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• March 26, 2015 - Walk to End Alzheimer's Open House - 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm at Lifespan Center in Charleston.  RSVP to: cotto@alz.org

Additional details always available online: Spring/Summer 2015 Catalog

Amelia Earhart was an international celebrity in the early twentieth century. Set in 1937, this first-person program recounts Earhart's life, the records she broke, her unconventional views on marriage, and her tireless work to promote aviation and opportunities for women.

The course will cover three memoirs, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Blue Nights by Joan Didion, and The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.  Topics will include the blurring of boundaries between fiction and memoir, the role that gender plays in the writing, and ethical issues involved in writing about personal matters.  We will also discuss writing your own memoir.

Enjoy lunch at Oilfield Cafe, an 1866 one-room school house turned into a general store and then a small café serving American style lunch favorites.  After lunch we will be entertained by the Old Time Radio Theater, including an act by George Burns and Gracie Allen! (seating is limited)

This spring, a day trip to Prairie Farms in Champaign, IL will include a tour of the garden and orchard, a meet and greet with the goats (lots of babies!), a walk through the milking parlor, and a view into the cheeserie (with tasting).  A box lunch includes your choice of sandwich, seasonal salad, cookie and drink.  The separate cost for tour and lunch will be $20, payable at the farm.  Van transportation from Blair Hall is provided.

The objective of Care Choir is to provide a soothing presence and comfort to Hospice patients and families with short, peaceful serenades of a cappella songs. Join us at an informational meeting, 4/18, 1:00 pm, in the Sarah Bush Prairie Pavilion 2 building, second floor in the Red Oak Room.

Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, M.D. have written...“An extraordinary book . . . it is easy to read, the science is right, and if one follows Lodge’s and Crowley’s recommendations, both mental and physical aging can be delayed. I wish my patients would follow their advice.”  — K. Craig Kent, M.D., New York–Presbyterian Hospital (The New York Times)