Book Talk: Martha Brooks
2024-09-25 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Join our wonderful writer Martha Brooks, who is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year Award.She also received the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work.
She will present her first novel for adults Dear Miss Lovelorn: Prose and Possibility.
You can buy her book at the Office for $20 or order it ahead of time to be signed at the presentation by author.

Lunch Menu | Sept 26
2024-09-26 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
No-chicken with Matzo BallVeggie Kugel
Salad, Dessert

Muscle in Motion with Anna Kratochvil
2024-09-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Use Balls, Bands & Weights to Exercise & Laugh
Thursdays @ 11:00a.m.
https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82287922466
Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60

High Holidays and shofar blowing
2024-09-26 12:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Join Rabbi Mendy to hear about upcoming High Holidays and admire the shofar blowing.

Understanding Arthritis with with Dr. Stephen Aaron, rheumatologist
2024-09-26 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada

Lunch Menu | Sept 30
2024-09-30 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Carrot-Ginger SoupPizza
Salad, Dessert

YOGA Classes
2024-09-30 10:00 - 11:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
YOGA Classes
We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday mornings at 10:00am to 11:00am.
Monday mornings @ 10:00a.m.–11:00a.m.
Old and new faces are very WELCOME in-person & via Zoom!
Please register
https://tinyurl.com/297jwcb4

Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60

Young At Heart Choir Rehersals
2024-09-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-28 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-04 10:00 - 12:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Will start rehearsals on Mondays at 10am.
Join our wonderful choir!
Choir fee is $50 for the Fall-Winter period (you will receive a $25 tax receipt). All choir participants must be paid members of the Centre.
All choir participants must be paid members of the Centre.

Movie Time
2024-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Join our very own Mr. President Sam Koplowicz to watch and discuss Westerns movies.

CENTRE CLOSED
2024-10-01 - 2024-10-27 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
CLOSED

Ikebana Class
2024-10-09 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-23 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Please contact our Ikebana Masters Brenda for details.

Lunch Menu | Oct 28
2024-10-28 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Chickpea SoupVeggie Curry on Rice
Salad, Dessert

Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
2024-10-28 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-11-04 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Instructor: Eileen Conway (in-person course) Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95
Eileen Conway, a retired Anglican clergywoman, taught English at the University of Alberta for almost twenty years, chiefly to freshmen. This task happily often involved “Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books.” Quite often, happily, she succeeded.
In this fall’s course at the Centre, we’ll look at all the six novels completed in Austen’s lifetime. The order will be: Northanger Abbey, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Pride & Prejudice. You might want to start now!
Our starting point will be the hypothesis that a novel is not a treatise, but a dialogue between author and reader. And a “a good time will be had by all!

Lunch Menu | Oct 29
2024-10-29 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
MulligatawnyShep’s Pie
Salad
Birthday Cake

Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen | In-person or Online
2024-10-29 10:45 - 11:45, 2024-11-05 10:45 - 11:45 | Zoom
Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen
Cardio & Strength training, Flexibility & Balance & Laugher
Tuesdays @10:45a.m.
https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/89274775349
Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60

Lunch Menu | Oct 30
2024-10-30 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Broccoli SoupLoaded Salad

Are Freedom and Equality Complementary or Contradictory?
2024-10-30 10:00 - 12:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Instructor: David Wangler (in-person course)Fee: Members $54 | Non-Members $74
Lecture 1: What is equality and is it complementary or contradictory to whatever freedom is?
Lecture 2: Are liberal democratic states, all or most of which have some form of capitalism as their economic systems, often the most unequal societies?
Lecture 3: Is inequality largely a function of these 3 sources: genes (this one very controversial as no one knows how much or how genes affect behavior), families and luck?
Lecture 4: What can be done PRACTICALLY to diminish inequality while retaining individual freedom?

Whimsical Wednesdays
2024-10-30 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Join a day of Fun, Friendship & Craft!
Do you play or want to play Canasta, Cribbage, Scrabble, Mah Jongg or other card/board games?
This is a day when you can do whatever your heart desires!
What’s more?
We offer a special light lunch that day for $10 only.
Please inform the Office about your game of choice!

Lunch Menu | Oct 31
2024-10-31 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Chana MasalaBuraka
Salad, Dessert

Muscle in Motion with Anna Kratochvil | In-person or Online
2024-10-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom

Beethoven: The Giant who stood astride the Century Change
2024-10-31 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Instructor: Dr. Michael Roeder (in-person course)
Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95
Beethoven was a child of late 18th-century Classicism in music, but he transformed the style of Haydn and Mozart into something more urgent, more striving, more powerful, and even more peaceful. These Romantic qualities emerged as he created one expressive masterpiece after the other. His influence on 19th-Century composers was so strong as to be inescapable.
Beethoven’s career is usually divided into three periods based on changes in his style. These changes coincide with important events in his life. We will highlight aspects of Beethoven’s biography and explore a variety of works from each period. Among works to be encountered are the “Moonlight” Sonata, Symphony No. 1, The Eroica Symphony, The “Kreutzer” Sonata for Piano and Violin, String Quartets, The “Pathetique” and “Appassionata” Sonatas, Symphonies 5 and 9, and Piano Concerto No. 4. As usual, we will experience outstanding performances via video and audio recordings.

The Surprising Portrayals of Women of Traditional Jewish Texts
2024-10-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Instructor: Rabbi David Kunin (via Zoom course)Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95
Jewish history and tradition has been focused primarily on men, leaving out the essential contributions of women over the ages. In this class we discover amazing Jewish women (some well known and some who have largely been lost): from Hulda the Prophetess, donna Gracia Nasi to Golda Meir.

Lunch Menu | Nov 4
2024-11-04 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Pickle SoupVeggie au Gratin
Salad, Dessert

YOGA Classes | Online or In-Person
2024-11-04 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
YOGA Classes
We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday mornings at 9:00am to 10:00am.
Monday mornings @ 9:00a.m.–10:00a.m.
Old and new faces are very WELCOME in-person & via Zoom!
Please register
https://tinyurl.com/297jwcb4

Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60
Instructor:

Sandy Mah

Lunch Menu | Nov 5
2024-11-05 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Mushroom SoupPasta Bolognese
Salad, Dessert
