Xbox Bowling For Seniors? Visit Your Local Library
The number of older people involved in the arts programs at the Brooklyn Public Library is up more than 50 percent since last year. They want a chance to write new chapters in a place for all ages.
by Ina Jaffe
Jul 04, 2017
3 minutes
For the past three years, 74-year-old Alice Baker has come to the Macon Branch Library in Brooklyn almost every Thursday morning.
That's when the wildly popular Xbox bowling league meets. But Baker also has learned to quilt at the library and says quilting is now a regular part of her life.
The two programs are a small part of efforts in Brooklyn and other cities to expand offerings for older adults at libraries. What appeals
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