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Care Connection Community Class: Sing for your Seniors Broadway Hour

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Sing for your Seniors enriches lives through the universal language of music through the performance of professional artists to entertain, foster connection and create shared joy. Click here to register

Care Connection Community Class: “I Got Rhythm” Drum Circle

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Join music therapist Ariel Weissberger MA, MT-BC, LCAT, from Berko Music Therapy for a memorable creative music experience. Participants will get an opportunity to actively engage in music by playing a percussion instrument of choice including congas, djembe, shakers, and tambourines. Familiar songs will be played live to provide a structural context for the groups […]

Care Connection Community Class: Gardening for Life: Preserving Summer Blooms

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Join AFA and Gwenn Fried, Manager of Horticultural Therapy Services in NYU, for a cognitively stimulating, hands-on, nature based activity. You can also take home the plant, craft, or flower arrangement. Click here to register

Care Connection Community Class: Ballroom Burn with Rhythm Break Cares

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Ballroom burn is light/low impact aerobic dance class that will have you dancing the basics of virtually every Ballroom Dance, from Waltz to Cha-Cha in one fun-filled action packed 45-60 minute class. This class is a great way to engage the mind/body connection while learning and reinforcing the basics of the Waltz, Fox trot, Swing, […]

Care Connection Community Class: Chair Yoga

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Join AFA and Tonya Sisco for an afternoon of yoga, movement, and breathing practice. Gain a greater sense of ease and calm in the body, mind, and breath, and increase mobility through stretching, toning, and strengthening the body. Click here to register

Care Connection Community Class: An Afternoon of Jazz

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

  Join New York Youth Symphony  saxophonist Anthony Ferrara and his jazz band as they play popular songs from the 40s and 50s. Click here to register

Care Connection Community Class: Drama Improv

AFA Education and Resource Center 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Join Kate Bell, writer, theatre maker, singer/songwriter, and teaching artist, for an afternoon of drama improv and creative play using props, costumes, and music.   Learn how dramatic improvisation can be used as a therapeutic tool for dealing with memory loss. Click here to register