Roger Dames, Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct this Defensive Driving class at The Beltrone Living Center. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Roger Dames, Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct this Defensive Driving class at The Beltrone Living Center. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Joe Anastasio, born in Sicily, gives us a pictorial reflection of his native island like no other. Using multimedia materials, his body of work shows a tremendous love and understanding of his island. Almost all of his works are painted on ceramic tiles, illustrating scenes of Sicily with its beautiful landscapes, its people, its villages, and most of all, the sea and the unforgettable sunsets. On Thursday, January 3, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., an opening reception of his exhibit will take place at The Beltrone Living Center. The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome [...]

Roger Dames, Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct this Defensive Driving class at The Beltrone Living Center. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Roger Dames, Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct this Defensive Driving class at The Beltrone Living Center. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class at The Beltrone Living Center on Thursday, February 28, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, as follows: Wednesday, June 5, 2019, and Thursday, June 6, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. NOTE: This is a two-part class; must attend both days from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Please join us on Tuesday, June 18, as local multi-media artist Marjorie Ward offers a Handmade Greeting Card workshop. All supplies will be included (card stock, envelopes, decorative papers, embellishments, glue sticks, stickers and markers) so all you need to bring is your imagination. You can create as many cards as you want and even take home some extra supplies. A fee of $10 will be charged. The classes will be held in the Art Room of The Beltrone Living Center. We will be offering two separate sessions, the first from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The second from 12:30 p.m. [...]

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, as follows: Thursday, June 20, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Summerfest: A Senior Community Block Party Open to the Public! Monday, June 24, 2019 Starts at 4 p.m. The Beltrone Living Center 6 Winners Circle Albany, NY 12205 518-459-2857 www.colonieseniors.org • Live Music and Dancing Enjoy Donny Elvis and the Colonie Town Band • Duck Derby Choose a duck for the duck race • Hat Contest Enter your summer hat creation • Pie Baking Contest Enter your special pie in our pie contest • Summertime Food Hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream for purchase • Wine Tasting • Antique Car Show • Caricature Artist and much more! Admission is free. Register [...]

Libby Lee was a career art instructor and beloved teacher at Shaker High School. After she retired in 1983, she spent time volunteering at the Shaker Heritage Society and for the Friends of Pruyn House. The founder of the Friends of Pruyn House often asked Libby to help by sketching one of the buildings at the Pruyn House site. Libby’s sketches have been used over the past thirty-six years in letterhead, illustrations, as note paper, and in promotional materials. Her work mainly encompasses the use of watercolor. Libby was born and raised in Colonie, graduated from Pratt Institute with a degree [...]

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, as follows: Thursday, July 11, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, as follows: Thursday, August 22, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857 ext. 303.

CarFit is a free educational program designed to help mature drivers learn how well they “fit” with their vehicles. A CarFit screening is performed by two trained technicians, which takes about 15 to 20 minutes to go over the vehicle with the driver and performed with the driver behind the wheel. A CarFit event will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany. Appointments are required. Please call 518-459-2857 ext. 303 to schedule an appointment. Event participation is free and all information is confidential.    

Please join us on Tuesday, September 17, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., for a hands-on art workshop instructed by local multi-media artist Marjorie Ward who will introduce attendees to the medium of alcohol inks. Alcohol inks are an acid-free, highly-pigmented, and fast drying medium used on non-porous surfaces. Mixing colors can create a vibrant marbled effect and the possibilities are limited only by what one is willing to try. The workshop will be held at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, with a non-refundable fee of $10. Space is limited. To make a reservation, please call Sharon Herald at [...]

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Thursday, October 10, 2019 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.    

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.    

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

Now that fall has arrived, we will celebrate the season with an Autumn Pancake Breakfast fundraiser that will help support the CSSC's Transportation Services fuel costs as we head into winter. The breakfast will be on Sunday, October 27, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., in the Lakeview Room at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. The cost will be: Adults - $9 and Children under 10 - $5. The menu will include Pancakes (plain or pumpkin), Sausage, Fruit Salad, Juice, Milk, Coffee or Tea. To purchase presale tickets, which will reserve a seat or  group table, please [...]

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

On Monday, November 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., CSSC is proud to recognize all veterans at our annual Veterans Recognition Luncheon at The Beltrone Living Center’s Lakeview Dining Room, 6 Winners Circle, Albany. All veterans are invited to attend (at no charge) and to bring a guest, if they wish. Non-veterans are asked to make a suggested donation of $5. The luncheon will feature patriotic music by the Tri-County Banjo Band and Rafi, “The Singing Jeweler.” Additionally, members of the Joseph E. Zaloga Post 1520, representatives of the New York State Military and Naval Affairs, the Capital Region NY2 [...]

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

Join us for the first session of our Positive Living RSVP Lecture Series on Friday, November 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Lakeview Room at The Beltrone Living Center. The session will be conducted by Sheryl Kaplan, LCSW-R, CPP, and will focus on the importance of positivity in maintaining a healthy brain, including volunteering, as well as an overview of strategies for maintaining a healthy brain as you age. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Please contact RSVP Director Marisa Geraghty at 518-459-2857 or mgeraghty@colonieseniors.org to reserve your spot.  

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Saturday, November 16, 2019 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.    

Learn how to Waltz, Swing, Rumba and more to those famous classy songs with U.S. National Ballroom Dance Champion and Dance Master Florin Vlad from Dance Fire Studio. The eight (8) class course will finish with an amazing social dance party. Where: The Center at CSSC (The Beltrone Living Center – 6 Winners Circle) When: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 20) Cost: Member $80/8 classes per person Not-yet-member $120/8 classes per person Open to all abilities and immobilities. Cost of lessons is non-refundable. For registration information, please call Caroline at [...]

On Thursday, December 5, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., our Annual Holiday Tree Lighting event will be held at The Beltrone Living Center. Joining us again this year is the Mendelssohn Club of Albany. Since its inception in 1909, this male chorus has become the longest continuously performing arts group in the Capital District of New York State. Thank you to Peregrine Senior Living for sponsoring this event. Join us for a wonderful evening of seasonal music, fellowship, and friendship to start the holiday season. This event is open to the public and free of charge.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class in December as follows: Saturday, December 7, 2019 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.  

Calling all believers, young and young at heart to join us for Breakfast with Santa! The guy in the big red coat and the long white beard is taking a break from present making to visit The Beltrone. Join us for Breakfast with Santa on Sunday, December 8, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come for a picture with Santa, a sweet holiday craft, hot cocoa bar, and plenty of good cheer. Breakfast includes French toast, bacon and fruit. Bring a non-perishable item to donate. Adults: $9; Children 10 and under: $5 Buy tickets in advance to guarantee your spot. Call [...]

On Monday, December 9, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Colonie Town Band will delight us with a Holiday Concert to help us get into the holiday spirit.  The Colonie Town Band is a dedicated group of talented amateur musicians ranging in age from teenagers to octogenarians, and they love to perform for music lovers. This event is open to the public and free of charge.

Please join us on Tuesday, December 10, as we welcome local multi-media artist Marjorie Ward to The Beltrone for a Handmade Greeting Card Workshop. Learn how much fun it can be to create your own holiday greeting cards. All supplies will be included (card stock, envelopes, decorative papers, embellishments, glue sticks, stickers and markers) so all you need to bring is your imagination. You can create as many cards as you want and even take home some extra supplies. The classes will be held in the Art Room of The Beltrone Living Center. There will be two separate sessions: the first [...]

For more than eighty-five years, the Schenectady Photographic Society has been the meeting place of photographers of all levels, from beginners to serious amateurs to professionals, with the goal of exploring and sharing their love of photography. Please join members of the Schenectady Photographic Society for the opening of their exhibit at The Beltrone Living Center on Thursday, January 9, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to see the exhibit and meet the photographers.  

Please join us to celebrate THE CENTER at CSSC! Open to all, everyone is invited. January 10, 2020, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Located at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Featuring: Wine and Cheese  -  Music   -   Giveaways, raffles and information Meet our instructors   -   Enter to win membership and classes For more information: 518-459-2857 x 327 Also, schedule a tour of one of The Beltrone Living Center's apartments, a premier housing community for independent adults, 55 years of age and older.  

Golf is the greatest game in the world—just ask anyone who plays! Please join us on Tuesday, January 14, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. as we welcome National PGA Director, District 1, Noel Gebauer for a golf workshop at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. If you have never played golf before or want to understand the game so you can watch golf on TV, then this workshop is for you. Noel, who is the General Manager of the Colonie Town Golf Course, will bring equipment along with information on the basics of the game. There is no fee to [...]

Join us for the third session of our Positive Living RSVP Lecture series on Thursday, January 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the Beltrone Living Center. Sheryl Kaplan, LCSW-R, CPP, returns by popular demand to lead a more in-depth, interactive session on maintaining a healthy brain. The event is free and open to the public. Please contact RSVP Director Marisa Geraghty at 518-459-2857 ext. 308 to reserve your spot.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class in January as follows: Thursday, January 30, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.  

Join us on Wednesday, February 5, from 10 a.m. to noon, as we welcome local artist Marjorie Ward for a Handmade Greeting Card workshop. Choose Valentine’s, Easter, or Spring themed decorations to create beautiful, handmade cards. All supplies will be included so all you need to bring is your imagination.  The class will be held in the Art Studio of The Beltrone Living Center with a fee of $10 for members and $12 for not-yet-members of THE CENTER at CSSC. Space is limited. Please call Caroline to make a reservation at 518-459-2857 ext. 327.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class in February as follows: Saturday, February 6, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Saturday, February 29, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.  

Linda, a native of Guilderland, is an accomplished artist who creates in oils her feelings of each character, personality, mood, expression, and likeness of the portraits she paints. She paints people, beloved pets, scenery, and still life. Linda especially enjoys painting her grandchildren.  Linda’s work has been displayed at the Town of Colonie Library and the Pruyn House. Linda’s daughter, Kathleen Nous, grew up in Niskayuna and is also a talented artist. Kathleen uses oils to paint boats and scenery. In addition, she also enjoys sketching. On Thursday, March 5, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., an opening reception of Linda [...]

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving class as follows: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.  

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Temperature check before entering classroom and mask is required to attend. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. Lunch is available at an additional cost. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Temperature check before entering classroom and mask is required to attend. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. Lunch is available at an additional cost. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Thursday, October 8, 2020. Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Temperature check before entering classroom and mask is required to attend. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. Lunch is available at an additional cost. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Temperature check before entering classroom and mask is required to attend. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. Lunch is available at an additional cost. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.

On Monday, November 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., CSSC is proud to recognize all veterans at our Annual Veterans Recognition Luncheon. With everyone’s safety in mind, this year the event will be held as a drive-thru at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany. All veterans are invited to take part (at no charge) and to bring a guest. Members of Joseph E. Zaloga Post 1520 and Albany High School’s JROTC program will be assisting with festivities and lunch distribution. Attendees will be asked to stay in their cars and a hot to-go lunch will be brought directly [...]

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Saturday, November 14, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.    

Roger Dames, CSSC's Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.

Beginning Tuesday, December 1, one lucky ticket will be pulled each and every day for twelve consecutive days. Prizes include: a four piece Bob Mackey luggage set, a woman’s Channel handbag, a women’s Kenneth Cole bag, a wine basket, a wine and cheese tote, cookbooks and gift cards Raffle tickets are $10 each. To purchase your raffle ticket, call Sharon Herald at 518-459-2857 ext. 302.

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Saturday, December 5, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.      

Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator, will conduct a Defensive Driving Class as follows: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due before day of class. To reserve your seat, call 518-459-2857, ext. 303.