Spring-Summer 2025 Schedule:
March 4-6, April 1-3, May 6-8, June 3-5, July 8-10 , August 5-7
Our Clubs are offered online via Zoom, except where noted.
Brain Train Club
Join us as we focus on topics and fun activities targeting all dimensions of brain health. Directly address every function of the brain, including attention, memory, motor skills, visual/spatial skills and executive abilities within the gentle encouragement of a friendly group setting. Receive the latest research updates, the most reliable information on a brain-healthy lifestyle and great suggestions on successfully incorporating brain training into everyday life. Learn to preserve all of your cognitive abilities to live independently and happily into your later years! (Meets every other month alternating with Wellness Club)
Facilitator: Alexis Saire
Meets Monthly During Club Week on Tuesdays, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
This club meets online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be in the Celebration Lifelong Mondays newsletter during Club Week.
Wellness Club
Do your diet and exercise plans fall apart after a few weeks or never get started at all? Would you like to achieve lasting improvement in areas of health and wellness such as fitness, nutrition, energy, quality sleep and stress management? Discover how to clarify your direction, create a realistic plan of action and make permanent lifestyle changes in a positive, non-judgmental group environment. The built-in support system of a group provides accountability, new perspectives and creative strategies to unlock your wellness potential. Be motivated, confident, and empowered as you travel on your journey to health and celebrate your achievements with your Wellness Club! (Meets every other month alternating with Brain Train Club)
Facilitator: Alexis Saire
Meets Monthly During Club Week on Tuesdays, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
This club meets online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be in the Celebration Lifelong Mondays newsletter during Club Week.
Craft Club
This club is for crafters, quilters, and artists of any kind, who want to get together with others to work on their ongoing projects. Sometimes it takes a little commitment and motivation to finish (or just start) a project. Our hope is that this club will provide that! Club members will bring their current projects to work on, get input and maybe some tips, or learn new skills from others.
Facilitator: Jane Wahl
Meets Monthly During Club Week on Tuesdays 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
NOTE: This club will be held at 690 Celebration Avenue.
Book Club
Reader’s Choice Spring 2025
Join us for a friendly, stimulating discussion of some of our members’ favorite books.
March 5 – The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Safekeep is a “razor-sharp, perfectly plotted” (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past. Recommended by Amy Noznesky
April 2 – The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Autumn of the Patriarch is considered one of Marquez’s most ambitious works. It is the brilliant story of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power, depicting the best and the worst of human nature. Its style is innovative and symbolic, immersing the reader in a world that is both fanciful and real at the same time. Recommended by Arlene Sanchez-Busse
May 7 – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
This Pulitzer Prize finalist is the story of a brother and sister exiled from the mansion of their childhood by their stepmother. Throughout their lives, they continue to visit the house, sitting together in a car across the street from the house and pondering: Is it possible to ever see the past as it actually was? Recommended by Julie Himbert
June 4 – The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbot
The title tells it all. Named one of the ten best history books of the year by Smithsonian, The Ghost of Eden Park is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur and a long-forgotten heroine, of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive. Recommended by Lisa O’Connell
July 9 – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Cutting for Stone is a beautifully written, page-turning family saga of Ethiopia and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. USA Today describes the book as “filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters…. Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.” Recommended by Cheryl Rosenberg
August 6 – The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Women is the story of a woman who has gone to war, serving in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam. It shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifices and commitment to their country have too often been forgotten. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam. Recommended by Judy Conk
Facilitators: Dolores Salvo and Don Salvo
Meets monthly during Club Week on Wednesdays, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
This club meets online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be in the Celebration Lifelong Mondays newsletter during Club Week.
Recipe Club
Are you a good cook? Do you like to cook but always struggle with what to make? Or maybe you are like me–love to eat, love to cook great food, and always on the lookout for new recipes and ways of bringing new life to foods you eat every week.
In this club, guess what? We will meet and share recipes! We can highlight the holidays, feature individual food groups, and yes, we can discuss healthy eating and how to alter fattening recipes.
We meet outdoors under a rooftop so we can still have fun getting together and sharing the stories that make them special to us. I see a Celebration cookbook in the making!
Come join Meryl in this club adventure. Expand your taste buds and your recipe collection!
Facilitator: Meryl Rachlin
Meets Monthly During Club Week on Wednesdays, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
NOTE: This club will be held outdoors at the North Village Pavilion.
Travel Club
Join us on Thursday during Club Week for a discussion about Truly Terrific Travel Tips and Tricks! There will be presentations on a variety of travel topics timed to truly titillate terrific travel thoughts! Join the group to look at the rapidly morphing travel landscape that is changing from one day to the next. These are unprecedented times, and every week that passes presents new opportunities and new threats to our plans and potential travel adventures. Each month this interactive club will dive into a specific topic and will open up for questions and experiences.
Facilitator: Cindy Dykman
Meets Monthly During Club Week on Thursdays, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
This club meets online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be in the Celebration Lifelong Mondays newsletter during Club Week.