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Beaded Bouquet & Spring Candle Making Class

$55

with Jenn Paulin, Windham/Raymond Adult Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Join Jenn from Candlewood to make a beautiful and fresh spring-scented 12 ounce candle and one gorgeous beaded mini bouquet. Enjoy a night of fun personalizing your candle, choosing your scents and crafting a unique bouquet no one will believe was crafted by YOU! Artificial flowers are handmade using acrylic beads and metal wire. They are perfect for daily use and can be placed indoors and outdoors as a stunning eye-catching centerpiece decoration! 

Family Paint Night - Mother's Day

$23

with Janis Peterson, Massabesic Adult and Community Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Ages: 6 - 13

Enjoy a family paint night just in time for Mother’s Day! Open to families with kids aged 6-13. Materials fee $20

 

Only one registration needed for adult and child unit.

Firefighters Needed! Come and Learn More about how YOU can be a Firefighter!

Free

with Knox County Mutual Aid Association, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm

Your local fire department needs YOU! Join the dedicated, everyday heroes who keep our community safer. Opportunities to serve come in different forms—firefighting, fund raising, community education, and department support—and you don't have to be available 24/7. Your contribution could be volunteering, on-call, part-time, or per diem. It could lead to a career! Get all your questions answered and more in this one-night presentation by the Knox County Mutual Aid Association. Meet area fire chiefs and firefighters and find out how your knowledge, skills, and abilities can be an asset to your community. Attendance is FREE but please register to let us know what numbers to expect. High school students are encouraged to attend.

First Time Home Buyers*

Free

with Kimberlee Petrey, Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Buying your first house is truly a big deal! In this 8-hour, in person class we will cover everything you need to know about the buying process and owning a home afterwards. You will learn the steps involved in buying, how to set goals, and prepare for homeownership, explore loan products and credit, protect and grow your investment, and how to avoid being ripped off. A Homebuyers Education Certificate can help you access down payment assistance or mortgage products that require HUD-certified homebuyers education—for most organizations it’s good for two years. Register here at midmaine.maineadulted.org and the computer program will take you to the KVCAP registration site to finish the registration process—that cost will be $45. Limit 24 students.

Please register with KVCAP Housing Services Program/Kimberlee Petrey

March Registration: https://reg.planetreg.com/E1295384442582

May Registration: https://reg.planetreg.com/E131859554265 

How to Lose 20 Pounds in 20 Weeks (Online) W25

$30

with Becky Longacre, Augusta Adult and Community Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm

This online course will teach women in midlife it is possible and even probable to lose weight by summer with a strategy. Step-by-step guidance is given to the students to get them started. Becky Longacre is a nurse gone health coach with a specialty in weight loss from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She uses her own health journey to empathize and lead clients to better health and life satisfaction through happy, healthy, sustainable weight loss and empowered decision-making.

Lazy Susan Resin Art

$80 Originally: $30

with Brigitte Miner, Kittery Adult Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm

Let’s put a SPIN on resin art! Join us to create your own unique design on a Lazy Susan

During this class you will create a design of choice on a large 13” round Lazy Susan. You may choose from a variety of colored dried flowers or create ocean waves as shown in picture. If you choose the floral design, after you have arranged the dried flowers, Brigitte will Guide you with measuring and mixing the resin and then pouring a resin overlay. If you choose the Ocean Waves design, Brigitte will guide you with measuring and mixing the resin and adding pigments. The instructions of how to apply the different colored pigment will follow. The resin art is left overnight to cure. It is not advisable to take your art home the day of the class. If you choose to transport your art home the day of the class, it is at your own risk. Wear clothing that is suitable for art projects, spills, stains. Please arrive 15 min. early to be ready to participate in the class at the start time.

Thursday, May 8, 6-8 pm

Registration Fee: $80

Lazy Susan Resin Art - Class in Kittery

$80 Originally: $30

with Brigitte Miner, Marshwood Adult & Community Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Let’s put a SPIN on resin art! Join us to create your own unique design on a Lazy Susan

During this class you will create a design of choice on a large 13” round Lazy Susan. You may choose from a variety of colored dried flowers or create ocean waves as shown in picture. If you choose the floral design, after you have arranged the dried flowers, Brigitte will Guide you with measuring and mixing the resin and then pouring a resin overlay. If you choose the Ocean Waves design, Brigitte will guide you with measuring and mixing the resin and adding pigments. The instructions of how to apply the different colored pigment will follow. The resin art is left overnight to cure. It is not advisable to take your art home the day of the class. If you choose to transport your art home the day of the class, it is at your own risk. Wear clothing that is suitable for art projects, spills, stains. Please arrive 15 min. early to be ready to participate in the class at the start time.

Photography For Beginners

$59

with Brian Peterson, Portland Adult Education

Calendar May 8, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 6 weeks
This course will teach you how to take great photographs with an adjustable 35mm or digital camera (note: "point and shoot" cameras are not covered). Topics like composition, shutter speeds, F-stops, depth of field, lenses etc. will be discussed. Bring camera and instruction booklet.

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