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Tai Chi Easy™ with Robin

$155

with Robin Brooks

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 23, 2025 at 1:30 pm, runs for 10 weeks
1 additional session on Jan 6, 2026

Join Robin to learn about the incredible health benefits of practicing tai chi. Tai Chi Easy™ is a health-enhancement system that includes a gentle qigong (chee-gong) warm-up, breathing practices, self-massage, and a modified Yang-style tai chi form. We will discover how to nurture our Qi, or vital life force, while engaging in the practices. This class is for everyone, both new and continuing students. Please contact Robin if you have any questions. Optional book to purchase: The Healer Within: The Four Essential Self-Care Methods for Creating Optimal Health by Roger Jahnke, OMD. *No Class: 11/11 & 11/25.

Beginning French

$150

with Laurie Notch

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 23, 2025 at 4 pm, runs for 12 weeks

Voulez-vous apprendre le français? Learn French essentials or revive French learned from decades ago! We’ll cover pronunciation, basic phrases, structure and vocabulary with the textbook Barron's E-Z French. *No Class: 11/25.

Fundamentals of Home Canning

$65

with Allison Carroll Duffy

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Mar 3, 2026

Have you ever wanted to try canning, but were unsure how to get started? Or perhaps you are concerned about food safety, and wondering how to ensure that your canned food is both delicious and safe. Well, this is the class for you! Join Allison Carroll Duffy, Master Food Preserver and cookbook author, for this hands-on workshop covering all that you need to know to get started canning your own food. Well cover the basics of safe home canning, including proper procedures, techniques, and use of tools and equipment. Then we’ll learn hands-on--working together as a group and going step-by-step--to make and can a big batch of jam. We’ll use the boiling water bath method, which is the same method you’ll use for making many other canned goods you might want to make at home, including pickles, salsas, chutneys, and fruit. While this class will focus primarily on the boiling water bath method of canning, pressure canning will also be discussed. At the end of the class, there will be plenty of jam to taste, and each participant will go home with a jar of jam to enjoy...as well as all the know-how you need to start canning confidently at home! *A materials fee of $10 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

Stained Glass Studio

$125

with Penny Hartwell

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 8 weeks
1 additional session on Jan 13, 2026

Have you already taken Stained Glass for Beginners with Penny? Are you looking to continue working on your stain glass project or start a new one? Then this studio class is for you! Come join Penny to freshen up your skills, learn new advanced skills, build in 3D, and explore other possibilities. Bring your own tools and glass. *No Class: 4/21 & 5/26.

Intermediate French

$150

with Laurie Notch

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 24, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 12 weeks

This course will offer lessons in structure and grammar, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and conversation using variety of materials. Continuons à apprendre la langue français! *No Class: 11/26.

Paint Night: Mushrooms

$55

with Shirley Anderson

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 24, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

In this class students will be painting a close up view of mushrooms on the forest floor. You’ll learn how to paint leaf litter, decaying wood, with a little moss thrown in here and there. This should be an excellent class for those who love mushrooms! No Prior experience is necessary; Shirley welcomes beginners with open arms. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or picking up a brush for the first time you’ll find this to be a fun and engaging class. Canvas and paints are supplied.

Tai Chi with Robin for Continuing Students

$155

with Robin Brooks

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 25, 2025 at 1:30 pm, runs for 10 weeks
1 additional session on Jan 8, 2026

Join Robin to continue with tai chi on Thursday afternoons. In this ten-week session, we will continue to refine and play with our vital energy, or Qi. *Enrollment in this class is suggested for students who have prior experience. Please contact Robin with any questions. *No Class: 11/27.

Cheese-Making: Feta

$45

with Sharon Gilsleider

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 25, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Oct 23, 2025

Impress your friends & family when you tell them you made it yourself! Learn to make healthier, better tasting, fresh Feta Cheese—and it doesn’t take months!! You will be impressed with the creamy rich flavor and will never go back to “store bought”. Traditional Feta is made with sheep or goat’s milk but you will also learn how to make it with cow's milk. We will discuss different flavors to add after, how to brine it and store it, as well as some ideas for recipes. You will bring a gallon of milk and take home approximately a pound of cheese. *Starter kit included. A supply list with basic kitchen tools will be sent out before the start of class.





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