I’m delighted to be the new manager of the Living Well Network. I’m learning more each day as I meet people and get introduced to all that the network has to offer! I know I have big shoes to fill; as they say, Kathy Dalton is a 'hard act to follow'! Thank you, Kathy, for your help as I take on the job.

My professional background is as a social worker, working in the area of Family Support and Parenting Education. A special focus in my jobs was always to build networks of support and help folks get connected to resources. 

Personally, I've built my own network of support at each stage of life. Now that I’m in the 55+ age group, I see how important it is to promote health, learning, and social connections among us older adults.  

I’m also a photographer - it’s another way I connect with people (and nature). My most beloved photography project has been to photograph children from immigrant families living in the Boston area. See more here.

My focus this first month is to get to know the Living Well Network, its offerings, and YOU as the members and participants. Please feel free to reach out to me here. I’d love to hear your ideas! (and please answer the short survey - see link below.) 

In August I will schedule a Coffee Hour/Meet & Greet to take place in person at 20 Sacramento St. - watch for more info about that!

Please share your thoughts and ideas with Randi.

What groups, classes, workshops, etc. have you participated in, and what has been useful or helpful to you?

What ideas do you have going forward? We'd love to hear from you!

Please fill out the survey.

Our Friday walks at 11:00 AM, led by Clare Walker Leslie, will continue through the summer. Email here to inquire about joining the walk.

Tai Chi will be ongoing Saturday mornings with our instructor Jean Lukitsh, at 10:00 am for intermediate and advanced students and at 11:00 for beginners. Read more about it here.

Yoga classes will continue Saturday mornings through most of the summer. The class meets on zoom from 9:30-10:30. The “yoga room” also opens for community from 9:00-9:30. More information can be found here.

Meditation sessions with our teacher John Mercuri Dooley are ongoing through the good graces of the Council on Aging. Learn about those here

Technology Help We continue to offer one-to-one technology help to our members. Visit our web page to learn about our computer services here.

Our Get Ready to Age in Place Group and Book Group will keep meeting through the summer. Reach out here if you are interested in joining either group.

Videos Our video library of seminars is always available. Take some time and learn about: Healthy Bones & Osteoporosis, Downsizing, free & low cost services to help you age in place, and more. See a list and visit our channel here.

Friends of Fresh Pond hosts many great events. Find them here.

Grow Native Massachusetts

Has been holding some free public talks on gardening, nature, and the environment that interest many of you. Find them here.

The Trustees

In the last few years they have developed a wonderful roster of outdoor events. See everything on offer, organized by

categories here.

Art Outdoors. Baldwin neighborhood resident, Deborah Lee maintains this wonderful website blog. Her passion is to connect people with art, in this case outdoor art including statues, murals, public sculpture, and monuments. She roams the metropolitan area looking, researching, and photographing outdoor art. She shares her finds with us regularly. If you scroll down the page a bit on the right hand side you will find a place to enter your email address to get periodic updates from Deborah when she finds something new. Read it here.

The Cambridge Public Library has lots of wonderful events and some special funding to hold events for older adults. Visit their calendar here.

Cambridge Council on Aging

Our city’s Senior Center offers a wealth of free and low cost programming. There are 40 hours of movement classes a week, visual art, theater, and music groups to anyone 60 and older. Here is this month’s schedule. Sign up for their weekly Newsletter here.

Harvard Events can be ferreted out in a couple of ways: There is a monthly calendar, which can be viewed here.

You can also find the listings in another format that includes both “featured” events and all events, from the Harvard Gazette here. 

Mount Auburn Cemetery has many events scheduled through the summer and into the fall. You can find upcoming events here, takes a bit of scanning to see it all here.

History Cambridge holds regular events which can be found on their webpage here.

The Cambridge Forum lists their forums here. You can view both recordings of past talks and any upcoming lectures.

Find it Cambridge keeps an ongoing list of events happening around town. View it here.

Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) holds regular classes on basic technology topics on Monday afternoons. See the list of upcoming topics here.

The Cambridge Council on Aging has many hours or one-on-one tech support and computer lab time available at the senior center. View the monthly calendar here.

Cambridge Public Library also offers technology support. Scan the calendar to find sessions here.

Find volunteer opportunities in the database maintained by Cambridge Volunteers here.