Events & Activities August 10 - 17, 2019

Includes YSSC events described in Senior Notes, the YSSC monthly newsletter with an 11" x 17" calendar page for the month included. A subscription to Senior Notes is available to anyone of any age wishing to support Yellow Springs Senior Citizens, Inc., for a nominal annual dues of $20.00 per person or 

$35.00 for a family.

Information on regular weekly YSSC activities can be found under the "Programs" menu onthe new website.

Any  event without a location noted takes place at the Yellow Springs Senior Center, 227 Xenia Avenue. Call the Center (767-5751) with any questions and to sign up for events.

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Time and location (if not at Senior Center) of activity. If only a time is shown, the Senior Center is the location
Activities sponsored by the Senior Center
Activities not sponsored by the Senior Center, but which may be of interest to our members

Visit the Yellow Springs Senior Center’s new website:  https://www.ysseniors.org/https://www.ysseniors.org/

Saturday, August 10

9:00 until 11:00, Yellow Springs Pottery

"Souped Up for Seniors" Pottery Workshop

9:00 am until noon, Greene Environmental Services, 2145 Greene Way Blvd, Xenia

Household Hazardous/Special Waste Drop-off Event

10:00 am until 5:00 pm, Mills Lawn Elementary School

36th Annual Art on the Lawn

10:00 am until noon, Trailside Museum

GHA Bird Language Club

1:00 pm, Trailside Museum

GHA Guardians of the Glen land steward session 

5:00 until 10:00 pm, Brandeberry Winery

"Berry Monster" Wine Release with live music by Old Skool Duo 50s-70s classic rock

6:00 pm, Agraria Farm, 131 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd.

Agraria Celebration Dinner

7:00 until 9:00 pm, Xenia Station, 150 S. Miami Ave., Xenia

Night Ride: Xenia Station to Fifth-Third Gateway Park

7:30 pm, Clifton Opera House

Wild Rumpus Irish Party Music - a Stompin' Good Time ($10 suggested donation)

Sunday, August 11

1:30 pm, Friends Care Assisted Living Meeting Room

Shakespeare Reading Group

2:00 pm

Writers Eclectic

Monday, August 12

*** Sign up deadline for August 13 outing to Franklin Park Conservatory ***

All day, Greene County Public Library website

Online Book Club: A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

11:15 am

Computer and iPhone Help

6:30 until 7:30 pm

Financial Management series: Social Security

7:00 pm until 9:00 am, location information will be emailed to registrants

GHA Perseid Meteor Shower Overnight Camp-Out (adults $15, children under 12 $10, non-members $20)

7:00 pm, Greene County Historical Society Carriage House, 74 W. Church St., Xenia

Discussion of Helen Hooven Santmyer's Ohio Town

Tuesday, August 13

10:00 am departure from Bryan Center parking lot

Outing to the Topiary Park in the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus ($5 for transportation, payable at departure, admission $16 for 60+, $19 for 13-59)

6:00 until 8:00 pm, Antioch COllege Farm

Farm Volunteer Work Day (info 937-477-8654)

10 pm until 1:00 am, Twin Towers Park, 501 Yellow Springs-Fairfield Rd., Fairborn

Greene Co. Parks & Trails Perseid Meteor Shower Viewing

6:30 until 7:30 pm, Yellow Springs Community Library

4-String Fun!@ Learn to Play the Ukulele

Wednesday, August 14

4:00 pm

History Omitted Discussion

4:00 until 6:30 pm, Xenia Community Center, 1265 W. Second St., Xenia

GCCOA Homemade Treats and Jam Fest ($10 per person)

6:00 until 8:30 pm, YSAC Gallery

Yellow Springs Ukulele Club

10 pm until 1:00 am, Twin Towers Park, 501 Yellow Springs-Fairfield Rd., Fairborn

Greene Co. Parks & Trails Perseid Meteor Shower Viewing

Thursday, August 15

9:30 until 10:30 am, Russ Nature Reserve, 2380 Kemp Rd., Beavercreek

Wellness Walkers

10:00 am, Glen Helen

Garden Keepers of the Glen (pregister asimonson@glenhelen.org)

Noon

August Third Thursday Potluck & 80+ Birthday Luncheon, followed by tlak by nutritional health consultants Melissa Heston and Leslie Edmunds, R.D.

2:00 until 3:30 pm, Yellow Springs Community Library

Writing with Aurelia Blake

2:30 until 3:30 pm, 3530 Dayton-Xenia Rd., Dayton

GCCOA Monthly Legal Chat

7:00 pm

Charlie Brown Support Group

7:00 until 9:00 pm, Yellow Springs Brewery

GHA Beer with Benefits

Friday, August 16

10:30 am

Poetry Reading

5:30 until 8:30 pm, Brandeberry Winery

Live Music: Tom Armbruster folk 'n roll

6:00 until 9:00 pm, YSAC Gallery

Exhibit Opening Reception: "Suffragists: And They Persisted! - Quilts Celebrating the Passage of the 19th Amendment, 1920"

6:00 pm, Village Artisans

"/'trib-yoot/" Artist Reception

9:00 until 10:30 pm, Trailside Museum

GHA Tomato Tasting and Full Moon Hike ($5, GHA members free)

Saturday, August 17

9:00 until 11:00 am, Xenia Station, 150 S. Miami Ave., Xenia

Greene Co. Parks & Trails Morning Milers

10:00 am until 1:00 pm, Glen Helen Raptor Center

GHA Raptor Center Meet and Greet

11:00 am until 7:00 pm, Community Park, 691 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn

38th Annual Sweet Corn Festival

11:00 am, Greene County Public Library, Xenia

Educational workshop by the Alzheimer's Association Miami Valley Ohio: "Healthy Living for your Brain and Body"
Noon until 2:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church

Beloved Community Lunch

1:00 pm, Trailside Museum

GHA Guardians of the Glen land steward session 

1:30 until 2:30 pm, Yellow Springs Community Library

Pollinator Walk with an Ohio State University Volunteer Pollinator Specialist (meet on front porch - cancelled if raining)

2:00 until 4:00 pm, YSAC Gallery

Celebration of the Opening of the Wheeling Gaunt Room

6:00 until 9:00 pm, YSAC Gallery

YS Hootenanny

6:00 until 9:00 pm, Brandeberry Winery

Live Music: 732 Electric Duo

7:30 pm, Clifton Opera House

Ohio River Minstrels folk ($10 suggested donation)

7:30 until 10:30 pm, Fairgrounds Recreation Center (behind pool building), 210 Fairgrounds Rd., Xenia

Greene Co. Parks & Trails Free Family Movie: Dumbo