CarFit is a free, 30-minute educational program that helps older adults see how well their car “fits” them. A proper fit can improve safety and reduce the risk of injury. While you sit in your vehicle, trained professionals assess key areas like seat position, seat belt use, steering wheel tilt, line of sight, mirror alignment, and pedal access.
The program is led by Donna Stressel, Occupational Therapist at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital.
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Learn about how the local Watervliet Shakers and other nearby upstate groups sought new ways of defining community from the late 1700s into the mid 1800s. In the early years of the New Republic, there was a vibrant movement that came to be called The Great Awakening. Join Ann Sayers, a local independent scholar and author who has spent years researching the Believers who lived in “ Wisdom’s Valley,” as the Shaker community sometimes called itself, for this special event.
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Talk a stroll with your neighbors and enjoy the changing colors and fall breeze!
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The Slovenian capital of Ljubljana echoes so many other European cities, with beautiful medieval streets, grand townhouses, remarkable Italianate churches and some of the finest art nouveau. During this one-hour tour, we will walk along the riverside with the lights of the city shinning on the waterways and explore the contemporary art, architecture and shops that make this city so special.
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Gail Myers, Deputy Director at NY StateWide Senior Action Council, will speak on the role of “StateWide”, a local organization with more than 50 years of advocating for older residents. She will bring highlights of the state’s Master Plan on Aging, and state and federal budget challenges to getting the services needed for an aging population.
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We will be using fall leaves and painting them to make colorful fall prints. Bring your own leaves or we can collect some from the library courtyard.
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Join City historian, author and Albany Firefighters Museum Director Tony Opalka as he discusses the long history of fire fighting in Albany and his new book The Firehouses of Albany.
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Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.
But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime and Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time. He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad daylight. His girlfriend served as his accomplice. His collection was worth an estimated $2 billion. He never sold a piece, displaying his stolen art in his attic bedroom. He felt like a king. Until everything came to a shocking end.
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, Michael Finkel gives us one of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of our times, a riveting story of art, theft, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
Join our Novel NNORC Book Club to discuss a #1 New York Times bestseller.
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The Aging Mastery program, developed by the National Council of Aging, offers a holistic approach to positive aging, covering health, finances, relationships, personal growth, and community involvement. It emphasizes that small lifestyle changes can lead to significant improvement. The Albany JCC and NNORC are working together to offer this 10-week program to you.
Registration is limited. The cost of the program is $20.
This program is partially funded by CDPHP.
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