Join us for upcoming events, classes and programs at Starr Library! All events are free and open to the public. Registration required where noted.
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Teen Tech Support
1-3pm Teen Tech Support Saturday, Mar. 1, 1-3pm![]() Starr Library Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more
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Friends Book Donation Dropoff Hours
10am-12pm
Classical Guitar with Andrew Baffi
2-3pm Classical Guitar with Andrew Baffi Sunday, Mar. 2, 2-3pm![]() Starr Library Come by and enjoy an afternoon of classical guitar with Andrew Baffi. Browse, read a magazine or a newspaper, or just chill with gentle music in the background.
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Starr Stitchers
10am to 1pm
Connect & Play at Starr Library
10:30-11:30am Connect & Play at Starr Library Monday, Mar. 3, 10:30-11:30am![]() Community Room Join Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is required each week through our onli...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
Death Cafe
2-3:30pm |
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Tuesday, Mar. 4, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Story Time with Robbie
10:15am-11:15am
Lego Robotics Team
4-5pm Lego Robotics Team Tuesday, Mar. 4, 4-5pm![]() Community Room Do you want to join our brand new Lego Robotics Team, Starr Chimps? This group for ages 10+ will be meeting weekly downstairs while analog Lego Hour takes place upstairs to work toward programming robots for a Lego Robotics convention in June. Web developer Patrick Reid and a group of Rhinebeck pare...read more
Super Lego Hour!
4-5pm
Rhinebeck Town Neighbor Meeting & 2025 Outlook
6-7:30pm Rhinebeck Town Neighbor Meeting & 2025 Outlook Tuesday, Mar. 4, 6-7:30pmMorton Hall, Morton Library, Rhinecliff What is our vision for our community? How do we bring neighbors together to share interests and concerns from different perspectives? Here's a chance to meet your Rhinebeck Town neighbors and connect with Supervisor Elizabeth Spinzia and Town Board members outside of the official Town ...read more
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Friends Book Donation Dropoff Hours
12pm-2pm
Scrabble Club
1-3pm
Rhinebeck Democrats Club Event: Meet the Democrat Candidates for Upcoming Village Elections
5:30-7pm Rhinebeck Democrats Club Event: Meet the Democrat Candidates for Upcoming Village Elections Wednesday, Mar. 5, 5:30-7pm![]() Community Room The Club is delighted to host an opportunity for residents to participate in an unscripted Q&A with party candidates and incumbents Gary Bassett (Mayor), Ric Lewit (Trustee) and Lydia Slaby (Trustee). Please RSVP here.
Nerds at Nite Game Nite
7-9pm Nerds at Nite Game Nite Wednesday, Mar. 5, 7-9pmMary Frazer Room Nerds at Nite is an adult (17+) gaming group that meets twice a month to play board games of all types, including Chronology, Tsuro, Point City, Splendor, and many other tabletop games (that can be played in under 2 hours). Attendees are welcome to bring games to share, but it's not required for...read more
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Thursday, Mar. 6, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
The Laughing Stocks: Investment & Finance Discussion Group
5-6:30pm The Laughing Stocks: Investment & Finance Discussion Group Thursday, Mar. 6, 5-6:30pm![]() Upstairs Children's Wing This is a new group for anyone interested in learning more or sharing wisdom about investing. Everyone has something to contribute and can suggest some areas they want to explore. We are not experts, nor teachers, but will freely share our experiences. We will start with a questionnaire and choose a...read more
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Chair Yoga
10:15-11:15am
Brain Games
1-2:30pm
Signs, Symbols, and Seaweed: Prints and Paintings by Christine Livesey
5-7pm Signs, Symbols, and Seaweed: Prints and Paintings by Christine Livesey Friday, Mar. 7, 5-7pm![]() Starr Library Opening Reception. All are welcome. Drinks and light bites will be served. Exhibition on view March 3rd - April 30th.
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AT PLAY Meet-Up
10am-12pm
Teen Tech Support
1-3pm Teen Tech Support Saturday, Mar. 8, 1-3pm![]() Starr Library Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more
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Connect & Play at Starr Library
10:30-11:30am Connect & Play at Starr Library Monday, Mar. 10, 10:30-11:30am![]() Community Room Join Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is required each week through our onli...read more
Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo
12:30-1:15pm Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo Monday, Mar. 10, 12:30-1:15pm![]() Community Room Join us for this 6-week introductory series! The Pilates Matwork is an incredible series of full-body exercises- each one providing “stretch with strength and control”. Pilates is known to strengthen the core muscles and the back, stretch the whole body out, and help each student d...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm |
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Tuesday, Mar. 11, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Story Time with Robbie
10:15am-11:15am
Lego Robotics Team
4-5pm Lego Robotics Team Tuesday, Mar. 11, 4-5pm![]() Community Room Do you want to join our brand new Lego Robotics Team, Starr Chimps? This group for ages 10+ will be meeting weekly downstairs while analog Lego Hour takes place upstairs to work toward programming robots for a Lego Robotics convention in June. Web developer Patrick Reid and a group of Rhinebeck pare...read more
Mysteries Around the World Book Club: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
4-5pm Mysteries Around the World Book Club: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Tuesday, Mar. 11, 4-5pm![]() Community Room Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apar...read more
Super Lego Hour!
4-5pm |
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Scrabble Club
1-3pm
The New Historia
6:30-8pm The New Historia Wednesday, Mar. 12, 6:30-8pm![]() Community Room The New Historia is igniting a revolution in what we know about women throughout history, giving voice to the silenced and making the invisible visible. Led by Gina Luria Walker, intellectual historian and Professor of Women's Studies at The New School, and The New Historia's Chair, Lis...read more
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Thursday, Mar. 13, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 1
11:15-11:45am Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 1 Thursday, Mar. 13, 11:15-11:45am![]() Community Room Back-to-back sessions! Licensed music therapist Terry Watson delights with songs, chants, puppetry, instruments, storytelling and movement/dance with a focus on child development and early literacy. Sessions are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents...read more
Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 2
12-12:30pm Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 2 Thursday, Mar. 13, 12-12:30pm![]() Community Room Licensed music therapist Terry Watson delights with songs, chants, puppetry, instruments, storytelling and movement/dance with a focus on child development and early literacy. Sessions are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents with slightly older ch...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
The Laughing Stocks: Investment & Finance Discussion Group
5-6:30pm The Laughing Stocks: Investment & Finance Discussion Group Thursday, Mar. 13, 5-6:30pm![]() Upstairs Children's Wing This is a new group for anyone interested in learning more or sharing wisdom about investing. Everyone has something to contribute and can suggest some areas they want to explore. We are not experts, nor teachers, but will freely share our experiences. We will start with a questionnaire and choose a...read more
An Atlas of Everything: Maps, Unseen Worlds, and Writing with Samantha Hunt
6:30-8:30pm An Atlas of Everything: Maps, Unseen Worlds, and Writing with Samantha Hunt Thursday, Mar. 13, 6:30-8:30pm![]() Community Room A map is a container, an atlas even more so as it includes thousands of routes that interlace and cross. When we write in a cartographic model, we dissolve borders and boundaries. Personhood realizes its plurality. Fernando Pessoa says, “I know myself only as a symphony.” This generative...read more
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Chair Yoga
10:15-11:15am
Rhinebeck Families Play & Hang
10am-11:30am
All Abilities Story and Craft Program with the Anderson Center
1:15-2pm
Brain Games
1-2:30pm |
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Teen Tech Support
1-3pm Teen Tech Support Saturday, Mar. 15, 1-3pm![]() Starr Library Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more
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Starr Stitchers
10am-1pm
Connect & Play at Starr Library
10:30-11:30am Connect & Play at Starr Library Monday, Mar. 17, 10:30-11:30am![]() Community Room Join Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is required each week through our onli...read more
Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo
12:30-1:15pm Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo Monday, Mar. 17, 12:30-1:15pm![]() Community Room Join us for this 6-week introductory series! The Pilates Matwork is an incredible series of full-body exercises- each one providing “stretch with strength and control”. Pilates is known to strengthen the core muscles and the back, stretch the whole body out, and help each student d...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
Thriving in Your Second Life
2-3pm |
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Tuesday, Mar. 18, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Story Time with Robbie
10:15am-11:15am
Lego Robotics Team
4-5pm Lego Robotics Team Tuesday, Mar. 18, 4-5pm![]() Community Room Do you want to join our brand new Lego Robotics Team, Starr Chimps? This group for ages 10+ will be meeting weekly downstairs while analog Lego Hour takes place upstairs to work toward programming robots for a Lego Robotics convention in June. Web developer Patrick Reid and a group of Rhinebeck pare...read more
Super Lego Hour!
4-5pm
Memoir Writing Workshop with Michelle Montalbano
6:30-8pm |
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Scrabble Club
1-3pm
Nerds at Nite Game Nite
7-9pm Nerds at Nite Game Nite Wednesday, Mar. 19, 7-9pmMary Frazer Room Nerds at Nite is an adult (17+) gaming group that meets twice a month to play board games of all types, including Chronology, Tsuro, Point City, Splendor, and many other tabletop games (that can be played in under 2 hours). Attendees are welcome to bring games to share, but it's not required for...read more
Friends of Rhinebeck Cemetery presents Grieving Our Pets
7-8:30pm Friends of Rhinebeck Cemetery presents Grieving Our Pets Wednesday, Mar. 19, 7-8:30pm![]() Starr Library Losing a beloved pet can be devastating. Come and hear our panel of experts discuss how to cope with our pets aging and dying, from hospice care options to in-home euthanasia, cremation and burial options, and support services available to the bereaved.
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Thursday, Mar. 20, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Good Vibrations: Guided Sound Meditation with Anna Kaselis
10:30am-11:15am Good Vibrations: Guided Sound Meditation with Anna Kaselis Thursday, Mar. 20, 10:30am-11:15am![]() Starr Library Sound meditation uses bowls, gongs and other instruments to help shift the brain into a deeply relaxed state. Clear your mind with us at the library every third Thursday of the month.
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
The Laughing Stocks: Investment & Finance Discussion Group
5-6:30pm The Laughing Stocks: Investment & Finance Discussion Group Thursday, Mar. 20, 5-6:30pm![]() Upstairs Children's Wing This is a new group for anyone interested in learning more or sharing wisdom about investing. Everyone has something to contribute and can suggest some areas they want to explore. We are not experts, nor teachers, but will freely share our experiences. We will start with a questionnaire and choose a...read more
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Chair Yoga
10:15-11:15am
Rhinebeck Families Play & Hang
10am-11:30am
Brain Games
1-2:30pm |
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Concert Committee Meeting
10:00 am Concert Committee Meeting Saturday, Mar. 22, 10:00 amMary Frazer Room Concert Committee Meeting
Teen Tech Support
1-3pm Teen Tech Support Saturday, Mar. 22, 1-3pm![]() Starr Library Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more
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Landscape and Memory: A Poetry Writing Workshop with William Allen
1-3pm Landscape and Memory: A Poetry Writing Workshop with William Allen Sunday, Mar. 23, 1-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room We’ll explore ideas about landscape and poetry, using your own experience as a source for writing down memories, observations, thoughts and feelings. Come prepared with a creative spark and a willingness to share the work you make in class with workshop participants. Have a favorite lands...read more
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Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo
12:30-1:15pm Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo Monday, Mar. 24, 12:30-1:15pm![]() Community Room Join us for this 6-week introductory series! The Pilates Matwork is an incredible series of full-body exercises- each one providing “stretch with strength and control”. Pilates is known to strengthen the core muscles and the back, stretch the whole body out, and help each student d...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
Navigating Medicare
4-5pm |
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Tuesday, Mar. 25, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Story Time with Robbie
10:15am-11:15am
Locating Invisible Women: Starr Library’s Founder, Mary Regina Miller
3-4pm Locating Invisible Women: Starr Library’s Founder, Mary Regina Miller Tuesday, Mar. 25, 3-4pm![]() Upstairs Children's Wing Mary Regina Miller founded the Starr Institute in 1862, and while her husband Hon. William Starr Miller's portrait hangs prominently in the library, her image is nowhere to be found--but not for long!This Women’s History Month, we’re using archival materials from the RHS’s coll...read more
Lego Robotics Team
4-5pm Lego Robotics Team Tuesday, Mar. 25, 4-5pm![]() Community Room Do you want to join our brand new Lego Robotics Team, Starr Chimps? This group for ages 10+ will be meeting weekly downstairs while analog Lego Hour takes place upstairs to work toward programming robots for a Lego Robotics convention in June. Web developer Patrick Reid and a group of Rhinebeck pare...read more
Super Lego Hour!
4-5pm
Braver Angels presents Skills for Disagreeing Better
6:30-8pm Braver Angels presents Skills for Disagreeing Better Tuesday, Mar. 25, 6:30-8pm![]() Community Room In this polarized time, we lack basic understanding of why people on the other political side hold their beliefs. We don’t see them as they see themselves–their core values and central concerns–but instead as we choose to see them. We are tempted to regard our own side as principle...read more
Starr Library Book Club: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
7-8pm Starr Library Book Club: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Tuesday, Mar. 25, 7-8pm![]() Starr Library After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thir...read more
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Scrabble Club
1-3pm
The Artist’s Guide to Sketching: Book Event with James Gurney
6-7pm The Artist’s Guide to Sketching: Book Event with James Gurney Wednesday, Mar. 26, 6-7pm![]() Starr Library We're celebrating the reissue of a bold new edition of The Artist's Guide to Sketching, the groundbreaking book by two of America's most prominent visual artists, James Gurney (Dinotopia, Color and Light), and Thomas Kinkade, freshly updated with a new introduction, archival photographs,...read more
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Local History Hours
10am-3pm Local History Hours Thursday, Mar. 27, 10am-3pm![]() Mary Frazer Room The Rhinebeck Historical Society is open during office hours to anyone interested in researching genealogies, houses and buildings, and general local history. The local history room houses a large collection of books and resources including: Church and cemetery records Genealogies, in both book and ...read more
Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 1
11:15am-11:45am Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 1 Thursday, Mar. 27, 11:15am-11:45am![]() Community Room Back-to-back sessions! Licensed music therapist Terry Watson delights with songs, chants, puppetry, instruments, storytelling and movement/dance with a focus on child development and early literacy. Sessions are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents...read more
Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 2
12-12:30pm Music and Movement with Terry Watson: Session 2 Thursday, Mar. 27, 12-12:30pm![]() Community Room Back-to-back sessions! Licensed music therapist Terry Watson delights with songs, chants, puppetry, instruments, storytelling and movement/dance with a focus on child development and early literacy. Sessions are geared toward children 0-4 years old with their caregivers or parents. Parents...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm
Starr Library Board of Trustees Public Meeting
5:30-7pm |
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Chair Yoga
10:15-11:15am
Rhinebeck Families Play & Hang
10am-11:30am
Brain Games
1-2:30pm
Artists Still Paint Hudson Valley Landscapes -- One Artist’s Perspective with Elisabeth Barnett
7-8pm Artists Still Paint Hudson Valley Landscapes -- One Artist’s Perspective with Elisabeth Barnett Friday, Mar. 28, 7-8pm![]() Community Room Rhinebeck Historical Society presents Elisabeth Barnett in this discussion about landscape painting in the Hudson Valley. Barnett is a painter living and working in Rhinebeck. Her subjects are landscapes, and she will talk about her paintings, her method and techniques, as well as their inspira...read more
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Teen Tech Support
1-3pm Teen Tech Support Saturday, Mar. 29, 1-3pm![]() Starr Library Come meet with our in-house, tech-savvy teens for personal one-on-one technology instruction.They can help you:- learn how to use FaceTime, Zoom, Instagram, FaceBook- sign-up for your booster shots and Excelsior Pass- access on-line content like magazines, books, podcasts, and audiobooks- set-up str...read more
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Rhinebeck Democrats Club Speaker Series presents Tommy Zurhellen
2-3:30pm Rhinebeck Democrats Club Speaker Series presents Tommy Zurhellen Sunday, Mar. 30, 2-3:30pm![]() Community Room In 2023 our party's candidate for Dutchess County Executive was US Navy Veteran, author and Marist professor Tommy Zurhellen "just a guy who wants to help people.” In January of this year Tommy's memoir about the race, The High Road: Following the Campaign Trail fo...read more
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Connect & Play at Starr Library
10:30-11:30am Connect & Play at Starr Library Monday, Mar. 31, 10:30-11:30am![]() Community Room Join Jane Korn and other parents, caregivers, and children (ages 3 mo-4 yrs) for a child play group at the library! This is an opportunity for parents to connect and share ideas while their young ones interact, play and grow. Space is limited. Registration is required each week through our onli...read more
Weekly Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo
12:30-1:15pm Weekly Pilates at the Library with Marie Russo Monday, Mar. 31, 12:30-1:15pm![]() Community Room Now on a first-come, first-served basis! The Pilates Matwork is an incredible series of full-body exercises- each one providing “stretch with strength and control”. Pilates is known to strengthen the core muscles and the back, stretch the whole body out, and help each student devel...read more
Mahjong
1-2:30pm |
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