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    The ILR Main Activities are Classes and Trips


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    Quick Guide of Activities

    Classes

    Classes

    Classes

      

     Afternoon Tea (F)

     Jessie McMenamin 


     Alaska. The Real Alaska (F)

     Bob Watson 


     Alzheimer's Disease (Z)  

       Cynthia Felix 

          

    America's   Great Voices: The Females (F) 

     Phil Atteberry 


    America’s Philosophers: Emerson and Thoreau 

     Ruth Cole 


     Archaeology of Great Britain (F)

     Karen Martin 


     Art Stolen by the Nazis - Updates (F)

     Ruth Leo 


     Art 

      

     Afternoon Tea (F)

     Jessie McMenamin 


     Alaska. The Real Alaska (F)

     Bob Watson 


     Alzheimer's Disease (Z)  

       Cynthia Felix 

          

    America's   Great Voices: The Females (F) 

     Phil Atteberry 


    America’s Philosophers: Emerson and Thoreau 

     Ruth Cole 


     Archaeology of Great Britain (F)

     Karen Martin 


     Art Stolen by the Nazis - Updates (F)

     Ruth Leo 


     Art Work (F) 

    Bill Simon   


    Artificial Intelligence (F & Z)      

    Tom Henricks


    The Battle of Antietam (F) 

    James Carnes 


     Being a Leader vs. Being a Boss (F)

     Robert Widmyer 


     Bible Women of  of the Apocrypha  (F) 

     Verna Call 


     The Biddle Boys

     Bill May 


    Book Club (F) 

    Janet Leise & Debbie Bell 


    Bryozoans (F)        

    Bridgette Baux 


    Camp Reynolds WWII History Talk (F) 

     Art Williams  


     Christian Mission Organizations (F) 

      Ruth Leo


     Cranes. The Whooping Crane (F) 

      Linda Winkler


      Creative Writing (F) 

      Antonia Thomas 


    Cribbage Club (F) 

    Cathryn Crego


     Cryptocurrency - Basics (F & Z)  

      Tom Henricks 

     

     The Cuban Missile Crisis (F)

     Craig Lutz  


     Cybersecurity Safety (F & Z) 

     Tom Henricks 


     The Dam on Muddy Creek (F)

     Polly Shaw 


    Disaster - The Anatomy of a Disaster (F)

     Carol Holland 


    Diseases in the News (F)

     Karen Martin  


    Drumming for Everyone (F)

    Janet Leise 


     Empathic Listening  (F)

     John Golden 


     Exercise Science - Personal Training  (F)

     Joy Urda 


     The Films of Gregory Peck (F) 

     Dale Doran    


     Finances. Your IRAs (F)

     Keith Warcup 


    Game - Are You Game? 

    Dale Doran


     Getting Control of your Health (F)  

     Ruth Leo


     Gregory Peck - Hollywood Dynamo (F & Z) 

     Steve Cicero 


     Happiness Habits - Let’s Talk!  (F)

     Laurel Patterson 


     Herbal Teas - Spring Wild Herbs  

     Megan McDowell  


     Japan by Rail (F & Z) 

     Michael Wood 


     Lassen Volcanic Park (F)

     Rob Snyder 


     Legacy Building: Planned Financial Giving (F) 

     Vince Kasievich 


    McConnell - The Story of the Civil War Captain 

    Bill May


     Mental Struggle (F)

     James Clendaniel 

         

    Myth & Mind. Joseph Campbell and the Myth

     Bob Kochems 


    Newfoundland's Discovery (F)

     Janice Brown 


     No Gluten/Low Gluten Baking (F)

     Cathryn Crego 


     PA Names. What's in a Name  (R & F)

     Cliff Brown    

         

    Paul   Revere's Ride into History (F & Z) 

    Tom Call 


     Pawpaw Trees  (F)

     Jennifer Senchak 


     Peace Corps: Zaire Africa (F)

     Sherri Schleiter 


    Poetry! A Guided Writers' Workshop (F)  Dorie Schleiden 


    Pymatuning State Park - Its History (F)

      Jared McGary 


    Social Class - An Exploration (F)

    Linda Burns 


    Soldiers of the Civil War (F)

    James Carnes


    Slippery Rock Creek (F) 

    Natalie Lamagna 


     Slippery Rock Heritage Association (SRHA) 

     Sue Barkley 

     

    Stamp Collecting: An Introduction to Philately (F) 

    Cliff Brown


    Trans-Atlantic Viking Adventure (F & Z) 

    Verna Call


     Ukulele and Singing Jam Session (F)

    Janet Leise, Andy & Peggy Johnson 


     Ukulele for Beginners (F)

     Janet Leise, Andy & Peggy Johnson    


     Williamsburg - Colonial Life  (F)

      Jessie McMenamin


    WWII - Destroyer USS McGowan DD 678  (F) 

     Art Williams  


    Brown Bag Lunch (F) - BONUS!

    Social Committee


    Ice Cream Social  (F)

    Social Committee

    Trips

    Classes

    Classes

    Annual Membership Assembly and Picnic  

    Kathy  Flood & Social Committee


    Ants - Let's Talk Ants with Josh Beuschlein  

    Martha Manzato    


    Bicycle Museum and Johnny Angel Museum

    Rich Thornhill   


     Bike Tour - Armstrong Bike Trial 

     Rich Thornhill 


     Blackwood Arts Tour

     Andy  Johnson   

         

    Botanics. Pittsburgh Botanical Garden

     Cathryn Crego 


    Butterfl

    Annual Membership Assembly and Picnic  

    Kathy  Flood & Social Committee


    Ants - Let's Talk Ants with Josh Beuschlein  

    Martha Manzato    


    Bicycle Museum and Johnny Angel Museum

    Rich Thornhill   


     Bike Tour - Armstrong Bike Trial 

     Rich Thornhill 


     Blackwood Arts Tour

     Andy  Johnson   

         

    Botanics. Pittsburgh Botanical Garden

     Cathryn Crego 


    Butterfly Trail - Nest Box Observation  

     Cathryn Crego  


    Casual Nature Trail Stroll and Lunch 

    Sherri Schleiter 


    Ducks - What's that Duck? 

     Cathryn Crego  


    Forest Bathing at Munnell Run Farm  Kelcy Marini 

       

    Garden Tour – DJ Master Gardener

    Greg Sferra 


    Lunch out

    Teresa O'Malley & Hank Anna


    Mid-May Wildflowers 

    Kellar Smith 


    Andy Warhol Museum & Museum of Illusions

    Cathryn Crego 


    Nationality Rooms at Pitt University 

    Cathryn Crego 


    Nature in Spring at McConnells Mill

    Cathryn Crego & Natalie Simon


    Opera Falstaff

     Dale Doran   

     

    Opera Time to Act

     Dale Doran    


     Pymatuning Dam Walk  

     Cathryn Crego 


     Slippery Rock Creek Watershed  

     Cathryn Crego 


     Tricksters. Nature's Tricksters  

     Cathryn Crego 


    Wine & Lunch

    Kathy Flood



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    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



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