Join a vibrant community of adults who enjoy sharing intellectual, physical and spiritual pursuits while challenging and learning from each other. The 92nd Street Y's daytime/weekday membership program for men and women over age 60 offers a wide variety of classes, activities and special events in a relaxing, congenial environment. Make new friends while pursuing long-held interests and discovering new ones.
60+ membership now includes lectures on many topics plus classes & events such as:
Courses and Activities
Health and Wellness
Wide range of exercise classes; pilates, tai chi, yoga; folk dancing and ballroom dancing; French and Yiddish conversation groups; lectures on varied health related topics; support groups facilitated by professional social work staff; registered nurse.
Humanities
Literature classes including short stories and Shakespeare; book discussion groups; current affairs.
Higher Learning
Acting; bridge; music and art appreciation; fine arts including mixed media, drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture and life drawing. Choral group, writing groups including poetry and memoir writing.
Computers
Word processing and Internet; classes for beginner, intermediate and advanced students
Intergenerational Programs
An array of programs with many age groups ranging from nursery school to young adults. Discover your hidden talents, learn what you have always wanted to learn, share hobbies with friends and widen your social circle.
Chamber Music
The Chamber Music group of the 60+ Program at the 92nd St Y is seeking string players and other chamber musicians. Get acquainted with the chamber music literature (piano trios,
quartets, sonatas and other combinations) in an informal setting and work on music in depth. Ruth Albert Spencer coordinates the group.
For registration information please contact the 60+ office: 212.415.5633.
Support
Major support for the 60+ Program is provided by the estate of Mildred Goldberg; the estate of Kathryn W. Stein; Estate of Ilona Gerstel; Sylvia and Marvin Rubin Family Foundation; the estate of Dorothy and Sol Smolen and the estate of Gabriel Beke.
The 60+ Program is supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Additional support is provided by Anonymous; the Jeanne E. & Jacob A. Barkey Memorial Fund; the Office of the Manhattan Borough President and New York City Department for the Aging; the Office of New York State Assemblymember Jonathan L. Bing; the Office of New York State Senator Liz Krueger; the New York State Office of Children and Family Services; Estate of Florence White; the Henry Nias Foundation, courtesy of Dr. Stanley Edelman; The Laura B. Vogler Foundation; Leiter Bamberger and Ruth and David Musher, among numerous others.
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60+ members offer advice for getting by in challenging financial times.
The 60+ Program is supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.