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Mini-Retreat: Connect with Calm
with Heather Shaughnessy-Cato

For those who are longing to replenish, this workshop offers a restorative space to reconnect with yourself through quiet, reflective practices. When life feels chaotic, finding calm can feel out of reach—but it’s always there, waiting to be rediscovered. This session will provide you with tools to quiet the mind, soothe the body and heart, and create moments of ease and balance in your daily life. What to Expect: This 1.5-hour workshop blends mindfulness and self-compassion practices to help you: +Calm your mind with gentle, breath-focused meditation. +Find grounding and clarity through reflective journaling. +Soothe the body and heart with gentle yoga, and mindfulness and self-compassion meditations that invite spaciousness and care. Join this supportive and heart-centered session to reconnect with the steadiness and clarity that already resides within you.
Foraging Walk
with David Spahr

Crave the forest's bounty? Join David (65+ years of experience!) for an immersive foraging adventure. Learn to identify edible treasures, from berries to mushrooms, and uncover the secrets of plant ecology. This isn't just a walk, it's a transformative experience that fills your basket and your soul! Limited spots, register today! David is a member of the Maine Mycological Assoc. NOTE: This class will start with an outdoor talk at the waterfront followed by the walking portion.
Button Hole Book
with Joelle Webber

A bound book that has a lot of scope to include all your favorite colors and decorative papers. This book is a great beginner binding, with a paper cover and no glue needed. Join us to make your new journal, poetry or guest book. Materials & tools will be provided.
Divination Salon Series: Numerology
with Devanna Wolf

There’s more to the art of divination than just Tarot cards and crystal balls. Learn something new in this Divination Salon Series and try your hand at some other unique forms of divination in this series of a la carte salons. Numerology is divination by numbers in the Pythagorean system. Numbers have sacred characters and interpretations in many different cultures. Learn how to calculate the numbers in your name and birthdate to get information about your personality, strengths, challenges, and life path with just a pencil and paper.
Drawing Fundamentals
with Michael Branca

Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to brush up on previous skills, this is the drawing class for you. Working in a variety of media, we will cover all of the basics: line, shape, value, proportion, composition, perspective and markmaking. Particular focus is placed on observational skills, learning how to translate the 3-dimensional world onto a 2-dimensional surface. A materials list will be provided after registration.
Young At Heart Fiesta
with Tony Garreton

Loneliness and social isolation in older adults is a serious public health risk that affects a significant number of people in the US, putting them at risk for dementia and other serious conditions. For this reason, Tony Dancer, under his TDF program, has created the “Young at Heart Fiesta” Latin Fusion dance class program with low impact, low-volume music to protect hearing, easy steps to follow and lots of laughter. This program is offered free of charge with Tony Dancer, plus once a month potlucks! Adults with strong social relationships have a lower risk of major health problems, such as depression, high blood pressure, and an unhealthy body mass index. *Program is for individuals 70+ only.
Self-care for Your Hands
with Mary Woodbury

Do you, or someone you know, suffer from chronic pain in the hands, wrists, elbows or shoulders? Please join Mary Woodbury, OTR/L CHT for a discussion about self-care - easy-to-perform techniques, exercises and home-use devices to ease discomfort in our hands and arms. Some of the many hand and upper extremity conditions benefiting from self care are osteoarthritis, tennis elbow, trigger finger, and carpal tunnel. Self-care is conservative care and often the first line of care prescribed by Physicians and Occupational Therapists. This program is brought to you by Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP.
Acrylic Painting
with Michael Branca

Open to novices and intermediate students alike, this class will meet you at your skill level. Projects range from observational (still life, portrait, etc.) to experimental, with particular focus on understanding paint mixing to achieve the colors you see. Either six-week session may be taken on its own. Those who want a deeper dive can sign up for both. A materials list will be provided. *No Class: 6/19.