Calendar

 

Jul
31
Wed
Mastering balance to prevent falls (Back in Motion Eltham) @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Jul 31 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

This presentation by Naomi Brasier (Osteopath) from Back in Motion Eltham will focus on falls’ risks, prevention, their management and how to keep ourselves safe. Naomi will share practical strategies and exercises to enhance your stability and prevent falls. Discover simple, effective movements that can be easily incorporated into your daily routine to boost balance, reduce fall risk, and improve your quality of life.

Falls are Australia’s leading cause of injury hospitalisation and death. Falls requiring hospitalisation occur more frequently in adults with increasing age, and are most likely to occur in the home.

Book your place by emailing Pam Griffith.

Aug
14
Wed
Baltic cruise crime (Fiona Malcolm) @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Aug 14 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

In 2019, Fiona Malcolm headed off on a cruise to the Baltic states. Her planning did not involve Lonely Planet or Eyewitness guidebooks but rather crime novels set in all of the ports that she was planning to visit. Go along and discover what she read and how she did it.

Fiona is the Library Manager at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library.

Book your place by emailing Pam Griffith.

Aug
21
Wed
Fun quiz @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Aug 21 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

OK U3Aers, this is for you. Fast paced but never flustered. A quiz that will surely hit your ‘sweet spot’ of knowledge you have built up across so many decades. You can expect questions on History and Geography, on Arts, Literature and Food. Throw in a few ‘who am I?s and a couple of anagrams to unscramble and be content that there will be no questions on rap music, techno stuff or sport!

Your host: David O’Brien.

Book your place by emailing Pam Griffith.

Sep
8
Sun
Veronica’s room (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Sep 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.

Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan?
What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.

Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Sep
11
Wed
The Centenarian Series and other works (Peter Wegner) @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Sep 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Peter Wegner is a Nillumbik figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman. In 2021, he won the 100th Archibald Prize for his portrait of fellow artist and previous Archibald winner Guy Warren, also in his 100th year.

Peter started the Centenarian Series in 2013 with the first drawing of his Aunty Rita (who reached the age of 104). Since then, he has drawn more than 100 centenarians who were still living lives with mobility, curiosity and purpose. Each drawing was completed from life in an afternoon or morning with little alteration to that first impression – they are moments captured within a time allowed. The exploration of aging, and how we age, is central to this project.

Book your place by emailing Pam Griffith.

Sep
15
Sun
Veronica’s room (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Sep 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.

Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan?
What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.

Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Sep
19
Thu
Veronica’s room (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Sep 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.

Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan?
What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.

Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Sep
20
Fri
Term 3 ends
Sep 20 @ 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Oct
14
Mon
Term 4 starts
Oct 14 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 am

 

Nov
17
Sun
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Nov 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The lion, the witch and the wardrobe are Thursday, 28th November and Sundays, 17th and 24th November.

Set in the 1940’s during WWII, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated to a professors’ home in the countryside. Stumbling across a wardrobe in a spare room, the four siblings find their way through the wardrobe to the land of Narnia. They encounter many talking animals and mythical creatures, including Mr. Tumnus, the beavers, the lion Aslan and the White Witch.

Adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis, the play explores the themes of family, temptation, betrayal, forgiveness, courage and good versus evil.

This is a dinner table seating event. Take your own food and beverages.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the table, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Nov
24
Sun
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Nov 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The lion, the witch and the wardrobe are Thursday, 28th November and Sundays, 17th and 24th November.

Set in the 1940’s during WWII, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated to a professors’ home in the countryside. Stumbling across a wardrobe in a spare room, the four siblings find their way through the wardrobe to the land of Narnia. They encounter many talking animals and mythical creatures, including Mr. Tumnus, the beavers, the lion Aslan and the White Witch.

Adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis, the play explores the themes of family, temptation, betrayal, forgiveness, courage and good versus evil.

This is a dinner table seating event. Take your own food and beverages.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the table, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Nov
28
Thu
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (play) @ Eltham Little Theatre
Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The lion, the witch and the wardrobe are Thursday, 28th November and Sundays, 17th and 24th November.

Set in the 1940’s during WWII, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are evacuated to a professors’ home in the countryside. Stumbling across a wardrobe in a spare room, the four siblings find their way through the wardrobe to the land of Narnia. They encounter many talking animals and mythical creatures, including Mr. Tumnus, the beavers, the lion Aslan and the White Witch.

Adapted from the book by C.S. Lewis, the play explores the themes of family, temptation, betrayal, forgiveness, courage and good versus evil.

This is a dinner table seating event. Take your own food and beverages.

Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.

Dec
3
Tue
Our Christmas breakup @ Eltham Central Pavilion
Dec 3 @ 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

More information to follow in due course.

Dec
6
Fri
Term 4 ends
Dec 6 @ 5:00 pm – 5:00 pm