Week of Events
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 10 am on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
Rhode Island Virtual Memory Café (pre-register)
Rhode Island Virtual Memory Café (pre-register)
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…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 2 pm on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
Community Mindfulness Sessions (pre-register)
Community Mindfulness Sessions (pre-register)
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…
Crochet, Knit & Needlework Club: “The Chronicles of Yarnia”!
Rhody Radio
Rhody Radio
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…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 10 am on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
Down Time with Cranston Public Library
Down Time with Cranston Public Library
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.…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 2 pm on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
BCBSRI Educational Seminar: Exercise is Medicine
BCBSRI Educational Seminar: Exercise is Medicine
Tune in live on the BCBSRI Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 10 am on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
MiPlato
MiPlato
Vea este breve video para obtener más información sobre MiPlato y todos los grupos de alimentos. También aprenderás hacer una receta saludable de bajo costo llamada Sopa de Repollo y Zanahoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUa2mMIo2Dk Luz Posada es graduada de la Universidad Johnson & Wales donde obtuvo una licenciatura en Nutrición Culinaria. Luz ha trabajado en SNAP-Ed…
MyPlate
MyPlate
Watch this short video to learn more about the MyPlate and all the food groups. You will also learn how to make a healthy, low cost recipe called Cabbage and Carrot Soup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYReXr0V2Oo&feature=youtu.be Melissa Pincince is a Registered Dietitian who began working with the SNAP-Ed Program in 2008. She started here as…
Dance for All People with Rachel Balaban (Live)
Dance for All People with Rachel Balaban (Live)
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…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 2 pm on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
AFRI Radio Hour (Live)
AFRI Radio Hour (Live)
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…
Join professor, author, DJ, and filmmaker Dr. Tom Shaker for a film series about pop, Latin Boogaloo, and rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s and beyond
Join professor, author, DJ, and filmmaker Dr. Tom Shaker for a film series about pop, Latin Boogaloo, and rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s and beyond
Watch a film at home, and then discuss it online on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. On January 13, join the conversation about Echo in the Canyon (https://cranstonlibrary.kanopy.com/product/echo-canyon-1). Celebrate the explosion of popular music that came out of LA in the 1960s as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 10 am on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
BCBSRI Educational Seminar: A New Day For A Healthy Brain
BCBSRI Educational Seminar: A New Day For A Healthy Brain
Tune in live on the BCBSRI Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
SAGE RI Zoom Cafe (pre-register)
SAGE RI Zoom Cafe (pre-register)
Each week SAGE-RI holds a zoom meeting for socialization and community purposes. Each meeting we touch base with each of our participants and host a speaker whom gives an update on their organization. Speakers have presented from YPI, RI Pride, Sojourner House and Pretty Little Virtual Show. The event will be using the platform Zoom…
Tools for Managing Your Health and Well-being
Tools for Healthy Living – A Virtual Series
Tools for Healthy Living – A Virtual Series
January is a time when many of us look to reset, to review lifestyles and mindsets, check our diets and generally find ways to improve our wellbeing. Tools for Healthy Living (or Tools for Managing Your Health and Wellbeing) will help you do just that. This 12-week workshop series focuses on improving the overall health of…
Rhode Island Virtual Memory Café (pre-register)
Rhode Island Virtual Memory Café (pre-register)
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…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 2 pm on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
Images of Cranston: Part One
Images of Cranston: Part One
Take a trip down memory lane and join us for an informal slideshow of Cranston history. You will be sure to enjoy revisiting our city's past. In Part One we will look at local businesses, neighborhoods, and (the best part) Cranston libraries. Registration is required for this presentation. Click here to sign up. Zoom details will…
Friday Friends
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 10 am on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
Caregiver Support Group
Caregiver Support Group
Every month on the Third Friday at 10:00 AM. Register by calling 401-585-0509 or emailing Deb@rielderinfo.com
MyPlate
MyPlate
Watch this short video to learn more about the MyPlate and all the food groups. You will also learn how to make a healthy, low cost recipe called Cabbage and Carrot Soup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYReXr0V2Oo&feature=youtu.be Melissa Pincince is a Registered Dietitian who began working with the SNAP-Ed Program in 2008. She started here as…
MiPlato
MiPlato
Vea este breve video para obtener más información sobre MiPlato y todos los grupos de alimentos. También aprenderás hacer una receta saludable de bajo costo llamada Sopa de Repollo y Zanahoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUa2mMIo2Dk Luz Posada es graduada de la Universidad Johnson & Wales donde obtuvo una licenciatura en Nutrición Culinaria. Luz ha trabajado en SNAP-Ed…
Special Election Informational Webinar
Special Election Informational Webinar
Join Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea and Director of Elections Rob Rock for a discussion on important voter deadlines and tools and resources to share with your community about the election. All resources discussed in the event will be available on vote.ri.gov in English and Spanish for community members to download. If you have a…
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
BCBSRI Virtual Fitness Class
Tune in live every day at 2 pm on the BCBSRI Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCBSRI
Aging Strong – Seated Lower Body
Aging Strong – Seated Lower Body
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
Virtual Tour of The RI Statehouse
Virtual ZOOmobile
Aging Strong – Strengthened Core for Posture
Aging Strong – Strengthened Core for Posture
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
Laughter Yoga w/ Larry O’Brien (Live)
Laughter Yoga w/ Larry O’Brien (Live)
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…