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Aging Well & Talking Cafe

Apollo 11: The Quest for the Moon
2025-10-01 14:00:00 2025-10-01 17:00:00 America/New_York Aging Well & Talking Cafe Explore a wide variety of topics in this bi-weekly speakers' series for Older Adults. In partnership with Compassionate Communities Kingston. Calvin Park Branch - The Friends of the Library Community Meeting Room

Wednesday, October 01
2:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-01 14:00:00 2025-10-01 17:00:00 America/New_York Aging Well & Talking Cafe Explore a wide variety of topics in this bi-weekly speakers' series for Older Adults. In partnership with Compassionate Communities Kingston. Calvin Park Branch - The Friends of the Library Community Meeting Room

Calvin Park Branch

The Friends of the Library Community Meeting Room

Explore a wide variety of topics in this bi-weekly speakers' series for Older Adults. In partnership with Compassionate Communities Kingston.

Join KFPL and astronomer Frank Hitchens for a special presentation about the Cold War era race between the United States and the former U.S.S.R., (Russia),  to be the first to land on the moon.

At 3:30 PM, the presentation will be followed by Talking Cafe where participants engage in lightly guided conversation facilitated by Compassionate Communities Kingston Canada.   

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Interests & Lifelong Learning |

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Calvin Park Branch
Phone: 613-549-8888
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Thu, Jun 04 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jun 05 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 06 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 07 Closed
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