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Cloud-Based Backup Solutions

Free

with National Digital Equity Center, Windham/Raymond Adult Education

Calendar Mar 28, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

Join us in class as we explore the most popular, free, cloud-based platforms to safely back up the information that is important to you.

Earrings Workshop

$69

with Alice Carroll, York Adult Education

Calendar Mar 29, 2025 at 10 am

In this workshop, you'll explore textures and fold forming to create unique earrings. Templates will be provided to help you choose the shape, which you will then saw out of metal. After folding the metal in half, you'll gently hammer it to create a seam, then open it up again to texture the folded seam. Each student will also learn how to make small granules to solder onto the earrings for added design details. No experience is required, and all materials and supplies are included. Join us to craft a distinctive pair of earrings from start to finish! Instructor: Alice Carroll

Class is located in Alice Carroll's Studio in The Button Factory, 855 Islington St. #202 Portsmouth, NH 03801

Peg Loom Weaving

$125

with Margaret B. Russell, Portland Adult Education

Calendar Mar 29, 2025 at 10 am

Hand Drumming Workshop

$39

with Namory Keita, Old Orchard Beach/Saco Adult Education

Calendar Mar 30, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

Beginners & ALL levels welcome!

Explore hand drumming through the traditional music of Guinea, West Africa. Alongside your fellow students and Master Village Drummer Namory Keita, play patterns and rhythms. Fun and engaging, Namory's remarkable style unites all levels in a community experience and is fun and engaging—a not to be missed experience! Registration closes at noon on 3/28. Please bring a Djembe, Ashiko, Conga or other hand drum. Some rentals are available at $5/drum, payable to instructor in class. Email info@namorydrum.com to reserve a drum.

Namory Keita is in high demand! He is an accomplished teacher and performer with a distinctive style and a depth of traditional knowledge that is extremely hard to find outside of the Guinean villages where he was born. His assets include his extraordinary talent for captivating any audience and his connections to local and international drummers and dancers.

Homemade Salad Dressings-Dress Up Your Dressings for Summer

Free

with Annie Sargent, Ellsworth Adult and Community Education

Calendar Mar 31, 2025 at 5:30 pm

We have cookie swaps, but how about going healthy and sharing ideas about how to dress up a salad?  Let's learn from each other about creating dressings that will make you and your loved ones look forward to eating healthy greens and vegetables! 

Whether you're new to homemade salad dressings or just love to share cooking ideas, this workshop is for you.  Annie Sargent will bring some of her favorite recipes and tips, and we hope if you have some favorites you will do the same.  This is an in-person class.

 

 

Zumba Gold is Bold!

$59

with Lisa Elliot, Ellsworth Adult and Community Education

Calendar Mar 31, 2025 at 5:45 pm, runs for 8 weeks

Zumba Gold is Bold! is designed for all ages - for those new to Zumba, for those who have had an injury, or those who love Zumba, but would like a modified version.  Zumba Gold runs for 45 minutes, unlike Zumba that runs for an hour. There is verbal cuing as well as non-verbal cues.  The music is the same great, fun, upbeat music.  You will sweat and you will receive the many benefits of dancing. The only change is the movements will be less stressful on your joints and your body.  It’s a class where you are exercising, but having fun doing it!!  

Lisa Elliot has been a licensed Zumba and Zumba Gold instructor since 2015.  Her specialty is Zumba Gold. She thoroughly enjoys getting to know those that come to her classes and seeing them have fun and getting the health benefits of dancing!

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People

$69

with Craig Coffman, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education

Calendar Mar 31, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

This is an online, live class. 

In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade togive you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano theway professionals do-using chords. The chord method is LOTSof fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes. Feeincludes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recordingof the class and also an optional periodic question and answersession. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands oninstruction and partly lecture demonstration.

Craig Coffman is an experienced piano and guitar instructor, professional pianist and music director.  He has over 30 years’ experience teaching piano privately. His piano and guitar seminars, offered through Community Colleges and Community Education Programs, have been attended by over 30,000 students throughout Arizona, Minnesota and the United States over the last 27 years.   He has a degree in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Illinois (where he also studied piano) and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.   

Basic Math

Free

with Tina Monreal, RSU 25 Adult and Community Education

Calendar Apr 1, 2025

A great course to understand the basics of math and build on it. This course will cover basic operation, fractions, decimals, percents, rates, ratios, proportions, order of operations, problem solving, measurements, intro to geometry and intro to algebra. This course will prepare you for Pre-Algebra, Healthcare Math, and HiSET Math prep. Schedule set with student at enrollment.





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