Category: Programs

Bingo will be held at the Lymes’ Senior Center on March 8th at 1:00pm. * Please note it is the second Wednesday of this month instead of the traditional 3rd Wednesday! Admission is $1.00 at the door.

An 8 Week Nature Drawing Prep Instructed by Sharon Schmiedel will be held on Tuesdays 10 am to 12 noon, Mar 7 to Apr 24- 8 week class is $46. Limited space, registration required. This class is geared toward people with an interest in drawing from nature. Students will learn to see and draw the basic shapes of plants, animals and landscapes; and how to add details after they have the basic construction of the forms. We will explore combining drawing and watercolor to use for “sketching in the field” to prepare students for drawing outdoors. I will offer an outdoor field sketching course in May/June. To first class bring what you have for drawing and/or watercolor materials. We will go over a suggested supply list in the first class to see if you need to add anything.

An 8 Week Watercolor Plus Instructed by Sharon Schmiedel will be on Mondays 10 am to 12 noon, Mar 6 to Apr 24- 8 week class is $46. Limited space, registration required. This class is an opportunity to experiment with watercolor and a variety of drawing and collage materials. Playful experimenting will be combined with exercises that will give you a framework to try out new ideas. The instructor will introduce concepts and demos at the beginning of each class. Watercolor experience helpful but not required. Advanced students are welcome to work on their own projects with subject matter and materials that interest them. Individual instruction is given throughout class.

Seniors tapping their way to health here at the Lymes’ Senior Center.  Check out the video by The New London Day Newspaper.

Save The Date!  Thursday, March 16th at Noon $10 per person Tickets available at Reception Desk starting Wednesday, February 1

Last Day to Purchase Tickets: Wednesday, March 8th

**NO EXCEPTIONS**

Menu: Corned Beef, Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes, Carrots, Bread, Dessert, Coffee and Tea

Entertainment by Roseland Combo

Come and join the FUN! Mardi Gras is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.

Enjoy Hurricanes (virgin of course!), Jambalaya and King Cake for dessert.

Entertainment by Jose Paulo.

Fri, February 3rd at 11:45   $6 fee

No Bingo played. Registration must be in by February 2nd.

On Tuesday, February 28th at 1:00pm join us for an interactive program featuring Harold and Theodora Niver. Not only do the Nivers talk about William and Helen Gillette, they become the Gillettes. Flitting back and forth between presenters and portrayers, you will learn about Gillette Castle in East Haddam. What famous people visited the Castle? You will learn about Gillette’s greatest love- his wife Helen. And for cat lovers, you will learn about Will’s love for cats. Their costuming is authentic and period correct. Their knowledge of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette and Gillette Castle is extensive. Because of their distinctive home, which is built around a Holmes theme, they have been in such magazines as US, Smithsonian, Fortune, Connecticut, and Yankee. TV segments include PM Magazine, ABC News and CBS. And, as a plus, since both Harold and Theodora are professional musicians, you will hear several songs from the English Music Hall era. Prepared to be educated and entertained!!

A special plea to our membership from The Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center

This February, the Essex Savings Bank will once again gift monies to some of the local non-profits. YOUR VOTES ARE CRITICAL!

Please stop down to the bank or come into the Senior Center for one of the voting ballots.

Vote for: The Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center

Thank you, Diane C. Blackwell, Chairperson for the Friends

Join us on February 22nd at 1:00pm for the movie As Good as It Gets.

Melvin Udall, an OCD patient and an eccentric novelist; Carol Connelley a waitress at a neighborhood diner and a single mother with an ailing son to look after; and Simon Bishop, Udall’s homosexual and artist neighbor strike an unlikely chord. Their relationships develop in strange ways as they try to come into terms with their personal problems and past tragedies. Jack Nicholson gives a superb performance as the slightly oddball novelist, matched by Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear in the other two major roles. It is a very refreshing and rejuvenating movie – you know how a life in tangles, is still meaningful.

Deborah Ringen MSN, RN-BC and Attorney Jeannine Lewis will present an interactive seminar to explore the process of completing an Advance Healthcare Directive on February 21st at 1:00pm. . Come learn how to express your wishes for care legally, so loved ones will know they are helping in the best way possible if you can no longer speak for yourself.

An Advance Healthcare Directive states your wishes for healthcare and designates a decision maker to speak for you should you become incapacitated. Although we don’t want to think about the possibility, we never know when a serious accident or illness may occur, requiring a loved one to make medical decisions for us. In the current age of technology and advances in medical care, Advance Healthcare Directives give guidance to your surrogate decision maker. Anyone over the age of 18 should attend this session.

Knowing the wishes of a loved one when you are the decision maker is a gift. Yet, many of us avoid talking about this difficult subject. It’s been estimated that making healthcare decisions for your loved one is as stressful as surviving a fire to your home. If you could reduce the stress and logistics your loved ones will face with your illness, you would, wouldn’t you?

Today, if you haven’t already, resolve to give your loved ones the gift of clarity. It’s not as pretty as a bouquet of flowers or as tasty as a box of chocolate, but it’s a gift that will enlighten and lighten the lives of those you care about the most.