ILR Website
Home
About
Activities
Registration
Instructors
Partners & Donors
ILR Website
Home
About
Activities
Registration
Instructors
Partners & Donors
More
  • Home
  • About
  • Activities
  • Registration
  • Instructors
  • Partners & Donors
  • Home
  • About
  • Activities
  • Registration
  • Instructors
  • Partners & Donors

Calendar

    Print Format

    Download the ILR calendar to your device and print the calendar from your device

    2025 Spring - ILR Schedule (pdf)

    Download

    The ILR Main Activities are Classes and Trips


    ILR

    Quick Guide of Activities

    Classes

    Classes

    Classes

      

    Animals’ Behavior. A Closer Look at Animal Behavior 

    Karen Martin 



     Art Class 

       Bill Simon   



     Awe! Finding and Savoring Awe 

     Laurel Patterson 


    Bible Women 

    Verna Call   


     Book Club 

     Debbie Bell & Janet Leise  


     Book Writing. We Should Write a Book Someday 

    Howard Glass   


     Business: Second Chances 

     Ruth Leo  


     Cary Grant - Legendary Leading Man

      

    Animals’ Behavior. A Closer Look at Animal Behavior 

    Karen Martin 



     Art Class 

       Bill Simon   



     Awe! Finding and Savoring Awe 

     Laurel Patterson 


    Bible Women 

    Verna Call   


     Book Club 

     Debbie Bell & Janet Leise  


     Book Writing. We Should Write a Book Someday 

    Howard Glass   


     Business: Second Chances 

     Ruth Leo  


     Cary Grant - Legendary Leading Man (F & Z). Steve Cicero   


     Cherry Trees. National Cherry Blossom Festival (F & Z)

     Janet Leise   


     CIT. What is Crisis Intervention Training? Richard Wozniak   


     Civil War Medicine

     James Carnes  


     Coasters and Corndogs (F & Z)

     Steve Cicero 


    Collision of Political/Economic Theory and Personal Security 

     Robert Kochems   


    Creative Writing: Unleash Your Imagination  Antonia Thomas  


     Dr. Frank W. Preston and Preston Park (F & Z) Polly Shaw   


     Drone Geographical Mapping 

     Jack Livingston  


     Drumming for Everyone 

    Janet Leise   


     English -Tracing the Fascinating Language History 

     Ruth Cole  


     English Odyssey (F & Z)

     Verna Call   


     Faces in Fiber 

    Cindy Andes 


     Films of Cary Grant

     Dale Doran   


     Finding My Passion Later in Life

    Linda Rettstatt   


    First Atlantic Crossing by Air 

    Cliff Brown   


     Functional Fitness 

     Ryan Stack   


    Game - Are You Game? 

    Dale Doran


    Great American Voices--The Males      Phil Atteberry   


     Historic Mansions of Butler 

     Bill May   


     Irish Brigade in the Civil War 

    James Carnes 


     Irish Music. St. Patrick's Day Music Janet Leise  


     Italy. A Taste of Italy 

     Ron Fodor 


     JFK Assassination 

    Tom Pearcy 


     JWB. “In the Footsteps of John Wilkes Booth- the Lincoln Assassination” 

     Bill May 


     Marquis de Lafayette: An Amazing Life (F & Z) Tom Call   


     Medicare - What You Need to Know  Jeffrey  Johnstone    


     Mexican Adventure: Puerto Vallarta  (F & Z). Janet Leise & Sherri Schleiter 


     Moon Mammoth Site 

     Eric Scuoteguazza   


     

     NAMI: Its Significance in the Lives of Those Affected by Mental Health Conditions Jim  Clendaniel  


    PA Dept of Corrections (DOC) Explained Brad Jester   


    Photography - Art of Seeing in Black and White  Sherri Schleiter   


     POA. I’m Not Dead Yet! Durable Power of Attorney, Living Wills  

    John Golden   


    Sayings. Interpreting Unusual Sayings and Practices 

     Ruth Leo   


    Soaring Spirit: Birds and the Human Psyche Dave Kwasnick  


    Special Olympics

    Janet Leise 


    SRU. Historical Tour of SRU’s Campus Robert Watson   


    Stress Management Through Vagus Nerve Awareness

     Curtis Green  


    Two Century Quilts: Restoring Vintage Quilts  Barbara Frohne 


    Ukraine to Ambridge WWII Refugee Orysia Hladio’s Story

    Orysia  Hladio   


    Ukulele. So You Want to Learn to Play the Ukulele, Good! 

     Andy & Peggy Johnson & Janet Leise 


    Writing.  Guided Writers' Workshop 

    Dorie Schleiden   


    Excel - A Step by Step Review and Tips

    (Bonus Class)

     Delia Draghiciu  


    PowerPoint for Teaching Presentations  (Bonus Class)

     Delia Draghiciu    


     Ice Cream Social

     Kathy Flood & Deb Bell & Rich Thornhill 

    Trips

    Classes

    Classes

    Annual Membership Meeting and Picnic

    Kathy Flood & Debbie Bell & Rich Thornhill


    ADBC. National American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Museum, W.V.

    Janet Leise   


    A Trip to The National Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA. 

    Kathy Flood  


    Bach Choir 

    Margaret De Luca  


    Bike Ride on Armstrong Trail 

    Thornhill, R.


     Bike on Spillway Trail

     Jared McGary   


     Blackw

    Annual Membership Meeting and Picnic

    Kathy Flood & Debbie Bell & Rich Thornhill


    ADBC. National American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Museum, W.V.

    Janet Leise   


    A Trip to The National Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA. 

    Kathy Flood  


    Bach Choir 

    Margaret De Luca  


    Bike Ride on Armstrong Trail 

    Thornhill, R.


     Bike on Spillway Trail

     Jared McGary   


     Blackwood Arts Tour

     Andy  Johnson   


    Brunch Munch and Conversations

    Sherri Schleiter


    Cathedral of Learning, Visit Nationality Rooms & Heinz Chapel

     Martha Manzato   


     Days for Girls

     Janet Leise  


     Fish Fry Frenzy

     Sherri Schleiter   


    Flower Show at Phipps Conservatory Kathy Flood   


    Franklin Walking Architectural House Tour Ruth Leo   .


    Grove City George Junior Republic Tour Ruth Leo   


    Grove City Historical Society Tour

     Ruth Leo  

     

     Harmony Museum Tour

     Gregory Sferra   


    Hepburn Style, and Her Designers - Kent University Museum 

    Dale Doran & Cindy Andes  


     Hike at Preston Park

     Rich Thornhill   


     Keystone Safari

     Margaret De Luca  


     Lemieux Sports Complex

     Gregory Sferra 


    Lunch out

    O'Malley, T. & Anna, H.


    Maple - Experience Maple Sugaring: A Sweet Talk 

    Ruth Leo & Miranda Crotsley  


    Maple - All Things Maple at Munnell Run Farm 

    Kelcy Marini  


     Merrick Art Gallery Tour

     Andy  Johnson   .


    Nature in Spring- Wildflower Walk with 

    Natalie Simon & Ruth Leo   


    Opera. Madam Butterfly

     Dale Doran  

     

    Opera. Woman with Closed Eyes

     Dale Doran   


    Pickleball 101

     Gregory Sferra & Denny Hemphill  


    Preston Park Tour 

    Antony Stagno & Polly Shaw 


     Relic Crusade

     Janet Leise   


    Steamfitters' Technology Center in Harmony

     Gail Blakeley   .


    Steam Show – Portersville

    Janet Leise  


    Storm Harbor Tour

     Janet Leise   


    Wildflowers Walk- Wolf Creek Narrows Kelar Smith   


    Wine & Lunch

    Flood, K.


    #

    Full Class Guide

    #

    Full Trip Guide

    #

    Suggest a Class/Trip

    #

    Policies

    Classes are activities held at the Fowler Building (headquarters) or online.

    They can be lectures, group discussions, applied art, handicrafts, games, demonstrations, training.

    Classes can have one, two or multiple sessions. Each session can last between 60 and 180 minutes.




    Admission to classes is on first-come-first -served basis

    Trips are activities held at other locations than the Fowler Building.

    They can be lectures, visits to museums, exhibitions, memorial houses, historical venues, or hikes, bikes, boat tours, lunch out.

    The trips are usually regional, within 60-minute drive from Slippery Rock. The activity per se lasts in general 2 to 4 hours but day trips are common. Occasionally, bus trips with overnight stay are offered.

    Events include:


    Membership annual assembly


    Holiday Luncheon


    Open House: February and August


    Partner’s events



    Never Stop Learning

    The Institute for Learning in Retirement

    Powered by

    • Home

    This website uses cookies.

    We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

    Accept