Life Enrichment Programs

The following programs are for Bethany Advantage members and residents:

Art History Class: May 5 - June 9
This class will be taught by Professor Michael Coyan. It will last for 5-weeks, Mondays from 2:30-4:00pm, beginning May 5 through June 9 (no class on Memorial Day). Location is the Linden House Conference Room. Cost is $30 for entire 5-week session, and includes all materials and handouts.

The course will cover the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture from ancient Egypt to the present day.  Through lecture, slides, and video, students will examine each style period as we travel across Western Europe and America. We will visit Athens, St. Peter’s, London, Paris, Austria-Germany—cathedrals, monasteries, castles, villages, and great museums.

Center Stage: Tuesday, June 3 – 7:00 p.m.
A group of well-polished, professional women who have performed at the Schuster Center, Epiphany Church, and other locations in the area will be at Bethany Village for an evening performance. Their costumes and props are sure to entertain, have props, and put on a wonderful show. Don't miss it. Location: Auditorium.

To register, call Rachel Ryan, Life Enrichment Services Manager, at 433-2110, ext. 7361.

Tea Room: First friday of each month at 1:30 p.m. Enjoy harp music, delicious refreshments and tea in the Homestead Fountain Plae Dining Room. Sign up at the Vista Place desk.

Outdoor Summer Concert Series: June - September
It's time once again for a very popular event at Bethany Village, the outdoor summer concert series. Please note the locations are different this summer due to our expansion project.

Hauer Swing Band
Monday, June 16 -- 7:00 p.m.
Location: In the patio and grassy area outside the Employee Dining Room, outside the Linden House
Refreshments will be served

Centerville Community Chorus
Tuesday, July 8 -- 7:00 p.m.
Location: Auditorium

Dayton Letter Carriers Band
Monday, July 14 -- 7:00 p.m.
Location: In the patio and grassy area outside the Employee Dining Room, outside the Linden House
Refreshments will be served

Kettering Civic Band
Monday, August 11 -- 7:00 p.m.
Location: In the patio and grassy area outside the Employee Dining Room, outside the Linden House
Refreshments will be served

German Sauerkraut Band
Monday, September 8 -- 7:00 p.m.
Location: In the patio and grassy area outside the Employee Dining Room, outside the Linden House
Refreshments will be served

Ongoing Classes
Stretch Class, Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the Pavilion Activity Room.

PACE Class (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) taught by a certified exercise physiologist, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. in the Homestead Member Club Room.

Aerobics Class, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9-10 a.m. in the Auditorium.