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Oct.
7
The City of Sacramento’s Access Leisure program offers the 2003 Disability
Resource Fair, featuring more than 50 vendors, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at
Cesar Chavez Park, 9th and J streets, Sacramento. Free admission. (916) 277-2340.
The UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging offers a free lecture by Dr.
Michael J. Powell on dealing with the pain associated with fibromyalgia and
chronic fatigue syndrome, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the UCD Cancer Center Auditorium,
4501 X St., Sacramento. (916) 734-6441.
Oct. 8
Dr. Carole Mayer, professor of audiology at California State University
Sacramento, presents a free class on coping with hearing loss, 10 a.m. to
noon, at Eskaton Village, 3939 Walnut Ave., Carmichael. Reservations requested.
(916) 334-1072.
Northern California Arts meets, 7 p.m., at the Sacramento Fine Arts
Center, 5330-B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael. Speaker is artist Jian Wang. Guests
are welcomed. (916) 971-3713.
The Mental Health Association of Sacramento presents “Discover Your
True Authentic Self,” a six-week self-esteem workshop, at the SMUD
Customer Service Center, 65th and S streets, Sacramento. The workshop is
held early Wednesday evenings through Nov. 12. (916) 395-9734.
Westminster Presbyterian Church presents its free Brown Bag Concert,
noon to 1 p.m., at 1300 N St., Sacramento. Featured artist is the Sacramento
City College Women’s Chorus. (916) 442-8939.
Variety entertainer Peter “Scotty” Strachan performs, 7:30 p.m.,
at Sunrise Unity Church, 4440 Marconi Ave., Sacramento. Strachan teaches
the value of entertainment as therapy through music. (916) 486-4897.
Root Cellar — The Sacramento Genealogical Association celebrates its
25th anniversary, 6:30 p.m., at Citrus Heights Elementary School, 7085 Auburn
Road, Citrus Heights. Guest speaker is Glenda Lloyd, founder and charter
member of the association. www.rootcellar.org.
Oct. 9
The Laguna/Elk Grove Fibromyalgia-Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
Syndromes Support Club meets, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Mimi’s Cafe,
9195 W. Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove. Requested donation is $5 for first-time
visitors or non-members. (916) 681-5679 or e-mail suealexder@frontiernet.net.
The Agency for Hearing hosts “Unheard Voices,” a one-woman play
performed by Gael Hannan, 6 p.m., at the Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd.,
Sacramento. Proceeds benefit the Agency for Hearing’s purchase of a
new hearing screening van for children. Ticket information: (916) 732-9040,
ext. 22.
The Sacramento Chapter of the National Health Federation presents a
free lecture, “Moving with Comfort and Ease Is Easier Than You Think,” 7
p.m., at the SMUD Building Auditorium, 6201 S St., Sacramento. (916) 635-6724.
The Sacramento Storytellers Guild offers its presentation, “Spooky
Tales,” 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Hart Multipurpose Senior Center, 915
27th St., Sacramento. Free admission, donations accepted. (916) 863-1121.
Oct. 10
The Carmichael Geranium Society meets, 10 a.m., at the Carmichael Park
Clubhouse, 5750 Grant Ave., Carmichael. Visitors are welcomed. (916) 332-1493.
A free seminar, “Exercise Prescription for the Older Individual,” is
offered from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Life Center, Julia Morgan House,
3731 T St., Sacramento. (916) 227-5518.
The Alzheimer’s Aid Society of Northern California’s Sacramento
Evening Support Group meets, 7 p.m., at the Hart Multipurpose Senior Center,
Redwood Room West, 915 27th St., Sacramento. (916) 448-7001.
The Old City Cemetery Committee offers its Psychic Tour, led by local
psychic Bridget Dempsey, 7 p.m., beginning at the Cemetery’s main gate,
Broadway and 10th Street, Sacramento. Requested donation is $10. (916) 448-0811.
Oct. 10-11
The Older Women’s League of California holds its annual meeting at
the Sacramento Hilton Hotel, 2200 Harvard St., Sacramento. Saturday luncheon
speaker is Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento. (916) 444-2526.
Oct. 11
The Old City Cemetery Committee offers its Victorian Funeral Customs
tour, 10 a.m., beginning at the main gate entrance, Broadway at 10th Street,
Sacramento. Tours are free, donations benefit ongoing cemetery restoration.
(916) 448-0811 or www.oldcitycemetery.com.
The Sacramento chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
hosts a genealogy workshop, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Elks Lodge Carmichael,
5631 Cypress Ave., Carmichael. Cost is $15.50, including luncheon. Reservations
required. (916) 359-4975.
The 19th annual Taylor Classic scratch doubles golf fundraiser, 10:30
a.m., at Cordova Golf Course, 9425 Jackson Road, Rancho Cordova. Entry fee
is $40 per person, proceeds go to Leukemia Society of America’s Sacramento
chapter. (530) 677-9622.
The Chinese Community Church hosts its Fall Family Fellowship, 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m., at 5600 Gilgunn Way, Sacramento. Chinese food, cultural demonstrations
and entertainment, more. Free admission. (916) 447-5952.
The sixth annual “To My Sisters … A Celebration of Life,” features
attorney and breast cancer survivor Wanna Wright, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the
Pannell Meadowview Community Center, 2450 Meadowview Road, Sacramento. Free.
(916) 391-2204.
Patricia D’Alessandro, a Sacramento artist/photographer/poet, exhibits
her works at a Second Saturday reception, 7 p.m., at the Sacramento
Ballet Building, 17th and K streets, Sacramento. Program includes a performance
by the Sacramento Ballet. Free admission. E-mail ciaopatricia@accessbee.com.
Oct. 12
Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society presents its monthly concert, noon
to 5 p.m., at the Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd., Sacramento. Featured
artist is jazz trombonist Russ Phillips. Suggested donation at the door is
$10 general, $5 children ages 12 to 18, free for children under age 11. (916)
372-5277.
The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Sacramento
Valley Chapter meets, 2:30 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall of the Greenhaven
Lutheran Church, 475 Florin Road, Sacramento. Program is Lutheran reformation.
(916) 933-1038.
Oct. 13
The Sacramento chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
meets, 11 a.m., at the Sacramento Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd.,
Sacramento. (916) 783-0593.
The UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging offers a free lecture on macular
degeneration, noon to 1:30 p.m., Sierra Health Foundation, 1321 Garden Highway,
Sacramento. (916) 734-6441.
Oct. 14
Gray Panthers of Sacramento meets, 1 p.m., at the Hart Multipurpose
Senior Center, 915 27th St., Sacramento. Speaker is Gary Passmore, executive
assistant of the Congress of California Seniors. (916) 332-5980.
Cellular Health Education presents a seminar on heart disease and the
prevention of cancer metastasis by using nutrients, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at
the Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento. (415) 279-5293.
REGIONAL
Oct. 7
The Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndromes/Arthritis
and Chronic Pain Support Group meets from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the
Maidu Community Center, Senior Meeting Room, 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville.
Requested donation is $5 for first-time visitors or non-members. (916) 681-5679
or e-mail suealexder@frontiernet.net.
Oct. 14
The Elkhorn Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal
Employees meets, 11:30 a.m., at Cherry Island Golf Course, 2360 Elverta Road,
Elverta. (916) 332-3071.
The Alzheimer’s Aid Society of Northern California’s Roseville
Evening Support Group meets, 3 p.m., at Somer Park Residence, 1 Somer Ridge
Drive, Roseville. (916) 448-7001.
To be listed in the calendar, please send your notices to: Spectrum
Calendar, 530 Bercut Drive, Suite E, Sacramento, CA 95814 or fax
to (916) 443-5871. Photos are welcome and may be mailed or e-mailed
to dave@senior-spectrum.com.
Calendar announcements must be received at least two weeks before
publication.
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