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PORTSMOUT H SENIOR NEWS

A publ icat ion of the C i ty of Portsmouth ’s Senior Serv ices

Programs & Activities for Ages 50+ Fitness Enrichment Socialization Resources Entertainment

June / July 2019

Senior Cookout - FREE Thursday, July 25 at 12:00pm

Seating begins at 10:30am @ Community Campus, 100 Campus Drive

Hot Dogs + Hamburgers

RSVP REQUIRED BY CALLING 603-610-4433

Show your support for the Portsmouth Senior Activity Center by attending. Bring a friend!

Lil’ Rev - Ukulele Concert World Renowned Ukulele Ace

Tuesday, June 4 2:00pm

@ Community Campus

All ages welcome.

No reservations necessary. Just show up. For more info call: 603-610-4433

Lil’ Rev is a musician, educator, and storyteller of American roots music & culture with a particular

love for all things ukulele and harmonica.

Open Monday-Fr iday 9:00am-3:00pm

Bernice Richman’s Art Class

“Can’t Draw a Straight Line…Why Would You Want To?

2 classes; Wednesdays, June 12 + June 19 1:00-2:30pm

RSVP Required: 603-610-4433

Explore drawing techniques to create beautiful pictures of your own.

Using Charcoal Pencils + Pastels. All Levels Welcome: Beginner to more advanced

FREE but must RSVP and bring supplies. Supply list given when you RSVP.

Membership i s free. Stop by for a tour and to register.

Day Trips Travel in a Coach bus with bathroom and wifi. Prices include gratuities.

All sign-ups & payment are in the Portsmouth Senior Activity Center. Payment for all Coach Bus trips with Royal Tours is due 6-weeks prior to the travel date, but you can

call to sign up anytime 603-610-4433. Call for a full flyer with more detail. Trips depart from Community Campus, 100 Campus Drive

Adult Day Trips on a Coach Bus: July 12: Spirit of Boston Luncheon Cruise with delicious lunch buffet, DJ+dancing

or sit top deck with a special beverage soaking in the sun and views of Boston. This is a large ship with other groups besides ours. $89 (only 12 spots left)

August 5: The Winnipesaukee Playhouse production of “Chicago” and lunch at Canoe Restaurant with picturesque views of Lake Winni. $97 - FULL

September 13: 3-hour Gloucester & Rockport Guided Tour, Lunch at The Village Restaurant, time for browsing galleries and shops. $81

October 16: Castle in the Clouds self guided tour, lunch at Hart’s Turkey Farm and visit to Mouton Farm. $84

November 7: Lunch & Show at Daversport Yacht Club. Krisanthi Pappas will be performing songs by Carol King, Karen Carpenter & Carly Simon. $91

December 13: Portland Symphony Orchestra “Magic of Christmas and lunch at The Great China Buffet. $84

Tales of New England Life:

Stories of Alice Brown

Pontine Theatre presents Tales of New England Life: Stories by Alice Brown Thursday, June 27 at 1:00pm

@ Portsmouth Senior Activity Center Free – Reservations requested 603-610-4433

Pontine Theatre premieres an original stage adaptation of the short stories of Alice Brown. Brown was born in 1857 on a farm in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, a community that later acted as a template for the villages depicted in her stories. She attended Robinson Female Seminary in Exeter, where she

displayed a talent for writing at a young age. It was during her early years in Boston that Brown published her first novel Stratford by the Sea (1884), set in a small coastal community; it was this

novel, with her rich descriptions and candid characters, that established Brown as a regional color writer. Brown was best known for her popular New England tales, mostly published from 1895 to 1910. Collected into volumes, her stories of idyllic New England life portray the traditional

simplicity and bounteous goodness of country life: Tiverton Tales (1899), The Country Road (1906), Meadow Grass (1886), and Country Neighbors (1910).

Age 50+ Welcome. Residents + Non Residents al ike.

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Overnight Trips Call for a complete brochure with details.

Wildwood & Cape May NJ. Sept 23-26, 2019. $479pp Double / $559.00 Single. Savor the beautiful sandy shores of Wildwood & Cape May, NJ. Stay at The Adventure Oceanfront Inn with heated pool, walk to beach or boardwalk. Breakfast included at hotel. Day 2 enjoy a trolley tour in scenic Victorian Cape May. Dinner includes a prime rib meal aboard the Spirit of Cape May where you can watch the sunset over the Delaware Bay. Day 3 includes a visit to the Renault Winery in Egg Harbor with lunch and a tour. Later you will spend 6 hours at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. Day 4 following breakfast you will head home. This trip we will be traveling with our friends from the Hudson, NH Senior Center. $200 deposit due at sign ups. Holidays at The White Mountain Hotel & Resort, North Conway. December 8-9. $323pp Double / $383 Single 2-day getaway at the scenic White Mountain Hotel surrounded by spectacular views. Hotel will be tastefully decorated in colonial style holiday decorations. Day 1 enjoy a sumptuous Sunday brunch upon arrival followed by an afternoon Christmas Comedy Show. That evening you’ll be treated to an elegant dinner in the Ledges Restaurant followed by a Christmas Show in the ballroom. Day 2 breakfast, outlets and home. Included: Transportation, 1-night hotel, 1 breakfast, 1 brunch, 1 dinner, 2 holiday shows, special cocktail pricing, all room+meals taxes & gratuities, Christmas gift, baggage handling, driver’s gratuity. Shopping, cocktails, extra tipping on your own. 6-Day Southern Charm Holiday. Dec 8-13, 2019. Charlestown, Jekyll Island & Savannah. Call for brochure with exact details. Visit historic Charleston, a holiday themed trolley tour in Savannah’s sprawling historic district, experience a guided tour of Jekyll Island Club and a festive holiday dinner. Highlights include: Cooking demonstration and dinner, 19th century Andrew Low House and Gardens, Charleston’s historic homes, James Island Park with a 500,000 light display, and more! Fly to Charlestown and then take a group tour bus to the destination cities and fly home from Savannah, GA. Flights, bus, hotels included in pricing. Some meals as well. $2,499pp Double / $3,099 Single. We’ll release our reserved seats on June 7. After that it is first come, first served. Costa Rica 9-day Adventure. March 9-17, 2020. $2,699pp Double / $3,199pp Single if booked by Sept 9. Highlights: Lush forests, stunning waterfalls, exotic wildlife, coffee plantation tour, beaches, butterfly garden, volcano views, riverboat trip, topiary garden…and more! Call to get on our interest list. We’ll host an info session this summer. Brochures available by calling into the center 603-610-4433.

Costa Rica Trip Preview Night – Thursday, June 27 at 5:00 @Portsmouth Senior Activity Center. A Collette representative will give a side slow of presentation the Costa Rica adventure through San Jose, Guanacaste, Monteverde, and Arenal. Learn all the details needed to book this tropical vacation.

COMPUTER HELP

Apple’s iPhone + iPad Help Classes 1-hour class. Max 6 people per class. RSVP Required: 603-610-4433

Tues, June 4 at 2:30 pm: Surfing the Web using Safari or Chrome. Saving Bookmarks. Using Favorites. Deleting History. Controlling pop-up ads. Using Google for searching.

Tues, June 18 at 2:30 pm: Email using Mail (and including gmail, hotmail or other email servers). Saving emails, setting preferences, deleting junk and unwanted emails. Using Contacts for email.

Tues, July 2 at 2:30 pm: Using Apps from the App store. Finding apps, deleting apps, arranging apps on the iPhone. Specific apps for online banking, finding restaurants, weather, audio books, Youtube, map my walk, words with friends, and more.

Tues, July 16 at 2:30 pm: Taking and storing photos, sending photos by email or by text. Using Contacts (again) for texting and phone calls.

What to Bring: Your device along with any log-in and password you’ll need to use your device. Sharon is a senior and a member of the senior activity center and she uses her Apple products (iphone and ipad) daily and would love to bolster people's confidence in using their iphone.

Smart Phone + Tablet Assistance (Andriod or Apple or other) 3rd & 4th Monday of the Month 1:00-1:45pm 4 people max per session Must RSVP: 603-610-4433 Do you wish you had someone to ask a few questions on how to better use your phone? Bring your phone (any type is ok) or tablet (any type is ok) to learn tips and tricks on how to better use your device. Be prepared to ask questions and learn from other's questions.

What to Bring: Your device with any email addresses, log-in info, and passwords. We'll also learn how to manage all our passwords and log in info in a safe and easy to use format.

Rich is a senior and member of the center. He has a knack for all technical things and is happy to share his knowledge with all of us.

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THANK YOU to everyone who donated books + shopped at our 1st annual Book Sale.

We received over 3,000 books and were able to find good homes for more

than half.

$350 was collected and will go to our coffee/snack fund.

THANK YOU!!!

Visi t w w w . c i t y o f p o r t s m o u t h . c o m /senior serv ices for more info.

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Movies – Free Friday Films: Every Friday at 12:30pm. Free and popcorn included. 75” TV displays movie. We turn on the subtitles, too! Cafeteria on-site to get lunch and eat while watching movie.

June 7: “Snatched” (2017) (R) Action/Comedy. 1 hr 30 min. When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results. Starring Goldie Hawn + Amy Schumer.

June 14: “The Circle” (2017)(PG13) Sci-Fi/Thriller/Drama. 1 hr 50 min. A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity. Starring Tom Hanks + Emma Watson.

June 21: “The Finest Hours” (2016)(PG13) Action/Drama. 1 hr 57 min. The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Starring: Chris Pine + Casey Affleck.

June 28: “Home Again” (2017)(PG-13) Comedy/Romance. 1 hr 37 min. Alice (Reese Witherspoon), a recently separated mother of two, finds her life upended when three young, charismatic filmmakers move into her guest house. But her unlikely new family and a budding romance come to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand. A story of love, friendship, and the families we create. Co-starring Candice Bergen.

July 5: “Independence Day” (1996)(PG13) Action. 2 hr 25 min. A fun action movie for the 4th of July! The aliens are coming! Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive – and a sense of humor. Starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum.

July 12: “Avatar” (2009)(PG13) Action/Fantasy. 2 hr 42 min. An epic movie…plan to stay long! When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his brother’s place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of corporate intentions of driving off the native humanoid in order to mine for the valuable mineral on their planet. Jake gathers intel for the corporation by infiltrating the native people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe, the corporation moves forward with extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

July 19: “A Year by the Sea” (2016)(PG) Comedy/Drama/Romance. 1 hr 54 min. Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

July 26: “Tea with Mussolini” (1999)(PG) Drama/Comedy. 1 hr 57 min. An orphaned Italian boy is raised among a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during the Second World War. Starring Maggie Smith + Judy Dench.

ServiceLink at Senior Center 3rd Wed of Each Month 9:00am-noon

Make an appointment or drop by to speak directly with a Medicare Specialist. Or come to ask any question about resources that you might need.

ServiceLink, located in Stratham: 603-334-6594

FOOD, FOOD + MORE FOOD

Breakfast at IHOP 1st Wed of each month at 9:00am. Pay on your own.

Meet at IHOP in Newington. June 5 July 3 Aug 7 RSVP Required by calling 603-610-4433.

Lunch Bunch – Going out to eat each month 2nd Wed of each month at 11:30am. Pay on your own.

June 12: Lobster Boat July 10: Café Nostimo Aug 14: Margaritas Max 20 people so sign up early 603-610-4433. – This fills each month!

Senior Luncheon 4th Thursday of each month at 12:00pm. $5.00 per peron

@ Community Campus, 100 Campus Drive June 27: Followed by Pontine Theatre’s “Tales of New England Life: Stories by Alice Brown” at 1:00pm July 25: Annual Cookout – FREE Aug 22: Lunch followed by presentation by Yolanda Douglas on Dementia

RSVP Required by calling 603-610-4433.

Afternoon Tea Thursday, June 13 at 1:00pm $3.00

Sip tea in real tea cups with scones and enjoy casual conversation with friends. We toss in a little tea etiquette for fun.

Max 24 people so sign up early 603-610-4433. This fills each month!

Friday Morning Cafe June, July & August: Every Friday from 9am-11am

Visit the Senior Activity Center for complimentary Keurig coffee or tea and enjoy some morning coffee + conversation. Light refreshments served.

We also have the Portsmouth Herald, magazines and free wifi.

The advantage of being 102 is there i s no peer pressure.

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Outdoor Concert at the Campus ~ Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC)~

Tuesday, July 23 at 6:00pm @ Community Campus – Back Patio

Bring your own lawn chair & snacks (we’ll have some too)

Our friends from the PMAC band will be entertaining us with their music on a beautiful summer night.

If it rains we’ll move inside the Campus.

Michelle’s Beauty Facials ~ 30-minute mini facials ~

Tuesdays; June 18, July 16, August 20 Appointments starting at 11am and go until 2:00pm @ Senior Activity Center $15.00 per session

Mini Facials includes: cleansing exfoliating eye pads mask scalp massage

Reservations Required 603-610-4433.

Walk with a Cop ~ Followed by FREE Seacoast Community Lunch ~

2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the Month 11:00am June 12 + 26 July 10 + 24 Aug 14 + 28 Sept 11 + 25

NEW LOCATION: Meet at the Middle Street Baptist Church Parking Lot Park in the lot or park at the Connie Bean and walk through the fence.

After the walk we’ll go into the function hall of the church for the Seacoast Community Lunch which is catered by a different restaurant each week.

The walk is typically apx 45-min on sidewalks through the pretty streets of Portsmouth. Reservations are helpful so call if you know you are coming. 603-610-4433.

Otherwise just show up!

Senior Activity Center Schedule

Drop in Lounge Open Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:00pm – Free with complimentary coffee, tea & wifi

Mondays: Line Dancing Mondays 8:30-9:30am with Anna Howard Walking Mondays 9:00-10:00am – Gym Bone Builders Mondays + Wednesdays 10:00am – FULL Stretch Class Mondays 11:30am with Diane Stradling Scrabble + Mah Jongg Mondays: Scrabble 1:00-3:00pm, Mah Jongg 1:00-4:00ish Toe nail cutting clinic 2nd & 4th Monday of each month. Appointments starting at 10am. $25 to Cornerstone VNA Smart Phone + Tablet Help 3rd + 4th Mon of each month at 1:00pm. RSVP Required 610-4433. Tuesdays: Strength & Balance Tuesdays 10:00am with Colleen Furlong – FULL Chair Yoga Tuesdays 1:00-2:00pm with Jeanne Russell Supper Club 2nd Tues of each month 5pm. @ Café at Community Campus. $7. RSVP to Cindi 531-0767

Mini Facials June 18, July 16 and Aug 20. $15 per session. RSVP required 610-4433 Uke Concert June 4 at 2pm Apple Device Help June 4, June 28, July 2, July 26: See newsletter for specific class topics. 2:30pm Outdoor Concert at the Campus July 23 at 6:00pm. Bring your own chair. Facials June 18, July 16, Aug 20 from 11am-2pm. 30-min apt. RSVP 610-4433. $15

Wednesdays: Walking Mondays 9:00-10:00am – Gym Senior Breakfast 1st Wed of Each month. 9:00am at IHOP June 5, July 3, Aug 7 Bone Builders Mondays + Wednesdays 10:00am - FULL Lunch Bunch (Offsite) 2nd Wed of each month at 11:30 (POYO). RSVP Required. June 12, July 10, Aug 14 ServiceLink on Site at Senior Activity Center 3rd Wed of each month from 11am-1pm. 334-6594 for appointments. Bernice’s Art Class June 12 + June 19 at 1pm. RSVP required 610-4433. Supply list needed. Walk with a Cop 2nd & 4th Wed of each month at 11am. See newsletter for new details (pg 7) Thursdays: 4th of July CLOSED Line Dancing Drop-In 9:00-10:00am. No Instructor, just dancing along to a set playlist of music. (10am on 4th Thurs)

Yarnworks! Knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, etc, all welcome. 12:30-2:30pm Senior Luncheon 4th Thursday of the month at 12pm. $5. Afternoon Tea 2nd Thursday of Each Month at 1:00pm. $3. June 13th Annual Cookout Thurs, July 25 at noon. RSVP 610-4433. Seating begins at 10:30am. Tale of New England Life June 27 at 1:00pm. Free and open to the public. Costa Rica Preview Night June 27 at 5:00pm. Learn more about our spring 2020 trip to Costa Rica. Call for a brochure.

Fridays: Walking Mondays 9:00-10:00am – Gym Zumba 9:000am with Anna Howard – high energy morning workout to start the weekend right! Tai Chi Fridays at 10:00am with Jane Fithian Dull Men’s Club Fridays from 11:00am-12:15pm. Men’s coffee + conversation. Movies 12:30pm – free movie (see schedule) Southern Charm Holiday Trip – last day to make a reservation at our current price is June 7.

Costa Rica Trip Preview Night – Thursday, June 27 at 5pm @Portsmouth Senior Activity Center

A Collette rep will be giving a side slow presentation of our Spring 2020 Costa Rica adventure through San Jose, Guanacaste, Monteverde, and

Arenal. Learn all the details needed to book this tropical vacation.