All Cobb residents age 55+ are invited to participate in activities at various senior centers throughout Cobb. The following is a list of activities scheduled at the East Cobb Senior Center, located at 3332 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta 30066. Call the East Cobb Senior Center at 770-509-4900 for reservations and/or more details.
Planning for What’s Next
May 10 | 10:30-11:30am
Free/Registration required
Do you know what signs to look for to see if elderly loved ones are in need of assistance and extra care? Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone available to lend a hand when you need extra help? This seminar will help guide you in planning for what’s next. It can be overwhelming this seminar will help you understand your options. Presented by Valerie Gatling with NorthStar Place.
Dine-a-Round: Café 33
May 11 | 11:30am
Registration required; Separate checks.
Everyone meets at the restaurant. Café 33 #6907; 2520 E Piedmont Rd #106, Marietta 30066
Hypertension Basics
May 12 | 11am-12:30pm
Free/Registration Required
Seminar to learn general heart facts, meaning of blood pressure, causes, and risk of high blood pressure. Presented by Comforting Arms.
Older Americans Month: Blaze a Trail Luncheon
May 13 | 11am-1:30pm
$11 Cobb residents; $14 Non-residents
May is Older Americans Month, a time to celebrate the perennial contributions of older adults to the nation. This year’s theme is “Blaze a Trail”. Blaze your own trail through North America by discovering national parks. Enjoy a documentary movie on national parks and have fun playing National Parks Trivia. A delicious lunch will be catered through Café 33.
Healthy Habits
May 18 | 10am-11:30am
Free/Registration required
Science is able to provide insights into how to make lifestyle choices that may help keep the brain and body healthy as you age. Learn about research in the areas of nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement. Use hands-on tools to help incorporate these recommendations into a plan for healthy aging. Presented by Kayley Fleming from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Luncheon & Book Signing with Richard Croker
May 20 | 11am-1pm
$11 Cobb residents; $14 Non-residents
Join for a delicious meal catered by West Cobb Diner and hear an interesting story about the book “Y’all” Is Always Plural! Presented by author Richard Croker. Learn all about customs, traditions and language of the South (for folks who are not from around heah). Books will be available to purchase and signing.
Zuckerman Museum of Art – A View Beyond the Trees
May 24 | 1-2pm
Free/Registration required
The Zuckerman Museum of Art is pleased to present an in-depth, behind the scenes preview of their upcoming exhibition, A View Beyond the Trees. Learn more about their exhibit and how it will offer a variety of historic and contemporary artistic approaches to landscape and geography. The exhibition will also include an educational presentation illustrating the life of a painting from concept to conservation. Contemporary artists featured include: Joe Hamilton, Dawn Holder, and Stacy Lynn Waddell. The work of these artists will be shown alongside a group of freshly conserved 19th century America landscape paintings from the ZMA collection, researched and curated by Kennesaw State University faculty Dr. Daniel E. Sachs.
