Covid19 - Neighbors Helping Neighbors Stay Busy, Happy & Strong in STFL

04/21/2020

Free theater and Opera !!
The UK's National Theatre streams a different play every Thursday. You can find the streams on the National Theatre at Home YouTube channel. First up: One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw
Starting April 4, YouTube channel The Shows Must Go On will stream an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, beginning with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Each show will be available weekly starting on Saturday and will run for just 48 hours. There's no sign-up required. https://www.youtube.com/theshowsmustgoon
The New York Metropolitan Opera is streaming a different encore Live in HD performance every day. Each performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT) and remain available for streaming for 20 hours. You can watch the streams in a browser, or use one of the Met Opera on Demand streaming apps available for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices.

Are you interested in an aspect of theatre making? Take a look at our extensive collection of videos on theatre and theatre-making at the National Theatre.

04/16/2020

YOGA- This might be the perfect time to take up yoga, one of the greatest stress-relievers ever. You can find countless free beginner classes -- and plenty for more experienced yogis as well -- on YouTube. Start with Yoga With Adriene, which has literally hundreds of videos for all skill levels (and all categories, like Yoga for Bedtime and Yoga for Wrist Pain). While you're at it, you can search YouTube for meditation classes -- also not exactly entertaining, but a useful way to pass the time and keep stress at bay.

04/15/2020

Still enjoy reading magazines: Cook's Illustrated, Family Handyman, Men's Health, Reader's Digest, Wired and so on. I'm not a paid subscriber to any of them; instead, use RBDigital, a service offered by my public library, to read all those titles on my phone and tablet. The selection varies, so you may not have access to all the same titles, but you should definitely investigate using RBDigital to get free magazines from your library.
First, visit your local library's website (via your desktop browser) to see if there's any mention of RBdigital. If so, you'll need your library card number and password to get through the registration process, which should be accessible via that site. The process typically involves creating an account with RBdigital, the service that manages magazine loans for libraries.
With that done, check your inbox for an activation email from RBdigital and click the link to verify your account.
Eventually you should be looking at the available catalog of magazines, the size of which can vary from one library to another. Mine, for example, offers around 300 titles -- same as Apple News Plus, interestingly. It doesn't have every magazine, but it's a good mix overall.

04/13/2020

Need A Break, Take A MiniStayVacation !! Grab the kids or go alone !! VIRTUAL TOUR-Disney World
Fans dreaming of a day spent in the lovable theme parks can virtually enjoy Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and even Disney World's global Epcot "countries."
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https://www.visitorlando.com/en/things-to-do/virtual-tours/walt-disney-world-resort

If a "walk" through Disney isn't your speed, try going for a virtual rollercoaster ride.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OHP9OriMA then check out other rides on youtube you can take.

04/12/2020

Free 3 months of guitar lessons from Fender !!
The site offers classes for acoustic and electric guitars and ukulele. Note that although a credit card is not required, this promotion is limited to the first 100,000 sign-ups.

https://try.fender.com/play/playthrough/?clickref=1100l83jq6JF&aff_id=1101l42671

04/12/2020

Dive into some fun with EarthCam's live aquarium webcams! Go below the surface and take a virtual swim in three unique tanks. See blacktip reef sharks, jellyfish and an incredible variety of brightly-colored saltwater reef fish. View real-time footage every day from 10:00 am - 8:00 pm ET, and enjoy archived footage outside of those hours.

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/maryland/baltimore/aquarium/?cam=blacktipreef

04/11/2020

Virtual Tours- Nine Amazing Street Murals in New York !!

The Big Apple is also known for being the canvas of great street artists – from Kobra and Banksy to Keith Haring, visit the locations of these beautiful artworks

04/11/2020

Peloton is offering a free 90-day trial of the Peloton app. Available for Android, iOS and Amazon Fire TV, it provides unlimited access to a wealth of live and on-demand classes: treadmill and outdoor running, strength training, high-intensity interval training, yoga, meditation and so on. If you choose to continue after the trial, the subscription costs $13 a month.

04/11/2020

💛 This group has been started to keep All AGES stay Busy, Happy, Strong & Healthy !! The GOAL is to provide links and ideas that are FREE for the most part, but keep everyone's mind busy !! Every idea that you can send me would be great !! We Are All In This Together !!
Keeping in mind, social distance guide lines.
💛 IDEAS TO ADD TO THIS PAGE INCLUDE: Many things VIRTUAL, free classes, free learning, free exercise classes, unique finds online or on a walk, online games, online book club,etc. Anything you can share that helps our neighbors keep busy !!
Do you DJ, sing, dance, cook, paint, craft, garden, etc? Feel comfortable sending me a video to share here?
A movie list, book list? Again the more we can find for FREE, the better AND for ALL ages. Thank you !!