SPEAKERS: ”City in a Park: A History of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park System”- Jim McClelland & Lynn Miller
The Authors will present a lecture and slide presentation based on their new book, ”City in a Park: A History of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park System”, on how one of the largest landscaped urban park systems in the world came to be. Did you know that the Fairmount Park system consists of “more than one hundred parks, squares, and green spaces totaling approximately eleven square acres” throughout Philadelphia?
UPCOMING: (details to follow, subject to change)
07/26/16: Summer Picnic @ Anderson Housing
08/09/16: Holistic Health- Mind/Body/Spirit & Aviva Care
08/23/16: Geriatric Care & Senior Advocacy- Dr. John Liantonio
08/30/16: The Care Act Update- AARP (with Lunch- limited)
09/13/16: “Literary Philadelphians: Poetry & Prose in City of Brotherly Love”- Thom Nickels, author
09/20/16: 1) Germantown Historic Houses Tour; 2) In-House Topic
10/25/16: Philadelphia Councilman Mark Squilla
11/29/16: Art Museum Exhibit Tour w Dan Evans
12/20/16: Annual Holiday Potluck
October: Walkabout & Visit to 2 Historic West Philly Victorian B&Bs w Mark Silber
TBD: Synagogue Tour: either Frank Lloyd Wright @ Elkins Park or Society Hill
TBD: Speaker & Discussion on Transgender
TBD: Navy Yard Walking Tour
TBD: Intergenerational Discussion with a local University/High School LGBT Group
TBD: Buddhist Temple Tour
TBD: Memorial Hall Tour
TBD: Yearly Brunch- Green Eggs or other Restaurant
… with many more Topics/Outings/Speakers/Events to come, and please feel free to offer suggestions…
MorningsOUT Senior Social: A social/educational discussion group for GBT men 50+, with occasional outings, speakers & events. Light refreshments served, but members' offerings are always appreciated.
If not going on Outings, informal sessions would still be available at the Center, just ask the Front Desk for an available room/space
For information, please call the Center @ 215-732-2220