Week Calendar

Tai Chi – Qigong for Everyone!

Tai Chi & Qigong is a self-care practice.  It is a choice of a healthy lifestyle and living well.  It improves balance, flexibility, brain plasticity, inner peace and overall wellness. This class is offered every Tuesday from September 2023 – March 2024 and every Tuesday and Thursday from May 2024 – July 2024 .  Bina Bou is a senior trainer at IIQTC.  She has been sharing the ancient practice for over a decade in our community.  She believes no matter where you are on your healing journey Tai Chi practice can help improve your quality of life.  To learn more about her classes visit www.MindBodyFocusQi.com. 

No registration.  Questions, please call 480-488-2286 

Questions about Tai Chi & Qigong for Everyone please contact instructor, Bina Bou, at bina.b75@gmail.com. 

Cost: $10, paid to instructor at each class 

Caring for the Caregiver

Self-care is essential in being able to care for your loved one. This monthly group allows you to openly and honestly share your thoughts and feelings related to the daily challenges of being a caregiver. You will also discover tools for helping to navigate this difficult journey. 

Judy Peters has had 30 years of experience as a hospice worker. She recruited, trained, and supervised hospice volunteers, served as Community Education and Outreach Director, and facilitated caregiver and grief support groups prior to hospice, her background was in social work. 

Monday, July 1

Monday, August 5

Tuesday, September 3

Led by Hospice of the West facilitator, Judy Peters. For more information please email Judy at judithpeters@hospicewestaz.com 

Conversation French - 1

Parlez-vous francais?  This Conversation French - 1 class meets once a week for eight weeks.  The focus is on conversation, using practical vocabulary for everyday situations.  This is not an introduction to French... a basic knowledge of French is required (first year high-school level minimum).  Handouts will be provided. 

A new experience is awaiting you!  So, join and start preparing for your next French vacation! 

Bonjour!  Dominique Flamm is a native French speaker and a foreign language teacher.  She graduated from the Ecole du Louvre in art history and museology, and was an Art Lecturer of the French National Museums in Paris.  After moving to the U.S., Dominique began a teaching career and taught French and Spanish in the Cave Creek Unified School District. 

Questions about the class, please contact instructor at dominique.flamm@gmail.com. 

RSVP at dfla.org.  Class limited to 10 students, register today!   

Cost: $80 

Conversation French - 3

Comment se porte votre francais?  This Conversation - Class 3 meets once a week for 8 weeks.  The focus is on understanding a native speaker and developing fluency, using practical vocabulary for everyday situations.  Handouts will be provided. So, come, and have a chat "en francais"!

Bonjour!  Dominique Flamm is a native French speaker and a foreign language teacher.  She graduated from the Ecole du Louvre in art history and museology, and was an Art Lecturer of the French National Museums in Paris.  After moving to the U.S., Dominique began a teaching career and taught French and Spanish in the Cave Creek Unified School District. 

Questions about the class, please contact instructor at dominique.flamm@gmail.com. 

Register at dfla.org.  Class limited to 10 students, register today!   

Cost: $80 

Little Explorers Sensory Playdate

Young children are just starting to explore and understand the world. Part of this is through sensory play and exploration where children encounter different shapes, textures, colors and objects. Manipulating objects expands imagination, encourages cooperation, develops problem-solving and fine motor skills. Activities will rotate each month between sensory bins, kinetic sand, water table, building toys and manipulatives, and more!

Gentle Chair Yoga

Yoga for Every Body!  If you are new to yoga -- chair yoga is a great way to start!  It is safe, fun, and there’s no downside to using chairs for fitness.

Non-fit people or folks a little disconnected from their bodies can give themselves permission to try something as non-threatening as moving while sitting in a chair.

Fit people can still ‘feel good’ from discovering the deeper breathing connected to the slower movement.  

You are only one yoga class away from a good mood!  

Marina started practicing yoga in 1995, and for the past seven years has taught locally.  Marina also offers Gentle Yoga every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 am.  Chairs are provided.

Questions about Gentle Chair Yoga please contact instructor, Marina Kachur, at 480-510-6572 or yokama14@gmail.com.

Cost: $10 cash, paid to instructor at each class

Gentle Yoga

Yoga for Every Body! Through a slow flow of poses coordinated with the breath you’ll begin strengthening your heart, bones, balance and sharpening the mind. You are only one yoga class away from a good mood! Marina started practicing yoga in 1995, and for the past seven years has taught locally.  Please bring a yoga mat and a blanket.

Questions about Gentle Yoga please contact instructor, Marina Kachur, at 480-510-6572 or yokama14@gmail.com.

Cost: $10 cash, paid to instructor at each class

Literate Foodie Club

Literate Foodies has been meeting since March 2016.  They focus each meeting on a book and topic for discussion and a rotating team of cooks prepare related recipes for a sampling by all attendants.  Each month could feature chef memoirs, food travel, food history, national and international cuisines, techniques, and cookbooks! 

We have a rotating panel of members who participate in presentations; each from unique backgrounds but all share a love of food, reading, and learning.  Dana and Jan are retired professionals who facilitate the program by planning and bringing a love of food and ideas to our very social group. 

Death Cafe

Death Cafe is a gathering to talk about death and dying. The aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives. It is a global, non-profit movement begun in London in 2011: to date, more than 7,000 Death Cafes have been held in 63 countries. Death Cafe does not promote beliefs, agendas, or products, nor is it a bereavement or grief support group. Join us for open, respectful, interesting conversation about topics relevant to all of us but often considered “dark” or even taboo. From more information go to www.deathcafe.com 

Free | No registration required. | Questions, please call 480-488-2286.

Yoga Fusion

Please join Elizabeth Boisson for an intermediate-level course of Yoga Fusion on Thursdays from 12-1 pm!  We will start with breathing exercises, go through a series of stretching movements to open our hearts and our hips, and then move into Vinyasa or Flow yoga and several standing sequences, including balance exercises.  We finish with 5 minutes of Savasana at the end of class.  

No registration. | Questions please call 480-488-2286. 
Questions about Yoga Fusion, please contact instructor Elizabeth Boisson: 480-363-5275 or evboisson@yahoo.com. 
Cost: $10 cash, paid to instructor at each class 

Craft 'N Chat

Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, bead, or practice another table craft? Join other local enthusiasts weekly for companionable creating and conversation. Any portable craft is welcome! New crafters and all skill levels are always welcome! 

Have a craft you're not quite sure how to start, or need a little help or inspiration? Craft N Chat is a collaborative of creatives who are happy and eager to help! 

No registration | Questions, please call 480-488-2286 

Free but a donation to the Desert Foothills Library is appreciated.

Informal MahJongg: Unsupervised Play

Informal MahJongg play for any level! Groups, individuals, and recent students of MahJongg 101 & 102 looking for a place to come and enjoy playing with people in your community.  This group is unsupervised; basic knowledge of game play required.  No sets are provided, must bring your own. 

Free | Register at dfla.org | Questions, please call 480-488-2286.

Free but a donation to the Desert Foothills Library is appreciated.

Reiki Healing

Learn and explore through a variety of energy healing methods including Reiki. We will play with the energy for a better understanding, how you can use it and how you can consciously control more of the energy that makes up all that is you. Each person is here for their unique experience, no matter the age or belief system.  There is something for you to glean from knowing more about yourself and how better to know yourself than through the part of you that is unseen. Healing is the focus of Reiki and healing is multi-level. 

After decades as a business owner, Rev. Dr. Karen Cimaglia dramatically changed the direction of her life. Karen has always had abilities but there was no encouragement. She began learning a variety of new ways to apply her abilities through Reiki and other energy modalities. Karen has expanded into Metaphysical Sciences and Philosophy applying intuitive wisdom in all she does. 

No registration. | Questions, please call 480-488-2286. 
Questions about Reiki Healing, please contact instructor, Rev. Dr. Karen Cimaglia at rockinvibs21@gmail.com or 602-721-7714. 
Cost: $10 

Tech Help with eBooks, online resources, and your personal electronic devices

Downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks can be easy through the library’s digital collection! Each week there will be an informal drop-in for anyone with questions about Libby, Cloud Library, any of the apps the library offers, and basic questions about your personal electronic devices. We will show you how to download the apps to your phone or tablet and how to navigate the digital collection. No question is too small! Please bring your device and have your library card ready! For Apple users your Apple ID will be needed.  

Wednesday Hours: 12:00 - 5:00pm

Appointment required.  Please call the Library at 480-488-2286 to make your appointment.

Music at the Movies

Join us for a celebration of movies with interesting or significant music. Movies range from dramas, musicals, comedies, and more! Hosted by music enthusiast, Annis Scott. 

International Film Series: Around the World in 9 Films

Movies are a great way to learn about different cultures - how people live, love, laugh, and cope with hardships and tragedy. This series will explore films from different countries, each one telling a story unique to their culture and country. A post-film discussion facilitated by Gary Zaro, Humanities Professor from Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC), will follow. 

Art Critique

The Desert Foothills Library and the Sonoran Art League are combining their critiques! Two nonprofits working together to enhance art education- a win for all! 

April will be the last group critique until October, so join us April 24th, starting at 4:00 pm, for a discussion that is designed to meet each individual’s need for continual artistic growth and develop. Come join us and bring a friend.

WHAT TO BRING...art work you are working on, this could be a work you are having trouble with, a piece you feel you can show us a new technique, a piece of art you have finished and want feedback, bring work that you are having questions about framing, or what medium to use, questions about selling art, etc. All these topics and more are open for discussion!

Open to Sonoran Arts League Members and ALL artists in the community!

No registration | Questions, please call 480-488-2286  

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held every Thursday. If the Library is closed, the meeting is held on the Waterfall Terrace.