Older Americans Celebration Fair: Aging Unbound

Fri, May 19 2023
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Central Library, Plaza

BPL Outdoors creative aging

Come out for Services for Older Adults' seventh annual Older Adults Celebration Fair from 10 am – 3 pm on Central Library's Plaza (inside the Grand Lobby in case of rain).  No registration required! 

This year’s theme is “Aging Unbound," which offers an opportunity to explore diverse aging experiences and discuss how communities can combat stereotypes. Join us in promoting flexible thinking about aging—and how we all benefit when older adults remain engaged, independent, and included.  We're also celebrating 10 Years of Creative Aging! With the help from our funders and great teaching artists, we’ve been providing programs that teach our Older Adults new skills in areas such as Oral History, Painting, Memoir Writing, Dance, Poetry, Storytelling, and other disciplines throughout Brooklyn. Our participants not only gain skills but also cultivate new and lasting friendships.

Schedule

10 am Welcome and Honoring of Older Adult of the Year, Esther Poretsky 

11 am  Creative Aging Teaching Artists’ Demonstrations

  • Dave Johnson – Poetry & Collage Demo 
  • Life Story Club – Storytelling Demo  
  • Flow and Restore – Self-massage 

12 pm  Music Performance:  LA Blacksmith 

1 pm  Creative Aging Latin Dance Demo and Performance 

2 pm  Music Performance TBD 

Please join us Friday for the free festivities, demonstrations, music, dance, artists, vendors, snacks, giveaways and more!  Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Kim Council will give opening remarks and we will recognize the Library's older adult of the year.  Older adults can participate in art and self-massage workshops; learn how to share their experiences through oral histories and storytelling; discover BPL programs just for them; and dance the afternoon away.  Please share this information with your older adult friends and family and we'll see you out in the sunshine Friday!  

Everyone is welcome!  Masks encouraged.

The 2023 Older American Celebration Fair is made possible by Apple Bank and UnitedHealthcare. Creative Aging programs at Brooklyn Public Library are made possible with support from The Sills Family Foundation; Laura B. Vogler Foundation; Lifetime Arts with a grant from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Apple Bank, celebrating over 25 years in Brooklyn and 160 years of neighborhood banking in greater New York; and BPL Friends Groups, Private Funders, and Volunteers.

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