Nia is a gentle movement practice for holistic healing, blending martial arts and dance in a simple yet effective practice. Participate sitting or standing, shoes or no shoes!
$5 per class for non-NNORC residents.
Instructor: Andrea Hersh
Online registration here
Appointments are required. Bring your fully charged device (tablet, phone or laptop).
Online registration here
Nia is a gentle movement practice for holistic healing, blending martial arts and dance in a simple yet effective practice. Participate sitting or standing, shoes or no shoes!
$5 per class for non-NNORC residents.
Instructor: Andrea Hersh
Online registration here
The Albany Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NNORC), administered by JFS, provides programs and supports for older adults within a specified 3.5 square mile geographic area centered around Temple Israel in Albany (this boundary is determined in partnership with New York State Office for the Aging). The NNORC is built on the premise that older adults who are engaged are more likely to maintain their current lifestyle and will age well and safely in place longer.
The NNORC is more than just a method of service provision. Every day, NNORC staff have meaningful, one-to-one contact with the residents we serve. Through JFS’s 360-degree approach to aging in place, NNORC staff and services make a big impact on someone’s day-to-day life through increasing wellness-focused engagement, ensuring in-home safety, monitoring for changes in health and behaviors and addressing emerging issues before they reach crisis.
This Anniversary Celebration marks a significant milestone of serving older adults in the Capital Region. Residents, NNORC supporters and partners, plus friends of the NNORC will gather to recognize the vital programs and support services provided by JFS staff in this unique neighborhood.
The Albany NNORC is a unique neighborhood where we have been honored to help residents age well and safely in their homes and in their community. From care management to healthcare assistance, and from recreational programs to exercise classes, it has been a pleasure to provide support and opportunities for connection to our neighborhood. I am ever in awe of NNORC residents, their resilience, and their commitments to their neighbors’ well-being. Being able to watch friendships develop and our community thrive are the greatest perks of my job!
~ Kyra Alte, LMSW, NNORC DirectorI learned about the NNORC when I saw an announcement about a chair yoga class, and I thought “I can do that”. That decision introduced me to a new community. I have participated in too many programs to count – Let’s Talk Albany, Breakfast Club, Book Club, and of course Chair Yoga. The entire NNORC staff helped me navigate a health issue, answering all my questions, encouraging me, making sure that I had everything I needed, and following up on my progress. I am very fortunate and thankful being a resident of the Albany NNORC.
~ Anonymous NNORC ResidentAs a recent widow when I moved to Albany 4 years ago, the NNORC has been a wonderful key to unlocking my new life. From social programs that connect me with neighbors, to health and safety seminars and services that keep me safe in my home and ‘hold my hand’ through health questions, the book club and speakers and virtual travel programs, the NNORC helps me challenge myself to live my best life.
~ Anonymous NNORC Resident
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on a mission of censorship to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read. To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need.
What Lula doesn’t know is that a local troublemaker has stolen her wholesome books, removed their dust jackets, and restocked Lula’s library with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, witchy spell books, Judy Blume novels, and more. In this unforgettable work of women’s fiction, neighbors who borrow books from Lula Dean’s library find their lives changed in unexpected ways. Finally, one of Lula Dean’s enemies discovers the library and decides to turn the tables on her, just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other to replace the town’s disgraced mayor.
That’s when all the townspeople who’ve been borrowing from Lula’s library begin to reveal themselves. That’s when the showdown that’s been brewing between Beverly and Lula will roil the whole town…and change it forever.
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James by Percival Everett
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
Online registration here
Appointments are required. Bring your fully charged device (tablet, phone or laptop).
Online registration here
Appointments are required. Bring your fully charged device (tablet, phone or laptop).
Online registration here
Traditional mat class will walk you through a range of poses, breathwork and a closing relaxation. Bring your own mat, yoga ties, props, and a bottle of water.
Free for NNORC residents. $5 per class for non-NNORC residents.
Instructor: Bailey Walz
Online registration here
Traditional mat class will walk you through a range of poses, breathwork and a closing relaxation. Bring your own mat, yoga ties, props, and a bottle of water.
Free for NNORC residents. $5 per class for non-NNORC residents.
Instructor: Bailey Walz
Online registration here
