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Our Classes

A Journey into Essential Oils and Emotions

$25

with Cary Ouellette

Calendar Next available session starts May 7, 2024 at 3 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jun 11, 2024

Join us on a sensory and enlightening session introducing you to the profound connection between essential oils and emotions. Delve into the world of aromatherapy and discover how specific scents can evoke powerful emotional responses. Learn through a lecture how essential oils can become your emotional allies, influencing mood, and promoting a sense of well-being. Plus, immerse yourself in the experience by sampling a curated selection of essential oils. Join us for an aromatic adventure where your emotions take center stage. You will be gifted an essential oil to take home.

Eating Japanese Knotweed

$45

with Zack Rouda

Calendar Next available session starts May 7, 2024 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica or Fallopia japonica) is known as one of the most frustrating invasive species in the world. Frequently planted along riverbanks as a means of controlling erosion, it is often favored by pollinators, yet quickly overruns landscapes and smothers native plant species. Knotweed also makes a delicious, healthy and versatile vegetable, similar to rhubarb. We can help to manage the overgrowth of this powerful invasive by eating it! Learn to manage, harvest, gather, process, and eat Japanese knotweed. We'll cover identification, removal, gathering, processing, cooking over an open fire, and future storage. Everyone gets a jar of sweet knotweed sauce to take home, which you may further dehydrate for fruit leather.

Building Mosaic Landscapes

$65

with Herenya Wilkey

Calendar Next available session starts May 7, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

A wee intro to creating mosaic art. Please bring a photo of a natural landscape special to you to class. We will use the photos to create little worlds of our own by simplifying the landscape and highlighting its most prominent features. We will learn how to score, break, and snip glass down to shape and glue to our substrate. On the last day of class we will finish with grout. Tools will be provided. *A material fee of $35 must be paid in cash to the instructor on first night of class. Materials fee includes: Glass, cutting oil, rubbing alcohol, glue, grout, disposable shop towels, rubber gloves and substrate (either picture frame, serving tray or something like).

NOTE for Session 2: The class on May 14th will be extended to allow everyone enough time to finish cutting and designing their pieces. The class will start at 5 and end at 8. 

Let It Go! Fiesta (Tuesday Sessions)

$70

with Tony Garreton

Calendar Next available session starts May 7, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks
1 additional session on Jun 25, 2024

"Let it Go with Tony" is under TDF (Tony Dance Fiesta LLC) and is not only a dance program that helps you physically by burning calories and keeping you fit, but it also helps you fight depression, it will encourage you to feel empowered and confident. It will be a time dedicated especially to you, where you will laugh, dance, without being judged. This class is for everybody, gender, age and shape… you will go at your own pace, just like you would in a nightclub or in a family party! Course fee is for 6 sessions with Tony.

MindfulPages: Group Journaling, Meditation, and Essential Oils for Beginners

$65

with Cary Ouellette

Calendar Next available session starts May 8, 2024 at 9:30 am, runs for 4 weeks
1 additional session on Jun 5, 2024

Join "MindfulPages," a specially crafted session for beginner journalers seeking a supportive and inspiring community. Engage in group journaling with thought-provoking prompts, accompanied by short meditations to enhance mindfulness and creativity. Immerse yourself in the therapeutic benefits of essential oils, creating a harmonious environment for self-expression. Conclude each session with discussions to share your experiences, foster connections, and deepen your appreciation for the art of journaling. You will be gifted a journal.

Young At Heart Fiesta

Free

with Tony Garreton

Calendar Next available session starts May 8, 2024 at 10:30 am, runs for 6 weeks

**PLEASE NOTE: Session Two (which starts on 5/8) has changed locations. This session will run out of our Topsham building, not the Bath location.**

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. *The program is for individuals 70+ only.

 

Introduction to Zentangle

$35

with Irene Burgess

Calendar Next available session starts May 8, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Join us for an introduction to Zentangle! Zentangle is a drawing method using pens and paper designed to release your creativity and increase mindfulness and focus. Learn about the easy, low-cost method to express your inner artist, change up your crafting, and provide stress relief. Instructor will provide all supplies needed for starting your Zentangle journey. Each student should bring an adventurous spirit.

Invest for Success

Free

with Sarah Blondin

Calendar Next available session starts May 8, 2024 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

How confident are you with your investment strategy? Did you know many people find themselves making common mistakes that can cost them their retirement? Join us to learn the power of compound interest and strategies to protect our assets, avoid common pitfalls investors face, and how to get our money working hard for us!





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