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Watercolor for Beginners
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Watercolor for Beginners

$58

with Donna Kantor, Lake Region & Fryeburg Area Adult Education

If you've always wanted to learn watercolor painting in a relaxed, no-critique environment, this is the perfect class! Throughout four sessions you will learn some foundational skills and a variety of techniques, painting a simple landscape, birds and a floral. A suggested materials list will be available at the first class. Please bring whatever materials you have. Lab fee: $10 for supplies to be paid directly to the instructor at first class.

Zentangle: Magic Blooming

$80

with Valeria Rienzi, Kittery Adult Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 6 pm

Let's create together our own flowers inspired by the most beautiful Zentangle patterns!

 4 Tuesday sessions

May 6-27, 6-8 pm

Registration Fee: $80

Material fee: tbd

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Crochet Basics

$72

with Jamie Boucher Simpkins, Sanford Community Adult Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

All levels of ability are welcome!

Ideal for beginning or rusty crocheters. 

Bring a ball of yarn and a crochet hook and I'll show you how!  You'll also learn about the tools of the trade, a bit of crochet history, and how to start reading patterns.  When you're done, you'll know the five stitches most commonly used.

We also offer one-night classes as well if you need just to brush up.

Come and join and have some fun! 

Estate Planning – Prepare for the Uncertainties of Life and Revocable Trusts & Irrevocable Trusts – Are They Right for You?

$22

with Kathryn Bedell, Kittery Adult Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm

This class will begin with an overview of basic estate planning, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, etc. The class will then delve into, learning how revocable trusts can help avoid probate and protect your privacy, and how irrevocable trusts can protect your assets from nursing home or Maine Care (Medicaid) liens.  Discussion will include other strategies to safeguard assets from life events such as business failure or divorce of adult children. Kathryn Bedell is a lawyer in York, Maine and has been practicing for 31 years. Her practice focuses on estate planning, asset preservation, and probate matters.

 

 

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Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People

$69

with Craig Coffman, Portland Adult Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week
In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class, and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration. For ages 13+.

Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People

$65 Originally: $69

with Craig Coffman, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration. For ages 13+. *This course includes ONE live online session, and students follow up on their own with provided video lessons.

Mushrooms, Edible and Medicinal of New England 05.06.25

$29

with David Spahr, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm

This class will feature easy-to-understand information on finding, collecting, identifying, and preparing the safe, most common edible and medicinal mushroom species of New England and Eastern Canada. Whether you are a cook, forager, herbalist, or restauranteur, you will enjoy this class. The book Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada will be available for purchase in class for $21.

The Healing Power of Sound

$55

with Maribeth Amber, Old Orchard Beach/Saco Adult Education

Calendar May 6, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 2 weeks

This experiential workshop delves into a little background information on the types of crystal bowls, gongs, and other instruments used in sound healing. Learn how to listen and play them for therapeutic wellness. Engage in a series of subtle meditations to sense your energy bodies as you listen to the sound instruments, then practice exploring and playing various sound instruments. Bring a journal (available for purchase at Flourish) and pen.

Maribeth Amber, certified sound healer, is an artist, teacher, and mystic. She was initiated at the age of 21, by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist master of Dzogchen and is certified in Yantra Yoga and studied Kundalini Yoga and Kabbalah with Gurunam Singh, (Dr Joseph Levy ), for over a decade.

Deirdre Drennen work with us for a class or two as she is an intuitive musician, Reiki Master, and an Interfaith Chaplain

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