To help you stay healthy at home, BCBSRI are now offering virtual fitness classes live on the BCBSRI Facebook page. Their longtime instructor Suann Polverari (read her bio below) will be leading the classes. Enjoy a little bit of everything in this hybrid class, from ballet poses to Pilates to lower body toning. Have a…

Coffee & Computers is a free and friendly go-to space for conversation and advice on using technology to access the internet and other online services. Think of this as a drop-in help desk for all of your tech-related questions! No question is too big or too small! If interested in joining please email hannahigoe@my.uri.edu so we…

RI Memory Cafes is a service organization supporting people living with dementia. They are devoted to ensuring all Rhode Islanders have access to spaces that provide respite from the impact of cognitive impairment. They offer a consistent source of support aimed at cultivating social interaction, creating uplifting moments, and educating our greater community. Due to…

Free and open to the public, these weekly drop-in sessions are intended to support anyone interested in developing and sustaining a regular mindfulness meditation practice. This opportunity is for anyone including the curious, former students, and seasoned practitioners. Inspired by the essential principles of MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction), each session includes guided mindfulness meditation practice…

Joseph A. Chazan, acclaimed nephrologist, entrepreneur, artists' champion, art collector, urban farmer, beekeeper, and PPL Trustee (and fellow Conservator!) is now a memoirist as well! His vibrant new graphic memoir, Chazan! Unfiltered, details his passions for medicine and art, the twin threads that weave through, connect, and give meaning to the many varied experiences that have made…

New episodes published every Tuesday at 9:00 AM   Hear voices from around the state on Rhody Radio: Rhode Island Library Radio Online. Enjoy lectures, stories, and conversations with local experts, artists, performers, and scholars brought to you by Rhode Island libraries. Subscribe on your podcast player and listen to a new show every week, or check…

Healthcentric Advisors invites you to learn how to navigate the physical and mental ups and downs of life with diabetes. Our free, six-week program, brings people together who are living with diabetes to share their experiences and to discover new ways to manage it. Register for our course to develop a personalized diabetes management strategy: Setting goals…

New episodes published every Tuesday at 12:00 PM Join host Tayla Cardillo, Branch Librarian at the Oak Lawn Branch Library, as she chats with staff from the Cranston Public Library and beyond about what they've been reading, what they've been watching, and what they've been loving. Down Time is available everywhere you find your podcasts or at https://anchor.fm/down-time-cpl.…

This workshop allows caregivers to develop a wealth of self-care tools to reduce personal stress, change negative self-talk, communicate their needs to family members and healthcare or service providers, communicate more effectively in challenging situations, recognize the messages in their emotions, deal with difficult feelings, and make tough caregiving decisions.   Learn more and register here:…

Powers of Observation is a three-part series that compares and contrasts objects from different cultures, united by a common theme each week. Participants will work together to develop our close looking skills through conversation driven by inquiry and guided by museum educator Hanna Exel. By applying tools that we all carry with us–observation, curiosity, and…

This workshop allows caregivers to develop a wealth of self-care tools to reduce personal stress, change negative self-talk, communicate their needs to family members and healthcare or service providers, communicate more effectively in challenging situations, recognize the messages in their emotions, deal with difficult feelings, and make tough caregiving decisions.   Learn more and register here:…

Worried to Warrior! The Inner You Counseling Center is introducing a virtual, supportive therapy group for older adults.  Weekly sessions will be aimed at addressing the fear, worry, loneliness, and uncertainty associated with living through a pandemic and the effects to socialization it causes.  Open discussions of feelings and experiences lead to a wide range…

Class open to all ages and abilities and designed for people with movement challenges. Instruction by Rachel Balaban, Regional Coordinator for Dance for PD. No experience required. Caregivers welcome.   If interested in joining please email kpenrod@agefriendlyri.org so we know where to send the Zoom meeting invite.    Benefits of this dance class include: Increase…

Listen weekly on AM 790, Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:00pm. New guests join our host, Catherine Taylor, each week. Want to tune in online? You can access the live airing here: https://www.790business.com/age-friendly-ri/# Just click on the "listen live" button at the top and you should be in business! Soon after each segment airs it will…

RI Memory Cafes is a service organization supporting people living with dementia. They are devoted to ensuring all Rhode Islanders have access to spaces that provide respite from the impact of cognitive impairment. They offer a consistent source of support aimed at cultivating social interaction, creating uplifting moments, and educating our greater community. Due to…

Workshop Description: Every year we are reminded of the holidays when familiar things start popping up around our communities: candy canes, red and green balls, plastic Santas, twinkling lights, and nostalgic music on the radio. Some of these things bring us cheer. . .and others, not as much. Machine Dazzle likes to honor the Solstice…

Our memories are a treasure chest of riches! It is filled with stories of our family, our accomplishments, our friendships, our work, and our traditions. There were first times, last times, times of joy and times of sadness. Discover the many rewards of capturing your life stories and sharing them with others in a friendly,…

This workshop allows caregivers to develop a wealth of self-care tools to reduce personal stress, change negative self-talk, communicate their needs to family members and healthcare or service providers, communicate more effectively in challenging situations, recognize the messages in their emotions, deal with difficult feelings, and make tough caregiving decisions.   Learn more and register here:…

20 minute video with focused breath, stretching and strengthening exercises for lower body.   You can access all of Ship Shape RI's Aging Strong exercise videos anytime on their website https://www.shipshaperi.com/videos

Featuring Manet’s Le Repos and Morisot’s Child in a Red Apron, Maureen O’Brien, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the RISD Museum, brings participants into the domestic space the artist shared with her husband and daughter in 19th century Paris.  Watch the presentation here: https://www.facebook.com/2157555741137822/videos/1024565341335436 Maureen O'Brien is the Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the RISD Museum and…

Join Lane Sparkman, Associate Director of Education and Public Programs for Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea, for a virtual tour of the Rhode Island State House. The tour includes stops in all of the major rooms including the Royal Charter Museum, and the opportunity to see many details that even frequent building visitors may…

Tired of watching the same old shows? Join us and the rest of your friends in the neighborhood for an engaging TV show designed just for older adults! It will include activities for your mind, your body, and your spirit. Back on air for a limited time!

Tired of watching the same old shows? Join us and the rest of your friends in the neighborhood for an engaging TV show designed just for older adults! It will include activities for your mind, your body, and your spirit. Back on air for a limited time!

Tired of watching the same old shows? Join us and the rest of your friends in the neighborhood for an engaging TV show designed just for older adults! It will include activities for your mind, your body, and your spirit. Back on air for a limited time!

20 minute video to build core strength and posture alignment.    You can access all of Ship Shape RI's Aging Strong exercise videos anytime on their website https://www.shipshaperi.com/videos

Yoga doesn’t have to be so serious. Lighten up and have fun with Larry O'Brien from the Providence Laughter Club in this a one-hour session of laughter yoga. If interested in joining please email kpenrod@agefriendlyri.org so we know where to send the Zoom meeting invite.    Most benefits of Laughter Yoga can be explained under…