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Our Classes

Candle-Making

$35

with Asia Roberge

Calendar Next session starts May 17, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jul 19, 2025

Come spend a relaxing Saturday evening making beautiful beeswax candles. We will be hand-dipping taper candles of your chosen shape and color design. Join us for this slow yet oh so rewarding traditional craft! All materials included. Sign-up early as registration will close 2 weeks prior to each session date.

Mini-Retreat: Connect with Calm

$35

with Heather Shaughnessy-Cato

Calendar Next available session starts May 18, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

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

$45

with David Spahr

Calendar Next available session starts May 18, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week
3 additional sessions through Aug 10, 2025

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.

Driver's Education: Wiscasset
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Driver's Education: Wiscasset

$560

with Chris Brilliant

Calendar Next session starts May 19, 2025 at 4:45 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Ages: 15 - 19

PLEASE NOTE:  The May class will start on May 19th with the final on June 10th. June 11th and 16th should be set aside for make-up days due to inclement weather, if necessary. 

Thank you!

Parents/Guardians are required to attend the last 45 minutes of the first class and do a ride-along with your child, to be scheduled by the instructor and parent.  Please review our website for a complete list of rules and expectations: https://merrymeeting.maineadulted.org/home/driver-education/

Please Note:  There is a make-up fee for missed classes. 

Are you 15 years of age or older and want your State of Maine permit to prepare for your driving exam? We offer driver education courses to help build strong, safe, and confident drivers. Students are awarded an instructional permit upon successful completion of the course with a grade of 80 percent or better. Only employee discounts are allowed, but you must call to register. If the student has a medical condition please contact the office or click on the link below as an additional medical form is required. Total hours of instruction is 40; 30 classroom and 10 driving. Full payment of $560 is required at the time of registration. If a student withdraws from the course, $75 is withheld from the refund to cover program costs. Only employee discounts for this class. Please bring your birth certificate or passport to the first class and a pen to every class as well as glasses for your eye exam, if you wear them. 

Note:  You should only sign up for this class if you are sure you can make all the dates.  There is a fee for make-up classes. 

Driver Medical Evaluation CR24 Bath Campus

For any medical waivers please use the above form as this class is part of the Bath Campus. 

October 2024

  • Class Times 4:45 - 7:45 pm
  • Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
  • October: 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 (Final Exam)
  • In case of inclement weather - make up days will be 10/30 and 11/4

May 2025

  • Class Times 4:45 - 7:45 pm
  • Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
  • May: 19, 20, 21, 27, 28
  • June: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, (Final Exam)
  • In case of inclement weather - make up days will be 6/11 and 6/16

Button Hole Book

$45

with Joelle Webber

Calendar Next available session starts May 20, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

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
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Divination Salon Series: Numerology

$25

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

$125

with Michael Branca

Calendar Next session starts May 20, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 6 weeks
1 additional session on Jul 8, 2025

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
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Young At Heart Fiesta

Free

with Tony Garreton

Calendar Next session starts May 21, 2025 at 10:30 am, runs for 6 weeks

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.





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