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Century Club: mahjong, today, May 15, 22 and 29, 10:30 a.m.; The Stages of Scranton, presentation, tea and preview of "Pride and Prejudice" play, Thursday, 2 p.m.; Rosen exercise, Monday and May 20, 10:15 a.m.; cards/games/social, Monday and May 20, noon; St. Francis Kitchen, Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.; annual dinner, May 23, cocktails 6 p.m., dinner/business meeting/officer installation 7 p.m.; club closed, May 24-27; 612 Jefferson Ave., reservations required for most activities. 342-0204.

North Pocono Senior Community Center: New to Medicare Class, today, 5:30 p.m., 347-5616; pinochle tournaments, second and third Mondays of the month, 9:30 a.m.; dinner and bingo, third Monday of the month, 5 p.m.; pinochle lessons, Thursdays, all day; tai chi, Thursdays, 1:15 p.m., $6: Route 435, Daleville. 842-6727.

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Falls Senior Center: free blood pressure screening, Thursday, 11:15 a.m.; Health, Senior Living and Fun luncheon presentation, May 21; flea market, June 8, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., 388-2623; Wii bowling competition, with Tunkhannock Center, sites alternate, Mondays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Crocheting Club, Mondays, 1 to 2 p.m.; Healthy Steps, Tuesdays and Fridays, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.; lunchtime brain games, Tuesdays; walking group, Wednesdays, 10 to 10:45 a.m.; Garden Club, Wednesdays, 1 to 2 p.m.; lunchtime nutrition talks, Thursdays; Route 92, Falls.

Pittston Senior Center: annual dinner-dance, Thursday, doors open 12:30 p.m., dinner 1:15 p.m., Genetti's, Wilkes-Barre, $21/$23, registration required, bus available for $3; Woodloch Pines day trip, July 28; summer golf league, Tuesdays through August, Four Seasons Golf Course, Exeter, $17; line dancing classes, Mondays, 10 a.m. 655-5561.

Stand Up for Life Prayer Rally: Thursday; pro-life meditation/rosary recitations, 1 p.m., pro-life monument, 315 Wyoming Ave.; second stop/rosary recitation, 1:15 p.m., Mulberry Street and Wyoming Avenue; last stop/rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet recitations/scripture readings, 1:45 p.m., Planned Parenthood Scranton Medical Center, 316 Penn Ave. 348-5011.

Abington Area Community Classroom: Protecting Assets from Nursing Home Costs, Thursday, 7 p.m.; Tai Chi at the Park, Saturday, 10 a.m.; registration required. Visit www.aac class.org. 563-2402.

Foxy Red Hat Sisters: meeting, Friday, LongHorn Steakhouse, Shoppes Boulevard, Moosic.

Volunteer Visitors Association Free Information Seminar/Luncheon: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Riverside Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 500 W. Hospital St., Taylor, RSVP by Thursday. 780-6189.

"Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time" Documentary Film Screening: Saturday, 11 a.m., Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.

Keystone Iron Works Classes: for high school students, Monday to June 10, 5 to 8 p.m., Keystone College, La Plume, and Afa Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, free, email ironworks@keystone.edu or calveyc@lackawannacounty.org. Visit www.lackawannacounty.org. 840-2323 or 963-6590.

Natural Economies Conference: Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Riverview Inn, Matamoras, free. Visit Bit.ly/NaturalEcono mies.

Green Drinks Gathering: with guest speaker Bernie McGurl, Tuesday; and June 11, July 9, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10; all 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jack's Draft House, 802 Prescott Ave. Visit www.green drinks.org/PA/scranton.

Tobyhanna Army Depot Retirees: monthly get-together, Wednesday, 8 a.m., Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, Route 315, Pittston, email bjpetra@juno.com. 287-9093 or 239-1682.

Community Alzheimer's CARE Training Workshop: Tuesday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Home Instead Senior Care Center, 269 Bennett St., Luzerne, free. 714-4260.

Greater Scranton Roaring Ramblers Toastmasters Club: meeting, Tuesday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Allied Services, Morgan Highway. Visit www.scrantontoastmasters.org. 498-1110 or 604-6176.

Older Americans Month Open Houses and Programs: Wayne County Area Agency on Aging representative discussion on available services, Tuesday, Hawley Center; May 15, Honesdale Center; May 16, Hamlin Center and Lakewood Senior Group, all 11:30 a.m. to noon; open houses, May 15, Hawley Center, Robert J. Drake Senior Community Center, 300 Bingham Park, Hawley; May 22, Honesdale Center, Earl J. Simons Center, 323 10th St., Honesdale, all 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Gambling Program, May 22, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Honesdale Center; Link Cross Training, May 23, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Ladore Lodge, Waymart; for seniors, May 23, 11 a.m. to noon, Hamlin Center; for caregivers and professionals, May 23, 1 to 2 p.m., Hamlin Center; May 24, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Hawley Center; 11 a.m. to noon, Hawley Center.

American Lung Association Fight for Air Walk Kickoff Luncheon: May 15, noon to 1 p.m., Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Plains Twp., free. email dreifler@lunginfo.org. Visit www.lunginfo.org/wbwalk.

Greater Scranton Women's Network: "Strong Women Leading Today" luncheon, with speaker Sylvia Lafair, May 15, noon to 1 p.m., Country Club of Scranton, Clarks Summit. $20 Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce/$30 nonmembers. Visit www.scrantonchamber.com. 342-7711.

Lake Winola Senior Center: 90+ Birthday Celebration, May 15, noon; Senior Drug Awareness, May 15, 12:30 p.m.; open house luncheon, May 22, noon; blood pressure screening, May 23, 11 p.m.; center closed, May 27; Senior Health & Fitness Program, May 29, 12:30 p.m.; hot meals, daily, noon, 60 and older, $2, register by 12:30 p.m. day prior, 378-3428; crochet, Mondays, 10:15 a.m.; humor, Tuesdays 10:45 a.m.; bingo, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m.; exercise, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.; painting, Fridays, 12:30 p.m.; 100 Winola View, Lake Winola.

Genealogical Research Society: Abandoned Railroads of Northeast PA, May 15; Searching My Maternal Irish Roots, June 19; Funeral Art and Customs of the Golden Age, July 17; all 7 p.m., 1100 Main St., Peckville, free, reservations suggested. 383-7661.

Dunmore Senior Center: pasta dinner, May 16, take outs 4 to 5 p.m., dinner 5 to 7 p.m., $8.50, 207-2662; hot meals, daily, $1.50; oil painting/ballroom dance/sketching, Mondays; Bible discussion/chorus/craft class, Wednesdays; gentle yoga/cards, Thursdays; van service for Dunmore/Olyphant seniors/chair exercises, Fridays; 1414 Monroe Ave., Dunmore.

Calming Kids: Creating a Non-Violent World: training program, May 16-19, Himalayan Institute, Honesdale. Visit www.calmingkidsyoga.org. 303-530-3860.

Lectures and Lunch Series: Labor Union Movement in the Lackawanna Valley, with Robert Powell, Ph.D., May 16, 11 a.m.; Culture, Customs and Unique Speech Patterns of the People in Northeastern Pennsylvania, with author Tom Klopfer, June 13; Rebirth of the Lackawanna River, with Bernie McGurl, July 25; Blough Building, Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary, White Mills, lecture free, lunch $10 members/$12 nonmembers, reservations required, email suydam@ptd.net. 253-1185.

Countryside Community Church: open house/service of consecration, May 19, 10 a.m., 14011 Orchard Drive, Clarks Summit. Visit www.countryside church.org. 587-3206.

Cooking for Crowds: A Volunteer's Guide to Food Safety: May 20, 6 to 9 p.m., Waverly United Methodist Church, 105 Church St., Waverly Twp., $5 by Friday, registration required. 963-6842.

Community Neighbors Connecting: How To Take Better Family Photographs, with speaker, photographic artist Byron Sands; May 21, noon to 2 p.m., St. Marks Community Center, Main Street, New Milford, free.

Triboro Historical Society Meeting: with "Memories of Rocky Glen" presentation, May 21, 6:45 p.m., Taylor Community Library, Main Street, Taylor, free. 562-1225 or 346-6179.

Hamlin Senior Center: center closed, May 21 and 27; cards/games, weekdays; exercise, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.; bingo, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., and Fridays, 10 a.m.; crafts, Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Salem Twp. Building, Hamlin.

Honesdale Senior Center: no meals, May 21; center closed, May 27; walking club, Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.; bridge, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m.; crafts/tap dancing, Mondays, 1 p.m.; line dancing, Mondays, 2 p.m.; exercise, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m.; pinochle, Tuesdays, 1 p.m.; quilting, Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.; tai chi, Wednesdays, 11 a.m.; art class/bingo, Wednesdays, 1 p.m.; games, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; Wii, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon; cards, Thursdays, 1 p.m.; shuffleboard/cribbage/rummikub, Fridays, 1 to 2:30 p.m.; pool, Fridays, 1 p.m.; 323 10th St., Honesdale. 253-4262.

LIFE Geisinger Open House/Blood Drive: May 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., LIFE Geisinger, Marywood University, 2300 Adams Ave.; blood donation appointments, 800-395-8759.

Knowing the Warning Signs of a Stroke: with free blood pressure screenings, May 22, 5 p.m., Geisinger-Community Medical Center Professional Building auditorium, 316 Colfax Ave. 969-8986.

Mid Valley Senior Community Center: The Inn at Hunt's Landing Italian festival bus trip, May 23, departs 9 a.m., returns 5:30 p.m., $65; bingo, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 to 11 a.m.; tai chi, Mondays, 1 to 2 p.m., $5; dinner, three times per week, noon, $1.25/$5; Red Hat Dinner, third Wednesday of the month, off-site; food box distribution, third Wednesday of the month, registration required; birthday celebrations, third Friday of the month. 489-4415.

University of Scranton: graduate degree commencement, May 25, 10:45 a.m., Byron Recreation Complex, University of Scranton; undergraduate commencement, May 26, noon, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre Twp. 941-7768.

Hawley Senior Center: center closed, May 27; cards/games, weekdays; exercise, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; mahjong, Mondays, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Wednesdays, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; bingo, Tuesdays, 1 to 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; crafts, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; card club, Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; movies, Fridays, 1 p.m.; 300 Park Place, Bingham Park, VFW Building, Hawley.

Pitt Networking Day: May 30, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit. Visit www.facebook.com/pag es/NEPA-Pitt-CLub/191842260851620?fref=ts. 586-0864.

Anthracite Heritage Conference: June 1, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, McDade Park, $20 by May 24/$25 at door.

Griffin Pond Animal Shelter: volunteer meetings, June 1, 11 a.m., board room, second floor, Lackawanna College, Vine Street; adoption weekends, June 2, noon to 3 p.m., Petsmart, Dickson City, 842-8334.

Ninth Annual Health Fair: featuring more than 80 vendors, Bookmobile, health screenings, basket raffles and more, June 8, 9 a.m. to noon, Nay Aug Park.

Theresians International of Scranton: meeting, with the Rev. James Paisley, June 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., IHM Center, Cresco.

Everyday Heroes Awards: June 20, food/cocktails/silent auction 6:30 p.m., awards 8 p.m., Genetti Manor, Dickson City, email carol.crane@redcross.org. Visit www.redcross.org/pa/scran ton; tickets, 823-7161, ext. 329, or 207-0109; nominees, 344-6534.

Archives Without Tears Workshop: June 25, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; June 26, 8:30 to 4 p.m.; Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, McDade Park, $25 by June 21. 963-4804.

Abington Senior Community Center: Brandywine Valley bus trip, with dinner theater, winery tour and Longwood Gardens visit, Sept 20-22, $398; advanced line dancing instruction, Wednesdays, 2 to 3 p.m., $5 per class; Zumba Gold classes, Thursdays, 9 a.m., $3; mahjong instruction, Fridays, 1 to 2:50 p.m., free/$8 yearly card; 1151 Winola Road, Clarks Summit. 586-8996.

DATEBOOK LISTINGS should be sent three weeks prior to event to lifestyles@timesshamrock.com or Times-Tribune Lifestyles Department, Attn: Datebook, 149 Penn Ave., Scranton, PA 18503.

Downtown Senior Center: bingo/pinochle, daily; beginners painting, Mondays, 8:30 to 11 a.m.; exercise class, Wednesdays, 10 to 11 a.m.; 305 Penn Ave. 347-3970.

South Side Senior Center: chair exercise/pinochle, daily, 9:30 a.m.; Walk-a-Way program, Mondays 10:30 a.m.; pokeno, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 p.m.; art group, Tuesdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Bible discussion, Thursdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; ballroom dancing, with Vince Brust, Fridays, 12:30 p.m.; Bookmobile, monthly; Book Club, twice monthly; 425 Alder St. 346-2487.

West Side Senior & Community Center: bingo, daily, 9 a.m.; hot lunch, daily, noon, $1 donation, 24-hour reservation required; pinochle, daily, 12:30 p.m.; Wii, roundtable talk, table pool games, puzzles, card games, computer access and exercise equipment, daily; tai chi, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Big Bingo, Wednesdays, 12:45 p.m.; oil painting, Fridays, noon; 1004 Jackson St. 961-1592, ext. 102.

Carbondale Senior Center: Card Club, Mondays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Pokeno Club, Fridays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; 66 Church St., Carbondale.

Jewish Community Center Social Adult Club: movement exercise, Mondays, 10 a.m.; Bible study, Mondays, 11 a.m.; lunch, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon, 60 and older, $1.50, reserve by day prior, 346-6595, ext. 100; bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m.; Healthy Steps, Wednesdays, 11 a.m.; mahjong, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Zumba Gold, Fridays, 10:30 a.m.; 601 Jefferson Ave., reservations required for all programs. 346-6595, ext. 102.

Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania and Resource Center for Autoimmune Diseases: lupus screenings, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; registered nurse consultants, Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; gluten-free information exchange, fourth Thursday of the month, 6 p.m., Wegmans, Dickson City; Successful Living with Chronic Illness, third Thursday of the month, noon; 615 Jefferson Ave. 888-995-8787 or 383-8721.

World Peace Meditation and Reiki Circle: first Tuesday of the month, 5 to 7 p.m., Self Discovery Wellness Arts Center, 200 Lake Ave., Montrose, $10, registration requested. 278-9256.

Greater Scranton YMCA Duplicate Bridge Club: nonlife masters only, Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m.; open games, Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1 p.m.; 706 N. Blakely St., Dunmore. 586-3722.

Moosic Senior Club Lunches and Bingo: Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m., Greenwood Hose Company, Birney Avenue, Moosic.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Duplicate Bridge Club: nonlife masters, Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m.; open games, Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1 p.m.; second floor, Clarks Summit Borough Building, 304 S. State St., Clarks Summit.

Luzerne-Wyoming Area Agency on Aging: walking programs, Wednesdays, all senior centers; brain health programs, Fridays, all senior centers. 822-1158; ext. 3333.

Social Singles Club Meetings: first Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., rectory basement, Our Lady of the Snows Church, State Street, Clarks Summit. 470-5220.

Greater Scranton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association: second Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., lower level, SLC Building, Penn State Worthington Scranton, Dunmore.

Sandvik Retirees Association Meetings: third Wednesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., Sebastianelli's Restaurant, Route 6, Eynon. 586-2306.

Scranton Ski Club: meetings, first Thursday of the month, April to September, 7 p.m., Polish Club, Brick Street, North Scranton. 760-3872.

Senior Day: first Thursday of the month, Northern Wayne Fire Company. 253-5970, ext. 3166.

ACLU NEPA Chapter Meetings: third Thursday of the month, 7:30 p.m., IBEW Building, 431 Wyoming Ave.

Autism Swim Program: sponsored by SAFE Inc., Saturdays, 11 a.m. to noon, John Heinz Rehab, Mundy Street, Wilkes-Barre, free.

DATEBOOK LISTINGS should be sent three weeks prior to event to: lifestyles@times shamrock.com or Times-Tribune Lifestyles Department, Attn: Datebook, 149 Penn Ave., Scranton, PA 18503.

Source: http://thetimes-tribune.com/lifestyles/entertainment/datebook-your-guide-to-area-activities-and-events-1.1485276

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