SeniorCompassMAY/JUNE 2017 MASSACHUSETTS’ FIRST ACCREDITED SENIOR CENTER. FRIENDS OF THE CENTER NATIONALLY ACCREDITED SINCE OCTOBER 1999 AT THE HEIGHTS, INC. The Center at The Heights • 300 Hillside Avenue • Needham Heights, MA 02494-1316 • Phone 781-455-7555 • Fax 781-444-1373 • www.needhamma.gov Newsletter printed & mailed by Friends of The Center at The Heights, Inc. Friends Board of Directors HAPPY SPRING! Pat White SENIOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS DAY Carol Ditmore IS WEDNESDAY MAY 31 Co-Chairs We will offer three special programs. Anne Brain Space is limited. Please sign up separately for each of the three programs listed Treasurer below by calling 781-455-7555 or stopping by the Front Desk. Gail Lehman Secretary PRESCRIPTION DRUG SAFETY: SAFE Isabelle Avedikian HANDLING, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL Roma Jean Brown Stephen Cadigan LUNCH AND LEARN Jan Dorsey 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Jay Kaplan Bring your old/expired medication to the Center, have some lunch and learn about healthy LaTanya Steele lifestyle choices: how drugs affect our bodies – positive and negative; general interactions with Ex Officio alcohol and other drugs; safe storage and disposal of medications; resources for Needham residents on proper drug disposal as well as education and support resources for all ages. Friends Programs Presenters: Catherine Delano, LCSW, MPH; Carol Read, M.Ed., CAGS, CPS; Dr. David Jackie Julian-Martin Berkowitz, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Newton Wellesley Hospital (and Needham resident!) (Trip Coordinator) YOGA DEMONSTRATION BY SANDI LEVY Judi Finkle (Gift Shop) 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Experienced yoga practitioner, Sandi Levy will be explaining yoga, which she feels is the “Magic Bullet” for aging well. She will touch on the history of yoga, the different types, as well as the benefits of doing yoga and its positive impact on osteoporosis. Sandi will invite the audience to participate in the centering and breathing components of any yoga class. Audience volunteers will demonstrate some yoga postures. The hour will close with a meditative relaxation. BONE DENSITY SCREENING 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Two wellness nurses from VNA Care will visit the Center with a portable bone- density ultrasound machine. Participants will be screened and receive their results as well as personal counseling on exercise and nutrition. One nurse will do the screening and one will discuss the meaning of the result on a one-to-one basis. You will learn your test result, how to prevent osteoporosis, calcium and Vitamin D basics, which foods are rich in calcium, and how to prevent falls. Individual 15 minute appointments will be scheduled. SENIOR CENTER HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM INDEX BRUCE HAMBRO PRESENTS: Sign-up for May/June programs and classes will begin Thursday, DEAN MARTIN – KING OF COOL! April 27. We cannot accept written requests prior to 9:00 Friday, May 5 • 2:00 p.m. a.m. on April 27. With the King of Cool follows the career of American show business icon Dean Martin, exception of drop-in programs, we the epitome of cool in the mid-20th century American world of entertainment. ask that everyone sign up in advance for our programs and Whether as the romantic singing straight man to Jerry Lewis in the 1950s, Frank events. We also ask that everyone Sinatra’s best buddy in the famed Rat Pack, or the host of America’s top-rated swipe in when entering The Center, TV variety show in the 1960s, Dean Martin was America’s favorite cool and whether here for a drop-in or slightly tipsy comedy and singing star. Presentation will include slides and video scheduled program. If you do not clips of his life and career and will feature songs such as Volare, Memories are have a swipe tag, please ask for one Made of This, Sway, That’s Amore and Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime. at the Front Desk. Advanced sign-up is required by calling 781-455-7555 Cinema at The Center . .Page 5 Computer Classes . .Page 10 or stopping by the Front Desk. Elder Abuse Hotline . .Page 5 This program is sponsored by Elizabeth Rosa as a celebration of her birthday. Entertainment Live . .Pages 1-3 Exercise and Dance Classes . .Pages 8-9 A CELTIC CELEBRATION Friends Donations . .Page 7 SONGS AND STORYTELLING BY DAVIS BATEMAN Games and More . .Page 9 Keep Well Clinic . .Page 4 (Rescheduled from March) Lifelong Learning . .Pages 10-11 Tuesday, May 9 • 2:00 p.m. Monday’s Lunch Bunch . .Page 4 Join us as we celebrate spring and traditional Celtic songs and stories from Ireland, SHINE Bulletin . .Page 4 Scotland and Wales. Award-winning performer Davis Bateman will share evocative Shopping Experience . .Page 5 Support Groups . .Page 4 stories and songs designed to educate and entertain. The program includes work songs, Trip News . .Page 6 sea songs and ballads, as well as ghost stories, trickster tales and traditional folk tales and oral history narratives. REP. DENISE This program is supported in part by a grant from the Needham Cultural Council, a local agency GARLICK’S which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. OFFICE HOURS The Center at The Heights NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY First Come, First Served CONCERT 11:00 a.m.–12:00 Noon Wednesday, May 10 • 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 8 Monday, June 5 Exceptional musicians selected as fellows for the Community Performance and Partnership Program will perform classical selections. This last concert of the SENATOR 2016/2017 academic year may be a soloist or ensemble. Although we do not know RICHARD ROSS’ the details of content in advance we do know it will be wonderful classical music! OFFICE HOURS Advanced sign-up is required by calling 781-455-7555 The Center at The Heights or stopping by the Front Desk. First Come, First Served 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 31 Monday, August 21 HOLIDAY CLOSINGS Monday, May 29 In Observance of Memorial Day 2 LOOKING FOR CELEBRATING DIVERSITY LEGAL ADVICE? DOCUMENTARIES Monday, May 15 DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE SHARPS’ WAR (2016) 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sign up for a free 20 minute Wednesday, May 17 • 1:00 p.m. consultation with an attorney from This Ken Burns film documents the story of Wellesley minister Waitstill Sharp and MetroWest Legal Services at our bi- his wife, Martha, who spent nearly two years on life-threatening missions in Europe monthly FREE clinic. to save refugees and dissidents from Nazi persecution before and during WWII. To make an appointment call 781-455-7555 or stop by Advanced sign-up is required by calling 781-455-7555 the Front Desk. or stopping by the Front Desk. WATER, WATER IS MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE (2017) IT REALLY Wednesday, June 14 • 1:00 p.m. EVERYWHERE? Using her own words, woven together with archival photographs and videos as Hillside School Annual well as interviews with friends and family, this film examines the life and legacy Presentation of African American poet, memoirist and civil rights worker Maya Angelou. Wednesday, May 24 Advanced sign-up is required by calling 781-455-7555 1:30 p.m. or stopping by the Front Desk. Location: The Center at The Heights SUMMER HEALTHY COOKING SERIES Hillside School students from the 2nd and 4th grade classes will Wednesday, May 3 • 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. present the Buddy Water Project which teaches about personal, Wednesday, June 7 • 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. community and global water Come join us for a health cooking demonstration and sample recipes from local usage and water conservation. chefs from Avery Crossings and Cornerstone at Canton. Each demonstration is Advanced sign-up is required limited to 10 participants. by calling 781-455-7555 or stopping by the Front Desk. Please sign up for each demonstration separately by calling 781-455-7555 or stopping by the Front Desk. Priority for the COFFEE WITH A June 7 demonstration will be given to those who were unable COP (NEW!) to attend the May 3 demonstration. Tuesday, June 6 9:30 a.m. FRANK KING PRESENTS: Drop by The Center Café for coffee, pastries, and casual conversation THE GOLDEN AGE OF CROONERS with Officer Ed Bayiates, Needham AND RECORDS – DORIS DAY! Police Department. No advanced sign-up Friday, June 23 • 2:00 p.m. required. Frank King wowed us with his Nat King Cole presentation in March and returns SAVE THE DATE! to present the life and songs of the great Doris Day using actual recordings and photographs! Frank will include the surprising stories behind some big hit songs Friends Annual from 1951 and a few surprises, such as the extra verse to Over the Rainbow Meeting and Party no one’s ever heard! Friday, July 28 Thanks to the generous support of Briarwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. there is no charge for this program. Short business meeting, strawberry shortcake, prizes, and the Bill Advanced sign-up is required by calling 781-455-7555 McGoldrick Acoustic Duo with or stopping by the Front Desk. acoustic guitar and female vocalist. Don’t miss it! 3 LOW VISION MONDAY’S LUNCH BUNCH SUPPORT GROUP Socialize and enjoy a good meal! Depart from The Center at 11:30 a.m. in our van. When Anyone is welcome to attend the you sign up with the Front Desk, let them know if you will need a van pick-up from your home in Needham. The van driver will collect a suggested donation of $5 for the lunch monthly meetings of our Low transportation. You will pay the cost of your meal, tip, and tax at the restaurant.