The Sharing Tree Your source of information at the Glastonbury Senior Center. Office Hours: Main Information Number (860) 652-7638 Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Dial –A-Ride Numbers: Tues. & Thurs. 8:00 am to 8:30 pm Reservations: (860) 652-7643 Saturday 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Cancellations: (860) 652-7638 August 2019 Riverfront Music Series Head down to the Riverfront Park on Wednesday nights this summer for great music, food vendors, farmers market, movies & more! August 7 | 7:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. Glastonbury Town Band (Movie Magic) Outdoor Movie (Fantastic Beasts) August 14 | 7:00 p.m. Glastonbury Town Band (Broadway) August 21 | 7:00 p.m. Glastonbury Town Band (World of Music) Call for Dial-A-Ride Service 860-652-7638 Trolley Museum - East Haven An Evening of Country Music Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Thursday, August 29, 2019 9:30 am Leave RCC 10:30 - 11:30 pm Museum 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm 12:30 pm The Chowder Pot III Advance Tickets: R: $10.00 Approximate Return to RCC: 4:30 pm NR: $12.00 Cost: R: $14.00 NR: $18.00 Special Ticket Required Enjoy a three mile leisurely round trip onboard a restored (Cost at the door: $15.00) historic trolley car, learn about the history of trolley Dial A Ride available development and trolleys in Connecticut and beyond from Dinner: 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm expert trolley operators/tour guides. Pizza, salad, beverage and Tour the indoor exhibit room to understand how trolleys ice cream, followed by an played a role in the development of America as we know it evening of traditional today. Following the museum, enjoy lunch at The country music by Jim Chowder Pot III, which serves award winning seafood in a Blanch & the Boot Hill Band. nautical setting. (The Trolley is not handicap Get your boots on and come dance and accessible) RESTAURANT $$ mingle with friends! 2 The Sharing Tree August 2019 Cross Sound Ferry Classic Lighthouse Tour The Seafood Express Thursday, August 15, 2019 from Hartford - to the Shoreline 9:00 am Leave RCC 10:45 am Cruise Approximate Return to RCC: 5:00 pm Cost: R: $34.00 NR: $40.00 Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale - Westbrook (plus money for lunch) Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Handicap Accessible Main Level 10:00 am Leave RCC Enjoy sightseeing from the water - aboard the 11:00 am Lunch on own comfortable high-speed SEA JET. Following the Approximate Return to RCC: 2:00 pm cruise dine at Longhorn Steakhouse, a casual R: $7.00 NR: $9.00 steakhouse serving a variety of lunch A shoreline seafood mainstay for fried fish & combinations. RESTAURANT $$ lobster rolls. RESTAURANT $$ Thimble Island Cruise - Stony Creek & Rocky’s Aqua in Clinton Jimmie’s of Savin Rock - West Haven Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:30 am Leave RCC 11:00 am Cruise 10:15 am Leave RCC 11:00 am Lunch 12:30 pm Lunch on own at Rocky’s Aqua Approximate Return to RCC 2:00 pm Approximate Return RCC: 3:30 pm R: $7.00 NR: $9.00 Cost: R: $20.00 NR: $24.00 Once a hot dog stand, now a spacious family-run (plus money for lunch) eatery serving seafood, steak & Italian classics. Welcome aboard The Sea Mist, a 44 foot Carmen Satisfy your appetite with huge portions you'll boat. Relax as we enjoy a narrated cruise around only find at Jimmies Galley. RESTAURANT $$ The Thimble Islands. Lunch at Rocky’s Aquas on the water in Clinton! (extensive walking and climbing required). RESTAURANT $$ Annual Parks & Rec Senior Citizens’ Indoor Picnic Goodspeed presents: “Because of Winn Dixie” Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Thursday, August 22, 2019 Cost: $5.00 Ticket required 10:30 am Leave RCC Approximate Return Glastonbury residents only to RCC: 6:00 pm (Age 55 & Over) 9:30 am—1:30 pm Cost: All inclusive: R: $108.00 NR: $119.00 Start the day with a setback tournament Not since Annie has a stray dog followed by some terrific music! For lunch, inspired such joyful noise! In a enjoy finger licking good barbecue chicken with southern town filled with lost souls, a all the fixin’s. End the day with bingo for all new leash on life is just around the featuring some great prizes! Tickets will be corner when a preacher and his daughter take in a available in the office. mutt named Winn Dixie. Before the show enjoy lunch at the Gelston House. AARP Smart Driver Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:30 am -12:30 pm Cost: $15.00 for AARP members; $20.00 for Non-members. No cash or charge-Checks only payable to AARP due upon advance registration. The insurance discount afforded to seniors taking the course is a minimum of 5% for a period of 2 years if you are 60 years of age or older. August 2019 The Sharing Tree 3 The Well-Heeled and the Wannabees Flyers available at Senior Center Summering on the Thames in the Gilded Age A Day of Remembrance - One World: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 September 11 Memorial Museum, Carmine’s 9:00 am Leave the RCC and One World Observatory Approximate Return to RCC: 5:30 pm Thursday, September 12, 2019 Cost all inclusive: R: $82.00 NR: $90.00 7:00 am Leave RCC Start with a guided tour of the Lyman Allyn Art Approximate Return to RCC: 8:45 pm Museum including stained glass pieces by Cost: $183.00 all inclusive Tiffany. Visit St. James Church with its beautiful The National September 11 Memorial Museum Tiffany windows in their original settings. Dine serves as the country’s principal institution at the Thames Club, the oldest social club in CT. concerned with exploring 9/11’s continuing Choice of chicken salad sandwich, grain bowl significance. Following the Memorial Museum, (veggie dish) or chopped salad with a choice of lunch will be served family style at Carmine’s. In oatmeal raisin cookie w/maple cream cheese the afternoon, start by ascending to the top of the frosting or citrus olive oil cake w/vanilla ice World Trade Center to the One World cream & berry compote. Board a historic navy Observatory, with a 360 panoramic view, where utility boat w/guide to see the Eastern Point you can feel the city’s invincible spirit! summer cottages in Groton, elegant homes of financier Morton Plant & publisher Theodore Salem Witch Museum - Salem, MA. Bodenwein & hear stories of the vacationers Thursday, October 17, 2019 from around the world who enjoyed the area in 7:15 am Leave RCC the late 1800s. (Let us know entrée & dessert Approximate Return to RCC: 8:00 pm choices) Cost: $82.00 per person includes charter bus & admission to Salem Witch Museum Our day will begin with a self-guided tour of the Salem Witch Museum where you can experience first hand the reign of terror and hysteria that was Focused Awareness rampant in Salem in the 1690’s through the Meditation powerful multi-sensory presentation. Tuesday, August 27, 2019 The afternoon is yours to explore around town. 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Enjoy lunch on your own at one of the many Focused Awareness Meditation is a simple, restaurants or food trucks. The possibilities are five-step technique. Learn how this endless! scientifically based practice can help you feel more relaxed, focused and calm. Participants are asked to bring a large TRIP REFUND POLICY: towel or small blanket with them for NO refunds will be issued unless your ticket proper positioning in their chair. can be resold to another person. (Check in Presented by Emil Johnson, Program office for waitlist info). Director of GoodLife Fitness. Registration Required. PARKING FOR TRIPS: Call: 860-652-7638 When going on trips - PLEASE park in the north parking area closest to Naubuc Avenue to allow others access to the front of the building. 4 The Sharing Tree August 2019 Lifelong Learning - The Great Courses: Special Evening Presentation - “The Great Tours - England, Scotland & Wales” The Grotesque 10: Amazing Tuesdays, through September 10, 2019 Architectural Sculpture from Ten 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm American Colleges & Universities A tour of England, Scotland, and Wales rewards Thursday, September 19, 2019 visitors with an astonishing array of historical, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm cultural, and scenic pleasures and reveals the heritage Registration Required of a nation that has influenced the world Armed with only a camera, a sense of humor immeasurably. and a host of frequent flyer miles, Mathew Duman embarked on a “grotesque safari”, traveling to 10 universities around the country to photograph the grotesques and gargoyles roosting on their academic buildings. Mathew found that this sculpture makes its home within a style of architecture known as Collegiate Gothic which was Setback Nights 6:00 - 8:00 pm popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Tuesdays, June 4, 2019 – August 27, 2019 He has collected his findings in his new book We would like to welcome you to our evening called: “The Grotesque 10: Amazing Setback games, for a limited time only! Have fun at Architectural Sculpture from Ten American the center playing this great card game Colleges and Universities “ and offered at a new time, in addition to our presents a selection of them in popular day Setback. Party and prizes at this illustrated lecture, giving the end! Drop-ins welcome. you a taste of the variety of ornament, history and humor these campuses have to offer. ** New Program ** Watercolor Classes General Computer Help Saturdays, September 7 & 21, 2019 Evenings 6:00-7:00 pm Cost: R: $10.00 per class 3rd Tuesday of the month NR: $15.00 per class Do you have basic computer $10.00 per project supply cost payable to questions on tablets, computers, and gadgets? instructor.