A follow-up for Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Part 1, and for those familiar with basic skills of the medium, line and value, contour drawing and viewfinder practice. This class will expand those skills to include rendering of objects, landscape, human form, as well as use of color in composition. Developing your own personal style, using the medium, and techniques is the goal, whether realistic or abstract. Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain book and workbook required.

Join author David Spahr for an indoor presentation and discussion of edible and medicinal mushrooms, identification, tools and equipment for harvesting, as well as books, materials, and other resources. David has collected edible mushrooms for 50 years. He is a member of the Maine Mycological Association and the North American Mycological Association.

Consists of Basic Belly Dance positions and moves, with a twist of hula moves and abdominal floor work.  

This class is for beginners.

Comfy clothes are all that’s required.

BIO: A professional dance instructor with over 40 years’ experience, Mary Anne Dalleo still believes in “old school “instruction.  She concentrates on how the body benefits from correct positioning while also allowing the body to do what comes “naturally. “She’s owned 4 dance studios from New York to Maine and knows what makes a student transform into a “happy” dancer.

In this 1.5 hour class you will learn strength training and yin yoga using a combination of strength training—through Pilates, band work, ball, plyometrics, and body weight—followed by slow stretching and restorative yoga on the floor. Students should have a yoga mat, 2 blocks, a bolster or large pillow, medium exercise ball (48-55cm), small hand exercise ball, 2" light band, resistance band with handle (light or 5-10lb), and 5lb dumbbell.

Join us as we discuss the various tools filmmakers use (cinematography, editing, sound, ect.) to communicate themes beyond the pages of the screenplay. For newcomers and veteran cinephiles alike!

Wesley grew up in New England. He has lived all over the country, working on multiple film sets, and written for various entertainment sites about film. He would like to share that passion and knowledge with others.

4 Tuesday sessions

An estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste end up in landfills each year in America. Let's keep some clothes out of the landfill by learning basic hand-mending stitches! Explore different stitch techniques and create your own cloth stitching sampler book to take home. All materials provided.

Sara Ottomano has more than 10 years of experience teaching art classes. She enjoys encouraging others to play with materials, explore sustainable artmaking practices, and create stories together.

Join the fun as veteran stage actor Joseph Coté leads a lively discussion of some tragic, comic, and historic favorites—Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and King Henry IV, Part 1—whose characters could well be people living today, even next door. Perhaps Juliet is a ninth grader, Romeo on the hockey team, Puck a school play ham, by day Falstaff eats while shopping at Hannaford’s, by night he’s a Cuzzy’s regular, and who isn’t familiar with a certain renegade Prince Hal? Plays and study materials will be supplied well in advance. Come prepared to cover three plays over six sessions with the opportunity for jovial table reads.

Foxtrot, Waltz, East Coast Swing

Instructor: Sergei Slussky