Programs

Seniors Connecting was created in 2021 and facilitated by Sandi Atkinson. 

Seniors meet weekly for a time of connection and enjoy coffee, tea and snacks together.  Each week, they sing, dance, and do crafts.  They even performed a Christmas Radio Play that aired on QCCR two years running. 

This year we are excited to have Sandi co-leading with Sheree Cee and we look forward to seeing of the things that they do this year.   

Calling all kids aged 7 to 13!

Have you ever wanted to make your own animated movies?

Stop-Motion Club started in 2024 by Desmond Smyth, a local high school student who had an interest in Stop-Motion when he was younger and wanted to teach the younger generation about this animation form.

Our club has expanded, not only teaching stop-motion animation but 2D frame-by-frame hand-drawn-style animation, green screen animation, and frame-by-frame pivot-stick-figure-style techniques all using your cellphone or tablet. 

Attention Young Filmmakers!

Filmmaking Club was started by Kyle Smyth in 2024.  We were very excited to have Dan Williams join us soon afterwards.  Our club members make original short films and take their projects from screenwriting, editing, production planning, cinematography, directing, and editing to get them to the final product. 

Are you interet interested in learning about theatre and famous theatre playwrights?  

Join Katherine Schellmer in the Playwrights Study Circle!  A brand new Astor Academy designed for adults.  Meeting on Friday evenings in our Gorham Room, this program will provide a fun, informative learning experience. Katherine has written professionally for theatre, TV, radio, and film.  She was also an educator at The National Theatre School of Canada for three years, running a sessional course entitled “Solo Show” in which she mentored and then directed students performing their own works. 

She hopes to use her experience/knowledge to invigorate the theatre community in Queens County.

In this program, the group study a specific playwright, as well as the time period the play was written in; world events, cultural events, the forces that shaped the creation of the work, and the
reaction to the work when it premiered.