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Ferment This! Kombucha
with Emma Holder

You could buy a $4 bottle of kombucha, or you could make your own for pennies. It's simply sweetened black or green tea with a culture added. We'll make a primary ferment in class. A secondary one will be demonstrated so you can make it at home once your primary has developed. We'll discuss kombucha's fascinating history, troubleshooting, glassware and SCOBYs (provided). This hybrid class will include the microbiology and the ferment creation.
Location: Zoom link, in-person address, materials list shared upon registration.
Instructor: Emma Holder, Masters in Micro/Immuno, McGill '93.
Dates & Times: Thursday, February 27th, 2025 at 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Cost: $24
Watercolor Palette Intermediate
with Kathleen Gerdes

For intermediate painters. In this session we will explore blending and using mixed colors to enhance your work. The focus will be on making watercolor simple so that you will have fun and can relax in class. There will be lots of demos and plenty of time for hands-on experience. You will have plenty of guidance and support from not only the instructor but from the other students as well. Painting relaxes you while filling the soul with positive energy.
Instructor: Kathleen Gerdes
Location: Scarborough High School
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, March 4th - April 8th, 2025 (6 weeks) at 5:30 PM - 8 PM
Cost: $88
Like Father, Like Sons: A Scarborough Family in the Revolutionary War
with Linda Snow McLoon

Upon hearing of the outbreak of fighting between colonists and British regulars at Lexington and Concord in 1775, Silas Burbank immediately joined a militia group heading for Boston, taking along his two young sons to serve as a fifer and a drummer. This PowerPoint program tells the Burbank’s fascinating story of their service in the American Revolution, including being captured by the British, dining with General Washington, and playing a role in the traitor Benedict Arnold’s defection. Stunning 18th century Revolutionary War art is included.
Instructor: Linda Snow McLoon
Location: Scarborough High School
Dates & Times: Tuesday, March 4th, 6 PM - 7 PM
Cost: $14
Ferment This! Sauerkraut (with decorations for gift giving)
with Emma Holder

Zoom or in-person
You’ll learn a basic tried and true sauerkraut recipe, technique and troubleshooting. Then we'll add different flavor principles: Fennel, Fresh ginger, Cumin, Fiery peppers, It’s your choice!
Local delicious cabbage makes ferments that last for months, and maintains flavor and nutrient content. You'll learn about the marvelous microorganisms that surround us, give us “terroir” and keep us healthy by replenishing our microbiomes. This hybrid class will include both microbiology and ferment creation.
Instructor: Emma Holder, Masters in Micro/Immuno, McGill '93.
Location: Zoom link, in-person address, materials list shared upon registration.
Dates & Times: Thursday, March 6th, 2025 at 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Cost: $24
Barre Bootcamp (ZOOM)
with Jenna Chase

Barre Bootcamp is a low impact workout that will produce a big burn! Barre combines elements of strength training, Pilates/Yoga and dance. Small movements and many reps will help sculpt and tone muscles you didn’t even know you had!
Instructor Jenna Chase was a ballet dancer from a young age and when she went to college she fell in love with group fitness classes. She loves how Barre Bootcamp can combine elements of ballet with strength training to give a powerful low impact, total body workout!
Recommended equipment that will be used in class includes:
- A chair or countertop or something to hold onto
- Light hand weights (3lbs - 5lbs)
- Resistance bands
- Gliding disks (for hardwood floors - or socks or face cloth for carpet floors or use paper plate)
- A bender ball/pilates balls (or equivalent)
Instructor: Jenna Chase
Location: Online via download or Zoom
Dates & Times: Mondays, 6:15 AM - 7 AM
Session 1 - Mondays, January 20th - March 3rd, 2025 at 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM (No class 2/17)
Session 2 - Mondays, March 10th - April 14th, 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM
Cost: $44
Portrait of a Family through their 19th Century Letters
with Linda Snow McLoon

The lives of various siblings of the Googins family are described through their letters to their brother, William Hayes Googins of Scarborough. Lucy tells about her life working in one of the textile mills on Factory Island in Saco; Albion describes being a farmer in Hiram; Lydia passes on details of attending school in Harpswell before heading West with her husband; and the youngest sibling, Charlie, shares details of serving in the Signal Corps during the Civil War.
Instructor: Linda Snow McLoon
Location: Scarborough High School
Dates & Times: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 at 6 PM - 7 PM
Cost: $14
Human Reformer Pilates (ZOOM)
with Jenna Chase

A brand new fitness class format that Jenna recently became certified in!
Human Reformer Pilates is a way to harness the potential of your own body, using it as the ultimate reformer. With just 1 resistance band, you can capture all the postural, core, and alignment challenges that reformer work is famous for– courtesy of Pilates mat programming that mirrors traditional reformer exercises.
Equipment that will be used in class includes:
- A yoga mat
- Flex Cord or 48” resistance band or something equivalent
Instructor: Jenna Chase
Location: Online via download or Zoom
Dates & Times: Wednesdays, 6:15 AM - 7 AM
Session 1 - January 22nd - March 5th, 2025 (No class 2/19)
Session 2 - March 12th - April 16th, 2025
Cost: $44
From Flour to Flavor: Crafting Authentic Potstickers
with Jeff Mao

Learn the fundamentals of making Chinese dumplings at home. You will learn to make fresh scratch-made dough, and roll your own wrappers, and how to fold and pleat them using pork filling. We will then water-fry/steam the dumplings to create this restaurant favorite—pot sticker dumplings. Additionally, you will learn to make your own ginger-scallion oil and the instructor will talk about other common Chinese condiments used for dipping sauces. All ingredients, materials, equipment and recipes will be provided. Registration Fee: $72 [Plant-based ground meat can be substituted for the pork upon request. The dumpling wrappers include gluten.]
Instructor: Jeff Mao
Bio: Jeff Mao is a published cookbook author (Essential Chinese Hot Pot Cookbook) and cooking instructor. He also operates a micro bakery in Brunswick where he produces hand-rolled New York bagels. Find him on his website, Kneadandnosh.com.
Location: Scarborough High School
Dates & Times: Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cost: $72 - includes ingredients and supplies