In this 8-week course, we’ll explore the basics of creative writing, including the various mediums, genres, and publication routes available to you, and we’ll practice the fundamental skills and habits you’ll use to become a successful writer. This class is open to students of all skill levels, and whether you’re ready to become the next Stephen King or just want to put pen to paper and have some fun, there’s a place for you here. *No Class: 4/22.

White pine, Maine’s state flower, and Red pine, are ubiquitous throughout the state and provide a vital pool of resources for human and nonhuman Mainers alike. Pine needles are beautiful and strong! They can be coiled and sewn together to make hats, lovely usable baskets, and/or adorably tiny ones. Learn to identify, regeneratively gather and harvest, properly store and process, and weave with pine needles. We'll cover the basics of coiled basketry, which is a global, ancient human skill, and create a wonderful pine-needle basket. Every participant will make a basket to take home.

Nearing or entering retirement? Maybe you're just thinking about it? Join us to learn how developing a customized strategy can assist you in identifying considerable risks to mitigate them while making the most out of your benefits and assets. This can help you plan for a financially secure retirement!

Learn about the eviction of a complete community living on Malaga Island in Casco Bay in 1912. Learn the prehistory of the island's use by our indigenous people and post history of the island after the eviction. Learn a bit about the mainland African American village in coastal Maine that no longer exists but predated the Malaga Island Colony. Visit the island remotely through a slide show created by Master Maine Guide, Alice. This course is offered via Zoom.

Celebrate the Summer Solstice by honoring the light while making a joyful noise! Summer is such a wonderful time of year so let's ring it in with joy and music. Bring your rattles, drums. chimes, your voices and anything that you want to make a music with! We will call in the directions, dance, sing, and have FUN!! Bring water to drink, a chair or something comfortable to sit on, something to eat and enough to share, as well as an offering to the earth. An offering can be birdseed, cornmeal, flowers, nuts, lavender, a stone, a song. *There will be a potluck lunch hosted outside the classroom at the end of the program, so bring your favorite dish! Merrymeeting has a refrigerator that participants can use to store food.

*NOTICE OF LOCATION CHANGE: The location for this program has been moved from Brunswick High School to the Adult Center Center in Topsham.

Ever wonder about how the people of yore lived? Who were the Anunnaki? When did the first humans arrive in the Americas? Julius Caesar... a fashionista? Enter the 'Wayback Machine' to explore ancient societies around the globe from prehistory to 1500 C.E. with this engaging lecture course that shows how the past affects the present. History does repeat itself!

Do you wish you had a better understanding regarding your social security benefits? Do you want to make sure you're getting the most out of your benefits? Join us to learn how!

Humans have been weaving baskets for hundreds of thousands of years. Many plant materials may be used to weave with: vines, leaves, bark, wood, and more. Basket weaving requires various skills, all involving twisting and pulling and wrapping the materials around each other. Weaving a small project, like a fish (pictured), or a heart or five-pointed star, along with other shapes, can provide a comprehensive, beginner-friendly introduction to most of the skills required for full-scale basketry. 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.