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Landscape Pastel Painting (ZOOM)
with Christopher Reed

This class will help students to find their own way of expressing themselves in chalk pastel using different landscape photos. Gestural painting, layering, and blending are a few of the techniques that will be explored. Open to those with previous pastel painting experience in addition to beginners. A brief meditation will help in letting go and trusting the creative process. A supply list will be provided when the class is determined to run.
An email link to this Zoom presentation will be emailed to participants. You will need a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone with audio and video capacity.
Instructor: Chris Reed
Dates & Times: Mondays, February 24th - March 10th, 2025 at 6 PM - 8 PM
Cost: $75
Start Writing: A Quick Intro to Creative Writing
with Jill Braceland

Start writing that great American novel that rests within each of us. Learn about a writer’s notebook, pre-writing process, poetry, and publication issues. Enjoy two sessions of exploring creative writing in a friendly environment.
Instructor: Jill Braceland, Managing Change
Location: Scarborough High School
Dates & Times: Mondays, February 24th - March 3rd, 2025 at 6 PM - 8 PM
Cost: $42
Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Guitar
with Mike Shannon

Advanced beginners and intermediate players will learn the chords, skills, and techniques for starting their guitar-playing journey. Learn how to strum simple tunes and make the most of your practice time. An acoustic guitar and picks required, and an electric tuner and capo are recommended.
Instructor: Mike Shannon
Location: Scarborough High School
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, February 25th - April 15th, 2025 (8 weeks) at 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Cost: $88
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
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
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
Ferment This! Peppers, carrots, and beyond...
with Emma Holder

Zoom or in-person
Fermenting vegetables preserves them, and adds nutritional value and probiotics. It's so easy - you’ll be a master in no time, fermenting all the things. Basic fermentation techniques will be demonstrated, and then you can use it on pretty much any vegetable. This hybrid class (in-person and zoom) will include both microbiology basics, troubleshooting and ferment creation. Instructor Emma Holder, Masters in Micro/Immuno, McGill University.
Instructor: Emma Holder, Masters in Micro/Immuno, McGill '93.
Location: Zoom link, in-person address, materials list shared upon registration.
Dates & Times: Thursday, March 13th, 2025 at 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Cost: $24