Personal Enrichment

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Watercolor for Beginners

with Donna Kantor

$58 More Info

If you've always wanted to learn watercolor painting in a relaxed, no-critique environment, this is the perfect class! Throughout four sessions you will learn some foundational skills and a variety of techniques, painting a simple landscape, birds and a floral. A suggested materials list will be available at the first class. Please bring whatever materials you have. Lab fee: $10 for supplies to be paid directly to the instructor at first class.

You Too Can Paint!

with Tom Nash

May

Next session: May 20th, 2025

$29 More Info

New or “seasoned” artists will complete an original acrylic painting of the Northern Lights during this session. All supplies will be provided. Just bring a smile, a desire to have fun and be creative, and a positive belief that “you too can paint”! No experience is necessary. Materials fee of $5 (cash please) payable to the instructor at the start of class.

What’s on Your Utility Bill?: Understanding Electric and Political Power

with Lucy Hochschartner

Apr

Next session: April 23rd, 2025

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Have you noticed your electric bills rising? Are you struggling to keep up with payments? Join us to learn exactly what all the charges are on your electric utility bill. We will go over the difference between delivery and generation charges, where things like storm costs and utility profits end up on your bill, and most importantly, how we can bring them down. This session will also be an opportunity for you to share your critical knowledge — about what it is like to be a utility customer. Electricity prices are rising and more than 100,000 Maine households are struggling to pay. Join Maine Conservation Voters to help you understand electric and political power, where to look to access assistance programs, and how to engage in efforts to reform the system.

The Best Side Gig Ever! Teach & Craft with Adult Education

with Tia Simon

May

Next session: May 8th, 2025

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Do you have skills or knowledge others might enjoy learning from you? Now is a great time to learn to share your passion with the community. Adult Education is a terrific venue for teaching your craft or sharing your knowledge, earning supplemental income as a side gig or in retirement. Don't know where to start? Learn the ins and outs of teaching with Adult Education. Tia will help you design a course or workshop specific to your hobby or profession. Topics will include course titles, course descriptions, lesson plans, engaging your audience, price points, and whether your course should be a one-off or sequence. You may find yourself proposing a course with Lake Region and Fryeburg Area Adult Education for the next or a future semester!

Understanding Medicare

with Aaron Manning

Apr

Next session: April 23rd, 2025

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This presentation will review the following areas: • When you are eligible for Medicare benefits • The timeline to enroll for Medicare benefits without penalties • What original Medicare does and doesn’t cover • What additional plans are available that work in conjunction with original Medicare • Financial assistance options

Unlock Safari’s Secrets on Your iPad in Just Five Lessons

with BoomerTECH Adventures, with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee

$40 More Info

This course by BoomerTECH Adventures will show you how to get the most out of Apple’s powerful Safari browser. Your iPad is the gateway to the world when you open the Safari app. Safari, Apple’s browser, is superb because it provides a variety of cool features. The Safari iPad app has some differences from the iPhone version. (See our separate course for iPhone, “Unlock Safari’s Secrets on Your iPhone in Just Five Lessons.”) In this course, you will learn what the icons on the top menu do, explore all of the choices on Safari’s opening page, review efficient search strategies, look at the hidden possibilities within the share feature, learn the advantages of reader view, and more. After completing the five lessons you will be a confident user of Safari on your iPad. This course includes 5 videos: the Top Menu, Start Page/Opening Screen, Efficient Searching, the Share Button, and Reader View. Other course resources include supplementary videos and articles. You will have access to BoomerTECH Adventures email for support before, during, and after the class. The course package contains all the materials you need: Tips for getting started, summaries of each of the instructional videos, a list of all course resources (videos and printed articles). All resources are accessible from the course booklet. Students will need a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.