Ready to step into real estate investing but unsure where to start? This course is designed to guide first-time investors through the process of purchasing a profitable rental property. We’ll cover everything from setting financial goals and securing financing to analyzing property values, estimating potential returns, and managing risk. Whether you're aiming to build passive income, diversify your investments, or just understand real estate better, this class provides practical strategies and insights to help you confidently buy your first investment property.

Instructor: Casey Hamlin, Loan Officer with Integrity Mortgage

Location: Online via ZOOM

Dates & Times: Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 at 6 PM - 7 PM 

Cost: $15

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 18th - April 8th, 2025 (8 weeks) at 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Cost: $88

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 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

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: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2025 at 6 PM - 7:15 PM 

Cost: $24 

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 

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 

Join us for a fun evening and  learn how to make your very own gemstone hoop earrings with Elise Marie Designs! Unleash your inner artist and create unique jewelry pieces that you can wear or gift to loved ones. You’ll get to pick your beads from a variety oJf gemstone, glass and metal beads and make it unique to you.  No experience or tools are necessary, as Elise will guide you step by step. 

Instructor: Elise Marie DeSigns
Bio: Elise DeSalvo, Owner of Elise Marie DeSigns, inspires with uniquely hand-crafted designs and a marketplace of local goods. We strive to empower customers to look and feel their best while also supporting female-owned small businesses. Learn more at: https://elisemariedesigns.com

Location: Scarborough High School

Dates & Times: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Cost: $62.50 - includes materials