Events
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Digital Navigation: Tech Guidance and Troubleshooting
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesTuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 11:30 - 3 p.m. If you have questions about your cell phone, tablet or personal computer, come to our computer lab and queue up for a one-on-one 25-minute support session. We’ll help you gain confidence on your device by providing practical advice and solutions for common device headaches. Suggested donation: $10. No appointment necessary. Before heading to The Center, please call 206-932-4044/ext. 114 to confirm the lab schedule for the day.
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Community Dining
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesWe serve a hot meal prepared from scratch by our staff Chef Francisco in a communal setting. Our menu changes every day and is designed to be culturally varied and nutritious. Suggested $5/person ages 60+; required $10 under 60.
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Arts & Crafts Meet-Up
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesA weekly gathering for creative and artistic people to work on your own projects and socialize with like-minded people. Bring your own materials plus your creative energy and find encouragement and community. Creative people of all ages and stages of development are welcome to join us!
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Let’s Have Fun
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesWant to socialize and have some fun? At these casual weekly meetups, we’ll gather around a table, get to know each get to know each other, chat and play Mexican Train in a joyful setting. For info: Cynthia: cindifuda@yahoo.com.
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Pinochle
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesNo partner is needed for this popular game at The Center. For info: Susan Berven: 206-938-4844 or suebee98126@yahoo.com.
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Conversation Circle – Group #1
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesConversation Circle Share stories in a friendly group to build connections, enhance skills and confidence for deeper friendships and learn to enjoy whole-hearted and open discussions to eliminate loneliness. For info about Group #1, contact Andrew Joslin: lightsout@yahoo.com.
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Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesIn honor of Juneteenth, we’ll screen Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom. A black man is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an unjust society. . RSVP to the front desk in person or at: 206-932-4044.
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Yoga For Strong Bodies, Strength & Stability
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesChallenge your body at any age with movements that support strength, balance, and confidence. You’ll learn how to build strong bones through good alignment, intentional yoga poses, and light weights that stimulate bone density safely and effectively. This approach creates healthy stress on your bones — just enough to encourage growth — while improving your posture, stability, and overall strength. It’s a mindful, sustainable way to stay strong for life. If possible bring two blocks, light weights and a yoga mat.
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Burke Dykes Computer Lab
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesUse our Windows computers to check email, surf the internet, search online resources and access popular software like Microsoft Office. Printer and scanner available. If you want support while using our computers, stop by during our Digital Navigation program hours.
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Fitness For Fun
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin Sherry for a class that engages all parts of your body and brain. She will have you moving your body and having fun with upbeat music and easy steps. Every class will be a little different to keep you flexible in mind and body.
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Margie’s Café
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesOpen for breakfast, lunch and snacks, Margie’s Café offers a rotating weekly menu of delicious, freshly prepared breakfast and lunch items, sandwiches, quiches, salads and soups. Prices are à la carte.
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Gentle Chair Yoga
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin certified yoga instructor Nadine Blinn for a fun and relaxing class of chair and standing poses (no floor sitting) to improve breathing, flexibility, balance and mood. Poses can be adapted to your abilities or limitations.
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Line Dancing Level 1 Beginners
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesDancing is a great source of fitness, and line dancing helps keep the mind young. Experienced instructor Chris Banta teaches line dances to a variety of music, from traditional country to ballroom, Latin and waltz. Level 1 focuses on simple beginner dances, good for those who are starting or continuing line dancing. In Level 2 the dances will be a little more complicated. All students are welcome in either class. Mondays, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
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Aging Well – Group #2
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesThrough discussions and sharing, participants in Aging Well support each other at this weekly group that meets in person. All discussions are confidential. If you are not pre-registered, you will not be admitted. We offer two sessions of Aging Well: Group #1: Mondays, 1 - 2 p.m. (full) Group #2: Mondays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (full) To be added to the wait list for Group #1, contact our social worker Josh Maduell: 206-932-4044 /…
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Community Dining
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesWe serve a hot meal prepared from scratch by our staff Chef Francisco in a communal setting. Our menu changes every day and is designed to be culturally varied and nutritious. Suggested $5/person ages 60+; required $10 under 60.
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Men’s Support Group #2
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesHave you been looking for a space to discuss the challenges of aging as a man? Our men's support group is an opportunity for men to come together in a safe and supportive environment to discuss different topics, ideas and resources. To register, contact our social worker, Josh Maduell: 206-932-4044 / ext. 2 or joshm@wscenter.org. Group #1: Fridays, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Group #2: Mondays, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
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Line Dancing Level 2 Advanced
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesDancing is a great source of fitness, and line dancing helps keep the mind young. Experienced instructor Chris Banta teaches line dances to a variety of music, from traditional country to ballroom, Latin and waltz. Level 1 focuses on simple beginner dances, good for those who are starting or continuing line dancing. In Level 2 the dances will be a little more complicated. All students are welcome in either class. Mondays, 12-1 p.m.
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Terry’s The Greatest Movies You’ve Never Heard Of
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesMondays at 12:30 p.m. in the second-floor Nucor Room Featuring newsreels, popcorn, previews and cartoons May 4: Going Places (1938) Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Allen Jenkins, Ronald Reagan, Walter Catlett, Harold Huber, Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan, Eddie Anderson, The Dandridge Sisters. (84 m., color) May 11: Whispering Smith (1948) Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, Robert Preston, Donald Crisp, Fay Holden, Frank Faylen. (88 m., color) May 18: Desperate Journey (1942) Errol Flynn, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy,…
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Aging Well – Group #1
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesThrough discussions and sharing, participants in Aging Well support each other at this weekly group that meets in person. All discussions are confidential. If you are not pre-registered, you will not be admitted. We offer two sessions of Aging Well: Group #1: Mondays, 1 - 2 p.m. (full) Group #2: Mondays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (full) To be added to the wait list for Group #1, contact our social worker Josh Maduell: 206-932-4044 /…
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Ukes Sing-along
The Center for Active Living 4217 SW Oregon St., Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin this lively group for weekly ukulele playing and singing. Free to members, $5 non- members.
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