Looking to treat yourself, connect with new friends, enter a contest or giveaway, explore cultural and entertainment events, try something different, play a fun game or freshen up your fitness routine? Check this space or your inbox each week (a new e-newsletter issue arrives each Tuesday) for free opportunities and offerings that we think Sisters readers will enjoy.
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Here's what's happening between June 11, 2024, and June 21, 2024
Sisters From AARP Soul Sanctuary: Visit Our Members-Only Facebook Group Anytime!
You are cordially invited to join the Sisters From AARP Soul Sanctuary private Facebook group! It’s the ultimate online social media space designed exclusively for Sisters to get together and share our journeys of health, wellness and happiness in a safe, supportive, members-only environment. No drama, just a healthy daily dose of laughter, love, support and celebration created just for you by Sisters From AARP. Welcome! We look forward to meeting you!
Sisters From AARP Cultural Cues Word Search on AARP Games—Play Anytime!
This unique version of the Daily Word Search, created by the Sisters From AARP team, invites you to explore African-American culture and history in your world with featured and weekly puzzles. Become a master word searcher by discovering clues about fascinating people, places and things. Up, down, backwards and diagonal – words are hidden everywhere! How fast can you find them?
AARP Virtual Community Center
These scheduled events are online. Join from anywhere! Have a question about any event? Contact the email listed with the details for that event to connect with the team that is hosting it.
5 Ways to Build Social Connections
Tuesday, Jun 11, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET • 12:00 p.m. CT • 11:00 a.m. MT • 10:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 30 Minutes
Small acts of connection lay the groundwork in building supportive and meaningful relationships, which can play a key role in our mental and physical health. Join Coach SheriAnne to hear about 5 effective ways to improve your social connections.
Mindfulness Tools for Recovery From Illness
Tuesday, Jun 11, 2024
3:00 p.m. ET • 2:00 p.m. CT • 1:00 p.m. MT • 12:00 p.m. PT
Duration: 90 Minutes
This workshop will show you how to incorporate meditation, breath and movement into your life to:
- Overcome stress and anxiety and calm your racing mind
- Improve your physical and mental well-being
- Improve your cognitive functioning
- Help heal your body
- Bring more serenity into your life
Feel the Beat! Try Line Dancing
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2024
12:30 p.m. ET • 11:30 a.m. CT • 10:30 a.m. MT • 9:30 a.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Instructor Pearline Stevens, a Baton Rouge-based fitness teacher, will lead participants in such classic line dance steps as the “electric slide” and the “wobble” to the beat of old-school jams and some of the latest hits.
Cooking Class: Turkish Summer Salads
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET • 12:00 p.m. CT • 11:00 a.m. MT • 10:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
This class focuses on simple recipes for cool and satisfying summer salads with a Mediterranean twist: Green Olive Salad and Easy Cucumber and Yogurt Salad. You can download a list of ingredients .
Zumba to the Rhythm
Thursday, Jun 13, 2024
11:00 a.m. ET • 10:00 a.m. CT • 9:00 a.m. MT • 8:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity dance moves set to Latin and World rhythms for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. These total workout classes combine cardio, muscle conditioning and balance and flexibility moves.
Movies for Grownups: ‘The Girls in the Band’
Thursday, Jun 13, 2024
8:00 p.m. ET • 7:00 p.m. CT • 6:00 p.m. MT • 5:00 p.m. PT
Duration: 90 Minutes
The Girls in the Band explores the stories of talented women musicians who endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere and inspire in a field that seldom welcomed them.
In the ‘30s and ‘40s, hundreds of women toured the country in all-girl bands, while others played side-by-side with men. By the mid- ‘50s, female jazz musicians had literally disappeared from the workplace, their names and contributions forgotten.
Start and Grow Your New Business, Part 1
Thursday, Jun 13, 2024
6:30 p.m. ET • 5:30 p.m. CT • 4:30 p.m. MT • 3:30 p.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Join AARP for a three-part series of virtual workshops designed to provide people in their 50s and above with the mindset and toolset to go out on their own and turn their ideas and passions into new businesses. Session 2 will take place on June 20.
Fitness Friday: A Strength & Conditioning Workout for All
Friday, Jun 14, 2024
10:00 a.m. ET • 9:00 a.m. CT • 8:00 a.m. MT • 7:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
The “Fitness Friday” series is led by instructor DaShaun Johnson. Light weights, water, a towel and comfortable clothing are recommended.
Food without Borders: The South Pacific
Friday, Jun 14, 2024
2:00 p.m. ET • 1:00 p.m. CT • 12:00 p.m. MT • 11:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 30 Minutes
Explore the rich flavors of the Far East in dishes like chicken satay and ingredients from fish and fruit to rice, noodles and soy sauce.
Balance & Mobility Class: Strengthen Your Stability
Monday, Jun 17, 2024
11:00 a.m. ET • 10:00 a.m. CT • 9:00 a.m. MT • 8:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 45 Minutes
This 45-minute class, great for beginners, includes a warm-up with aerobic exercise, balance and joint mobility exercises and a cooldown. No equipment is required.
Improve Your Game in Pickleball Plus
Monday, Jun 17, 2024
11:00 a.m. ET • 10:00 a.m. CT • 9:00 a.m. MT • 8:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 30 Minutes
This virtual class is the second part of a two-part series on the sport, which started with An Introduction to Pickleball for beginners on June 3.
Mindful Meditation: Finding Serenity Within
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2024
11:00 a.m. ET • 10:00 a.m. CT • 9:00 a.m. MT • 8:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 45 Minutes
A regular meditation practice provides a serene space to nurture our mental well-being and promotes kindness toward ourselves and others.
Cooking Class: Tasty Summer Treats
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET • 12:00 p.m. CT • 11:00 a.m. MT • 10:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Too hot to cook? Try making white gazpacho (the classic version swaps out ripe tomatoes for green grapes and almonds), cucumber soup, fruit kabobs and creamy lemon fruit dip. Want to get out the kitchen fast? Try preparing fried plantains. You can download a list of ingredients to have on hand.
Juneteenth: Uniting Generations, Inspiring Action
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2024
12:00 p.m. ET • 11:00 a.m. CT • 10:00 a.m. MT • 9:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
We can reclaim our stories and celebrate our achievements with pride and community spirit and hope for the future.
Mindful Movement: Better Sleep for Optimal Health
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2024
1:30 p.m. ET • 12:30 p.m. CT • 11:30 a.m. MT • 10:30 a.m. PT
Duration: 90 Minutes
Diane Butera, a master-certified yoga educator, will share the science behind sleep and how restorative movement and breathing, along with guided meditation, can help put you into a state of deep rest and relaxation.
Start and Grow Your New Business, Part 2
Thursday, Jun 20, 2024
6:30 p.m. ET • 5:30 p.m. CT • 4:30 p.m. MT • 3:30 p.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Join AARP for a three-part series of virtual workshops designed to provide people in their 50s and above with the mindset and toolset to go out on their own and turn their ideas and passions into new businesses. Session 3 will take place on July 9.
Healthy Living: Veggie Burgers and Buns
Thursday, Jun 20, 2024
4:00 p.m. ET • 3:00 p.m. CT • 2:00 p.m. MT • 1:00 p.m. PT
Duration: 60 Minutes
Chef Mary Weaver prepares two veggie burger recipes that contain healthy ingredients providing fiber, vitamins and minerals. You can cook them on the grill or in your oven. Learn how to prepare homemade no-rise buns. The recipes will be emailed to registrants ahead of time in the confirmation email.
Black Music Month Movie: ‘Rejoice and Shout’
Friday, Jun 21, 2024, to Sunday, Jun 23, 2024 (viewing window; movie runtime is 115 minutes)
12:00 a.m. ET • 11:00 p.m. CT • 10:00 p.m. MT • 9:00 p.m. PT
Join AARP Ohio for a free screening of Rejoice and Shout, filmmaker Don McGlynn’s look at gospel music and its relationship to African American identity and Christianity.
The times listed above indicate when the viewing window begins in your time zone. You will then have until 11:59 p.m. ET on June 23 to watch the film. Registration closes on June 20 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Food without Borders: American Soul Food
Friday, Jun 21, 2024
2:00 p.m. ET • 1:00 p.m. CT • 12:00 p.m. MT • 11:00 a.m. PT
Duration: 30 Minutes
Perfect your technique in preparing soul-nourishing dishes like collard greens, shrimp and grits, Hoppin’ John and cornbread.
Enjoy the Virtual Twin Cities Jazz Fest - Day 1
Friday, Jun 21, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET • 6:00 p.m. CT • 5:00 p.m. MT • 4:00 p.m. PT
Duration: 240 Minutes
The live streaming of the Day 1 program will start at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time with a performance by jazz singer, pianist and composer Karrin Allyson. Vibraphonist Stefon Harris & Blackout will follow at 9:30 p.m. ET. There will be a break between sets, which will feature interviews and other performances. Register separately for Day 2, on Saturday.