Come on and Zoom!

Image of woman participating in a zoom event on her laptop.
Woman participating in a zoom event on her laptop.

What is Zoom?

“Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars.” It is a tool that enables people to see and hear each other by using the camera on your computer or phone or tablet. It is great for conversations and for sharing activities, presentations and videos.

Zoom is a great way to stay connected virtually online through your computer, tablet or phone.

To learn how to participate check out this helpful video tutorial. (To learn more about Zoom as a product visit Zoom.us.)

If you would like to learn more about Zoom, check out our Learn Zoom page.

What types of activities are we offering?

We are learning how to use this tool to enable you to stay connected and involved with the Senior Center.  We would love to have you participate.
We are offering a variety of activities with more being planned. Check out the current classes below.

How do you participate?

You will use your computer or smart phone to see and hear the presentation, or you can use your landline phone to hear the presentation. Here’s how  it works:
  1. Sign-up: Most activities will require a registration via an email.
  2. Mark your calendar
  3. Joining the activity – one or two days before the event you will receive an email with a link to the Zoom event. All you need to do is click on the link when the class is scheduled to start. This will bring you to the Zoom meeting.
  4. [Joining by phone only – call the number provided in the email]

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Upcoming Zoom Activities              

The Great Courses DVD Series

To register for any of the Great Courses DVD series, please contact Cheryl Finley at [email protected] or call 978-639-3269. 

A Zoom link will be emailed to everyone who has signed up a day or two before each class. The SAME  Zoom link is used for the duration of the class.

                                

Current Events on Zoom and In-person 

Every Thursday 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Join the Current Events group for a respectful discussion of world events, where each person has an opportunity to contribute. Group Leader: Donald Sherman

 

The Great Courses  DVD Series: 30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World

30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World
On Zoom starting on October 7
Mondays, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

When people think of the masterpieces of art, painters such as Gauguin or Picasso might spring to mind.  However,  thousands of years before these modern masters put brush to canvas, artists from all over the ancient world, from France to Egypt to South America, created a trove of masterpieces—artwork stunning for its opulence, its realism, its utility, and its visual       drama.

 

The Great Courses DVD Series: Mahler: His Life and Music

On Zoom Starting on October 1

Tuesdays from 9:30 – 10:30 AM

This course offers a biographical and musical study of Mahler, who, along with being a composer, was the greatest opera conductor of his time. Mahler was a titan of post-Romantic musical history. His symphonies are vast musical repositories of his intellectual, emotional, and spiritual expression. His work constitutes the first generation of Expressionism, the early 20th-century art movement that celebrates inner reality as the only     reality.

 

The Great Courses DVD Series: A History of Eastern Europe with Professor Vejas Gabriel

On Zoom starting on October 2

Wednesdays from 9:30 – 11:00 AM

In this class, we explore Eastern Europe. Long thought of the “Other Europe”, the region is rife with political upheaval, shifting national borders, an  astonishing variety of ethnic diversity and relative isolation. This course examines the region’s  gradual integration with Western Europe by joining NATO and the European Union and its gain of a new measure of self determination in the wake of communist collapse.

 

Chair Yoga via Zoom – Hybrid class

Fall 2 Session – November 8 to December 20
This 6 week session meets on Fridays from 10:15AM – 11:00AM. Class fee is $36.00

Yoga is excellent for loosening muscle tension and maintaining range of motion for the joints.  Instructor Rebecca Reber is a 200-hour Yoga Fit Int’l Training System, Inc. RYT certified instructor.

 

 

Strength and Balance –  Hybrid class

Fall 2 Session – November 21 to December 19

This 4 week session meets on Thursdays from 10:30AM – 11:30 AM. Class fee is $24.00

This class is great for increasing your strength and balance and flexibility. Instructor Derry Tanner is a retired nurse and certified personal trainer. This class is safe for beginners.