Experienced financial professionals will offer you valuable tips to help you understand your Credit Score, including but not limited to: How do you get a score, what makes up your score, how to improve your score, and what hurts your score. This will be an interactive class where you'll be able to ask any questions you may have surrounding credit.

This class welcomes all levels of students wanting to experience watercolor painting. The weekly exercises are designed to build confidence through step by step instructions. Techniques such as wet on wet, dry brush, blotting etc. are integrated into each watercolor painting. Color theory and mixing is covered along with how to create a successful composition. Many students have returned each year remarking how much they enjoy the class. They learn something new each time they attend. Come and enjoy meeting great people who love to paint and have fun! The supply list available on our website or by calling the adult ed office.

Holly Smith is a Maine native who graduated with a B.S. degree in Art Education from the University of Southern Maine. Retired from teaching high school art and photography for 31 years she now happily teaches adult ed. Holly is represented by the Portland Art Gallery, Bonnie Farmer Assemblage Art & Gallery, and the Lincolnville Art Gallery.

Do you use essential oils but want to know more about them? Or maybe you have no experience but are curious? In this one night workshop, we will discuss what essential oils are, how they are made and how they can be used to enhance your life. We will touch upon some of the more commonly used essential oils and will also cover safety precautions. You will learn about the different qualities of essential oils that are on the market and how to make an educated decision when faced with many different brand choices. Participants will have the option to make 2 essential oil roller bottles to take home with them (material fee of $5). Elissa Nauman, MS, is the founder of Restoring Through Nature, LLC. She guides clients to achieve their physical, emotional, and spiritual health goals through the support of essential oils and energy work (Reiki and IET). She has a Master of Science in Counseling and is certified in essential oils coaching, Usui Reiki Level 2, Integrated Energy Therapy, Reiki Crystal Healing and is a Certified Chakra Therapist.

How to Get Hired: Focus on Performance!This one is all about interviewing, specifically how to use the S.T.A.R. method and how to give performance based answers that highlight your ability to do the work required, even if you don't have the skills and experience...yet.  If you want to set yourself apart from the crowd and increase your chances at employment, you have to learn how to focus on performance. If you're nervous about interviewing and want to learn some tips that will give you control as an interviewee, this is the class for you! 1:1 support is available as a follow up for anyone who needs interviewing practice.

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.

There is still a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation about Maine’s compassionate end-of-life care option. Many providers and patients in Maine are still not familiar with Maine’s Death with Dignity Act. In effect since September 2019, the law permits physicians to practice medical aid-in-dying under specific circumstances.

Join this class to get fact-based information and all the details you need to know about Maine’s law, how to have the conversation with your physician, and how to qualify for the law or support your loved one who may be qualifying.

Fee: Free but pre-registration is required

If you’ve always wanted to learn watercolor painting in a relaxed, no critique environment, this is the perfect class! A place to learn some foundational skills and a variety of techniques, painting a simple landscape, birds and a floral.

Suggested materials list will be available at first class. But please bring whatever materials you have.

Lab Fee: $10 to be paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class.

Join "MindfulPages," a specially crafted session for beginner journalers seeking a supportive and inspiring community. Engage in group journaling with thought-provoking prompts, accompanied by short meditations to enhance mindfulness and creativity. Immerse yourself in the therapeutic benefits of essential oils, creating a harmonious environment for self-expression. Conclude each session with discussions to share your experiences, foster connections, and deepen your appreciation for the art of journaling. You will be gifted a journal.