero for this special luncheon as Zorro is sure to leave his mark. Up, Up and Away Luncheon Palo Duro Sail away with us as we celebrate the up- Thursday, October 10 • 11:30 am - coming Albuquerque International Balloon 1:00 pm Fiesta with an enchanting, colorful special Fee: $4, Reservation Required luncheon! Bear Canyon, Social Hall Special Shapes Rodeo Breakfast Friday, September 27 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The coveted views on our west end Balcony will be available to you at our annual Special Fee: $4, Reservation Required Shapes Rodeo Breakfast. We will have hot coffee and breakfast burritos provided by El Camino Senior Garden Fall our neighbor Whataburger. Festival North Domingo Baca Join us in the El Camino Senior Gardens Friday, October 11 • 7:00 - 9:00 am for our Annual Garden Fall Festival. There will be light refreshments, music and prize drawings. Contact Garden Keeper Patrick Turrieta for more information. Barelas Thursday, September 26 • 1:30 - 3:00 pm

23 Activities Catalog Dia De Los Muertos Dinner Dance Monster Mash Luncheon/Pool Black Tie Gala Evening Dance Events | Come celebrate and enjoy a delicious meal, Tournament Wear your finest sequins and bowties. with live music and fun! Join us & make sure Come in your Halloween costume to enjoy Entertainment by Swing Shift. to be festive & wear your favorite Dia de los a monstrous luncheon and stay for the after Bear Canyon Muertos attire. Space is limited. Tickets go party as we gather for the Pool Tournament. Thursday, November 7 • 6:00 - 9:00 pm on sale on October 1. Tournament will begin at 1:30pm, no charge for entering the tournament. Fee: $3 October and November Los Volcanes Tuesday, October 29 • 4:00 - 7:00 pm Highland Thursday, October 31 “Salute” Afternoon 40’s Big Band 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Dance in Honor of our Veterans Spooktacular Bash Fee: $4, Reservation Required Salute Veterans that have served our county Join us if you dare for fun! We will have food, with Honors! Join us for an afternoon of music, dancing and a costume contest. dancing to music from the 40’s. Feel free You’ll have a haunting good time! Spooktacular Luncheon to come dressed in your Uniform Attire. Refreshments will be served. North Domingo Baca Join us for our annual Halloween Luncheon Wednesday, October 30 • 3:15 - 4:30 pm that is sure to scare, the food will delight Highland you. Be there if you dare. Thursday, November 7 • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Dia de los Muertos Barelas Thursday, October 31 • 11:30 am - Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday. Salute to our Veterans Lunch 1:00 pm The celebration occurs annually on October Meet our local veterans that have served Reservation Required 31, November 1 and November 2, and is our great nation. Retired and active duty intended to honor those who have died. military will share our lunch table and Join us as we celebrate those who have converse about their military time served. passed on with entertainment, snacks and refreshments. Lunch entertainment in honor of our Veterans who gave so much. North Valley November Thursday, October 31 • 10:00 - 11:30 am North Domingo Baca Oso Canyon Art Fest Thursday, November 7 • 10:30 - 11:30 am Annual Oso Canyon Art Fest is the place to Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade be. This arts and crafts event features one- of-a-kind creations by talented local artists 6th Annual Veterans Memorial Our furry four-legged friends have always and crafters and it is the ideal place to find Garden Celebration been there for us, so why not include them the perfect holiday gift. Refreshments will in an event of their own? Bring your dog Join us for our traditional Veterans also be available for purchase. Tables rent recognition celebration. This formal event (leashed please) as we parade to show off for $40 and go on sale August 5, 2019. their Halloween costumes. Winners will be takes place in our El Camino Garden and is given prizes! Join us for our third annual Bear Canyon a wonderful way to honor all our American event. Friendly pets only, please. Saturday, November 2 • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Veterans past and present who have made our freedom a special and cherished Palo Duro tradition in the United States of America. Thursday, October 31 • 9:30 - 11:00 am Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair Visit the beautiful 16 foot Star Floral Veterans Memorial garden of red, white and Our annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair offers blue constructed and funded by seniors a fine selection of handcrafted items to at Barelas. Please contact Garden Keeper satisfy all of your shopping needs. Only Patrick Turrieta for more information. handcrafted and artisan goods will be available to sell, so be sure and make Barelas your table reservation today. This special Friday, November 8 • 10:00 - 11:00 am event will only take place on Tuesdays in Veterans Day Appreciation November and December. Palo Duro Tuesday • 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 24 We Salute You! Harvest Luncheon Come and join us as we honor the men and Let us be thankful together. Join us for Bear women that served our country. Canyon’s annual Harvest Luncheon. December North Valley Bear Canyon Let’s Trim the Tree Friday, November 8 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Friday, November 22 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Join us for refreshments & tree decorating! Fee: $4, Reservation Required Barelas The Roaring Twenties Luncheon Tuesday, December 3 • 9:30 - 11:00 am Guys and Dolls don your Sunday best for a Elegant Thanksgiving Luncheon Bear Canyon roaring good time. Guaranteed to be the Feast Friday, December 6 • 10:30 -11:30 am November and December November Bees Knees! Come celebrate a day of Thanksgiving as we Highland Palo Duro partake of the goodness of the land. A time Thursday, December 5 • 9:00 - 11:00 am to reflect on keepsake memories and enjoy Thursday, November 14 • 11:30 am - Los Volcanes a feast fit for a King and Queen! 1:00 pm Wednesday, December 11 • 10:00 - Fee: $4, Reservation Required Highland 11:30 am Events | Events Wednesday, November 27 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Manzano Mesa Rise & Shine… It’s Breakfast Time Wednesday, December 4 • 10:00 - Fee: $4, Reservation Required 11:30 am Our chef is busy cooking up one special breakfast surprise for you! Enjoy some North Domingo Baca nice background music while visiting with Eat, Drink & Be Thankful Wednesday, December 4 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm friends. It’s a great way to start the day! Gobble, Gobble! After lunch our bellies will Barelas Wobble, Wobble! North Valley Monday, December 2 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Friday, November 15 • 8:00 - 9:00 am Barelas Fee: $1.50 Wednesday, November 27 • 11:30 am - Palo Duro 1:00 pm Tuesday, December 3 • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Reservation Required Billiards Pool Tournament Come test out your pool playing skill by Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair entering the 1st annual pool tournament. Thanksgiving Come and shop for that special gift for the Los Volcanes Today’s lunch will feature many of your holidays. Enjoy all types of arts and crafts Wednesday, November 20 • 8:30 am - Thanksgiving favorites. including custom sports accessories, cross- 4:30 pm Manzano Mesa stitching, knitting and crocheting, tin work, Wednesday, November 27 • 11:30 am - quilting and sewing, woodworking, jewelry 1:00 pm making, beadwork, paintings and much Thanksgiving Luncheon Reservation Required more. Join us for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. North Valley North Valley Friday, December 6 • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Wednesday, November 27 • 11:30 am - DSA Annual Thanksgiving Meal 1:00 pm Join us for the annual Thanksgiving meal Reservation Required complete with all the traditional trimmings. Candy Land Luncheon Gobble, Gobble. Grab your gum drops and your peppermint Los Volcanes sticks and join us as we travel through Thursday, November 28 • 11:30 am - the peppermint forest for the sweetest 1:00 pm luncheon of all! Fee: $ 4, Reservation Required Palo Duro Thursday, December 12 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Fee: $4, Reservation Required

25 Activities Catalog Holiday Party New Mexico Christmas Luncheon DSA Annual Christmas Lunch Events | Entertainment and games will be part of Enjoy the bright farolitos as you are taken We hope you can come, you can bet your the fun! Food, desserts and drinks will be back to a traditional New Mexico luncheon antlers it will be second to none! served. Bring a dish if you would like. Sign full of music and great food. Lunch will be Barelas up at front desk. served from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm. Wednesday, December 25 • 11:30 am -

North Domingo Baca Highland 1:00 pm December Wednesday, December 11 Thursday, December 19 • 11:30 am - Fee: $4, Reservation Required 10:00 - 11:30 am 1:00 pm

Holiday Luncheon Rise & Shine… It’s Breakfast Time Celebrate the season with your friends Our chef is busy cooking up one special at Bear Canyon for our annual Holiday breakfast surprise for you! Enjoy some Luncheon. nice background music while visiting with friends. It’s a great way to start the day! Bear Canyon Friday, December 13 • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Barelas Fee: $4, Reservation Required Friday, December 20 • 8:00 - 9:00 am Fee: $1.50 Holiday Gift Wrapping Bring your gifts to Highland’s Work Shop and let Santa’s Helpers wrap 3 of your gifts for free. Highland Monday, December 16 • 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Holiday Ornament Exchange Come and take part in the ornament exchange. We will spend the morning enjoying the company of friends, listening to music and tasting delicious posole. Bring an ornament if you want to participate in an ornament exchange. North Valley Tuesday, December 17 10:00 - 11:30 am

Intergenerational Holiday Party The Holiday season comes once a year, so why not enjoy it with family, friends, food, and of course what would the holiday season be without Santa Claus? Everyone is welcome, so please feel free to bring the whole family for this holiday social! Los Volcanes Friday, December 20 • 10:00 - 11:30 am

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 26 Games and Cards Billiards Bingo Board Games and Puzzles Visit and meet with friends. A variety of Bingo with cash and prize giveaways, raffle Play board games, cards, checkers, chess games are played at each center. Donation drawings and refreshments. or Loteria (Spanish Bingo), or put together requested. a jigsaw puzzle. Games available to be Barelas checked out at front desk. Barelas Tuesday • 1:15 - 3:45 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:45 pm Bear Canyon Barelas Bear Canyon Wednesday • 1:30 - 4:00 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:50 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:45 pm Highland Highland Saturday • 9:00 am - 2:45 pm Monday • 1:30 - 3:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Games and Cards 8:00 am - 4:45 pm Highland Los Volcanes Wednesday • 8:00 am - 6:45 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:45 pm Friday • 1:30 - 4:00 pm Wednesday • 8:00 am - 6:45 pm Saturday • 10:00 am - 3:45 pm Saturday • 10:00 am - 3:45 pm Manzano Mesa Thursday • 1:30 - 4:00 pm Los Volcanes Los Volcanes Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm North Valley Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Thursday • 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Thursday • 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Wednesday • 1:30 - 4:00 pm Saturday • 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Saturday • 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Palo Duro North Valley Manzano Mesa Tuesday • 1:15 - 4:00 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:50 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 8:45 pm Sunday • 12:30 - 4:50 pm Saturday • 9:00 am - 2:45 pm Cribbage North Valley Palo Duro A card game of numbers. Come join the fun. Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:50 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:45 pm Sunday • 12:30 - 4:50 pm Bear Canyon Saturday • 9:00am - 12:45 pm Palo Duro Monday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Thursday • 9:30 - 11:30 am Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:50 pm Bridge Saturday • 9:00 am - 12:45 pm Palo Duro Friday • 1:00 - 3:30 pm Offered throughout the week, most games require you to have your own foursome. Grocery Bingo Bear Canyon Wednesday • 12:30 - 3:30 pm (Walk in) Come and play free bingo for a chance to win a bag of groceries. This event is Wednesday • 12:00 - 3:30 pm (WPB Club) sponsored by United Healthcare. Friday • 12:15 - 3:30 pm (Bridge Party) North Valley Friday • 12:30 - 4:00 pm (Old Timers) 3rd Friday of the month July thru Highland September • 10:00 - 11:30 am Tuesday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm Los Volcanes Friday • 12:30 - 3:30 pm Palo Duro Wednesday • 12:30 - 2:45 pm 1st Thursday • 1:00 - 4:30 pm (Men’s group)

27 Activities Catalog Bridge: Duplicate Euchre Mah Jongg Games and Cards Players are invited to participate in this A trick-taking card game most commonly A Chinese tile based game. Commonly non-sanctioned game. Pre-arrange your played with four people in two partnerships played by four players. partners before the game. with a deck of 24 standard playing cards. Bear Canyon Bear Canyon Los Volcanes Saturday • 1:00 - 2:30 pm Thursday • 12:30 - 4:00 pm Tuesday • 12:30 - 4:30 pm Highland Palo Duro Friday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Monday and Friday • 12:15 - 4:00 pm Game Time! Los Volcanes Come play a new game or an old favorite Thursday • 12:00 - 4:30 pm Canasta Hand and Foot such as Scrabble, Uno, Apples to Apples, North Domingo Baca Rummy-O, Parcheesei, Backgammon or Friday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm A version of Canasta in which each player is bring one of your own! dealt two sets of cards. Palo Duro Bear Canyon Mexican Train Wednesday • 12:00 - 4:45 pm Monday • 12:00 - 4:30 pm A game played with Dominoes. The object Thursday • 12:00 - 4:30 pm of the game is for a player to play all the Hearts/Spades dominoes from his or her hand onto one or A trick-taking card game for all levels. more chains, or “trains”, emanating from a Canasta central hub or “station”. A card game of the Rummy family of games North Domingo Baca Bear Canyon believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Players Tuesday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Saturday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm attempt to make melds of seven cards of the same rank. Highland Huachas Monday and Wednesday • 12:30 - 4:00 pm Highland Huachas is a game, similar to horseshoes, Los Volcanes Monday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm that involves teams of players that take Tuesday • 12:45 - 4:00 pm North Domingo Baca turns tossing washers towards a box or Monday • 6:30 - 8:30 pm (60+ Singles hole. The game may also be called washer Meet Up) pitching, washer toss, washers or washoes. Pinochle Saturday • 11:30 am - 2:45 pm Bear Canyon, outside in park Pinochle is derived from the card game 1st, 3rd and 4th Friday • 10:00 - 11:00 am bezique; players score points by trick-taking Chess: For Fun and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. Is a two-player board game played on a Spite or Malice chessboard; a checkered game board with Bear Canyon Also known as cat and mouse a traditional Tuesday • 9:30 - 11:30 am 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight card game for 2 or more players. grid. Each player begins the game with 16 Tuesday • 12:30 - 4:45 pm pieces. Learn the basics, or the moves of the Los Volcanes Highland masters. All levels welcome. Thursday • 12:00 - 4:15 pm Tuesday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm Bear Canyon Los Volcanes Monday • 11:30 am - 2:30 pm Mah Jongg (American) Wednesday • 12:30 - 4:30 pm Thursday • 12:30 - 6:00 pm Wednesday • 11:30 am - 4:30 pm This game is played with 144 tiles that are Friday • 12:15 - 4:30 pm drawn and discarded until a player gets a Manzano Mesa Saturday 9:00 am - 2:45 pm winning hand. Wednesday • 1:00 - 4:30 pm Highland Bear Canyon Wednesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Monday • 12:00 - 4:30 pm Manzano Mesa Palo Duro Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 pm 2nd and 4th Thursday • 12:00 - 3:30 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 28 Poker A family of card games that combines strategy and skill. Bear Canyon Monday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm Los Volcanes Tuesday • 12:00 - 4:30 Wednesday and Friday • 12:30 - 4:00 pm North Valley Monday - Friday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm Games and Cards Shanghai Rummy A rummy game, based on gin rummy played by 3 to 8 players. Bear Canyon Tuesday and Thursday • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Rummikub A tile based game for two to four players which combines Mahjong and rummy. Los Volcanes Monday • 12:00 - 3:30 pm

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29 Activities Catalog Groups and Clubs Groups and Clubs | ACTING New Mexico Polymer Clay Modular Railroad Rio Grande Players Come learn the techniques of using Railroad enthusiasts discuss model polymer clay. standards and recommended practices. This group welcomes seniors with an interest in theatre, no experience needed. North Domingo Baca Manzano Mesa Participate on and offstage. 2nd Saturday • 12:00 - 3:00 pm 3rd Saturday • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Palo Duro Tuesday • 2:15 - 4:30 pm Off Beat Artists BIBLE STUDY We are a group of self-directed artists Bible Study Highland Players who work in all mediums. The objective of our group is to work and share our Come and join us every week for Bible Arts and Crafts, Automobile/Train/RV, Bible Study, Book and Discussion This group welcomes seniors with an creative experiences in an atmosphere Study. Bring your bible if you have one. interest in theater, and does community of camaraderie. There are no instructions Los Volcanes performances. provided, but we give gentle critiques to Tuesday • 9:30 - 11:15 am Highland another if requested. Come meet us, or just North Domingo Baca Tuesday • 3:15 - 5:00 pm drop in ready to work and see if we are a Wednesday • 9:00 - 10:00 am good fit for you! Wednesday • 6:30 - 8:30 pm Barelas ARTS AND CRAFTS Manzano Mesa Monday • 11:00 am - 3:30 pm Tuesday • 10:30 am -12:30 pm (Women’s Gathering of Artists group) Also known as “Artist Series” started by Watercolor Group Thursday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Ralph Lewis this group of artist will present and gently critique art pieces in any Share your love of watercolor painting. medium. Artists of all levels are welcome. North Domingo Baca Lady’s Bible Discussion Group Highland Tuesday • 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Lady’s Bible Discussion…. From Fear to Monday • 10:00 - 11:30 am Faith. Do you have any stress causing Quilting Cluster worries and fears…living alone, health, caretaking, autonomy, death, relationships, Happy Hookers Crochet Club Come join us, make friends while quilting. family, etc.? If so, this group is for you. Enjoy crocheting? All ages and skill levels North Domingo Baca Bear Canyon are welcome to join our fun and informal Friday • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday • 2:00 - 3:30 pm group. We help each other learn new stitches, read patterns and share ideas. Work on an individual creation or contribute to AUTOMOBILE/TRAINS/RV BOOK AND DISCUSSION our group efforts. Corvairs of New Mexico Classic and Great Books Discussion Manzano Mesa Dedicated to the preservation of the Corvair Group Monday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm automobile. Read and discuss the classics with this group. Highland Bear Canyon Knitting Guild 3rd Wednesday • 5:00 - 6:00 pm 2nd and 4th Friday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm We support serious knitters in their efforts 1st Saturday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm of traditional techniques. French Language Book Club North Domingo Baca Improve your French language skills North Domingo Baca 1st Wednesday • 7:00 - 8:30 pm through reading. 1st Saturday • 12:00 - 2:00 pm Palo Duro Monday • 3:00 - 4:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 30 Inquiring Minds COMMUNITY GROUPS Notre Dame Club of New Mexico All members take turns researching topics Bead Society of New Mexico Alumni of Notre Dame meet to discuss their and present them to the class for discussion Alma Mater. and further study, if desired. Extremely fun group of individuals with a diverse set of talents including Manzano Mesa Bear Canyon beadweaving, stringing, wirework, 1st Monday • 5:30 - 6:45 pm Monday • 10:00 - 11:00 am metalwork, lampwork, and more. North Domingo Baca Red Hat Society 4th Monday • 6:30 - 8:30 pm Libros Join your senior sisters across the nation Learn book making techniques. and the world, and greet middle-age with verve, humor and frivolity. The only criteria Manzano Mesa Chinese American Speaker Series for joining are willingness to share a red hat. 1st Saturday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Meetings, presentations, interviews and work by a guest speaker. Palo Duro 1st Saturday • 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Mystery Book Club North Domingo Baca 4th Saturday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Manzano Mesa

Book and Discussion, Community Groups All the books that we read are available at 3rd Thursday • 10:00 -11:00 am the public library. Everyone is welcome! District 4 Coalition Palo Duro Sociable Singles 2nd Tuesday • 1:30 - 2:30 pm A community council event working to Join this fun group of single seniors for trips make local neighborhoods safer. and games. North Domingo Baca New Mexico State Poetry Society, Bear Canyon 3rd Wednesday • 7:00 - 8:45 pm (Albuquerque Chapter) 1st Tuesday • 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Recognizes the importance of poetry. 3rd Friday • 3:00 - 4:45 pm North Domingo Baca Gray Panthers of Greater 4th Thursday • 3:00 - 5:00 pm 2nd Saturday • 12:30 - 2:30 pm Albuquerque Gray Panthers brings together young, Senior SAGE Group

Groups and Clubs | Groups old, women, men persons of all ethnic, Novel Book Club racial and economic backgrounds for the This is a time to get together and share This group meets to discuss a book that is promotion of social and economic justice. about what’s happening in our lives and chosen by the group monthly. The meetings have guest speakers covering our community. Plus we will discuss ideas on how we can make things better for LGBT This group welcomes new members. current local and national issues. older adults and all the members of our Highland Highland community. 2nd Saturday • 2:30 - 4:00 pm 4th Saturday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Highland 3rd Wednesday (Men’s Group) Italian Club Open Topic Discussion Group 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Celebrate Italian culture through film. Discuss ideas, values and problems of the times. Occasionally, guest speakers are North Domingo Baca Senior LGBTQ Monthly Meeting invited. 1st Thursday • 6:30 - 8:30 pm This is a time to get together and share Palo Duro about what’s happening in our lives and Thursday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm Kiwanis Club of Coronado our community. Plus we will discuss ideas Focuses on changing the world by serving on how we can make things better for LGBT children one child, one community at a older adults and all the members of our Poetry Critique Group time. community. Submit original poetry for critiquing. North Domingo Baca Highland North Domingo Baca 3rd Tuesday • 5:15 - 7:30 pm 2nd Thursday • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Wednesday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

31 Activities Catalog VFW Post 10763 Band Practice: Los Amigos Hi-Toners Groups and Clubs | Veterans of foreign wars get together to Practicing Rancheras and New Mexican If you enjoy singing and learning different share experiences. music. melodies this group is for you. It’s open to those who read music or want to learn. Bear Canyon North Valley Hi-Toners perform at many different 1st Thursday • 10:00 - 11:15 am Tuesday • 1:00 - 2:30 pm community events. Highland Vietnamese Seniors Beartones 1st, 2nd and 3rd Friday • 10:30 am - Local Vietnamese community meets to This is a four part (soprano, alto, tenor and 12:00 pm exchange stories and experiences. bass) singing group. Ability to read music is a plus. Manzano Mesa Harmonizers Saturday • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Bear Canyon We have the most wonderful choral group Thursday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm you can imagine. The Harmonizers perform Community Groups, Family, Language, Music FAMILY at nursery home and church events. New Choralaires singers welcome to join. Genealogy No musical training is required. Group also Highland Learn to research your family history performs at community venues. Wednesday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm using internet sources, including tools and references on how to get started. No Palo Duro registration required. Monday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Jug Band Practice Bear Canyon Folk music practice group. 3rd Friday • 12:30 - 2:30 pm Guitar (Beginning) Palo Duro You need your own instrument and music Monday • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm LANGUAGE stand. Bear Canyon Piano Open Workshop Dutch-Speaking Group Wednesday • 8:30 – 9:45 am Beginning/Intermediate: Come learn to play Practice your Dutch with this fun, easy the piano or improve your skills with us. going group. Guitar Group Bear Canyon Bear Canyon Friday • 10:00 - 11:30 am For those who can play guitar. Also, other Friday • 9:00 - 10:30 am instruments are welcome. You need your own instrument and music stand. MUSIC We welcome musicians, amateurs and Piano Workshop, Intermediate professionals. Albuquerque Accordion Group Students late elementary to advanced. North Valley Bring your own piano music books. Some Group open to accordion players of any Tuesday • 10:15 - 11:30 am music will also be provided. level. Bear Canyon Bear Canyon Friday • 10:45 am - 12:00 pm 2nd and 4th Thursday • 7:00 - 9:00 pm Guitar Workshop Albuquerque Recorder Orchestra A jam session for all levels. This group practices and performs together. Bear Canyon Roadrunner Strummers Palo Duro Monday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm Peace, fun and harmony with the ukulele. Saturday • 10:00 - 11:30 am New members welcomed. Highland Saturday • 10:00 am - 12:30 pm No meeting on 1st Saturday of month

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 32 Violin Workshop Cherokee SW Township T.O.P.S. Take Off Pounds Sensibly Learn the basics of playing the violin. Members of the Cherokees nation gather to Helping people take off pounds sensibly. Students must have their own instrument. discuss traditions and culture. Bear Canyon Beginners welcome. Bear Canyon Thursday • 8:00 - 9:15 am Bear Canyon 2nd Saturday • 10:30 am - 2:30 pm Manzano Mesa Friday • 8:00 - 10:00 am Manzano Mesa Friday • 9:30 - 11:30 am 3rd Saturday • 12:00 - 3:00 pm Palo Duro NEIGHBORHOOD Monday • 11:45 am - 1:00 pm ASSOCIATION Duke City Flyers A group of residents or property owners Development of aeromodeling through Zia Sundials, Chapter #106 who advocate and organize activities within education, promotion and community- the neighborhood. Members of the National Association of based programming. Inspiring the young Watch and Clock Collectors. Noreste Neighborhood Association and young-at-heart to pursue a hobby that will inspire creativity and advance learning Bear Canyon North Domingo Baca through the use of hands-on applications. 2nd Saturday • 1:00 - 2:30 pm 1st Tuesday • 7:00 - 8:45 pm North Domingo Baca 2nd Thursday • 6:00 - 8:00 pm OUTDOOR SPORTS Northeast Area Community Policing Council 50+ Senior Softball League Meeting New Mexico Solar Energy Board This league is a semi-competitive softball North Domingo Baca Meeting league for men 50+. 2nd Tuesday • 6:00 - 8:30 pm All members welcome, monthly board Highland meeting. 2nd Friday • 9:30 - 11:00 am New Mexico Solar Energy Board North Domingo Baca Meeting 3rd Tuesday • 5:30 - 8:00 pm North Domingo Baca Fishermen’s Club 3rd Tuesday • 5:30 - 8:00 pm OFA Nob Hill Fishermen and Fisherwomen meet every Music, Neighborhood Association, Other Groups of Interest, Outdoor Sports Music, Neighborhood Association, Other Groups This group of citizens support and get week to decide where the group will go fishing. Vineyard Estates Neighborhood involved in local charities and organizations. Association Highland Bear Canyon 1st Saturday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meeting every other Monday North Domingo Baca 1:00 - 2:00 pm 4th Thursday • 7:00 - 8:15 pm Los Volcanes Rock Mountain Flying Machine Meeting on Wednesday • 9:00 – 10:00 am OTHER GROUPS OF INTEREST Founded 30+ years ago. The club is Trips: Every Thursday • 5:10 am - 4:00 pm recognized as an AMA Gold Leader Club. North Valley Albuquerque Congress of Real An organization that celebrates aviation of Meeting every Monday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Estate (ACRE) all shapes and sizes. You too can take to the If you are a real estate investor this is the skies with the RMFM Club. Trips: Every Tuesday • 5:00 am - 5:00 pm

Groups and Clubs | Groups meet up for you. North Domingo Baca North Domingo Baca 1st Tuesday • 7:00 - 8:45 pm 1st Thursday • 6:00 - 8:45 pm

Albuquerque Tea Party Get together and discuss political issues. North Domingo Baca Every Tuesday except 3rd Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm 33 Activities Catalog Rock Hound Club SOCIAL NETWORKING SUPPORT GROUPS Groups and Clubs | Travel with us as we search for treasure. Game Night for Widows Group Albuquerque Fibromyalgia Support Palo Duro Share, listen and support one another. Group Meetings: Thursday, 1st and 3rd Come join us, discuss symptoms and North Domingo Baca 12:00 - 1:00pm treatments. 3rd Tuesday • 4:40 - 8:30 pm Trips: Thursday, 2nd and 4th North Domingo Baca 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Kiwanis 1st Tuesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm North Domingo Baca USA Track Field of NM Monday (Bi-Weekly) • 6:00 - 8:00 pm Alzheimer's Association Caregiver If you like to run join us. Support Group Meet with other caregivers to learn about

North Domingo Baca Outdoor Sports, Photography, Senior Issues, Social Networking, Special Interest, Support Groups SPECIAL INTERESTS local resources. 1st Thursday • 6:45 - 8:45 pm Deaf Seniors Citizens of Greater Palo Duro Albuquerque 1st and 3rd Friday • 10:30 am -12:00 pm PHOTOGRAPHY Social group for deaf seniors. North Valley Photography Club Palo Duro 3rd Thursday 2:00 - 3:30 pm Photography club will meet every other Thursday • 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Monday of the month to decide where the Compassion and Choices club is going to go for our monthly club trips. We will also have basic photo and Investment Club Works to help establish the end of life camera instruction, suitable for all levels. Club follows the NAIC program. decisions and support one another. North Valley Palo Duro Highland Every other Monday • 10:00 - 11:30 am 3rd Wednesday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 1st Friday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

SENIOR ISSUES OLOC (Old Lesbian’s Organizing for Food Addicts in Recovery Change) Anonymous NARFE Chapter 80 This group is a cooperative community of National group gathers for support and The National Active and Retired Federal Old Lesbian feminist activists from many discuss current issues. Employees Association members meet backgrounds. Palo Duro to help preserve federal retirement and Saturday • 9:00 - 10:30 am health benefits. Open to civilian employees, Highland retirees, survivors and spouses. 3rd Saturday • 12:30 - 3:30 pm Palo Duro Grief Support Group 1st Saturday • 11:00 am - 12:45 pm Philatelic Society Gather with others going through similar Join us for mixtures and the trading circuit experiences. Retired Physicians Group of stamps. Bear Canyon This group discusses current medical issues Palo Duro Monday • 3:00 - 4:30 pm and advancements. Monday • 11:15 am - 2:30 pm Palo Duro Multiple Sclerosis Monday • 2:45 - 4:30 pm Speak with Distinction Self-help group brings people together Toastmasters who share life experiences for support, Practice your public speaking skills. education and mutual aid. Manzano Mesa North Domingo Baca Thursday • 5:30 - 6:30 pm 3rd Thursday • 12:30 - 2:30 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 34 Prostate Cancer Support Group Memories - Autobiography Voices of the Valley Poetry Group Support group for men going through Participants are led through themes and “Voices of the Valley” poetry group is about prostate issues. priming questions that evoke memories poets getting together to read, write and of events once known but filed away and discuss poetry of all genres. (Limit 8 in a Bear Canyon seemingly forgotten. group). 1st and 3rd Saturday • 12:00 - 2:45 pm Bear Canyon North Valley Tuesday • 9:00 - 11:15 am 2nd and 4th Friday • 1:00 - 3:30 pm TRAVEL Albuquerque Travel Partners Writing Group This group brings together lively seniors to discuss potential travel destinations. Get together write stories, memoirs and share. Support Groups, Travel, Writing Travel, Support Groups, Palo Duro 2nd and 4th Tuesday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm North Domingo Baca Wednesday (Bi – Weekly) • 2:30 - 4:45 pm

Siglo de Oro RV Club Let’s go RVing. Have fun meeting new people. We go out once a month. We plan trips to different places at our monthly meeting. Bear Canyon 3rd Tuesday • 10:00 - 11:00 am (except November and December) Groups and Clubs | Groups

WRITING Albuquerque Cyberscribes Writing Group We help writers bring their voices to the page. North Domingo Baca Monday • 6:30 - 8:45 pm

Escribiente Calligraphy Society For more information about escribiente calligraphy: escribiente.org. Manzano Mesa 1st Wednesday • 6:30 - 8:30 pm

35 Activities Catalog Albuquerque Find your essence

Edward Gonzales Portrait of Patrocinio Barela, ca. 1981, acrylic on canvas

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City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 36 Presentations Prior Sign-up is required to attend presentations. Call appropriate center to register. COOKING Composting in Tumbling Bins HEALTH AWARENESS Cooking For One Class will cover basic composting science Balance and Fall Prevention in the high desert with a specific focus and We’ll show you how to not only cook single unique recommendations / tips for success Helpful information on balance and fall serve recipes, but how to shop as well. using tumbling composting bins. prevention. Palo Duro Highland Palo Duro Friday, July 12 • 9:00 – 11:30 am Saturday, December 14 • 10:30 am -12:00 Thursday, July 11 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Fee: $7.50 includes demo and tasting pm Presenter: PTcares Physiotherapy Presenter: Food with Friendz North Domingo Baca Saturday, September 14 • 10:00 am - Good Food for Your Gut 12:00 pm Gluten Free Your stomach probably won’t react well Palo Duro

Cooking, Gardning, Health Awareness with everything you eat, but some foods Unsure how to start this diet, we'll give you Thursday, December 19 the steps you need. are worse than others. Find out about foods 10:00 am - 12:00 pm that can help keep your digestion system Palo Duro Presenter: Bernalillo County Extension Office running smoothly and those you should Friday, November 8 • 9:00 – 11:30 am avoid. Fee: $7.50 includes demo and tasting Composting with Worms Palo Duro Presenter: Food with Friendz Thursday, July 25 • 10:00 - 11:00 am This class will cover the science, materials, methods and benefits of home composting Presenter: Humana Mediterranean Diet with worms. We'll introduce you to the small plates and Bear Canyon Healthy Sleeping

Presentations | tapas in this healthy diet. Wednesday, September 25 • 10:00 am - Getting the right amount of good, high- Palo Duro 12:00 pm quality sleep is important for your physical Friday, September 13 • 9:00 – 11:30 am Highland and mental health. Learn about some Fee: $7.50 includes demo and tasting Saturday, November 9 • 10:30 am - common sleep challenges and steps you Presenter: Food with Friendz 12:00pm can take to get better sleep. Presenter: Bernalillo County Extension Office North Valley Thursday, August 1 • 10:00 - 11:00 am GARDENING Home Composting Basics Presenter: Humana Bokashi Bucket Composting Home composting is recycling that Bokashi composting is a closed container produces a useful soil conditioner. Basic Hearing Loss offers anyone, especially city and apartment composting science will be presented I have new hearing aids, what now? dwellers, an uncomplicated way to recycle with a special focus on useful practices for kitchen scraps and other organics. a high desert climate. A variety of home Palo Duro, Bear Canyon composting options will be covered. Thursday October, 17 • 9:00 -10:00 am Wednesday, November 20 • 10:00 am - Useful take-home information will help a Presenter: Hearing Design 12:00 pm participant get started and/or improve an Presenter: Bernalillo County Extension Office already chosen composting method. Bear Canyon Wednesday, July 10 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Highland Saturday, October 12 • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm North Domingo Baca Saturday, July 27 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Presenter: Bernalillo County Extension Office 37 Activities Catalog How To Stay Out Of The Doctor’s Medicare 101 Medicare 101 Presentations | Office Have questions about Medicare? A Humana Are you new to Medicare? Or know Doctor King’s Health Improvement Program licensed sales representative will be giving a someone who is? Or maybe you need a End PAIN and ADD years to your life at ANY Medicare 101 presentation. refresher course? Monte Perez will conduct age. Palo Duro an informative presentation discussing The Standard American Diet (SAD) has Thursday, August 8 • 10:00 - 11:00 am what the government covers and pays, and what we pay. You have choices, come guaranteed that every human who was Presenter: Humana raised in the USA is literally loaded with learn and ask questions. Monte has been toxins - in our blood, bones and organs. an independent agent helping Medicare These toxins are the culprits that give us Medicare 101 Informational enrollees for several years. premature cardiac disease, strokes, cancer, Workshop Bear Canyon Health Awareness diabetes, arthritis - you name it. Come and Did you know that you’re still eligible for Wednesday, August 28 • 10:00 - 11:00 am learn how to eliminate pain and add years Medicare even if you plan to continue Presenter: Monte Perez to your life. working after turning 65? Did you know Los Volcanes you may be able to get financial assistance 2nd Wednesday • 10:15 -11:15 am to help pay your Medicare premiums and Medicare North Valley qualify for lower prescriptions drug copays? Understanding Medicare and how each part 4th Wednesday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Are you turning 65 and confused about your covers a different aspect of your healthcare Medicare Health Plan options? We’ll share cost. Presenter: Dr. King tools and resources to help you understand Highland, Room 8 the types of coverage that may be right for Wednesday, November 20 • 9:00 - Hypertension, Heart Failure, you. Whether you are just getting started 11:00 am Diabetes and other Health Topics with Medicare or simply looking to learn more, we are here to help. Presenter: Anthem Financial Services Heart Failure is a disease of aging and Medicare Q and A becoming more common each day. The Barelas heart as a pump becomes weaker over Wednesday, August 14, September 11, We will address your Medicare questions. October 9, November 13 • 10:00 - time and cannot handle the fluids in our Palo Duro 11:30 am body the way it used to. It is a disease that Wednesday, December 11 • 9:00 - is not curable but is manageable at home. I North Domingo Baca 10:00 am would like to discuss ways to keep the heart 1st Tuesday (September-November) Presenter: Tim Meuret, Loreen and Lane healthy at home given the limitations that 10:00 - 11:30 am occur with aging. Highland North Valley Wednesday, October 23 • 9:00 - 11:00 am New to Medicare? Thursday, July 25 • 10:00 - 11:00 am North Valley Turning 65? If so, that means you are North Valley Wednesday, September 11, October 9, probably new to Medicare! Did you know Thursday, September 26 • 10:00 - October 23, December 11 • 10:00 - that you’re still eligible for Medicare even if 11:00 am 11:30 am you plan to continue working after turning 65? We want to help you better understand Presenter: UNM Palo Duro your Medicare benefits, and the types of Wednesday, September 4, October 2, plans that you may want to consider as you November 6 • 10:00 -11:00 am Medical Cannabis, Get the Facts become Medicare eligible. Presenter: MedCare Registered Nurse and Chief Executive Officer Bear Canyon of the Verdes Foundation, Rachel Speegle Wednesday, October 23 • 10:00 - 11:30 am will lead a discussion on the medical uses Presenter: MedCare of cannabis. Get the facts on the medical cannabis industry, its therapeutic uses and legal regulations. There will also be time for questions from the audience. Palo Duro Thursday, September 12 • 9:00 -11:00 am Presenter: Verdes Foundation

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 38 Positive Thinking, When Life Gives Understanding Alzheimer’s and Mysterious Explorer: Solving You Lemons…. Dementia the Puzzle of an African Explorer Positive thinking is powerful! It can help Alzheimer’s is not normal aging. It’s a in America - 180 Years before turn a difficult situation into one that’s disease of the brain that causes problems Columbus manageable — and sometimes even with memory, thinking and behavior. Join Circa 1312, Abu Baker II, the ruler of the Mali enjoyable. Learn how to look on the bright us to learn about the impact of Alzheimer’s Empire in Africa sailed across the Atlantic side and bring more happiness, connection, and dementia, stages and risk factors, Ocean in an attempt to circumnavigate and gratitude to your life. current research and treatments available the world. Some of his ships landed at and Alzheimer’s Association resources. Palo Duro the mouth of the Rio Grande between Thursday, September 19 • 10:00 - Palo Duro today’s Texas and Mexico where he began an overland trip to the Pacific Ocean. He Health Awareness, History Health Awareness, 11:00 am Friday, July 19 • 10:30 am - 12:00 pm brought his caravan of elephants and Presenter: NM Alzheimer’s Association Presenter: Humana camels up the valley, through New Mexico to the Chama River valley, impacting the Releasing Pain Understanding Medical many Indian villages along the way. His Cannabinoids (CBD/THC) caravan crossed the Continental Divide After breaking her back in a car accident, and continued westward to the Pacific Nancy Griggs, physical therapist, developed Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Ocean. Come and discover more about this a gentle but effective exercise program cannabidiol (CBD) are the two primary mysterious explorer during this intriguing for pain release. Join her to learn how cannabinoids that occur naturally in the presentation. your eyes, jaw and neck may be hindering Cannabis sativa plant, most commonly you from overcoming your pain issues… known as cannabis. Both of these Bear Canyon Presentations | wherever it is. substances interact with the cannabinoid Wednesday, September 11 • 10:00 - receptors found in the human body and 11:00 am Bear Canyon brain, but they differed dramatically in their Presenter: Ronald Stewart Wednesday, October 2 • 10:00 - 11:00 am effects. Presenter: Nancy Griggs, Physical Therapist Barelas The Amazing Life of Calamity Jane North Valley, Thursday, July 25 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Wednesday, July 31 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Discover the real life story of Martha Presenter: Linda King, Natural Path Doctor Jane Cannary, better known as Calamity Jane, frontierswoman, scout and colorful Super Foods HISTORY character of the old West. What was the Certain foods may prevent disease or help relationship between Calamity Jane and you manage specific medical conditions. Howard Hughes Wild Bill Hickok? How factual was Doris Learn more about these “superfoods” and Howard Hughes was a wealthy Day's 1953 movie, Calamity Jane? decide which makes sense for you and your businessman, a famous film director, a Come and learn what fact is and what health. record breaking pilot and owner of RKO fiction is. Movie clips will be shown. North Valley studio and TWA. His love affairs with Palo Duro Thursday, July 25 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Hollywood’s actresses were legendary. But Wednesday, July 24 • 10:00 - 11:30 am eventually Hughes became equally famous Presenter: Humana Presenter: Carol Venturini for hiding out in upscale hotels and for his eccentric manner and habits. Come and The Origin of Disease listen as we delve into the bizarre life of this mystifying millionaire. Clips will be shown. This thought-provoking book has the potential to change how medicine views Bear Canyon chronic disease. It gives hope to people Wednesday, December 4 • 10:00 - with chronic disease, ways to improve 11:30 am health and to extend longevity. “The Origin Presenter: Carol Venturini of Disease” offers new solutions to patients suffering with chronic disease. Bear Canyon Wednesday, August 14 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: Carolyn Merchant

39 Activities Catalog Shirley Temple Senior Law Office Presents: Life Standing Guard, Protect What What’s Presentations | Shirley Temple, Hollywood’s biggest little Planning and Why’s of Funeral Planning star, began her career at the age of three. The Senior Citizens’ Law Office will provide Come to a FREE seminar on the “What’s and Temple was Hollywood’s number one box information on preparing for incapacity and Why’s” of funeral planning. This will not office draw as a child actress from 1935 to end of life. Topics include Power of Attorney, be a FRENCH Funerals-Cremations sales 1938. Her uplifting movies, such as Bright Wills, and Will substitutes. SCLO cannot give presentation. We know you have choices Eyes, Curly Top, Heidi, Capt. January and personal legal advice, and can only answer and what we want to do is provide you the Just around the Corner helped Americans general questions. answers you need so you can make the best through the Great Depression. Come and Barelas choice for you and your family. learn about her surprising life in Hollywood Thursday, September 19 • 10:30 - Bear Canyon and after her movie fame. Clips will be 11:30 am Wednesday, July 17 • 10:00 - 11:00 am History, Life Planning/Retirement, Security shown. North Valley Presenter: French Funeral Homes Bear Canyon Wednesday, July 31 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Wednesday, August 21 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: Carol Venturini Tax Free Investing Senior Law Office Presents: Power It's not what you make, it’s what you keep! of Attorney Clinic Join us for this seminar that will discuss an

LIFE PLANNING/RETIREMENT SCLO will assist seniors in executing power overview of tax-advantaged investments Final Expense of attorney forms for healthcare and such as muni bonds (muni/UIT/mutual finances, as well as cremation authorization funds), IRAs (traditional/Roth/401k/403b) Final Expense programs assist seniors to forms. Please bring identification, as well and/or life insurance. prepare for end of life matters. Mainly, to as the names and contact information of Bear Canyon lessen the burden on children and loved people you wish to appoint as your agents. ones. The best part of Final Expense is the Wednesday, October 9 • 10:00 - 11:00 am feeling of peace of mind a senior receives, Barelas Highland especially to not have to worry about what Thursday, October 3 • 10:30 - 11:30 am Wednesday, October 16 • 9:00 - 11:00 am if. Bear Canyon North Valley North Valley Wednesday, November 13 • 10:00 - Wednesday, July 31 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Wednesday, August 14, October 16, 11:30 am Thursday, December 19 • 10:00 - 11:00 am December 4 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Palo Duro Palo Duro Standing Guard: Protect What You’ve Thursday, July 18 • 9:00 - 10:00 am Wednesday, July 31 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Worked For Thursday, October 3 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: Equis Financial You’ve worked hard to provide for your Presenter: Edward Jones Office family. Whether you’re approaching Health Care and Your Retirement retirement or recently retired, your focus may begin to shift from building your financial The potential impact of rising health care foundation to protecting the financial costs on retirement savings. Includes an resources you’ve created for you and your introduction of Medicare coverage and family. This presentation shares ways you costs, long-term care costs, available can address key risks you may encounter options for supplemental health care and and strategies to help prepare for the long-term care insurance. unexpected. North Valley Bear Canyon Thursday, September 19 • 10:00 - Wednesday, November 6 • 10:00 - 11:00 am 11:00 am Palo Duro Presenter: Edward Jones Office Thursday, August 1 • 10:00 -11:00 am Presenter: Edward Jones Office

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 40 Time Matters: A Woman’s Retirement APD presents: Crime prevention for Identity Theft Outlook seniors Your identity is personal. Keep it that way! This presentation is specifically tailored Senior citizens currently represent the most In this presentation, find out why identity for women who are getting ready for or rapidly growing segment of the population theft affects millions of Americans each year have recently transitioned to retirement. in the United States. Currently, one in every causing financial damage and emotional During this special program, we will discuss eight Americans is over 65. Personal Safety harm that can take years to recover from. retirement income strategies, including Recommendations¸ in the home, safety in With New Mexico ranking #13 in identity perspectives around Social Security their car¸ when shopping or out in public ¸ theft, come learn five important steps to and making your retirement savings when using public transportation. help mitigate the damage it can cause. last. Addressing how to prepare for the Barelas With the many forms it takes, it’s no wonder unexpected, including market risks and the Wednesday, July 24 • 1:00 - 2:00 pm having one’s identity stolen has become a impact of rising costs. top concern by many. Presenter: APD Bear Canyon Bear Canyon Thursday, August 15 • 7:00 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, October 30 • 10:00 - Life Planning/Retirement, Security North Valley APD presents: Fraud Prevention for 11:00 am Thursday, October 17 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Seniors Presenter: Legal Shield, Inc. Palo Duro Financial exploitation of elders and disabled Thursday, November 7 • 10:00 - 11:00 am persons is a rapidly growing form of abuse. There are several different types of fraud Outsmart the Scammers Presenter: Edward Jones Office and scams that affect this susceptible group Incidents of fraud are on the rise, and of people. Learn how to detect and avoid scammers' tactics are becoming more You've Worked For (Retirees) elder fraud. complex. That's why it's important to educate yourself about fraud. And while Shares strategies designed to help guard Barelas Wednesday, October 23 • 1:00 - 2:00 pm no one is immune, there are steps you can Presentations | valuable assets and protect pre- and post- take to outsmart the scammers. Includes retirement income. Discusses impact Presenter: APD red flags that may indicate fraud, resources of longevity, withdrawal strategies, to turn to, and steps to protect yourself and anticipating rising costs, reviewing your loved ones. insurance/LTC protection and healthcare Consumer Tips cost concerns. Optional copy for addressing Join the Senior Citizens’ Law Office to learn North Valley small business owners. about how to shop smart and protect your Thursday, November 21 • 10:00 - 11:00 am North Valley money. Topics include what to look for in Thursday, August 15 • 10:00 - 11:00 am contracts, red flags for scams, disputing Palo Duro billing errors, communicating with debt Thursday, December 5 • 10:00-11:00 am Palo Duro collectors and more. Presenter: Edward Jones Office Thursday, September 5 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Bear Canyon Presenter: Edward Jones Office Wednesday, October 16 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Preventing Scams on Seniors Presenter: Senior Citizens’ Law Office Don’t be a victim. Learn what scams are out there and how not to fall prey to the SECURITY scammers. ABQ be SMART Fraud Prevention Palo Duro Join us for a presentation on gun safety in Come learn how to protect yourself from Thursday, August 15 • 10:00 - 11:30 am your home and community, how to model fraud and tips to prevent being a victim. Presenter: Tim Meuret, Loreen and Lane responsible behavior, recognize the risk of Palo Duro suicide and encourage dialogue. Wednesday, October 23 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Senior Law Office presents: Palo Duro Consumer Protection Tips Wednesday, September 11 • 9:00 - Presenter: Aga Medicare Options 10:00 am The Senior Citizens’ Law Office will inform you how to protect yourself from individuals Presenter: Be SMART looking out for their interests and not yours. Barelas Thursday, July 18 • 10:30 - 11:30 am 41 Activities Catalog Stay a Step Ahead of the Scammers Beneficial Insects Community Policing Council, What Presentations | Fraud Protection & Safety Although most insects have a bad reputation, is it? We've probably all taken at least one call there are others that help us by controlling The goal of each Community Policing from a fake IRS agent or a bogus Microsoft those that cause some damage. In this talk Council is to engage in candid, detailed technician wanting to fix our computer -- we will review a list of beneficial insects, their and meaningful dialogue between even if we don't have one. Learn about the life cycles, why they are beneficial and how Albuquerque Police and the citizens they most common scams circulating through we can create a good environment in our serve. Councils are independent from the New Mexico and how to protect yourself gardens to have them around. City and Department. They are encouraged from becoming a victim. Palo Duro to formally recommend changes to North Domingo Baca Wednesday, October 16 • 10:00 - Albuquerque Police Department policies and procedures. Wednesday, August 7 • 9:00 - 11:00 am 11:00 am Security, Special Interest Presenter: Bank of Albuquerque Presenter: BCCES Palo Duro Wednesday, August 28 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: NE Community Policing Council The Power of Storytelling Chicano Artist Daniel DeSiga Chair Everyone has a story! Storytelling has great Daniel DeSiga was born in the eastern power to bring insight to the teller, delight Washington city of Walla Walla in 1948. Mad Hatter’s Tea and Paint Party your family and friends and help others He has a Bachelor degree of Fine Art from understand your life experience. You have the University of Washington, and has two Have tea and refreshments while painting the knowledge already, together we will paintings in The Smithsonian American Art an Alice in Wonderland theme. All materials explore how to get those stories into a form Museum. Daniel DeSiga will be showing will be provided; you take home your that you can share with others and take and lecturing about the use of colors in painting. Wear your favorite hat! stock of all you have achieved! his murals and paintings. Space is limited, Palo Duro Palo Duro advance sign-up is required at the HSC Wednesday, September 18 • 8:00 - Wednesday, August 21 • 9:00 - 11:30 am Front Desk. 11:30 am Presenter: NICOA Highland Fee: $35, Minimum of 10 participants Wednesday, December 18 • 9:00 - 11:00 am required. Presenter: Artist Daniel DeSiga Presenter: Stephen Chavez SPECIAL INTEREST Art with Recycled Materials Chinese American Speaker Series Novels & Memoirs Can Be Travel Learn how to turn recycled materials such Guides as old tires into beautiful artwork. The C.A.C.A./ABQ Speaker Series is a Factual travel guides are helpful when monthly event held on the third Saturday Palo Duro preparing for a trip to a new location. of the month. A 30 minute talk followed by Wednesday, July 10 • 9:30 - 11:30 am However, a novel is sometimes an even questions and answers. Presenter: Rocky Carbajal better and more fun way to get oriented North Domingo Baca to the cultural and historical aspects of 3rd Saturday • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm country before a long trip. This class with Behind on Bills? Start with One Step an experienced traveler to exotic locations Small steps can lead to big changes! With will be a chance to get ideas for your next simple action steps, you can start the vacation and/or book to read. money conversation and make your first, Bear Canyon best step towards financial security. Wednesday, August 7 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Highland Presenter: Janet Greger Wednesday, August 28 • 9:00 - 11:00 am Palo Duro Wednesday, November 13 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: National Indian Council on Aging Inc.

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 42 Native Plants Social Security Essential Oils BINGO The area where we live provides a unique New to Social Security? Been on SS and That's right, BINGO! Come win your own environment for different plant species to have questions? Come get the answers. free oils to support healthy digestion, flourish. Our climate, soil and precipitation Palo Duro breathing, circulation, energy, stress, rest gave us invaluable information to select Thursday, August 29 • 10:00 - 11:00 am and so much more!!! FREE to play and we plant species that will thrive in our region. will be doing multiple games so bring your Native plants are species that are adapted Presenter: Tim Meuret, Loreen and Lane markers! Space is limited, sign-up is required to our environmental conditions and are the at the LVSC front desk. habitats for birds and other wildlife animals. Thanksgiving Celebration Tea and Los Volcanes Therefore, they contribute to enriching Monday, December 16 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm our ecosystems. Identifying and planting Paint Party Presenter: doTERRA native vegetation allow us to preserve Have tea and refreshments while painting a our environment, and contribute to water Harvest Festival Theme. All materials will be saving while saving us time and money. Special Interest, Services provided; you take home the painting. Essential Oils for Discomfort & Palo Duro Palo Duro Inflammation Wednesday, August 14 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Wednesday, November 20 • 8:00 - Would you like to learn how to use essential Presenter: NMSU Bernalillo Extension Office 11:30 am oils and other all-natural products to Fee: $35, Minimum of 10 participants required support increased energy levels and ease Presenter: Stephen Chavez discomfort and inflammation in your body? Pollinators You are invited to come and learn how to Pollinators play one of the most important take control of your health with nature's roles in our environments. Pollinators are in What Is a Poison: Facts and Fiction? medicine and win door prizes! Space is charge of fertilizing flowers that give us fruit Can a substance be benign or even limited, sign-up is required at the LVSC front and vegetables, which are an important desk.

Presentations | beneficial for some individuals and source of vitamins and minerals to humans. poisonous to others? Is it true that the dose Los Volcanes In recent years, pollinators populations makes the poison? In this session we’ll Monday, August 26 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm are dramatically decreasing. If this pattern explore the basics of toxicology and talk Presenter: doTERRA continues it will have severe impacts on our about how poisons have been used and daily lives and economies. misused in fiction, like Agatha Christie's Palo Duro novels. Participants will learn a little science Essential Oils for Life Transitions, Wednesday, July 17 • 10:00 - 11:00 am and get a chance to talk about their favorite Sleep, and Mood Management Presenter: NMSU Bernalillo Extension Office mystery novels. As we age, we have certain life challenges Bear Canyon that come up we have never dealt with Wednesday, September 18 • 10:00 - Saving Seeds before. Join us to learn how to navigate 11:00 am these easily and to get the best out of Almost every community had saved seeds Presenter: Janet Greger life by supporting a restful night's sleep across their history and provide their own and managing your mood naturally with communities with a source of food security essential oils. There will be door prizes! that can last for generations. In this talk, SPECIAL SERVICES Space is limited, sign-up is required at the we will explore basic concepts to consider LVSC front desk. before saving our own seeds, as well as Essential Oils techniques for harvesting, processing and Essential oils are found naturally in the Los Volcanes storing seeds. seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers and other Monday, September 30 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Palo Duro parts of plants. They can be used for a wide Presenter: doTERRA Wednesday, September 25 • 10:00 - range of emotional and physical wellness 11:00 am applications. Come and learn how these oils can help you or a family member. Presenter: BCCES Bear Canyon Wednesday, July 24 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: Sam School

43 Activities Catalog Essential Oils for Blood Sugar, and Essential Oils “Make and Take” The Energetics of Early Fall - The Presentations | Weight Management Aromatherapy Holiday Workshop Earth Element Are you tired of the yo-yo ride with your Come create a personalized scented We will be exploring the Energetics of Early weight or the highs and lows of blood candle(s) to support mood, hormones, Fall from a Chinese Medicine perspective. sugar levels? Join us and learn how you respiratory system and mind without all the This awareness can improve how we relate to can support your body to balance these chemicals you find in the ones you buy at our health, our bodies and our environment. naturally and win door prizes to start your the store. Also create a personalized terra This is a medicine of connection. We will journey! Space is limited, sign-up is required cotta aromatherapy necklace so you can be looking at our diet, herbs, qi gong and at the LVSC front desk. take these benefits & share them. $5 per acupressure points that can enhance the vitality of our digestive systems. We will Los Volcanes product - make as many as you want and all the supplies are included in the fee(s). discuss digestive disharmonies and how Monday, October 14 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Special Services Space is limited, sign-up is required at the we can best respond to these signals of Presenter: doTERRA LVSC front desk. our body for additional support. There will be handouts, including recipes, so that the Los Volcanes learning and exploration can continue. Essential Oils to Enhance Energy, Monday, December 2 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm and Memory There will be hands on experience with Presenter: doTERRA locating acupressure points so come wearing Have you ever wished you had more comfortable clothing. energy or you could remember where North Valley you left your keys or what you came into a Introduction to Essential Oils for Thursday, August 29 • 10:00 - 11:30 am room to get? Come learn and experience Seniors how essential oils can help support your Learn how essential oils can provide seniors Presenter: Deborah Wozniak of Crooked Crane body in functioning better and retaining with safe, effective and affordable solutions Healing information more easily and win door for their health care needs. Experience prizes! Space is limited, sign-up is required samples of essential oils most commonly The Energetics of Autumn - The at the LVSC front desk. used to help with health concerns shared Metal Element Los Volcanes by many seniors, including problems with We will be exploring the Energetics Monday, October 28th • 2:00 - 4:00 pm digestion, memory, joints, and much more. Space is limited, sign-up is required at the of Autumn from a Chinese Medicine Presenter: doTERRA LVSC front desk. perspective. This awareness can improve how we relate to our health, our bodies Los Volcanes and our environment. This is a medicine of Essential Oils “Make and Take” Monday, July 29 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Blend(s) for Cooking Workshop connection. We will be looking at our diet, Presenter: doTERRA qi gong, herbs and acupressure points that Want to spice up your meals and have them can enhance the vitality of our respiratory taste fresh and delicious no matter what Learn all about Essential Oils systems. We will discuss respiratory season it is? Come learn how you can use disharmonies and how we can best respond essential oils in your recipes and support a Join our monthly presentations to learn all to these signals of our body for additional healthy lifestyle at the same time! We will about the wonders of essential oils. support. There will be handouts, including be making blends to use in your Holiday Palo Duro recipes, so that the learning and exploration cooking for you to take home and use for Tuesday • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm can continue. There will be hands on your loved ones. $5 per product - make July 9 – Active Lifestyle experience with locating acupressure points as many Blend(s) as you want, and all the so come wearing comfortable clothing. supplies are included in the fee(s). Space is August 13 – Focus and Concentration North Valley limited, sign-up is required at the LVSC front September 10 – Managing Aches and Thursday, October 17 • 10:00 - 11:30 am desk. Discomfort Presenter: Deborah Wozniak of Crooked Crane October 8– Seasonal Threats and Your Los Volcanes Healing Monday, November 18 • 2:00 - 4:00 pm Immune System Presenter: doTERRA November 12 – Managing Your Moods December 10 – Essential Oils of the Bible Presenter: doTERRA

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 44 The Energetics of Winter - The Water TECHNOLOGY Teeniors Element TM AARP Smart Driver TEK, 9 Safety Teeniors are tech-savvy teens and young We will be exploring the Energetics of Winter Technologies in Vehicles adults who help seniors learn technology from a Chinese Medicine perspective. This through personal tutoring. Weather you have awareness can improve how we relate to Cars are becoming more technologically questions about your smartphone, computer, our health, our bodies and our environment. advanced every day and show no sign of or anything online, our goal is to empower This is a medicine of connection. We will slowing down. This means there is more safety you to connect with your loved ones and be looking at our diet, qi gong, herbs and technology in today’s cars than ever before. engage with the world through technology acupressure points that can enhance the However, many drivers aren’t familiar with safely, while also providing meaningful jobs vitality of our bones and help reduce pain. how to use the technology to keep them safe. for young adults in New Mexico. Smart DriverTEK is here to help! We will discuss bone disharmonies, primarily Barelas joint pain and how we can best respond Palo Duro Friday, July 5 and August 2 • 9:30 - to these signals of our body for additional Wednesday, October 9 • 10:00 - 11:30 am 10: 45 am support. There will be handouts, including Presenter: AARP Volunteer recipes, so that the learning and exploration Friday, September 6, October 4, November 1 and December 6 • 3:00 -

Special Services, Writing, Technology can continue. There will be hands on experience with locating acupressure points New Technology for Mobile and Home 4:45 pm so come wearing comfortable clothing. Phone for People with Hearing Loss Palo Duro North Valley ClearCaptions is an FCC-certified phone Wednesday, July 3 and August 7 • 10:00 am Thursday, December 5 • 10:00 - 11:30 am captioning service for individuals with any - 12:00 pm form of hearing loss, offering call captioning Presenter: Deborah Wozniak of Crooked Crane Wednesday, September 4, October 2, technology for specialized home phones as November 6, December 4 • 3:30 - 4:45 pm Healing well as for personal computers and mobile devices. Office of the Second Judicial District Highland WRITING Attorney’s Wednesday, September 25 • 9:00 - 11:00 am

Presentations | Writing Poetry New volunteer program is recruiting Palo Duro Raymond C. Mock, author of A Tried Heart, is volunteers to be part of a support system for Thursday, November 21 • 9:00 - 10:00 am a member of the Bear Canyon Senior Center. victims. Presenter: Title IV ADA Specialist He will give a talk on writing poetry based on Space is limited, advance sign-up is required his independent experience and what he’s at the HSC Front Desk. learned from critique groups. He has written Highland poetry for three decades and has participated Wednesday, July 24 • 9:00 - 11:00 am in critique groups for seven years. Presenter: Office of the Second Judicial District Bear Canyon Attorney’s Wednesday, September 4 • 10:00 - 11:30 am Presenter: Raymond C. Mock Senior Citizens' Law Office Presents: License/Real ID This is an informational presentation on this topic, discussing what the new requirements are and what steps seniors can take to get the appropriate paperwork in order. We are happy to meet with you afterward to briefly discuss what your next steps should be. Barelas Tuesday, August 20 • 10:30 - 11:30 am North Domingo Baca Wednesday, November 6 • 9:00 - 11:00 am Presenter: Senior Law Office

45 Activities Catalog Volunteer and make a difference! Senior Corps Volunteers contribute over 234,000 hours to our community annually; Are you 55 years of age this translates to a contribution valued at approximately $4.7 million dollars!* * Value of Volunteer Time according to the Independent Sector in NM in 2015 is or older? Would you like an $19.91 per hour. For information call (505) 767-5225. opportunity to help your community? Senior Corps Volunteers receive supplemental insurance Department of Senior Affairs Transportation Nutrition Division and transportation reimbursements! Volunteer Drivers are needed to provide transportation for seniors to and from various meal sites, medical appointments, and grocery shopping for daily, four- hour shifts; Monday – Friday. Senior Companions: Make Independence A Reality Senior Companions are healthy older adults who help other Meals on Wheels of Albuquerque adults live independently and can provide support to family Kitchen volunteers are needed any day Monday through Friday from 9 am-11am. caregivers. They assist with grocery shopping and other daily Volunteer Drivers are needed to deliver meals (Use of personal vehicle required). tasks necessary to maintaining independent living. Senior Companions serve an average of 20 hours per week, may Catholic Charities qualify for a tax free stipend, and receive assistance for meals Volunteer Drivers are needed to provide door to door transportation services to and transportation costs. seniors for medical appointments and grocery shopping. Use of personal vehicle You don’t need medical or technical skills to be a Senior is required; agency gives mileage reimbursements. Companion. All you need to know is how to be a friend. Adelante Development Center Benefits Counseling Center For information, call (505) 764-1612. Volunteers are needed to assist seniors and persons with disabilities in determining eligibility and enrollment for subsidized benefit programs. Training Foster Grandparents will be provided. Foster Grandparents serve as tutors and mentors assisting Alzheimer’s Association children with special and exceptional needs. Foster Grandparents serve an average of 20 hours per week, Must have the ability to perform various clerical duties and other assignments. receive meals while on duty, and may qualify for a tax free Flexible work days are available. stipend. Ronald McDonald House Over 80 Foster Grandparents contribute 80,000 hours of service each year. Foster Grandparents serve in more than 40 Family Room Volunteers are needed to greet and sign in families, maintain sites in Albuquerque, including Elementary Schools, City of laundry room, stock food and drinks, and help families with their needs. Albuquerque Child Development Centers, Head Start Programs, Ombudsman Program and Community Programs. The Foster Grandparent Program goals are to enable Foster Volunteer Advocates are needed for residents in nursing homes and assisted Grandparents to remain active through participation in living facilities. meaningful placements and needed community service. Children receive the necessary attention for educational, social, The Foster Grandparent Program Advisory Council and emotional development. Council members are needed to advocate on behalf of volunteers, evaluate For information, call (505) 764-6412. Program effectiveness, and assist in the recognition of volunteers by raising funds and resources. RSVP: Lead with Experience Silver Horizons RSVP recruits and places volunteers in government and non- Silver Horizons wants to see low-income seniors living safe and secure, in their profit organizations to meet community needs. own homes, with enough food to eat. Help us provide groceries to over 3,500 With RSVP, you choose how much time you want to give and seniors and 1,200 grandchildren every month. Call (505) 800-1400 or email whether you want to share your skills or develop new skills. [email protected] For information, call (505) 764-5225. City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 46 Satellite Senior Center Activities ARTS AND CRAFTS Sewing Dominos Arts and Crafts Come learn how to sew. Come join us for this tile based game. For those interested in decorative design Paradise Hills West Annex Paradise Hills and handicrafts. Friday, call for detail Tuesday and Thursday, call for details La Amistad Whispering Pines Wednesday • 10:00 – 11:15 am Mah Jongg Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm This game is played with 144 tiles that are Paradise Hills drawn and discarded until a player gets a Friday call for details winning hand. Tijeras CARDS AND GAMES Wednesday • 10:00 - 11:30 am Bingo Tijeras Thursday • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Join us as we have fun playing a variety of Friday • 11:30 am – 3:30 pm Whispering Pines games. Monday – Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Trivia Tuesday Alameda/Raymond G. Sanchez Tuesday and Thursday • 10:00 - 11:30 am For those who love trivia, come join us for a Art and Crafts Sharing La Amistad lively game. Join us as we take the opportunity to share Monday and Thursday • 1:00 - 2:00 pm Paradise Hills our great projects. Paradise Hills Tuesday, once a month Tuesday and Thursday, call for details Tijeras Satellite Senior Center Activities Thursday • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Rio Bravo Wii Tuesday and Thursday • 9:30 - 11:30 am Whispering Pines Play and get active with the different games Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Tijeras offered. Friday • 12:00 – 2:00 pm La Amistad Artist’s Corner Monday – Friday • 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Billiards Everyone has an artist inside of them, join us Tijeras Come have fun and socialize while you Wednesday • 9:30 – 10:30 am as we put that talent to work. shoot pool. Tijeras Paradise Hills COMPUTERS Friday 10:00 - 11:30 am Tuesday and Thursday, call for details Computer Lab Rio Bravo Beading Come check your email, surf the web or Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 8:00 am check your social media during open hours. Learn the art of beading. - 1:00 pm Tijeras Tijeras Tijeras Monday - Friday • 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Thursday • 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Monday-Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm FRIENDSHIP COFFEE Embroidery, Computerized Board Games/Cards Come learn the art of using a specialized Come join us as we play a variety of board Coffee Socials machine to create beautiful designs. and card games. Meet and greet with a nice cup of coffee. Whispering Pines La Amistad Alameda/Raymond G. Sanchez Monday – Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday - Friday • 9:00 - 10:00 am Paradise Hills La Amistad Quilting, Long Arm Friday, call for details Monday • 9:30 - 10:30 am Ever wonder what long arm quilting is? Rio Bravo Paradise Hills Come see a quilt put together using this Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Monday - Friday • 8:00 - 11:00 am machine. Tijeras Rio Bravo Tuesday • 10:00 - 11:15 am Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Whispering Pines Tijeras Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday - Friday • 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Whispering Pines Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

47 Activities Catalog GROUPS AND CLUBS Genealogy Class Acoustic Jam Satellite Senior Center Activities Bible Study Learn to research your family history. All acoustic instruments welcome, come jam with us. Bring your bible as we go over scripture. Tijeras Tijeras Wednesday • 10:00 – 11:15 am Tijeras Wednesday • 12:00 – 3:00pm Tuesday • 12:00 – 2:30 pm Flea Market Library Club Find treasures at our monthly flea market. SPORTS AND FITNESS Chair Yoga Join us for a trip to the library. Rio Bravo 1st Friday • 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Learn Yoga poses while sitting. For those Paradise Hills who are less mobile. Twice a Month Trip to Taylor Ranch Library, call for details Food Pantry Paradise Hills West Annex Monday and Wednesday, call for details Join us for free monthly grocery shopping. Card Group Alameda/Raymond G. Sanchez Alameda/Raymond G. Sanchez Monday and Wednesday • 10:00 – 11:00 am Join us as we play various card games. 2nd Tuesday Paradise Hills Chair Exercise Monday and Wednesday, call for details MUSIC A gentle exercise class. Coloring Group Intermediate to Advanced Ukulele Paradise Hills West Annex Come practice your ukulele skills. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, call for Come relax and socialize as we color. details Paradise Hills Tijeras Monday and Wednesday, call for details Monday • 12:00 – 1:30 pm Chair Volleyball Join us for our weekly chair volleyball. TOPS Weight Loss Group Intermediate to Advanced Classical Guitar Paradise Hills West Annex Take off pounds sensibly with this support Wednesday, call for details group. Come practice your skills on classical guitar. Tijeras Tijeras EVENTS Tuesday • 10:00 – 11:45 am Monday • 10:30 – 11:30 am Birthday Celebration LANGUAGE Live Band Join us for a special treat as we celebrate the Dance to live band music. monthly birthdays. Beginning Spanish Paradise Hills Learn basic Spanish speaking skills. Alameda/Raymond G. Sanchez 1st Friday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Last Thursday • 12:15 pm Tijeras Rio Bravo Rio Bravo Wednesday • 10:30 – 11:30 am Last Friday • 12:15 pm 3rd Friday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Tijeras Paradise Hill West Annex 3rd Friday • 12:00 pm ESL 2nd Friday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Come learn English. Whispering Pines DAY TRIPS Paradise Hills 4th Friday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Tuesday and Thursday, call for details Join us for fun outings and shopping trips. Jam Session Railrunner Trip to Santa Fe MISCELLANEOUS All instruments are welcome, jam with us. Paradise Hills Movies Whispering Pines August 21, October 16, December 18 call for details Join us for a movie and some goodies. Have Friday • 1:00 - 3:00 pm a movie suggestion? Let us know! Weekly Grocery Shopping Paradise Hills 2nd Monday, Trip to Movies West Paradise Hills Monday mornings, call for details Every Monday, call for details City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 48 PROUD TO SUPPORT THE 2019 NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES

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oors AQUATICS C SESSION 2: Adapted Aquatics Monday and Friday • 1:15 - 2:15 pm 2 sessions per week Taught at the University of New Mexico Therapeutic Pool (92º water), participants are led through a series of range of motion Transportation: provided from all 6 Albuquerque senior centers and exercises that will increase joint mobility and develop muscular Vista Grande Community Center. Self-Drivers are also welcome, but strength. Registration is done by lottery. Lottery forms are available must pre-register. at all the Senior Centers, Multigenerational Centers, and Sports and Fitness Centers. Lottery forms can be picked-up starting on the 10th of every month and have to be returned by the 15th of every SESSION 3: month to be eligible for the lottery. Tuesday and Thursday • 9:00 - 10:00 am Class sessions are as follows: 2 sessions per week SESSION 1: Transportation will be provided from the Palo Duro 50+ Sports & Fitness Center. Self Drivers are also welcome, but must pre-register. Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 - 10:00 am 3 sessions per week Transportation: provided from all 6 Albuquerque senior centers. Self- Drivers are also welcome, but must pre-register. City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 50 BASKETBALL Kendo Kai Many Aquatic Programs are Open/Drop-In Basketball Meaning “Way of The Sword,” is a modern Japanese martial art, which descended offered around The City of Offered every day of the week (Monday - from traditional swordsmanship (kenjutsu) Albuquerque. Saturday) at the times listed below. Teams and uses bamboo swords (Shinai), and are formed as participants show up and protective armor. It is a physically and Albuquerque Parks and Recreation sign in. mentally challenging activity that combines Department offers a wide variety of Manzano Mesa martial arts practices and values with sport- water exercise classes and lap swim at Monday and Wednesday • 11:45 am - like strenuous physical activity. their indoor aquatic facilities. 1:00 pm, West court Manzano Mesa For more Information call the Parks Monday and Friday • 7:00 - 8:50 pm, Both Friday • 6:00 - 8:00 pm and Recreation Department at courts (505) 768-5353, or visit www.cabq. North Domingo Baca gov/aquatics. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday • 11:00 am Wednesday • 6:45 - 8:45 pm - 1:00 pm Fee: $20 for adults and $10 for youth

Senior Men’s Basketball Beginning T’ai Chi Chih This group gathers to play some friendly, T’ai Chi Chih is a series of easy, gentle but competitive basketball, where teams movements that balance the internal are picked prior to the games. This is a good energy (Chi). It is often called a moving Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball, Eastern Traditions Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball, workout, with a lot of action and exercise. meditation and the benefits of this practice Manzano Mesa can include improved balance, flexibility, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday • 11:00 am stamina, and regulation of stress blood - 1:00 pm pressure and weight. Monday and Wednesday • 11:45 am - Palo Duro 1:00 pm Wednesday • 3:00 - 4:15 pm

EASTERN TRADITIONS Continuing T’ai Chi Chih BADMINTON Aikido T’ai Chi Chih is a series of easy, gentle A non-aggressive style of martial arts movements that balance the internal Badminton Practice and Play working on the principle: “do not fight force energy (Chi). It is often called a moving This fun sport provides an opportunity to with force”. Redirect the attacker’s energy meditation and the benefits of this practice can include improved balance, flexibility, Sports and Fitness | Sports and Fitness participate in a program which is beneficial and use it to your favor. to both your physical and mental well- stamina, and regulation of stress blood being. It also provides cardiovascular North Domingo Baca pressure and weight. Tuesday and Thursday • 7:15 - 8:30 pm benefits, as well as weight-bearing exercise Palo Duro needed for musculoskeletal health. This Fee: $4/session Wednesday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm is competitive badminton - a demanding Session I: July 31 - August 7 sport. Iron Olympian Karate Session II: August 14 - September 25 Manzano Mesa Develop physical strength, discipline, Session III: October 2 - November 6 Monday, Friday • 1:30 - 4:00 pm balance, coordination and self-esteem. Session IV: November 13 - Tuesday • 6:00 - 9:00 pm Class includes breakaway techniques and December 18 safety awareness. Thursday • 7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee: $65/6 sessions, payable at first class Johnny Tapia Community Center at Manzano Mesa Wells Park Tuesday • 6:00 - 8:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday • 1:30 - 3:30 pm

51 Activities Catalog T’ai Chi Ch’uan EXERCISE Dance Aerobics Sports and Fitness | A form of martial arts that provides a Advanced Boot Camp Quick paced, high energy, core cardiovascular workout and improves strengthening routines set to great music! balance. Interval training to boost metabolic activity No experience is necessary. and burn calories. Bear Canyon Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports & Saturday • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Manzano Mesa Fitness Center Tuesday and Thursday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm Monday and Wednesday • 5:30 - 6:30 pm PRACTICE Bear Canyon Aerobics Wednesday • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm and Enhance Fitness 3:30 - 4:30 pm These fun, low impact aerobics classes This is an evidence based senior fitness combine energizing music with a routine class in which a three part assessment will designed to strengthen the cardiovascular be conducted for each participant. Class Traditional T’ai Chi Ch’uan system. For beginners to advanced components include cardio, weight training Eastern Traditions, Exercise Beautiful flowing movements improve exercisers, everyone works at their own and flexibility. balance, lower high blood pressure, increase pace. Burn calories and get a great workout. Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & bone density and cultivate chi, or internal Highland energy. Traditional T’ai Chi reduces stress Fitness Center Monday, Wednesday and Friday Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 1:00 - and arthritis pain, significantly improves 9:00 - 10:00 am brain size, improves motor control in 2:00 pm Parkinson’s, and may delay the onset of Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & North Domingo Baca Alzheimer’s disease. Recent studies show Fitness Center, Aerobic Room Monday • 8:05 - 9:05 am and T’ai Chi is anti-aging! Cultivate your chi for a Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:15 - 11:15 am long and happy life. 8:00 - 9:00 am Wednesday • 8:05 - 9:05 am and Highland Manzano Mesa 10:15 - 11:15 am Thursday • 9:30 - 10:30 am Monday, Wednesday and Friday Friday • 8:05 - 9:05 am and 10:15 - 8:15 - 9:15 am 11:15 am INTERMEDIATE TRADITIONAL North Valley SHORT FORM North Domingo Baca Monday, Wednesday and Friday Monday, Tuesday and Friday 8:15 - Highland 8:15 - 9:15 am 9:15 am Thursday • 1:30 - 2:30 pm Palo Duro Manzano Mesa Monday, Wednesday and Friday Flex and Tone Tuesday and Thursday • 9:30 - 10:30 am 8:15 - 9:15 am Fee: $5/session This class will work to elongate and strengthen your muscles to achieve North Domingo Baca increased flexibility, improve posture and Friday • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Body Fat Vs. Muscle develop a strong core. North Valley The goal for optimal health is reducing body Highland Monday, Tuesday and 1st Friday fat while increasing muscle. Visit one of our Tuesday and Thursday • 8:15 - 9:15 am 9:30 - 10:30 am fitness facilities below for a free personal assessment. Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports & Palo Duro Fitness Center Friday • 9:30 - 10:30 am (not meeting 1st Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports & Tuesday and Thursday • 8:00 - 9:00 am Friday) Fitness Center 3rd Tuesday • 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Manzano Mesa Tuesday and Thursday • 8:15 - 9:15 am Personal Defense Club, Close North Domingo Baca Quarter Combat 4th Wednesday • 8:30 am - 1:30 pm and North Domingo Baca Tuesday and Thursday • 10:15 - 11:15 am Provides a place to learn, teach and practice 2:00 - 7:00 pm personal fighting skills. It is not associated Palo Duro 50+ Sports & Fitness Palo Duro with any traditional Asian art or sport. 1st Wednesday • 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday • 8:00 - 9:00 am Manzano Mesa Monday • 7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee: Material $10/Month City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 52 Fitball Hula and Hawaiian Culture New Mexico Folk and Latin Dance Using a stability ball and weights, target Hula is Hawaii’s beautiful, joyous cultural Receive instruction on New Mexican, and challenge core muscles with stabilizing dance. An introduction hula class for Mexican and contemporary Latin dances.

Exercise and balance exercises. beginners will focus on the basic hand, Athletic shoes must be worn to participate. foot, and body movements that gracefully Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports & Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & entwine to tell stories of Hawaii’s history, Fitness Center Fitness Center, Aerobic Room places, people and traditions…all infused Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 10:30 - Tuesday • 1:15 - 2:45 pm with the spirit of Aloha. 11:30 am North Valley North Domingo Baca Monday • 9:45 - 11:45 am Tuesday • 5:00 - 6:00 pm Gentle Exercise Manzano Mesa Fee: $5/session Wednesday • 9:45 - 11:15 am Performed primarily in a chair. The focus is on resistance training to build strength. Starting August 7 Equipment such as small balls and bands Matter Of Balance are used to make the exercises interesting This FREE Program emphasizes practical Latin Dance Lessons and challenging. strategies to decrease fear of falls by making behavioral changes in a person’s Learn the basics of Social Latin Dance in Sports and Fitness | Sports and Fitness Barelas everyday activities. Minimal exercises. This the friendly & fun environment catering to Monday, Tuesday and Friday the novice learner! Participants will receive 10:00 - 11:00 am program will be offered at various locations in 2019. easy to learn instruction in Merengue, Highland Cumbia, Bachata, Salsa, Cha-Cha-Cha and Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 10:15 - For more information and schedule, contact the Romatic Rhumba! ATHLETIC SHOES 11:15 am Joe O. Armijo, Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports and REQUIRED! Fitness Center at (505) 767-5990. Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports & Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & Fitness Center Fitness Center, Aerobic Room Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 9:15 - Nia Technique Saturday • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10:15 am The Nia Technique™ draws inspiration from Fee: $5/session Manzano Mesa the dance arts, martial arts and healing arts Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 9:30 - for a cardiovascular, aerobic, and super fun Salsarobics 10:30 am workout that is challenging and stimulating, yet easy to follow. Spice up your workout with this energetic, North Domingo Baca fun and sizzling workout; learn the Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 9:30 - Highland fundamentals of Latin dance such as Salsa, 10:30 am Thursday • 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Merengue, Bachata, Brazilian Samba and Palo Duro always sexy Cha Cha. Fitness shoes or Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 9:30 - Dance shoes required. 10:30 am Pilates Los Volcanes Learn the importance of core stabilization, Thursday • 5:30 - 6:30 pm Get Moving Cardio muscle balance and proper alignment while Saturday • 9:30 - 10:30 am This group fitness cardio class incorporates integrating the concept of mindfulness, Fee: $3/session high and low impact choices in an effective fluidity and grace. workout to burn more fat, use calories and Barelas meet your fitness goals. Tuesday • 8:30 - 9:30 am T.N.T Dynamite Trim and tone your body with this class Manzano Mesa Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & designed to fit your own individual needs Monday • 5:00 - 6:00 pm Fitness Center and abilities. Work at your own pace Tuesday and Thursday • 10:45 - 11:45 am Fee: $20/month or $2.50/session towards improving strength, stamina, and North Valley muscle tone. Thursday • 8:30 - 9:30 am Bear Canyon Fee: $5/session Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 9:30 - 10:30 am Fee: $1.50/session

53 Activities Catalog Zumba® HIKING Sports and Fitness | HEALTH AND FITNESS Zumba fuses Latin rhythms and easy-to- 50+ Sports and Fitness Program follow moves to create a fitness program Hiking Manage Your Chronic Disease that will blow your mind. Ditch the workout! Join the party! These hikes are designed for the beginner (MyCD) Program Workshop to intermediate hiker, varying from If you have (or care for someone with) a North Domingo Baca easy/moderate (A/B) hikes to the more chronic health condition such as diabetes, Monday • 9:10 - 10:10 am and challenging C/D level hikes. See our arthritis, high blood pressure, heart 5:45 - 7:00 pm descriptions for the best hike for you. Hike disease, chronic pain, anxiety, or other Friday • 9:10 - 10:10 am the Sandia, Manzano, Jemez and Pecos long-term health condition, this is the Saturday • 1:00 - 2:00 pm wilderness areas! Our focus is fitness. workshop for you. Learn from specially Fee: $6/session Bring your own lunch, snacks and drinks. trained group leaders with chronic health North Valley Preregistration is required! conditions themselves. Set goals and make Tuesday • 5:30 - 6:30 pm a step-by-step plan to improve your health Fee: $3/session Session II: July - October 2019 and your life. Put Life Back Into Your Life. Exercise, Hiking, Health and Fitness Monday “C/D Level” Hikes Free 6-week workshop 2 1/2 hour meetings. To enroll, please call (505) 880 - Zumba® Gold Classes Palo Duro 50+ Sports & Fitness Center 7:00 am – 5:00 pm 2800. Check out this fun new dance/aerobic class. No dance experience required. Wednesday “B Level” Hikes Bear Canyon Diabetes Self-Management Monday, Wednesday and Friday Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & Program (DSMP); 8:15 - 9:15 am Fitness Center Palo Duro Fee: $2/session N. Domingo Baca Fitness Center Alternating Wednesdays • 8:00 am – Thursday, July 11 - August 15 • 1:00 - Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50 + Sports & 5:00 pm 3:30 pm Fitness Center Tuesday and Thursday • 9:30 - 10:30 am Friday Half Day “A/B Level” Hikes Fee: $2/session Chronic Disease Self-Management Palo Duro 50+ Sports & Fitness Center Program (CDSMP) Workshop; Manzano Mesa 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Monday and Wednesday • 10:45 - Palo Duro 11:45 am Thursday, September 5 - October 10 • North Domingo Baca Senior Center Hiking 1:00 - 3:30 pm Tuesday • 9:10 - 10:10 am Bear Canyon Wednesday • 9:10 - 10:10 am Every other Thursday • 8:00 am Thursday • 9:10 - 10:10 am Highland Chronic Pain Self-Management North Valley Every other Tuesday • 8:00 am Program (CPSMP); Thursday • 9:40 - 10:40 am Friday • 9:00 - 10:00 am Los Volcanes Palo Duro Every other Friday • 9:00 am Thursday, October 17- November 21 • North Domingo Baca 1:00 - 3:30 pm Every other Friday • 8:00 am North Valley Every other Thursday • 8:00 am Palo Duro Every other Tuesday • 8:00 am Every other Saturday • 9:00 am

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 54 OTHER CLASSES Cloggersize Jazzercise Acupressure Clogging is an exciting non-partnered line Jazzercise is a dance-based group fitness dance which can be enjoyed by children as program. Jazzercise class features a fusion Acupressure is a form of Chinese medicine, well as senior adults! We dance to all kinds of dance, resistance training, pilates, yoga, which restoring harmony in the body, of music and since beginning clogging kickboxing, and Latin-style movements set mind and spirit. Focus primarily on physical

Other Classes steps are easy to learn, you can practice to popular music. pain, my particular style is very gentle. anywhere...no special shoes needed! Headaches, sinus congestion, nerve issues, North Domingo Baca muscle restriction and arthritic pain can all Manzano Mesa Monday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm be improved using the acupoints and the BEGINNER/STARTER Tuesday • 4:30 - 5:30 pm meridian system. Saturday • 12:00 - 12:30 pm Wednesday and Thursday • 5:40 - 6:40 pm North Valley Friday • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EASY CLOGGING/CLOGGERCIZE: Saturday • 12:30 - 1:30 pm Reflexology Massage Therapy Reflexology helps to relieve tension, INTERMEDIATE: Balance and Movement for increase blood supply to nerves and more. Parkinson’s Saturday • 1:30 - 2:30 pm Christine Riboni says, “It’s the Cadillac of foot This class is designed for mostly all levels and massage.” focuses on balance and movement while Dance and Movement for North Valley Sports and Fitness | Sports and Fitness either seated or standing. Slow movements, Parkinson’s 4th Wednesday and every Friday • strength, hand-eye coordination and 10:15 am memory are also incorporated in a fun Join in the musicality, rhythm, expression, atmosphere. Caregivers are encouraged to inventiveness and sheer physical pleasure of attend and participate also! dance. Customized for all abilities. Reversing Brain Drain Highland North Valley North Domingo Baca Monday • 2:45 - 3:30 pm 1st and 3rd Thursday • 2:00 - 3:00 pm Wednesday • 6:30 - 7:30 pm Wednesday • 2:45 - 3:30 pm Fee: $6/session Exercise for Parkinson’s Parkinson’s Wellness and Recovery is an Chair Massage Therapy effective and fun way to gain flexibility, coordination, strength and improve balance. Choice of seated massage in a regular chair, These exercises also improve attention and wheelchair, or a massage chair. Natural mental focus. non- invasive pain relief. Benefits include improved posture and range of motion, North Valley reduced anxiety and stress, increased sense 2nd and 4th Thursday • 2:00 - 3:00 pm of well-being. Massage done for a nominal Fee: $5/session fee. Bear Canyon Monday • 12:00 - 3:00 pm Fee: $5/10 min “We are not surviving, we are thriving”

— Jane Ong Baker, Exercise Instructor at Barelas Senior Center, age 79

55 Activities Catalog PICKLEBALL SHUFFLEBOARD VOLLEYBALL Sports and Fitness | Open Pickleball Silver Shufflers Shuffleboard Volleyball Pick-up Games Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines Come learn a new sport or hone your skills Join the 50+ volleyball players for drop-in elements of badminton, tennis, and table and play a friendly match. volleyball matches. tennis. Shuffleboard is one of the most popular Alamosa Community Center Times and locations are subject to change. non-cardiovascular sports around! It is Saturday • 9:00 - 11:00 am Please check the website listed. learned quickly and uses the techniques Johnny Tapia Community Center at of 8 ball pool on a larger floor court. All Times are subject to change from summer Wells Park equipment and instruction is provided. to winter. Monday • 6:00 - 7:45 pm Barelas Manzano Mesa Manzano Mesa, Gym Tuesday • 1:00 - 4:00 pm Monday • 1:30 - 3: 30 pm Monday and Friday • 5:00 - 7:00 pm Los Volcanes Pickleball, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Walking Monday • 9:30 - 11:00 am and TABLE TENNIS 1:30 - 3:00 pm Practice and Play Tuesday • 9:30 - 11:00 am and 1:30 - 3:00 pm Since its inception in 1880s England, this sport has grown into an international Manzano Mesa favorite. Originally, a line of books served as Thursday • 2:00 - 4:00 pm the net, a champagne cork or knot of string Saturday • 9:00 - 11:00 am as the ball and a cigar box lid as the racket. Gary Rutherford (505) 507-3663 Come see how it has evolved! abqpickelball.com Bear Canyon Monday • 1:30 - 4:30 pm Pickleball Training Thursday • 9:30 - 11:00 am Train for the game of Pickleball which is a Friday • 2:30-4:45 pm paddle sport that combines elements of Highland badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Wednesday • 3:45-6:30 pm Manzano Mesa Manzano Mesa Tuesday and Thursday • 9:15 - 11:00 am Monday - Friday • 8:00 - 9:00 pm Saturday • 12:30 - 2:50 pm Saturday • 9:00 am - 3:00 pm North Valley Upon request call for availability

WALKING PROGRAM “NEW” Bosque Walks Thursdays Participants will learn the benefits of walking, safety tips and Leisure 3 mile walks in the Bosque at different trail heads. different types of walking techniques, how to use walking poles. The program will explore the City of Albuquerque and the Metro Session II: September 19 - October 31 Area on foot. Register for individual trips. Trip One – Sept.9, Rio Grande Trip Three – Oct.17, Open Space Nature Center Trailhead Visitor Center Trailhead Touring the 505 Tuesdays Trip Two – Oct.3, Tingley Trailhead Trip Four – Oct. 31, Rio Bravo These walks will be at a touring pace with frequent stops and Trailhead water breaks. Session II: September 3 - October 29 Trips leave from Palo Duro 50+ Sports & Fitness Center Trip One - Botanical Gardens Trip Five - Open Space Visitor 3351 Monroe NE • (505) 880-2800 Trip Two - Corrales Center Trip Three - Tijeras Ranger Station Trip Six - Down Art Walk Tuesday and Thursday; Trip departure times vary from Trip Four - Huning’s Highland Trip Seven - Country Club 7:00 - 8:45 am, depending on destination. Trip Eight - Nob Hill

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 56 WEIGHT TRAINING YOGA Yoga: Chair Weight Training Orientations Chair Yoga Focus on alignment, breath, relaxation and core awareness by increasing strength, Weight training will keep you feeling and Seated and standing poses designed to flexibility, mobility and building bone looking great. Not only will weight training improve flexibility and balance. Practice density. give you more energy, but also increases breathing techniques for peace of mind. muscle tone and bone density. Join one of Please bring a water bottle. Bear Canyon our free orientations where we instruct on Monday • 2:30 - 3:30 pm Barelas the fundamentals of weight training. Fee: $5/session

Weight Training, Yoga Training, Weight Friday • 10:00 - 11:00 am Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes, 50+ Sports & Starting July 12 Fitness Center North Valley Yoga: Dahn Call (505) 767-5990 for appointment Monday • 3:30 - 4:30 pm Dahn Yoga is the yoga of stress relief. Manzano Mesa Fee: $5/session Increase flexibility, improve breathing patterns and concentration. Through Call (505) 275-8731 for appointment committed practice class members can also North Domingo Baca Yoga, Beginning manage problems with weight.

Call (505) 764-6496 for appointment. Improve posture and core strength, as well North Valley as reduce lower back pain and increase North Valley Tuesday and Thursday • 3:15 - 4:15 pm muscle flexibility. Fee: $3/session Call (505) 880-2800 for appointment Barelas Palo Duro, 50+ Sports & Fitness Center Monday • 9:15 - 10:30 am

Sports and Fitness | Sports and Fitness Call (505) 880-2800 for appointment Thursday • 8:30 - 9:30 am Yoga: Flow, Vinyasa Flow Bear Canyon Class focus is on precise alignment while Friday • 10:00 - 11:00 am building a pose, finding the ease in your Basics With Free Weights pose as you build strength and flexibility. Fee: $5/session For novice lifters to learn safe and proper North Domingo Baca Fitness Center Highland free weight lifting techniques to be used Monday • 5:45 - 7:00 pm Monday • 1:30 - 2:30 pm as an alternative, or in conjunction with Fee: $5/session workout machines. Wednesday (Gentle Yoga) • 1:30 - 2:30 pm Fee: $6/session Joe O. Armijo Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & Fitness Center Joe O. Armijo, Los Volcanes 50+ Sports & Yoga Fitness Call (505) 767-5990 for schedule Fitness Center Fitness yoga combines traditional flowing Thursday • 2:00 - 3:00 pm North Domingo Baca, Sports & Fitness yoga movement with light weights. Deep, Center Saturday • 9:00 - 10:00 am slow breathing is also heavily emphasized Call (505) 764-6496 for schedule. Fee: $4/session throughout the class to increase oxygen intake. Please join the fun and experience Manzano Mesa this new and improved way of balanced Wednesday • 4:45 - 6:00 pm fitness. Fee: $7/session or $25/session North Domingo Baca Thursday • 6:00 - 7:00 pm Yoga, Belts and Blocks Fee: $5/session “Its a lot of fun! Lets Helps improve posture and core strength, as well as reduce lower back pain as well as face it, that’s what helps to increase muscle flexibility. Palo Duro Monday • 9:00 - 10:00 am we need at our age.” Wednesday • 5:15 - 6:15 pm Fee: $3/session — Connie Robb

57 Activities Catalog Yoga: Flow Yoga with Guided Yoga: Kundalini Sports and Fitness | Meditation A blend of Bhakit Yoga and Raja Yoga, If you can breathe, you can do yoga. meditation and mental physical control. Join Us! Increases upper body strength, flexibility Manzano Mesa and cardiovascular endurance through a Wednesday • 10:10 - 11:10 am · Fitness · Meals combination of movements and poses. Beginners are welcome. North Domingo Baca Fitness Center · Events · Clubs Friday • 11:00 am - 12:30 pm North Domingo Baca Wednesday • 5:00 - 6:00 pm Fee: $10/session · Dances · Games Friday • 7:00 - 8:00 pm · Classes · Trips Saturday • 11:30 am -12:30 pm Yoga: Laughter Fee: $6/session In laughter yoga sessions we will teach There Is Something For Everyone! you to laugh without a reason, without Yoga Yoga: Gentle Hatha relying on humor, jokes, or comedy. It is called Laughter Yoga because it combines Develop a deeper connection to self laughter exercises with yogic breathing. through a slow paced, gentle hatha yoga This brings more oxygen into your body practice. We will utilize various breath and brain making you feel more energetic techniques as we flow through different and healthy. Laughter is great exercise yoga asanas/poses to help promote and a great stress reliever. Laughter is stress reduction, increase flexibility and contagious! decrease chronic pain. Essential oils, affirmations and various props will be Bear Canyon used throughout the class. Friday • 12:30 - 1:15 pm North Valley Manzano Mesa Tuesday • 4:00 - 5:00 pm Saturday • 9:00 - 10:00 am Friday • 3:30 - 4:30 pm Fee: $3/session

Yoga (Hatha/Blend) Intermediate Manzano Mesa Monday • 6:15 - 7:15pm Fee: $7/session

Yoga: Hatha Manzano Mesa Wednesday • 9:00 - 10:00 am

Yoga: Hatha Plus (plus core body- work) Manzano Mesa Friday • 9:00 - 10:00 am

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 58 Center Memberships are only $ Membership 20 offers fitness programs as well as classes, travel, meals, computer labs, volunteer opportunities, competitive sports events and much more at six Centers, seven Fitness Centers, and two Multigenerational Centers. Call (505) 764-6400.

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59 Activities Catalog Day Trips Day Trips | The City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs, Center Trip Policies Policies and Procedures, Section 3.4-N, stipulates that anyone who goes on a Center-sponsored outing must “sign the Trip Release • Membership is required. Form before leaving the Center”. If an individual chooses not to sign • Trip Release Waiver is required. the form, he or she will forfeit the opportunity to go on the outing

• Cancellation for trips requires a minimum of 24-hour notice. and a refund will not be given. Ongoing/Varied Dates • DSA maintains a wait list for trips that are full. • Members on a wait list are invited to show up for the scheduled Dates to sign up for trips: trip to see if a seat becomes available due to a No Show-No Call. Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 9:00 am for July through September • It is required upon arrival, to check in and receive a number (deli trips. style). Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 9:00 am for October through • If a seat(s) becomes available, staff will begin calling number(s) in December trips. consecutive order. • If your number is called, you will immediately sign in and take your seat on the van. Ongoing/Varied Dates

A "FARE" TO REMEMBER Jackson Ranch Steakhouse, Harry’s Roadhouse, Santa Fe Socorro Pizza Barn, Edgewood Opened in the summer of 1992 with a Let’s take a drive down south for a delicious modest building, it is now whimsical, Join us for a slice of paradise in a big red meal of salads, soups, sandwiches, burgers, colorful cafe serving regional eats. Come barn. Inside you’ll find a comfortable seafood, or maybe a delicious steak. See see this delightful restaurant on Old Las atmosphere and delicious food. Most of the coach wagon and saddle-up if it’s your Vegas Hwy. with good food, an innovative all you’ll find the friendly attitude in the birthday! menu and a gathering place for the whole people that is only found in small town neighborhood. U.S.A. Serving pizza, calzones, salads, wings Palo Duro and more. Also, we will visit Schewbach Tuesday, September 17 Palo Duro Farm after lunch. Check In: 10:15 am • Return: 4:00 pm Thursday, November 14 Check In: 10:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm Palo Duro Wednesday, July 24 Blue Heron; Sunrise Springs, Check In: 9:15 am • Return: 4:00 pm Santa Fe La Plazuela – La Fonda, Santa Fe Dining at Sunrise Springs is a unique Fresh and flavorful takes an innovative Pasta Paradiso, Los Alamos experience that may change the way you approach to New Mexican cuisine, cooking think and feel about food. up traditional recipes with an enticing Journey to Los Alamos for authentic Italian Food is a potent elixir for the body and new twist. Nestled in the heart of La Fonda food made from scratch. Lunch-time buffet on the Plaza, is the most intimate among includes pasta, soups, and salads. Owner mind. They work closely with local farmers to source seasonally available herbs, restaurants in Santa Fe. We will visit the and pastry chef, Renee Lee, originally from Governor’s mansion after lunch. California has owned several restaurants fruits, and vegetables to create a selection throughout her life, but she fell in love of vibrant and flavorful dishes. Upscale, Palo Duro with Los Alamos and the people here, and seasonal menu. Tuesday, December 10 decided this was where her final location Palo Duro Check In: 10:15 am • Return: 4:00 pm would be. We will visit the Las Alamos Tuesday, October 22 Market before lunch. Check In: 10:15 am • Return: 4:00 pm Palo Duro Thursday, August 8 Check In: 8:15 am • Return: 4:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 60 Wheels Museum Ongoing/Varied Dates July The Wheels Museum is an organization in the Albuquerque Rail Yards dedicated Ron's Ride & Glide Las Vegas, NM. Fourth of July to collecting, preserving and creating Enjoy fun-filled trips to mystery Fiestas educational exhibits about the history of destinations. Ron will see to it that you have Join us for a fun time in Las Vegas, New transportation in Albuquerque and New a wonderful time exploring the natural Mexico for the Annual Fourth of July Mexico with emphasis on the impact on the beauty of our state. Lunch on your own at a Fiestas. Enjoy music, food, arts, crafts, development of the area. Our collections local restaurant. and much more. Lunch and entry fee at embrace the history of the railroads, the your own expense. Some of the featured Bear Canyon impact of the rail yards on Albuquerque, as entertainment include Al Hurricane, Jr. Jerry Tuesday, July 23 well as automobiles, horse and wagon, and Ongoing/Varied Dates, July Ongoing/Varied Dean, Gonzalo. other modes of transportation. Thursday, August 15 Wednesday, September 18 Barelas Bear Canyon Saturday, July 6 Tuesday, July 9 Wednesday, October 9 Check In: 7:00 am • Return: 6:00 pm Check: 9:00 am • Return: 2:00 pm Thursday, November 7 Los Volcanes Monday, December 16 Saturday, July 6 Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm Tour the Albuquerque International

Day Trips | Trips Day Check In: 7:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm approximately Sunport Please note: lunch is at your own expense North Domingo Baca Did you know Sunport has a meditation Saturday, July 6 room? Probably not, because most people Check In: 7:00 am • Return: 7:00 pm rush through the airport. The history and Ride and Roam with Mr. Ron special perks offered by the Sunport might The destination is a mystery but be assured entice you to join this trip. Lunch at your Turquoise Museum at Gertrude own expense. Please bring ID. you are in for an adventure. Please note Zachary Castle lunch is at your own expense. Palo Duro Come and experience some of the world’s Tuesday, July 16 Palo Duro rarest and most collectible pieces of Thursday, July 18 turquoise and turquoise jewelry. Learn Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 2:00 pm Tuesday, August 20 fascinating information about mining, science, grading turquoise, lapidary Thursday, September 5 Blue Hole Recreation Spot Wednesday, October 2 techniques, turquoise imitations and mystical qualities. Tour the iconic mansion A recreation area the has picnic areas a loop Tuesday, November 26 that once belonged to Gertrude Zachary. trail and a wildlife viewing platform. Please Wednesday, December 4 The custom castle designed around bring your own lunch. Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm European antiquities. Grand halls, spiral Barelas approximately staircase, and 127 chandeliers; the castle is Tuesday, July 23 something you can’t miss! Check In: 8:30 am • Return: 5:00 p.m. Highland Tuesday, July 23 Check In: 10:00 am • Return: 2:00 pm SIGN-UP FOR Manzano Mesa JULY THROUGH Monday, July 15 SEPTEMBER Check In: 9:30 am • Return: 2:00 pm

TRIPS BEGINS: North Valley Tuesday, July 30 July 2, 2019 Check In: 10:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Fee: $20 Admission

61 Activities Catalog Que Chola Exhibit - National Santo Domingo Feast Day Gypsy Fest Day Trips | Hispanic Cultural Center Come and join us as we visit Santa Ana Come celebrate the 17th Annual GYPSY The Chola is a significant figure in the Pueblo on their feast day. Enjoy corn FEST one of the most colorful events of Latina imagination for the ways that she dancers, arts & crafts, food booths and Madrid. This event has a menagerie of belly represents a feminine strength, power, and more. dancers, musicians, circus acts, drummers, resilience in the face of racial, gender, and dancers, vendors, food and drink. Barelas economic adversity. She is a figure that Sunday, August 4 Barelas

many young Latinas in the U.S. admire and July, August Saturday, August 10 emulate. The last few years have seen a Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm surge in interest in the Chola as a figure and Check In: 10:30 am • Return: 6:30 pm this exhibition will explore this dynamic Ojo Caliente from a feminist perspective through art and Conference on Aging popular culture. Ojo Caliente is the only natural hot springs in the world with the remarkable Sandia Resort & Casino hosts the 41st Bear Canyon combination of five bubbling waters. Each Annual Conference on Aging brought to you Wednesday, July 24 is pleasantly pleasing to your senses. The by NM Aging and Long Term Services. The Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 2:00 pm fee includes access to all the pools and NM Conference on Aging offers older adults, steam baths all day. The entrance to the caregivers and professionals a chance to mineral baths is at your own expense. Bring learn and have fun in an environment that New Mexico Museum of Natural your own lunch, or purchase lunch at the supports independence and dignity. Free History & Science Artesian Restaurant. transportation, registration fee and lunch The Museum preserves and interprets the at your own expense. Applications will be North Domingo Baca distinctive natural and scientific heritage available at the front desk or online. Tuesday, August 6 of New Mexico through extraordinary Check In: 7:00 am • Return: 6:00 pm Bear Canyon collections, research, exhibits, and Tuesday, August 13 programs designed to ignite a passion for Bear Canyon Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm lifelong learning. We’ll be going out to eat Tuesday, August 20 lunch first at a local restaurant. After lunch Check In: 7:00 am • Return 5:00 pm Highland we will head over to the Museum by Tuesday, August 13 1:30 pm for a fact filled, fun guided tour Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm (1 to 1.5 hour-long) of the Museum FAA's Air Traffic Control Center Los Volcanes highlighting the “Greatest Hits” of the Tour the Federal Aviation Administration's Tuesday, August 13 permanent exhibits led by a Museum Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control “Certified Tour Guide”. Wednesday, August 14 Center. The ARTCC is one 21 domestic Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm Los Volcanes enroute air traffic control centers Wednesday, July 24 responsible for approx. 210,000 sq. miles Manzano Mesa Check In: 10:30 am • Return: 4:30 pm of airspace covering most of AZ, NM and Tuesday, August 13 parts of CO, OK, and TX. They also monitor Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm air traffic into and out of the Albuquerque North Domingo Sunport. Learn everything you ever wanted Tuesday, August 13 to know about our air traffic control system. August Check In: 7:30 am • Return: 5:00 pm Bear Canyon Tomasita’s - Santa Fe North Valley Wednesday, August 7 Tuesday, August 13 We will visit the plaza before lunch. Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 2:00 pm Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm North Domingo Baca Thursday, August 1 Palo Duro Tuesday, August 13 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm Barelas Wednesday, August 14 Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 62 Hwy 63 Pecos Canyon Tour ABQ BioPark Zoo Chimayo, NM Join us for a scenic drive through the Pecos Enjoy your day strolling through the zoo to Chimayo is known for its spirituality and Canyon on New Mexico Hwy 63. We will capture the amazing animals and reptiles healing! Grab yourself some Holy Dirt! stop at the Pecos Ruins Monument, Pecos that live in our very own city. Great shopping for that spiritual gift.....The Monastery, and to a local campground to chapels are gorgeous and humbling. Most Highland eat a sack lunch. The center will provide people that visit are inspired. Kindness Tuesday, August 20 sack lunches. and compassion pour out of there! Come Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm join the Trip to Chimayo for an uplifting August, September Los Volcanes Fee: $10 Admission, senior $5.50 experience! First stop is the Chimayo Tuesday, August 13 Museum, Dan will give us a guided tour Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm where he will share with us the History Betty’s Day Spa of Chimayo. We’re also going to visit the Rio Grande Nature Center Betty’s Bath & Day Spa was founded in 2000, Ortega’s Weaving Shop and the Sanctuario in Albuquerque’s tree-lined and peaceful de Chimayo. We will have lunch at a local Located on the Rio Grande flyway, the park North Valley neighborhood. Known for their restaurant in town. offers excellent birdwatching opportunities Day Trips | Trips Day outdoor salt water hot tubs, massage and throughout the year. There are indoor and Los Volcanes facials - housed in a minimalist and inviting outdoor wildlife viewing areas overlooking Friday, August 30 setting. Hydrotherapy is a cornerstone ponds, and trail access to the Rio Grande. Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm of the Betty’s experience they host two Manzano Mesa communal tub areas that include hot tubs Wednesday, August 14 with salt water filtration (good for your skin, Check In: 9:30 am • Return: 2:00 pm plus mermaids prefer it!), a sauna and cold September Fee: $3 Admission shower to promote healthy circulation. Barelas San Esteban Feast – Harvest Dance - Friday, August 23 Acoma Pueblo Drugs, Costs and Consequences, NM Natural History Museum Check In: 9:30 am • Return: 4:00 pm Native American Feast Days allow tribal members to come together in a renewal A non-partisan look at the many costs and of their language, culture, and religion. On consequences of drugs to our society and Sunflower Festival these days, the communities celebrating provides a very powerful message of the a feast day are open to the public, and destructive health, environmental, safety, Listen to live music, food, arts and crafts and sunflowers in Mountainair, NM. members of the tribe will prepare a variety and family impacts of drug use on our of bountiful meals to share with their society. North Valley visiting guests. Cameras and cell phones are Palo Duro Saturday, August 24 not permitted during feast days. Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm Wednesday, August 14 Barelas Check In: 8:45 am • Return: 3:00 pm Monday, September 2 Tinkertown Museum Check In: 8:30 am • Return: 4:30 pm Algodones Stone Sculpture Gallery It took Ross Ward over 40 years to carve, Fee: $5 shuttle service at Acoma The Algodones Gallery currently promotes collect, and lovingly construct what is and sponsors artists and continues to grow. now Tinkertown Museum. Today over 50,000 glass bottles form rambling walls Harvest Dance at Isleta Pueblo - The artists are masters in several media Saint Augustine Feast Day including stone, oil painting, metal art and that surround a 22-room museum. Wagon garden features. The Gallery continues wheels, old fashioned store fronts, and Native American feast days allow tribal to develop by adding garden sculptures, wacky western memorabilia make-up members to come together in a renewal of fountains, gazebos, petroglyph art and Tinkertown’s exhibits. their language, culture and religion. much more. The gallery is a working Palo Duro Barelas studio. The Algodones Gallery sponsors Tuesday, August 27 Wednesday, September 4 professional artists who are regionally, Check In: 8:45 am • Return: 3:00 pm Check In: 8:15 am • Return: 3:00 pm nationally and internationally recognized. North Valley Thursday, August 15 Check In: 9:30 am • Return: 3:30 pm 63 Activities Catalog New Mexico State Fair Pie Town AT&SF 2926 Steam Locomotive Day Trips | Come and join us for a day of fun at the New In Americas great southwest, astride the Santa Fe 2926 is a former Atchison, Mexico State Fair. The State Fair reflects the Continental Divide, sits Pie Town, peacefully Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 steam unique heritage of New Mexico through resting in west Central New Mexico. Pie locomotive originally built in 1944 by attractions such as the Indian Village, Villa Town is found at Mile Marker 56, U.S. Hwy. Baldwin Locomotive Works. This locomotive Hispana, art galleries, agricultural and 60. In this southwestern New Mexico town, was part of the last group of steam livestock competitions all embedded in the there is not one traffic light, gas station, passenger locomotives built for the Santa

state’s rural roots. grocery store or motel! One thing is certain, Fe railway. Come take a guided tour of the September there is PIE! Pies of every kind, some with Albuquerque gem. Barelas the unique addition of green chili or pine Monday, September 9 Palo Duro nuts! Come join us for a fun filled day, Wednesday, September 11 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm includes going to lunch, after your pie, Bear Canyon of course! We will have lunch at a local Check In: 9:15 am • Return: 3:00 pm Monday, September 9 restaurant in town. Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm North Domingo Baca Jemez Fenton Lake Friday, September 6 Highland Join us as we take a scenic drive through Monday, September 9 Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 6:00 pm the Jemez Mountains & the Gillman tunnels. Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Los Volcanes Our last destination will be at Fenton Lake Los Volcanes Saturday, September 7 where we will stop, and have a sack lunch. Monday, September 9 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:30 pm Take a short hike, fish, or take a relaxing walk along the lake. Fishing is permitted on Check In: 8:45 am • Return: 4:00 pm this trip with a valid NM Fishing License. The Manzano Mesa Valle de Oro National Wildlife center will provide sack lunches. Monday, September 9 Refuge Los Volcanes Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm An Oasis in Albuquerque, land along the Thursday, September 12 North Domingo Baca Rio Grande River has been protected Check In: 7:00 am • Return: 7:15 pm Monday, September 9 for the State's newest wildlife refuge, Check In: 10:00 am • Return: 2:00 pm including significant water rights to address North Valley restoration of the Middle Rio Grande. With Isotopes Park Tour Monday, September 9 all its 570 acres acquired, this urban jewel Opened in 2003, Isotopes Park is considered provides a place for people to get outside Check In: 8:45 am • Return: 3:00 pm one of the finest facilities in baseball, and truly enjoy nature within their own incorporating state-of-the-art amenities Palo Duro community. with traditional charm and intimacy. Monday, September 9 Bear Canyon Check In: 8:45 am • Return: 3:00 pm Bear Canyon Wednesday, September 11 Tuesday, September 17 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Check In: 9:45 am • Return: 2:00 pm Palo Duro Thursday, September 19 Check In: 8:15 am • Return: 3:00 pm City of Albuquerque Solar Power Facilities Visit two sites with solar power and see a presentation about the benefits of using solar power. Palo Duro Tuesday, September 24 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 64 NM Bureau of Geology Mineral Special Shape Rodeo Museum The Special Shape Rodeo started in Upon the campus of the New Mexico 1989 and now has become the most

October SIGN-UP FOR Institute of Mining and Technology lies popular event at the annual Albuquerque OCTOBER THROUGH one of the great treasure troves of the International Balloon Fiesta. southwest. Gold, silver, and precious gems, Bear Canyon DECEMBER the objects of the Conquistador's travels Thursday, October 10 TRIPS BEGINS: and travails, glitter on glass shelves next to Check In: 4:00 • Return: 10:00 pm other spectacular mineral forms. Sept. 4, 2019 Manzano Mesa Palo Duro Thursday, October 10 Day Trips | Trips Day Tuesday, October 8 Check In: 4:00 • Return: 10:00 pm Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm North Valley Thursday, October 10 Ojo Caliente Check In: 4:00 • Return: 10:00 pm October Ojo Caliente is the only natural hot $10 Admission springs in the world with the remarkable Grecian Festival combination of five bubbling waters. Each De Vargas Street-Santa Fe Immerse yourself in the sounds of the is pleasantly pleasing to your senses. The This will be an interesting and informative bouzóuki, the tastes of authentic Greek fee includes access to all the pools and tour of the Barrio de Analco District on the cuisine, and the eye-catching sights of steam baths all day. The entrance to the Lower Santa Fe Trail. The highlight will be the dancers streaming by in colorful costumes. mineral baths is at your own expense. Bring 800 year old adobe house, reported to be the Enjoy shopping for imported jewelry, your own lunch, or purchase lunch at the oldest house in the USA. There are numerous gifts, foods and pastries. Learn about the Artesian Restaurant. places of interest within walking distance changeless Orthodox Christian faith with Barelas that we will tour also, ending our tour with a tour of our own St. George Church. Most Wednesday, October 9 lunch at one of Santa Fe’s great restaurants. importantly, be happy and have fun! Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 6:00 pm Los Volcanes North Valley Friday, October 11 Friday, October 4 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm Check In: 4:30 pm • Return: 9:30 pm El Rancho de las Golondrinas Fee: $2 Admission seniors, 62 + $5 Admission Take a journey to the past at “The Ranch Acoma Pueblo/haak’u Museum Tour of the Swallows.” This historic ranch, now a living history museum, dates from the Acoma Pueblo is one of New Mexico's most Harvest Festival El Rancho de Los early 1700s and was an important paraje or scenic and historic places. Where you'll Golondrinas stopping place along the famous Camino experience breathtaking views and amazing Real, the Royal Road from Mexico City to rock formations. Autumn is a vibrant time to visit the Santa Fe. Experience the life of another time Rancho! Taste syrup from our burro Bear Canyon in a location unlike any other in America. driven sorghum mill, help make cider by Wednesday, October 16 cranking a traditional apple press, and pick Palo Duro Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 5:00 pm a pumpkin from our scarecrow-guarded Thursday, October 10 Fee: $23.76 patch. Children can stomp grapes by foot, Check In: 8:55 am • Return: 4:00 pm make harvest wreaths or roll their own Fee: $6 Admission Fermentation Festival-Hubble House delicious tortilla by hand. There’s a lot to do at this long-running and acclaimed event! Join us at the fourth annual Fermentation Bring a sack lunch. Festival to explore cider, wine, pickles, kraut, salami, beer, cheese, spirits, kombucha, kefir, Barelas sourdough, mead, hot sauce, sake, kimchi, Saturday, October 5 Koji, coffee, chocolate and more. Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Bear Canyon Fee: $6 Admission Saturday, October 19 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Fee: $15 Admission

65 Activities Catalog ABQ BioPark Zoo Dixon Studio Tour Meow Wolf Day Trips | The ABQ BioPark is a unique environmental The Dixon Studio Tour is one of the oldest Meow Wolf Art Complex stands as a beacon museum comprising four facilities. continuously run studio tours in the state. of creativity and community in Santa Fe’s Albuquerque Aquarium, Rio Grande Botanic Dixon, nestled in the Embudo Valley in emerging Midtown Innovation District, Garden, Rio Grande Zoo and Tingley Beach Northern New Mexico where the Rio welcoming locals and tourists alike to (fishing lakes). We’ll be hopping aboard two Embudo flows into the Rio Grande, has been take part in fun, enriching art experiences, trains The Rio Line & The Thunderbird Express long known for its rich Native American and workshops, and community activities. Meow

on a loop through the Rio Grande bosque to Hispanic heritage, productive farm lands and Wolf is an arts production company that October, November connect the Aquarium & Botanic Garden with pastoral beauty. During the last 30+ years creates immersive, multimedia experiences the Zoo for a unique view of the BioPark. We many artists moved to the valley to pursue that transport audiences of all ages into will have lunch at a local restaurant in town. their artistic talent and a simpler way of life. fantastic realms of storytelling. This unique fusion of art and entertainment gives Los Volcanes North Valley audiences fictional worlds to explore. We Tuesday, October 22 Saturday, November 2 will have lunch at a local restaurant in town. Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:30 pm Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm Fee: $8 Admission North Domingo Baca Tuesday, November 5 Ojo Caliente Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:30 pm Open Space Visitor Center Ojo Caliente is the only natural hot Los Volcanes This trip encourages seniors to enjoy the springs in the world with the remarkable Friday, November 15 beauty of nature and to draw it as they see it. combination of five bubbling waters. Each Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:30 pm Please bring a sack lunch. is pleasantly pleasing to your senses. The fee includes access to all the pools and Manzano Mesa Highland steam baths all day. The entrance to the Tuesday, November 19 Thursday, October 24 mineral baths is at your own expense. Bring Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:30 pm Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm your own lunch, or purchase lunch at the Fee: $24 adults, $22 senior Admission Artesian Restaurant. Los Volcanes Tuesday, November 5 Garden Gate Day Spa and Green House Bistro November Check In: 8:15 am • Return: 6:30 pm Located just south of Albuquerque at the Visit to Bear Canyon Senior Center Center for Ageless Living. Upon entering the Come join us on a day trip to Bear Canyon Garden Gate Day Spa, your five senses will Senior Center as we join them for their 26th be treated to experiences which will heal Annual Oso Canyon Art Fest. It’s the place to your body, quiet your mind and restore your be on Saturday, November 2nd! This arts and Volunteer spirit. Dip and Dine includes outdoor heated crafts event features one-of-a-kind creations mineral pool, two hot tubs, steam rooms, by talented local artists and crafters. It’s sauna and a $10 voucher to use towards an ideal place to find that perfect holiday Today cuisine from the Green House Bistro & gift. Refreshments will also be available for Bakery. purchase. LEAD. INSPIRE. Palo Duro Los Volcanes Thursday, November 7 Saturday, November 2 CHANGE THE WORLD. Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 2:30 pm We offer a wide variety of Fee: $35 volunteer opportunities. Do you have time, talents, skills, or hobbies you would like to share? If you do, please call the RSVP office at (505) 767-5225.

City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs | (505) 764-6400 www.cabq.gov/seniors 66 Santa Fe National Cemetery Christmas in Madrid We will visit this historical Santa Fe property. December We will start off with the annual Holiday This is an opportunity to visit the resting parade down Main Street. Afterwards, you place of a loved one at the Santa Fe National Old Town Albuquerque/Museum can enjoy shopping at the unique shops Cemetery. Afterwards, we will have lunch at a The museum is located in Albuquerque and galleries followed by dinner. local restaurant. Old Town. The Museum is dedicated to Saturday, December 7 Barelas preserving the art of American Southwest Barelas Friday, November 8 and the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Take a Check In: 1:00 • Return: 8:00 pm November, December November, Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm stroll through Old Town and take time to go window shopping. Bear Canyon Bear Canyon Check In: 2:00 • Return: 9:00 pm Friday, November 8 Highland Wednesday, December 4 Los Volcanes Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm Check In: 2:00 • Return: 9:00 pm Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm North Domingo Baca The Castaneda Hotel Tour Check In: 2:00 • Return: 9:00 pm

Day Trips | Trips Day La Castaneda was built as a 25,000 square Old Town Holiday Shop & Stroll North Valley foot railroad hotel in 1898. This Harvey Kick off the holiday season under the Check In: 1:00 • Return: 9:00 pm House was considered an absolute jewel lights in Historic Old Town. Enjoy a New Palo Duro in the Fred Harvey chain and was built as Mexican Christmas by eating tamales and Check In: 1:00 • Return: 9:00 pm a prototype with only 37 guest rooms and biscochitos, and enjoy the view of Historic 6 bathrooms. This hotel was reached by Old Town immersed in farolitos. Grab passengers from the Atchison Topeka & Santa some hot chocolate and watch the time River of Lights Fe Railroad whose tracks ran directly in front. honored lighting of the giant Christmas Enjoy the magic of millions of twinkling La Castaneda is one of the earliest Harvey tree, a spectacle made of over 150 different lights and dazzling holiday displays at New Houses to be built in the Mission Revival style. trees, at this magical Albuquerque event. Mexico's largest walk-through light show! Live entertainment will fill the streets on Bear Canyon 15 stages and add to the festivities. The Bear Canyon Wednesday, November 13 Albuquerque Museum, Natural History Tuesday, December 10 Check In: 8:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm Museum of History and Science, and Check In: 3:00 pm • Return: 10:00 pm Explora will join in the evening with free North Domingo Baca Carlito Springs Open Space admission and activities. Dinner will be at a Tuesday, December 10 local restaurant. An easy 15 minute drive takes you to desert Check In: 4:45 pm • Return: 10:00 pm oasis, featuring an exposed spring that fills Los Volcanes Fee: Admission at your own expense 3 pools and its lush vegetation. Lunch will Friday, December 6 follow at a local eatery. Check In: 3:45 • Return: 9:00 pm Shop & Stroll at the Mall Barelas Manzano Mesa Wednesday, November 13 Friday, December 6 Albuquerque has the biggest and best Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:00 pm Check In: 4:00 • Return: 9:00pm shopping in the entire state. The Mall will surely be festively decorated for the North Domingo Baca Holiday Season with plenty of sight-seeing, Gutierrez Hubbell House Museum Friday, December 6 and a plethora of different department Check In: 4:00 • Return: 8:30 pm and specialty stores to window shop, or An adobe house that is structured in history, purchase something that catches your eye! and dates back to the mid-1850s. Constructed Palo Duro You’re sure to find that perfect Holiday gift! in stages, it has vigas, nichos, canals and has Friday, December 6 Lunch will be at a local restaurant. that New Mexico Character. Check In: 4:00 • Return: 9:00 pm Los Volcanes Highland Friday, December 13 Tuesday, November 19 Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 4:30 pm Check In: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm Palo Duro Tuesday, November 12 Check in: 9:00 am • Return: 3:00 pm 67 Activities Catalog LaVidaLlena.com

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