Seniors wishing to expand their artistic knowledge and discover what local artists are creating can attend “Art on the Patio,” scheduled 2 p.m. July 19 in the quad outside the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave.
The Los Altos Senior Program is located at Hillview Community Center. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays.
Those of you who’ve hung in there, reading this column now for four years(!), know me for what I am: a perpetrator of poems intended to be – for the most part – lighter fare (with even a smile or two along the way).
Pauline and Jay Siedenburg, center, and Paul and Ellen Gonella, left, dance to the 17-piece De Anza College Jazz Ensemble at the Los Altos Senior Program’s 40th anniversary celebration, “A la Soirée,” held June 22 at the Los Altos History Museum. Approximately 30 people attended the event, which included hors d’oeuvres, drinks, music and dancing. Costumes provided by the Los Altos Theater Group and Senior Program staff members enabled partygoers to “dress up” before a visit to the photo booth. Participants received coffee mugs, lapel pins and reusable bags as gifts.
If your family is anything like mine, each member has a certain specialty or role in keeping the household running.
The Mountain View Senior Center is partnering with Kanen Tours to offer a big lineup this summer, fall and winter, with options ranging from day trips to California attractions to adventures in New York, New Mexico, Costa Rica and Europe.
• 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 1: Summer of Love with Gary Holloway. Participants will tour San Francisco’s “Summer of Love” sites and visit the California Historical Society exhibition “On the Road to the Summer of Love.” The trip includes transportation from the Senior Center, museum admission and lunch in San Francisco.
Visitors who stroll onto the back patio of the Costume Bank on State Street may find themselves guests at a pop-up party.
Club 55 social gatherings are open to anyone age 55 and up, and it’s unlikely that those a year or two shy of that would be turned away.
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