March registration opens Friday, January 16th!
The 62+ Program is an activity group where seniors can get together and socialize while enjoying a variety of different activities, offered more than 15 times per month, year-round! This program is a great way to explore the area and make new friends while staying active. Activities include local fairs, theater trips, concerts, museum visits, shopping trips, bowling, local walking trails, themed luncheons, guest speakers, holiday parties, arts and crafts, boat rides, and much more. Participants are able to drive to most of our activities or we can pick up residents right up at home with one of our mini buses. Registrations for activities take place bi-monthly. If you have any questions, or would like to be added to our monthly mailing list, please contact us at the Recreation office via email at vjunkins@portlandmaine.gov or call us at 808-5445. Please be sure to include your full name, your email address (if you have one), your telephone number and your mailing address.
3/04- All In Timing Play at USM
“All in Timing” a play performed by the USM arts department. Winner of the John Gassner Playwriting Award, this critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. Afterwards, we will have lunch at Seadog Brewery.
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3/05- Feeling Lucky BINGO!
Feeling Lucky? Come play St. Patty’s day BINGO with us and see what you could win!
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3/09-Dunn Family Farm & Lunch
What better way to learn about maple syrup than at Dunn Family Farm. Come learn how syrup is made and enjoy some samples! Afterwards we will shop around their little store and grab lunch in the area.
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3/11- Oxford Casino
Test your luck at the Oxford Casino! We will have lunch right there at the Casino as well.
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3/12- Bowdoin Art Museum
Join Naturalist Angela at the Bowdoin Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine. We can stay warm and enjoy the art museums at Bowdoin College. We will have lunch at Brick Hollow Brewery in Brunswick.
Rating is Easy. There is a chance for some slippery pathways walking into/out of the museum and lunch, but should be limited and easy to maneuver.
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3/13- Game Day
Join us for an afternoon of fun with friends! We will be trying out some new games and even have prizes!
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3/17- St. Patty's Day Lunch PATHS
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with us at PATHS! They will be cooking us a wonderful St. Patty’s Day inspired, 3 course meal made by the students. This is such a rewarding luncheon and means the world to the students to have this type of experience.
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3/18- Maple Wednesday at Pineland Farms
Celebrate Maple Week at Pineland Farms! Visit the farm for a 2-hour visit where, in addition to visiting our variety of farm animals, you are invited to experience our Sugar House! The self-guided quest for our Magnificent Maple will lead you through the woods where you will learn how to identify a sugar maple tree and observe a maple gravity tubing system in action. You will see how to harvest sap at our tapping demonstration and, while enjoying the steamy surroundings, discover how syrup is made in our sugar house.
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3/19-Metro Ride Along Art Museum
Join us as we learn how to take the metro together! We will have a guide with us who will be helping us take the Metro bus #1 from in front of the Portland Library to the Portland Museum of Fine Arts. We will enjoy lunch together in the museum and then take the bus back after.
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3/20- Public Theater "Whits End"
Join us at the Public Theater to see “Whits End” a play about when a widowed father summons his grown children home to share some “big news”, they arrive in tears convinced he must be dying — why else would he pay for their plane tickets? But Dad has good news – he’s fallen in love and wants everyone to meet her! Whether you’re a parent or a child, this laugh-out-loud comedy about the people we love and the people they love, is for you! Before the show we will have dinner at Governors.
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3/24- Mystery Lunch
Feeling adventurous? Come with us on our very popular Mystery Lunch Outing.
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3/25 Muse Paint Bar
Muse Paint bar is such a fun way to spend time with friends. Sip and paint while following step by step instructions from one of their instructors! Time and picture to be announced as the date gets closer.
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3/26- Mardens, Renys & Lunch
“Don’t you just love a bargain?” Let’s spend the afternoon together shopping at Mardens & Renys. We will grab lunch at 99 Restaurant in between stores!
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3/31- Crescent Beach State Park
Join Naturalist Angela at Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. We will walk the beach and enjoy the coastal views. Plan for a 1.5 to 2 mile beach walk. Be sure to bring plenty of layers and dress accordingly for the weather. We will have lunch at Verbena Cafe in South Portland.
Rating is Moderate. There is a chance for some slippery pathways depending on snow/ice.
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