JULY

 

Tap Dance Class

Wednesdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28

1:30 pm

FitnessCenter

Are you ready for a spec-TAP-ular time? Join us on Wednesdays in July to learn how to tap dance your way into better fitness and balance. The class will incorporate education about the world of tap dancing as well as provide skills and exercise in a group dance class setting. You will learn basic steps and a short routine that we will present to family and friends on Wednesday, August 4^th in a special recital with performances by local tap dancers and you! To register, call 271-6720 by June 30.

Fee: $10 residents; $15 guests

 

Iowa History Journal

Thursday, July 8

6:30 p.m.

Community Room

Meet the man behind the magazine – Mike Chapman. In 2002, he retired from a 35-year career in newspapers and now publishes a new magazine called Iowa History Journal. The Journal is all about fascinating people and events in Iowa history -- from Buffalo Bill to the Everly Brothers, from Herbert Hoover to Nile Kinnick. Mr. Chapman has written more than 20 books and one of his titles has been sold to Hollywood! Book sale and signing to follow program.

Free

Bones For Life Classes

Thursdays, July 15, 22, 29; August 19, 26 and Sept. 2

10:30 a.m.

With Bones for Life® (BFL) training you learn to align your spine with its innate design and to protect its vulnerable joints from injury. Then, later, while literally “using your head” to sustain bone-strengthening loads, you learn to walk once more as nature intended, allowing yourself to lengthen as you strengthen, and improve how you move.

 Join us for an introductory program on Thursday, July 8th at 10:30 am in the Community Room to describe the program and the benefits of this class. Call 271-6720 to register, registration deadline is Monday, July 12th.

Instructor: Diane Baker

Fee: $30 residents; $35 guests.

 

Jazz in July “Ballyhoo Foxtrot Orchestra”

Thursday, July 15

6:30 p.m.

Join us on the Wesley Acres’ front lawn to enjoy the Ballyhoo Foxtrot Orchestra - hot jazz from the Roaring 20s, wine from Penoach Winery in Adel and Dale Valley Vineyard in Stuart, local artists, fine food, and activities for the kids.

Free

 

AUGUST

 

Walking How To's: Your Shoes and You

Thursday, August 5

3:00 p.m.

Community Room

Shane McClinton is a physical therapist within the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic and Human Performance Laboratory.  He will present a physical therapists perspective on walking including mechanics, the effect of footwear, and other considerations.  He will also show new technology physical therapists use to measure the biomechanics of walking. 

Free

 
SEPTEMBER

POETRY: The ART of Peasants and Kings

Thursdays, September 9, 16, 23, and 30

1-3 p.m.

Theater

Know the excitement and satisfaction of creativity as you hone your writing skills. Learn to manipulate language and form into poetry that is your best self expression. Study well-known poets' works, learn personal critique and exercises in revision. Use imagery, dialogue, alliteration, allusion and other techniques that prepare your work for publication.

Instructor Lucille Morgan Wilson, has been the editor of "Lyrical Iowa" for more than twenty years. She is a frequent poetry contest winner and often serves as a judge for state and national poetry competitions.

Fee: $48 register online at www.myseniorcollege.com or call 244-0631

Sponsored by SeniorCollege of Greater Des Moines

 

Perspectives on Alzheimer's Disease

Wednesdays, September 15, 22, 29, and Oct. 62-3 p.m. (The first class on Sept. 15 will be from 2-3:30 p.m.)

Theater

This series of four sessions is based on the critically acclaimed 4-part HBO documentary film presentation, "The Alzheimer's Project." One of the most devastating forms of memory loss is Alzheimer's Disease, an irreversible and progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills. The HBO Alzheimer's Project provides an in depth look into the scientific advances being made in research and medical understanding of the disease.  The course will include segments providing insights from those who suffer from the disease, the family members who must cope with the devastating effects of the disease, and the unique challenges and pressures faced by those who serve as a caregiver to a person with Alzheimer's Disease.

Call Susan Skinner at 271-6796 to register.

Presenter: Jenny Knust, Wesley Acres Assisted Living Director

Free

 

Java Jews

Sunday, September 12

2:30 p.m.

Courtyard

Organized as the Temple B’nai Jeshurun Klezmer Band in 2002 to help promote the Temple’s annual Jewish Food Fair, the band adopted the name “Java Jews” after a series of crowd-pleasing performances at Java Joes Coffee House in downtown Des Moines. The band plays what they refer to as “highly-caffeinated” klezmer music — a mix of Yiddish and Hebrew melodies combined with Dixieland, avant-garde jazz, and a touch of Spike Jones. Please spend Grandparent’s day with us at Wesley Acres!

Free

For more information, please call Susan Skinner 515-271-6796.

This retreat is for women 50+ to explore personal growth and renewal.

Saturday, March 27

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

$35

Registration includes:

Healthy lunch

Snacks

Free chair massages

Four - 60 minute sessions

Sessions:

Spirituality for the Soul in the Second Half of Life

Pelvic Floor Health & Incontinence

Living with Pain and Chronic Illness

Healing Through Sacred Sounds

Paying Attention to our Bodies and Spirit

Expressive Drawing

Trends in Nutrition Specific to You

Movement with Zumba Gold

Smart Women, Smart Financial Choices 

An Introduction to Tai Chi and Qigong

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For more information, please call Mary McCarthy - 515/271-6596

Internships also benefit Wesley Acres residents who enjoy the intergenerational experience of working with the students as they learn, and teach.

Read more in this article: Student Internships: what you need to know to make programs work