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When Your Office Is Someone's Home

$35

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 24, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

This three-hour course is for anyone that goes into someone else’s home to do work, repairs, estimates, sales, nursing, or outside the home contractors. How can you be safe? Learn the basics to access the surroundings, stay safe and protect yourself without using a firearm. Part 3 of a 3-part series but can be taken separately. Zoom class, 5:30 – 8:30pm, April 24, 2024.

Captain License Information Session

Free

with John Coffin

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 24, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Aug 7, 2024

Are you interested in obtaining a USCG Captain’s License? Do you want to learn the differences between an Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV) license and a Master 100GT license, and what experience the Coast Guard requires for each? These informational sessions will help answer these questions and others about the two licenses. Also discussed will be the different methods for completing the course requirements. We plan to offer both courses in Maine during the Fall of 2024, representing the Captain School Key West/Miami. This information session is free, but please register in advance, so the instructor knows how many individuals will be attending and can send login instructions.

Zumba Dance Fitness

$65

with Patti Lanigan

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 24, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Get a fun workout in this Latin-based dance fitness class! The instructor will teach basic steps and give cues to get you dancing salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton, urban Latin, Caribbean, hip-hop, street funk, and more. This high- energy workout combines cardio, strengthening, and toning while boosting your energy and mood. Dance sneakers recommended. Please note: Sneakers with too much tread don't work as well for dance moves. Join the party!

How We Move Forward, Better and Stronger

$230

with Benefits and Beyond LLC

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 25, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Discover resilience in challenging times with 'How We Move Forward, Better and Stronger,' a comprehensive three-part series. Part 1 equips participants with tools to identify workplace stressors, build communicative structures, and handle change. Part 2 focuses on challenging negative attitudes, promoting optimism, and coping with organizational norms. In Part 3, learn to navigate difficult workplace conversations for reduced stress, increased confidence, and improved relationships. Elevate your skills for better career opportunities.

Cape Cod and Nantucket Daffodil Festival Weekend Motorcoach Tour

Free

with Adventure Marketplace

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 26, 2024 at 8 am, runs for 1 week

Join us April 26-28, 2024 for the annual "Three Million Daffodil Celebration" on Nantucket. We will depart Portland, Maine, head south and spend 2 nights in Hyannis. Saturday we'll hop on the high-speed ferry (across the street from our hotel) to Nantucket Island for the annual Daffodil Festival on Saturday. Enjoy the Daffodil Festival’s grand event - the Annual Antique Car Parade, which features over 100 daffodil-bedecked vintage cars. Wear your daffy hat, watch the car parade and welcome spring! 2 nights / Rates from $559 per person depending on room type. Coordinated by Nancy Dorrans of Adventure Marketplace.

Travel Dates: Friday - Sunday ~ April 26-28, 2024. *Register with Merrymeeting for more information. ***This trip is not FREE. The information is FREE.

Invasive Bittersweet: Bird Feeder

$95

with Zack Rouda

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 27, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

***Please note that the date for this workshop has changed. The new date is Satutday April 27th.

Frustrating to gardeners and arborists, and not readily favored by birds, Asiatic bittersweet is a largely useless bane on wild land. We can use traditional harvesting techniques to tend Asian bittersweet in the wild: harvesting material for baskets while controlling and suppressing future damaging growth. Learn to make a beautiful woven window feeder for birds! We'll cover identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including the basics of stake-and-strand waling and randing weaves. The bird feeder that we will make is designed to be attached to a window. Suction cups for the bird feeder, along with all required tools and materials, will be provided.

Basic Comedy Sketch Writing

$95

with Jon Hamdorf

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 27, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 4 weeks

Learn the basics to creating five minute comedy sketches, by exploring the fundamentals of sketch development. This class is for those that enjoy writing dialogue, see where we can go with a conversation, and hopefully make a few people laugh, and a few people smile. We will expand your ability to collaborate with other writers by using table reads and rewriting . This course is meant to be fun and entertaining, while learning the basics of comedy sketch writing. Final Draft required for class.

Beginning Watercolor

$125

with Jennifer Linskey

Calendar Next session starts Apr 29, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks
2 additional sessions through Jun 24, 2024

Learn which papers, materials, and brushes work best for you as we go over the basics of traditional and contemporary watercolor ideas and techniques. Class work will be a combination of watercolor exercises, whereby we learn the behavior of and particularities of watercolor through exercises. We will then apply this knowledge to small set ups so that we can gain some practical application. I will spend some time going over basic drawing ideas, color theory, color mixing, and brush care. A willingness to draw, and/or improve upon drawing skills will enhance your experience in this class. Absolute beginners in both drawing and watercolor need to recognize that they are attempting two new skills: drawing and watercolor. Don't let this dissuade you from signing up, but recognize where you are coming in and give yourself some grace in the moments where drawing is involved. I will do my best to help you where you are at! Always wanted some watercolor instruction from the ground up? This class will get you started!





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