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Monthly News & Updates Adults 50+ |
Feb 2026 |
Civic Park Community Center Hours:
Monday–Thursday
9:00 AM–3:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM–2:00 PM
(925) 295-1490 || artsrec@walnutcreekca.gov
Important Highlights |
Walnut Creek Senior Resource Fair 2026
Hosted by Sensational Seniors Workshops, Saint Matthew, and City of Walnut Creek
Thursday, 3/12
9:00 AM–12:00 PM
This free indoor event is open to the public and designed to connect you with valuable information, services, and support.
Learn More
Upcoming Classes |
Chinese New Year FeastThursday, 2/19 Chinese Lunar New Year marks the end of winter and beginning of spring with the celebration that lasts for 7 days. We will prepare three popular dishes for this occasion: Steamed sticky rice in lotus leaf, Kungpow chicken, and winter melon ginger soup. |
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Advanced Royal Icing Cookie Decorating Techniques: Butterflies, Flowers, Lace, Marbling, and more!Saturday, 3/7 Learn advanced piping techniques to create unique, one-of-a-kind, Royal Icing cookies. We will decorate a variety of cookies (butterflies, flowers, lace, mosaics, hearts, etc.) using pastry bags and tips. |
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For more adult ceramics, cooking, music, and art classes, be sure to check online!
Free Community Workshops |
These classes are for senior (50+) community members that are experiencing financial hardship.
Ceramic Arts at CPCCMondays, 4/20–5/18 Students will learn hand building techniques including pinching, sculpting, and glazing to create playful pieces that can be useful or decorative. |
Creative Art ClassWednesdays, 2/18–3/18 Explore watercolor or drawing in a stress free environment. Art instruction is provided by Center for Community Arts Teaching Artist, Alex Hagerty. |
Transportation Program |
Applications are currently closed. Applications for the Minibus, Lyft Self Access, and Lyft Concierge will reopen in summer 2026.
Senior Services |
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Starting in February, free income tax preparation will again be offered by the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program!Service is provided by IRS certified tax counselors and is available to people of all ages. You do not need to be an AARP member. Appointments can be made online. |
View Resources & Services Online
Register for Community Programs
Walnut Creek Senior Club Drop-in Spotlight |
Register for a 2026 WCSC membership!
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The Perennials Garden Group Presents Pests in the GardenMonday, 2/23 Free to 2026 members of the Walnut Creek Seniors Club. Are you annoyed by pests in your garden? Andrew Pierce, from Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control, will be our guest speaker in February. Let Nina know by email to expect you. |
Walnut Creek Senior Club Drop-in Spotlight
The WCSC has many drop-in programs, from Bingo and Mah-Jong to Bridge, Qi Gong, Trivia, and more! Download the schedule and check it out! Questions? Contact the Civic Park Community Center (925) 295-1490
| Mah Jong
Weekly, Wednesdays Weekly, Thursdays |
Hooked on Books Monthly, 1st Tuesday of the month 12:30 PM–2:00 PM Tuesday, 3/3: Night by Elie Wiesel |
| Dine with Café Costa!
Monday–Thursday |
2026 Book List 4/7: 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin |
Additional Community Workshops |
Healthy Body, Happy Mind: Mindfulness and Movement for Stress Relief (with Independence at Home)Friday, 2/13 This class combines relaxation techniques with gentle body movements to promote relaxation and stress relief. |
Caregiver 101Tuesday, 1/17 For the family members or caregivers of patients with the diagnosis of dementia. |
Diablo Valley Assistance League Telecare ProgramAssistance League - Diablo Valley (925) 934-0901 TeleCare provides a free, daily reassurance call to housebound people. |
Upcoming Arts Events |
Synergy Theater and Center for Community Arts presents Diamonds & Detectives An immersive Comedy-Noir Fundraiser to benefit the Center for Community Arts’ Scholarship Fund
Have a blast and help raise money for the Center for Community Arts’ scholarship fund! This immersive comedy-noir experience puts you in the thick of action! It’s 1946 in The City by the Bay and you’re at the swankiest joint in town, The Shadelands Nightclub and Dance Hall. Learn more and purchase tickets online.
On February 20, Ana Gasteyer, star of Broadway’s Wicked and TV’s SNL brings her signature style of humor and powerhouse vocals to the Lesher Center. On February 21, jazz vocalist Madeliene Peyroux makes her Lesher Center debut as part of our SFJAZZ at the Lesher series, and the month closes out on February 28 with the two-time Grammy award-winning Mariachi Herencia de Mexico. Learn more and reserve your tickets online.
Bedford's extraordinary exhibition Viola Frey: Foundations continues through April.
Foundations explores the formative years of legendary Bay Area artist Viola Frey from 1965 to 1987, tracing her pivotal shift from two-dimensional works to groundbreaking three-dimensional forms.
Viola Frey, Small World Civilization and Culture Box, 1975, photograph by M. Lee Fatherree; Chair, Pink Man (Slide 032), c. 1976, Viola Frey Archives, Artists' Legacy Foundation; Pink Man Apologue, 1976, photograph by M. Lee Fatherree; © 2025 Artists' Legacy Foundation, Oakland / ARS, New York.
EXTRA RESOURCES
Covia's Well Connected Program
For more information, call (877) 797-7299
Well Connected members call in via a toll-free number at a set time each week, with some groups also offering the option to connect via computer, tablet, or mobile device. Most groups last 30 minutes to an hour with around 12 participants. Newcomers are always welcome! If you don’t feel like talking at first, you’re welcome to just listen as long as you’ve let the group know you’re there.