Join Allen for these timely Tech topics! Top 10 Most Popular Scams Targeting Seniors and How to Avoid Them. What to do if you are a victim of a financial scam? Intro to Cybersecurity for Older Adults. Then I will discuss photo editing, organizing and sharing using iCloud Photos and Google Photos.

Allen is a former high school math teacher who enjoys leading virtual classes on a variety of topics.

Humanitarian Songs Today: To honour World Humanitarian Day, coming up later in September, Rob will perform songs about humans caring for one another.

Rob Lutes is an acclaimed songwriter and performer, a multiple Maple Blues Award and Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, and recipient of the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year. He has released eight albums, including 2021's Come Around, which hit #5 on Folk Radio in the US in August 2021. https://roblutes.com/

Join Natalie for this seated class. You will move your feet to the beat & dance out patterns, rhythms, & movements that will make your whole body come alive!

The music will inspire you & bring back memories from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s. Working in a chair is more balanced & stable in a non-weighted position to let your arms & legs dance & flow freely. You’ll dance in your socks so we can move the different parts of the foot to be aware of your full body potential.

Natalie has over 30 years of experience teaching dance and fitness as an adjunct professor, dance teacher, and instructor for all ages. After earning her doctorate and Dance for PD® certification, she developed adaptive classes for individuals with physical limitations, including chair-based movement. She works with people with Parkinson’s, MS, dementia, and autism. Natalie directs the Rutgers Dance for Parkinson’s program and teaches inclusive dance and neuroscience courses.

Deborah Brandt, Doctor of Physical Therapy and retired dancer, developed it for the movement education and well-being of seniors. During each class, participants will lubricate joints and muscles through their full range of motion, stimulate balance, and practice mindful movement.

Whatever your strength or ability, enjoy this opportunity to explore the elements of functional movement while you energize and surprise your mind and body in a fun, creative environment!

Join the live Tours brought to you by Wowzitude! Join Susan and the Tour Guide at a vast array of amazing cities in the US and the World as they guide you to landmarks and iconic sites. The Tour Guide will comment on what is happening as it’s occurring in real time. There's no experience like it!

Join Barbara for Chair yoga movements done with breath. The class is designed for anyone to participate. No experience necessary, and there will be modifications offered if needed. The goal of the class is to help you relax and enjoy movement!

Barbara started her yoga journey in 2010. She studied and received a 200-hour teaching certificate at Yoga Sutra, NY. She additionally received a 700-hour teaching certificate and a 50-hour Vedic Chanting certificate at The Yoga School, NY.

Join Alice to discuss the impact of current events and cultural trends on our daily lives. Discussions of current topics ranging from what's going on in schools, to the internet and our privacy, to fashion, to scientific breakthroughs in Israel, to how what's going on in China affects us. News items are interspersed with travelogues from trips taken around the world.

Formerly a corporate attorney building and financing major pipelines, storage terminals, and power plants, and negotiating derivatives documentation, Alice now takes history classes through Northwestern University and Florence Melton, practices tai chi, plays mahjong, and indulges in an addictive travel habit. She has visited and photographed places on all seven continents (yes, including Antarctica). Alice also avidly follows the Chicago sports teams and thoroughbred horse racing.

Put your knowledge and quick thinking to the test with a fun-filled session of games, trivia, puzzles, riddles, and friendly challenges! Participants will have the opportunity to test their knowledge, share memories, laugh together, and compete in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Come join us, play along, and see how many answers you can get right!

Ramon is an interning Social Work student at Capella University and lives in the Bronx, New York. He loves reading mythology, cooking new meals, and spending time with family.

Let’s explore all the different ways we are and can be creative, from arts and crafts, cooking, and gardening to how we approach living.

Jenny Pigassiou is a NYC-based performance and video artist and entrepreneur. Life-long learner and creator, including personal development workshops, painting, light sculpture, and improvisational theater, among others.

Join Charles for a lot of musical potpourri and a little of “other”! The musical content will include some basic teaching of how to play a piano, singing as a group, viewing music videos to include songs and teaching about music. Then, if time, Charles takes class requests and will devote some time to discussing or finding interesting things on the internet. Enjoy the Entertainment hour!

Charles has always been a music lover and his earliest memories of loving music are hearing his beloved Mom humming, singing and listening to a transistor radio, challenging as it was to tune in to a radio station. Today he wants to bring joy to you by helping you to build a simple toolbox for playing the piano (a super user friendly and approachable instrument), that will enable them to play a lot of song as well as just enjoy the pleasures of singing and listening to Music!

Every person has a fantastic life story that needs to be told. In this series of classes, we look at our memories and explore questions, both big and small. Our lives are so different, and we celebrate how different we each are. Our classes usually have a shorter, more straightforward question and a more involved question afterward. All of us share our stories. There are lots of smiles and laughter.

Ross lives in Sydney, Australia, and enjoys hearing how our lives differ. He has been working with Seniors for some time now. Ross continues working part-time in a nursing home, trying to help people live happier, better lives, and very much looks forward to the VSC weekly sessions.

NYLAG - more to come.

Feeling inspired by The Odyssey? Take a virtual trip to Greece, where we will discover ancient ruins, explore interesting cities and marvel at the natural beauty of this stunning destination. Tara works at a marketing agency in Chicago.

She has taught classes on technology and travel since 2021 for VSC. When she’s not exploring a new city or enjoying the outdoors, she likes curling up with a good book. Before moving to Chicago, she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish.

Alan leads classes combining history with literature and has thought-provoking conversations about both! Alan was a lawyer and an investment banker. In 2010 he obtained a Masters degree in Literature/History. He then also became an Author.

Join Susan and the Tour Guide at a vast array of amazing cities in the US and the World as they guide you to landmarks and iconic sites. The Tour Guide will comment on what is happening as it’s occurring in real time. There's no experience like it!

Join Natalie for this seated class. You will move your feet to the beat & dance out patterns, rhythms, & movements that will make your whole body come alive!

The music will inspire you & bring back memories from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s. Working in a chair is more balanced & stable in a non-weighted position to let your arms & legs dance & flow freely. You’ll dance in your socks so we can move the different parts of the foot to be aware of your full body potential.

Natalie has over 30 years of experience teaching dance and fitness as an adjunct professor, dance teacher, and instructor for all ages. After earning her doctorate and Dance for PD® certification, she developed adaptive classes for individuals with physical limitations, including chair-based movement. She works with people with Parkinson’s, MS, dementia, and autism. Natalie directs the Rutgers Dance for Parkinson’s program and teaches inclusive dance and neuroscience courses.

Join the 92nd Y On-Demand program of 21-year-old investigative reporter Theo Baker, the youngest-ever recipient of the prestigious George Polk Award & a Stanford University senior graduating this June, for a conversation with DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin about greed in Silicon Valley & Baker’s book, How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University.

• 17-year-old Theo Baker showed up for freshman year at Stanford University as a tech-obsessed coder. Baker soon discovered a culture that embraced corner-cutting, that vested infinite excess in the hands of kids with few safeguards to catch bad behavior. His subsequent reporting ultimately forced Stanford’s then-president Marc Tessier-Lavigne to resign. How to Rule the World — already in development to become a major film project with Warner Bros. — is the poignant and hilarious journey of a teenage reporter who uncovered a story that became front-page news across the country.

Learn practical, everyday strategies for safely managing multiple medications while supporting your nutrition and overall well-being. This interactive session covers simple medication habits, medication considerations, common mistakes to avoid, and when to ask your doctor or pharmacist for help.

Through practical tips, True or False questions, and real-life scenarios, you’ll leave with useful tools you can apply every day. Lucy is a nutritionist with a passion for good food, fitness, and giving back. She’s always on the go. She loves diving into the rich flavors of Afro-Asian cuisines in the kitchen and staying active on the basketball court. When she's not busy with work or play, you'll find her out in the community, lending a hand through volunteering.

Lucy has a BA in community nutrition and an MA in science in logistics. She thrives on critical thinking and problem-solving.

Grief, Lightly is a gentle space to explore loss in all its forms—people, places, experiences, and roles. Our goal is to find more joy without burying our grief. We’ll talk about how grief ebbs and flows, how reminiscence can help, and what to do with those folks who keep telling us to “get over it.”!

We’ll take a look at how grief is shown (and sold) in our culture and at movies, music, and figures like Yo-Yo Ma, Lena Horne, Anderson Cooper, and Coretta Scott King for what they have to say about grief and loss. Think culture and conversation, not crying and Kleenex, though those are okay, too!

Anna Kruse is an MSW student at Columbia and a Master’s in Divinity student at Union Theological Seminary. She has led groups for people experiencing all kinds of life transitions. Having lost many people close to her, she knows what it’s like to feel like you’re doing grief wrong! She believes storytelling, community, laughter, and practical care can help create more joy.

Join Natalie for this seated class. You will move your feet to the beat & dance out patterns, rhythms, & movements that will make your whole body come alive!

The music will inspire you & bring back memories from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s. Working in a chair is more balanced & stable in a non-weighted position to let your arms & legs dance & flow freely. You’ll dance in your socks so we can move the different parts of the foot to be aware of your full body potential.

Natalie has over 30 years of experience teaching dance and fitness as an adjunct professor, dance teacher, and instructor for all ages. After earning her doctorate and Dance for PD® certification, she developed adaptive classes for individuals with physical limitations, including chair-based movement. She works with people with Parkinson’s, MS, dementia, and autism. Natalie directs the Rutgers Dance for Parkinson’s program and teaches inclusive dance and neuroscience courses.

Join Ken for a wide range of music from the standards of the American Songbook, through folk, country, and R&B of the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.

Ken brings his easy-going, accessible style to each performance, loves to take requests, and encourages audience participation, making no two performances the same. His peers at Musician’s On Call call him the "Human Jukebox”… please join a class and stump him!

This class focuses on the history of people and finding out about your ancestry. How did your families live, shop, work, play, and go to school? Everyone has a backstory. We’ll learn what makes everyone’s family so interesting and share stories so everyone can learn and appreciate.

Victoria is a Genealogist and founder/creator of The Genealogy Tree House website. She teaches and guides seniors who want to begin researching and documenting their family trees both online and manually. She previously spent 35 years in administrative management managing working in many different fields including medical, real estate, finance, construction, and retail.

Join Anna for this chat on: Tomato sandwiches, corn on the cob, watermelon, barbecue, picnic foods, family recipes, kitchen lessons, favorite cooks, and the summer meals and food traditions that come with stories.

Anna Kruse is a midlife Master’s in Social Work student at Columbia and a Master’s in Divinity student at Union Theological Seminary. She has led groups for people experiencing all kinds of life transitions. She is an avid reader, walker & traveler. She believes storytelling, community, laughter & practical care can create joy and meaning.

Join your friend and VSC Member Charlie as he leads a thought-provoking class on 2 topics ala Ross while Ross is on vacation. What is a TV show that you remember or changed you? If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?

Join to learn about Shingrix to prevent shingles, as well as the multiple vaccine options for pneumococcal pneumonia and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Dr. Kimberly Ng is a pharmacist & Assoc. Prof. at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. She provides clinical pharmacy services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst & precepts Doctor of Pharmacy students.

Dr. Ng also collaborates with the Dept. for the Aging to provide monthly health education webinars. Ciel Joseph is a 6th-year intl. pharmacy student from Trinidad/Tobago. She is a member of the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society. She works PT in a clinical venture lab studying biomarkers for Parkinson's disease to advance the development of a new diagnostic tool.

Anna Zheng is a P4 pharmacy student at St. John’s Univ. completing her Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) w/Dr. Ng. She works at NYU Langone Bklyn & previously worked at Walgreens Pharmacy, gaining experience providing vaccination education.

Join David for a class that focuses on increasing strength and improving overall vitality for various health-related issues, such as Arthritis and balance. The class includes a mixture of movements based on yoga, pilates, and PT exercises. Do as much or as little of the exercises as you can as he explains how the exercises help you in your daily movement.

David is a NASM certified personal trainer and holds a certification in Senior Fitness. He also specializes in Parkinson Wellness Recovery programs from PWR4LIFE. His business focuses on Mature Adults, leads individual and group training of all ages, as well as works with people with various conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease. David also teaches in the Arts & Science department for the past 16 years as part time Faculty for Columbia College in Chicago, IL.

Murals, Messages & Magic: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Join the live Tours brought to you by Wowzitude! Join Susan and the Tour Guide at a vast array of amazing cities in the US and the World as they guide you to landmarks and iconic sites. The Tour Guide will comment on what is happening as it’s occurring in real time. There's no experience like it!

Join Ramon for great recipes from around the world; Learn how to cook and bake desserts from across different cultures.

Ramon is an interning Social Work student at Capella University and lives in the Bronx, New York. He loves reading mythology, cooking new meals, and spending time with family.

Join Anna for a friendly and uplifting conversation where we will explore good news from across the globe. Together, we'll discover heartwarming acts of kindness, exciting scientific breakthroughs, community successes, environmental achievements, and other positive developments that don't make the mainstream headlines often enough. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn something new, share your thoughts, and connect with others. Everyone is welcome; join us for some good company and a dose of good news!

Anna is a proud New Yorker with more than 20 years of experience and a Master of Social Work (MSW) student at Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work. She enjoys discovering stories that connect us across cultures and generations. Passionate about lifelong learning and meaningful conversation, she looks forward to sharing positive news from around the world and creating a welcoming space for connection, curiosity, and discussion.