A common worry among the elderly is the fear of falling, but falls are not part of the normal aging process. Many seniors are injured, hospitalized, and even die due to falls. Injuries often occur in the home, but almost all falls are preventable if the necessary safety measures are in place. Join us at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 17 for this program, presented by Dr. Ola Bamgbose, MD/MPH Clinical Assistant Professor, UIC School of Public Health. The presentation will include a 15-minute video clip and 35-minute lecture. A Q&A session follows. This is a free program, but pre-registration is requested. Please call 847-448-8250. "Preventing Falls" is sponsored by Sunshine Homecare Agency.

As part of the Evanston Public Library’s "The Big Read" program, the Levy Center will host a book discussion on Friday, March 18, 11 a.m. to noon, on the book, Into the Beautiful North, by Luis Urrea. Copies of the book will be delivered to the Levy Center several weeks prior to the discussion, and can also be picked up at any Evanston Public Library location. Call 847-448-8620 for more information. There is no charge for this program, but space is limited to 25 people. Please sign up at the Levy Center or call 847-448-8250. 

Enjoy a piano concert from Northwestern doctoral candidate Yingying Su at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 18. Ms. Su has performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Celebrity Concert Series at the Heifetz International Music Institute, and has given numerous solo recitals in the United States, China, Germany, Ukraine, Spain, Venezuela, and Australia. She has appeared as the soloist with the Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, and the Foshan Youth Symphony Orchestra, China, under conductors such as Eduardo Rahn and Victor Yampolsky. Refreshments will be served after the concert. This concert series is underwritten by the Levy Senior Center Foundation.

In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer Bill Bryson challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail—2,200 miles of America’s most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek—his long lost friend, Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer who sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before it’s too late. The trouble is, the two have completely different definitions of the word, “adventure.” Now they’re about to find out that when you push yourself to the edge, the real fun begins. The movie begins at 1p.m. on Friday, March 25. The cost is $1, Levy members; $5 non-members. Register at the Levy Center or call 847-448-8250 (Class #554104-B6).