Lexington Community Education Autumn 2015 by Lexington Community Education

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

AUTUMN 2015

The Butterfly (costume design for Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova), 1913 by Léon Nikolaievitch Bakst (Russian, 1866–1924) Gift of Mrs. John Munro Longyear and Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Photograph ©2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

About Our Cover It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body. — Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) May the courses and events in this autumn catalog provide opportunities to deepen our knowledge and increase devotion to the dignity and beauty of life. Craig Hall, Director

Dedication LCE dedicates this Autumn 2015 catalog to the memory and legacy of C. Anthony Martignetti, and Robert E. Bachelder. Friends of the program, family at heart.

School/Municipal Employee Wellness Partnership Courses that are marked with the yoga symbol are eligible for an employee tuition discount. For tuition details please visit lps. lexingtonma.org and click on the Administration tab.

LCE Online Complete course descriptions, class status, and registration information can be found online at www.lexingtoncommunityed.org

About Lexington Community Education LCE is a self-sustaining, integral part of the Lexington Public School system that is committed to promoting lifelong learning. Our programs are open to all regardless of residency and are appropriate for participants 16 years of age and over. Our Classes for Children are for specified ages. LCE provides an extensive summer children’s program called Lexplorations which offers classes for creative and academic enrichment.

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Table of Contents

Lexington Public Schools Superintendent of Schools: Dr. Mary Czajkowski Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development: Carol A. Pilarski

Classes for Children ............ 29

LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Chairman: Jessie Steigerwald Vice Chair: William J. Hurley Judith Crocker Margaret Coppe Alessandro Alessandrini STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE:

Abigail Schwartz Continuing and Additional student representatives to be named

Body/Mind............................ 39 Business, Career, and Finance............................ 37 Computers............................ 25 Cooking................................. 34 Creating Community............... 8 Daytime Classes................... 37 ELL/Languages..................... 21 Exercise and Dance.............. 42 Fabric, Graphic & Fine Arts.... 17 Home, Hobbies & Travel....... 35 Humanities........................... 10 LCE Presents........................... 3 Music Appreciation.............. 11 Music/Theater Arts.............. 13

Lexington Community Education Director: Craig Hall Manager of Programming: Andrea Paquette Registrar: Amy Sullivan Accounts Payable: Joan Taratuta

Parenting Perspectives......... 28

146 Maple Street Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 (Access office via 328 Lowell Street) Telephone 781.862.8043 Fax 781.863.5829 info@lexingtoncommunityed.org lexingtoncommunityed.org

Instructor Biographies.......... 46

Test Preparation/ College Planning.............. 32 Yoga...................................... 43 Writing.................................. 15 Registration Information...... 50 Directions............................. 50 Registration Form................. 51

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Lexington Community Education presents

The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise A Book Talk & Signing with Martín Prechtel

Co-sponsored with the Waldorf School of Lexington

Too Safe to Succeed: An Evening with Lenore Skenazy

Monday, September 21, 2015 • 7:30 pm

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

Follen Church Society, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington • $10 • SPRE

Waldorf School of Lexington, 739 Mass. Ave, Lexington, MA • $10 • SLSK

“Martín Prechtel’s book is beautifully written and wise...he offers stories that are precious and life-sustaining. Read carefully, and listen deeply.” – Mary Oliver author of many volumes of poetry including, A Thousand Mornings: Poems, and Why I Wake Early: New Poems In his latest book, The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise, author and teacher Martín Prechtel shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise and the necessity of both being allowed to flourish in a vital human society. Raised in one intact village culture (that of a New Mexico pueblo) and embraced by another intact traditional culture—that of the Tzutujil Maya of highland Guatemala, where he received his training and became part of the village hierarchy and an integral member of the village—he points out that in modern society grief is something that is usually experienced privately, alone, and without the support of a community. Yet, as Prechtel says, “Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them. Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses.” Prechtel explains that the unexpressed grief prevalent in our society today is the reason for many of the social, cultural, and individual maladies that we are currently experiencing. The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise is a book of encouragement, inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, and shining a little extra light for those deep and noble parts within each of us.

Lenore Skenazy is a lot of things — author, humorist, keynote speaker, popular blogger, TV host, and a thought leader on issues ranging from parenting, to policy, to consumer insights. And, oh yes, she was, for a time, labeled “America’s Worst Mom.” Google it. The New York City columnist-turned-reality TV show host got that title after letting her 9-year old son take the subway, alone. In response to the enormous media blowback, she wrote the book and blog, “Free-Range Kids,” which launched the anti-helicopter parenting movement. Now, Lenore Skenazy is the media’s “go-to” expert on parenting culture. She’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal more than a dozen times in the last two years. Her belief that we are making our kids “too safe to succeed” has led to speaking engagements at corporations, colleges and conventions around the world, from Microsoft Headquarters, to the Sydney Opera House, to the Yale Child Study Center. Lenore also headlined both the International Children’s Festival in Vancouver and the Bulgarian Happiness Festival.

A leading thinker, writer and teacher in the search for the Indigenous soul in all people, Martín Prechtel is a dedicated student of eloquence, history, language and an ongoing fresh approach. In his native New Mexico Martín teaches at his international school Bolad’s Kitchen. The school offers a hands-on historical and spiritual immersion into language, music, ritual, farming, cooking, smithing, natural colors, architecture, animal raising, clothing, tools, story, grief and humor to help people from many lands, cultures and backgrounds remember and retain the majesty of their diverse origins while cultivating the flowering of integral culture in the present to grow a time of hope beyond our own. Martín Prechtel is the author of six books including Stealing Benefacio’s Roses, The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, Long Life, Honey in the Heart, Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, and The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic.

Please visit LCE’s co-sponsor and collaborator in community learning, Back Pages Books 289 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 209-0631 • backpagesbooks.com

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A Tribute to the Music of Ornette Coleman A Conversation and Recital Featuring Chris Kelsey (saxophone), Lewis Porter (piano), and Randy Sandke (trumpet)

The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew An Evening with Professor and Author, Alan Lightman

Saturday, November 14, 2015 • 7:30-9:00 pm

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

Follen Church Society, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington • $10 • SORN

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SWYT

Saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman (1930-2015) changed the way we hear music. This event will be a unique tribute to the late master. Saxophonist Chris Kelsey and pianist Lewis Porter released a CD demonstrating their novel approach to Coleman’s music— coincidentally within a week of Coleman’s death. On this night they are adding the acclaimed and dynamic trumpeter Randy Sandke. As a bonus, each will speak briefly–Kelsey on Ornette’s impact, Porter on Ornette the man he knew, and Sandke on his concept of “Metatonal music.” Saxophonist/composer Chris Kelsey has recorded upward of a dozen albums as leader for the C.I.M.P., Cadence Jazz, and Unseen Rain labels, as well as his own Tzazz Krytyk and Saxofonis Music imprints. His recordingWhat I Say: The Electric Miles Project won the 2014 Independent Music Award for Best Tribute Album. He is currently Director of Instrumental Music at TrinityPawling School in Pawling, NY. Lewis Porter, Ph.D, long known as a jazz educator and author of books including the celebrated and definitive volume John Coltrane: His Life and Music, is active as a jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer. Known for a free and open attitude, he contributes to many types of musical situations. Dr. Porter has appeared in concert internationally with such masters as Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, Jeff Coffin, Jane Ira Bloom, Wycliffe Gordon, Joe Morris, Marc Ribot, George Garzone, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, Alan Dawson, Gregg Bendian and many others. He is a regular member of the Indian-influenced quartet Dharma Jazz with Badal Roy. He has recorded thirteen CDs. The critics have said that Porter is “A helluva piano player” (Jazz Times). “Mixing experimental with traditional, [he] plays up a storm.” (Midwest Record) “Porter is a deep thinker.” (Swing Journal). His music is “founded upon depth and cunning use of space”. Randy Sandke has recorded over 30 albums as a leader, and can be heard on dozens more as a sideman, working with artists ranging from Benny Goodman, Michael Brecker, Dizzy Gillespie to Sting, Bette Midler and James Taylor. He has toured Europe more than 40 times, and has performed extensively throughout Japan, North America, Brazil and India. He is also the author of two books and numerous articles.

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In his book The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew, Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in science with passion and curiosity. This evening he will discuss the dialogue between science and religion; the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature; the possibility that our universe is simply an accident; the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world; and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws. Behind all of these considerations is the suggestion–at once haunting and exhilarating–that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole. Alan Lightman, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1996, is adjunct professor of humanities at MIT. He is the author of several books on science, including Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe and Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists. His works of fiction include Einstein’s Dreams, The Diagnosis, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and, most recently, Reunion.

The views of our presenters and instructors do not necessarily represent the views of Lexington Community Education, the Lexington Public Schools and/or its employees.

Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama

American Bloomsbury: An Evening with Susan Cheever

An Evening with Ambassador Dennis Ross

Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work

Thursday, December 3, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

Friday, October 23, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

Follen Church Society, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington • $10 • SROS

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SBLM

For almost three decades, Dennis Ross has been a leading figure in the diplomatic world of Soviet and Middle East policy. During the Reagan administration, he served as director of Near East and South Asian affairs on the National Security Council staff and as deputy director of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. In the first Bush administration, he served as director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Office, where he played a prominent role in developing U.S. policy toward the former Soviet Union, the unification of Germany and its integration into NATO, arms control negotiations, and the development of the 1991 Gulf War Coalition.

The 1850s were heady times in Concord, Massachusetts: in a town where a woman’s petticoat drying on an outdoor line was enough to elicit scandal, some of the greatest minds of our nation’s history were gathering in three of its wooden houses to establish a major American literary movement. The Transcendentalists, as these thinkers came to be called, challenged the norms of American society with essays, novels, and treatises whose beautifully rendered prose and groundbreaking assertions still resonate with readers today. Though noted contemporary author Susan Cheever stands in awe of the monumental achievements of such writers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Louisa May Alcott, her personal, evocative narrative removes these figures from their dusty pedestals and provides a lively account of their longings, jealousies, and indiscretions. Thus, Cheever reminds us that the passion of Concord’s ambitious and temperamental resident geniuses was by no means confined to the page. Susan Cheever was born in New York City and graduated from Brown University. Her work has been nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award; she has also received an Associated Press Award and the Boston Globe Winship Medal. A Guggenheim fellow and a board member of the Yaddo Corporation, she has taught at Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Hunter College, and is currently on the faculty in the MFA programs at Bennington College and The New School.

Under President Clinton, he was a special Middle East coordinator. As a point person in America’s ongoing role in the Middle Eastern peace process, Ross was instrumental in assisting Israelis and Palestinians in reaching the 1995 Interim Agreement. He successfully brokered the Hebron Accord in 1997, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and worked to bring Israel and Syria together. Speaking of Ross, President Clinton said “No one worked harder for peace than Dennis. He gave it everything he had and served our nation very well.” Now, Dennis Ross provides a comprehensive account of America’s complicated history with Israel in Doomed To Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama. Beginning with Israel’s inception and working forward administration by administration, Ross chronicles the tense back-and-forth that has existed between our two countries for nearly three-quarters of a century. In clear, direct prose, Ross describes how often America was forced to view Israel as a chess piece in a larger game with forces like the Soviet Union, pan-Arabism, and post9/11 anti-terror strategy. Indeed, Ross shows how the study of America’s bond with Israel can serve as an outline of American foreign policy in general from 1948 to present. Written with historical precision and exhaustive detail, Doomed To Succeed is a timely, important, and necessary recounting of one of our most significant alliances. Dennis Ross is the Counselor and Davidson Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown. He was the director of policy planning in the State Department for George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton’s Middle East Peace envoy, and a special assistant to the president under Barack Obama.

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THE FIVEASH LEGACY LECTURE

The Race of Women: Sex, Citizenship and Obedience in Periclean Athens

House You Cannot Reach: Poems in the Voice of My Mother

An Evening with Sarah Breitenfeld

Book Launch and Celebration of the New Collection of Poems by Tom Daley

Thursday, October 8, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

Saturday, September 26, 2015 • 3:30-5:00 pm

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SBRE

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $5 • STOM

“From the start, the gods made women different” wrote the Greek poet Semonides. For as long as there have been humans, civilizations from across the world have justified the secondary status of women with both biological and spiritual arguments, and Athens in the 5th century BCE was no exception. In the Athenian world, women were the daughters of Pandora, described by the poet Hesiod as a “beautiful evil” and “the greatest infestation among mortal men.” To the Greeks, female forces such as Helen of Troy and the Amazon warriors were to blame for the world’s greatest conflicts. Using the iconography of the Parthenon, the most recognizable Athenian monument of all time, we will examine how Athens’ leading statesman, Pericles, sought to curb the dangerous female forces living within the city itself and how gender bias influenced Athenian religion, legislation and life. Sarah Breitenfeld is a 2011 graduate from Lexington High School, where she was a member of Dr. Fiveash’s final Latin IV class. Although enthralled by mythology from a young age, Sarah attributes her continued passion for the ancient world to Dr. Fiveash’s inspiring work as an educator and classicist. Sarah is a recent graduate of Skidmore College, where she earned her B.A. in Classics with honors for her work in both Latin and Greek. She spent her junior year abroad, studying in Bath at the Advanced Studies in England program, including a Greek tutorial at Trinity College, Oxford, before attending the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. This fall, Sarah is continuing to pursue her education in the ancient languages at the University of Pennsylvania’s postbaccalaureate program in Classics and intends to work towards a Ph.D. She is principally fascinated by the complex role of women in the ancient world, particularly concerning issues of gendered violence and sexual assault. In this lecture, she will present her research from her honors thesis.

In Tom Daley’s House You Cannot Reach—Poems in the Voice of My Mother and Other Poems, a mother’s voice is re-imagined, amplified, and permitted to ventilate both forbidden grievance and private passion. Simultaneously wistful and excoriating, she cherishes and denounces a philandering husband and ponders the suicide of her youngest son. Whether needling a portfolio manager or reconnoitering the disappointing God of her Irish Catholic upbringing, she casts her sometimes witty, sometimes jaded regard on a society that pampered and grieved her. Complemented by poems in the poet’s voice which extend the territory of their mutual experience, this mother’s utterances discomfit and regale with terrifying and exultant fervor. The author, who teaches poetry writing and memoir writing at LCE, will be performing excerpts from the book, which will be available for purchase. Tom Daley’s poetry has been published in numerous journals, including Harvard Review, Prairie Schooner, Barrow Street, Del Sol Review, Diagram, 32 Poems, Salamander, Perihelion, and Hacks: The Grub Street Anthology. His manuscript Shim was a finalist for the Emily Dickinson First Book Prize and the Brittingham and Pollak Poetry Prizes. His poetry was nominated for inclusion in the anthology Best New Poets 2007. He graduated with highest honors in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina, where he won the Charles and Fanny Fay Wood Academy of American Poets Prize.

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Spellbinding Stories: Four Local Authors Read from Their Novels Featuring Jack Rochester, X.J. Kennedy, Katie Li, and Peter Shapiro

Joyce Chen: My Mother’s Journey from Shanghai to a U.S. Postage Stamp An Evening with Helen Chen

Monday, September 28, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 • 7:00-8:30 pm

First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington • $10 • SLOA

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SJOY

Join us for an evening at the First Parish in Lexington to hear genre-busting, adventurous authors read from new and recent independently published novels. Each is an accomplished writer who has taken an interest in “indie” publishing, which offers authors many more opportunities to explore ideas, themes and characters in their art. X.J. “Joe” Kennedy, an award-winning poet and lifelong author, reads from A Hoarse Half-human Cheer, his absurdist tale of post-World War II America. Katie Li’s short novel, Somewhere In Between, is a speculative, new adult romance about two unlikely friends who discover a portal to another dimension. Jack Rochester’s murder-mystery thriller, White Bike, takes the reader on a bicycling adventure from Nashua, New Hampshire to Taiwan. In Portrait of Ignatius Jones, Peter Shapiro tells how trouble follows the discovery of an oil painting at a Vermont rummage sale after its disappearance from Boston a century ago. Following the readings, the authors will answer questions about the literary craft and today’s publishing options. X. J. (Joe) Kennedy’s stories have appeared in Story Quarterly, Texas Review, Sunday newspaper supplements, Science Fiction Quarterly, and other magazines. He has written several books of verse, among them In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: new and selected poems (an American Library Association notable book), two dozen children’s books, including a much praised novel The Owlstone Crown, and schoolbooks used by millions, including An Introduction to Fiction. A Hoarse Half-human Cheer is his first novel for adults.

On September 26, 2014, Joyce Chen was honored with her own U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp along with such culinary luminaries as James Beard and Julia Child, thereby recognizing her contribution to the introduction of authentic Chinese cuisine to America at a time when chow mein and chop suey were considered “Chinese food.” Many of us may remember our first introduction to a new kind of Chinese food at the Joyce Chen Restaurant on Concord Avenue in Cambridge, MA. Opened in 1958, the Joyce Chen Restaurant was the first of its kind to offer to both Westerners and Asians, authentic Chinese cuisine—especially the classic cuisine of Eastern and Northern China. Today, almost all the suburban Chinese restaurants in the Greater Boston area can trace their roots back to the Joyce Chen Restaurant. Not content with being just a restaurateur, Joyce built her establishment into a Chinese culinary and cultural center attracting gourmets, families, academics, politicians, and actors among others. She went on to write and self-publish her cookbook, The Joyce Chen Cook Book; be the first Asian to star in her own cooking show, “Joyce Chen Cooks,” on WGBH; produce along with her son, Stephen and daughter, Helen, a PBS Special, “Joyce Chen’s China,” recounting her return to China in 1972; and create and market a line of Asian cookware and cooking sauces until she was stricken with Alzheimer’s disease.

Katie Li, raised by martial artists, grew up with fascinating stories and an eclectic cast of characters. She continues this tradition in her work, writing fiction and narrative non-fiction about personal transformation and unlikely possibilities. Her work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Bitch Flicks, and Xenith. Her first novel, Somewhere In Between, was published in August 2015. Jack B. Rochester has worked in publishing his entire career as an editor, publisher and writer. He’s written 12 works of nonfiction, including the national bestseller The Naked Computer, reviewed in the New York Times and USA Today, as well as hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, and short stories and poetry for literary magazines. His first novel, Wild Blue Yonder, was selfpublished in 2011. The sequel, Madrone, was published by Wheatmark in 2014. His third novel, White Bike, is due out Fall, 2015.

This evening, her daughter, Helen Chen, remembers and celebrates her mother’s many accomplishments from Joyce’s early years in war-torn China, to her arrival in Cambridge, MA in 1949 and finally to her death in 1994. Through old family photos, stories and personal memories Helen recounts her mother’s achievements, and shares the dreams, struggles and hardships of this remarkable woman.

Peter David Shapiro’s novels derive from his experiences as well as his imagination. He frequently rides the Red Line on which commuters see their departed in Ghosts on the Red Line. He spent time in Hong Kong, where intrigue and revenge play out in The Trail of Money, and in Vermont, where a remarkable oil painting opens a portal for the paranormal in his latest novel, Portrait of Ignatius Jones. Published by PenLane Press, his own imprint. Lexington Community Education

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Die Wise–A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul An Evening with Stephen Jenkinson

Creating Community

Monday, December 7, 2015 • 7:00-9:00 pm NEW!

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SDIE Die Wise—A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, is Stephen Jenkinson’s new book about grief, and dying, and the great love of life. Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Die Wise is for those who will fail to live forever. Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone. It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs. It is not a lifestyle option. It is a birthright and a debt. Die Wise dreams such a dream, and plots such an uprising. How we die, how we care for dying people, and how we carry our dead: this work makes our village life, or breaks it. Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer. He has a master’s degree in theology from Harvard University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Toronto. Formerly a program director at a major Canadian hospital and medical-school assistant professor, Stephen is now a sought-after workshop leader, speaker, and consultant to palliative care and hospice organizations. He is the founder of The Orphan Wisdom School in Canada and the subject of the documentary film Griefwalker.

As a self-supporting part of the Lexington Public Schools, LCE understands that “self-support” means “community support.” Our new Creating Community catalog section is intended to highlight opportunities for individuals to freely assist community, and in turn for community to freely assist individuals.

The 2015 Lexington Citizens’ Academy Instructors: Town of Lexington Department Heads and Staff “It is a tribute to the town that so many dedicated municipal employees shared their expertise with citizens beyond the scope of normal business hours. Speakers were enthusiastic, well prepared, and clearly dedicated to their respective departments and quality service.”- 2013 Lexington Citizens’ Academy Participant Engage with Town departments, learn more about the services provided by your local government, and discover new opportunities for public involvement at the 7th annual Citizens’ Academy. This free, eleven-session program begins in mid-September and continues on weeknights at various Town facilities. For more information or to register, please contact Linda Vine in the Town Manager’s Office: lvine@lexingtonma.gov or 781-698-4541.

Lunch Time Explorations of Lexington Conservation Land Instructor: Eileen Entin Lexington has set aside over 1300 acres as permanently protected conservation land with trails that traverse meadows, fields, forests, and wetlands. If you have never visited any of Lexington’s conservation properties –perhaps because you aren’t sure where they are, how to access them, or what you will find there– this outdoor “class” will introduce you to the opportunities they offer. The class will be comprised of leader-guided field trips to three of Lexington’s conservation properties: (Katahdin Woods, Hayden Woods, and Cranberry Hill.) These properties are located in different parts of the Town, are close to various business offices, and include a variety of terrain types, habitats, and resources. As we walk along the trails we will explore the resources they offer and talk about their historical features. The pace will be moderate, and the distance covered will be between ½ and 1 mile. Each class will meet at an entrance to the conservation property we are exploring that week. Detailed information about the meeting locations will be provided to class members prior to the first meeting. The Trail Guide to Lexington’s Conservation Lands will be available for $10 from the instructor. Purchase of the guide is optional. TLEX, 3 Wednesdays, 12:00 noon1:00 pm. Begins October 7. Detailed meeting information provided at registration. $15.

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The Lexington Minuteman, Captain John Parker.

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Doing Good by Serving Well

Hospice Volunteer Training

Instructor: Ted Coates Are you currently on a Board of a charity or considering serving on one? Far too often people find themselves on Boards when they do not fully understand the mission and/ or operations of the organization, and do not understand their role as a Board member. Often, the result is inefficiency and frustration. This course is intended to help you determine first; if the Board is a good fit for you, and if so, how you can maximize your value to the organization and help promote the effectiveness of the Board. Through lecture, examples, best practices, and discussion, you will learn to do good by serving well.

Instructor: Compassionate Care Hospice Staff By engaging in activities which enhance an individual’s quality of life, Hospice volunteers can make a profound difference in just one-to-two hours per week. These activities can include writing letters, playing music, holding hands, or even just sitting quietly. During this course, you will be introduced to interdisciplinary team members and receive training in the philosophy of hospice, end-of-life medical issues, family dynamics, communication, grief and loss, and spiritual care. Please join us for this introspective exploration into hospice and its unique and comforting approach to care of the mind, body, and spirit at the end of life. Individuals who successfully complete the training will have the opportunity to serve others. Volunteers are supervised by a volunteer coordinator and supported by other members of the patient care team. Light refreshments will be served at each class.

ODGS, 2 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 28, LHS, Room 226, $38.

Home Alone Instructor: Officers of the Lexington Police and Fire Departments Help your child feel safer and more secure when home alone or with siblings, and teach them smart telephone and doorbell answering strategies. This class is designed for children ages 9 and older. Younger children may attend with an accompanying adult. Instructors are officers from the Lexington Police and Fire Departments. Class size is limited so please register early.

OHVT, 3 Wednesdays, 12:00 noon3:00 pm. Begins October 14, LCE Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the side door of the Old Harrington school, $10.

Simple Ways to Protect Your Home

The Opioid Crisis

Instructor: Detective Aidan Evelyn, Community Resource Officer from the Lexington Police Department The Town of Lexington has a current population of approximately 33,000 people living in about 11,000 residences. Due to its affluent status and location within the Greater Boston area, and with easy access to Routes 2 and 128, it is an attractive target for residential burglaries. Come join Detective Aidan Evelyn, Community Resource Officer from the Lexington Police Department for a discussion addressing this type of crime prevention. The course will focus on home security systems, target hardening through environmental design, and other methods to make your home a hardened target for would-be criminals. FCRIM, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets October 13, LHS, Room 221, Free, But pre-registration is required.

Interested in Teaching? LCE is always looking for new course ideas, and outstanding instructors. Call 781.862.8043, or email info@ lexingtoncommunityed.org for a course proposal.

Instructor: Detective James Rettman, Lexington Police Department Detective James Rettman will discuss today’s drug culture and the effects it has on our youth at home, in school, and beyond. He will provide guidance on the signs of drug use, common hiding places where drugs are stored, and how families can seek help. Additionally, he will discuss today’s popular drugs, their common street names, and what they look like. Detective Rettman has been a police officer since 2002 and is currently assigned to the Suburban Middlesex Country Drug Task Force. Detective Rettman has been assigned to the DEF since October of 2011. His duties include surveillance, acting in an undercover capacity and search warrant execution of “street level” targets. Before being assigned to the S.M.D.T.F, Detective Rettman was assigned to the Lexington Public Schools as the School Resource Officer. TOPI, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets September 24, LHS, Room 226. Free, but pre-registration is required.

K009, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. Meets September 29, LHS, Room 221. Free, but space is limited and pre-registration is required. Lexington Community Education

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LexMedia Classes

Humanities

Each term our humanities section offers classes that aim to heighten our understanding of the human experience and honor the idea and ideals of a liberal arts education.

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A Look at Climate Change and Global Warming

TV PRODUCTION CLASSES AT LEXMEDIA

Instructor: Pedro Lilienfeld Humanity is facing a major long term threat from large scale climate changes whose causes have now unequivocally been attributed to human activities. It is incumbent on humanity at large to become aware of it, understand its implications, and implement worldwide mitigation measures. The results of inaction may eventually be catastrophic and irreversible. This short course is intended to identify the physical mechanisms underlying climatic changes, principally global warming. Important and relevant phenomena such as global heat balance, solar irradiation parameters, atmospheric composition and resulting spectral absorption characteristics, the greenhouse effect, and atmospheric and marine carbon cycles will be presented. A thorough review of the available data will be presented. This includes long term global temperature and carbon dioxide measurements. Monitoring methodologies, influence of local conditions, potential errors and other related factors will be reviewed. The results of computer models used in the prediction of the likely course of climate change will be mentioned. Finally, the short and long term effects of climate change such as melting of high latitude ice masses, rising ocean levels, increased precipitation and weather extremes, melting of mountain glaciers and

All classes are held at LexMedia on Tuesdays at 7pm. Classes are open to people who live, work or attend school in Lexington.

Orientation and Field Production – Part One – Camera September 15, October 6, November 10, December 1

Field Production Part Two – Lighting and Sound September 22, October 13, November 17, December 8

Intro to Editing with Final Cut Pro X September 29, October 27, November 24, December 15

TV Studio Production, Camera and Directing October 20 Classes are free but pre-registration is required by contacting: mark@lexmedia.org.

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resulting water scarcity for specific populations, and disruption of flora and fauna will be addressed. Potential methods of mitigation of climate change will be reviewed. Extensive use of informative graphics will be used to clarify the concepts presented in this course. HINA, 2 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins October 20, LHS, Room 226, $40/Seniors $30. NEW!

Words from the Greek Language Instructor: Tracy Marks Greek words and word roots permeate the English language, and have rich sources of meaning derived from ancient Greek mythology, literature, drama, history, religion, and philosophy. Each week we will learn approximately thirty new English words originating from Greek sources including Homer, Aristotle, Aeschylus and Greek historians. Special attention will be paid to the vocabulary of myth and Greek tragedy - and words such as hubris, nemesis and arete, which are still meaningful today. Not only will you enjoy increasing your vocabulary, you will also deepen your understanding of Greek influences upon modern life. Class sessions will include lecture, storytelling and discussion, as well as video excerpts. HGRE, 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 222, $132/Seniors $100.

Dante’s Inferno Instructor: Cammy Thomas, Ph.D. In Dante’s great medieval poem, The Divine Comedy, his spiritual crisis is resolved as he voyages through the three regions of the Christian afterlife: Inferno (Hell), Purgatory, and Paradise. Using ideas and traditions from both Christian and ancient Greek sources, Dante creates an exciting, beautifully structured afterworld. Following a brief, introductory overview of the entire poem, we’ll read selected excerpts of Inferno and examine who according to the text goes to Hell, and why. We will contemplate what we are supposed to learn as we follow Dante, guided on his voyage by the great Latin poet Virgil. As we read, we will consider works of art made in response to the poem by such artists as Gustave Dore, William Blake, Salvador Dali, and Auguste Rodin. HDAN, 6 Thursdays 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 221, $100/Seniors $85.

Senior Minister emeritus of Lexington’s Hancock Church, Rev. Peter Meek teaches The Poetry of Doubt and Belief, see below.

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Poems To Feel Known, Poems To Inspire

The Poetry of Doubt and Belief

A Golden Age of Film: The 1940’s

A Guided Tour of Blues Music

Instructor: Sharon Heermance, Ph.D. “The act of reading poetry tunes the ears of the heart to the real way in which human beings most honestly and most deeply talk about their lives when they are speaking from the core of their experience.” – John McDargh

Instructor: The Rev. Dr. Peter H.J. Meek We will explore the poetry of several modern poets, among them Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, Anne Sexton, Gerard Manley Hopkins and T.S. Eliot. We will consider belief as possessed, searched for, rejected; and we will examine the content of belief in the context of each poet’s work. Members of the class will be encouraged to write their own poems to contribute to our discussions. There will be cookies.

Instructor: Caroline Foley The 1940’s was a period of turmoil and transformation worldwide. Still reeling from The Great Depression and with World War II raging, the film world was not immune to the influence of these important events. Used as both propaganda and an escape, movies played a key piece in the history of the 1940’s. Additionally, film itself was facing many transitions. The restrictive Hays Code had been in effect for only a few years, and the era of Silent Film had only recently come to an end. In this class, we will explore this exciting time in movie history. Classic Hollywood will be a focus, but we will examine films worldwide.

Instructor: Roger Gumley Explore the fascinating music known as the blues with long-time blues aficionado, Roger Gumley. Blues is the foundation of most popular American music of the 20th and 21st centuries, yet it remains obscure to most people. This evening, Roger Gumley will talk and play video clips and the music of the major figures of the blues since 1945, including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, B.B. King, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy among others. This will be a perfect way to expand your knowledge of this fascinating element of America’s folklore. Roger Gumley has been an avid follower of blues and jazz music for over 40 years. He has worked as a radio disc jockey in Ames Iowa and Cincinnati Ohio. He has interviewed such blues masters as B.B. King, Hound Dog Taylor, Roosevelt Sykes, Koko Taylor, John Hammond and J.B. Hutto. His articles on the blues have appeared in the Iowa State Daily and The Christian Science Monitor.

With vivid language and metaphor, poems invite us to feel at once known and inspired. Since poetry is most powerful when heard, we will read aloud poems as an avenue toward accepting, compassionate awareness–the essence of a mindful perspective. Together, we will tune our ears of the heart with accessible and engaging poems. We will cultivate mindful attention to imagery, thoughts, and feelings that surface with our spending time with a poem. We will discuss how a meaningful poem may echo in our own lives. Through turning toward the heart of a poem, we will consider how our deepest sense of experiences can be a compass for our own unfolding life path. Poems chosen for clarity of expression and enhancement of meaning include the work of Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, John O’Donahue, Sharon Olds, Dereck Wolcott, and Rumi. No prior reading of poetry is necessary–the instructor will provide the poems; we will provide each other with an evening of rich discussion. (limited to 15)

HPDB, 6 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 225, $132/Seniors $110. See Also Poetry Writing Workshop, page 16.

HGAF, 5 Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm. Begins October 5, LHS, Room 228, $165/Seniors $145.

HGUB, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 15, LHS, Room 222, $25.

HPTI, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 22, LHS, Room 226, $25. Lexington Community Education

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Garrett Wallace, Music of the Post-Modern Era, see below.

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The Life and Music of Leonard Bernstein

The Story of Opera – An Historical Overview

Instructor: Raymond Chow American composer Leonard Bernstein was a prolific writer who wrote in a range of musical styles. His musical theatre works, for example “West Side Story”, are iconic contributions to American culture, and are performed regularly. Join us and explore the theatrical music of this Massachusetts-born legend. We’ll provide a survey of how Bernstein wrote for the theatre and study the contributions of some artists he collaborated with, including songwriter Paul Simon. We will also examine the influence Bernstein’s music had on later composers like Stephen Sondheim. Through in-class discussions, audio/ video recordings, and presentations, we will review works such as “Trouble in Tahiti” and songs from “Candide” including “Dear Boy”, “Words, Words, Words” and “I Am Easily Assimilated”. Handouts will be provided.

Instructor: David Collins Opera is the marriage of theater and music. In these four sessions we will explore the fascinating and addictive world of opera. We will use audio and DVD examples as we follow the history of opera from the late Renaissance through to the death of Puccini in 1924. The composers represented will include: Monteverdi, Rameau, Purcell, Handel, Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Verdi, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Bizet and Puccini. Emphasis will be placed on understanding opera as a dramatic art form expressed through music. Consideration will be given to different dramatic aesthetics— crucial factors in a composer’s approach to opera. This course is geared for both beginners and those wishing to expand their operatic horizons.

HBER, 5 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins November 2, LHS, Room 226, $110/Seniors $95.

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HDOP, (Daytime) 4 Tuesdays, 1:30-3:00 pm. Begins September 29, LCE Conference Room, access via 328 Lowell Street, $77/Seniors $60. Please note there is no class on October 20. HSTR, (Evening) 4 Tuesdays, 6:309:00 pm. Begins November 3, LHS Room 240, $110/Seniors $82. Please note there is no class on November 17.

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Fall Opera Preview Instructor: David Collins Let’s get ready for some very exciting opera performances this fall by The Metropolitan Opera and The Boston Lyric Opera companies! We will focus on the opera’s importance in the composer’s output as well as comparing older and current singers. All of the sessions will occur within a week before the Met’s HD movie theater presentation or the BLO’s live performance in Boston. The first opera will be Verdi’s ever popular Il Travatore, followed by Puccini’s tragic romance, La Boheme. We will continue with Verdi’s penultimate masterpiece, Otello and end with Wagner’s melodious Tannhauser. Audio and video selections will be used along with an invitation to the participants to bring in favorite selections of their own. HOPE, 4 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 240, $110/Seniors $82. Please note there is no class on October 20.

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Understanding the Forms of Classical Music Instructor: Richard Knisely How is it that a symphony is also a sonata? How many themes are there in a Rondo? If you’ve ever wondered what distinguishes the many different forms of classical music, this class is designed for you. From the aria form of Bach and the Baroque to the dodecaphonic series you will learn to hear music from a new, informed perspective with special emphasis on sonata form, the prevailing form in classical music from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries. The only requirement is a love of great music. MFOR, 9 Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 240, $140/Seniors $125. NEW!

Music of the Postmodern Era Instructor: Garrett Wallace In this class, we will take a walk through the diverse and varied styles of Postmodern Music. Looking at the instrumental music of composers and musicians such as John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Philip Glass, Frank Zappa, and György Ligeti, we will learn and discuss what truly defines music in the Postmodern Era. MMPE, 8 Tuesdays, 7:45-9:15 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 233, $132/Seniors $100.

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Schumann and Mendelssohn: The High Romantics

Speak the Speech! (Or How to Give your Own TED talk)

Instructor: Richard Knisely From poetic miniatures like the Songs Without Words to the true poetry of songs on contemporary though epic tales like Manfred and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, these two composers represented the height of German Romanticism in music. Schumann and Mendelssohn were friends and colleagues during the heady times of the early nineteenth century. We will learn of their very different lives and explore the music which delved into the depths of personal feeling from the song to the symphony. Some prior knowledge of the forms of classical music will be helpful, but not required.

Instructor: Poornima Kirby Do you have exciting and important things to say, but aren’t sure how to say them? Are you a little rusty at speaking in public? Taught by a professional actress and writer, this relaxed and welcoming course will provide a laboratory in which to dust off your inspired notions and give them voice. We’ll explore the structure of famous speeches by everyone from Shakespeare to Martin Luther King, as well as a variety of Ted Talks. We’ll talk about what makes a good topic, how to present it with your unique perspective and personal brand of humor, and we’ll learn simple memorization and performance tools that can help your words and ideas shine. Students who wish to will have the chance to perform and record a short “Ted Talk” of their own as a culminating project.

HMEN, 9 Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 240, $143/Seniors $135. NEW!

A Survey of the Great Women Composers of History Instructor: Garrett Wallace From Hildegard Von Bingen to Clara Schumann, Amy Beech to Germaine Tailleferre, women have been active in contributing great works and defining musical traditions since the start of our known history. In this class, we will give prominent female composers the spotlight they deserve.

HTDT, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-9:30 pm. Meets October 14, LHS, Room 226, $33/Seniors $25.

Private Music Instrument Lessons for Every Age and Level LCE provides excellent, convenient, and reasonably priced individual music lessons with highly qualified professional musician teachers for all interested students and adults. The following instruments are available for individual study: Voice, Sitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Upright (double) Bass, Bass Guitar, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone Horn (Euphonium) Tuba, Percussion (Drums), Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Violin or Viola. Lessons are held in the afternoon and evening at Lexington High School. Each semester contains approximately 16 lessons. Students must arrange convenient weekly lesson times with the instructor. The fee is $56 per hour of instruction. One may choose a 30 minute, 45 minute, or 60 minute course of lessons. To register: Call the LCE office and we will put you in touch with our music teaching staff. Saturday morning lessons are also available.

Instrumental Camerata for Adults Instructor: Peter Sulski This class is designed for adults with a wide range of skills who are interested in playing chamber music together. We will explore different pieces from the classical repertoire, and address both the technical and musical components of ensemble playing. Whether you are a recent beginner or someone who has taken an extended break from playing but would like to resume (and need a motivational program to help!), this is sure to be a rewarding experience. The class is open to violinists, violists, cellists, bassists, oboist, flutists, and bassoonists who are comfortable with basic notereading, and are playing at a “late beginner” level or higher. Please contact instructor with any questions or concerns regarding playing ability. Depending on the interest of the group, the last class can end with a performance for family and friends. For more information on Peter Sulski, visit http://petersulski.com/projects. html. MSTE, 9 Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 240, $209/Seniors $159.

MFCC 8 Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 233, $132/Seniors $100. Lexington Community Education

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Andrew Eng, private Violin and Viola Instructor, see below.

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Music Instructor Spotlight: Andrew Eng, Violin and Viola Andrew Eng, violinist and violist has gained a versatile reputation playing such diverse genres as Baroque, Classical, Tango, Jazz and Contemporary music. Eng’s playing has been noted as “intense and powerfully emotional”(Classical New Jersey) and The New Jersey Star Ledger described him as having an “instinct for the emotional pulse of a line.” A founding member of A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, and the Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Eng also plays as the violinist for the Bernardo Monk Tango Quartet, and the Found Objects Jazz String Trio of Boston. He has been featured on the Boston Celebrity Series, Electric Earth Concerts and has been a Guest Artist on both the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music and Longy School of Music’s Modern American Music Concert series. Festival appearances include Spoleto, Orford, Domaine Forget, LyricaFest, Killington, Yellowbarn, Scotiafest and the Quartet Program at Bucknell University. Eng has collaborated as a soloist with Elmar Oliveira and

the Lyrica Chamber Orchestra, in chamber music with Eugene Drucker, Terry King, Victor Rosenbaum, and has improvised with musicians including Daniel Binelli, George Garzone, Diane Monroe, and Peter Cassino. Engagements as featured soloist include performances with the Hart House Orchestra of Toronto, Cornell Symphony Orchestra, and the Lyrica Chamber Orchestra. In 2006, Eng joined the faculty of LyricaFest, a summer music festival founded in New Jersey. Three years later, Mr. Eng joined the faculty at Indian Hill Music where he has been teaching for the past four years. He currently offers private instruction on violin and viola as well as coaching chamber music to students in high school through college. In 1998, Andrew received his A.R.C.T. Performer’s Certificate from the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Canada, and then in 2003 and 2005 respectively received his Undergraduate Diploma in Performance and Master of Music in Modern American Music at the Longy School of Music as a student of Laura Bossert, Terry King and Peter Cassino. See Also: A Tribute to the Music of Ornette Coleman, page 4.

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Beginning Voice

Instructor: Jerry Vejmola From orchestral classical ensembles, to big band swing, to the transcendental compositions and solos of bop and post-bop musicians, the saxophone evokes an emotional response and replicates the human voice like few other instruments can. This group class will teach beginners the essentials on embouchure and finger positions, and give intermediate players an opportunity to hone scale skills and develop phrasing and dynamic range. Please bring a working saxophone to class. Jerry Vejmola (saxophone and clarinet) received his musical training at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has studied with Eddie Daniels, Steve Grossman, Ralph Gomberg, Joe Allard and others. Mr. Vejmola is an active performer whose current affiliations include the White Heat Swing Orchestra, South Shore Music Theater, North Shore Music Theater, Quincy Symphony and Foxwood Casino. He has performed with the Buddy Rich Band, Tito Puente, the Artie Shaw Orchestra and with numerous well-known artists including Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Johnny Mathis, The Temptations and many others. Mr. Vejmola teaches private students in Lexington and Concord/ Carlisle. MSAX, 7 Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm. Begins October 1, LHS, Room 247, $85/Seniors $75.

Instructor: Sandy Bornstein Would you like to sing better? Your voice is an instrument, so we will focus on correct breathing, relaxation, and expanding your range and power. Suddenly the high notes will become available. Suddenly you will sing without fatigue or tightness. If you can carry a tune, but have always wanted to make a better sound and sing with confidence, this is the class for you. The ability to read music is a plus, but is not necessary. Solo singing is not required. MBEV, 8 Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 100D, $132/Seniors $110.

Chamber Music Performance Group Instructor: Peter Sulski A chamber music course led by Peter Sulski of the Worcester Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Society of Lexington, and Pedroia Quartet. Groups will be divided by level into one-to-a-part ensembles that will together explore the great chamber music repertoire. Violin, viola and cello welcome. Performers should play at Suzuki book level 3 and above. Repertoire picked to serve each participant and group, from Bach to Beethoven. MCHA, 9 Mondays, 6:30-7:30 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 240, $220.

Writing Beginning Three-Part Harmony Singing

Beginning Bluegrass Guitar and Mandolin

Instructor: Tony Watt This Beginning Three-Part Harmony Singing class is focused on two core skills: learning how to determine harmonies, and learning to teach yourself to sing harmonies using your instrument as a guide. We will focus on a handful of common folk/country/bluegrass vocal tunes, and there will be homework each class including both singing and determining harmonies. There are no prerequisite songs, and you don’t need to be able to read music or play lead. The Harmony Singing class is open to all instruments, all levels both rhythm and lead players - but it is geared towards those who have trouble finding harmonies on their instrument and/or with their voice. You will need to bring an instrument with you to class each week, and although it’s not required, please familiarize yourself with the G Major scale in the first position of your instrument. Class will meet October 13 and 27; November 10 and 24; and December 1.

Instructor: Tony Watt This Beginning Bluegrass Guitar and Mandolin class is intended for those who are new to playing lead bluegrass guitar and/or mandolin, or who have been frustrated trying to learn to play lead before. In this course we’ll learn how to read tablature (tab), and we will focus on learning the classic fiddle tune Old Joe Clark as means to introduce a variety of lead soloing techniques. The primary goal is to provide you with the skills needed to play lead bluegrass guitar and mandolin and participate in bluegrass jams. Students do not need to have previous experience playing (or even listening to) bluegrass, and you don’t need to be able to read music. Students should bring a playable mandolin or acoustic guitar (ideally with steel strings) and a pick. Handouts and corresponding MP3s will be provided and students are welcome to bring a recording device, however it’s not necessary as the instructor will be recording each class and sharing the recordings between classes. Class meets October 13, October 27, November 10, November 24 and December 1.

MRHY, 5 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm. Begins October 13, LHS, Room 244, $110/Seniors $82.

MGUI, 5 Tuesdays, 8:00-9:30 pm. Begins October 13, LHS, Room 244, $110/Seniors $82.

Beginning Hand Drumming Instructors: DrumConnection Teaching Faculty For thousands of years the drum has provided people with a powerful basic tool to communicate, express themselves, form community and profoundly integrate the senses. This course will give you all the tools you’ll need to really enjoy yourself playing your drum. Our introduction to the rhythms of Brazil, Cuba, Guinea, Haiti, Mali, Senegal and Trinidad will allow us to experience the healing power of the drum and express our own voice. As you unleash your natural musical ability, you can experience joyous, ecstatic states of mind. Plan on having a fun time learning the traditional rhythm for the djembe, conga and ashiko drums. You can learn to play simply for your own enjoyment, or to play with other musicians. DrumConnection’s team teaching approach provides individualized instruction, and challenges and excites your senses. You are welcome to bring your own drum, rent from the instructor by calling 781-316-8068, or use an LCE drum for the class session. LCE drums cannot be taken home. A $5 materials fee, payable to the instructor, will cover the cost of the workbook and all written materials. DRUM, 6 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 247, $137/Seniors $115.

Whether it originates from memory or fantasy, takes shape as poetry or prose, our expert writing staff will help you get your word out.

Memoir Writing Instructor: Tom Daley Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre.Walter Benjamin Summon incidents and characters from your past to the stage of your memory through writing prompts designed to create a personal literature. Let your unique life experiences help to create poems, short stories, song lyrics, flash fiction, personal essays, riddles or even the beginning of a book-length memoir. Whether you intend to share your written remembrances with family and friends or a broader audience, you will find this a collegial and supportive workshop in which weekly exercises will help you to transform the rich material of your life into unique works of art. The instructor, a published poet who teaches poetry writing and leads workshops on the creative process, will offer suggestions for getting your work published, either privately or in journals. WMEM, 8 Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 224, $195/Seniors $145. W2ME, 6 Fridays,12:30-2:00 pm. Begins October 30, LCE Conference Room, 146 Maple Street, Enter via 328 Lowell Street, $121/Seniors $93.

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LCE welcomes Kendall Dudley to lead a creative course in Keeping a Travel Journal, see below.

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Poetry Writing Workshop

Writing the Personal Essay

Instructor: Tom Daley Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundation for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. – Audre Lourde

Instructor: Lauren Doolan In this course, we’ll write about personal experiences in short essays. If you’ve always wanted to write about your life, but don’t know where to start, this course is for you. We’ll write on different themes each week and explore different writing styles. We’ll discuss different components of the personal essay like tone and format. We’ll help each student find his or her unique voice. Students will share their work in a supportive and constructive environment. We’ll also read a variety of published essays.

Poetry writing, largely, is a solitary endeavor. This workshop will provide the opportunity for poets, both beginning and practiced, to share their work with other poets in a collegial and supportive environment. We will concentrate on sharpening the impact of your poems through careful consideration of their strengths and their limitations. Optional take-home writing exercises will give you the opportunity to explore the myriad forms poetry can take. Bring 10 copies of a recent poem (no more than two pages long) to the first session. WPWW, 8 Wednesdays, 6:15-8:15 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 224, $195/Seniors $145.

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Fiction Writing Instructor: Lauren Doolan This workshop is open to all types of fiction writing: short stories, novellas and novels. If you’re just starting to write or would like some feedback on something you’ve been working on, then this course is for you. Your writing will be discussed in a constructive environment, and we’ll critique character, plot, dialogue and setting. We’ll talk about how to continue with your work and how to stay motivated to write. We’ll also look at published fiction and experiment with writing exercises. WFWW, 5 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 22, LHS, Room 224, $110/Seniors $95.

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Keeping a Travel Journal: Capture The Moment Before It Flies Away

Metaphor, Simile, Image and Sound: The Art of Sensory Writing

Instructor: Kendall Dudley Here’s a departure from the standard travel journal! Using a fast-paced, creative process, you’ll capture the entire day in a few minutes, make connections to past and present, see context for your responses to new things and uncover the new in you. You’ll make use of simple observational tools, quick-writing, ephemera, doodling, shaped writing and layering, and things that smell, taste and create marks. Through it all, your experience of travel will deepen and some of the ways you were on the road may carry over to being at home. Bring an unlined journal, 6x9 or larger, a pen, watercolor pencils, and, if you have one, a sample of an earlier travel journal. WKTJ, 2 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 232, $44/Seniors $34.

Instructor: Tracy Marks Do you want your writing to sparkle with vivid sensory detail and imagery capturing the essence of your message? To generate metaphors and similes like pebbles tossed in a pond creating ripples across the page, revealing multiple layers of meaning? To write lyrically and rhythmically, with rich alliteration and assonance? Although many class examples will be from poetry, both fiction and nonfiction writers as well as poets will benefit from mini-lectures, discussion, in-class exercises and workshopping of students’ writing.

See Also House You Cannot Reach, a new collection of Poems by Tom Daley, page 6.

WMET, 6 Tuesdays, 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Begins September 29, Lexington Community Education Office Conference Room at 146 Maple Street. Access via 328 Lowell Street. $132/Seniors $100.

American Bloomsbury author Susan Cheever visits to discuss the lives of local legendary authors, page 5.

Fine Art Writing Children’s Books for New and Returning Students Instructor: Jane Sutton Taught by a Lexington author of eight published books, this class on writing for children will focus on character development, plot, and descriptive writing. This course is open to continuing students, as well as to new students with some previous writing experience. Participants are encouraged to work in the genre(s) of their interest and to share and critique their manuscripts and submission cover letters.

The Art of Making Picture Books for New and Returning Students

WCB2, 6 Tuesdays, 7:15-9:30 pm. Begins September 29, and meets October 13, October 27, November 10, November 24, and December 8. LHS, Room 148, $165/Seniors $126.

Instructor: Marit Menzin In this class we will experience the art of creating children’s books first-hand. Participants will make a storyboard, and a model of the story they are working on. We will then review the formula for structuring a picture book: introduction, story development, and the story’s climax and resolution in relation to its illustrations. We will also examine page layout, design and illustration style, as well as different kinds of art media used in picture books. Further, we will discuss submission packages, the use of agents, assembling portfolios, and how to market your work. Assignments will be given.

See Also Spellbinding Stories: Four Local Authors Read from their Novels, page 7.

WWCB, 5 Fridays, 10:00 am-12:00 noon. Begins September 25, and meets 10/2, 10/16, 10/23 and 10/30. Lexington Public Schools Central Office, Conference Rm 2, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $132/Seniors $100.

In his book “The Art Spirit” American painter Robert Henri writes, “To apprehend beauty is to work for it.” LCE invites you to work, apprehend, enjoy and ultimately add to the beauty of the world through our many art offerings.

Fundamentals of Drawing Instructor: Peter Hines It’s not necessary to travel to exotic places or pick an unusual subject to create art that is fresh and new. Through overcoming the visual prejudices we have developed that make every day things seem invisible, exciting art can be created almost anywhere, and inspired by almost any subject. In this drawing class for beginning and intermediate students, we will emphasize observation and description of items that are present in our own homes and our neighborhood. We will consider issues including form and line, shading and shadows, shape and proportion, and composition and perspective. Students will receive individual attention in a relaxed and friendly setting. A $7 setup fee payable to instructor at the first class. Please call LCE for supply information.

Daytime Watercolor Instructor: Peter Hines In this class we will practice the fundamental skills of mixing color and drawing with a brush. We will examine many of the qualities of appealing paintings, and how technique enables self-expression from the start. The cost of materials is approximately $65 to $85. A $7 setup fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. Supplies needed are: 3 or 4 round sable brushes ranging in size 2 to 10; a pad of good watercolor paper approximately 9” x 12,” and a simple set of paints that are mostly primary colors—cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, cadmium red, rose madder, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, Chinese white and ivory black. Avoid paints that include the word hue in the description, e.g., ‘cadmium yellow hue,’ and get the genuine traditional colors. A pad of disposable palette paper or a small palette may be useful. ADYW, 4 Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins September 24, Conference Room #2, Lexington Public Schools Central Office, 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $88/ Seniors $66.

AFOD, 8 Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins October 7, Conference Room #2, Lexington Public Schools Central Office, 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $165/ Seniors $132.

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An example of the art of Chinese Brush Painting instructor Son Mey Chiu.

Introduction to Pastels

Chinese Brush Painting

Art for Mindfulness

Open Sewing Skills Studio

Instructor: Peter Hines This medium reduces the time spent on setting up and cleaning, and is ideal for artists with limited space and time. We will begin with exercises designed to get control of color and become familiar with the texture of pastels while practicing the drawing of simple subjects. Emphasis will be on studying objects and describing what we see rather than rehearsing the performance of set procedures. Please bring a beginners set of oil or soft pastels that includes red, yellow, blue, white, and black, and a pad of student grade drawing paper. A $7 setup fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.

Instructor: Son Mey Chiu Students will learn the spontaneous style (I-Bi) of traditional Chinese brush techniques to create four paintings in the “Flower-and-Bird” genre of Chinese Painting. The four seasons will be used as the themes for the paintings. Spring: Crabapple Blossoms and Butterfly; Summer: Lily and Blue Bird; Fall: Chrysanthemum and Dragonfly; Winter: Bittersweet and Sparrow. Students will look at photographs of the painting objects, explore brushwork for their depiction, and watch the instructor’s demonstrations before finishing the assigned paintings for each class. Beginning and returning students are welcome. The cost of painting supplies for new students of approximately $57 is payable to instructor at the first class.

Instructor: Susan Dahl Mindfulness is a meditation practice that has been shown to enhance focus and promote stress management. If you have been curious about what it is and how to bring its benefits to your life, try Art for Mindfulness. Students will use drawing, painting, and printmaking, among other projects, to explore a different principle of Mindfulness each week. No artistic experience is necessary, but established artists will discover new ways to experience their creativity. People interested in starting or reinforcing a meditative practice will find that art can make it easier to integrate its insights in their daily lives.

Instructor: Rachel Kuberry Do you have a sewing project that has been sitting unfinished in a closet for months? Is there a sewing project that you would like to try but would like some assistance with? Or do you just want some more experience using your sewing machine? Come to this class with your unfinished project or wish list and get going! The instructor will provide support for projects like: making a garment using a pattern, making a pieced quilt, and creating new pillows for your home. If you do not yet have a project for your sewing machine in mind, come to the first class and practice your sewing skills on some simple projects while we design a project to your liking. Please bring your own sewing machine to class. A few machines are available for classroom use for an additional fee of $5, payable with registration.

APAS, 4 Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins September 24, Conference Room #2, Lexington Public Schools Central Office, 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $88/ Seniors $66.

ACBP, 4 Tuesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 6, LHS, Room 214, $126/Seniors $96.

See Also Stress Less: Learn to Meditate, page 40.

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AMMA, 8 Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins October 1, Room 4A at the Lexington Public Schools Central Office, 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $148/Seniors $115.

ASEW, 6 Wednesdays, 6:308:30 pm. Begins October 7, LCE Conference Room, enter via 328 Lowell Street, $150/Seniors $120.

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Weave an Infinity Scarf on A Cricket Loom Instructor: Beth Cederberg Guertin Rigid heddle looms produce plain weave cloth on a fun and portable loom. In four weeks (12 hours), students will weave a bamboo scarf with lace stripes and then sew the scarf together to create an infinity scarf. The first class will consist of choosing colors and winding a warp on a warping board. In the second class students will thread the loom. The third week weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll begin weaving and learn how to use a pick-up stick to create lace stripes. Students will take the loom home to weave the scarf between classes (2 weeks). The fourth class will consist of taking the scarf off the loom, sewing the edges, sewing the infinity scarf, and learning how to wash the scarf. Schacht Cricket Looms will be provided for student use (and can optionally be purchased from the instructor). These looms are small and lightweight enough to be carried in a canvas tote bag, provided by the instructor. A materials fee of $15 for the yarns will be paid directly to the instructor. Please bring a 3 ring binder and scissors to class. Class will meet on October 14, 21, 28 and November 18. AWVE, 4 Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 14, and meets 10/21,10/ 28 and 11/18. LHS, Room 214, $175/Seniors $135.

Knitting Instructor: Pat Heggie This class for beginning and intermediate knitters will enhance your enjoyment of a creative and relaxing hobby that can provide beautiful and cozy wearable items for you or for others. The instructor will provide individual help as needed, using the American knitting style. Bring either your current project or a skein of worsted weight yarn and a pair of #8 needles. AWKN, 7 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 211, $137/Seniors $117. ATHKN, 10 Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 211, $192/Seniors $143.

Daytime Advanced Knitting Instructor: Kerry Keohane Bring a new or working project for guidance and hand holding. Learn to knit a gauge, a new technique, or to seam and block your project. The instructor, who has been teaching knitting for fifteen years, is familiar with knitting in round, magic loop, cabling without a cable needle, color work and lace. Bring your patterns, yarn, needles, unfinished projects and questions for a morning of knitting.

An Introduction to Sea Glass Jewelry Making

An Introduction to Metalsmithing

Instructor: Carol Redinger This course will review basic concepts of sea glass jewelry making, and introduce intermediate level techniques. Learn to create coiled wire, spirals and other embellishments on genuine sea glass! Materials fee of $35 is payable to the instructor at the first class. Class is held in the LCE, Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the side door of the Old Harrington.

Instructor: Karenna Maraj Come and learn how to make beautiful jewelry with an introduction to metalsmithing techniques! You will be guided the first day on basic techniques; how to solder, saw, file, hammer, make jump rings and findings. The next two sessions will be spent using your new skills to make bracelets, rings, earrings, and pendants. We will use stamps, set stones and learn wire wrapping, just to name a few examples of skills. Silver is available for a small additional fee. While this class is geared toward beginners, students with some previous experience will work on perfecting skills and learning new techniques. Class is limited to six students.

ASGJ, 2 Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00 pm. Begins November 10, LCE ConferÂ ence Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $49/Seniors $37.

AITM, 3 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins November 17. Karenna Maraj Jewelry Collection, 95 Trapelo Road, Belmont, $125.

ADKNIT, 4 Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins October 7. Meets at Lexington Community Education Conference Room, 146 Maple Street, access via 328 Lowell Street, $84/ Seniors $66.

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Beginners Stone Carving

Stone Carving Saturday

Quilting and Beyond

A Taste of Blacksmithing

Instructor: Scott Cahaly Become acquainted with carving the five million year old medium of soft stone known as alabaster. The emphasis will be on staying present with the ‘process’ instead of forcing the results! Stone selection, tool demonstrations, group discussions and art historical references make this a great introduction to this ancient medium. Ideal for beginners who can’t commit to a ten week class but want more time to carve then a weekend session. Price includes tools, stone is an extra expense. Classes are held at Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street (Bike Path) Bedford, MA 01730. For additional class information please visit: www.stonecarvingdust. blogspot.com.

Instructor: Scott Cahaly In this one-day workshop, you’ll have the unique opportunity to carve your own stone. For beginners and experienced sculptors alike, you’ll be guided through the process of looking into the rock for imagery, carving into material, planning and forming a sculpture, and using tools. Hand-carving techniques will be demonstrated, and stone carving lore will be discussed. We’ll also touch upon safety in the studio, and stone and tool sourcing. You will leave with your stone sculpture in hand. Please bring a bag lunch to class. All materials will be provided. Classes are held at Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street (Bike Path) Bedford, MA 01730. For additional class information please visit: www. stonecarvingdust.blogspot.com.

Instructor: Cathy Berry Is there a quilt you would like to make? Do you have a project that you would like to finish? Have you ever seen a quilt that just strikes your fancy but you think it would be too difficult? Come join our class and learn the basics and beyond with all the company of fellow quilting and appliqué enthusiasts which will keep you going through the time consuming but creative and rewarding process of starting, making and finishing your own special quilt. Optional field trips to quilt and fabric shops will be discussed in class.

Instructor: Carl West The discovery of iron and how to work it changed human history. Tools, weapons, and daily life haven’t been the same since. Here’s your chance to learn to control one of the basic elements of modern human life. In this three hour class you will be introduced to the basic smithing techniques of hammering, drawingout, cutting, bending, and twisting. Using these techniques and a coalfired forge you will heat a piece of iron to brilliant incandescence and with anvil, hammer, and tongs create a decorative and useful S-hook. Students should visit www. prospecthillforge.com/safety. php for safety notes and clothing recommendations.

AWSTN, 5 Wednesdays,10:00 am-1:00 pm. Begins September 16, Meets at Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, $255.

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ASTN, 1 Saturday, 9:30 am-3:00 pm. Meets October 17. Meets at Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, $125. A2STN, 1 Saturday, 9:30 am-3:00 pm. Meets November 21. Meets at Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, $125.

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AQ&M, 6 Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins September 21 and meets 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 11/2 and 11/16. LHS, Room 143, $140/Seniors $100. See Also: The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew, page 4.

ABLA, 1 Sunday, 6:30-9:30 pm. Meets September 27, Meets at Prospect Hill Forge, 38 Guinan Street, Waltham, $65. A2BL, 1 Thursday, 6:30-9:30 pm. Meets November 5, Meets at Prospect Hill Forge, 38 Guinan Street, Waltham, $65. A3BL, 1 Sunday, 2:00-5:00 pm. Meets November 15, Meets at Prospect Hill Forge, 38 Guinan Street, Waltham, $65.

ELL/ Languages Photography: The Basics and Beyond

Introduction to Photoshop Elements

Instructor: Scott Metzger Great photographs are created through the right mixture of angle, light, subject, story, and spirit. To capture all of these ingredients in the snap of a shutter, a photographer needs the skill set to potentially assess, frame, and shoot in a fraction of a second. In this class, we will stock our photographic “tool box” through studying the essential elements of taking a great picture. We will explore documentary, lighting, the rule of thirds, camera and computer processing equipment, and composition. We will also examine ways to manage work flow and the particulars of portrait, landscape and commercial photography. By the end of the class, students will feel more comfortable with their ability to make a stronger, more engaging photograph. Please bring your camera to class. Please note there is no class on October 12.

Instructor: Katherine Gorry Hines In this hands-on introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements 12, we’ll explore the different Elements workspaces, and take a look at some of the tools and their functions. You’ll learn how to resize, crop, and rotate images, and how to fix some common problems such as red-eye, and over- or under-exposed images. You’ll also learn about adjustment layers and masks, how to add text, filters, and use blending modes and special effects. You’ll learn techniques for repairing old, faded, or damaged photos, and retouching to bring out the best in your photos. We’ll cover some methods for removing unwanted objects, and combining elements from different photographs. Class is limited to 4 students. Each student will have his or her own computer to use during the class. Instructor Katherine GorryHines is the co-owner of Complex IT.

APBB, 4 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 28, LHS, Room 229, $88/Seniors 66.

CAPB, 3 Tuesdays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Begins September 29, at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $165.

See Also iPhone Photography, page 28.

No matter where you travel in the world, communication is the key to success. Our courses are taught by instructors who both speak well and teach well in multiple languages.

Beginning English Instructor: TBA This course is for those who have little or no knowledge of English. We will review the alphabet and work on spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Letters, words, and simple sentence structure will be discussed. Basic grammar will include simple present and present progressive tenses. We will use a textbook, worksheets, and audio tapes, and we will practice pronunciation, listening and conversation skills in class. This class will help you to understand, speak, and write American English in a friendly classroom setting. Textbook “Allstar 1 Student Book,” by Linda Lee, McGraw Hill Publishers. Cost is about $25- $30, including the audio tape. LBGE, 9 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins October 6, LHS, Room 229, $198/Seniors $178.

Intermediate English Instructor: TBA This course is intended for students who can already speak, read, write, and understand basic English and want to focus on conversation practice. We will review grammar including verbs and prepositions. We will also work on practical exercises to improve everyday conversation. LINE, 8 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins October 1, LHS, Room 232, $160/Seniors $140.

English Conversation Instructor: TBA Have you studied English or perhaps traveled or lived in an English speaking country, yet still feel uncomfortable when Americans use informal English? In this class, you will learn to understand and make yourself understood in communication with schools, landlords, neighbors and government officials. Your confidence will grow as we converse about daily life, family, children, friends, shopping, travel and what to see and do in the Boston area. LCOE, 8 Tuesdays, 9:30 am-11:30 am. Begins October 6, Follen Church, $160/Seniors $140.

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Beginning Spanish

Intermediate Spanish

Advanced Spanish

Beginning Italian

Instructor: Pilar G. Cabrera, Ph.D. This beginner course focuses on basic communication in Spanish. Students will develop communication skills that include greetings and farewells, answering the phone, ordering a meal, discussing traveling and hotel accommodations, and talking about recreation and sports. Students will learn grammar usage such as regular and irregular verbs, subject-verb agreement, progressive tense, agreement of articles, nouns, and adjectives in the context of discussion, reading, and writing exercises.

Instructor: Elsa-Lucia Cabrera, MD The demand for Spanish speakers in professional and personal situations is constantly increasing. This Intermediate Spanish course is designed for students with a basic understanding of Spanish who would like to improve their conversational and compositional skills. Emphasis will be placed on the mastery of grammar, especially of verbs, in order to progressively master the language. There will also be emphasis placed on pronunciation, vocalization, understanding, intonation and vocabulary building. In eight two-hour sessions, students will learn how to express themselves through phrases and questions, compose and read written assignments in class and learn about traditions of Hispanic-American cultures.

Instructor: Consuelo Abrisqueta This course is for those who have a sound intermediate level knowledge of the Spanish language and culture. The objective of this class is to engage students in multiple task approaches to learning both grammar and cultural mores that equal â&#x20AC;&#x153;the backbone to correct conversation.â&#x20AC;? We will develop further mastery of the practical application of the Spanish Language as is used in everyday life across different environments. Each class will place emphasis on speaking, reading, writing and listening with a special emphasis on pronunciation, comprehension, vocalization, intonation, and vocabulary building. Students will be giving weekly class presentations on specific themes followed up by class question and answer period and debate. The Instructor will also provide readings from Spanish Newspapers and literature, as well as other media sources, such as Spanish talk shows and television programs.

Instructor: Sonia Parravano In this class students will have opportunities to develop skills in grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, and conversation. Students will learn the Italian sound system and the rudiments of vocabulary and grammar necessary for basic communication. They will also become increasingly competent in listening, reading, writing, speaking, grammar and culture. This course is built around readings, class discussion, videos, and active class participation. Memorization and mechanical practice is required. Textbook will be discussed at first class.

LBGS, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 222, $165/Seniors $132. See Also Italian Cooking and Language, page 34.

LHCC, 7 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 231, $115/Seniors $88.

LADS, 8 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 28, LHS, Room 231, $132/Seniors $100.

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LBIT, 9 Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 240, $143/Seniors $107. LDBI, 9 Fridays, 9:30 am-11:00 am. Begins September 25, LCE Office Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the side door of the Old Harrington, $143/Seniors $107.

A variety of French language classes can be found on pages 23 and 24.

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Intermediate Italian Daytime

Italian Conversation

Evening Beginning French

Beginning French II

Instructor: Sonia Parravano This level is appropriate for students who have completed advanced beginner, are comfortable in an immersion environment, and confident using vocabulary and grammar skills acquired in Italian beginner I and Italian beginner II. The goal of this course is to further advance students’ proficiency in Italian. This class will meet in the LCE Conference Room at 146 Maple Street. Access via 328 Lowell Street.

Instructor: Sonia Parravano Engage in fun and stimulating conversation while enhancing your cultural, literary, and linguistic proficiency. The course explores a wealth of interesting topics, like Renaissance Italy, contemporary literature, current news, cuisine, music and more. Students are encouraged to prepare a topic and discuss their findings in an informal atmosphere. In addition to oral production, writing assignments and in-class prompts aim to help students express their ideas in the language. This class is a great fit for students who have intermediate to advanced proficiency in Italian.

Instructor: Maurice Bombrun Beginning French is for students with no, little, or “forgotten” French knowledge. The course introduces basic pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary to build the foundation of the language in a fun environment. Students will learn to communicate simple concepts in French, both written and spoken. Focus is shared among reading, writing, listening and speaking for a well-rounded, dynamic learning experience. The college-level Contacts, Valette/ Valette, may be purchased online or from a bookstore.

Instructor: Karen Girondel This course is for students with some very basic knowledge of French. It is the second half of a typical first year French course. We use the free online French program from the University of Texas at Austin, Français interactif (www.laits. utexas.edu/fi/home), starting with Chapter 7. Emphasis is on developing vocabulary in a variety of contexts, with class work concentrating on developing confidence speaking French. The program also provides ample opportunities for grammar exercises and writing.

LBFR, 10 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 234, $220/Seniors $195.

LADF, 9 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 166, $148/Seniors $115.

LDII, 9 Fridays, 11:00 am-12:30 pm. Begins September 25, LCE Office Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the side door of the Old Harrington, $143/Seniors $107.

LICO, 9 Thursdays, 7:45-9:00 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 240, $143/Seniors $107.

See Also Paris Off the Beaten Path, page 35.

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French instructor Maurice Bombrun.

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Daytime Intermediate French

Intermediate French

Instructor: Karen Girondel This total immersion course is designed for students who are able to create sentences in French using learned vocabulary and expressions in basic social situations. While students may make mistakes, and pause to find the right word or to self-correct, they are generally understood by sympathetic native speakers who are accustomed to non-native fluency. The emphasis will be on perfecting listening and speaking skills in a variety of authentic cultural contexts, as well as increasing vocabulary and grammatical accuracy. The course is taught in a very visual way making it fun and easy to make rapid progress towards advanced proficiency.

Instructor: Maurice Bombrun Intermediate French is for students with all basic concepts of pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. The course quickly reviews the foundation to build upon and expand the language patterns and grammatical structures. Vocabulary is enhanced further through simple dialogues, readings, and translations. We will review verb tenses and more are presented. Students learn how to communicate with simple sentences in applicable situations. The college-level book Contacts, Valette/Valette, may be purchased online or from a bookstore.

LDIF, 10 Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins September 29, Downstairs Conference Room #2, $165/Seniors $132.

LINF, 10 Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 234, $220/Seniors $195. See Also Planning Your European Vacation, page 36.

French Language Through Film

Biblical Hebrew for Beginners

Instructor: Karen Girondel Film transports us to another place, another time and another life. Film provides language learners with a rich audio-visual context, along with dynamic vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, authentic dialogue, in addition to cultural and historical references. This course will feature presentation of vocabulary and some key grammatical structures which students will practice in the context of the film, as well as open-ended exercises, activities, discussions, and role-playing designed to help them improve their proficiency. Listening and speaking skills will be emphasized in this class rather than reading and writing. This course is for you if you know some basic French, understand some of what you hear when spoken at normal rate of speed, and want the opportunity to speak in a context that will encourage increased vocabulary and grammatical accuracy without lists of words and tedious written exercises.

Instructor: Moris Hoch The Hebrew Scriptures including the Psalms, Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, etc., can be studied as literature as well as history and comprise a cultural treasure for the world that everyone can enjoy and all the more so in the original language. Beginning with the Hebrew alphabet and building vocabulary along the way, the diligent student will learn to read and understand verses in the Hebrew Scriptures. How to write the Hebrew block and cursive script will be demonstrated. The study material and homework assignments will be printed and handed out to the class. Slide presentations created by the instructor will be available online as well. The goal is to build a vocabulary of 100 common Biblical Hebrew words, to learn to read and pronounce the Hebrew letters and vowel combinations, and to gain familiarity with basic rules of Hebrew grammar. Instruction will be given to help the student gain sufficient skill to use a HebrewEnglish dictionary or lexicon to find the meanings of unknown words.

LFIL, 7 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 166, $115/Seniors $88.

LHEB, 8 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins October 1, LHS, Room 233, $132/Seniors $100.

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Computers

From editing digital photos, to creating your own web page, you are sure to find something to match your ability and interest.

Computers are provided for all computer classes. However, if preferred, students may bring their laptops for any of Kristen Butler’s classes.

Introduction to Microsoft Excel – Daytime

Organizing Your Computer – Daytime

Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use a spreadsheet application and create graphs using the data in your spreadsheets. Learn how to use multiple worksheets and share the data between the worksheets. MS Excel is a great tool for tracking numbers.

Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to organize your files and folders, manage the “My Documents” folder, and backup your information. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a computer.

Introduction to Computers – Daytime Instructor: Kristen Butler Have you never used a computer ...or feel that you really need to learn the basics? Learn the lingo and the fundamentals of a computer. In this hands-on class, learn how to use a mouse; keyboard; pull-down menus; find and save files; basic file management; how to print; and how to shut down. Class will include a brief overview of what to look for when you buy a computer. Class size is limited to 8 to allow for individualized instruction. CDINT, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am12:30 pm. Meets October 1, LCE Conference Room, $48.

Introduction to Microsoft Word – Daytime Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use this powerful word processing program to write your papers, create flyers, write your resume, modify document setups, change margins, change fonts, and other information. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a computer.

CDEX, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am12:30 pm. Meets October 15, LCE Conference Room, $48.

Introduction to PowerPoint – Daytime Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use a presentation package that will allow you to create slide presentations using text, charts, pictures, and graphics. Instead of using overheads, PowerPoint allows you to create interesting, colorful, and interactive presentations. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a computer. CDPP, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am12:30 pm. Meets October 22, LCE Conference Room, $48.

CDORG, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am12:30 pm. Meets October 29, LCE Conference Room, $48.

Intermediate Word – Daytime Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use this powerful word processor to create your own letterhead, your own fax cover sheet, create footnotes and endnotes, use styles, make a table of contents, and more. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a word processor. Class size is limited to 8 to allow for individualized instruction. CDIW, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Meets November 5, LCE Conference Room, $48.

Intermediate Excel – Daytime Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to import and link files, setup databases and mail merge, create your own labels, modify charts, define macros, and more. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use Excel. Class size is limited to 8 to allow for individualized instruction. CDIX, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Meets November 12, LCE Conference Room, $48.

Intermediate Powerpoint – Daytime Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to create slide masters, tables, create custom shows, insert photos, add sound, animated graphics, and more. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use PowerPoint. Class size is limited to 8 to allow for individualized instruction. CDIP, 1 Thursday, 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Meets November 19, LCE Conference Room, $48.

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Introduction to Microsoft Word Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use this powerful word processing program to write your papers, create flyers, write your resume, modify document setups, change margins, change fonts, and other information. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a computer. CWOR, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 7, LHS, Room 215, $38.

Introduction to PowerPoint

Intermediate Excel

Intro to Adobe Photoshop

Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use a presentation package that will allow you to create slide presentations using text, charts, pictures, and graphics. Instead of using overheads PowerPoint allows you to create interesting, colorful, and interactive presentations. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a computer.

Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to import and link files, set up databases and mail merge, create your own labels, modify charts, define macros and more. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use Excel.

CIPO, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 21, LHS, Room 215, $38.

Intermediate PowerPoint

Instructor: Damian Barneschi In this class students, will learn how to use Photoshop as both a tool to alter digital images and as a means of creating finished pieces of original artwork. The course begins with an explanation of Photoshop tools and soon has students using these tools to manipulate images. Students will then learn how to use Photoshop to improve digital photos. For this purpose, students are encouraged to work from their own image bank, but images will be provided if necessary. Finally, students will use their acquired knowledge to create original pieces of artwork, including a print advertisement and a photo collage.

Organizing Your Computer

Introduction to Microsoft Excel Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use a spreadsheet application and create graphs using the data in your spreadsheets. Learn how to use multiple worksheets and share the data between the worksheets. MS Excel is a great tool for tracking numbers. CINX, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 14, LHS, Room 215, $38.

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Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to create slide masters, tables and custom shows; insert photos, add sound and animated graphics, and more. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use PowerPoint. CNPO, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets December 2, LHS, Room 215, $38.

CAPS, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 155, $198/Seniors $148.

Intermediate Word

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Instructor: Kristen Butler Learn how to use this powerful word processor to create your own letterhead, your own fax cover sheet, create footnotes and endnotes, use styles, make a table of contents, and more. Students must be familiar with the basics of how to use a word processor.

• Sign up for 5 computer classes for $170, a $20 savings!

CINW, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets November 4, LHS, Room 215, $38.

CIEX, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets November 18, LHS, Room 215, $38.

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Classes taught by Complex IT are held in the Adams Building, located at 9 Meriam Street in Lexington.

Understanding Your Home Network Instructor Steve Iverson, co-owner of Complex IT Q: What’s a network? A: It’s a group of computers and other devices that can communicate with each other, and chances are you’ve got one in your home. This class will teach you the basics of home networks. We’ll talk about routers, modems, switches, wireless access points, and the basics of TCP/IP, the addressing scheme for devices on networks – overall, enough information to help you perform basic troubleshooting when something isn’t working right on your home network. Don’t be at the mercy of your Internet Service Provider’s phone support! The class assumes no previous knowledge of networking. Appropriate for both Windows and Mac computer users. Class will be held at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Suite 1, in Lexington Center. Instructor Steve Iverson is the co-owner of Complex IT. CHOM, 1 Wednesday, 2:00-4:00 pm. Meets October 7 at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Suite 1, Lexington Center. $55.

Back It Up

Keep Your Computer Secure

The iPad for Beginners

Instructor: Steve Iverson, co-owner of Complex IT Computer backups are essential, but they’re often poorly understood and overlooked. We’ll talk about the essentials of backups, including programs such as CrashPlan that automate and simplify the task. We’ll also talk about the importance of verifying that you can get back the data that you’ve backed up, because a backup is useless if you can’t restore your data. Class is appropriate for Windows and Mac users, and for both individual and small business users. Class will be held at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Suite 1 in Lexington Center. Instructor Steve Iverson is the coowner of Complex IT.

Instructor Steve Iverson, co-owner of Complex IT The Internet is full of hazards. You need to have at least a basic understanding of the risks and of how to keep your computer and other devices safe. This class will cover malware (viruses and similar programs), security programs, and many other aspects of online security. We will cover topics appropriate to Windows and Mac computers as well as mobile devices. The class requires no prior knowledge of the topic. Instructor Steve Iverson is the co-owner of Complex IT.

Instructor: Katherine Gorry Hines, co-owner of Complex IT Are you thinking about getting an iPad, or did you just get one? If you’re feeling a bit lost and would like to learn the basics, this is the class for you! This general introduction will cover iPad features; swiping and gestures; some of the built-in applications (apps), and how to find more apps in the App Store. Bring your own iPad if you have one, or follow along as we demonstrate the iPad’s features. Please note that class is taught using iOS7. If your iPad has an older operating system, not all features demonstrated in class will apply to your iPad. To check your iOS version and see if there is an available update for your iPad, do the following: from the Home Screen, tap Settings > General > About. Instructor Katherine Gorry Hines, is the co-owner of Complex IT.

CBIU, 1 Wednesday, 2:00-4:00 pm. Meets October 21, at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $55.

CSAF, 1 Wednesday, 2:00-4:00 pm. Meets October 28 at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $55. See Also Simple Ways to Protect Your Home, page 9.

CPAD, 1 Tuesday, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Meets October 27, at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $55.

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iPhone Photography

Facebook for Beginners

Instructor: Katherine Gorry Hines, co-owner of Complex IT You may have heard the saying that “the best camera is the one you have with you.” For many people, the camera that’s almost always with them is the camera in their iPhone…find out how to make the most of it! This course will cover the basics of using your iPhone to shoot, edit, organize, and share photos and videos. We’ll discuss topics such as the camera controls, how to adjust exposure, use the timer, access burst mode, and shoot panoramas. You’ll learn how to crop and straighten photos, and apply color and lighting adjustments right on your phone. We’ll also cover using the photos app on your phone to find and organize your photos, and discuss some ways for sharing your photos via Messages, Mail, iCloud photostream, social media, and Instagram. This course applies to iPhones and iPads using iOS8. Instructor Katherine Gorry Hines is the co-owner of Complex IT.

Instructor: Katherine Gorry Hines, co-owner of Complex IT

CIPH, 1 Tuesday, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Meets October 20, at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $55.

Everyone keeps telling you to get on Facebook, and you haven’t joined yet. Or perhaps you joined, and then after logging in, said to yourself, “Now what?” Facebook is becoming the first place many people turn to for sharing news, photos, and event invitations. Don’t miss any more of your friend’s and family’s wedding, baby, or cute kitten pictures! You’ll learn about friend requests, Timeline, your news feed, messaging, Facebook etiquette, and privacy and security settings. Please come to class with your Facebook login email and password, so you’ll have a chance to follow along using your own account. Instructor Katherine Gorry Hines is the co-owner of Complex IT. CFAC, 1 Thursday, 10:00 am-12:00 noon. Meets October 15, at Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $55. See Also Photography: The Basics and Beyond, page 21.

Too Safe to Succeed: An Evening with Lenore Skenazy Lenore Skenazy is a lot of things— author, humorist, keynote speaker, popular blogger, TV host, and a thought leader on issues ranging from parenting, to policy, to consumer insights. And, oh yes, she was, for a time, labeled “America’s Worst Mom.” Google it. The New York City columnist-turned-reality TV show host got that title after letting her 9-year old son take the subway, alone. In response to the enormous media blowback, she wrote the book and blog, “Free-Range Kids,” which launched the anti-helicopter parenting movement. Now, Lenore Skenazy is the media’s “go-to” expert on parenting culture. She’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal more than a dozen times in the last two years. Her belief that we are making our kids “too safe to succeed” has led to speaking engagements at corporations, colleges and conventions around the world, from Microsoft Headquarters, to the Sydney Opera House, to the Yale Child Study Center. Lenore also headlined both the International Children’s Festival in Vancouver and the Bulgarian Happiness Festival. SLSK, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 6, Waldorf School of Lexington, 739 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, $10

Music educator Shinichi Suzuki states, “Children learn to smile from their parents.” Each term our parenting perspectives offers courses and talks that are geared toward living happily and healthy in family, in community.

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Understanding ADHD and Non-pharmacological Approaches to Treatment Instructor: Naomi Steiner, MD 9.6% of children and adolescents are present with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), by far the most common neurodevelopmental disorder in childhood. In addition to the classic ADHD symptoms of poor attention span, high activity level, and impulsivity, children with ADHD are at substantial risk for behavioral problems at school, academic underperformance and failure, and dropping out. Dr. Steiner will review and explain the presentation of ADHD, using examples to illustrate the symptoms and how they can change between elementary, middle and high school, and college. She will discuss treatment options, focusing particularly on nonpharmacological approaches such as computer based attention training systems, which include the highly publicized neurofeedback. Dr. Steiner will review these therapies, demonstrate neurofeedback, and answer your questions regarding this approach and ADHD in general. Please Note: No direct patient clinical therapeutic guidance will be given. PADH, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 27, LHS, Room 221, $25.

Amanda Strawhacker and Amanda Sullivan of the Amandas Consulting teach K-2 STEM, see below.

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The Opioid Crisis Instructor: Detective James Rettman, Lexington Police Department Detective James Rettman will discuss today’s drug culture and the effects it has on our youth at home, in school, and beyond. He will provide guidance on the signs of drug use, common hiding places where drugs are stored, and how families can seek help. Additionally, he will discuss today’s popular drugs, their common street names, and what they look like. Detective Rettman has been a police officer since 2002 and is currently assigned to the Suburban Middlesex Country Drug Task Force. Detective Rettman has been assigned to the DEF since October of 2011. His duties include surveillance, acting in an undercover capacity and search warrant execution of “street level” targets. Before being assigned to the S.M.D.T.F, Detective Rettman was assigned to the Lexington Public Schools as the School Resource Officer. TOPI, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets September 24, LHS, Room 226. Free, but pre-registration is required.

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Each summer LCE’s Lexplorations program offers wonderful creative experiences that are anticipated and warmly remembered throughout the regular school year. Our Courses for Children section aims to offer that same no-stress environment filled with opportunities for enrichment and fun.

Home Alone Instructor: Officers of the Lexington Police Department Help your child feel safer and more secure when home alone or with siblings, and teach them smart telephone and doorbell answering strategies. This class is designed for children ages 9 and older. Younger children may attend with an accompanying adult. Instructors are officers from the Lexington Police and Fire Departments. Class size is limited so please register early. K009, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. Meets September 29, LHS, Room 221. Free, but space is limited and pre-registration is required.

Babysitter’s Training with American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid, CPR/ AED Instructor: Kathleen Irving Participants will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for children and infants. This training will help participants to develop leadership skills; learn how to develop a babysitting business; keep themselves and others safe; help children behave, and learn about basic child care. In addition, participants will learn to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies until more advanced medical personnel arrive. Students who successfully complete this course will receive an Adult, Child and Infant CPR/AED and First Aid certification, valid for two years, and a Babysitter’s Training certification with no expiration. Course curriculum is appropriate for students ages 11-15.

Saturday STEM Series for Grades K-2 Instructor: Amanda Strawhacker and Amanda Sullivan (the Amandas Consulting) Want a little more technology and engineering in your weekend? Sign up for our Saturday STEM Series for children in grades K-2. Each Saturday we’ll present new topics and handson activities for kids to explore. You’ll have fun playing with circuits, programming robots, and editing your own cartoons and movies. You will even be able to take home some of your engineered creations to share with friends and family! Please note class will meet: September 26; October 10, and 31; and November 14 and 21. KSTM, 5 Saturdays,10:00 am-2:00 pm. Begins September 26, LHS, Library Media Center, $175.

KBTR, 2 Thursdays, 4:00-7:30 pm. Begins October 15, LHS, Room 173, $150. K2BT, 2 Tuesdays, 4:00-7:30 pm. Begins November 10, LHS, Room 173, $150.

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Author Brigid Gorry-Hines leads the Teen Writing Workshop, see below.

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Bon Appétit!! French Cooking for Kids (Grades 4-5) Instructors: Joan Yarmovsky, Elisabeth Passeri, and Christine Goulet Are you fascinated by Julia Child’s and Jacques Pepin’s delicious food creations? Then Bon Appétit! will transform you into the next master chef by learning all about the art of French cooking and cuisine. You will learn French vocabulary for cooking terms and ingredients and each week you will make a traditional dish to either sample in class or bring home for your family to enjoy. Some dishes may include a Tarte Tatin, Croque Monsieur, and many delicious crêpes. You will even be part of a cheese tasting event where you will critique a variety of French cheeses. By the end of the six weeks, you will have made your very own French cookbook and be ready to open your own 5-star restaurant! Miam! This class will not be filmed for broadcast. A $30 materials fee is to be paid to the instructor at the first class. NBON, 6 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 pm. Begins October 7, LexMedia Studios, $90.

Teen Writing Workshop Instructor: Brigid Gorry-Hines In this writing workshop, young writers will have the chance to hone their writing skills and share feedback with their peers. The class will include designated writing time as well as discussions about the craft-including subjects such as character development, outlining, word-building, and finding your own voice. This workshop will be most suitable for students in grades 7-9. No writing experience is necessary. Please bring a notebook and a writing utensil. KEEN, 5 Mondays, 4:30-5:30 pm. Begins September 28, LHS, Room 220, $60.

Fiction Writing for Fourth and Fifth Graders Instructor: Karen Day Local children’s book author Karen Day will lead fourth and fifth graders through interactive writing exercises as they explore how to start a fictional story of their own. Students will learn the importance of showing, not telling, and why every book needs a strong, active voice. No experience needed, just a good imagination! K2FI,1 Thursday, 6:00-7:30 pm. Meets November 12, LHS, Room 222, $44.

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Fiction Writing Workshop for Middle School Students

Dungeons and Dragons for Middle School Students

Instructor: Karen Day Creating a strong narrative voice is one of the most important ingredients in fiction writing. In this workshop local children’s author Karen Day will take middle school students through the exercises she does when creating fictional characters. They will also explore plot, setting and theme. Students will leave with an understanding of how to create a strong voice. They will also have the beginnings of a story of their own.

Instructor: Gerry Goolkasian This ever popular game of logic and imagination begins with the creation of characters with the rolling of dice. You and your collaborators guide your characters through an imaginary journey encountering exciting adventures along the way. Your journey is referred to as a “campaign” which is creatively structured like the plot of a good book by one player known as the Dungeon Master. This player is usually a more experienced player. In Week 1, we will begin taking requests to write and run campaigns, and then create characters. After that our imaginations will guide us onwards. Both experienced players and beginners are welcome.

KFIC, 1 Thursday, 6:00-7:30 pm. Meets November 19, LHS, Room 222, $44.

KCDD, 6 Tuesdays, 3:00-6:00 pm. Begins November 3, Clarke Middle School, Room 221, $126. KDDD, 5 Thursdays, 3:00-6:00 pm. Begins November 5, Diamond Middle School, Cafeteria, $104.

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Drawing and Painting People, Animals and More for Grades 6-8 Instructor: Carol Butler Redinger, M.S.W., and Robert Butler It has been proven that the inspirational power of art can affect all of us profoundly! Students will discover their own unique creative gifts in a relaxed, yet structured setting. Included in the classroom demonstrations and individual instruction are the essential art techniques and fundamentals: Human and Animal Anatomy, Color Mixing, Light and Shadow, Perspective, Landscapes and more. Students of any learning style will develop the confidence to create their own exciting artwork, with that confidence extending into their daily lives! The curriculum for these sessions was created as a collaborative partnership between Carol Butler Redinger, M.S.W. and Robert Butler, artist and teacher. An art materials fee of $25 is payable to the instructors at the first class. Texts and diagrams are provided free of charge by the instructors. Carol Butler Redinger, M.S.W. is a clinical social worker who has provided comprehensive services to individuals of all ages, in a variety

of educational and social service settings. She has empowered them to meet the challenges of daily life and beyond. Robert Butler is currently an adjunct professor and teacher at New England colleges and Grade schools K-12. He has been a teacher and mentor of the arts for students of all populations for thirty years. Mr. Butler’s artwork has been shown on the Discovery Channel and exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum. KDPA, 3 Saturdays, 10:00 am-12:00 noon. Begins October 10, LHS, Room 210, $66.

Art Studio: Charcoal and Pastel for Grades 2-5 Instructor: Alma Bella Solis Using a combination of charcoal pencils and chalks, or dry pastel pencils and chalks, you will produce your own compositions, interpreting subjects ranging from still life to human figures. You’ll learn drawing methods including outline, contour, shading, blending, detailing and explore perspective, proportion, and more. Class size limited to 7 students. KPAC, 6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 173, $165.

Art Studio: Charcoal and Pastel for Grades 6-9 Instructor: Alma Bella Solis Using a combination of charcoal pencils and chalks, or dry pastel pencils and chalks, you will produce your own compositions interpreting subjects ranging from still life to human figures. You’ll learn drawing methods including outline, contour, shading, blending, detailing and explore perspective, proportion, and more. Class size limited to 7 students. K2PAC, 6 Tuesdays, 5:45 - 7:45 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 173, $165. NEW!

Fiddle in the Middle Instructor: Chris LeDoux Has anyone ever asked you what the difference is between a violin and a fiddle? Come explore some alternative music styles and find out the answer for yourself! This course is open to students in Grades 6-8 who have at least two years’ experience playing violin, viola, cello, or bass. No experience playing fiddle music? No problem! We’ll learn music the traditional way (by ear) as well as with sheet music - selections may come from Celtic, FrenchCanadian/Cajun, bluegrass, Scottish, Scandinavian, and other traditions.

Jazz in the Middle Instructor: Toby Forman Do you love Jazz? Joining the Jazz In The Middle band will get you playing cool Jazz every week! Young musicians will get a solid grounding in jazz styles, music theory, and improvisation skills. This town-wide big band is just for middle school students, and will prepare you for playing at the high school level and beyond. Playing regularly with other musicians is one of the best ways to improve your own instrumental skills. The Jazz in the Middle band is not appropriate for beginners. Students must have some level of proficiency on their instrument. Please indicate your instrument on registration form. Auditions are not required. KJZC, 10 Mondays, 3:00-4:30 pm. Begins September 21, Clarke Middle School Auditorium, $165. KJZD, 10 Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm. Begins September 29, Diamond Middle School Music Room, $165.

KFID, 10 Mondays, 3:45-4:45 pm. Begins September 14, LHS, Room 133, $110.

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Test Prep/ College Planning In Control: Crash Prevention Training

LCE Test Prep

This course offers students from Lexington High School and their families an opportunity to learn the skills that can not safely be taught on public roadways. Learn how to handle panic stops, turning into the skid, tailgating, and emergency lane changes, as well as the latest techniques for maintaining safe habits. This 4.5 hour class will teach you how to handle mistakes made not only by you, but also by others. Car crashes account for almost 50% of teen deaths and training has been shown to be the answer. Visit www.driveincontrol.com/ lexingtonhighschool to learn about the discount on the class, available insurance discounts for graduates, and how much fun learning to handle Massachusetts roads can be in a closed course environment.

Driver Education Instructor: CS Driving School A complete driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education program (classroom and behind-thewheel lessons) is available through LCE. Students must be at least 15.9 years old to begin the program. Please see the LCE website at www. lexingtoncommunityed.org for details and dates. The cost for the course is $550.

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Instructors: LHS teacher Chris Doucette, retired LHS teacher Karen Mechem Prepare for the SAT exams by reviewing the critical components of the test. Each subject is taught by an experienced LHS teacher. Students receive individual attention as needed. Register early as enrollment is limited. Please purchase texts before the first class. Texts are available at Barnes and Noble or online.

Wednesday Math SAT Prep for the November Test with Chris Doucette

Instructor: Karen Mechem Prepare for the Reading section of the PSAT. Required text for this class is the new Official SAT Study Guide published in June 2015.

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PPSR, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets October 6, Room 229, $30.

MATH: In SAT Math, students will review mathematical operations and learn test strategies necessary for success on the SAT. Required Text for SAT Math : The Official SAT Study Guide

Monday Math SAT Prep for the November Test with Chris Doucette

Thursday English SAT Prep for the November/December Test with Karen Mechem

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PSAM, 6 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 230, $200. (Please note the snow make up date for this class, if needed, will be Thursday, November 5)

In SAT English, students learn strategies for answering sentence completions and critical reading questions, as well as acquire college-level vocabulary and test-taking wisdom. Instruction is individualized. Required text for SAT English and SAT Writing with Karen Mechem: The Official SAT Study Guide - Second Edition by the College Board.

PMST, 6 Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 232, $200. (Please note the snow make up date for this class, if needed, will be Wednesday, November 4)

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PESA, 6 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins September 17, LHS, Room 224, $200.

Saturday Writing SAT Prep for the November/December Test with Karen Mechem PSAW, 6 Saturdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins September 19, LHS, Room 224, $200. Note: No class on Saturday, October 3.

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PSAT Prep: Writing and Language Instructor: Karen Mechem Prepare for the Writing & Language section of the PSAT. Required text for this class is the new Official SAT Study Guide published in June 2015. PPSW, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets September 29, Room 225, $30.

Ambassador Dennis Ross visits LCE to discuss his new book, page 5.

College Essay Writing Instructor: Mindy Pollack Fusi Are you a high school student who will need to write your essay(s) for college applications? Have an idea for a topic...or no idea at all? When you write, do you tend to stare at a blank page, or at the few lines you’ve managed to crank out, and have no clue what to put down next? Relax! Writing the essay(s) can actually be fun, and simple--and we will discuss Do’s and Don’ts. You will learn tips to finally get started and complete your essay in advance of those nasty deadlines. Each student will get a few minutes one-on-one at the end of class. Class size limited to eight. PEST, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets October 6, LHS, Room 221, $35. PESW, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets November 4, LHS, Room 229, $35.

Finding the Right Fit: The College Admissions Process Instructor: Larry Dannenberg Looking to find the right school for your child? If you have a child in high school, you can’t afford to miss this class! We will show you how to choose the school that is the right fit for your child as we walk you through the admissions process. Learn about how merit scholarship money works and what you can do to better your chances to receive it even if you are not a top student. This class is particularly important if your student is at the top of the class, has learning disabilities, is an athlete, or is average. Learn why starting the process early can offer significant advantages, especially for business owners, divorced parents, or home-schooled children. The instructor will discuss recent changes in student loans. For adults only. Larry Dannenberg is a professional college placement consultant. PFIT, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets September 29, LHS, Room 229, $25.

You Can Afford College If... Instructor: Donald Anderson If… you plan in advance; you understand the financial aid process; and you act early enough to be successful. Financial aid goes to the families who plan in advance— ideally before December 31 of the child’s sophomore year of high school. This course will teach you the concepts and strategies that will help you maximize your financial aid by understanding the process, and how implementing strategies may increase a family’s eligibility even if you have a “high income” or own a business. The greatest amount of financial aid goes to the families who act in the years before college. Remember: procrastination equals less financial aid. All schools are not alike, so it is important to know your options and opportunities. A free financial aid analysis will be available to all attendees. For more information please visit our website at www.collegefundingadvisors.com. PMFA, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. October 29, LHS, Room 229, $25.

Navigating the StudentAthletes College Search and Recruiting Process Instructor: Nicholas Michael This two-part course is designed to educate student-athletes and their parents about navigating the often confusing, generally stressful college search and recruiting process and to assist the collegebound student-athlete how to make sound and fact-based decisions throughout the 12 to 24 months leading up to the submission of applications to colleges. We will cover the factors that influence a student’s college preference criteria, process timelines, define recruiting terminology, describe the differences between NCAA divisions and their impact on the student-athletes’ recruitment and college life, identify what coaches are looking for, explain how to get noticed by developing and executing a targeted communication plan to get on a “coach’s list,” and much more. The second session is designed to outline specific academic and athletic action steps for each year of high school, and to show how to develop and implement a prototypical plan for each student-athlete. PNSA, 2 meetings, Tuesday October 13th, and Thursday October 15th, 7:00- 9:00 pm. LHS, Room 229, $40.

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Adjoa Acquaah-Harrison teaches Tasty Soups and Stews, see below.

Cooking NEW!

Appreciating Craft Beers of New England: A Beer and Cheese Pairing

Tasty Soups and Stews

Instructor: Damian Barneschi The beer landscape has transformed dramatically over the last twenty-five years. What was once a flavorless, fizzy yellow beverage has now been redefined by the craft beer world as a product that has as much, if not more, complexity and nuance as some of the most sought after wines and spirits. This class gives you a crash course in the craft beer world. The class begins with a brief history of beer, then delves into the specifics of various beer styles. Participants will have an opportunity to sample, take notes on, and discuss six of the best widely available beers made by New England craft breweries. Later in the class, the instructor will give a brief explanation on pairing beer with food. Participants will sample six New England cheeses and then pair each with the beers sampled earlier in the class, noting how the flavor profiles might compliment or alter the perceptions of each other. A materials for of $20 is payable directly to the instructor at the first class. This class will not be filmed for broadcast. Participants must be 21 years of age or older. NBEE, 1 Monday, 7:00- 9:00 pm. Meets September 21, LexMedia Studios, $49.

Instructor: Adjoa AcquaahHarrison Soup! That’s what’s for dinner! We will build great hearty soups that pair nicely with a crusty baguette or hot rolls from your favorite bakery. Change it up and you can enjoy a robust stew that everyone will enjoy, perhaps even go for seconds. This class is for soup lovers and anyone who enjoys a variety of legumes, leafy greens, herbs and spices that not only taste good but are helpful for withstanding the fall and winter months. Serve your soup in a bowl or a cup, piping hot with delicious aromas that beckon for a spoon, and settle into that comfortable chair you love to relax in after a busy day. You can also gather at the dining table with your yummy stews, accompanied by a side dish or two. We will create recipes that incorporate hardy vegetables such as leeks, cauliflower and carrots, and tender and leafy-greens such as spinach, watercress, and cilantro in our soups and stews. We will season meat and seafood with spices, herbs, pimentos, ginger, scotch bonnets, and tomatoes that are both healthy and delicious. A $45 food fee is to be paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class. This class will be filmed for broadcast. NSTW, 4 Thursdays, Begins October 29, 6:30-8:30 pm. LexMedia Studios, $65.

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Italian Cooking and Language

H Mart Tour and Korean Cooking Class

Instructor: Sonia Parravano Italy is famous for combining a passion for food, family and friends in day to day life. In this Italian Cooking and Language course, you’ll learn up close and hands-on from Sonia Parravano, an Italian native and experienced cook, in an environment that is highly social, supportive, fun and inspiring. From a variety of pastas, risottos, and sweets, you’ll learn to cook a vast range of classic Italian plates, the everyday food of Italians. Along the way, you will be introduced to useful cooking vocabulary, and Italian cooking traditions. An important objective of this course, along with learning cooking skills, is to deepen your knowledge of beginner Italian. Wow your friends and family with the skills you will acquire in this course. What are you waiting for? Buon Appetito! A materials fee of $30 is payable to instructor at first class. Class will be filmed for broadcast.

Instructor: Debra Samuels The Asian supermarket H Mart is just around the corner from Lexington. Its aisles are chock full of treasures: sauces, noodles, dumplings, seaweed, rice, tofu, fresh banchan (Korean side dishes), an ocean of fish, teas, condiments galore and so much more. But for some of us, the unfamiliar ingredients, unrecognizable labels and the football-field-size of the store is just too daunting for an enjoyable shopping experience. Join Debra Samuels, Boston Globe food writer and author of two cookbooks (“The Korean Table” and “My Japanese Table”) for a tour as she guides you around the market to acquaint you with this wonderful resource. “Shop with a recipe; that helps to focus your task” says Samuels. Participants will do just that pulling together the components of a Korean meal. The next session will be a cooking class where students will use all the items to create a feast. Please let the instructor know in advance if you have any dietary restrictions. A $20 per person materials fee is payable directly to the instructor on

NCOO, 4 Mondays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins September 28, LexMedia Studios, $65.

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the second evening and includes the meal, recipes and an introductory bag of cooking spices. NHMT, 2 Meetings, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets Monday October 5, and Tuesday October 6. On 10/5 students will meet at H Mart, 3 Old Concord Rd, Burlington, MA 01803 at the entrance to the Food Court. On 10/6 students will meet at 127 Woburn St., Lexington, MA 02420. $50. NEW!

Thai Dinners with Shwarya Instructor: Shwarya Viboonlarp Experience the sublime and exotic flavors of summer evening in Thailand. You will learn to cook simple yet delicious soups such as Tom Kha Gai (chicken coconut soup), Tom Yam Koong (hot and sour shrimp soup), Khoa Mun (coconut rice), spicy dishes such as Kaeng Keaw Wan (green curry) and more! Come and learn about Thailand, the land of smiles. A food fee of $30, is payable to the instructor at the first class. The classes will be held at LexMedia Studios and will be filmed for broadcast.

Learn Magic – Amaze Anyone, Anytime! Instructor: Ken Wax Learn how to use everyday items to amaze anyone—anytime you’d like! Discover how to make things vanish, reappear, and even travel invisibly. Make coins vanish, do astounding things with an ordinary deck of cards, restore a cut rope, and make straws or rubber bands do things which are simply impossible. Enjoy the expressions when you amaze others! No prior knowledge is needed. This course is for parents, teens, aunts, or uncles—anyone who ever wanted to learn to astound others with pro-level magic tricks. All students aged 12 and up are welcome. The instructor will provide just about everything—please bring a deck of new-ish cards to the first class (Bicycle Brand is best), and large towel to cover the desk so handling the cards is easier. Limited to 12. FMAG, 4 Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins October 7, LHS, Room 228, $66/Seniors $55.

Straighten Up

Paris Off the Beaten Path

Instructor: Pamela Kristan Whether you’re drowning in papers, can’t see your desktop, do ‘binge-and-purge’ maintenance, or just struggle with organization, this session is for you. You’ll see the 4-Point Straighten Up! strategy in action. Find out how to exercise your sorting ‘muscles’, create appropriate stuff-handling systems, throw things out, pinpoint what you need to stay optimally organized, and learn how and when to stop. Participants have called this work “a godsend!” “easy, fun and upbeat.”

Instructor: Sally Peabody Love Paris? Get beyond the Champs Elysees and the Eiffel Tower to explore four delightful up-andcoming quarters with Paris-expert Sally Peabody. Sally will take you on a virtual tour of charming village-like Batignolles in the 17th arondissment, to the hot rue de Martyrs area in the 9th just south of Pigalle, to the funky Faubourg St. Antoine quarter in the 11th and to multicultural, arty Belleville in the 19th. Bistro, cultural and shopping recommendations will be included. $5 materials fee payable to instructor. Sally Peabody is a consummate traveler, travel writer, tour guide and president of Your Great Days in Paris.

FORGA, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets October 15, LHS, Room 226, $33/Seniors $28. See Also Lunch Time Explorations of Lexington Conservation Land, page 8.

FPAR, 1 Monday,1:00-2:30 pm. Meets November 16, LCE Conference Room at 146 Maple Street, access via 328 Lowell Street, $25/Seniors $20..

NTAI, 3 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins October 13, LexMedia Studios, $65.

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Learn Magic–Amaze Anyone, Anytime! Instructor Ken Wax performing at Faneuil Hall, page 35.

Planning Your European Vacation

Savvy Travel to Turkey

Instructor: Wim Nijenberg Learn how to book the best products and services: air, hotels, rail, car, ferry, and sightseeing from an expert with 35 years of experience! You can make your trip more enjoyable and save time by wisely planning it in advance. Become aware of the many discounts in Europe and avoid missed opportunities. For individual and escorted travel as well as cruises in Europe. Participants receive 2 months free access to a Europe Travel Reference web site. You may already have made your own arrangements for this summers vacation… but learn a lot more on how to enjoy it even more.... FEUR, (Evening) 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 20, LHS, Room 221, $25/Seniors $20. FDER, (Daytime) 1 Monday, 9:30-11:30 am. Meets November 23, Class will meet at the LCE Conference Room at 146 Maple Street, access via 328 Lowell Street, $25/Seniors $20.

Instructor: Sally Peabody Turkey is easy to access and enjoy. Fabled Istanbul is one of Europe’s top travel destinations on its own and as a gateway to other regions in this wonderful country. Vibrant, richly layered, Turkey’s culture, landscapes, history, architecture, and delicious cuisine are endlessly evocative. This class will include a snapshot of Istanbul’s must-sees as well as selected top regions beyond Istanbul. First, the Aegean Coast, home to ancient Ephesus and other superb Ionian, Greek and Roman ruins as well as charming beach towns on the Cesme Penninsula. Second, the fairy tale landscapes of Cappadocia replete with 5th century underground cities and churches hewn from limestone canyons. Finally, Bodrum and the Mediterranean coast, ‘blue cruises’ and more. A $3 materials fee is payable to the instructor. Sally Peabody is a consummate traveler, travel writer, tour guide, and president of Turkish Journeys. www. turkishjourneys.com. FTRK, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets November 12, LHS, Room 221, $25/Seniors $20.

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Are You Ready to Move to Boston?

Universal Design for the Home

Instructor: Andrew Friedland A move into the city—Back Bay, South End, Beacon Hill, etc. - may represent a major lifestyle change that could imply certain difficult tradeoffs. This course explores the benefits, obstacles and choices you might encounter in this journey. Taught by a Realtor who lived in Newton and made the move many years ago, Andrew frequently assists couples and individuals who are pursuing this move with his very patient coaching style. Topics covered include what you will find different with city-living, how to approach the potentially daunting task in adjusting to a smaller home as well as the mechanics of searching for and selecting your new home.

Instructor: George Little Do you have an older or handicapped loved one living at home, but in need of better accessibility? Are the kitchen counters too high, doors difficult to open, hallways too narrow, or the house just difficult to access without a ramp? Accidents in the home can be prevented with modifications to the home. Many of today’s retirees are choosing the high cost of a retirement home, just because their own homes are not properly designed for them! Explore the benefits of Universal Design, taught by a practicing architect and interior designer. Classes will be structured to educate homeowners about existing challenges, and offer real solutions, with estimated costs for repairs and modifications. Topics will include bathroom and kitchens, and students are encouraged to bring information about their own homes for in-class analysis.

FBOS, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. Meets October 27, LHS, Room 229, $25/Seniors $20.

See Also Joyce Chen: My Mother’s Journey from Shanghai to a U.S. Postage Stamp, page 7.

FUNI, 2 Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins November 23, LHS, Room 221, $55/Seniors $44.

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Coping with the Possibility of Living a Long Life Instructor: Robyn Samuels Anyone who has taken care of an aging or declining parent understands the emotional and financial toll it takes on all close family members. Long term care planning helps provide for the consequences of living a long life and addresses the accompanying physical and cognitive issues that may occur. In this seminar, we will discuss a variety of options that are available should you or a loved one need assistance at home, in an assisted living facility, or in a skilled nursing facility. You will learn strategies that are currently available to help meet your family’s long term needs, while avoiding the emotional and financial devastation caused by lack of planning. It’s all about quality of life for all family members, including the caregivers. For most of us, that can also mean always waking up in a familiar and comfortable place. FLTR, (Evening) 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 13, LHS, Room 234, $25/Seniors $20. FDLT, (Daytime) 1 Wednesday, 10:00-11:30 am. Meets November 4, Lexington Community Education Conference Room at 146 Maple Street, access via 328 Lowell Street. $25/Seniors $20.

Fundamentals of Drawing.......... 17

Babysitter Training..................... 29

Explorations of Lexington Conservation Land....................... 8

Saturday STEM Series (grades K-2)................................ 29

Hospice Volunteer Training.......... 9

French Cooking for Kids............. 30

Opera – An Historical Overview.................................... 12

Teen Writing Workshop............. 30

Memoir....................................... 15 The Art of Sensory Writing........ 16 The Art of Making Picture Books............................. 17 Fundamentals of Drawing.......... 17 Daytime Watercolor................... 17 Introduction to Pastels............... 18 Art for Mindfulness.................... 18 Advanced Knitting...................... 19

Fiction Writing for Middle Schoolers....................... 30 Dungeons & Dragons for Middle Schoolers................. 30 Drawing & Painting (grades 6-8)................................ 31 Charcoal & Pastels (grades 2-5 and 6-9)................... 31 Fiddle In the Middle (grades 6-8)................................ 31

Sea Glass Jewelry Making........ 19

Jazz in the Middle (grades 6-8)................................ 31

Stone Carving............................. 20

College Application Essay......... 32

Introduction to Photoshop Elements.................. 21

PSAT and SAT Prep.................... 32

English Conservation................. 21

Planning Your European Vacation..................... 36

Beginning Italian........................ 22 Intermediate Italian................... 23 Intermediate French................... 24 Daytime Computer Classes with Kristen Butler....... 25

Paris Off the Beaten Path.......... 35

Coping With the Possibility of Living a Long Life................... 37 Happiness 101........................... 40 Introduction to Intuition............. 40

Your Home Network................... 27

Walking Meditation................... 41

Back It Up (your computer)......... 27

Yoga........................................... 43

Our Financial Courses are not intended to substitute for individual financial counseling or advice. Neither LCE or the Lexington Public Schools may give specific advice on personal investments.

The Process of Purchasing a Home Instructor: Jeremy Richman Learn in detail the latest information about buying a home so you can feel confident, informed, knowledgeable and in control from the start to the finish of the largest purchase you may ever make. Learn about: determining your “real ideal” home; qualifying a home; assessed or appraised vs. Zillow valuations; making offers and negotiating to yes for less; home inspections; protecting your deposits; choosing an attorney, home inspector and mortgage agent; buying short-sales and bank-owned properties; and how to choose, hire and work with a real estate agent to represent you as your “buyer’s agent.” Included are worksheets and forms and a copy of the 40-page handbook, “The Homebuyer’s Companion,” written by the instructor. BHOM, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. Meets September 29, LHS, Room 226, $25/Seniors $20.

Keep Your Computer Secure...... 27 iPad for Beginners...................... 27 iPhone Photography................... 28 Facebook for Beginners............. 28

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Author Stephen Jenkinson visits LCE to discuss his new book, Die Wise, page 8.

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The Process of Selling a Home

Social Security Strategies for Couples

Instructor: Jeremy Richman Get tips on successfully selling your home in today’s economic landscape and hear the latest intelligence on the local real estate market. Learn how to prepare your home for sale, what turns buyers on and off, and how to select a realtor versus selling the house yourself.

Instructor: Rick Fentin This is not our parent’s Social Security. Rules have changed, our work life is different, longevity has increased and making the right decisions for maximizing benefits can be complicated. The Social Security decisions spouses make when they are in their 60s will determine the amount of total income they will receive over their lifetime – and especially the lifetime of the spouse who lives the longest (usually the wife). This workshop will cover some little-known rules that can help married couples get more out of the Social Security system. Why not get all the benefits that you are entitled to? This workshop will cover: how much Social Security you and your spouse stand to receive over your joint lifetime; rules and guidelines for when spouses should apply for benefits; how working and income taxes and your age of application can have a major effect on benefits;

BSHO, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. Meets October 6, LHS, Room 226, $25/Seniors $20. NEW!

Meetings That Work Instructor: Pamela Kristan Learn the keys to an effective meeting -- planning in advance, creating a workable structure, using the functions of Facilitator, TimeKeeper and others, and appreciating different points-of-view. Get practical strategies for staying on task, dealing with the unexpected, and managing challenges. The class functions as a meeting lab, so we will practice as we learn. BMET, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets September 28, LHS Room 226, $30/Seniors $25.

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how spouses with little or no prior earnings can take advantage of Social Security benefits; how a little-known rule passed in 2000 has opened the door to creative spousal strategies; the number-one most important thing all higher-earning spouses should do; two key things you need to know about Social Security survivor benefits; how remarriage affects survivor benefits from a former spouse; and how to get special benefits for children and caretaker spouses. This workshop is primarily for married couples as it discusses Social Security benefits available to spouses. The $40 tuition cost is per couple. BCSS, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 8, LHS, Room 225, $40. See Also Joyful Yoga with Linda DelMonte,page 44.

Social Security Strategies for Divorced and Survivor Spouses Instructor: Rick Fentin Social Security can be complicated. There are literally hundreds of rules that apply to very specific individual circumstances. Strategies to maximize benefits for divorced spouses and surviving spouses can be very different than for married couples. Social Security is one of the few income sources that keeps up with inflation and lasts for life so it is important to know how to make the system work for you. Most people fail to maximize their benefits because they do not understand the little-known rules that can help them do better. This workshop will cover: how to understand and take advantage of the special strategies available to surviving spouses and divorced-spouses; how working, income taxes your age of application and your spouse’s or ex-spouses age of application can have a major effect on your benefits; the real value of Social Security: how much you can expect to receive over your lifetime and how it’s determined; how the decisions you make in your 60s can dramatically affect the amount of income you’ll have in your 80s; how to coordinate your individual retirement benefit with benefits you might receive as a surviving spouse or divorced spouse;

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what to do if your spouse or exspouse dies; what to do if you your marital status changes and how to get special benefits for children and caretaker spouses. BDSS, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 29, LHS, Room 225, $25.

Passport to Retirement Instructors: MML Investor Services, LLC Due to recent tax law changes, an uncertain future for Social Security and the shift toward employee-directed retirement plans, the need for sound financial strategies has never been greater. In straightforward language, this class explains time-tested strategies that help you make informed decisions. Whether your objective is to build a nest egg, protect your assets or preserve your lifestyle throughout retirement, this course helps you plan with confidence. Instructors are Martin Kawadler and Matthew Clayson who offer securities, investment advisory and financial planning services through MML Investor Services, LLC. BRET, 2 Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 pm. Begins October 1, LHS, Room 232, $49. B2RE, 2 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm. Begins, October 6, LHS, Room 232, $49.

LCE seeks to offer opportunities that promote learning about holistic health and living well. In this section you’ll find everything from courses on meditation to alternative understandings of nutrition.

Midlife Dating: The Internet and Beyond Instructor: Kate Kavanagh, M.Ed. Are you 50ish, single and pondering how to go about dating again? You know that things have changed since the last time but you’re unsure about the new rules - strategiespitfalls and opportunities? You keep hearing about Match, Fish and OKCupid, but haven’t a clue about how to begin? Come to this uplifting, enlightening, fun-filled, interactive workshop to learn about: how you create a winning online profile, text and photos; which dating service (Internet or otherwise) suits you; what are the options beyond internet dating: meetups, house singles parties and others. It’s a brave new world - learn how to rock it! Both male and female participants are welcome. Discussion between the genders can be the best part! MIDA, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 21, LHS, Room 221, $30.

The Art of Memorizing Instructor: Neil Kutzen It has been said, “There is no such thing as a bad memory, only an untrained one.” How would it be if you could learn to memorize anything, of any length, easily, and enjoyably? All that is required is your strong desire to memorize the material. Roman orators in 500 BC memorized and recited for hours. They had no books or even paper, just a trained memory. In fact, classical education of that day included memory training. With nothing in print, they had to memorize. But today, we have outsourced our memories to technology: smart phones, GPS, Google, or just the print we are reading from. This class will show you ways of developing a better memory, memorizing more easily, and keeping your brain sharper. Those who get the most from this class do the memory exercises provided, between classes. Like any other type of strength training, to get stronger you need to practice the methods, not just understand them. The methods you’ll learn involve using your imagination in a creative, new way. So get ready to brush any cobwebs off your imagination. A materials fee of $5 is payable to the instructor at the first class.

Creating a New Direction for Your Life Journey Instructor: Paula Solomon It happens to us all, and it is not always comfortable! Transitions are part of every stage of our life; sometimes triggered by circumstances (like a loss of a spouse, a job layoff, an empty nest), and some happen by choice (becoming a parent, a desired job change, or plan to retire). Often we just feel our way through it, and hope we end up in a good place. These changes are more likely to lead to a better quality of life if we have a pro-active plan that is based on an awareness of what best suits us, and is guided by our dreams and passions. In this two session class we will use some life coaching tools (including both individual and small group exercises) to help you identify your talents and interests, values and passions. With that in mind you will be guided to clarify your vision, and outline some beginning steps to creating a life that better suits you. FLIF, 2 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins October 6, LHS, Room 231, $55/Seniors $44.

SMEM, 4 Thursdays, 6:30-8:00 pm. Begins November 5, LHS, Room 230, $55/Seniors $45.

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Fixing Our Broken Sleep Instructor: Rick Clerici In this 90 minute presentation attendees will gain an understanding of the intimate connection between sleep and physical, emotional and cognitive health. Attendees will learn techniques for overcoming common sleep problems like “trouble falling asleep”, “difficulty staying asleep”, “excessive thinking”, “waking too early”, “Sunday night insomnia”, “chronic insomnia” and “daytime sleepiness”. Ample time is planned for individual sleep questions. Educational support materials will be supplied along with questionnaires designed to help attendees better understand the nature of their own sleep. A guided relaxation exercise teaches techniques for initiating sleep and returning to sleep. This hands on presentation has helped many people to begin getting better sleep almost immediately. Your instructor Rick Clerici is a Certified Clinical Sleep Educator, a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Educator and Hypnotherapist. At Sleep HealthCenters, the nation’s leader in sleep medicine, Rick conducted over 500 over night sleep studies, created corporate sleep wellness programs and treated patients for insomnia and parasomnias. Rick is the sleep educator for 3 leading employee assistance agencies, Clear Mind Systems and a major medical supplier. As a sleep consultant

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Rick is a sought after speaker and advises corporations, universities and municipalities on sleep-related issues. MSLE, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 7, LHS, Room 235, $33.

Happiness 101: Mindfulness, Intuition and Positive Psychology Instructor: Jeanne Mayell The Dalai Lama said, “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” Our society trains us from an early age to seek material success--to make money or achieve recognition. But these often do not bring happiness, which comes from a different path and can be cultivated with surprisingly simple daily practices. In this class you will learn some key skills for achieving happiness that have been tried, tested and researched. You will also learn to tap into your intuition which is your own personal inner guidance system to help you navigate the world – both inner and outer. Finally, you will have a chance to explore and begin moving towards your own hopes and dreams for the life you want. To learn more about the instructor, please visit http://www. jeannemayell.com. MHAP, 1 Monday, 12:15-3:15 pm. Meets October 5, LCE Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the side door of the Old Harrington, $30/Seniors $25.

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Introduction to Intuition Instructor: Jeanne Mayell We’re a highly educated society of experts. We are brought up learning to memorize, organize, and analyze! As we go through school, our child’s original intuitive gift takes a back seat, when in fact intuition is just as important for navigating our lives as rational thinking and facts. Intuition enables us to synthesize all those facts, to think outside the box, to navigate through a complex and constantly changing world. This class will reintroduce you to your long lost intuition. You will learn to pay attention to your psyche’s intuitive antennae using some simple enjoyable and relaxing techniques, and peer into a delightful world that may have been lost to you since childhood. If you are already intuitive, this class will show you how to enhance your gift. We will use some relaxing mindfulness techniques, as well as projection psychology to achieve insight both about yourself and others. Please bring an open and curious mind. MINT, 1 Monday, 12:15-3:15 pm. Meets October 19, LCE Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the side door of the Old Harrington, $30/Seniors $25.

Stress Less: Learn to Meditate Instructor: Richard Geller Meditation is one of the best ways to reduce stress and improve your health, as evidenced by many recent scientific studies. Participants will learn: how meditation works, numerous different meditation techniques, and strategies for integrating meditation into your daily work and life. Upon completing this program, participants will be able to practice meditation anytime, anywhere that stress occurs, and immediately feel the benefits. Throughout the four week course, participants are taught and practice over 10 powerful meditation techniques including: breath focus, bodyscan relaxation, standing and walking meditation, Tai-Chi and ChiKung beginning practice, sound and mantra meditation, simple Yoga as a meditation, visualization practice, and mindfulness meditation. The entire program is highly interactive, hands-on, and easy to learn. The class is taught by Richard Geller of MedWorks Corporate Meditation Programs, who has been featured in the Boston Globe, Bloomberg News, Financial Times, Mass High Tech, and Boston CBS-4 TV news (see www.meditationprograms.com). Participants sit in chairs and wear normal attire. Sorry, no eating in the class. SLLM, 4 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. Begins October 6, LHS, Room 210, $66/Seniors $49.

Kimber Green teaches Walking Meditation, see below.

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Walking Meditation Instructor: Kimber Green By going into nature we are more easily able to access an inner stillness. These four sessions will slowly build on the understanding, concepts and practice of mindfulness while walking on local nature trails. There will be an emphasis on how to bring these concepts into your daily life and will include home practice recommendations. The first session will meet at Lexington High School. The rest of the session locations and directions to trailheads will be announced during the first session. Please dress for the weather so that you can most enjoy the emerging of spring in all its variety of temperatures and moisture! We will plan to reschedule if there is lightning. MWAL, 6 Mondays, 3:00-4:30 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 230, $75/Seniors $60.

A One Session Introduction to Meditation

Do You Want to Be Gluten Free?

Instructor: Sue McCombs Meditation can reduce stress and boost energy and is a surprisingly easy skill to learn. Come join us for this one- night workshop to learn the basics of meditation. With a little practice, you will discover that meditation can help you manage the stress in your life, and increase your overall sense of well-being. Please note; any alcohol consumption prior to class will significantly reduce the effectiveness of these techniques. Dr. Susan McCombs is a boardcertified clinical hypnotherapist.

Instructor: Sue McCombs As more and more grocery stores, restaurants and health food stores make gluten free products available we are becoming more aware of the negative health affects for many people who unknowingly are sensitive to gluten found in wheat, barley and rye. For people with Celiac Disease a gluten free diet is essential, but many people are finding they feel better, lose weight and have more energy by eliminating gluten from their diet. Susan Worthen McCombs, Certified Holistic Health Coach and Board Certified Hypnotherapist, has been helping people change their eating habits by removing products that are unhealthy for them using hypnosis like techniques. Deep relaxation, the power of suggestion, the mind body response, and guided meditation have helped 1000â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of people make these changes. We will also discuss replacing the sources of B Vitamins, magnesium, fiber, and some minerals which are found in whole wheat products. Maybe you just want to be free of white flour - the breads, bagels and pastas. This program will help you eliminate these products. You will be left with a feeling of indifference for these products that you release from your eating habits.

MMED, 1 Thursday,7:00-8:30 pm. Meets November 12, LHS, Room 148, $40. See Also Art for Mindfulness, page 18.

Stop Your Sugar Habit Instructor: Sue McCombs What if you had no desire to eat anything with sugar? What if looking at a product with sugar left you with the feeling of total indifference? No more longing for that chocolate bar or soft drink. What if all that expertise, the thinking and obtaining and consuming of sweets, got transformed into some positive habit, like exercise or another desired outlet? Focus can be placed on eating moderate, well balanced meals featuring fresh fruits and vegetables and lean, quality protein. Watch your energy increase as the sugar leaves your system. No more highs and lows from sugar rushes. It is possible, using the hypnosis techniques of guided imagery taught in this class, to help you make this change on a powerful subconscious level. Please do not consume alcohol prior to class. An audio CD will be available for $30 for those who wish to take the program home for reinforcement. MSUG, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 7, LHS, Room 148, $40.

MGLU, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 21, LHS, Room 148, $40.

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Exercise and Dance Stop Dieting Instructor: Sue McCombs Imagine not being tempted to overeat; to feel indifferent to sugar, bread, pasta, too much snacking, and grazing from dinner to bedtime. Using guided relaxation and imagery (techniques used in hypnosis), you will notice an improvement in your desire, determination, and resourcefulness, which will lead you toward successfully instituting a healthier pattern of eating. This program is designed to help you let go of unwanted pounds gently, easily, and permanently. Please do not consume any alcohol prior to class. Audio CD’s will be available for $30 for those who wish to take the program home with them. MAPP, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 28, LHS, Room 148, $40.

Our Exercise and Dance classes provide many low-impact, affordable, and fun ways to help you get in shape and stay that way.

An Introduction to Irish Dance Instructor: Rebecca McGowan Get your feet moving with quick footwork danced to lively jigs and reels. Step dancing is energetic, graceful, precise and fun. Learn basic solo steps and group ceili dances. We will begin with a thorough warmup and get a good workout through technique drills while focusing on developing fluidity and musicality. All backgrounds welcome, no experience required. Wear ballet shoes, socks, or other soft-soled shoes. EIRI, 11 Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 pm. Begins September 16, First Baptist Church of Lexington, 1580 Massachusetts Ave, $165/Seniors $132.

Rebecca McGowan (above) teaches Irish Dance, see below. Photo: Zarmik Moqtaderi.

Introduction to Tai Chi and Eight Pieces of Brocade

Tai Chi II and Eight Pieces of Brocade

Instructor: Virginia Payne Originally one of the ancient Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi (or Taijiquan) is practiced today by students primarily as a method of exercise that cultivates physical and mental harmony in movements. Scientific studies show that Tai Chi improves and possibly prevents chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease and diabetes. In fact, practicing Tai Chi regularly helps reduce stress, improve balance and coordination, strengthen immune systems, and develop body awareness and confidence. Eight Pieces of Brocade is primarily designated as a form of medical qigong, meant to improve health. It consists of eight separate exercises coupled with deep breathing – which are primarily used as warm-ups in this intro class before practicing the Tai Chi form. Wear soft, comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes, such as flat sneakers. Outdoor shoes are not permitted inside the studio.

Instructor: Virginia Payne Practicing Tai Chi regularly helps reduce stress, improve balance and coordination, strengthen immune systems, and develop body awareness and confidence. This class is a continuation of the “Tai Chi I” class. Students will continue to learn more moves in the second section of the long form while continuing to practice and improve the first section along with deep breathing exercises in each class. The Eight Pieces of Brocade Qigong will again be used as warm-up exercises before practicing the Tai Chi form. Wear loose, comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes, such as flat sneakers. Outdoor shoes are not permitted inside the studio.

EVTI, 10 Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 140, $165/Seniors $132.

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EITC, 10 Tuesdays, 6:15-7:30 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 140, $165/Seniors $132.

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Advanced Tai-Chi and Push Hands Instructor: Virginia Payne This class is a continuation of the “Tai Chi III” class. The 108-move Tai Chi form will be further refined along with deep breathing exercises in each class. Emphasis will be on practicing and doing the moves correctly with fluidity. Students will also learn Tai Chi Push-Hands in this class. The Eight Pieces of Brocade Qigong will again be used as warmup exercises before practicing the Tai Chi form. Wear loose, comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes, such as flat sneakers. Outdoor shoes are not permitted inside the studio. ETC2, 10 Tuesdays, 5:00 -6:15 pm. Begins September 29, LHS, Room 140, $165/Seniors $132.

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Beginning Yoga

Advanced Beginner Yoga

Instructor: Helen Theodosiou If you have never done yoga before or are a beginning student, join this small introductory hatha yoga class. We will move at a comfortable pace so students gain a sound understanding of the poses and their own bodies in relation to poses. We will engage in standing, seated, balancing and supine poses to build strength and flexibility and expand our repertoire of movement. We will pay attention to breathing to focus our minds and bodies. This practice will invite you to return to your day with renewed energy and and an overall sense of harmony and well being. We will practice with joy, patience and humor! Wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat and towel. Class size is limited to 8.

Instructor: Helen Theodosiou If you have been practicing in a Beginning Yoga class for a while, this is a class to build on those skills and refine poses. The class will give you an opportunity to deepen your practice. A full range of postures will allow you to continue to build strength, flexibility and stamina. Breathing exercises will help to focus the body and mind and alleviate stress. Return to your daily activities with renewed vitality, creating an overall sense of balance, well being and ease, as well as a greater sense of body/ mind awareness. Wear comfortable clothes, bring a mat and towel.

EYOM, 8 Mondays, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm. Begins September 21, Large Meeting Room, Cary Library, $132/Seniors $120.

EABY, 10 Mondays, 10:45 am-11:45 am. Begins September 21. Large Meeting Room, Cary Library, $165/ Seniors $132.

Basic Yoga, Breathwork, and Mindfulness Instructor: Shiv Mundkur Yoga is the process of uniting the body, mind, and soul. Through manipulating the posture of the body, we can breathe into the areas in which we hold tension. The breath helps to increase awareness and circulation to that area of the body—allowing detoxification of the body to occur on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. Shiv, a certified yoga teacher via South Boston Yoga, combines many styles of yoga that will leave you feeling balanced and energetic by the end of the practice. For more information: www. mentalfitness101.com EBRE, 8 Mondays, 6:30-7:30 pm. Begins September 21, LHS, Room 140, $100/Seniors $85.

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Joyful Yoga

Yoga with a Chair

Hatha Yoga

Instructor: Linda Del Monte Students of all ages, levels, and abilities can enjoy this style of yoga, known as a “celebration of the heart.” This is yoga that combines a Kripalu (heart-centered) and Iyengar style (detail-oriented), where your pose will originate within your body and move to the outside of the body. We will work on finding balance, distributing weight equally, and aligning the body in a therapeutic way that will keep you safe while practicing. Gain strength and flexibility while finding the connection of body, mind and spirit. Yoga mat required. Wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing, and bare feet.

Instructor: Susanne Sandberg If you cannot get down on the floor to exercise but want to stay fit, try this hatha yoga class, which uses a chair for balance. You do not need to lie down to get the benefits of yoga. These benefits include stretching, flexibility, balance and strength. Learn yogic breathing, postures and meditation. Wear non-restrictive/ stretchy clothing and bring a bath towel. You’ll feel stronger, healthier and more relaxed after every class! There is no class on October 12 and November 16.

Instructor: Asha Ramesh Stretch and strengthen without competition or performance anxiety in this basic hatha yoga class. Class will include standing, sitting, and supine poses, with a focus on breath. Postures are basic, without compromising on the wellness they deliver. The format changes from one week to another, allowing for variation and multiplicity in poses. The yoga you take home will allow customization to suit your mood and needs. Dress comfortably and bring your own mat. Class meets October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 18, December 2, 9.

ECHR, 10 Mondays, 9:15-10:30 am. Begins September 21, Large Meeting Room, Cary Library, $143/Seniors $107.

EYF2, 11 Fridays, 12:00 noon-1:15 pm. Begins September 25, Hancock Church $180/Seniors $140. EYFW, 10 Wednesdays, 11:30 am-12:45 pm. Begins September 30, Hancock Church, $165/Seniors $132.

EHYO, 8 Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. Begins October 7, Diamond Middle School Cafeteria, $127/ Seniors $95.

Iyengar Yoga Instructor: Mary Wixted Been curious about why so many people are taking yoga in the United States? Come enjoy a yoga class taught in the Iyengar method of yoga. The Iyengar method is to yoga what classical ballet is to dance. It is a progressive offering of the yoga postures designed to provide a safe and an ever-deepening practice which opens and strengthens the body while drawing the mind into a meditative state. Props will be used to make the postures accessible. EYEN, 10 Tuesdays, 9:15 am-10:45 am. Begins September 29, Hancock Church, $190/Seniors $145.

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Zumba®: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party! Instructor: Ami Stix Let’s face it, working out can be healthy, rewarding and beneficial. Working out can be lots of things, but it’s never been known to be an exhilarating experience…until now! Zumba® is a dynamic, exciting, and effective fitness system. Routines feature an interval approach where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you’ve got a Zumba® class! You don’t need to know how to dance. Just enjoy the music and follow along. EZUM, 10 Mondays, 7:00-8:00 pm. Begins September 21, Harrington School, $140/Seniors $105.

Children’s Summer Program For Academic and Creative Enrichment Look for the Lexplorations catalog in February.

Lexplorations is LCE’s summer academic and creative enrichment program for children and is open to all regardless of town residency. With week-long programming for grades K-12, small class sizes, and an expert teaching staff made up primarily of Lexington Public School teachers, Lexplorations is considered a rewarding summer destination by students and parents alike. Some of our programs fill very quickly so if participation in a particular program is of special importance to you

or your child we recommend that you register as soon as possible to prevent disappointment. Don’t forget that Lexplorations now offers early morning drop-off and after-school care. Lexington Community Education 146 Maple Street, Lexington, MA 02420 LexingtonCommunityEd.org • 781.862.8043

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Our Instructors Consuelo Abrisqueta, is a native Spanish speaker. Adjoa Acquaah-Harris maintains a lifelong passion for cooking, entertaining, and storytelling. She is also a strategic planning executive in international development and philanthropy. Donald Anderson is employed with College Funding Advisors providing financial aid information to the Boston area. Damian Barneschi is a Lexington Public Schools Art teacher. Cathy Berry has been quilting and teaching traditional quilt techniques for over 20 years. Maurice Bombrun is a French native, experienced teacher and bilingual dual citizen. He teaches and tutors privately with local private and public schools, and has worked for Alliance Francaise. With undergraduate studies at the Sorbonne and LSE London, he holds Master’s degrees from Sciences Po Paris and the University of Grenoble. Sandy Bornstein is a Lexington resident and longtime singing instructor. Kristen Butler has been a computer teacher, repair technician, network designer, and computer consultant for over 21 years.

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Robert Butler was trained at Berklee College of Music and has created a program designed to encourage, educate and delight anyone who has an appreciation for the varied music styles played on the guitar. Elsa-Lucia Cabrera, MD is a native of Colombia. Pilar G. Cabrera, Ph.D., is a native Spanish speaker, SchoolWorks Consultant and a Lesley College Associate Professor. Beth Cederberg Guertin has been a weaver for more than thirty years. She has a strong local and regional reputation for her knowledge and support of weaving and the fiber arts. Raymond Chow is currently working on a graduate degree in performance diploma from Longy School of Music of Bard College, and received a master’s in music performance from University of North Texas. Chow is a graduate assistant in piano at Longy School of Music. Rick Clerici, C.Ht, Certified Clinical Sleep Educator and Hypnotherapist, is a director at Clear Mind Systems. Rick works with groups and individual clients on strategies for creating personal excellence. College Funding Advisors provides financial aid information to the Boston area.

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Ted Coates is a retired Navy and Coast Guard Commander who has headed three non-profits as Executive Director. He has also served on numerous Boards and Committees not only for non-profits, but for homeowners associations, government agencies, and schools, as well as private clubs.

Susan Dahl studied art at a variety of places, including Amherst College, Parsons School of Design, and The School of Visual Arts, and worked as a graphic designer for many years. She began teaching in community art programs in Boston in 1996, and this led her to complete a degree in Art Therapy at Lesley University.

Son-Mey Chiu (ED.D. Harvard University; Chinese Master Emerita, Boston Latin School) is a professional Chinese painter. She has taught at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Decordova Museum, the Harvard Graduate School of Education and other New England institutions.

Tom Daley a published poet, tutors poets, and has extensive poetry workshop experience.

David Collins has been lecturing on opera in the greater Boston area for over 25 years. He had been Opera Boston’s resident lecturer for 8 years. He has given opera courses at MIT, Regis College, as well as lecturing at Northeastern University. Dave is currently a trustee of The Boston Wagner Association. Dave received his Bachelor degree from Boston University’s School of Music, his Master’s from Lesley University and did postgraduate work at the New England Conservatory and the University of Connecticut - Hart School of Music.

Larry Dannenberg is a professional college placement consultant. Karen Day is a published fiction author for middle grade and young adult readers. Linda Del Monte is a Kripalucertified yoga teacher who has been teaching for over 10 years and practicing for almost 30. Lauren Doolan earned her M.F.A. in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College and her B.A. in writing, literature, and publishing from Emerson College. Chris Doucette is a veteran LHS math teacher who has been teaching SAT math prep for over 5 years. Kendall Dudley is a career consultant, a creative-retirement consultant, a writing teacher, artist and creativity consultant and a painter and public artist.

Eileen Entin is a long-term resident of Lexington and has visited, done volunteer work in, and led walks through Lexington’ Conservation lands for the past 15-20 years. She is a member of the Greenways Corridor Committee and president of Citizens for Lexington Conservation. Rick Fentin, CFP®, CLTC, Ed.M is the Principal of Cambridge Financial Associates in Arlington. He has been an independent financial advisor in the Greater Boston area for over thirty years. Caroline Foley graduated from Tufts University with a BA in English, and went on to receive her MA in Film Studies from the Huston School of Film and Digital Media at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Andrew Friedland is a leading Realtor with Gibson, Sotheby’s International Realty in Back Bay who returned to city living years ago after raising a family in the Boston suburbs. Richard Geller of MedWorks Corporate Meditation Programs, has been featured in the Boston Globe, Bloomberg News, Financial Times, Mass High Tech, and Boston CBS-4 TV news. See www. meditationprograms.com for more information.

Gerry Goolkasian is a recently retired Lexington Public School teacher who has led the LCE summer Lexplorations D&D program for many years. Kimber Green has been a speechlanguage pathologist for over 20 years, working primarily in the area of cognition: attention/ concentration, processing of information, self-monitoring/ self-regulation and memory. She has been teaching meditation in a variety of settings for 10 years. She is also a licensed and board certified massage therapist and has a private practice in Lexington. www. kimbergreentherapies.com. Karen Girondel is a recently retired LHS teacher of French language and culture. Roger Gumley has been an avid follower of blues and jazz music for over 40 years. He has worked as a radio disc jockey in Ames Iowa and Cincinnati Ohio. He has interviewed such blues masters as B.B. King, Hound Dog Taylor, Roosevelt Sykes, Koko Taylor, John Hammond and J.B. Hutto. His articles on the blues have appeared in the Iowa State Daily and The Christian Science Monitor.

Brigid Gorry Hines is a graduate of Hampshire College, where she earned a B.A. in creative writing and illustration. Her novel Walking Shadow made the semifinals (top 100 out of 10,000) of the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, receiving praise from a Publishers Weekly reviewer who called it “a wonderful, thrilling read.” Her novel Edge was a quarterfinalist in the 2011 contest. Katherine Gorry Hines is co-owner of Complex IT. Sharon Heermance, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Arlington. Her practice emphasizes developing a compassionate, mindful stance toward the many parts of ourselves. To learn more about the instructor, check out Sharon Heermance’s listing with the Psychology Today Therapist Directory. Pat Heggie has been teaching the art of knitting for over 18 years. Peter Hines has a BFA from University of Pennsylvania and has taught art for many years. Kathleen Irving is an instructor for the American Heart Association.

Kate Kavanagh, M.Ed., has an extensive professional background coaching and training adults. Having been divorced for 9 years, actively dated both online and off, fixed up innumerable friends and been the proud hostess of numerous singles house parties and events, Kate is looking forward to sharing her hardwon wisdom. Kerry Keohane learned to knit as a child in Canada and has been knitting for over 35 years and teaching knitting for fifteen. Poornima Kirby has taught acting and theater arts at the Nirmal Arts Academy in Canajoharie, NY, as well as coaching privately in acting techniques, Shakespeare, and movement. She studied at Shakespeare and Co. and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and received her B.A. in Drama, with honors, from Vassar College. Richard Knisely hosted Classical Performances and several other programs on WGBH radio for 25 years, bringing a casual enthusiasm for great music to many thousands of people in New England and beyond.

Steve Iverson is the co-owner of Complex IT.

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Pamela Kristan, author of The Spirit of Getting Organized: 12 Skills to Find Meaning and Power in Your Stuff and Awakening In Time: Practical Time Management for Those on a Spiritual Path, has been helping people discover valuable strategies for change since 1985. She gives presentations and consultations in time management, communication, and personal organization skills. See her website, www.pamelakristan.com.

Pedro Lilienfeld is an electronics engineer and applied physicist with a life-long interest in Astronomy and Cosmology who became an amateur astronomer at age 15. He is a graduate of a special course in Astronomy under UNESCO auspices. He is presently a consultant and was Principal Science Advisor at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Franklin, MA. George W. Little, AIA, is a practicing architect/interior designer with 30 years of experience. He has a Masters degree in Interior Design from Suffolk University and has worked in New England for the last 15 years on a variety of residential, commercial, public and healthcare projects.

Rachel Kuberry is currently the Assistive Technology Specialist for Lexington Public Schools. In her spare time she enjoys sewing of all kinds and is delighted to bring her knowledge to the Lexington community. Neil Kutzen is a professional memory trainer. He has over 30 years of experience as an HR Management trainer with organizations including Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Motorola. For information please see: www. memorize.best.com. Chris LeDoux is a music teacher at the Diamond Middle School in Lexington.

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Karenna Maraj is a professional jewelry artist who studied metalsmithing at RISD and has taught locally for many years. The Karenna Maraj Jewelry Collection is both a gallery showcasing local artists and a classroom/studio space. Tracy Marks has an M.A. in the teaching of English and has taught Adobe Photoshop in schools around the Greater Boston area.

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Jeanne Mayell, Ed.M., M.P.H., is an intuitive counselor, tarot reader, holistic life coach and teacher who has practiced in the Boston area for 25 years. Her website is www. jeannemayell.com. Dr. Susan McCombs is a boardcertified clinical hypnotherapist. Rebecca McGowan is a Lexington resident and teaches Irish dancing classes in afterschool programs and for adults. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, in WGBH’s “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” and at numerous festivals in the Boston and Washington DC areas. RebeccaMcGowan.wordpress.com Rev. Dr. Peter H.J. Meek is Senior Minister Emeritus of the Hancock church in Lexington. Marit Menzin is an award winning author and illustrator. Her book, “Song for Papa Crow” received a Mom’s Choice Award Gold Honor in July of 2012. Marit is from Lexington, and her art has received various awards. Scott Metzger is an award-winning Lexington based photographer. For more info visit, www.metzgerstudios. com.

Nicholas Michael is the founder of Odyssey College Search. Wim Nijenberg CTC has been planning European travel for 35 years. Sonia Parravano is currently also teaching Italian at the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts in Cambridge. Virginia Payne has been practicing the traditional Yang style Tai Chi long form since 1990, along with its complete suite of Tai Chi PushHands, San Shou, Sword, and Saber. She has been teaching Tai Chi since 2001 at the Chinese Language School in Lexington on Sundays. She has also taught Tai Chi in Boston for a research project in MGH, and at various Health/Fitness Centers, including to the students at Jonas Clark Middle School in Lexington for their 2011 musical play production “Mulan”. Sally Peabody writes about Paris and French culture, designs and leads acclaimed custom tours, and arranges for her clients’ access to the people and places that best fit their interests, budget and travel. Sally Peabody is a consummate traveler, travel writer, and tour guide, and president of Turkish Journeys.

Asha Ramesh is a certified yoga teacher from The Yoga Studio in Boston and a 200-hour registered Hatha yoga teacher.

Alma Bella Solis is an artist, designer and calligrapher who has been teaching art to adults and children for nearly 20 years.

Jeremy Richman has been in the real estate market for over 10 years, with combined experience as a developer, realtor, mortgage agent and even a foreclosure counselor. He has an unusual breadth of knowledge about real estate which he freely shares with his clients so they are fully informed. Jeremy grew up in Lexington, LHS class of ’76.

Paula Solomon, MSSS, is a career and life transition coach, with The Seasons of Your Life Coaching. She helps people at midlife envision a career or lifestyle that would better suit them and take the steps to make that a reality.

Debra Samuels is a cookbook author, food and travel writer and cooking teacher. Debra has lived abroad for more than a decade in Japan and Italy, where she studied Italian, Korean and Japanese cuisine. Robyn Samuels is a certified longterm care specialist (CLTC) who has personally experienced and will share some of the many difficulties that occur taking care of an elderly parent. Suzanne Sandberg is an occupational therapist who has been studying yoga for many years and received her yoga teacher training from Kripalu.

Naomi Steiner, MD, has been a pediatrician, counseling families, for 20 years. She runs the CATS project (Computer Attention Training in Schools for children with ADHD) at the Floating Hospital for Children/ Tufts Medical Center, which also includes neurofeedback. Ami Stix is a licensed Zumba instructor and a trained dancer. Amanda and Amanda Sullivan, of the Amandas Consulting, are a consulting partnership that focuses on educational technology. Peter Sulski is currently on the faculty as teacher of violin, viola, and chamber music at Clark University and College of the Holy Cross. Jane Sutton is a Lexington resident and published author of four picture books, three middle grade novels and one YA novel. Her website is www. jane-sutton.com.

Helen Theodosiou has an MA in Expressive Arts Therapies and is a certified (200-hour) yoga instructor. Cammy Thomas is a published poet and teacher at the Concord Academy. Shwarya Viboonlarp is a native of Bangkok. Garrett Wallace is a recent graduate of the Composition and Music Education programs at Berklee College of Music. During his time at Berklee, he discovered his passion for teaching privately while he volunteered teaching voice lessons to underserved youth at La Sociedade De Latina. Garrett is an active composer and arranger in the Boston area. Tony Watt is an award-winning flat picking guitarist. Ken Wax has performed at Faneuil Hall and Children’s Hospital, has been featured in the Boston Globe, and was recently voted ‘Best of Boston 2015-16’ by the Society of American Magicians. He has taught magic in the Boston area for many years and has entertained at parties, company events and on cable TV. He has studied with several of the world’s leading magicians.

Carl West (Prospect Hill Forge) began blacksmithing in 1977 after reading Aldren A. Watson’s “The Village Blacksmith” and has been doing it off and on since. He earned a BFA in Sculpture at CarnegieMellon University. Mary Wixted, is a nationally certified Iyengar yoga instructor with over 8 years of teaching experience and has been with Lexington Community Education for 5 years. Mary is expert in helping beginners enjoy the practice of yoga, while taking more experienced students to their maximum pose and protecting the body with the use of props when needed. Joan Yarmovsky is a French teacher at the Diamond Middle School.

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Contact Info Lexington Community Education 146 Maple Street Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 Phone: 781.862.8043 Fax: 781.863.5829 info@lexingtoncommunityed.org lexingtoncommunityed.org

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By Phone: Pay with a Visa or Mastercard. Call 781.862.8043. Please have the course code, your card number, expiration date, and V code ready when you call. By Mail: Use registration form on the back page or download a form from our website. Enclose a check made payable to: Lexington Community Education or provide your Visa or Mastercard number. Please do not email credit card information.

There will be no classes on Monday, October 12, Wednesday, November 11, Wednesday, November 25 (after 12pm), Thursday, November 26, Friday, November 27 and on Monday, November 30 there will be no classes at the Lexington High School location only. Whenever Lexington High School is closed there are no LCE classes at LHS. When Lexington Public Schools are closed due to weather, LCE is also closed. You may call LCE at 781.862.8043 for a recorded announcement. Public School closings may be found online at http://lps.lexingtonma.org/snow.

Walk-In: The LCE office, located at 146 Maple Street is open from 9-3, Monday through Friday. Our Lexington High School Office is open from 4pm-9pm Monday through Thursday while classes are in session. By FAX: Completed registration forms may be faxed to the LCE office at 781.863.5829.

Registration Confirmations: LCE does not send registration confirmations for classes listed in our fall, winter or spring catalogs.

Discounts and Scholarships Our classes are open to everyone, regardless of residency. Reduced tuition is available to seniors (65 years of age and over), and also to employees of the Town of Lexington for most, but not all, of our classes. Limited scholarship assistance is available for Lexington residents; please call to request an application.

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Cancellation and Refund Policy Refunds will be issued for all class cancellations or for medical emergencies. If you withdraw from a class at least two business days before the start of your class you may request a refund, minus a $10 processing fee. If you choose to receive a credit toward another course, the processing fee will not be applied. Please note that refund checks can take four to six weeks to process. Special series lectures are non-refundable. No refunds or credits are given for changes in instructors, or locations. If you are dissatisfied with a class, please call us immediately.

Registration Confirmations: LCE does not send registration confirmations for classes listed in our fall, winter or spring catalogs.

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Directions To Sites in Lexington Lexington Community Education’s Central Office is located at 146 Maple Street. Vehicle Access is via 328 Lowell Street. As you enter the driveway, continue past Harrington Elementary School Building. The LCE Central Office building is the brick building behind the school. Please park in designated areas (not in front circle due to fire lane restrictions) Lexington High School 251 Waltham Street LHS is located near the corner of Waltham St. and Worthen Rd. Enter through new main entrance via parking lot on Worthen Road. Most classes are on the 2nd floor of main building. Our office is in the LHS Dean’s Office on the first floor in Room 142. Clarke Middle School 17 Stedman Road Stedman Road is off of Waltham St.. Diamond Middle School 99 Hancock Street Please enter front door only from Hancock Street entrance. Cary Library 1874 Massachusetts Avenue From Lexington Center, go north on Mass Ave., then turn left on Muzzey Street. Then turn right on Raymond, then right on Clarke Street. The Library parking lot is on the right. The Learning Center and the Meeting Room are on the lower level. Complex IT 9 Meriam Street, Suite 1, Lower Level

First Parish Church 7 Harrington Road Steepled white church facing town Green in Lexington Center. Park behind church building in big lot. Parish Hall is upstairs. Parker Hall is downstairs. Follen Church 755 Massachusetts Avenue Located in East Lexington next to the East Lexington branch library. Enter through side door at rear of building. Classroom is on 2nd floor. Hancock Church 1912 Massachusetts Avenue The stone church facing the Battle Green. Harrington School 328 Lowell Street LexMedia Studios 54 Concord Ave. in the Avalon Lexington Complex Please see LexMedia’s website: lexmedia.org for detailed directions. __________________________ LCE complies with equal opportunity legislation (chapter 622 and Title IX). We are committed to serving the needs and interests of the community— adults, seniors, and children. Any information and/or advice, either expressed or implied, in any LCE class, is solely that of the instructor. LCE assumes no responsibility for the course content. Courses are designed for education and enjoyment, and are not intended to serve as the basis and/or rationale for any decision on the part of the participants.

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