Christiansburg Parks & Rec Fall 2021

10:30 a.m.

Pond

Moderate

*hobo lunch included afterwards at the Rec. Center

INTERNET USAGE Additional Information: Internet access for senior citizens is available Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., unless there is a program in progress. Those wishing to use the computers will need to sign in and out with the front desk supervisors. Day Time Location Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Senior Activities Room – Christiansburg Rec Center

LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US SERIES – VIRTUAL TRIPS Location: Recreation Center – Multipurpose Room 2

39 Additional Information: Leave your bags at home and join us for this virtual travel series. Participants will receive a “passport” to get stamped for each destination; prizes will be awarded in December. Lunch provided by Common- wealth Senior Living – Christiansburg Campus. Pre-register. The program is co-sponsored with Christiansburg, and Montgomery County Parks & Recreation Minimum: 4 Maximum: 8 Registration Eligibility Dates Time FEE Ends Sept. 3 50 & over Friday, Sept. 10 12:30 p.m. FREE; Lunch provided Sept. 7 – Nov. 12 50 & over Friday, Nov. 19 12:30 p.m. FREE; Lunch provided LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE FALL 2021 COURSES Additional Information: The Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech is a member-driven, volunteer organization that draws on the wealth of academic and community resources in the New River Valley to provide intellectual, cultur- al, and social experiences for curious adults 50 and over. To register please go to: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/lifelonglearing Start Date Class Name Day Time Weeks Format Sept. 14 The Odyssey Today Tuesdays 1:30 – 3 p.m. 4 In - person Sept. 15 Beginning Genealogy Wednesdays 9 – 10:30 a.m. 5 In - person Sept. 16 Robot, Aliens and Other Thursdays 3 – 4: 40 p.m. 4 Zoom

Thought Experiments: The Science Fiction Short Story

9 – 11:30 a.m.

6

Outdoors In - person

Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 21

En Plein Air

Fridays Fridays Friday

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 5

Memoir and Essay Writing

1 – 2 p.m.

1 6

Zoom Zoom

Cutting the Cable

11 a.m. – Noon

TED Talks

Mondays Mondays

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 6

In - person

Radical Civics: Individual

Rights in the First Amendment

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 6

In - person

US – EU Relations & World Order Mondays

9 a- 10:15 a.m.

7 5

Zoom

Sampler

Tuesdays

3 – 4 p.m.

In - person

Famous Engineering Disasters Tuesdays

and Lessons Learned

11 a.m.- Noon

6

In - person

Sept. 23

Supreme Court and the Fourth

Thursdays

Amendment

1 – 2:30 p.m.

5 6

In - person In - person

Sept. 23 Sept. 27

Improvisational Games Appreciating Wines of New

Thursdays Mondays

3 – 5 p.m.

Zealand and Australia

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 6

In - person

Sept. 29

Islam in the Modern Middle

Wednesdays

East, 1945-2021

1 – 3:30 p.m.

2

In - person

Sept. 29

Creating Beautiful Glass Flowers for Your Garden

Wednesdays

9 – 10:30 a.m.

6

Zoom

Sept. 30

Global Change VI: Remediating Thursdays

Change – Water, Land & Energy

1 – 2:30 p.m.

3 6

Zoom

Oct. 4 Oct. 4

Taste of Technology

Mondays Mondays

3 – 4 p.m.

In - person

Introduction to Readers’ Theatre Performance Photographic Creations:

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 4

Zoom

Oct. 5

Tuesdays

Creating Calendars

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