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Pickleball for Intermediates

$80

with Barbara Rondeau

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2026 at 3 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Focus on play from the kitchen line, when to use defensive shots and when to attack. Work on developing consistency in all elements of your game. Please bring your own paddles. All classes will be held on the Neptune Courts at 74 Neptune Drive at Brunswick Landing. Instructor Barbara Rondeau is a former tennis pro who took up Pickleball 8 years ago and has been teaching ever since. This class includes 5 sessions.

Silver Jewelry Making

$60

with Penny Hartwell

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Working with Silver Clay is an exciting process where the inexperienced can explore their artistic abilities and create unique one of a kind items. Come join this exciting class where beginners can easily learn to create earrings, pendants, charms, beads, bracelets, and rings. Experience a new creative adventure and learn how easy and fun it is to make beautiful items from Precious Metal Clay (PMC) or Art Clay Silver (ACS). Materials fee of $80 is payable to the instructor on the first night of class. *No Class: 4/23.

Invest for Success

Free

with Sarah Blondin

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2026 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Is your money working as hard for you as you do for it? Are you confident that your current investment strategy will help you reach your goals? Whether you're brand new to investing or a seasoned investor, join us to learn the power of compounding interest, managing risk, and strategically investing to reach your goals!

ServSafe Food Handler

$60

with Mark Shinners

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2026 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This class is presented by NE Food Safety. Learn what you need to stay safe, keep customers safe and pass the CFPM exam. All key points are covered, from cleaning and sanitization to cooking temperatures, purchasing, and proper methods of food preparation and delivery. Price includes unlimited practice questions, book, class, and proctored exam. Students will be taught information in a variety of manners, including an exciting round of Food Jeopardy. Your instructor will be bilingual (Spanish/English), with over a decade of experience instructing adult learners at hospitals, VAs, colleges and universities, restaurants and hotels, and more. Upon completion of this course participants will receive a certificate of completion. *This certification program runs concurrently with the food manager class. Students may opt to take the food manager exam during the last night, on 4/29 if they desire.

ServSafe Food Manager

$200

with Mark Shinners

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2026 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This class is presented by NE Food Safety. Learn what you need to stay safe, keep customers safe and pass the CFPM exam. All key points are covered, from cleaning and sanitization to cooking temperatures, purchasing, supervision, HACCP and more! Price includes unlimited practice questions, book, class, and proctored exam. Students will be taught information in a variety of manners, including an exciting round of Food Jeopardy. The instructor is bilingual (Spanish/English), with over a decade of experience instructing adult learners at hospitals, VAs, colleges and universities, restaurants and hotels, and more. He will use the ServSafe method for instruction of the FDA code so that you will be ready to pass the exam! *There is a $20 cancellation fee.

Paint Night: The Barn Quilt

$55

with Shirley Anderson

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 16, 2026 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Come join us and unleash your creativity with these beautiful Barn Quilts. Pick out a design and colors and you’re ready to create your masterpiece. These will be painted on 24 x 24 inch birch plywood panels primed with white Kiltz ahead of time. No prior experience necessary, just be ready to paint a visually stunning piece of art that's rich in history and cultural significance. This class will have a fee for supplies of $15, payable to the instructor. Canvas and paints are supplied.

Learn to Sew a Basic Wardrobe

$150

with Susan Ellis

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 16, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Classes cover sewing basics like the tools you’ll need to get started, threading a needle, sewing by hand, and how to purchase and use a machine as well as how to choose and use a sewing pattern to put together a wardrobe of basic clothing pieces. We’ll make a drawstring bag in class, and a simple piece of clothing. There is a $45 tools and materials fee payable to the instructor on the first night of class (includes fabric and pattern for your bag but not for the clothing piece).

Pamphlet Books (FF)
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Pamphlet Books (FF)

$45

with Joelle Webber

Calendar Next session starts Apr 16, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Ages: 6 - 17

*This is a Family-Friendly program, which means this workshop is open only to adults with minors. To participate in this program, adults need to register themselves and at least one child. An adult can register multiple children (up to 3).

This class introduces the vocabulary, tools and materials of hand bookbinding. We will learn how to bind a soft and a hard covered version of these beginner, single gathering books. Tools & materials provided. A materials fee of $10 payable to the instructor is due on the first night (fee is per registrant).

CALL US AT 729-7323 TO REGISTER!





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