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Albany JCC 340 Whitehall Road, Albany (518) 438-6651

The Sidney Albert Albany JCC is currently offering virtual programs for adults and seniors.

Navigating the Medicare

Maze: Thursday, Nov. 12 10 a.m.-noon

Erik Lehtinen, Independent Medicare Consultant, will give an overview of the major features of Medicare including Original Medicare and the current parts: hospital insurance, medical insurance, Medicare Advantage and Prescription drug coverage. Medicare supplements, the “Donut Hole,” and the relative benefits of national versus local networks will also be discussed.

Pre-registration required. For further information and to register: www.albanyjcc.org/ adults. Please email Louisas@ albanyjcc.org for assistance with registration.

View additional upcoming virtual programs at www. albanyjcc.org/adults.

Clifton Park Senior

Community Center 6 Clifton Common Court, Clifton Park (518) 383-1343

While we reopen our senior activities slowly, we continue to add additional classes and programs. For your safety, class size is limited. All activities held at the senior center require advanced registration.

We’re holding these at-home online Zoom classes: ukulele, soul line dancing, yoga. We’ll even teach you how to ZOOM if you need help.

We have bocce ball, walking club, exercise to tape, knitting and crocheting, golf, yoga, watercolor, bingo, Latin line dancing, discussion group – all outdoors.

We also offer jazz dancing,

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tap dancing, ballet, chair yoga, basic computer skills, billiards, qi-gong/tai chi, and tai chi for arthritis.

In November, we will once again do a service project and make holiday stockings for our soldiers filled with travel-sized toiletries, candies, dried fruit and nuts, energy bars and more. This is a multi-week project.

We continually update our newsletter with new activities and announcements. Please check the website frequently for these updates: https:// cliftonpark.org/services/seniorservices/senior-center.html

Niskayuna Senior Center 2682 Aqueduct Road, Niskayuna (518) 372-4969

The Niskayuna Senior Center has resumed a weekly and monthly activities schedule.

Dates for exercise classes scheduled inside are only tentative, and subject to change.

TUESDAYS

9 a.m.-noon: Tom’s Computer Class (first and third of each month) 9:15 a.m.: Tai chi 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Open for indoor/outdoor socialization/ coffee service* 10 a.m.: Cards, bridge Noon: Bring your own lunch 1 p.m.: Zoom Chair Moves 7 p.m.: Zoom Gentle Yoga

WEDNESDAYS

9 a.m.: Zoom Chair Moves 11 a.m.: Zoom Zumba

THURSDAYS

9:15 a.m.: Tai chi 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Open for indoor/outdoor socialization/ coffee service* 10 a.m.: Cards, bridge, bocce available Noon: Bring your own lunch

FRIDAYS

11 a.m.-noon: Zoom Chair Pilates *Registration or additional fee. Bring your own lunch.

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New November reads to enjoy

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Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation, but a couple shows up claiming to be the homeowners fleeing from mass blackout and disaster in New York City. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple — and vice versa? Ecco

In 1714, Addie LaRue makes a bargain with the devil to live forever but be forgotten by everyone she meets. After 300 years, she meets a young man who remembers her name. Tor Books ‘Ready Player Two’ By Ernest Cline

Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous — and

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