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Social Security Optimization

with Damian Smith

Next session: August 6th, 2026

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Presented by Damian Smith of Set Apart Investing. This course provides a strategic guide to maximizing Social Security benefits. You'll learn about optimal claiming ages, spousal and survivor benefits, and tailored strategies for single, married, divorced, and widowed individuals to make informed decisions about when and how to file.

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Mosaic Pet Portraits

with Herenya Wilkey

Next session: August 6th to 20th, 2026

$65 More Info

Furred, feathered, scaled or even bald pets are beautiful! Please bring two printed copies of an 8x8inch or slightly smaller portrait photo of your pet to class. We will learn how to score, break, and snip glass and ceramics down to shape and glue to our substrate. On the last day of class we will finish with grout. No experience required! All Materials/Tools provided. A material fee of $35 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

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Let’s Make It Up! Improv Summer Camp

with Elise Voigt

Next session: August 10th to 14th, 2026

$345 More Info

This week-long day camp will use your child’s imagination, focus and energy to create a one act play from the ground up! We will practice theater exercises and develop characters, then we will weave together an improvised story that will be rehearsed and performed on the final day. This is a wonderful opportunity for children to practice developing their creativity while working together cooperatively with others. Elise Voigt is an actor and theater educator with over 20 years of experience and loves sharing her skills and knowledge with adults and children as a journey of self-discovery and self-renewal. No experience necessary! Come out and Play! For ages 9-14.

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Introduction to Energy

with Jeannie Sullivan

Next session: August 10th, 2026

$45 More Info

In this class you will learn where your chakras are and how the correspond with your body . We will learn what influences these energies and how to clear them. At the end of class there will be a mediation that will leave you balanced, grounded, and centered. After the meditation you should feel full of love and as though you have had a massage for your soul. Led by Jeannie Sullivan from HeartFelt Energies.

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Japanese Books (FF)

with Joelle Webber

Next session: August 11th, 2026

$45 More Info

*This is a Family-Friendly program, which means this workshop is open only to adults with minors. To participate in this program, adults need to register themselves and at least one child. An adult can register multiple children (up to 3).

We will explore the decorative sewing patterns of the Japanese Stab Binding, while learning a bit about the eastern traditions of book binding. Hammers and awls are used to create this book. Tools & materials provided. A materials fee of $10 payable to the instructor is due on the first night (fee is per registrant).

CALL US AT 729-7323 TO REGISTER!

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Paint Night: Bokeh

with Shirley Anderson

Next session: August 12th, 2026

$55 More Info

This class is designed for bokeh enthusiasts, featuring soft, distant lights that invoke a dreamy ambiance. Whether on a sunny beach or a night highway, we will explore techniques to replicate this stunning effect using lots of blending and blurring. This class is perfect for beginners as well as advanced painters. Canvas and paints are supplied.

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Painting the Landscape: Rocks

with Jessie Lozanski

Next session: August 13th, 2026

$50 More Info

In this class, open to all levels, students will learn to paint rocks as expressive elements within a landscape. We’ll explore structure, texture, light, and shadow to capture their weight and character. Open to all paint mediums. Upon registration a simple list of materials will be sent out.

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Sashiko Mending

with Asia Cole

Next session: August 15th, 2026

$60 More Info

Have clothes that need mending? Come learn sashiko, the Japanese art of visible mending where we will patch our garments with a purposefully visible stitch to strengthen and beautify them all at once. Students will each receive needles, thread, a patch, and a take-home guide. Please bring a ruler, scissors, sewing pins, and your garment of choice (denim preferred). A $25 materials fee, payable to the instructor, must be paid the first night of class.

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Ultimate Beginner Watercolor: Level 3

with Catherine Scanlon

Next session: August 18th, 2026

$25 More Info

Join Catherine for this 1 night class to learn new ways to incorporate mixed media techniques in your work. Create depth, texture and interest with gouache, fluid acrylic, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, dual tipped markers and posca pens (and more). Class will start with a refresher on color and techniques covered in previous levels and then transition to discuss new ways to think about layers while introducing various mixed media supplies. We will spend the rest of class playing with a variety of materials to incorporate new and old techniques to complete a fun and uplifting illustration. Materials fee: $20 (payable to the instructor).

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Plein-Air Painting the Landscape: Excursion at Reid State Park

with Jessie Lozanski

Next session: August 20th, 2026

$60 More Info

In this class, open to all levels, students will learn to see the elements of composition directly in the landscape and bring them to their canvases. Open to all paint mediums. Upon registration a list of materials will be sent out. (Park admission is not included in the fee)