Events & Programs

CALENDAR

The following events are free and open to the public. If you are a senior in need of transportation, please email info@solanabeachcc.org.

SPEAKERS' SERIES
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
5:30 to 7:00 PM
PANEL ON HOME SAFETY
Solana Beach Library, 157 Stevens Ave., Solana Beach, CA 92075
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
6:00 PM
SUMMER BEACH SAFETY
Speaker: Greg Uruburu, Captain, Solana Beach Marine Safety Department
La Colonia Community Center, 715 Valley Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075

GAMES DAY
Thursday, May 8, 202512:00 PM to 2:00 PMLa Colonia Community Center, 715 Valley Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075 Please give us your name and let us know that you are planning to attend this Games Day at info@solanabeachcc.org.
Thursday, June 19, 202512:00 PM to 2:00 PMLa Colonia Community Center, 715 Valley Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075
Please give us your name and let us know that you are planning to attend this Games Day at info@solanabeachcc.org.

SPEAKERS' SERIES - Previous Speakers

"India: World's Largest Democracy or Authoritarian State in the Making?" with Dr. Sabia Varma, Associate Professor of Psychological and Medical Anthropology, UC San Diego –Tuesday, April 15, 2025

"Kintsugi Pottery and Rediscovering Joy" with Alex Welsh – March 18, 2025

“Lowering Funeral Costs" presented by Thomas Olivares of Dignity Memorial – February 18, 2025

"La Jolla Playhouse Insights: From San Diego to Broadway" presented by Debby Buchholz, Managing Director of the La Jolla Playhouse – January 14, 2025

"Restoring Trust in American Elections" presented by Thad Kousser, UC San Diego's Chair of Political Science – November 19, 2024

"The Pros and Cons of the November 2024 California Ballot Propositions" presented by Mandy Butler of the League of Women Voters – October 15, 2024

"Southern California Gardening and Gondwanaland" presented by Steve Anthony, Horticulturalist and Landscape Designer – September 17, 2024

"How Technology Affects Art" presented by Brad Auerbach, Senior Legal Counsel, Outside GC and Instructor, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego – August 27, 2024

"A Day At Del Mar: Its Rich History and the Riches to be Had at its Betting Windows" presented by Mac McBride, Director of Media, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club – July 16, 2024

"Telling Your Story: Vignettes and Reflections" presented by Eberly Barnes, Writer and Teacher – June 1, 8, 22, and 29, 2024

"Explaining End-of-Life Choices" presented by Judy Schnack, MSN, RN, FNP – June 18, 2024

"Scams Affecting Seniors: Technology at the Forefront" presented by attorneys Jaime Levine and Caleb Logan – January 16, 2024

"The Policy and Politics of International Climate Change" presented by David G. Victor, Professor at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy – November 14, 2023

"Update on the Ukraine-Russian Conflict" presented by Branislav L. Slantchev, Professor of Political Science at the UC San Diego and author of Military Threats: The Costs of Coercion and the Price of Peace – October 17, 2023

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"China’s Overreach & American’s Overreaction" presented by Susan L. Shirk, Professor Emerita School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego and author of Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise – September 26, 2023

"Hospice Care (It Isn't That Scary)" presented by Sharon Lao, M.Div., a board-certified counselor with 16 years of hospice chaplaincy experience and Gin Lao, M.Div., a counselor/chaplain with seven years of hospice experience – February 21, 2023

"Inflation and the US Economy" presented by Joshua Graff Zivin, Professor of Economics at UC San Diego – January 31, 2023

"Aging Well in the 21st Century" presented by Jonathan Schwartz, Founder of Partner in Aging – October 25, 2022

"Why the War in Ukraine" presented by Branislav Slantchev, Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego – September 20, 2022

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