By Lookout Staff

August 2, 2011 --Learn how to strengthen your brain and improve your focus and concentration at a workshop Saturday at the Santa Monica Public Library.

Presented by Sara Beck, a brain fitness/memory enhancement teacher at the Venice Skills Center, Brain Fitness: a Workshop will provide the latest information on nutrition and other strategies to keep your brain strong.

The workshop – which will be held at 3 p.m. in the Main Library's Multipurpose Room, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard -- includes an interactive demonstration of scientifically designed and tested exercises using the Brain Fitness/Insight computer programs, which have been featured on PBS.

Beck has been an Adult Education teacher with LAUSD for 23 years and has been teaching the brain fitness/memory enhancement class for three years. She has a B.S. in Nutrition, Medical Dietetics and is a registered DTR with the American Dietetic Association.

This program is free and all ages are welcome. Space is limited and on a first-arrival basis. This is an event of The Living Room ...a place for adults program series.

For more information, visit www.smpl.org or contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair-accessible. For special disabled services, call Library Administration (310) 458-8606.