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Ellsworth Adult and Community Education



Enrichment

Holiday Cookie Baking!

$36

with JoAnne Wood

Calendar Dec 11, 2023 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Join passionate baker JoAnne Wood for an evening of holiday baking! Get into the holiday spirit while learning how to make ginger sandwich cookies with orange buttercreaam filling, coconut meringue macaroons, neapolitan thumbprint cookes, and peppermint crunch double-chocolate chip cookes.

  • This is an in-person class. 
  • The registration fee includes a $10 supplies fee
  • The make up date, if needed is December 18th

JoAnne was born in England, grew up in San Francisco, and comes from a long line of fine British bakers. After graduation from the California Culinary Academy, she worked as a pastry chef at fine dining establishments in the San Francisco Bay area. Since moving to Maine in 2000, she has worked as a professional pastry chef, owned a dessert catering company, and taught cooking classes. She has a passion for cooking and baking, and for teaching people of all ages.

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Google Tasks: Get it Done!

$10

with Annie Sargent

Calendar Dec 14, 2023 at 4 pm, runs for 1 week

This is a new date Google Tasks is a little known feature of the Google Suites. The tasks can be linked with calendar events, emails and other google features that can really assist with efficiently working through your to-do list without losing track of what you need to get done. This is an in-person class. 

You’ll need a Gmail account for this workshop, and will need to know your account username and password.  It’s ideal if you access your Gmail on the web vs. a computer-based program.  If you’re not sure what this means, please contact us and we’ll be glad to assist you!  Google applications are free and are a practical way to learn programs without investing in software.

Watercolor: Painting Beyond the Basics Extension (Jan/In-person)

$119

with Mary Laury

Calendar Jan 2, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 4 weeks

If you have painted in watercolors before and want to jump to the next level while painting with a supportive group to go deeper into your work, we will paint and discuss the works developed in the class to ask questions and share thoughts. Composition, value study, and texture will be discussed. This class will include painting from references of places you love, some still life work from your own keepsakes, and perhaps painting outside when the weather permits. This is an in-person class held at the Moore Community Center, an accessible facility with an elevator.  Makeup class, if needed, 01/30/24.

Watercolor Painting Class materials list.

Mary Laury served as the founding Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, an award-winning non-profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Maine for over 20 years. The botanical subjects and dynamic nature of Maine are Mary's passions. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting and drawing in classrooms and in the field for many programs throughout her career, and has been recognized for her work by the Maine Arts Commission. 

Photography: Digital Photography I (Jan)

$120

with Steve McGrath

Calendar Jan 2, 2024 at 5:30 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Are you still getting to know your digital camera and its features? Here’s an opportunity to learn from an expert in this seminar for beginners! Have your camera ready and learn when and how to use its special features - such as program mode, manual mode, aperture priority and shutter priority. Also covered will be basic composition and best use of light for different situations, such as plant, people, macro, and landscape photography.  This is an live online course using Zoom

 

 

Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher who has been creating images for 20 years. Steve first began by shooting sports photography for local high schools, then weddings, and stock agencies. His love of the outdoors led him to focusing more on his true passion. Steve was an active member of the Gateway Camera Club for many years, and has won many ribbons and awards at fairs and competitions through the club and on his own. Many of his images have been published in school text books.

Still Life Photography (Jan)

$80

with Steve McGrath

Calendar Jan 2, 2024 at 7:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Would you like to capture what you see in everyday objects?  Starting with your initial ideas you’ll be experimenting with  ideas, props, set up, lighting and more.  Post-production ideas will also be shared.  

 This is a live online class using ZOOM. Make up class if needed Jan 23.

Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher who has been creating images for 20 years. Steve first began by shooting sports photography for local high schools, then weddings, and stock agencies. His love of the outdoors led him to focusing more on his true passion. Steve was an active member of the Gateway Camera Club for many years, and has won many ribbons and awards at fairs and competitions through the club and on his own. Many of his images have been published in school text books.

Mobility & Stability for 50+: Building Strength & Independence (Jan)

$75

with Crossfit Breakwater

Calendar Jan 8, 2024 at 10:30 am, runs for 4 weeks

Overall health and independence are important for everyone of all ages.  In this class, we focus on three main components: 

  1. Increasing your MOBILITY;
  2. Improving your STABILITY; and
  3. Gaining STRENGTH, 

all while learning functional movements that enrich everyday life. Be challenged and have fun in a peer-supported environment with an excellent, seasoned coaching staff. 

Everything you need to know for each class is taught, discussed and practiced under the watchful eye of your coaches.  Join your peers at CrossFit Breakwater!  This is an in-person class held at CrossFit Breakwater.  *Please note price change from print catalog.  

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Carry Naloxone to Save a Life (Jan)

Free

with Nick St. Louis

Calendar Jan 8, 2024 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is a drug that blocks the absorption of opioids in the brain at the receptor level. Opioids affect our respiration which is why someone suffering from an overdose may stop breathing. By blocking opioid absorption, naloxone pauses its effects in the body.

AMHC OPTIONS provides free Narcan (Naloxone) kits and training to anyone who wants it.  An increasing number of other public health organizations and health providers are doing the same.  Join this in-person training to learn more and to receive a free Narcan kit.

Nick St. Louis of AMHC and the OPTIONS Initiative, works with local law enforcement and EMS agencies to support folks who are still using drugs.  Nick provides them with appropriate resources and referrals, and supports them by developing a trusting relationship that opens a continued dialogue that hopefully ends with the person entering recovery.  He also educates the public on harm reduction, trains people on how to use Narcan, and educates them about Maine’s Good Samaritan Law. 

Nick is in long-term recovery himself and is a strong advocate for the use of MOUD and harm reduction methods. “We need to keep people alive so they can enter recovery when they’re ready. Dead people cannot recover.”  Please feel free to contact Nick by email (nstlouis@amhc.org).

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Computer Programming Basics Using Python

$75

with Dean Greer

Calendar Jan 8, 2024 at 5 pm, runs for 9 weeks

You will learn the fundamentals of computer programming using the Python language.  This course is for the complete beginner or someone with slight exposure to programming.  Students will need either a PC or Mac desktop or laptop computer (no Chrome Books) and a reliable internet connection. This is a live online class using ZOOM.  No Class 02/12/24 or 02/19/24.

Mr. Greer brings a wealth of experience, having worked in IT since 2004.  





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