happy:

• New Year! I hope everyone had ok holidays, considering. Need a smile? Check out Travae Williams from Smile Theatre bring his triple threat celebration anthem here.

• Need more? Watch Colorized Snowball Fight From 1896 Shows People Have Enjoyed Being Silly for Centuries.

• Onwards! January is always a great time to reflect but also to think forward to better things. Ever tried a vision board? It’s kind of an arty collage to-do list. We will be putting on a free Vision Board workshop next Monday at 2:00 PM EST. Bring your old magazines, scissors and glue. All ages welcome! Click & Email me to get your free link.

smarty:

• Remember Maxwell Smart played by Don Adams? Did you know Don he also did stand-up? Feel free to watch this on your shoe!

music-y:

• This BBC website is designed to use music to help people reconnect with their most powerful memories. Evidence shows that music can help people – including those living with dementia – to feel and live better.Memory Radio brings you the best of BBC Radio from past decades. Select a decade and start listening.

   

• Or Click to this YouTube of 50’s classics including hits from the Big Bopper, the Platters & the Drifters.

birdy:

• The only people going south these days are the birds! Live vicariously through these Panama Fruit Feeders or these cutie pie Bermuda Petrels.

• Or check out these short docs on CBC about Four Amazing Birds And Their ‘Superpower’ Abilities.

   

history:

• War buffs mark your calendars for Virtual Tour: WWII and the Western Front. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021 AT 5 PM EST – 6:30 PM EST George McFall is leading this virtual tour of key sites and battlefields of WWII in Western Europe. We will hear about London and the Blitz, the Battle of Britain before following the route of the 175,000 allied troops across the English Channel from Portsmouth to Normandy. We’ll discuss the monumental operation of the D-Day landings and the allied final push across mainland Europe in 1944. We will visit wartime Paris before heading through to Berlin via Bastogne in Belgium – the site of the infamous Battle Of The Bulge. This virtual tour presentation is perfect for those with an interest in Wartime history. Attendance is free but tips are appreciated. Zoom and Facebook Live Event.
  Zoom Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_di3HSv6-QGGwt0oaqrGbbA

community:

• Look for art Your Service being featured next Monday on January 18th on the Marylin Denis Show! See how we are helping isolated seniors stay connected and thrive during these difficult times.

• Know a senior living alone, or a retirement home or community that might need a little of that? 

• Check out this video.

• Coming Soon: Long Term Care Stream: On-demand sessions for retirement and nursing homes.

That’s it for today, folks! Thanks to everyone out there helping. We couldn’t do it without you.

Art Your Service, 

Jen

www.artyourservice.org