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FALL 2017 brook BROOKLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Adult & Community Education Brookline, Massachusetts line superintendent Andrew Bott school committee Benjamin Chang, Helen Charlupski, WHAT IS BA&CE? WHO TEACHES AT BA&CE? Susan Wolf Ditkoff, Suzanne Federspiel, Brookline Adult & Community Education Our instructors are poets, computer Michael Glover, David Pollak, Julie (BA&CE) is one of the oldest non-credit,­ public programmers, teachers, chefs, therapists, Schreiner-Oldham, Barbara Scotto, Beth education programs in Massachusetts. Adult doctors, artists, and businesspeople who Jackson Stram education has been a part of the Brookline come to share their knowledge and training community since 1832, beginning with the simply because they love what they do. ______formation of the Brookline Lyceum Society. It Faculty biographies, listed on our website, is now the largest public program in the state, will introduce you to their experience, BROOKLINE ADULT & with close to 1,000 courses and over 10,000 talent, and training. COMMUNITY EDUCATION enrollments yearly. Today, BA&CE is the hub advisory committee of an educational network serving residents Marina Brodskaya, Arthur Conquest from more than 50 neighboring communities WHO TAKES OUR CLASSES? (Chair), Laura Days, Thomas Hantakas, Jr., in the greater Boston area and beyond. A People like you. People who know that Chobee Hoy, Peter Meyer, David Pollak self-supporting program of Brookline Public learning does not stop with graduation, (School Committee Representative), Schools, BA&CE’s operating budget is funded but is a lifelong­ process. People who Steve von Lichtenberg entirely from course fees. seek personal and professional­ growth; entertainment and education; new ideas administrative staff and new experiences, and who enjoy the Director WHAT DOES COMMUNITY EDUCATION MEAN? company of others who seek the same. Claudia Dell’Anno Through its proud tradition of public schooling, the “business” of Brookline has Program Coordinators Monica von Huene always been education. The Brookline Public HOW DO YOU GET STARTED? Jane Rumrill Schools has built on this tradition, expanding Give us a call at 617-730-2700. Monday- Michael Spicher the concept of public education to serve the Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, please find us many different constituencies which make up at 24 Webster Place, Brookline Village. Office Manager Brookline and its larger community. BA&CE In the evening, Monday-Thursday, 4:30- Mona Saltalamacchia fulfills its mission by providing service to the 10:00 pm, and on Saturday, 8:30 am-2:00 Evening Operations Support community and enlisting­ its support for public pm, please visit us in the Main Office at Patrick Soares education. Brookline High School. Visit us online at Accounts Payable As partners with the schools for a common www.brooklineadulted.org. Send us an Susan E. Bonoff email at [email protected]. Our staff will purpose, BA&CE is committed to offering Operations Support Assistant answer your questions and help you choose lifelong educational opportunity to all: Trevette Campbell newcomers to the United States, working from among our comprehensive course selections. But first, keep reading. We think people and professionals,­ those in transition Daytime Office: you will be pleased by what you see. or career change, older citizens, persons with 24 Webster Place special needs, and especially those who Brookline Village, MA have not been able to participate fully in the educational process. BA&CE is also OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY Evening Office: dedicated to supporting public education We strive to offer educational programs Brookline High School by creating and providing opportunities of the highest quality to our participants. 115 Greenough Street for innovation and flexibility in the school Please let us know if you feel that the Brookline, MA curriculum. By offering programs that bridge quality of the instruction was unsatisfactory, the generations, the Brookline Public Schools or if you feel the class did not meet your Mailing Address: seeks to unite the community in a common expectations. Please send us a letter P.O. Box 150 Brookline, MA 02446 purpose—educating for the improvement of expressing your concerns, comments, or 617-730-2700 the quality of life for all its members. positive feedback, and we’ll personally www.brooklineadulted.org respond. [email protected] ______

Catalog Design Sarah Georgakopoulos Design Volume 25/Issue 4/Fall 2017 Distribution Brookline Adult & Community Education • USPS #009-762 Max’s Trucking For course updates and information: Printing Published quarterly by Brookline Adult & Community Education, Bradford & Bigelow, Inc. 24 Webster Place, Brookline, MA 02445. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Periodicals U.S. postage is paid at Boston, MA. www.facebook.com/ Postmaster: Send address changes to brooklineadulted Brookline Adult & Community Education FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 24 Webster Place, Brookline, MA 02445 twitter.com/BAandCE WELCOME contents

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 1 Fall Welcome Welcome to the 2 Special Events 4 Children’s Classes and Fall 2017 program! Community Events 5 Thursday Evening Lectures Walking Tours Get outside while the weather is still warm and enjoy the fall foliage with COURSES FOR ADULTS walks and tours led by knowledgeable instructors with fascinating insight. 43 Arts Includes photography • Blake Park: The History of a Neighborhood, page 2

20 Computers & Technology • A Walk in Newton’s Hemlock Gorge, page 33 Includes private computer lessons • Boston’s Historic Waterfront, page 33 45 Crafts • Boston’s Medical History: Walk Longwood Medical Area, page 33 Includes pottery, woodworking • 21st Century City Planning: A Downtown Walking Tour, page 33 37 Dance & Fitness • A Walking Tour of Fisher Hill, page 33 18 English as a Second Language • Boston’s Old South End Jewish Tour, page 33 Includes private lessons • Brookline’s Secret Stairways and Paths: A Walking Tour, page 34 24 Finance & Real Estate • Brookline’s Hidden History of Slavery and Freedom, page 34 28 Food & Wine • Fort Hill Walking Tour, page 34 Includes cheese and wine appreciation • History Brought to Life at Brookline Cemetery, page 34 32 Hobbies, Walks & Tours • The Art Deco Tour, page 34 Includes golf, archery • The Social and Architectural History of Back Bay Churches, page 34 41 Home & Garden Includes organizing, floral design, • Urban Foraging for Wild Edibles, page 34 makeup application

7 Humanities Includes art, religion, literature Holiday Fun! Shards and Chardonnay 15 Languages Get in the mood for the season with Bette Ann Libby, Artist Includes private language lessons festive holiday classes with BA&CE! Enjoy two creative evenings in this 26 Life & Career Skills • Messiah: The Story and Music of ceramic shard mosaic workshop. Includes grant writing Handel’s Masterpiece, page 3 Taught by the artist whose mosaic, The Ride of Vermonta, graces our 35 Mindfulness & Movement • Design Your Own Holiday Card, page fall catalog, participants will sip Includes yoga, meditation, tai chi 20 chardonnay as they learn how to 8 Music & Performance • A New England Thanksgiving Dinner, incorporate ceramic shards from broken Includes theory, instrument instruction, page 29 plates into engaging mosaics. Join us to transform and recycle your own materials voice, acting • Dazzling Dumplings for the Holidays, and learn the fundamentals of shaping, page 29 11 Test Prep & College Planning cementing, and grouting. In the first session, Includes GRE, GMAT, driver education, • Small Plates: Hosting an Appetizer we’ll work on mosaic design, and in the private lessons Party, page 29 second session we’ll focus on grouting our pieces. Please bring 2-4 plates or other • Kids in the Kitchen: Building a 13 Writing & Communication shiny (ceramic) objects to incorporate into Includes public speaking, writing Gingerbread House, page 31 your mosaics; all other materials will be consultation, cartooning • The Fireplace: Sparking Wine, page 32 supplied. Participants must be 21 years of • Holiday Floral Arrangements, page 41 age or older. We’ll meet in the artist’s studio in Brookline, directions will be emailed upon ESSENTIALS • Moisturizing Lotion or Balm for the registration. Discounts or waivers do not Holidays, page 42 47 General Information apply. • Getting Organized for the Holidays, Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 6:30-9:30 pm, 48 Refunds, Credits & Transfers page 42 and Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 48 Class Locations 7:00-9:00 pm • $170

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We are pleased to present an exciting line-up of events. This special series will feature talks by speakers who will draw on their expertise on subjects such as a the history of a private estate, voicing your own cartoon characters, Handel’s Messiah, and Saturday workshops on mindfulness and meditation.

Blake Park: The History of a Animation Voice-Over Workshop Neighborhood Lau Lapides, Voice Actor and Professor of Broadcasting and Radio Performance Ken Liss, Brookline Historical Society Tuesday, October 17, 2017 • 7:00-9:00 pm Sunday, September 17, 2017 (rain date: September 24) • 10:00-11:30 am 149 Cedar St., Suite 1, Wellesley • $10 Meet on the steps of Brookline High School 115 Greenough St • $10

The animated characters you and your family love, such as Moana, Spongebob, and even Homer Simpson, are brought to life on-screen through meticulous work by dozens of artists. Now you can try your hand at voicing your own cartoon characters! Join us at the lau lapides studio to experience first-hand how fun and exciting it is to bring animation to life. We will cover topics such as proper breathing techniques, vocal warm ups, speech and accent work, vocal character development, the business of the voice-over industry, and how to break in and create a professional demo. Experience a live, professional studio with a microphone engineer and coaches to work with you on your cartoon. Fun for ages 12 through 112. Please wear cool, comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle and notebook.

Lau Lapides is a professional Voice Over In 1880, banker Arthur Welland Blake engaged Frederick Law Artist, Coach and Trainer, and President of lau Olmsted to draw plans for the subdivision of the Blake family estate lapides company. She is a member of Actors’ on Aspinwall Hill. Olmsted and his firm drew numerous plans for Equity Association (AEA), American Federation the Blakes over the next 15 years, but they were never executed. of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA), Screen The estate remained something of an anomaly: a large tract of open Actors’ Guild (SAG), and American Women in land, renowned for its landscaping, in the heart of a community Media (AWM). Lau currently creates a weekly rapidly developing as a “streetcar suburb.” It wasn’t until 1916 podcast with media partner, former CNN White that the land was sold, roads were laid out—somewhat differently House Correspondent Dan Lothian called than Olmsted had envisioned them—and the development of Mic, Camera, Action: Talkin’ Shop with Lau & “Blake Park” was announced with some fanfare. Death and financial Dan, which can be found here: https://www. laulapidescompany.com/podcasts/. scandal delayed development for another decade. Finally, in 1925, with both Blake and Olmsted long dead, a new neighborhood began to emerge, populated by the families of bankers and brokers, doctors and lawyers, salesman, college professors, contractors, and local merchants.

This 90-minute walking tour will tell the story of the land, the buildings, and the people of this part of Brookline as it was transformed from a private estate to a residential neighborhood that remains largely as it was when first built. As an added bonus, participants will also be given a one-year membership to the Brookline Historical Society which includes the Society’s semi-annual newsletter, advanced notice of programs, and an invitation to an annual members-only program.

Ken Liss has been the volunteer President of the Brookline Historical Society since 2009. He researches and writes about Brookline history, and presents lectures and walking tours about the town and its rich and varied past.

2 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 SATURDAY WORKSHOPS How much can you learn in one day? Plenty! Spend your Saturday Messiah: The Story and Music of relaxing, honing your mind, and rejuvenating your spirit with the Handel’s Masterpiece workshops below that meet at Brookline High School. Marshall Wright, Musician Writing and Meditation Mini-Retreat Monday, December 11, 2017 • 7:00-8:30 pm Jacqui Morton, Freelance Writer Brookline High School, 115 Greenough Street • $6 Saturday, October 28, 2017 • 10:00 am-2:00 pm • $10 Gather with others for mindfulness and creativity. We’ll explore Handel’s Messiah burst combinations of guided meditation, gentle movement and onto the stage of the writing prompts, allowing some time for sharing and listening. Musick Hall in Dublin Dress comfortably. Bring a pillow, cushion, or yoga mat to on April 13, 1742. The maximize comfort during meditation, and a snack to enjoy during audience swelled to a a quiet break. record 700, as ladies had heeded pleas by management to wear dresses “without hoops” The Art of Emotional & Interpersonal in order to make “room for more company.” Intelligence Of the many works Lauren Mackler, Bestselling Author and Coach written by the composer, Messiah, an oratorio in three parts with the text taken from the scriptures, is undoubtedly the most Saturday, November 4, 2017 • 10:00-11:30 am • $10 popular. From it’s creation, Messiah has captivated audiences all Communicate thoughts, feelings, wishes, and boundaries in over the world—from royalty to the common man. In this guided ways that strengthen and preserve your relationships. Expand listening presentation, we will delve into the background of this your interpersonal skill set in this powerful lecture with a world- magnificent piece, including its origin and its place in history. renowned coach, CNN commentator, and best-selling author of We will then listen to several selections from the work, both Solemate and co-author of Speaking of Success with Jack Canfield recreations of early versions as well as full-throated modern and Stephen Covey. Lauren will teach you how to gain mastery of renditions. Finally, we will examine Messiah in its historical context your emotions, communicate clearly and effectively, and manage and discuss why it remains such a staple of today’s repertoire. differences in ways that invoke others’ respect, defuse conflict, Please join us for a stimulating evening enjoying one of classical and produce the outcomes you want in your personal life, music’s true treasures. relationships, and at work.

Marshall Wright has been a professional keyboard musician for over 30 years, performing as a solo artist as well as with rock and jazz bands. During that time, he participated in several recording projects, highlighted by his The Spirit of Drumming: A Healing, solo CDs “Silhouettes” and “Reflections.” Marshall recently had a song published in a major denomination’s new hymnal. Relaxing, and Spiritual Practice Alan Tauber, DrumConnection Saturday, December 2, 2017 • 12:00-2:00 pm • $10 Everything we do involves rhythm, and we will experience that in our time in this workshop. This drumming and meditation workshop, for all levels, will gently guide you into a relaxing state. Gentle movements will be encouraged. Please wear comfortable clothes, and bring a drink and blanket or yoga mat. Also bring a drum of any type. A limited number of drums will be available in class; please let us know upon registration.

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Brookline SmartPrograms For Chldren Ages 5-13 Cooking Test Prep WinterWonderland: Kids in the Kitchen: More ACT Preparation Course Veggies, Please Summit Education Staff December 2017 Saturday, 10/14/2017 10:00am-12:00pm 6 Tues/Thurs, Begins 9/19/2017, 5:00- 8:00pm Brookline SmartVacations is pleased to present four days of Kids in the Kitchen: Building a SAT Preparation Course wonderland activities during the Gingerbread House holiday break! For ages 5-12. Saturday, 12/2/2017 10:00am-12:00 pm Summit Education Staff 6 Mon/Wed, Beginning 10/4/2017, 5:00- Tuesday-Friday, December 26-29, 2017 Dance & Fitness 8:00pm Dance with Me: Ballet with Your Test Anxiety Workshop for Child Families 6 Fridays, Begins 9/22/2017, 9:00-9:45am Wednesday, 10/18/2017, 7:00-8:00pm Free; pre-registration is required. Parkour for Children Parkour Generations Boston Staff New for Fall 2017 8 Mondays, Begins 9/18/2017, 6:00-7:00pm For the upcoming year, the Public Schools 4 Mondays, Begins 11/27/2017, 6:00-7:00pm of Brookline Performing Arts Department is partnering with BA&CE to offer Music Extension lessons for Brookline Public School students in grades 5-8. For more information about these programs, please visit our website at www.brooklineadulted.org or call BA&CE at 617-730-2700, ext. 0.

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Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Spark and Go Wild for Healthy Aging: Brookline Sister City Project Presentation and Book Signing OCTOBER 15-21, 2017 with John Ratey, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Sister City Week special programs include: John Ratey, author of Spark: The Revolutionary New • Celebración of Latin American & American poetry (10/15) Science of Exercise and the Brain and Go Wild: Eat Fat, • Science on Screen about insect borne illnesses (10/16) Run Free, Be Social, and Follow Evolution’s Other Rules • Safe Drinking Water: The Quezalguaque Experience (10/18) for Total Health and Well-being, will apply the principles • A Taste of Brookline (10/19) of his writing and pioneering research to healthy aging in this evening presentation. For more info: www.brooklinesistercity.org Tuesday, December 5, 2017, 6:00 pm (reception), 6:30–7:30 pm (discussion). Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street. Free; to register call 617-730-2770

4 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 THURSDAY EVENING LECTURES

Our fall lecture series is an experiment in education and entertainment. From the historical to the cultural, our lectures will engage and enlighten, and give you a taste of all that Brookline Adult & Community Education has to offer.

Minimal Arts Volunteer Travel: Abstract Epidemics: from America Notes from a Year Expressionism: Opioids and the to Eastern Zen Abroad Jewish Painters/ Legacy of the Culture Jennifer Batore, Traveler Jewish Critics AIDS Crisis Wan Yang, Painter Packaged vacations are great Robert Solomon, Art Maia Dolphin-Krute, Author at showing travelers the Historian and Jesse Erin Posner, Journey with us through the bustling touristy areas and Director minimal arts in America to the major attractions of popular Why did the work of a handful eastern Zen culture. We will destinations, but often do so of Jewish artists have such The current opioid epidemic has explore this connection through on a limited schedule that an immense impact on the hit Massachusetts particularly the minimalistic works of Agnes leaves little time to experience post-war New York art scene? hard. According to the Martin. To the pioneers of the true culture of a country. Painters like Mark Rothko, Adolf Massachusetts Department of Minimalism, Agnes Martin’s grid Would you like to experience an Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Barnett Public Health, the fatal overdose paintings were an early source authentic slice of life in a foreign Newman, and Lee Krasner are rate in the Commonwealth has of inspiration. To the Abstract country or domestic location, names we commonly associate been more than double the Expressionists, Martin was a meet locals, and have an off- with this time and place. national average. In light of such peer, whose use of line to cover the-beaten path adventure? Perhaps because the critics dramatic and ongoing rises in canvases from edge to edge was What about doing all this who assigned the title Abstract the rates of opioid abuse and not a gesture of Minimal art, but while making an impact on the Expressionism to the group, overdose deaths, this lecture an expression of the concept communities you visit? Consider and then supported these will provide a journalistic of “allover” painting. In her own doing volunteer work while you artists through their columns, perspective with research from words, her pale, meditative travel! A passionate traveler, were also Jewish (e.g., Clement Maia’s forthcoming book and a geometry harkened back to tour guide, and co-founder of a Greenberg). In this lecture we’ll valuable space for considering much older ideas. Her art, she travel retreat will teach you all get familiar with the works, the implications of our situation claimed, should be recognized about this booming travel trend. artists, reviews, and Abstract and the various systemic factors alongside that of the ancients— You’ll hear about strategically Expressionism. We’ll discuss the which have influenced it. From the Egyptians, Greeks, Coptics, interviewing travel companies, influence Jewish critics may have unintended addiction to doctor- and, most importantly, Chinese. when to solidify plans and when had in promoting Jewish artists’ prescribed pain relievers due She was particularly influenced to wait, how to make the trip work over that of their peers. to lack of patient information by Ad Reinhardt, a friend uniquely satisfying, and what Eric Herschthal suggested in about the dangers of opioid who shared Martin’s interest time frames seem to work. You’ll his September 2010 New York painkillers, to street heroin and in Eastern thought and Zen enjoy the first hand stories Jewish Week article “Jews and the the availability of rehabilitation Buddhism. While Reinhardt used of cultural communication Abstract Truth,” the suppression and opiate withdrawal Zen Buddhism to explore spatial episodes, negotiating in far- of creativity as fascism engulfed medications, we will cover a For more information about these programs, and spiritual negation in a series flung places, and getting good Europe and served as a catalyst multitude of causes for this of all-black ‘ultimate paintings,’ research done while still at to the expressive work of Jewish crisis. In particular, we will focus please visit our website at www.brooklineadulted.org or call BA&CE at 617-730-2700, ext. 0. Martin would use the philosophy home. Whether it’s a vacation painters and intellectuals in on the lessons we can draw to abstract, reduce, and order break, gap year experience, or postwar New York. So what role from the AIDS epidemic of the the beauty—and sometimes retirement adventure, the only did critics play? We’ll discuss ‘70s and ‘80s in understanding ugliness (take, for example, thing all travelers (solo, families, this question and more as you and addressing our current her 1966 piece The City)—she couples, seniors, students) need gain a new appreciation of situation. saw in landscapes around her. how Abstract Expressionism is a desire to learn more about Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th Her evocative titles, including reconfigured the art world, making an impact. 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/26/2017. descriptors like Tree, Mountain, causing its global center to be Brookline High, $6. and Water, highlight Martin’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th moved from Paris to New York. ability to tune out the noise of 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/12/2017. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th daily life and hone in on the Brookline High, $6. 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/19/2017. underlying qualities of nature Brookline High, $6. and of light. In this lecture, you will become knowledgeable about an inspirit art form as Zen culture influenced art in America at that time. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00- 8:30PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $6.

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The “Big Five” Graphic Novels of Boston: A City Understanding and More: Is the Middle East Worth Preserving the Tarot Africa On Your David Leifer, Photographer Alison Frazee, Director Jeanne Mayell, Author and and Observer of Advocacy, Boston Professional Intuitive Bucket List? Preservation Alliance In cooperation with the Brookline The Tarot is a deck of 78 picture Marina Brodskaya and Public Library and Brookline Boston is known for its history, cards that have been used for Globus Tours, Travel Booksmith but what happens to historic centuries to access intuition Experts places when the city experiences and reveal hidden, surprisingly Whether you call them graphic rapid redevelopment? Who rich truths. Tarot cards are used The mighty African continent novels, sequential art, or just is responsible for protecting as a tool for self-analysis and runs from the Sahara and Atlas plain comics, the unique form the places that make exploration, and practitioners mountains in the north, to the of combining artwork and text Boston special? The Boston believe they honor and develop verdant Garden Route along has become a mainstay of Preservation Alliance is the city’s natural intuition by allowing you Africa’s coastline, via the great storytelling around the world. leading nonprofit advocate for to see reality through the lens savannahs of the Maasai Mara, Graphic novels often address historic preservation, dedicated of your own inner state. In this endless peaks and bone-dry serious contemporary topics to protecting places, promoting lecture you’ll be introduced to desert, untamed jungle, and through a wide range of visual vibrancy, and preserving the cards, their basic meanings, coursing rivers. Africa is a art styles. It should come as no character in all of Boston’s and how to read them without bucket list destination that surprise, then, that artists and unique neighborhoods. In this using a book. The instructor few will ever experience. Have writers use this form to convey lecture, we will have a unique will give some simple readings you always wanted to tour their emotional experiences opportunity to get the inside while explaining how she is able the Serengeti National Park or with the people and places of scoop on what goes into the to see other’s lives through the the private game reserves of the Middle East. This lecture decision-making process about cards, then students will be Kruger National Park, and be will explore the vast range of historic preservation. We will invited to participate. If you’d like on the look out for elephant, storytelling forms, from diaries highlight historic resources that to feel calmer and see problems lion, Cape buffalo, cheetah, and memoirs, journalistic have been lost and a few whose or concerns in a new light, then zebra, giraffe, and more. Maybe reporting and narrative history, future is still in question, such Tarot might be the opportunity you’ve dreamt of visiting with to fantastical realism and as the Northern Avenue Bridge you’ve been looking for. the locals at the Maasai Mara outright surrealism, all on in the Seaport area. We will also National Reserve, sipping award the timely topic of the Middle Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th explore some of the resources winning wines in the vineyards East. These tales depict life 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 11/30/2017. that were saved—notably of South Africa, or visiting Cape throughout the Middle East, Brookline High, $6. Fenway Park; the famous Citgo Point and Table Mountain in from Egypt and Israel to Iran Sign; several downtown theatres Cape Town, the Apartheid and Palestine, in small towns, (including the Paramount, Opera Museum in Johannesburg, cosmopolitan cities, and most House, and Modern); and the or spectacular Victoria Falls importantly, in the hearts and Burnham Building, home of the in Zimbabwe. Or how about minds of the creators. Join us original Filene’s Basement— visiting a township in South to discover and appreciate the with an overview of the tools Africa, seeing a private Maasai graphic novel for the artform preservationists use to influence dance performance, meeting it truly is. Bibliographies will be the future of the city’s past. baby elephants in Nairobi, and provided, including notes on Learn what you can do to help savoring a mimosa at a bush which publications are available preserve local character and the breakfast in Kenya or Tanzania. at local libraries and bookstores. We will go beyond the ordinary places you think make Boston, in this visual presentation on Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00- Boston. 8:30PM. Begins 11/9/2017. Brookline Africa, and a travel specialist High, $6. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th and a representative from 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 11/16/2017. Globus, a leading tour operator Brookline High, $6. in the region, will share their knowledge and experience of this great and mighty continent. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00- 8:30PM. Begins 11/2/2017. Brookline High, $6.

6 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 or Genesis and Exodus by Everett Fox. For the Word-Hoard Workshop HUMANITIES first session, please read Genesis Chapter 11, Aimee Sands, Instructor Humanities verses 26 through 32, and all of Chapter 12. Word-Hoard is a term invented by the poet Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins Seamus Heaney. It refers to the rich store of 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $130. words poets draw on to create their poems. The idea is to reach past one’s ordinary, daily word usage to find the unusual and Wicked Gothic Tales evocative words that might lie in a poet’s Rosalie Davis, Instructor subconscious, words that might surface from Telling Your Story: Senior Seminar in In this discussion group, we will devote each earliest childhood experience. Through playful Autobiographical Writing class meeting to discussing one or two stories exercises and disciplined revision in diction, Irving Schwartz, Instructor which partake of the literary gothic tradition, line, and meter, we will discover the treasures Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging with some emphasis on New England and of word, image, sound, and scent that lie buried As we grow older, we tend to view our lives the 20th century—think Shirley Jackson and in our poetic subconscious, re-imagining what with a more reflective frame of mind. We think Stephen King. Classic gothic typically involves we can do with our poems. We will study poets of who we are, where we’ve been, and what an ominous presence of the past and a sense contemporary and classic, including Heaney, meaning we can make of our ‘moments in of enclosure. But for good reason we also Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, Gerard Manley history.’ Telling your story, or some fragment of associate it with other mysteries, such as Hopkins, Jericho Brown, and Katie Peterson, it, is a way to order your life by giving meaning ghosts, the supernatural, and even historic analyzing their craft decisions and absorbing to your unique experience. If you want to events such as the Salem witch trials. The their musical cadences. share what you have come to know, and required text: American Gothic Tales, edited and Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. would like some help in organizing and writing with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, is Begins 11/13/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 your remembered past, join us. Seniors only; available at the Brookline Booksmith. For the Winchester Street, Brookline, $106. discount does not apply. first class, please read H.P. Lovecraft’s weird story, “The Outsider.” Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 10:15-11:45AM. Begins 9/27/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins The Poetry of T.S. Eliot Street, Brookline, $74. 10/26/2017. Brookline High, $96. Ben Mazer, Instructor T. S. Eliot was perhaps the foremost poet and critic of the 20th century, and overwhelmingly The First Book of Kings: Biblical Kings Ancient Egypt: So Much More has been declared the first modern poet. from Solomon to Ahab NEW! Than Pyramids This course will focus on the body of Eliot’s Judy Weiss, Instructor Stephen Guerriero, Instructor work in poetry—the early poems, The Waste The First Book of Kings begins with the The ancient Egyptians are best known for their Land, Four Quartets—and a grappling with elderly King David naming Solomon, his son monumental tombs, the pyramids. While they some of his major critical statements in essays by Bathsheba, as King of Israel and Judah to are truly spectacular, there is so much more to such as “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” succeed him. In this course, we’ll transition Egyptian civilization. The Egyptians built massive “Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry,” and from King David to King Solomon, and discuss temples, colossal statues, the great Lighthouse “Reflections on ‘Vers Libre.’” Our sessions will Solomon’s famous wisdom, Temple building, at Pharos, and so much more. The tales of the be liberally peppered with discussion of some Pharaoh’s daughter and the Queen of Sheba, pharaohs are just as dramatic and unbelievable of the influences on Eliot, in his life, and in his how Kings Rehoboam and Jeroboam divide as any reality TV show. Hatshepsut became reading. The required text: The Poems of T. S. the kingdom, why one shouldn’t return on the pharaoh despite being a woman, even wearing Eliot Volume I. Please begin to read pages 5-28. same road by which one came, and the first a false beard and referring to herself as “the Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:30-8:00PM. Begins stories of the magic-wielding prophet Elijah. king, herself.” Akhenaten either had a religious 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $102. Please bring a Bible (any translation). epiphany, was somewhat insane, or was brilliantly clever when he changed the religion Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 10:30AM-12:30PM. of all of Egypt to discard all of the polytheistic Begins 10/10/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Renaissance Art: The Other Artists gods and instead worship the sunshine, the Winchester Street, Brookline, $125. TBA, Instructor Aten. This class will take a deeper dive into Whenever Renaissance art is discussed, people ancient Egyptian culture and history for those invariably refer to Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and who have always been curious. Blessings From Abraham: Father of Raphael. However, their productive period was Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins roughly 35 years; the Renaissance lasted over Michael Koran, Instructor 11/14/2017. Brookline High, $84. 300 years. This course will present what other In Genesis we read that Abraham heard a artists were doing before, during, and after those 35 years. We will look at how the artists divine voice promise that he would bring Masterpieces of the Russian Short Story blessings to all families on earth. In this course from the Proto-Renaissance laid the foundation we’ll read aloud Abraham’s story in Genesis Polina Dubovikova, Instructor of the era. Then, we will see how two doors to discover how we can help bring divine The short story has occupied a central place started the Early Renaissance and changed the blessings to all of us. Abraham begins his in Russian literature since the early 19th way artists were perceived. This will lead to the hero’s journey by hearing a call to create a new century. This course will be devoted to reading, High Renaissance and its effect all over Europe. life in a new land. In this new land Abraham analyzing, and discussing short stories from Finally we will see the Manner(ism) in which the learns to “wrestle with divinity” (which is what 19th and 20th century Russian literature. Our Renaissance ends. Throughout we will discuss “Israel” means). Abraham convinces his god readings will include great masters such as the other painters, sculptors, writers, and not to destroy the innocent with the wicked. Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, architects that contributed to one of the most Abraham eventually moves his god to help and others. For the first class, please read creative periods in history. find a wife for his traumatized son. And finally “The Queen of Spades,” by Aleksandr Pushkin Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 9:30-11:30AM. Abraham is able to live a divine life without any and “The Fatalist,” by Mikhail Lermontov. The Begins 11/29/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 more interactions with the divinity of his past. required text: Russian Short Stories from Pushkin Winchester Street, Brookline, $56. By studying Abraham’s story we can learn how to Buida, edited by Robert Chandler, is available to be guided by the divinity in our heart to at the Brookline Booksmith. spread blessings as numerous as the sands of Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 11:30AM-1:30PM. the shore and the stars in the sky. The required Begins 10/19/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, text: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $118. brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 7 History of the U.S.S.R. During World War II harmony and instrumentation, creating aural massive culture shifts of the period. Readings Anatole Sykley, Instructor montages that sparkled with both boldness and music listening will be assigned for the and beauty. Over the course of four weeks, week preceding each class meeting. After the Soviet Union’s tumultuous era the instructor will play a full array of Debussy’s under dictatorship of Stalin of the late ‘20s Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins masterpieces, ranging from the serenity of and ‘30s, the Soviet Union was confronted by 10/30/2017. Brookline High, $106. “Clair de Lune” to the playfulness of Golliwog’s another dictatorship. In June of 1941, Nazi “Cakewalk.” Join us for a musical journey through Germany had set its sights on the resources Impressionist France. of the U.S.S.R., and aimed to expand the Jazz Appreciation: Bebop to Hard Bop Third Reich along a line linking the cities of Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. Begins Marshall Wright, Instructor Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad. Despite 9/18/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Jazz is a uniquely American genre of music with the suffering and oppression of Stalin’s brand Street, Brookline, $96. a rich, subtle history. This course will focus on of Communism during the pre-war years, the the origins and early phases of Jazz (’40s–’60s), people of the U.S.S.R. rose up to confront beginning with the move away from the Big the invading armies of Hitler and his allies, to Classical Music in Boston: 1895-Present Band style. Starting with Bebop, Jazz became a stop the invasion, and push the Nazi armies David Stevens, Instructor separate style of music with lasting influence. all the way back to Berlin. Yet how was it that Are you curious about how to discover Through listening and discussing, you will learn people who historians say suffered so greatly beautiful, engaging, or adventurous classical the distinctions between the different types of under Stalin, fought so passionately and were music in Boston? There seems to be so much Jazz along with their influence on the history of willing to sacrifice so much in defense of their going on in Boston and it can be daunting to music. We will give special attention to Charlie country? How did Stalin change his methods of venture out of your musical comfort zone. Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Herbie leadership and methods to ensure the people Boston has played an important role in Hancock, and others. would fight through four years of terrible fostering the classical music and composers Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins warfare? We will review the history of Hitler’s of the 20th and 21st centuries. We will discuss 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $84. Germany and Stalin’s U.S.S.R. from 1939, and a couple musical movements with a Boston examine how these two countries and their institution, the New England Conservatory. We dictatorial regimes came to blows and examine will discuss composers like George Chadwick Jazz Appreciation: Coltrane and Beyond the USSR’s contribution to victory in the greater and Amy Beach to the Third Stream and the Marshall Wright, Instructor context of World War II. musical influences in Cambridge from Harvard Starting with the music of John Coltrane, you Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 1:00-3:00PM. Begins and M.I.T. See the connections between Boston’s diverse classical music worlds and will explore where Jazz headed post 1965. 10/4/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Coltrane serves as a transitional musician Street, Brookline, $118. discover ways in which to understand and enjoy all that Boston has to offer. between early and later Jazz movements. Once Jazz became a mainstay in American Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 2 Day: W 1:00- culture, it was free to develop in new and A History of World War I in 3:00PM. Begins 12/6/2017. Brookline Senior Center, NEW! Eight Sessions different directions. This course will give special 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $56. attention to John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Anatole Sykley, Instructor Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and end with a The First World War was not fought just in the Harold Arlen: Songwriter Extraordinaire discussion on contemporary movements in trenches of the Western Front in France and Jazz. Belgium. Battles and campaigns ranged from the Marshall Wright, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins snowy mountains of the Carpathians and the Working in a field populated by such greats 10/16/2017. Brookline High, $84. Caucusus, the dusty plains of Eastern Europe, as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Jerome the deserts of the Middle East, and the jungles Kern, Harold Arlen (1905-1986) certainly of Africa. Science and technology were put to held his own. Called at times “a songwriter’s work in war like never before. People in cities far songwriter”, he penned such great hits as “Get from the front were bombed, and submarines Happy” and “Stormy Weather,” leading to his attempted to blockade entire countries to masterpieces written for the epic Wizard of Oz. starve entire people into submission. Both sides In the space of three weeks, we will listen to Music & also put their own culture, art, and literature great songs from all phases of Arlen’s career, into propaganda campaigns to encourage both on disc and on the piano by the instructor. people to keep up the war effort. Despite the Come and take a stroll down the byways of old Performing Arts carnage, many people also saw World War I as Broadway and Hollywood with us. an opportunity that could shake the control of Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. large empires off their backs. Yet how could Begins 10/23/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 all this worldwide conflict and change happen Winchester Street, Brookline, $84. as the result of a single bullet fired at Sarajevo Learning to Read Music in July of 1914? We will examine this history to Richard Logothetis, Instructor understand the First World War’s causes and The Creative Explosion: Popular Music The ability to read music can open many outcomes which are still noticeable in world from 1965-1970 doors to any aspiring musician, songwriter, or affairs today more than 100 years later. John Clark, Instructor composer. It’s never too late to learn the basics of note reading, including the musical alphabet, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 1:00-3:00PM. Begins Take a nostalgic journey through the most different clefs, note values, rhythm, and 9/22/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 creative and influential years in American Pop meter. This class will also provide information Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), music, an era that gave birth to virtually every about key signatures, scales, chords, and $130. modern day genre of popular music. We’ll harmony. With this knowledge you may feel consider how the musical experimentation more comfortable joining a singing group, of the Beatles, the profound poetic lyrics of Claude Debussy: Painting with Music helping your children with their music lessons, Bob Dylan, and the electric Blues revivalism or especially appreciating music. We will Marshall Wright, Instructor of the Rolling Stones and Yardbirds set the look at and listen to the music of many great Perhaps no other musical artist symbolizes the standard for scores of other artists. We’ll composers throughout the history of music. era of Impressionism better than the French explore the beginnings of Country, Rock, Soul, Please bring a notebook and music staff paper. composer, Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Funk, and Rap music, and discuss how this Breaking with traditional Western musical musical bonanza was both a catalyst for and Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins norms, he embraced many different notions of an expression of the tumultuous events and 11/7/2017. Brookline High, $84.

8 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Music Theory for Beginners Music Notation: Score Reading and can read and execute songs within that range. Zayde Buti, Instructor Preparation Please bring a saxophone (Be sure it has a mouthpiece, reed, and strap). Learning how music works is a fascinating Eva Redamonti, Instructor Sec. 01 (Level 1): # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. and intellectually-engaging endeavor. This Music notation is essential to writing music. ARTS & PERFORMING MUSIC course is designed for music lovers who want To have a clear and understandable way to Begins 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $168. Stevens to understand the basic elements of the art articulate one’s own ideas, to understand the Sec. 02 (Level 2): # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-8:00PM. form: staff, notes, measures, time signatures, ideas of other’s music, and to learn more about Begins 9/28/2017. Brookline High, $168. Schwartz rhythm and meter, scales and key signatures, the possibilities of sound, one must learn intervals, chords (triads, seventh chords and the language of the musical score. Designed more), diatonic chords, chord progressions in two parts, this class will introduce basic Play the Banjo and the Circle of Fifths. In our sessions, we will and innovative concepts of musical notation Paul Sedgwick, Instructor also analyze some of your favorite songs and through a carefully chosen repertoire. With What’s more fun than listening to the banjo? compositions. Please bring a notebook, pen/ guidance, students will acquire score-reading Playing the banjo! For those who are new to pencil, and music staff paper. skills and eventually utilize them to craft the instrument, or have some experience, we their own scores. Moving through different Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 10:30AM-12:30PM. will identify the basic technique behind the two instrument families of the orchestra, we will Begins 11/21/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 most popular styles of 5-string banjo playing: break down the parts within a score, identifying Winchester Street, Brookline, $96. Bluegrass, or three-finger style picking; and why certain notation is used, what genre of clawhammer or frailing folk styles. You will be music certain notation is used for, and what given the opportunity to focus on one style or sounds we hear with what we see on the Understanding Music Theory the other, or may choose to learn both. We page. After the first few classes, we will jump Richard Logothetis, Shannon Jacob, Instructors will look at the amazing history of “America’s into learning one of the most popular musical instrument” through demonstrations and If you want to play an instrument, improve your notation softwares, “Finale 25.” This software recordings. Please bring a 5-string banjo and music reading or writing skills, or appreciate allows you to prepare professional looking a notebook to class. The required textbooks, more fully the music you listen to, music theory scores in a reading session. At the last class, Teach Yourself Bluegrass Banjo by Tony Trischka, is an essential tool. Music theory is the study we will read through each student’s (optional) and Mel Bay’s Frailing the 5-String Banjo: An of the very simple concepts that underlie how composition, notated with Finale. music is written, played, and heard. Section 01 Instruction Manual by Eric Muller and Barbara for beginners will introduce the basic elements Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Koehler, are available at music stores and of music: notes, clefs, rhythm and meter, major 10/25/2017. Brookline High, $118. online. and minor scales, sharp and flat key signatures, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:30-9:00PM. Begins and simple chords and harmony. Section 02 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $168. takes your music theory to the next level by Beginning Hand Drumming learning how to compose a full length song. DrumConnection Faculty Learn to build lyrical song form and create For centuries the drum has provided Ukulele: Relax and Play Music a comprehensive melody over a structured people with a powerful basic tool to express Paul Sedgwick, Instructor chordal format. We will focus on composing a themselves, to communicate, and to form Step out of your busy life, and instill it with song with chords and lyrics, so being able to community. Focusing on tone production, some genuine pleasure. Learn to play the identify meter, rhythm, and notation is very simple to complex rhythmic interaction, and ukulele! We will start from the beginning with important. For both sections, please bring a the subtleties of drumming, you will play lessons in chords, introductory music theory, notebook and music staff paper. rhythms of West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil on and strumming patterns. You’ll learn to play different drums includingconga , djembe, and Sec. 01 (Level 1): # sessions: 4 Day: M 7:00-8:30PM. individual pieces on your own, and we’ll also ashiko. Each week a new rhythm, technique, Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $84. Logothetis jam in class to familiar songs. As actress/singer and time pattern will be presented. After Zooey Deschanel said, “The ukulele is, like, Sec. 02 (Level 2): # sessions: 4 Day: M 7:00-8:30PM. several weeks you will have acquired enough the opposite of overwhelming.” Please bring a Begins 10/23/2017. Brookline High, $84. Jacob knowledge to begin to improvise and be ukulele, recording device, and Ukulele Fretboard comfortable in any drumming situation. No Maps: The Essential Patterns That All the Pros prior musical training is necessary. Please bring Ear Training Know and Use, by Fred Sokolow and Jim Beloff. NEW! a conga, djembe, or ashiko hand drum. A limited Eva Redamonti, Instructor number of drums may be available to rent Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-7:30PM. Begins Ear training helps us learn how to internalize from the instructor. 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $168. melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic musical Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins forms. It is essential in helping instrumentalists 10/10/2017. Brookline High, $153. and vocalists to train their ears to improve the Violin playing their instruments, and for writers to Amos Lawrence, Instructor notate the music they have imagined. A more Play the Saxophone Have you always wanted to play the violin, or improved musical ear also opens up more David Stevens, Irving Schwartz, Instructors have you played in the past and want to pick it possibilities to enjoy a musical experience, up again? From the fiddlers of the Hardanger The saxophone has been on the American as an audience member—the same way that plateau in Norway to the Highlands of Scotland scene for more than seven decades. It can understanding words of a foreign language and Cape Breton Island, from the stage of be heard on the earliest recordings and is makes the non-native language speaker feel Carnegie Hall to the quaint fiddlers of the Blue used extensively for solo and accompaniment less alone. Through some basic music theory, Ridge Mountains in the Carolinas, the violin has in many contemporary groups. Despite its guided sung exercises given out in class, and succeeded in suiting every style and fulfilling appearance, the saxophone is rationally musical dictations on the piano, as a class, every need. We will explore the balance designed and easy to play. is for we will improve our ear and collectively move Level 1 needed for proper tone production, how to beginners. We will show you how to create upwards in understanding—from major read notes, how to comfortably hold the bow, a musical sound by developing proper key, minor key, and to the modes and other and how to play in small ensembles. Please embouchure and delivering a controlled air- variations. bring a violin and shoulder rest. A $15 music stream to the mouthpiece. With a reasonable book fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins effort, you’ll soon be able to read and play 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $118. simple scales and songs and enjoy ensemble Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 6:30-7:45PM. Begins playing. Level 2 is for students who can play 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $175. the chromatic scale in two octaves and who

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 9 Beginning Piano Jonathan Lovenstein, Instructor If you have always wanted to learn to play the Learn the Guitar this Fall! piano, why not start now? In the Beginner There is no better feeling than to learn how to play an instrument. course, you will learn how to read musical These classes will teach you the fundamentals of playing guitar and notation and will become acquainted with basic piano techniques. You will learn to offer you extra skills, including some popular songs. play melodies with chord accompaniments, scales, and intervals. By the end of the course you will be able to play simple popular and Introduction to Slide Guitar classical piano pieces. The Beyond Beginner Sebastian Falvo, Instructor course is for those with some piano playing Slide guitar is a staple of Blues, Country, and Bluegrass music. Come learn the fundamentals experience. We will focus on major scales, and beginning techniques of slide guitar, from tunings to hand positions. We will start with the primary chords, more complicated rhythms, and basics and learn about the application of this style to traditional and other genres of music. linear accompaniments with the left hand. Each Moving slightly beyond the basics, we will learn principles of improvisation and methods for student will have a keyboard on which to work in developing a good sound. Please bring a slide and a guitar (acoustic or electric). class. For both courses, the required text, Alfred’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 6:30-8:00PM. Begins 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $123. Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book, Level One, is available at most music stores. Access to a piano or keyboard for practice is required. Introductory Guitar Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: W 7:15- Sebastian Falvo, Instructor 8:45PM. Begins 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $175. Introductory Guitar is a course for those who have never picked up a guitar before, or for Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: Th 7:15- beginners who can strum a few chords and would like to have fun learning new songs and 8:45PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $175. playing with other guitarists. Our primary emphasis will be on building a chord vocabulary, establishing a rhythm, switching between chords, and gaining comfort with the instrument. We’ll learn about different chord types, what chord symbols mean, and how to play songs Broadway Singing Basics reading from a chord chart. In Beyond Beginner we will work on rhythm, harmony, and a Annina Hsieh, Instructor more expanded chord vocabulary, as well as alternate chord voicings and pentatonic scales, Are you a show tune enthusiast who loves to with an aim to get more comfortable with making music on guitar alone or with a group. sing? In this class we will explore songs, duets, Please bring an acoustic guitar. and ensemble numbers from a variety of older Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $175. and more recent musicals, spanning multiple Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $175. decades, such as Oklahoma and Thoroughly Modern Millie. We will gather to listen and learn new repertoire, as well as apply basic vocal Lunchtime Beginner Guitar technique to enhance the performance of our favorite songs. Singers of all different levels and Zayde Buti, Instructor musical backgrounds welcome. Section 01 This course is designed for beginner guitarists. We will begin with the fundamentals, including is an introductory class that will survey songs an overview of tuning methods (using standard tuning), basic picking and strumming from a variety of musicals. In Section 02, for techniques and proper fretting, as well as techniques for developing strength and agility those with some singing experience, students in both hands. As the course progresses, we will learn about intervals, scales, chord will work in small groups to polish scenes from construction, popular chord progressions, and song analysis. During each lesson, we will select musicals. hone our rhythm with the aid of metronomes and grooves. Last but not least, we will explore improvisation at all points along the way. Please bring a notebook, pen/pencil, and an acoustic Sec. 01 (Overview): # sessions: 4 Day: Th 7:00- guitar. 8:30PM. Begins 10/12/2017. Brookline High, $84. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 12:00-1:30PM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Sec. 02 (Scene Practice): # sessions: 4 Day: Th 7:00- Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $153. 8:30PM. Begins 11/9/2017. Brookline High, $84.

Rock Your Guitar! Voice Class Bryan Tucker, Instructor Lee R. Soto, Instructor This course is designed for guitar players who know bar chords in addition to basic first- Experience the enjoyment of expressing position chords. We’ll explore the potential of the entire fingerboard, while learning Classic yourself through music by discovering your Rock and folk-rock tunes from artists like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell. The singing voice. Each singer will explore the range, emphasis will be on gaining experience with a variety of left- and right-hand techniques, agility, and timbre of his or her voice, and work including flat-picked bass runs, arpeggios, alternate tunings, finger-picking patterns, rhythmic on solo and group singing. We will develop syncopation, and string damping with “Jazz-style” chords. Standard tablature transcriptions proper tone production, breathing, and posture. will assist students who are not familiar with reading music. Individual students will have Students and the instructor will choose the the opportunity to play solos based on simple scale patterns while the rest of the class vocal repertoire so that all aspects of vocal accompanies them on rhythm. Please bring a guitar and a flatpick. technique and musical interpretation can be applied to specific songs. Our emphasis will Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Th 6:30-8:00PM. Begins 10/12/2017. Brookline High, $133. range from traditional Jazz standards to more contemporary show or pop tunes. Beyond Beginner is for those who have some singing experience and who want to continue learning about performance and vocal techniques. Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: W 6:00-7:30PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $175. Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: W 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $175.

10 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Acting Improv clues about the character, as well as how to with you one-on-one to identify a compelling Siobhan Carroll, Instructor be on stage in character, with other actors. story you want to tell that expresses the best We’ll choose scenes from a variety of genres of who you are. You will learn what college Spark your creativity and silence your inner and playwrights that depict a wide range of admissions officers are looking for, common judge by practicing spontaneity. In this no character types. You’ll build up your repertoire pitfalls to avoid, and strategies for crafting a fear, improv for everyone workshop, we’ll act of characters as you learn how to take risks standout essay that reveals the individual behind our way through exercises, challenges, and and immerse yourself in the role. the grades and test scores. Students may choose performances that will increase your mental Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday (afternoon or flexibility, confidence, self trust, and speed. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins PLANNING & COLLEGE PREP TEST evening). Sessions meet at Brookline High School. Give voice to new characters within you, 10/12/2017. Brookline High, $118. learn alternative responses to old habits and Sec. 01 (1.5 hours): $90. patterns, and generally free up your thinking and movement. This class is for anyone who Voice Talent: Acting with Your Voice wants to take a break from the stresses of life Lau Lapides, Instructor ACT Preparation Course and spend their nights laughing. No previous Have you ever been told you have a voice Summit Education Staff experience is necessary. for radio? Have you ever wondered what it This intensive ACT preparation course covers Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins would be like to voice the next hit cartoon or all sections of the exam: English, Reading, 10/16/2017. Brookline High, $106. commercial? This fast-paced, interactive, fun Writing, Mathematics, and Science. Once you two-hour workshop will introduce students have taken the diagnostic exam on the first day to the world of voice-over. Discover powerful of class, your instructor will be able to tailor Acting Sampler: Improv, Monologues, techniques that offer a solid foundation of the instruction to the needs of the individual and Scenes vocal tools for those who are experiencing students in the class. You will review the D. Adriane Spunt, Instructor voice-over for the first time or looking to launch subject areas covered, develop ACT-specific a career in the industry. We will incorporate test taking strategies, and examine challenging In this participatory sampler course, you’ll practice time and offer professional feedback, sample questions and their answers in class. be introduced to three styles of acting: including a Q&A discussion. Learn about the Your follow-up practice test will show you and improvisation, monologue work, and acting many genres of scripts including: animation, your instructor where you’ve improved and will scenes. You will experience a variety of commercial, narration and eLearning copy and pinpoint any areas that still need study. At the theatrical styles and philosophies, including much more. Please wear comfortable clothing last class, your instructor will work with you on improvisation, speaking to the audience, and bring water. common mistakes from the practice test and spontaneously responding in scene work, and answer any remaining questions about the acting from a script. We will draw from period Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00-11:00AM. Begins test or the material. The ACT Student Course scenes, comic routines, and short speeches 9/23/2017. Brookline High, $36. Book is included in the course fee. Discounts or spanning from serious to absurd, and practice waivers do not apply. creating characters using techniques that best complement each realm and culture. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu, Th 5:00-8:00PM. Increase your acting confidence, learn more Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $675. spontaneity, and gain a clearer understanding Test Prep Please plan for a longer session on the two testing of the world of acting. days: Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins & College 9/19 Diagnostic Test 4:00-8:00PM 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $118. Planning 10/10 Practice Test 4:00-8:00PM Acting Workshop: Scenes from Pulitzer Award-Winning Plays D. Adriane Spunt, Instructor NEW! Managing Test Immerse yourself in award-winning writing by Private Test Prep Sessions Anxiety in Today’s acting in scenes from playwrights who have garnered the highest awards for their original In our individual tutoring sessions, test prep Competitive Environment and compelling plays. See for yourself why instructors are available one-on-one to work Summit Education Staff writers like Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Beth with students of all skill levels on such topics as This insightful and practical presentation will Henley, and Marsha Norman took home the HiSET, SAT, GRE, and GMAT prep. Students may examine how today’s culture can undermine, prize. Explore these writers’ creative minds by choose the time and day of the week, Monday rather than encourage, our students’ success becoming the characters in their imaginative through Friday, or Saturday morning. Once on two of the most stressful standardized worlds. Character work, genre, and verbal and we have your preferred schedule, we will work tests—the SAT and the ACT—and what nonverbal communication are just a few of the on finding an instructor to match your needs. strategies we can use in tackling this problem. many topics that will be covered in this highly Please come prepared with materials you would In recent years these tests have become participatory acting class. like to work on with your instructor. Sessions disproportionately important and contribute meet at Brookline High School or Webster Place to the intense competition for admission Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins (student may indicate preference). Discounts, at major colleges and universities across 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $118. waivers, credits, or transfers do not apply. To the country. We will talk about the role that schedule a private lesson, please contact anxiety and self-concept play on standardized the BA&CE office at 617-730-2700, ext. 0. Acting: The Character tests and what we as coaches, counselors, Sec. 01 (4 hours): $240. tutors, and parents might think about and do Emily Singer, Instructor to help students through that process. Acting starts with “the character.” In this fun Sec. 02 (8 hours): $480. and participatory class, we will dig deep into Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-8:00PM. Begins 10/18/2017. Brookline High, Free; pre- one of the building blocks of acting: who is registration is required. the character? Come learn techniques and Private College Essay Planning Sessions improvisations to help you develop a role. Katherine Retan, Instructor Stretch your versatility, your creativity, and Students write standout college application your powers of observation as you create essays when they are passionate about their memorable, life enriching performances. topic. In our individual college essay planning You will learn how to study scripts to look for sessions, an experienced essay coach will work

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 11 SAT Preparation Course You Can Afford College If... textbook, Cracking the New GMAT, by Princeton Summit Education Staff Dick Man, Instructor Review, to the first class meeting. The required text is available in the college textbook This intensive course enables students to ... you plan in advance, understand the financial department of the Harvard Coop, at other master test-taking techniques and review for aid process, and act early enough. Financial bookstores, and online. Approximate cost, $25. the SAT exam. Students will prepare for all aid goes to the families who plan in advance— three portions of the exam: critical reading, ideally before December 31st of the child’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:30-9:30PM. Begins writing, and mathematics. You will review sophomore year of high school. This course 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $396. grammar and vocabulary, focus on developing will teach you the concepts and strategies writing skills, improve reading comprehension, that will help you maximize your financial and learn how to write the analytical essay. In aid by understanding the process, and how Preparation for the TOEFL iBT Exam preparation for the mathematics section of the implementing strategies may increase a family’s Susan Guth, Instructor exam, you will review algebra, geometry, and eligibility even if you have a “high income” or This course combines listening, speaking, trigonometry. This course includes diagnostic own a business. Remember, procrastination reading, and writing exercises and assignments testing, test-buster strategies, a follow-up equals less financial aid. All schools are not that will help you to prepare for the TOEFL iBT. practice test, analysis of results, and a pinpoint alike, so it is important to know your options Basic communication and vocabulary building review to target challenging sections, tailored and opportunities. A free financial aid analysis skills will be developed through in-class and to meet the needs of the students in the class. will be available to all attendees. homework exercises, and pair and small group The SAT Student Course Book is included in the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins activities. Students will learn about the iBT test course fee. Discounts or waivers do not apply. 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $36. format, test sections, and the different types of Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M, W 5:00-8:00PM. Begins test tasks.This course is a first step in identifying 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $675. the skills needed for the iBT. The required GED Test Preparation textbook, Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test iBT, is Please plan for a longer session on the two testing available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. days: Joe Green, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 10:00-11:30AM. 10/4 Diagnostic Test 4:00-8:00PM If you are an adult living in Massachusetts and would like to earn the equivalent of a high Begins 9/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 10/23 Practice Test 4:00-8:00PM school diploma, you can now choose to take Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), the GED exam. The GED exam consists of four $197. subject areas: reasoning through language arts, mathematical reasoning, science, and Summit Educational Group, located in social studies. In this course, we will study each Driver Education Newton, has been preparing students for of the four subject areas, complete practice Joseph Giannone, Instructor college admission testing for almost thirty test questions, develop reasoning and test- According to Massachusetts state law, students years with a proven, results-driven test taking skills, and take a full practice test. The are required to attend 30 hours of classroom prep curriculum. Summit’s innovative and required textbook, Kaplan’s GED Test 2017: instruction, 12 hours of behind-the-wheel customizable approach can help students Strategies, Practice, & Review is available for training, and six hours of observation. To be improve critical thinking skills, develop test- purchase online. Approximate cost $14. eligible for classroom instruction, students taking strategies, and most importantly, reach their highest potential in standardized testing. Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00-9:00PM. must have reached their 16th birthday by Summit’s seasoned team of instructors can Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $244. the end of the course. The in-class portion quickly identify individual learning styles and of the Driver Education Program is offered develop a plan to connect with each student. both days and evenings throughout the year. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Test Students will be taught on cars with automatic Preparation transmissions. Administrative Fee: $56 (payable Olya Margul, Instructor to the Town of Brookline). Instruction Fee: $555, payable to Pleasant Auto School. Upon Jump-Start Your College Essay This course covers all aspects of preparing for successful completion of this course, students Katherine Retan, Instructor the GRE, from exploring all the methods of are responsible for an additional $130 in Having trouble getting started on your solving mathematical problems, recognizing key Registry of Motor Vehicles fees. A breakdown Common Application essay? This workshop words and transitions on verbal questions, and of these fees is available in the BA&CE office. with an experienced college essay coach will writing sharp, direct essays, to understanding the strategies of optimal scoring. Please bring Sec. 01: # sessions: 15 Day: M, Tu, Th 3:00-5:00PM. give you the tools and the confidence you Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $56. need to stop worrying and get the job done. the latest edition of the required textbook, Cracking the GRE We will begin by discussing what college , published by Princeton Sec. 02: # sessions: 15 Day: M, Tu, Th 3:00-5:00PM. admissions officers are looking for, common Review, to the first class meeting. The textbook Begins 11/6/2017. Brookline High, $56. pitfalls to avoid, and strategies for crafting is available in the college textbook department Sec. 03: # sessions: 15 Day: M, Tu, W 6:30-8:30PM. a standout essay that reveals the individual of the Harvard Coop, at other bookstores, and Begins 10/2/2017. Brookline High, $56. behind the grades and test scores. In the online. Approximate cost, $25. second half of the workshop, you will respond Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 6:30-9:30PM. Begins to a series of prompts designed to help you 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $396. Driver Education: Parents’ Class identify a compelling story you want to tell that Joseph Giannone, Instructor expresses the best of who you are. Students According to Massachusetts state law, parents will have a chance to get individual feedback Graduate Management Admissions Test of high school-aged children must also attend from the instructor, a professional editor and (GMAT) Preparation a classroom training session. If the student is former writing teacher, about topics they are Olya Margul, Instructor under 18 years of age, a parent must attend the considering. This course reviews all of the relevant Parent Class so the child can be certified by the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins mathematics (pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, Registry. Class is free for parents of Pleasant 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $36. as well as word problems) for problem-solving Auto School students; for all others, there is a and data sufficiency questions, rules of English $20 fee (payable to Pleasant Auto School). grammar, and effective methods for solving Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins all the different types of problems on the 10/26/2017. Brookline High, Free for Pleasant Auto exam. You’ll also be instructed on how to parents; $20 for non-Pleasant Auto parents. Pre- construct well-designed essays. One class will registration is required. include exam practice in the computer lab. Please bring the latest edition of the required

12 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Introduction to Scrivener into pieces of literature. Looking at examples by Sara Ingle, Instructor authors such as Junot Diaz, Naomi Shihab Nye, Writing & and Leslie Jamison, we will study strategies for Scrivener is a helpful program for the writing using our work experiences to influence our process, regardless of the type of story. fiction, poetry, or nonfiction writing. Communication Whether you’re writing a short story, novel, or screenplay, Scrivener can help you organize Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins your thoughts, schedule, and writing in a 10/26/2017. Brookline High, $96. cohesive and easy to manage way. Learn how to use this tool to help plot the story that Private Writing Consultation you’re just starting or organize something that Poetic Ideas: Discussing and Writing In our individual consultation sessions, writing you’ve already started. Please bring a laptop Thematic Poetry instructors are available one-on-one to assist with the trial version of Scrivener downloaded. Sandra Storey, Instructor & COMMUNICATION WRITING students of all skill levels and address specific Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Due to its short form, poetry is a great way to issues in writing. Students may choose the time 10/17/2017. Brookline High, $36. explore different themes and situations from and day of the week, Monday through Friday, our lives. In this class, you will read, talk about, or Saturday morning. Once we have your and write poems based on the ‘poetic idea’ of preferred schedule, we will work on finding an Nonfiction: Science Writing the week. We will explore work by various poets instructor to match your needs. Please come Maia Dolphin-Krute, Instructor writing about the ideas, including Rita Dove prepared with materials you would like to and Walt Whitman, and will share our thoughts From emerging technology and climate work on with your instructor. Sessions meet about the poems and the poetic idea. Poetic change to the lived experiences of an illness, at Brookline High School. Discounts, waivers, ideas we may explore include seasons and the possibilities for incorporating scientific credits, or transfers do not apply. To schedule cuisine. After writing your own poems, you and research and fact into writing are vast. In this a private lesson, please contact the BA&CE the instructor will comment on the different class, we will examine a range of examples, office at 617-730-2700, ext. 0. strengths and poetic devices of students’ from the creative to the journalistic, in order poems. Each session will be self-contained Sec. 01 (2 hours): $80. to identify and learn the key components of without official homework during the week. Sec. 02 (4 hours): $160. successful science writing. While you may not be a scientist, you can still learn how to Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: F 10:30AM-12:30PM. incorporate science into your writing. Such Begins 10/6/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Writing Your Blog techniques are applicable to anything from the Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Sara Ingle, Instructor reported article and op-ed to the short story or $106. Have you always wanted to be a writer, but personal essay; class exercises will reflect this range. weren’t sure how to get started? Have you Poetry Workshop thought about blogging, but just haven’t had the Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 12:00-2:00PM. Begins Maia Dolphin-Krute, Instructor time, focus, or organization to get started? In this 10/16/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 course we will go over the basics of blogging, Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Do you write poetry and want constructive including how to set up a basic blog, how to $96. feedback? Or have you always wanted to try choose and plan your topics, how to construct your hand at writing verse but don’t know a compelling blog post that gets noticed in where to begin? Each week we will explore a search results, and how to find your place—and Thanks for the Memories: Memoir for different point of entry into poetry, generating make online connections—in the blogging the Non-Celebrity new poems and offering one another praise world. Come with an idea for your blog, and Daniel Gewertz, Instructor for what works, along with ideas for what can work better. Weekly assignments will be given together we will make it a reality. This course will Celebrities can assume readers of their and students will bring copies of their work to primarily focus on blogging platforms, content biographies will be seduced by fame; but when discuss the following week. Assignments may development, and how to make blogging a the rest of us write about our personal lives, we include, for example, writing in a form (such part of your daily life, and is suited for beginner need to grab hold of a reader by the powers of as sonnet or villanelle), writing about a small bloggers as well as those who are looking to our expression, our ideas, and our storytelling object, collaborating with another poet in the become more prolific in their efforts. charms. Each week, this class will help sculpt class, or collaging found language, among your selected memories so that their inherent Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins many others. Frequent informal in-class writing power can be brought to the page. We’ll focus 11/8/2017. Brookline High, $96. will help to generate ideas and language to on the crafting of short, concise memoir pieces, work with. Previous participants should feel with weekly prompts and assignments meant free to enroll again; we will use an entirely new to jump-start your writing. We also welcome Cartooning for Everyone set of exercises. Scott Mullowney, Instructor students who are starting, or continuing, longer works. Why do certain moments haunt, charm, Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Everyone has a basic ability to draw and write. 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $118. Whatever your level, this class will examine excite, or sadden us in retrospect? Whether how to combine words with images to create emotional, comical, sensual, or spiritual in nature, what are the moments in your life that make for a cartoon that will appeal to others. Learn The Craft of Writing: Plot how to unlock your own personal cartoon art great stories? Writing will be read aloud in class. Sara Ingle, Instructor style under the guidance of a professional Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins cartoonist formerly of the Boston Herald. With 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $125. Plot consists of the events of a story: setting, some expert tips, you will learn how to use conflict, climax, and resolution. One of the your mind and your heart to develop an idea most basic pieces of any story, plotting a novel for a cartoon and bring it to completion. You’ll Writing About Work can be a daunting undertaking and can happen walk away with an understanding of a career NEW! Gregory Letellier, Instructor at any point in the novel writing process. This class will show you how different authors plan in cartooning as well as how to utilize your “If you’re old enough to read this, you know their novels and give you tools for working on cartoons for a personal or business website. what work is,” mused the former poet laureate your own plot. We will do plotting exercises Please bring a newsprint drawing pad, No. 2 Phillip Levine. But what specifically can we learn and have an opportunity to present and pencil, drawing marker, and kneaded eraser. from our work? In this writing workshop, we will discuss the plot of your novel. Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins discuss our careers, our first jobs, and all things 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $106. work related, all of which have surely taught us Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins some essential life lessons. This course honors 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $56. those lessons, and attempts to transform them

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 13 How to Write a Story take the first steps toward getting your project Writing Fiction for the eBook Market Phoebe Hyde, Instructor produced. This workshop will focus on the Jacob Boucher, Instructor essentials of screenwriting, including strong The many elements of fiction can be In the last decade, eBooks have gone from character development, and writing plot and overwhelming when you face the blank page being a niche product to a substantial dialogue. While working towards the completion as a beginner: plot, character, setting, theme, percentage of book sales. Some genres, such of a quality final draft, we will learn the basics dialogue and narration, climax, and resolution. as Romance and Mystery, have seen their of industry-standard screenplay formatting. We In the first class, we’ll find the “hot spots” that markets dominated by eBook sales, and many will also examine the three-act writing structure compel our stories, investigate characters and of the titles are now written by independent and the art of pitching and selling your ideas. timelines, consider our authorial positions and authors selling directly via Amazon, Whether you’ve been writing for years or are a discuss structuring without “over-outlining.” Smashwords, or other eBook distributors. This novice, you’ll find this course beneficial. We’ll write a first draft between sessions and in course is for anyone who has an interest in class, look for common missteps, compelling Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. writing fiction and wants to know more about complications, tension gaps, and further Begins 9/30/2017. Brookline High, $118. the eBook market, from distributors to pricing characterization opportunities. We’ll write a structures, promotion strategies, manuscript second draft before the final session, then length, popular genres, and many more topics. bring it in to address grammar issues, themes, Middle Grade Novel Workshops The course is especially helpful for anyone and feedback from beta readers to help us edit Penny Noyce, Instructor planning to self-publish their fiction, but the our stories to completion. Middle-grade readers (9-12 years old) are information will be valuable to anyone looking Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 12:00-2:00PM. Begins among the most enthusiastic readers an to become more informed about today’s eBook 10/4/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 author could ask for. With in-class exercises fiction market. Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), and writing at home, this series will stock Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins $84. your toolbox for creating compelling fiction 11/2/2017. Brookline High, $96. for these young readers. Come with your novel idea or starting manuscript. Section Narrators, Narration, and 01 Nuts and bolts: What is the middle-grade Influential Communication and NEW! Point-of-View Demystified novel? How long is it, how’s the market, what Organizing Your Thoughts Phoebe Hyde, Instructor genres are popular, what topics are taboo, Kitty Huang, Instructor and how do I know if I’m writing at the right Choosing a narrator (or narrators) for your Effective communication helps to resolve reading level? We will also tackle structure novel or short story is one of the most problems at the workplace and at home. and learn ways to outline or plunge right in. important decisions a writer can make. It can Sometimes, people in conflict have the same Section 02 Characters and dialogue: Vivid, also be confusing and technical. In this class goals, yet finding a solution that satisfies both memorable characters carry the story. We will we’ll learn, through in-class exercises, how to parties can be challenging. Each week, we work on voice and point of view, flat vs. round use the wide range of points-of-view available will explore intrapersonal and interpersonal characters (there’s a place for each!), and how to us. We’ll also look at contemporary authors’ communication topics to inspect the multi- to create snappy, distinctive dialogue. Section choices of narrator and how they affect layered situations that occur in our lives. These 03 Scene, conflict, and theme: Working us, as well as how narrators and narration techniques include active listening, identifying from examples, we will learn how to build a have evolved alongside the novel. With our the real issue, processing challenging compelling scene, how to maintain tension, newfound technical mastery, we’ll try switching emotions, and taking the positive approach. and how to highlight key themes. We will also things up with narrator roulette, and finally, When our hearts are in the right place, our discuss strategies for overcoming weaknesses take a stab at that most difficult and delicious insight will lead to better communication. and getting unstuck in our writing. storyteller: the True Omniscient. Never feel Organizing Your Thoughts can transform your limited to “I said” or “He said/She said” again. Sec. 01 (Nuts and Bolts): # sessions: 2 Day: W 6:00- ideas into powerful presentations with an 8:00PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $56. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 12:00-2:00PM. Begins organized structure in less than ten minutes 10/25/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Sec. 02 (Characters and Dialogue): # sessions: 2 by following five guiding questions. You will Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 10/11/2017. Brookline be amazed by your ability to express an idea $84. High, $56. eloquently. Sec. 03 (Scene, Conflict, and Theme): # sessions: 2 Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 10/25/2017. Brookline 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $96. Introduction to Creative High, $56. NEW! Writing Sec. 04 (All Sections): # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:00- Gregory Letellier, Instructor 8:00PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $128. Speak, Connect, and Communicate with Are you eager to start writing fiction, creative Confidence nonfiction, plays, poetry, or even a blog, but Mia Louik, Instructor aren’t sure where to begin? If so, then this Introduction to Self-Publishing Speaking to an audience can be stressful. course is for you. This workshop will introduce Jacob Boucher, Instructor The best way to overcome this discomfort is the budding creative writer into the world of Do you have a story you want to share with through practice in a supportive environment. artful writing, so you may get started on your the world, but you’re not sure how to get it This interactive and experiential course will own literary journey. Looking at examples published and in front of readers? In recent focus on a variety of topics to help you become from authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, James years, self-publishing has grown from a niche a better, more confident speaker. We’ll walk Baldwin, and Francine Prose, this course will be market to become the choice for countless through the essential steps for preparing and the perfect introduction for those taking their authors, from veteran novelists to aspiring new delivering presentations in the office, at special first steps into the enthralling and reflective writers. This class is for anyone interested in events, or anywhere you might be called on to world of creative writing. publishing and selling their written works, in share information. You’ll learn how to speak Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. Begins either a digital eBook format, or in print. Topics more comfortably, clearly, and effectively, 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $96. will include an overview of the self-publishing while engaging your audience and getting your industry, planning and completing your writing message across. Students will receive feedback projects, picking the right distributor, the and have weekly opportunities to prepare and Introduction to Screenwriting technical process of self-publishing, and pricing speak in front of a supportive audience. Andrew Osborne, Instructor and promoting your books. Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Whether you’re picturing an independent film Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 10/12/2017. Brookline High, $106. or a Hollywood blockbuster, come learn the 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $96. tricks and techniques of screenwriting and

14 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Introduction to Modern Irish Beginning Russian Languages Thomas Carty, Instructor Anna Korolkova, Polina Dubovikova, Would you like to order a pint of stout in Instructors Irish while traveling the Emerald Isle? This This course is for students who have little beginner’s course will introduce you to or no previous experience learning Russian. Ireland’s mother tongue as it is still spoken Our study of the language will include the today in the Gaelteacht regions. We will focus Cyrillic alphabet, basic Russian pronunciation, on conversational Irish, acquiring the basics vocabulary, grammar, and customs. By the of the language—vocabulary, pronunciation, end of the course, students can expect to read Private Language Lessons grammar, and inflection. You’ll also gain a better some Russian, hold a very simple conversation, In our individual tutoring sessions, language appreciation of both Ireland’s history and its and feel confident enough to continue studies instructors are available one-on-one to work people. A $10 materials fee is included in the on their own. For Section 01 the required with students of all skill levels on anything from course fee. textbook: Beginner’s Russian with Interactive pronunciation, to conversation, to travel tips. Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Online Workbook, is available at the Brookline Students may choose the time and day of the Booksmith. For Section 02, a $10 materials fee

9/27/2017. Brookline High, $172. LANGUAGES week, Monday through Friday, or Saturday is included in the course fee. morning. Once we have your preferred Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 1:30-3:30PM. Begins schedule, we will work on finding an instructor Beginning Conversational Chinese 9/28/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 to match your needs. Please come prepared Wan Yang, Instructor Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), with materials you would like to work on with $162. Dubovikova your instructor. Sessions meet at Brookline About one-fifth of the world’s population speaks High School, Korean Church, or Webster Place some form of Chinese as a first language. In Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins (students may indicate preference). Discounts, this class, we will concentrate on conversational 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $172. Korolkova waivers, credits, or transfers do not apply. To Mandarin, emphasizing vocabulary, schedule a private lesson, please contact pronunciation, and intonation. The goal of the BA&CE office at 617-730-2700. the course is to help you understand simple Beginning Japanese Mandarin, to speak everyday sentences, and to Yuko Sato, Instructor Sec. 01 (4 hours): $160. learn about Chinese life and culture. Students The Beginner class will explore basic Sec. 02 (6 hours): $240. will also develop basic reading and writing skills. grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation Sec. 03 (8 hours): $320. A $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. through situational dialogues on topics such Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins as shopping, making acquaintances, dining 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $172. out, and more. Vocabulary lists with the American Sign Language corresponding basic Hiragana characters Sara Vallesteros, Instructor will help you learn to read and pronounce Japanese. The required textbook: Japanese As many as 500,000 people in the U.S. Korean Language and Culture for Busy People I: Romanized Version with CD, communicate using American Sign Language. Haein Park, Instructor is available at the Brookline Booksmith. The It is a vital tool for those who deal with Deaf, Learning the Korean language is the best Intermediate will help improve your ability hard of hearing, or late-deafened individuals. way to understand and enjoy this beautiful to use Japanese accurately and appropriately Instruction and practice will be given in country, its people, traditions, and culture. This with fluency, building on the basic skills you expressive and receptive hand signs and basic beginning class is for students who have not have learned. This level stresses reading sign vocabulary. You will also be introduced to studied Korean before, or have less than 10 comprehension, spoken fluency, and current issues in U.S. and world Deaf culture. hours of classroom time within the last year. composition, with materials organized around The required textbooks, Talking with Your Students will learn to read and write the Korean social and cultural topics. You will learn about Hands, Listening with Your Eyes and Barron’s alphabet, read basic vocabulary, ask and 50 Kanji characters. The required textbook: Dictionary of American Sign Language, are answer simple questions in areas of immediate Japanese for Busy People II: Revised 3rd available at the Brookline Booksmith. need, and use simple phrases and sentences Edition with CD, is available at the Brookline to describe familiar people and places. Class Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins Booksmith. 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $145. discussions will be tailored to topics of interest such as popular entertainment, traditional Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: Th 10:00AM- Korean food, shopping experiences, and travel 12:00PM. Begins 9/28/2017. The Korean Church Introduction to Hindi excursions in South Korea. A $10 materials fee of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $162. Gururaja Sonni, Instructor is included in the course. Sec. 02 (Intermediate): # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 6:00- This course is for those who have little or Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 5:30-7:30PM. Begins 8:00PM. Begins 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $162. no knowledge of the Hindi language. We 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $172. will explore the Hindi alphabet, vocabulary, grammar, simple sentence construction, and Beginning German also be introduced to basics of Indian culture. Beginning Brazilian Portuguese Agnes Farkas, Instructor We will watch short clips of conversations, Elizabeth Kugell, Instructor songs, and lyrics from popular Bollywood Portuguese is the language of almost two German is an exciting and enriching language, movies to give a glimpse of the poetic quality hundred million people in Europe, Asia, and with many applications in travel, art history, of this beautiful language. By the end of the South America. This class is for beginners and literature. This class is for beginners who course students will be able to carry out simple who have little or no previous knowledge have little or no experience with German, conversations and hopefully be motivated to of Portuguese. Emphasis will be placed on but wish to acquire a working knowledge of further their study of this ancient language listening and speaking skills, so that by the the spoken language. Areas of emphasis will enriched by the diverse culture of India. The conclusion of the course you will be able to include vocabulary building, verb conjugation, required textbook, Teach Yourself Beginner’s carry on simple conversations with Brazilian sentence formation, contemporary idiomatic Hindi, is available for purchase online. native speakers. The required textbook: expressions, and discussion of culture. The Portuguese in 10 Minutes a Day, is available at required textbook: German Demystified, is Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins available at the Brookline Booksmith. 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $162. the Brookline Booksmith or online. Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $162. 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $162.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 15 German for Business cuisine, media, fashion, history, current events, appreciation of the culture? This course is NEW! Agnes Farkas, Instructor movies, Italian traditions, and much more. A for students who have taken French III or its $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. equivalent and would like to improve their German is one of the top languages to learn conversation, pronunciation, and vocabulary for those involved in business. This class is Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 10:00AM-12:00PM. skills. Taught by a native speaker, we will focus meant for those who have completed beginner Begins 10/4/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 on conversational French and have discussions German or the equivalent. We will review Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), about interesting topics such as painters, many of the concepts from beginner German $172. movie directors, music composers, history, and in a business context as well as introducing current events. A $10 materials fee is included new concepts like German CVs. We will focus in the course fee. on formal introductions, meetings, and some French I cultural business practices. The required Michelle Alfred, Sandy Lampert, Instructors Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins textbook: Dialog Beruf Starter is available for French I is for those who have had no previous 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $157. purchase online. French study, or have forgotten what they learned. Emphasis will be placed on learning Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins French IV & V 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $162. a new sound system and listening skills. By studying vocabulary and basic grammar, Monique Dlugy, Lionel Claris, Instructors you will learn to understand and say simple This course is designed for those who have Italian I phrases using the present tense of the three completed French III or its equivalent, and Valentina Oppezzo, Maria Conte, Instructors basic verb groups. You will gain confidence in have a mastery of the three main verb groups, basic sentence construction as well as listening and être, avoir, aller, faire, and savoir, and the Whether you’re planning your first trip to Italy comprehension. The required textbook, passé composé, imperfect, and future tenses. or are enchanted by the language of Dante, Ultimate French Beginner-Intermediate, is This course is designed as a step toward this course will introduce you to Italian using a available at the Brookline Booksmith. increasing your fluency and proficiency. Our relaxed, conversational approach. This course activities will involve presentation skills, spoken is for those who have little or no previous Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, reading, experience learning Italian. We will focus on 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $162. Lampert writing, and speaking, and we will converse vocabulary, grammar, basic verb conjugation, Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: M 10:00AM-12:00PM. on specific topics from French short stories, and pronunciation. Emphasis will be placed Begins 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $162. Alfred plays, and newspapers. For Section 01, a $10 on speaking and listening comprehension. By materials fee is included in the course fee. For the end of the course, you will become more Section 02, the required textbook: Grammaire comfortable speaking, writing, and listening to French II Progressive du Francais, Livre Perfectionnement Italian. For Section 01, a $22 textbook fee is Michelle Alfred, Instructor (French Edition), is available online for purchase. included in the course fee. For Section 02, a French II is for those who have completed Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 5:30-7:30PM. Begins $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. French I, or its equivalent. You will continue 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $172. Claris Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 5:30-7:30PM. Begins to develop vocabulary and speaking skills at 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $184. Conte a beginning level. You should know the verbs Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 8:30-10:30AM. Begins 9/19/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: M 10:00AM-12:00PM. être, avoir, aller, and faire and their many uses, plus the three verb group conjugations Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Begins 9/18/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 $162. Dlugy Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), in the present tense. We will introduce the $172. Oppezzo passé composé, l’imparfait, and futur simple, and continue with skills for simple speaking French Literature and Cinema and writing. You will be able to count and NEW! Italian II tell time. The required textbook: Ultimate Monique Dlugy, Instructor Maria Conte, Instructor French Beginner-Intermediate, is available at the For this new literature and movie class, we will Brookline Booksmith. read short literary works. Then, we will watch This course is for those who have completed the cinematic adaptations and discuss both Italian I, or have equivalent experience. We will Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. Begins the original literary work and the movie. In this continue to expand vocabulary, learn irregular 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $162. coming session, we will discover tales from verbs, their conjugation, and the simple past Guy de Maupassant’s Contes de la Bécasse, a tense, and improve speaking and listening collection of short stories depicting country comprehension. By the end of the course, French III life in Normandy, where the author spent his you will become more comfortable speaking, Lionel Claris, Instructor childhood. Maupassant, a member of the writing, and listening to Italian. A $22 textbook This course is for those who have completed “naturalistes” writer’s movement and a prolific fee is included in the course fee. French II or its equivalent, and would like to writer of short stories, is known for steeping his Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. Begins improve their vocabulary, accent, and fluency. work in scrupulous, realistic details and treating 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $184. Students should be comfortable conjugating the idea of social justice. This class is for students regular and irregular verbs in the present and who have taken French III or its equivalent. A $10 passé composé, and be able to count and tell materials fee is included in the course fee. Italian Conversation and Vocabulary time. You will be introduced to the conditional, Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Valentina Oppezzo, Instructor subjunctive, future tense, and will continue to expand your knowledge of grammar and 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $172. Do you speak Italian and want to enrich your commonly used expressions through the knowledge of the language? Are you traveling practice of reading, writing, and speaking. A to Italy soon and want to increase your $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. French Literature, Culture, and appreciation of the culture? This course is for Conversation students who have a working knowledge of the Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Monique Dlugy, Instructor language and who would like to improve their 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $172. This course is for those interested in French conversation, pronunciation, grammar, and literature and culture. In our sessions, we will vocabulary skills. Taught by a native speaker, read, view, and discuss selections by prominent we will focus on language functions and have French Conversation and Vocabulary French writers, poets, musicians, and filmmakers, discussions about interesting topics such as Michelle Alfred, Instructor both classic and contemporary. You’ll improve Do you speak French and want to enrich your your spoken French, enrich your vocabulary, knowledge of the language? Are you traveling and improve your comprehension of written to France soon and want to increase your texts, while broadening your knowledge of great

16 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 French literature and film. Students should will be placed on simple conversation, including experience. Class will be conducted mostly in have completed French III or its equivalent. everyday vocabulary. We will cover greetings, Spanish in order to increase our conversational The required textbook: Complètement cramé! is the alphabet, the present tense of regular Spanish skills. We will review some points available online for purchase. verbs, noun-subject and gender agreement, of grammar that need to be reviewed. We’ll Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 10:30AM-12:30PM. numbers, and other basic vocabulary. The study the conditional, the subjunctive mood: Begins 9/19/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 required textbook: Spanish Now! Level 1 with present, imperfect or past subjunctive, and Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), CDs, is available at the Brookline Booksmith. all the conditional tenses: possible future, $162. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 11:00AM-1:00PM. present unreal and past unreal. We’ll master Begins 9/30/2017. Brookline High, $160. Phelan these tenses through different topics of conversation. Handouts will be provided. A $10 French Pronunciation Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: M 7:30-9:30PM. Begins materials fee is included in the course fee. 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $162. Phelan Lionel Claris, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 11:00AM-1:00PM. Sec. 03: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Would you like to improve your French accent? Begins 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $172. 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $162. Alvarez Unlock the secrets of French pronunciation and achieve a more authentic accent. This Conversación en Español LANGUAGES course, for those with some French speaking Spanish II experience, will enable you not only to hear Francisco Ruiz, Instructor Soledad Phelan, Instructor the language better, but to know what to listen Esta clase es para los que ya pueden hablar for to facilitate comprehension of the spoken This course is for students who have español con cierta fluidez y para los que language. We will cover general principles of completed Spanish I or have equivalent quieren mejorar su dominio del vocabulario French phonetics, rhythmic groups, liaison, and experience. We will cover the present indicative y de la gramática de idioma. Utilizaremos una intonation. We will also learn the rules for when tense of irregular verbs, the prepositions a serie de lecturas y videos o cortometrajes not to pronounce certain letters and sounds and de, the verbs ser and estar, descriptive and (short films) para iniciar charlas, ampliar (e.g., the mute “e”) in French, a stumbling block limiting adjectives, more cardinal numbers, nuestro vocabulario y aprender sobre for even advanced speakers. A $10 materials the agreement of ordinal numbers, and other la cultura del mundo hispano. Además, fee is included in the course fee. basic vocabulary. By the end of the course, repasaremos los temas gramaticales you will become more comfortable speaking, Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 12:00-2:00PM. Begins avanzados (y no tan avanzados) que sean writing, and listening to Spanish. The required necesarios, según los conocimientos de los 9/28/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 textbook: Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs, is Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), estudiantes. Incluido en el costo del curso son available at the Brookline Booksmith. $172. $10 por cargo de materiales. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 9:00-11:00AM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 9/30/2017. Brookline High, $160. 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $172. Actualités et Discussion Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:30-9:30PM. Begins Monique Dlugy, Instructor 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $160. Cette classe propose d’analyser et de discuter Repaso y Conversación de Nivel les faits d’actualité de la semaine précédente Avanzado (arts, littérature, cinéma, sports, événements Spanish III Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor sociétaux, etc.), dans le but de développer Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor Este curso es para aquellos alumnos que l’expression orale, la prononciation et d’enrichir This course is for students who have hayan terminado el nivel “Spanish VII”. La le vocabulaire à partir d’articles et de vidéos. completed Spanish II or have equivalent clase será conducida totalmente en español. Niveau minimum requis français III. 10$ pour le experience. We will review the irregular verbs Habrá temas de discusión de últimos materiel pédagogique sont inclus dans les frais in the present tense and study the preterite acontecimientos, noticias, y diferentes tópicos d’inscription. or past tense of regular and irregular verbs, de interés. Se leerán fragmentos o cuentos Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 9:00-11:00AM. Begins reflexive verbs in the present and preterite de obras literarias de autores españoles y 9/18/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 tenses, direct and indirect object pronouns, latinoamericanos. En caso sea necesario, Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), and the verb gustar. By the end of the course, repasaremos algunos temas gramaticales de $172. you will become more comfortable speaking, nivel avanzado tales como el Modo Subjuntivo: writing, and listening to Spanish. The required presente e imperfecto; las Oraciones textbook: Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs, is Condicionales: futuro posible, el presente irreal Conversations en Français available at the Brookline Booksmith. o imaginario, el pasado irreal o imaginario, u Monique Dlugy, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: F 11:00AM-1:00PM. otros temas gramaticales de interés. Pour ceux qui parlent déjà français et qui Begins 9/22/2017. Unified Arts Building, $162. Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 9:00-11:00AM. Begins veulent maintenir ou améliorer leur niveau de 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $162. langue. Nous travaillerons dans des séances de conversation sur des sujets divers afin Spanish V d’enrichir votre vocabulaire et de développer Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor Spanish Review and Conversation votre sens de l’expression idiomatique This course is for students who have Lourdes Alvarez, Instructor française. En plus de la production orale, completed Spanish IV or have equivalent Would you like to have fun and practice objectif essentiel du cours, nous reverrons experience. Students will deepen their speaking Spanish? This course is for those des points de grammaire, lirons des extraits conversation skills in this class, in which the who have completed Spanish III (or its de textes francophones, écouterons de la course material and discussion is conducted equivalent), are familiar with the basics of musique et regarderons des documents entirely in Spanish. The required textbook: Spanish grammar, and wish to increase their audiovisuels. 10$ pour le matériel pédagogique Spanish Now: Level 2 is available at the fluency and proficiency. Each week, the class sont inclus dans les frais d’inscription. Brookline Booksmith. will choose different topics of conversation Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 9:00-11:00AM. Begins relating to Hispanic literature, art, cinema, 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $172. 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $162. music, and different traditional cultures. We will also concentrate on speaking and listening skills, practicing vocabulary, and learning new Spanish I Spanish VI idiomatic expressions. A $10 materials fee is Soledad Phelan, Lourdes Alvarez, Instructors Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor included in the course fee. This course is for those who have little or no This course is for students who have Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins previous experience learning Spanish. Emphasis completed Spanish V or have equivalent 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $157.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 17 Beginning Spanish for Health Reading, Writing, and Speaking for organization, and essay and summary writing. NEW! Care Providers Beginners The required textbook, Academic Writing Series Sandy Lampert, Instructor TBA, Instructor 3: Paragraphs to Essays (4th Edition), is available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. If you work in health care or related fields and This class is for students who are beginning have regular contact with Spanish speaking to read and write in English, and who want to Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. clients, patients, or employees, this course is practice speaking English with others. We’ll learn Begins 9/23/2017. Brookline High, $165. designed for you. Though our emphasis is on to write sentences, practice spelling, read easy basic conversation, you will learn, review, and stories, and learn many new vocabulary words. practice Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and Students will focus on improving our speaking Introductory English pronunciation. With your needs in mind, we and pronunciation skills through a variety of fun Lee R. Soto, Instructor will focus on greetings, common commands, activities that require students to work together This course is for students who are just medical terms, parts of the body, basic in pairs or small groups. The required textbook: learning English. We will focus on all four skill question formation, and role-play various Side by Side 2 Book and Workbook, is available at areas including listening, speaking, reading, and medical situations that are appropriate for you the Brookline Booksmith or online. writing. We will practice speaking English, study in your work. A $10 materials fee is included in Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. the alphabet, learn new vocabulary, review the course fee. Begins 9/23/2017. Brookline High, $165. introductions and currency, and work on the Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins simple present (I study), past (I studied), and 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $148. the present continuous (I am studying) tenses. Four-Day E.S.L. Review The required textbook: Side by Side Book 1 NEW! Ronna Maltz, Instructor Student Book and Activity Book, is available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. Spanish for Travelers These review courses, for beginning, Maria Conte, Instructor intermediate, and advanced levels, offer an Sec. 01: # sessions: 21 Day: Tu, W, Th 8:30-10:00AM. Traveling to a Spanish-speaking country? Join us integrated-skills approach, and cover grammar, Begins 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $210. Soto in this introductory level course to meet other listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills Sec. 02: # sessions: 14 Day: Tu, Th 7:00-8:30PM. travelers and get to know the language you’re taught in a communicative and dynamic Begins 10/10/2017. Brookline High, $189. TBA interested in. You will learn useful phrases setting. In addition, we will touch on cultural for your trip in order to communicate basic and historical aspects of American life, and information. Learn how to understand cultural students will have the chance to meet others Beginning English customs, introduce yourself, ask for directions, studying English in Brookline. Discounts or Lee R. Soto, Instructor and thank your host. You will develop a basic waivers do not apply. This course is for students who know understanding of weather expressions, cardinal Sec. 01 (Beginning): # sessions: 4 Day: M, Tu, W, F some English and who have completed an and ordinal numbers, time, colors, days and 10:00AM-1:00PM. Begins 9/18/2017. The Korean introductory English course. In each class, months, seasons, transportation, useful verbs, Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline you will work on grammar and vocabulary, and more. Our lively introduction will generate (enter on Holden Street), $80. TBA writing, conversational skills, and reading and excitement for your travels, and prepare you for comprehension. We will review use of the the experiences you will have. A $22 textbook Sec. 02 (Intermediate): # sessions: 4 Day: M, Tu, W, F 10:00AM-1:00PM. Begins 9/18/2017. The Korean present tense to talk and write about our fee is included in the course fee. Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline habits and daily routines, and we will work on Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 1:30-3:30PM. Begins (enter on Holden Street), $80. Maltz prepositions of place (at, in, on), determiners 9/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Sec. 03 (Advanced): # sessions: 4 Day: M, Tu, W, F (this, that, these), simple past tense (I ran), the Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $169. 10:00AM-1:00PM. Begins 9/18/2017. The Korean verb to be, and present continuous. The required Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline textbook: Side by Side 2 Book and Workbook, is (enter on Holden Street), $80. TBA available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 10:00- 11:30AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church E.S.L. Saturday Intermediate English of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on TBA, Instructor Holden Street), $288. Soto This class is designed for intermediate students Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00-8:30PM. who are seeking to develop and improve their Begins 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $197. TBA command of English. We will focus on all four skill areas including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In our sessions, emphasis will be Intermediate English ESL Private Lessons placed on improving our grammar, reading, Bryan Tucker, Instructor In our individual tutoring sessions, E.S.L. vocabulary, and conversation skills through in- This course is for students who have some instructors are available one-on-one to work class exercises and assignments. The required fluency in speaking and reading English, and with students on all skill areas. Students may textbook Ventures 3: Students Book, is available need to brush up on beginning grammar. We will choose the time and day of the week, Monday at the Brookline Booksmith or online. focus on conversation, vocabulary, and reading through Friday, or Saturday morning. Please Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. short stories. We will also discuss interesting come prepared with materials you would Begins 9/23/2017. Brookline High, $165. topics like holidays and finding an apartment in like to work on with your instructor. Once we the U.S. Grammar topics that may be reviewed have your preferred schedule, we will work include present continuous, future simple, and on finding an instructor to match your needs. Saturday Writing and Grammar Skills past continuous (while he was living in Boston), Sessions meet at Brookline High School, Sheila Amirinazari, Instructor modal verbs and expressions, action and Korean Church, or Webster Place (student nonaction verbs, and gerunds and passive voice. may indicate preference). Discounts, waivers, Do you need help with your grammar, or do you want to be a better writer? This course, The required textbook: Ventures 3: Students Book, credits, or transfers do not apply. To schedule is available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. a private lesson, please contact the BA&CE designed for intermediate and advanced office at 617-730-2700, ext. 0. students, will focus on improving your Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 10:00- grammar and writing skills. Grammar topics 11:30AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church Sec. 01 (2 hours): $80. we’ll review include past, present, and future of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Sec. 02 (4 hours): $160. tenses, question formation, passive voice, Holden Street), $288. Tucker nouns and pronouns, gerunds and infinitives, Sec. 03 (8 hours): $320. Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00-8:30PM. prepositions, and phrasal verbs. Writing topics Begins 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $197. TBA will include sentence structure, paragraph

18 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 High Intermediate English necessary. The required textbook: English the Three Week English: December Ronna Maltz, Instructor American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language Ronna Maltz, Anne Crane, Instructors and and Culture in the U.S. is available at the This course is for students who want to feel For those students who don’t have time for Brookline Booksmith or online. more comfortable speaking English and who an eight-week course, this short three-week need an intensive review of intermediate Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 8:30- program offers an intensive course of study. grammar and vocabulary before taking 10:00AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church We will work on grammar and vocabulary, advanced courses. You will work on improving of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on writing, conversational skills, and reading and silent and oral reading ability, comprehension, Holden Street), $280. Kanegis composition. Handouts will be provided. and writing skills. Grammar topics we will Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00-8:30PM. Sec. 01 (Beginning): # sessions: 9 Day: Tu, W 9:00- review may include present perfect, present Begins 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $190. TBA 11:30AM. Begins 11/28/2017. The Korean Church perfect continuous, present conditional (If I of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on were rich, I would move to Hawaii) and past Holden Street), $194. TBA conditional (If he had studied, he would have Advanced English and Advanced passed the test), and gerunds and infinitives. Reading, Conversation, and Vocabulary Sec. 02 (Intermediate): # sessions: 9 Day: Tu, W, Th 9:00-11:30AM. Begins 11/28/2017. The Korean The required textbook: Ventures 4: Students For students who want an intensive course of Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Book, is available at the Brookline Booksmith study and wish to attend class four days per (enter on Holden Street), $194. Maltz or online. week, this course offers the chance to attend both the Advanced English and Advanced Sec. 03 (Advanced): # sessions: 9 Day: Tu, W, Th Sec. 01: # sessions: 48 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 8:30- 9:00-11:30AM. Begins 11/28/2017. The Korean

10:00AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church Reading and Writing Skills courses at a special LANGUAGE A SECOND AS ENGLISH savings. For Advanced English, the required Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on (enter on Holden Street), $194. Crane Holden Street), $288. Maltz textbook: English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language and and Culture in the U.S., is Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 7:00-8:30PM. available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. Begins 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $197. TBA Conversation at Noon Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 8:30- Susan Guth, Ronna Maltz, Instructors 11:30AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church Would you like to practice your spoken Intermediate and High Intermediate of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on English Holden Street), $490. English? This course will emphasize the development of conversational English by For students who want an intensive course giving students practice with spoken language. of study and wish to attend class four days Intermediate and Advanced students will per week, this course offers the chance to Afternoon Intensive: Intermediate or Advanced English improve their speaking abilities and their attend both the Intermediate English and listening comprehension by learning the Anne Crane, Instructor High Intermediate English courses at a special natural rhythms and melodies of English, and savings. The required textbooks: Ventures 3: This course is for students who are seeking discussing newspaper articles and current Students Book (Intermediate) and Ventures 4: to develop and improve their command of events. Students should be comfortable Students Book (High Intermediate), are available English. Each session will focus on all key carrying on a conversation in English. at the Brookline Booksmith or online. language skills including speaking, listening, Discounts or waivers do not apply. Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 8:30- pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, and writing. You will practice your conversation skills, Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 12:00-1:30PM. 11:30AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church Begins 9/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on learn to write with accuracy and effectiveness, develop strategic listening skills, and improve Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Holden Street), $490. $100. Guth your use of grammar. The required textbook for Intermediate level: Ventures 3, Student Book. Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 9 Day: Tu, Th 12:00- Advanced Reading, Conversation, and Text is available at the Brookline Booksmith or 1:30PM. Begins 11/28/2017. The Korean Church Vocabulary online. For the Advanced level, handouts will be of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $50. Maltz Ronna Maltz, Instructor provided. One of the best ways to improve Sec. 01 (Intermediate/High Intermediate): # communication skills is by reading, building sessions: 12 Day: W, F 1:30-3:30PM. Begins Boston Stories: Extraordinary vocabulary, and discussing what you study in 10/11/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 NEW! People, Places, and Ideas Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), daily conversations. This course is for advanced Wendy Dodek, Instructor students who are interested in reading $197. Crane Some of the most accomplished people in about topics such as current events and Sec. 02 (Advanced): # sessions: 12 Day: W, F 1:30- the world have called Boston home and their culture, which will inspire lively and engaging 3:30PM. Begins 10/11/2017. The Korean Church contributions have made the city a wonderful discussions while increasing their vocabulary of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on place to live. In this course, you will learn the and learning reading strategies. Holden Street), $197. TBA stories behind these fascinating people, places, Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 10:00- and ideas including the well-known Kennedys 11:30AM. Begins 9/25/2017. The Korean Church Accent Reduction and Public Speaking and celebrity Leonard Nimoy, but also lesser- of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Lionel Claris, Instructor known scientists, writers, musicians, inventors, Holden Street), $288. and educators whose ideas have changed our This class will give students an opportunity lives. This is a reading and discussion class, to improve their speaking skills. You’ll learn for high intermediate and advanced students, Advanced English how to hear and articulate American English and will enhance your vocabulary, reading and Juliana Kanegis, Instructor sounds, stress patterns, and rhythms. We’ll also speaking skills. Handouts will be provided. This course will help you develop the skill and work on public speaking skills and students will receive exercise handouts for practicing Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu, Th 12:00-1:30PM. confidence you need to be a fluent speaker Begins 9/19/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 of English. Each class will be devoted to at home. You’ll leave this class with increased confidence in your ability to communicate Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), activities involving presentation skills, with a $100. special emphasis on rapid speech, vocabulary, clearly. For intermediate and advanced and idiomatic expressions. We’ll work to students and those who have a command of communicate our ideas clearly and precisely the English language. through conversations on specific topics, small Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins and large group discussions, debates, and 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $155. group activities. Grammar will be reviewed as

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 19 Let’s Talk: Conversation and format, test sections, and the different types of Design Your Own Holiday Card Pronunciation Practice test tasks.This course is a first step in identifying NEW! Sarah Georgakopoulos, Instructor the skills needed for the iBT. The required Bryan Tucker, Instructor This overview of design principles and Adobe textbook, Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test iBT, is Would you like to speak with others about InDesign will give you the tools to design your available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. current events, different cultures, or life in the own holiday card this year. You will learn U.S.? Do you need help with your pronunciation? Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 10:00-11:30AM. about using colors, balance, white space, This course is for intermediate and advanced Begins 9/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 and movement to plan and layout your card students who are comfortable carrying on a Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), design. Then we will go over the basics of conversation in English, and will help you clearly $197. using Adobe InDesign to bring the elements express and exchange ideas through informal of text, photos, colors, and shapes together discussions, debates, role-plays, presentations, to create a simple, beautiful card of your own and group activities. Idioms, world and local design. Your instructor will also help you set news, and new vocabulary will be introduced. up your document so that you can have it Discounts or waivers do not apply. Computers & professionally printed at any copy center. Bring Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: F 12:00-1:30PM. Begins a flash drive with any photos or graphics you’d 10/6/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Technology like to incorporate into your card and also with Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), enough room to save your file. You may wish $120. to bring paper and a pencil to sketch out your ideas. Although this class is taught in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. Strangers in a Strange Land: Private Computer Lessons Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 7:30- NEW! Immigrant Stories from Here In our individual tutoring sessions, Mac and 9:30PM. Begins 11/28/2017. Unified Arts Building, and Abroad PC computer instructors are available to $56. Juliana Kanegis, Instructor work with students one-on-one, on anything Moving to a new country and being introduced from basic word processing, to setting up a to a new culture is an incredible adventure that blog, to using LinkedIn to find employment Introduction to Adobe Illustrator can be at exciting and stressful. In this class opportunities. Students may choose the time TBA, Instructor we will read, discuss, and write responses to a and day of the week, Monday through Friday, Adobe Illustrator is one of the most powerful variety of both fiction and non-fiction stories or Saturday morning. Once we have your and popular graphic design programs available. of immigrants. Each week through unique preferred schedule and what you’d like to learn, Setting the standard for design software with its immigrant stories, we will explore their struggles we will work on finding an instructor to match drawing and typographic functions, Illustrator and triumphs while learning new vocabulary and your needs. Sessions meet at Brookline High is used by graphic designers, layout artists, increasing our comprehension, conversation, School or Webster Place (student may indicate and desktop publishers—anyone interested and writing skills. Handouts will be provided. preference). You may choose to bring your own in producing professional quality design and laptop or use our computer labs. Please come Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 10:00AM-12:00PM. high-resolution output for print. If you’re a Begins 9/29/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 prepared with questions about the application(s) graphic designer or artist, or are interested in a Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), or operating system you wish to learn. career in desktop or web publishing, learn how $165. Discounts, waivers, credits, or transfers do not to use the advanced graphic tools of design apply. To schedule private lessons, please professionals. Basic Mac skills are required. contact the BA&CE office at 617-730-2700. Although this course is taught in a Mac lab, The Art of Speaking: Being Clear and Sec. 01 (2 hours): $100. skills are transferable to PC. Persuasive Sec. 02 (4 hours): $200. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Bryan Tucker, Instructor 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. Sec. 03 (6 hours): $300. Don’t let self-consciousness or fear of being misunderstood stop you from learning to speak persuasively. This class will give students an Design Introduction to Adobe InDesign opportunity to gain practical speaking skills Sarah Georgakopoulos, Instructor Learn to harness the magic that happens through discussions, speeches, and debates. Adobe InDesign is cutting-edge layout design Individually and in groups, students will discuss when art and technology meet in these software for publishing print and digital current events and questions of broad interest, creative courses led by one of our documents. It is tightly integrated with other perform 3-5 minute speeches, conduct technology wizards. Adobe applications such as Photoshop and interviews, present convincing and analytical Illustrator, and has become the standard for talks, and carry on compelling debates. Adobe Photoshop commercial print production and desktop Students will learn how to be less frightened publishing. Equally well-suited to designing David Leifer, Instructor about speaking in public, think more clearly, use flyers, posters, brochures, newsletters, evidence to support what they say, and improve Adobe Photoshop is the dominant image- magazines, and even books, InDesign gives how they listen, interpret, and react to others. editing program used in digital photography you precise control over typography and These skills are of great value in daily life. For and both print and digital media production. layout so you can produce files for home and high intermediate and advanced students. In this course for beginners, you will learn office printing, commercial printing, or digital how to create, edit, and adjust digital images Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:30-8:00PM. Begins distribution with ease. Through instruction and prepare them for print and web. We will 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $144. and class exercises, you will develop a solid explore essential Photoshop skills such as understanding of InDesign’s interface and creating selections, cropping, retouching, using basic functions, and learn to create multi- Preparation for the TOEFL iBT Exam filters, and making tone and color corrections page document layouts with type, images, and through adjustment layers. We will investigate Susan Guth, Instructor vector graphics. Although this course is taught advanced use of layers, masking, smart objects, in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. This course combines listening, speaking, and Camera Raw for compositing, special reading, and writing exercises and assignments effects, and a complete non-destructive editing Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. Begins that will help you to prepare for the TOEFL iBT. workflow. Although this course is taught in a 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $232. Basic communication and vocabulary building Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. skills will be developed through in-class and homework exercises, and pair and small group Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins activities. Students will learn about the iBT test 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $232.

20 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Introduction to Graphic Design the set for your child’s theater performance No previous programming or web authoring TBA, Instructor or need 3-D modeling skills for work, learning experience required. Although this course is Google SketchUp is a great way to get started. taught in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. Graphic design is a powerful force in our No prior drafting experience is necessary. culture. In every book, store front, website, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Although this class is taught in a PC lab, skills and mailing, you will see something a designer 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $232. are transferrable to Mac. created. This course will introduce you to the fundamental principles and concepts of Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. graphic design. Using Adobe Creative Cloud, Begins 9/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. Websites Made Easy with Wordpress we will explore the six principles of design: Ben Vivante, Instructor balance, proximity, alignment, repetition, Programming Do you dream of having your own website for contrast, and space. A basic understanding of your business or blog? Using Wordpress, you’ll Photoshop and Illustrator is helpful, but not Learn to code with our introductory learn to build, edit, and customize your own required. Although this course is taught in a courses which will prepare you to create website—without advanced knowledge of HTML. Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. your own website or even start a career in In the Section 01 Beginner course, we’ll cover Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins software engineering. both technical setup and creative customizations, 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $232. tailoring our efforts to the interests and needs of the class. By the end of this course, you will have NEW! Beginning Software a simple yet professional site up and running. Photography for iPhone Engineering: Part I In Section 02 Beyond Beginner, for students Craig Lee Burket, Instructor David Leifer, Instructor who have completed the Beginner course or There is more to software engineering than already have an existing Wordpress site, we will Thanks to the iPhone, many more of us have coding-coding is the easy part. Starting from focus on advanced design; configuring plugins a camera in our pocket, making us into instant scratch, we will touch upon each of the phases and widgets; forms; shopping carts; and search & TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS photographers. However, in order to achieve of the Software Development Life-Cycle, engine optimization. Students are encouraged stunning results, we need apps and time to focusing on beginning processes and skills. By to bring checklists of improvements they wish learn about them. In this course, we will train the end of Part I, you will have installed and to make in this lab-style class. Students should you on the best photo apps for the iPhone, configured software development environments expect an additional expense if they choose including Instagram. We’ll talk about controlling for Java and SQL on your personal computer, to purchase a website domain and host. focus and exposure, filter-based apps, sharing you will design three simple Java applications, Chromebooks will be available for hands-on photos, and preparing our photos for print. and you will install a working relational database. learning. Photographers and non-photographers alike With this overview of beginning software are welcome. Please bring your iPhone. iPad Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 5:30- engineering skills, you will be prepared to users are also welcome. 7:30PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $160. move on to Part II next term and will have the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00AM-1:00PM. experience you need to decide whether to Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: Tu Begins 10/14/2017. Brookline High, $88. pursue further study and/or a career in software 5:30-7:30PM. Begins 10/17/2017. Brookline High, $160. engineering. No previous programming experience required. Although this course is Sec. 03 (Both Sections): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 5:30- AutoCAD for Beginners taught in a PC lab, skills are transferrable to Mac. 7:30PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $232. Michael Lafontant, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins AutoCAD is a software drawing tool often used 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. Social by architects, interior designers, and contractors to render and edit many types of diagrams, from Don’t get left out! Join your friends and architectural layouts of homes to mechanical Building the New Web: HTML5 and CSS3 favorite celebrities on Facebook and layouts of machine parts. In this course, we will TBA, Instructor Twitter, or find online buyers for your cover the basic AutoCAD functions of drawing HTML5 is the new standard that is sweeping items the right way with these classes that and editing. We will create simple images using the web, allowing both beginners and seasoned will guide you through signing up, sharing lines, arcs, and circles, then manipulate these developers to create beautiful custom websites stories, selling your stuff, and staying safe. images in two and three dimensions, and finally for desktops, tablets, mobile, and more. In output our work on a plotter. Basic PC skills are this beginning course, we will cover all of the required. A background in drawing, drafting, Introduction to Twitter basic HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language) design, or graphics is helpful but not required. and CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets) tags using Christi Electris, Instructor Although this class is taught in a PC lab, skills are a simple text editor, learning how to write and Social media sites continue to explode in transferrable to Mac. manipulate code. With hands-on experience in popularity. Twitter attracts millions of individuals Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 12:00-2:00PM. Begins these two cornerstones of web development, who want to connect online. In this hands-on 9/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. you will be ready to learn how to become a web class, we will discuss the use of Twitter and we developer. Although this course is taught in a will explore how Twitter can be used to keep Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. in touch with friends and family, find common Google SketchUp interest communities, keep up with the news, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Michael Lafontant, Instructor “follow” people and topics you love, and much 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $232. Google SketchUp is a free three-dimensional more. You will learn to create an account, will modeling software used in a wide range learn about Twitter “handles” (that pesky @ of professions such as in architecture, Programming the Web with JavaScript symbol), and how to use “#hashtags” to tag your posts and search for others discussing the engineering, interior design, and in any art- TBA, Instructor related professions. This class will cover the same topic. Privacy, identity protection, and safe Alongside HTML and CSS, JavaScript is primarily basic functions of the software in order to usage will be addressed as well. By the end of one of the core technologies used to develop create 3-D structures from floor plans, to create the class, you’ll be tweeting confidently about websites. It is an expressive programming interior house features such as furniture, and your favorite topics. Don’t forget to follow @ language designed for ease-of-use by web to create the environmental surroundings by BAandCE! Chromebooks will be available for authors, and can be used for simple programs adding people and trees among other details. hands-on learning. or large-scale web applications. This class will SketchUp’s toolbox is straightforward and teach you how to start using JavaScript to update Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins user-friendly, so it is an excellent program for 10/16/2017. Brookline High, $60. webpages dynamically, manipulate content, amateurs, but also comprehensive enough and create interactivity on your webpages. for professionals. Whether you want to design

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 21 Online Auctions: Successful Selling on Excel: Pivot Tables, Macros, and have a flexible structure that will allow students eBay VLOOKUP to bring questions and real-life examples to Larry Gold, Instructor Michael Toon, Instructor class. Although this course is taught in a PC lab, skills are transferable to Mac. Join the tens of millions of people who use Would you like to build on your basic MS eBay, the world’s largest online auction, to earn Excel 2010 skills to more efficiently organize, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00AM-1:00PM. money by selling anything from hubcaps to summarize, and interpret data? We’ll use Begins 11/4/2017. Unified Arts Building, $88. tickets to rare antiques. This class will introduce pivot tables to automatically sort, count, you to the ins and outs of eBay, including how total, or average the data stored in one table auctions work, how to register as an eBay seller, or spreadsheet. Then, we’ll discuss macros MS PowerPoint Workshop and how to make smart and safe transactions. and how they can repeat, or “play back,” Phyllis Mays, Instructor You’ll learn how to establish yourself as a seller, commands. You’ll learn to record and repeat For students who are already comfortable research the marketplace, create listings, your steps, so you aren’t coming up with a new with the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint, this develop pricing strategies, explore PayPal and system every time you need to perform the class will focus on this application’s advanced other payment options, monitor sales, and work same task. We’ll also use VLOOKUP to find a features. In this intensive one-day session, we with buyers after sales close. This class requires value in a list or table, similar to looking up a will explore how to manage large numbers of basic PC, Internet, and email skills. If you are not person’s name in a telephone book. Ultimately, slides efficiently, merge presentations, create already registered for PayPal, please bring your you will leave this class with a more efficient slides from a Word outline, and link and embed checking account number and bank routing approach to Excel for application at work or Excel worksheets. We will also discuss how number, for your reference. home. Students should be familiar with MS to use PowerPoint more effectively in the Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 11:45AM-1:45PM. Excel. Please bring a thumb drive to back up workplace so that you can make more polished Begins 11/6/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 your data. Although this course is taught in a presentations with confidence. PC lab, skills are transferable to Mac. Winchester Street, Brookline, $88. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:30AM-12:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Begins 11/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $71. 11/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $130. Social Media Marketing Christi Electris, Instructor Google It! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how Introduction to Microsoft Office Michael Toon, Instructor to grow your business or organization by Glen Cabbage, Instructor Google has powerful tools for people to use connecting with customers and supporters of Microsoft Office—Word, PowerPoint, online, most of which are free. While lots of your work through social media. We’ll explore and Excel—is the software used most by people have Gmail accounts, less have tapped the most popular social media tools, including businesses. Being proficient at these programs into all that Google offers with this account. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. You’ll learn is essential to success at your job. In this You will learn to use Google Drive to store your about creating profiles and pages, attracting class, you will explore each of these programs, documents, so you can access them on any fans and followers, what to post to encourage learning the basic features and more. Students device. We will explore Google’s counterparts conversations with your audience, and are encouraged to bring their questions and to MS Office: Docs, Sheets, and Slides. But we measuring the success of your social media a flash drive to class, if they want to save their will also look into other kinds of apps, like Maps efforts. We will also introduce other social work. Students may also bring their laptop, and Earth. Although this class is taught in a PC media sites such as YouTube, Yelp, and blogs. if they wish to work on their own system. lab, skills are transferable to Mac. Students will have the opportunity to explore Although this course is taught in a PC lab, skills Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins various social media, learn how to connect are transferable to Mac. 10/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $88. with customers, and receive feedback from the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00AM-1:00PM. instructor. Chromebooks will be available for Begins 10/14/2017. Unified Arts Building, $88. hands-on learning. Keeping Organized on Your Apple Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins Devices 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $110. MS Excel for Your Job or Business Marjorie Wein, Instructor Michael Toon, Instructor Learn how to manage Mail, Contacts, and Computer Skills for Work Microsoft Excel is the most widely used and Calendars to their full potential on your Apple comprehensive spreadsheet program available, device(s): iPad, iPhone, or computer. This class Whether you need to learn a program for and allows you to quickly and easily create will explain all the features in these Apps, from the first time or increase your knowledge, business and financial reports. This course will the basics to the more advanced, as well as these classes will help you navigate provide an introduction to Excel’s user interface the handy tips and tricks that will enable you through the most popular programs for and will cover important features such as how to use the power of these Apps to keep better your career development. to create and edit worksheets and workbooks, organized and efficient. You will learn how to manipulate table cells, create formulas, and make these apps work together seamlessly on validate data. Students should have basic PC your different devices. Computer Essentials for the Workplace skills. Although this course is taught in a PC lab, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. Begins Michael Toon, Instructor skills are transferable to Mac. 12/11/2017. Brookline High, $48. Efficient use of the PC requires basic Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 7:30-9:30PM. Begins knowledge in several areas: the operating 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. system, software applications (Microsoft Office), Snap It—Using and Enhancing your and the Internet. In this class, you will learn iPhone/iPad Camera about the Windows operating system and its MS Excel Workshop Marjorie Wein, Instructor tools, and how to manage software, files, and Glen Cabbage, Instructor folders. We will explore basic word processing You can take amazing photos with your iPhone In this workshop, we will build on existing Excel using Word, learn about spreadsheets with or iPad camera. This course will explore the skills to explore data analysis and advanced Excel, and look briefly at PowerPoint. Finally, we basics of how to use your camera and improve data validation techniques. We will address will examine the Internet with a popular web your photo taking skills. We’ll introduce you pivot tables, linking cells across multiple browser and discuss issues such as internet to apps that will help you to take the best Excel workbooks, customizing toolbars, and access and different types of internet services. possible photos with your iPhone or iPad. exporting data to other MS Office applications. This hands-on course is for beginners. These apps have great editing, special effects, We will discuss key strategies for using Excel and enhancement features that the standard Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 5:30-7:30PM. Begins more effectively to make data reporting and camera doesn’t include. This course is for 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. analysis faster and easier. This workshop will

22 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 the beginner as well as more experienced iPhone or iPad users who want to take better and more creative photographs. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Classes for your Phone or Tablet Begins 12/7/2017. Brookline High, $48. Learn to get the most out of your device in these classes that will teach you the basics and beyond. Computer Classes at the Senior Center Introduction to Android Phones These classes focus on the needs of the NEW! Ann Latson, Instructor older members of our community. Some, Your Android smartphone is more than just a phone. Developed by Google, Android is the but not all, are limited to senior citizens. software that runs many types of phones like Samsung, HTC, and Motorola as well as tablets like Galaxy. Unlike Apple’s iOS, Android is released under an open source license which allows Keeping Your Personal phone and tablet manufacturers access to its lower-cost operating system for their devices. NEW! Information Safe Online In this introductory class, we will look at how you can use your Android device to make phone Anatole Sykley, Instructor calls, manage contacts, send and receive text messages, browse the web, listen to music, and download some popular applications. Bring your smartphone or tablet and your questions. Are you worried about your data being stolen? Section 02 is for seniors only; discount does not apply. Do you know what kinds of threats there are— viruses, worms, Trojans, and various forms of Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 10/17/2017. Brookline High, $88. cyber-trickery? Do you know how best to stay Sec. 02: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 10:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 10/19/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 safe, while still using your favorite email, banking, Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. and social media sites? In this class, especially & TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS for seniors, we will shed some light on how to stay safe in the cyber world. You will learn Apps 101: Entertainment about how the Internet works, why it seems Ann Latson, Instructor to be so hard to secure, and various ways you Using your smartphone or tablet should be fun. Regardless of which brand or operating can keep your own digital identity and data system, you can find plenty of app options on the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store safe. This course will lead you through specific that you can download to keep you entertained. Many of them are free while others have a cybersecurity scenarios and you will learn the one time cost or monthly subscription. In this class, we will look at some popular apps in the preventative actions you can take to keep entertainment category so you can download ebooks (Overdrive or Audible), watch TV and yourself safe. Bring your laptop of tablet, if you movies (Netflix or Hoopla), and listen to music or podcasts (NPR or TED). Discounts or waivers have one. Seniors only; discount does not apply. do not apply. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 10:30AM-12:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 10:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 11/16/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Begins 9/26/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $24. Winchester Street, Brookline, $50. Apps 101: Transportation Google Chrome 101 Ann Latson, Instructor Phyllis Mays, Instructor Android apps are transforming how we travel by improving real-time access to transportation Google Chrome has become one of the most services, increasing mobility choices, and enhancing traveler experiences. While smartphones popular web browsers out there because of and tablets come preloaded with apps like Google, there are lots of other download choices its speed and simplicity, and the best part that can make traveling around town easier and give you more freedom and independence. is that it’s free. In this class, you will learn In this class we will check out some popular transportation apps to help you use ridesharing how to download it and access web pages. services like Uber and Lyft and public transportation (MBTA), plan trips (Waze), and get real- But we will also explore its other functions, time travel information. Discounts or waivers do not apply. like bookmarks, setting the zoom, and task manager. Chrome also has some built in Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 10:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 11/2/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 security features, which we will discuss to help Winchester Street, Brookline, $24. students protect against phishing and malware. Seniors only; discount does not apply. Mastering Your iPhone or iPad Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 10:00AM-12:00PM. Marjorie Wein, Instructor Begins 10/3/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $24. With the iPhone and iPad, checking email on the go, browsing the web, reading books, watching movies, and sharing photos or slideshows have never been easier due to their bright displays and portability. In the separate iPhone and iPad classes, we’ll learn how easy Computer Tips for Seniors it is to adjust settings to suit your individual needs, how to use the touchscreen interface, Michael Toon, Instructor how to add applications to your system using the App store, and discuss what makes each device unique. Please bring your iPhone or iPad, if you have one, and your questions, to the For business, for pleasure, or for appropriate class. Section 01 is for iPhone and Section 02 is for iPad. Seniors only; discount entertainment, computers can help us save does not apply. money, connect with others, and organize our lives. This course will help you get more out of Sec. 01 (iPhone): # sessions: 2 Day: M 9:30-11:30AM. Begins 9/25/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 your computer by teaching you some of the Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. basic programs. You’ll learn how to create a Sec. 02 (iPad): # sessions: 2 Day: M 9:30-11:30AM. Begins 10/16/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 music library in iTunes and Windows Media Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. Player (burning dvds/cds), and organize your files. Bring your ideas for what you want you want to do with your computer. Seniors only; discount does not apply. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 10:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 10/4/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $74.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 23 Introduction to Excel for Seniors The ABCs of Investing Michael Toon, Instructor Finance & Mary Ellen McCarthy, Instructor Learn how to save money and organize your Would you like to learn about investing and life with spreadsheets in this introductory a practical approach to building wealth, but class on Microsoft Excel. For people who have Real Estate don’t know where to start? This comprehensive little to no experience with Excel, this class will course is designed to demystify investment introduce you to the basic functions of making jargon and empower you to manage your a spreadsheet. You will learn how to create or money safely and effectively. We’ll start by move columns and rows, use multiple sheets, examining money market accounts, certificates and add a column of numbers. Once you learn Investment 101 of deposit, savings accounts, stocks, bonds, the basics, your knowledge will allow you to use NEW! Amy Lampert, Instructor and mutual funds. With weekly hands-on Excel to create a budget, maintain an address Make your money work for you. If investing exercises, you will master practical investment book, create a trip itinerary, track weight loss or your money is something you want to do but skills such as spotting high fees on account an exercise regime, share a book-lending list, are unsure where to begin, this course will give statements and in mutual fund prospectuses, and much more. Seniors only; discount does you the information and confidence you need and building a balanced portfolio. Find out not apply. to get started. With the help of an experienced what really matters when you pick mutual Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 10:30AM-12:30PM. investment professional, you will come to funds (hint: it’s not the number of stars). Learn Begins 11/8/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 understand and differentiate the advantages how to protect yourself from salespeople Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. and disadvantages of stocks, bonds, mutual and speculators, and how to use the financial funds, options, and other investment services industry to your best advantage. A $20 possibilities; why diversification is important materials fee is included in the course fee. MS Word Tricks for Seniors in investing; and how to design portfolios that Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Michael Toon, Instructor match your needs. Your in-class questions will 10/18/2017. Brookline High, $148. further shape course content. Microsoft Word is one of the most powerful word processors, but many of its features are Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins not utilized because people don’t know about 11/8/2017. Brookline High, $72. Tools of the Trade: Demystifying the them. In this class for people who have little to Market no knowledge of Word, students will explore Debra Stotler, Instructor some of the basics, like how to format or set Making Sense of Your Investments The financial market can by a mysterious place up a resume. But they will also get some extra Adam Grossman, Instructor to the untrained observer, and there are many tips, such as shortcuts, keystrokes, and other Are you bewildered by the investment industry questions to be asked. Do you ever wonder efficient and effective ways to use Word. With and all its jargon? If you are struggling to what the Fed really does and how it affects the your newfound skills, you’ll be able to use understand all the different investment options stock market? Do you know how to choose a Word to write your memoirs, compose letters out there, join us for a one-night primer on stock broker or how they are regulated? Do to friends and family, draft up a letter to the what to do with your finances and when to you know what alpha is and how it measures editor, or even jot down a poem. Seniors only; do it. We will address the questions of how performance? Or beta? Or CAPM? During discount does not apply. and when to invest for retirement, how to our sessions, all of these questions will be Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: F 10:00AM-12:00PM. save for college, and how to make sense of answered in addition to other topics including Begins 11/3/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 your portfolio. You will learn a commonsense how Return on Equity is measured, and how Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. approach to making a financial plan and learn many stock exchanges there are. The more you exactly how to invest your money to get on know, the better you can manage yourself in track toward your goals. Most importantly, you the market. Social Media for Seniors will learn how to get your financial goals and Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins NEW! Michael Toon, Instructor investments organized so you can sleep at 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $128. night without financial worry. Social media sites are not only for college students; they continue to explode in Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins popularity and attract millions of older 10/17/2017. Brookline High, $33. Putting Together Your Portfolio individuals who use these sites to connect Debra Stotler, Instructor and collaborate online. In this hands-on class, This course builds on the knowledge gained we will begin with Facebook: how to set up an Introduction to Estate Planning: Wills, in “Tools of the Trade: Technical Analysis of account, how to utilize its features, and how to Trusts, and Taxes the Stock Market.” Now that you have an idea personalize your settings to protect yourself. Laura Days, Instructor about when to buy, sell, or buy more of a From here, the class will move on to discuss Estate planning is essential if you want to stock using Technical Analysis, the question some of the other popular sites, which may protect your assets, reduce fees, keep your becomes, “What do I buy?” This class will include Twitter, Instagram, Meetup, and others. family out of court, and minimize estate taxes. cover the basics of choosing the components Seniors only; discount does not apply. To do so, it is important to understand how of a portfolio. We will cover concepts such Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 3 Day: F 10:00AM- probate, wills, trusts, advanced directives, and as the role the Fed plays in your decisions, 12:00PM. Begins 12/1/2017. Brookline Senior the estate tax system work. Using a step-by- what the global economy is telling you, what Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $60. step approach, we will discuss what probate cycles are and how they fit into your planning, is, how an estate is administered under the what percentage of stocks and bonds is best, Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, what whether you should have some money in cash, types of property pass through probate, whether you need to know the fundamentals and the importance of drafting a will. We will of a company, and whether you need to also review federal and state estate taxes diversify. You’ll learn about asset allocation, and discuss how they can be minimized. In and what sectors to choose. By the end of the addition, this course will explain trusts, health course, you’ll know how to begin and when to care proxies, and powers of attorney. Students make changes when building your portfolio. of all ages, all manner of assets, and all levels Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins of financial experience are welcome. 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $128. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 10/24/2017. Brookline High, $54.

24 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Planning for Retirement Make the most of your retirement with these classes designed to assuage your financial worries by providing insight into retirement savings best practices.

70½: What Now? Understanding Your Retirement Distributions Hadley Weinberg, CRP®, Leah Weinberg, CDFA®, Instructors Do you have a few retirement savings accounts and wonder when you need to start taking it out? 70½ is your magic number. Once you reach age 70½ the IRS requires you to take money out of your retirement accounts. These mandatory withdrawals are called required minimum distributions (RMDs). In this class, you’ll learn how to organize, calculate, plan, and manage your RMDs so you can fulfill the IRS requirements without worry and have the money you need in retirement. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-7:30PM. Begins 11/7/2017. Brookline High, $33.

Enrolling in Your 403(b)/457 and 401(k) Plan Hadley Weinberg, CRP®, Leah Weinberg, CDFA®, Instructors Enrolling in your retirement plan is a crucial step to saving. The money you invest now—during your working years—can have the biggest impact on how much you’ll have saved for retirement. Your employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, such as your 403(b), is one of the ways you can build the savings you will need down the road. In this class we will discuss the benefits and features of 403(b), 457 and 401(k) plans and how to navigate the enrollment process. Start now, retire sooner. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-7:30PM. Begins 10/17/2017. Brookline High, $33. FINANCE & REAL ESTATE Making Your Nest Egg Last: Strategies for Sustainable Income in Retirement Deborah Goodman, CPA, CFP®, Instructor Today’s notion of retirement is very different from that of previous generations. Individuals are working longer, living longer, and are faced with the challenges of both caring for elderly parents and providing for the needs of adult children. In this course, you will learn how to assess what your retirement needs are, how to position your assets to meet those needs, and how to take advantage of tax savings while maximizing government retirement benefits. You will leave this course with detailed strategies to ensure that you will have sufficient income to help you enjoy a comfortable, secure retirement. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $33.

Managing the Risk of Needing Long-Term Care Len May, Instructor At least 70 percent of people over age 65 will require long term care services at some point in their lives. A well thought out plan for addressing the need for care is essential to the physical, emotional, and financial needs of you and your family. We will discuss long- term care options and how to develop a plan of action that is appropriate for your situation. We’ll cover the long-term care risks and consequences, options to protect your savings and home, how to qualify for Medicaid and whether to transfer assets to your children to help you qualify, insurance alternatives for every situation, and how to develop a plan of action. Participants will receive a copy of the 30- page class notes. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $33.

Maximize Your Social Security Benefits Amy Lampert, Instructor Social Security is a significant piece of the retirement puzzle. Learn how to get the most from your benefits and coordinate this income with your overall retirement strategy. We will talk about the current state of Social Security, what to consider when planning your benefit start date, spousal benefits, options for divorcees, buy-back strategies, tax reduction strategies, and coordination with state and federal retirement plans, such as Windfall Elimination Provisions and Government Pensions Offsets. We will also review special planning considerations for self-employed individuals. Join us to navigate this sometimes confusing benefit. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $43.

Understanding Your Benefits with TIAA-CREF Rose Thompson, Instructor As the most popular retirement provider for people who work in academic, research, medical, and cultural fields, the name TIAA-CREF is well known to many residents of the Brookline area. But although you may know the name, navigating these often-complex plans can be a challenge. In this class, join a former TIAA-CREF retirement consultant, who has advised professors, medical professionals, senior staff members, researchers, and administrative staff for many years. We will review income distribution options, rollover options, plan structures, the pros and cons of using annuities, all with an emphasis on tax minimization. After this session, you will feel more confident in your ability to understand and manage the issues of increased longevity, increased market volatility, and customizing a sustainable and secure retirement income. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $43.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 25 Advanced Real Estate How to Sell Your Home in Today’s Market What the Heck is a HECM? The Facts David Miller, Instructor Chuck Silverston, Instructor About Reverse Mortgages Do you already have a solid understanding of Are you thinking of selling your home or Bonny Gilbert, Esq., Instructor basic real estate topics, but want to deepen condo? Do you know the steps you can take to A HECM, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, your knowledge? In this class, you will learn ensure a speedy sale? Setting the right price is also known as a Reverse Mortgage. You about the buying and selling of complex and making an excellent first impression are keep hearing about reverse mortgages, residential real estate properties. We will cover both essential to attracting buyers, but what seeing people say great things about them locating and selling multi-family properties, else can you do to get the offers rolling in? Let on television and then hearing horror stories. short sales, foreclosure sales, bank-owned sales a professional realtor walk you through the What is the truth? Is this something that you and “real estate owned sales,” plus a discussion steps to preparing your home for a quick sale, should be thinking about for yourself or your of different investment strategies. We will choosing the right realtor and attorney, pricing parents? In this workshop you will learn what explore landlord-tenant laws, condominium your home correctly, and getting financing. We’ll a reverse mortgage is and how it works; what conversion, and the creation of realty trusts also discuss upgrades, repairs, staging, pricing, are its benefits and risks. We will also discuss and limited liability companies for holding real and timelines. This class will help you bring the appropriate borrowers for a reverse. Many estate. You will leave this course ready to tackle focus to what may seem like a daunting task. people know that a reverse mortgage can be a most complicated real estate questions. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins dramatic help when you are in serious financial Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $36. circumstances. But did you know that you can 10/10/2017. Brookline High, $54. also use a reverse to hedge, or protect your retirement investments? Or to buy a new home? Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Course Come to learn the facts, the pros and cons, and Empty Nester Alternative: Living in the City Scott Gordon, Instructor finally get a chance to ask important questions. Andrew Friedland, Instructor Learn the real estate fundamentals necessary Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 10:30AM-12:30PM. While some empty nesters stay in their to be licensed by the Commonwealth of Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 single family home and some move to senior Massachusetts as a real estate salesperson. Winchester Street, Brookline, $43. communities, others choose to move to a full- Areas to be covered include legal aspects of service city condo to simplify and enhance their brokering, real estate financing, mechanics of lives. In this course we will discuss economics, closing, residential market evaluation, landlord- lifestyle changes, and condo association issues; tenant relations, condominium conversions, purchasing versus renting; and will survey the tax abatements, zoning and land use control, Life & Career full-service buildings located in Boston and license law and Massachusetts real estate Brookline areas. An industry expert will unravel practice, and real estate math. This course is the search and buying process so that you can also appropriate for individuals who would like Skills feel comfortable, be in control, and focus on to be better informed on all aspects of real your goals with emphasis on the many resources estate. Please note: by completing this 42-hour available to help you live and connect in the city. course, students will have met the pre-licensure You’ll leave with a packet full of ideas to assist education requirement for the Massachusetts you in finding your next new home in the city. Real Estate Salesperson exam. A $45 materials Create A Winning Self-Image Stephanie Hessler, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins fee is included in the course fee. Are you the star of your own life or are you 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $43. Sec. 01: # sessions: 14 Day: Tu, Th 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $465. merely playing a supporting role? You have programmed into the deepest parts of your First Time Home and Condo Buyers mind an inner image of who you are and what you are worth. It is like a control mechanism David Miller, Instructor Residential Real Estate for the Small, Start-up Investor that determines your results and how well you In today’s market, it’s more important than do. In this class for men and women, you will Chuck Silverston, Instructor ever to be real estate savvy before purchasing begin building awareness around your current a home or condo. Get an overview of the Real estate remains one of the best self-image and understand how this may be entire process, from finding the perfect investments yielding relatively high returns for limiting you. Come prepared to learn techniques neighborhood and selecting a real estate relatively low risks, and in the current market, to create an empowered and winning self-image, broker, to obtaining favorable financing rental housing is in high demand and low and begin to experience improved results. and hiring an attorney to protect your supply. Today in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner, investment. We’ll teach you how the rights and a one-bedroom condominium unit rents for Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins responsibilities of condo owners differ from $1,950 to $2,600 per month, and sometimes 10/19/2017. Brookline High, $36. those of homeowners, and review the primary even more. Selling prices for such units are in legal documents related to each. This course’s the range of $425,000 to $525,000, and the unbiased, comprehensive approach can help cash-on-cash return on such an investment Effective Goal Setting for Real Success you avoid disastrous situations from the loss of can be about four to five percent per year— Stephanie Hessler, Instructor your hard-earned deposit, to buying a property much higher than a CD, or other investments. If someone were to stop you and ask, “What are with latent defects such as termites, lead paint, In this course, we will review financial and your goals?” How would you respond? Do you or water damage. Walk away feeling confident economic factors that have resulted in current have goals? Are they written down? Regardless and ready to make this important life decision. market conditions and discuss advantages of where you are in life, having goals is vital to your growth. Start your spring off on the right Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins of investing in small condominium units in 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $54. select locations. We will use real examples foot by learning to establish bold, meaningful and demonstrate basic cash flow analysis goals—something you really want—even methods. Students will learn basic topics like though they may feel beyond your reach. Learn capitalization rate, cash on cash return, and time-tested strategies to stay motivated, create Please note: Our Finance and Real Estate why real estate is a smart investment. new habits around goal-achieving and take courses are not intended to take the place of effective action. Be prepared to become very individual financial counseling or legal advice. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Please check with your own financial advisers 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $43. clear about your goals and achieving them. before making any financial decisions based Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins on recommendations from our independent 9/25/2017. Brookline High, $36. instructors. Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: M 7:00- 9:00PM. Begins 12/4/2017. Brookline High, $36.

26 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Professional Development Whether you are trying to build on your current job skills or jump into a new career, take a step in the right direction with one of our expert instructors as your coach.

Career Transition In Midlife: Tools For Turning Your New Vision Into Reality Alex Poeter, Instructor Have you decided to make a career transition in midlife, but you don’t have a roadmap for making it happen? Are you overwhelmed by the fears and uncertainties such a big transition brings and want to learn how to overcome these and other personal barriers? If you are stuck in an unfulfilling career and want change, this interactive course will help you learn strategies to successfully create and carry out a plan for your new career vision. You will learn valuable tools for overcoming internal barriers, such as fears, limiting beliefs, or self-defeating habits that keep you from taking action and successfully realizing your new career vision. You will also learn how to effectively tap into your personal strengths and build a strong support structure so you’re prepared to overcome any challenges. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 11/2/2017. Brookline High, $56.

Grant Writing David Marshall, Instructor Strong grant writing skills make all the difference in the competition for funding resources. This course, taught by an experienced grant writer and professional grant reviewer, will introduce you to the grant-seeking process and give you techniques for creating effective proposals for your nonprofit organization. You will learn how to identify and cultivate likely funders, create a credible budget, use valuable information the IRS provides about funding organizations, and develop an appropriate writing style for grant writing. You will be introduced to a powerful strategy for developing excellent programs and grant-worthy proposals: the Logic Model. Whether you are seeking funding for a specific project or considering a career in development, this course will strengthen your skills and demystify the grant writing process. No prior grant writing experience is required. A $10 materials fee is included in the course fee.

Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $106. SKILLS & CAREER LIFE

How to Find a Flexible Job: An Online Course Kathryn Sollmann, Instructor Do you wish you could find work with flexible hours? Have you ever wanted to work from home, but don’t know how to do so and make ends meet? How do you go about looking for an unconventional job? As with any job search, you need a set of “sales” tools—a resume, LinkedIn profile, and more—but when you’re looking for a less traditional job, you have to be even more precise about your personal brand and the specific jobs you can fill. This course will guide you through developing your brand, examining your goals and strengths, and creating a practical and professional resume and LinkedIn profile you’ll be able to use to market yourself effectively. The course is conducted entirely online, at your own pace, to fit your schedule. Once you sign up, you’ll receive a link to activate your online lessons. Access to a computer is required. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Sec. 01 (Self-paced): $65.

Starting Your Dream Nonprofit Adjoa-Eva Acquaah-Harrison, Instructor After much mulling, weighing, and discussing with friends and family, you now want to proceed in starting your dream nonprofit this year. This course will teach you the practical steps for setting up a new nonprofit, including the regulatory requirements for setting up a 501c3 with a designated EIN clearance for operation. You will learn how to develop a constituency analysis and design compelling programs that will serve your target audience along with the basic strategies for leveraging the leadership components of your staff, board, and a realistic budget and strategies for seeking startup funding support. You will learn how to track the metrics for programmatic evaluation that is important to sustainability. Experience in the nonprofit sector is not required. Visionaries who need strategic frameworks are welcome. A $12 materials fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $108.

The Simple Steps to Starting Your Business Stuart Agler, Instructor Calling all entrepreneurs! Are you ready to start your own business? Or maybe you’ve thought about it but are unsure what it takes. Whichever group you’re in (or in between), you will benefit from this course. Over five sessions, the course will cover what makes a good business idea, how to create a meaningful business plan, sales and marketing tips, keeping track of your finances, and raising capital, all presented by a certified, local SCORE counselor. Associated with the Small Business Administration, SCORE is an organization of experienced entrepreneurs and successful business leaders who want to give back to the community by offering their expertise and mentoring to individuals operating or looking to start small businesses. So what are you waiting for? Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to launch your dream. Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $50.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 27 Problem-Solving Skills for Life Public Speaking: A Crash Course Mel Arat, Instructor Lau Lapides, Instructor The Tough This course, perfected over 20 years, provides From the moment you enter a room, you’re a new mindset and practical tools to build on! Learn to speak more effectively in both Stuff an innovative, happy, and fulfilling life. The personal and professional situations. Eliminate creativity techniques we will practice will your speaker fears and build confidence. In Life is not always easy and improve your problem solving skills and help this fun, interactive fast-paced workshop we carefree; sometimes we need a little you reach unique and innovative solutions will teach you how to organize your thoughts, guidance to help us through the relating to business, personal decisions, and polish your articulation and pronunciation, difficult parts. even family life. We will use exercises, projects, and become a more successful, more and hand-on activities to practice the skills you confident speaker. It’s a great opportunity to need in order to develop your creative thinking. practice speaking in a supportive, pressure- Coping with Crises No matter your age or background, you will free environment. This workshop will include leave this class with a toolbox of new skills to practice time, critique and feedback and Ann Kliman, Instructor help you solve problems and reach your goals participants will be invited to raise questions If someone you know has experienced in an extraordinary way. and discuss particular situations. Please wear trauma, you may be completely lost as comfortable clothing and bring water. to how to help them move through it. In Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $130. this class, we will review the meaning of Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM-1:00PM. Begins 9/23/2017. Brookline High, $36. personal trauma and learn the science behind the healing process. Through The ABCs of Mindful Time Management thoughtful examination of key research Your Magnificent Life over the last decade describing trauma’s Pam Kristan, Instructor NEW! effect on brain function, emotions, and Feeling the pressure to do more and do it Stephanie Hessler, Instructor physical functioning, we will explore the faster? Rely on the ABCs of mindful time Are fears, doubts, and insecurities getting various aspects of trauma. This includes management—A for Attention that’s flexible in the way of your success and achieving the “work” of mourning; survivor guilt; or focused as needed; B for Boundaries that your dreams? As Joseph Campbell, American sudden death and anticipated death; protect you and connect you to others; and mythologist, writer, and lecturer wrote, “The separation, divorce, and reattachment; C for Choices made in tune with your truest cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you illness in its three main forms; patients and values. In this class, we will discuss the specific seek.” In other words, when you courageously hospitalization; sexual abuse; and facing applications of the ABCs and you’ll learn face your fears, you experience growth and natural disasters. We will conclude with hands-on strategies to deal with distractions move in the direction of what you want. That a summary and steps for moving from and interruptions, others’ demands, shifting is not always so easily done, but during this victimization to mastery. priorities, procrastination, and feeling dynamic and interactive class, you will learn overwhelmed. Once you start implementing about and practice five steps to overcoming Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. the practices learned in this class, you will get those fears. Join us to learn the techniques for Begins 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $118. relief from time management distress and gain advancing in the direction of your dreams and satisfaction, freedom, and more stress-free make your life magnificent. The Divorce Coach engagement with life. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Kim Whelan, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $36. 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $36. Perhaps you are contemplating whether or not divorce is the right decision for you and your family. Or perhaps you (or your Cross-Cultural Competence in a Divided spouse) want to know how best to move Age forward with the process. Getting divorced Food & Wine is a daunting process that many people Matthew Goode, Instructor approach with some combination of fear, In a politically and culturally divided age, anger, and sadness. But you have the this course will provide opportunities for power to improve your chances for a more participants to consider various dimensions peaceful and productive divorce. The first of cultural identity, explore our own cultural step is to get educated about how divorce identities, and learn strategies for interacting Essentials works in Massachusetts and about some with those who have different perspectives. Start at the very beginning with back-to- of the choices you will be making. In this We will practice varying approaches to cross- workshop, we will review the legal, financial, cultural interactions and learn how to be basics courses that will teach you about and emotional issues that you will be more effective communicators with others in the art of cooking for every palate. dealing with. We will discuss the different cross-cultural contexts. Throughout the course, divorce processes available (do-it-yourself, we will explore key concepts such as the Beyond Beginning Cooking mediation, collaborative law, settlement Intercultural Development Continuum and the Jacqueline Church, Instructor negotiation, or trial) and which process Process Model of Intercultural Competence, may be the best fit for you. We also will talk and have opportunities to use these If you have taken a beginning cooking class about empowering ways to deal with some frameworks in individual and group activities. or have equivalent experience (basic knife of the emotional and financial challenges At the end of the course, you will have the tools skills and fundamentals like braising, roasting, of divorce. Confidentiality of all attendees you need to interact in a deeper and more building a fond, etc.), but would like to take the is required and will be briefly addressed at meaningful way with others. We will foster an next step, join us to learn next-level kitchen the beginning of the course. environment in which participants can share skills that will elevate your cooking. Topics and divergent perspectives in a respectful setting. skills to be covered will include “Mother Sauces” Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. (bechamel versus velouté); breaking down Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins Begins 10/3/2017. Brookline High, $45. a whole chicken and stock making; cooking 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $68. en papillote; eggs, soufflés and omelets, and emulsions; rough puff pastry for easy sweet or savory tarts and turnovers; finding, creating,

28 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 and using umami to enrich satisfying flavors Seasonal Cooking ingredients to keep on hand in your pantry in in any dish; and identifying the key spice and order to whip up dumplings for any occasion. A flavor profiles of various cuisines so you can Learn to unlock the flavors of the season $20 food fee is included in the course fee. and adorn your table with the most confidently employ a wide range of ingredients. Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00- An $80 food fee is included in the course fee. flavorful fall dishes. 9:00PM. Begins 12/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 10/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $230. A New England Thanksgiving Dinner Edgar Ievins, Instructor Hearty Soups and Stews Jacqueline Church, Instructor Knife Skills Workshop No other holiday captures the spirit of home cooking like Thanksgiving. From the perfect Nothing is as comforting as a nice bowl of Jacqueline Church, Instructor roast turkey to rich, old-fashioned pumpkin soup or hearty stew to warm us from the Do you know your brunoise from your batonnet? pie, good food shared with family and friends inside out. In this class, we will prepare dishes What is the difference betweenchiffonade is what makes this day so special. If you are such as Seafood and Sausage Gumbo, tender and julienne? The knife is one of the most a beginning or an experienced cook, and are Vegetable Minestrone with shaved Parmigiano, used tools in the kitchen, so it is important daunted by the prospect of planning and and hearty Chicken Cacciatore. Not only will to know how to use it safely and effectively. preparing a family Thanksgiving meal on your you learn tricks for making perfectly spiced In this introduction to knife skills, we’ll hone own, this course is for you. In addition to the soups and stews, you will have leftovers to take basic skills, learn tips and tricks, then practice moist turkey and flavorful Apple-Sausage home to eat for lunch the next day or freeze. fundamental cuts for vegetables. We will mince, Stuffing, we’ll prepare Orange-Cranberry Sauce, Please bring a couple containers to transport dice, brunoise, julienne, and chop our way to Butternut Squash Soup, Mashed Potatoes with your soup creations home. A $20 food fee is dishes like hearty Vegetable Soup, caramelized Homemade Gravy, and more. For dessert, we’ll included in the course fee. Onion Tart, and Apple Crumble. Finally, we’ll enjoy deep-dish Fruit Cobbler. Presentation, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins cover how to purchase, clean, sharpen, and garnishing ideas, and carving how-tos will also 10/24/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. store knives. Bring one large and one small be discussed. A $21 food fee is included in the knife to class (chef’s knife and paring knife). A course fee. $20 food fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-2:00PM. Small Plates: Hosting an Appetizer Party Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 6:00-9:00PM. Begins Begins 11/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $77. Meg Burgess, Instructor 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. As the holidays get closer, don’t get stuck in the grocery store shopping for hours, or caught in Canning with Jam Sessions: Pickled the kitchen preparing a five course meal—host Salmon Three Ways Vegetables an appetizer party. Appetizers can be prepared NEW! Jacqueline Church, Instructor Afton Cyrus, Owner of Jam Sessions ahead of time, are simple to make and fun to Are you tired of eating salmon the same way Join the owner of Jam Sessions to learn how eat, and can turn an ordinary gathering into a all the time? Salmon is known as an incredibly to can and preserve your own pickles at festive occasion. We will prepare a variety of & WINE FOOD healthy seafood choice, so why not shake up home. This class will cover selecting quality small plates you may have always wanted to your routine and learn new and interesting produce, the kinds of products that can be learn to make such as Bacon-wrapped Scallops, recipes for this versatile fish. In the course, you canned and preserved at home, canning Brie en Croûte, baked Garlic Crostini with savory will learn the techniques for cooking Salmon En dos and don’ts, and the equipment you’ll toppings, crispy Stuffed Mushroom Caps, a Papillote (wrapped in parchment paper), how need to get started. We’ll discuss basic food selection of surprisingly easy antipasti, and to perfectly poach Salmon without losing any preservation techniques and how to turn your more. Whether you’re looking for something flavor, and we’ll create show-stopper Fennel- favorite veggies into delicious vinegar-based easy or something different, this course will take Cardamom-rubbed Salmon in Coconut Milk. and fermented pickles. With your expert some of the worry out of entertaining. A $15 Fish night will never be boring again. A $21 instructor, you will become acquainted with food fee is included in the course fee. food fee is included in the course fee. classic canning equipment and follow the steps Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM- Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins for safely pickling a selection of in-season 2:00PM. Begins 12/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. 11/28/2017. Unified Arts Building, $70. vegetables. You’ll leave with the skills to start doing your own canning at home, as well as samples of such recipes as classic sweet and Sparkling Apples: Bubbly, Cheese, and The Hasty Gourmet: Satisfying tangy Pickled Beets, spicy Mexican Pickled Rustic Apple Pie Weeknight Dinners Carrot Sticks, and Classic Sauerkraut. A $20 Melissa Lee, Instructor Jacqueline Church, Instructor food fee is included in the course fee. What could be better than apples, cheese, and Learn a chef’s strategies for quick and easy Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. Begins sparkling wine for autumn in New England? Join weeknight dinners that will satisfy any hungry 10/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. a chef and sommelier to discover a new favorite group without keeping you at the stove for bubbly as you learn the secrets of making the hours. You will unlock the secret to succulent perfect Rustic Apple Pie and Apple Crisp from 20-minute Chicken Breasts and Pork Chops, Dazzling Dumplings for the Holidays scratch, and taste a variety of tangy and nutty toss up perfect Fried Rice to accompany any Jacqueline Church, Instructor cheeses including local cheddar, Cheshire (a quick Stir-fry, learn to prepare an easy sheet Festive, folded, pinched, and crimped, crumbly English classic that is deep orange in pan roast Salmon and Vegetables, create dumplings may look difficult to prepare, but color), and buttery Jersey milk cheeses from local a one-pot Sauté, and fragrant, legendary with the help of your instructor, you will quickly favorite Cato Corner Farm. You will learn about Puttanesca. We will cover the chef’s top must- master the techniques for creating three the different varieties of sparkling wine, how it is have pantry staples and weekend prep for no- different, beautiful dumplings to adorn your made, and how to pair each type with different hassle, any-night dinner at home. A $40 food table and delight your guests. In this class we cuisines. Wines to be tasted may include Cava fee is included in the course fee. will create spicy Cumin Lamb Dumplings with from Spain and Martini and Rossi Asti NV from Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. Begins unique Jade Wrappers, classic crispy-bottomed Piemonte, Italy. We will conclude the evening by 9/25/2017. Unified Arts Building, $119. Pork Gyoza, and delicate Shrimp Wonton Clouds enjoying our handmade dessert together. A $20 for our feast. We will also concoct an array food fee is included in the course fee. dipping sauces and you will even learn to make Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins your own homemade dumpling wrappers. 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $60. Finally, you will learn which classic Chinese

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 29 International Cuisine Classic Indian Cuisine Shruti Mehta, Instructor Tuition for your cooking class is free, if you Take a trip around the world and volunteer as a chef’s assistant! experience unique flavors from Italy to In a traditional Indian kitchen, there are some BA&CE is looking for a few interested individuals, China without ever leaving Brookline. never-fail recipes that are handed down from generation to generation. They incorporate who have cooking experience, to assist our all the basic spices and old world techniques chefs as they teach their classes. Responsibilities A Taste of Southern Spain: Sherry and but are deceptively simple to prepare. In this include prep work, cleaning, and dish washing Tapas class, each region of India will be represented during class. Candidates must be able to lift heavy pans and groceries. If interested, please contact Melissa Lee, Instructor with one of their own classic recipes. We [email protected] for more details. Sherry is a fortified wine that has been will learn to make Shreekhand (thickened enjoyed on the Iberian Peninsula for over and sweetened yogurt dessert), Potatoes three thousand years. Join a sommelier on a with stuffing,Chhole (curried chickpeas in a tomato, onion gravy), Poori (deep-fried whole tasting journey through Jerez de la Frontera Artisan Italian Breads in southern Spain to sample this popular wheat puffy bread), Coconut Rice (a specialty drink, paired with tapas such as deep-fried of coastal South region) and Vegetable Pakora Edgar Ievins, Instructor Manchego Cheese and Serrano Ham. We (deep-fried fritters). Come explore this rich and Do you love the taste and aroma of freshly will enjoy sipping a selection of sherries from varied cuisine. A $20 food fee is included in the baked artisan bread, but feel intimidated Cream Sherries to Manzanilla. We will also course fee. to make your own? Enjoy the sense of learn to make Churros and salty Chocolate Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins accomplishment that comes from baking it Sauce to accompany our libations. A $20 food 10/24/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. yourself, and learn techniques including mixing, and wine fee is included in the course fee. shaping, baking, and ensuring proper rising. Using the simple straight dough method, we’ll Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins learn to make an assortment of homemade 11/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $60. Everyday Mediterranean NEW! Binnur Ercem, Instructor artisan Italian breads including Ciabatta, The Mediterranean diet emphasizes eating Foccacia, Pane Integrale (whole wheat), and Bringing Wine to China fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, more. A $21 food fee is included in the course fee. Melissa Lee, Instructor legumes and nuts, with in-season dishes If you think tea is the only drink to pair with of meat or fish. In this class, you will learn Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- Chinese food, think again! Perfectly suited to spruce up your weeknight dinners with 2:00PM. Begins 12/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $77. for the complex flavors of Chinese cuisine, accent dishes such as tangy Garlic and Carrot wine can accentuate or tone down the taste Yogurt Spread, savory Potatoes with Capers and Pickles, smoky Eggplant Dip and stuffed of ginger and other spices, bring out sweet Stress-Free, Authentic Italian Meals or sour flavors, and even cool your palate Eggplant Boats, and delicate Filo Dough after a particularly spicy sauce. In this tasting Feta “Cigar” Pies. You will also learn to make Francesca Montillo, Instructor class, a sommelier and chef will teach you to gourmet Mediterranean dishes such as Many cooking shows and books will lead you to make various Chinese tapas dishes such as Herbed Rice Pilaf with Toasted Orzo, braised believe that you need advanced culinary training, Cucumber Salad, steamed Pork Buns, and Beef Cubes with Paprika, Filo Dough Beef Borek plus hours in the kitchen, in order to prepare a Asian Oatmeal Cookies with Goji Berries. (baked flakey pastry), and Pan-seared Cod with delicious, homemade Italian meal. In this course, We will discuss the ingredients and flavor Garlic and Parsley Sauce. Each night, we’ll make a native Italian will teach you authentic recipes profiles of these dishes as we prepare them and enjoy a full meal, including traditional designed for the busy home cook. Walk away and pair different wines, such as Cabernet Mediterranean desserts made with dried and with several recipes to use for first courses, Franc and Riesling, with each one. You may be fresh fruits, nuts and nut pastes, honey, and seconds, and soups. Dishes may include: Pasta surprised by how many of your favorite wines pomegranate molasses. Take home recipes, al Pomodoro, Farfalle with Sautéed Zucchini; complement the flavors of China. A $20 food experiment with new ingredients, and be sure Lemon-Rosemary Chicken, Tuscan Bean Soup fee is included in the course fee. to share your new skills with family and friends, and Chickpeas with Spinach in Red Sauce. Class in true Mediterranean fashion. An $80 food fee will include demonstration, participation, and Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00- is included in the course fee. eating! Bring a container for possible leftovers. A 9:00PM. Begins 12/14/2017. Unified Arts Building, $20 food fee is included in the course fee. $60. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $230. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. Begins 10/7/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. What You Should Know About Food and Japan’s Sake and Food Culture Wine Classes Melissa Lee, Instructor The Italian Life: Food and Wine • All of our cooking and baking classes meet Traditional Japanese Sake is an alcoholic drink Melissa Lee, Instructor at the kitchens in the Unified Arts Building at made by fermenting rice. It can be consumed When we think about Italy, we often think about Brookline High School. warm or cool, mixed or straight up, and the pasta and espresso. In fact, Italy is also an • In order to receive a refund or credit for various types of sake pair well with many undisputed leader in the world of wine. Many your food or wine course fee, we must have different dishes. In this tasting class, we will of you may have tried Chianti or a Sangiovese five business days (Monday through Friday) sample different kinds of sake with a variety blend, but what about Nebbiollo or Vin Santo? notice in advance of the starting time of of simple Japanese tapas that you’ll be able If you would like to explore Italy’s diversity the class. Please refer to our course refund to easily replicate at home. We will make and of grapes and wine styles, let a chef and policy at the back of the catalog for more enjoy Smoked Salmon Eggcup Sushi, Inari-zushi sommelier take you on a culinary journey to information. (seasoned sushi rice stuffed in a sweet, fried Italy. While we sample unique wines, we will also tofu pouch), and Asian Coleslaw. Raise a glass make house-smoked Mozzarella and Tomato to sake with the traditional toast: “Kampai!” A Crostini and hand-made Pasta, and for dessert, $20 food fee is included in the course fee. we will make fluffy and sweet Mascarpone Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins Cream with seasonal Fruit. Once you start, you 11/30/2017. Unified Arts Building, $60. won’t be able to stop enjoying. A $20 food and wine fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 10/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $60.

30 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Kids in the Kitchen Wine Appreciation Crash Course bartender and enjoy your creations along with John Fiola, Instructor a selection of savory small plates. Discounts or Whip up some yummy treats with your waivers do not apply. favorite child. The goodies might not The world of wine is so vast and intimidating Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15PM. Begins last long, but the memory of the fun that we often don’t know where to begin, and with our busy schedules, we often don’t 9/30/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, 1634 Beacon St., experience will. have time to take an extensive course. Join Brookline, $30. us for this crash course and primer on wine Kids in the Kitchen: Building a education. Learn what to look for on a bottle Gingerbread House label or wine list, taste the difference between The Fireplace: Hard Cider The Fireplace Staff TBA, Instructor a Burgundy and a Bordeaux, and evaluate various wines from France, the United States, Once the preferred drink of colonial Americans, This fun class for families offers the Italy, and so on. You’ll leave with a keen sense hard cider is seeing a revival in craft cideries opportunity to design and create an edible of what makes wines different along with a around the nation. Distinct from its sweet, masterpiece. We will mix, measure, build, and better understanding of what you like. Please sticky, non-alcoholic cousin, fermenting apple nibble while we decorate our own individual bring three wine glasses to class. A $25 wine juice and yeast creates a tangy, complex zing winter wonderlands, using graham crackers, fee is included in the course fee. of fruity, floral, bubbly flavor. Join The Fireplace pretzel rods, cookies, shredded coconut, staff for a tasting of a variety of hard ciders candies, nuts, and marshmallows. Please bring Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 2 Day: Th 6:30- and an entertaining discussion of the history a large square piece of cardboard or other 8:30PM. Begins 11/30/2017. Unified Arts Building, $81. and craft of cidermaking around the world. A firm surface on which to take your finished selection of savory appetizers will accompany gingerbread house home. A $14 food fee is our tastings. Discounts or waivers do not apply. included in the course fee. For ages 6 and up. An Olive Oil Tasting at Brookline’s Olive (Price is per adult/child pair.) Connection Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15PM. Begins Olive Connection Staff 10/14/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, 1634 Beacon Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- St., Brookline, $30. 12:00PM. Begins 12/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, You’ve heard the news about olive oil companies $54. selling fraudulent extra virgin olive oil, but how do you know which olive oils to trust? Join the owners of Brookline’s Olive Connection for a real The Fireplace: Pinot Noir Kids in the Kitchen: More Veggies, Please taste bud treat. Learn the distinctions between The Fireplace Staff TBA, Instructor types of olive oils and what to look for in the Perplexed by what wine to serve your guests, real thing. You will taste different oils, discover or what the difference is between a Pinot Getting your kids to eat vegetables doesn’t what makes some olive oils better than others, Noir from California versus one from Oregon? have to be an endless battleùit just takes a little explore the uses of different types, and enjoy Join the staff at Brookline’s The Fireplace for creativity. In this class, adult and child pairs the taste and aroma of several specialty oils an afternoon of tasting where you’ll have will discover fun ways to prepare vegetables and balsamic vinegars, too. The instructors will the opportunity to sample six selections of & WINE FOOD that might even make you enjoy them more. demonstrate how to use and keep your olive Pinot Noir from California and Oregon. We’ll The recipes we’ll explore will give your veggies oil and will share classic and innovative recipes cover Pinot Noir as a varietal, its flavor profile, a global twist that children will love. Dishes to try in class and make at home. Discounts or wine-making procedure, and certain variables may include Cauli Power, Okra Popcorn, Sweet waivers do not apply. which tend to change the wine’s overall flavor, Potato Swords, and Zucchini Oodles. We will complexity, and fruit and acid balance. A also go over kitchen safety. A $12 food fee is Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins selection of savory appetizers will accompany included in the course fee. For ages 6 and up. 11/14/2017. Meet at Olive Connection, 1426 our wines. Discounts or waivers do not apply. (Price is per adult/child pair.) Beacon St., Brookline, $30. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15AM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. 11/11/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, 1634 Beacon Begins 10/14/2017. Unified Arts Building, $52. The Fireplace: Absinthe St., Brookline, $30. The Fireplace Staff Just a Taste Banned in the U.S. from 1912 to 2007, The Fireplace: Scotch Discover a new favorite beverage or find absinthe carries a reputation for potency The Fireplace Staff the perfect accompaniment for your beyond most other liqueurs. For more than 200 years, this powerful chartreuse spirit, often Then let us toast John Barleycorn, special gatherings by tasting a variety of called “The Green Fairy,” has inspired artists Each man a glass in hand; treats curated by our expert instructors. like Van Gogh, Baudelaire, Hemmingway, Satie, And may his great posterity and Wilde, and fueled the bohemian art scene Ne’er fail in old Scotland! Cheese Appreciation in early 19th century Paris. Join the staff at –Robert Burns Michele Pettis, Instructor The Fireplace for a tasting and multi-sensory Scotch whisky has a long history as the journey back to the Belle Époque. A selection Cheese comes in so many shapes, sizes, preferred spirit of Scotland. While the first of savory appetizers will accompany our record of distilling spirits dates from the end and flavors, sometimes it’s difficult to decide tastings. Discounts or waivers do not apply. which one to try next. A cheese expert will of the 15th century, it wasn’t until the Great guide our taste buds through some of the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15PM. Begins French Wine Blight of the 1860s that Scotch world’s greatest cheeses. We will delve into 10/28/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, 1634 Beacon whisky finally had its chance to compete with the history of cheese and explore the different St., Brookline, $30. cognac as the international spirit of choice— ways cheese is made. The experience will, of and it never lost its appeal. Although it may course, be accompanied by an in-depth tasting summon images of wealth and sophistication, of some old favorites as well as lesser-known The Fireplace: Autumn Cocktails you don’t have to be Winston Churchill to gems, including fresh, bloomy rind, washed The Fireplace Staff enjoy a glass of Scotch whisky. Join us for an rind, aged, and blue cheeses. A $15 food fee is Fill your glass with the flavors of fall. Let afternoon of tasting and history as we explore included in the course fee. the expert staff at the Fireplace guide you Scotland’s favorite spirit. Learn how to drink through creating festive and warming cocktails Scotch whisky and discover your favorites. A Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. Begins selection of savory appetizers will accompany 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $55. evoking the tastes and scents of the season with spices such as cinnamon and clove, but our tastings. Discounts or waivers do not apply. also incorporating more unusual flavors such Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00- as woodsmoke, maple, and licorice. Learn 4:15PM. Begins 12/2/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, the tricks of the trade from an experienced 1634 Beacon St., Brookline, $30.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 31 The Fireplace: Sparkling Wine Sharpen Your Golf Skills rankings of hands, the betting rules, and some The Fireplace Staff Rui Demedeiros, Instructor strategies. We will have training games to help you learn these things as well as live poker Think that Champagne from France is the only Get ready to improve your golf game by games (for play money) so you can learn in real sparking wine worth drinking? Think again! learning and practicing the fundamentals. If time. We will focus on Texas Hold ‘Em, which is Delicious sparkling wines are being produced you are a beginner, you will learn the basics, the most popular version. from Washington to New Mexico and are like grip, stance, and the different swings. If becoming more common on local wine lists. Join you are a more seasoned player, attention will Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins the staff at The Fireplace to explore a variety be given to honing your existing skills with a 9/26/2017. Brookline High, $90. of U.S. produced sparkling wines and learn professional golf instructor. We will focus on about the methods of production, discuss the three main aspects of play: putting, chipping, vineyard sources of grapes, and taste sparkling and driving. Archery On the Mark Archery, Instructor wines in various styles. After this course you’ll Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 6:30-8:00PM. Begins be prepared to choose some exciting new 10/3/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, Archery was huge in the early 1800s and sparkling wines to ring in the New Year. A Brookline, $90. has grown again due to the Hunger Games selection of savory appetizers will accompany franchise and the summer Olympic Games. our wines. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Whether you have never held a bow before or Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00- The Game of Mah-Jong if you are an experienced archer, you will find 4:15PM. Begins 12/16/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, Muriel Haber, Instructor success in this timeless, all-inclusive sport that is given a modern twist by entertaining and 1634 Beacon St., Brookline, $30. Mah-jong, or “the game of a hundred exciting coaches. Section 01 will introduce the intelligences,” is a Chinese tile game that basics of shooting, including safety. Section became overwhelmingly popular in the U.S. 02 will introduce the National Training System in the 1900s. The popularity of mah-jong has (NTS) style of shooting to take you to the since waned as the nature of leisure-time next level. Section 03 is for those with some Hobbies, Walks, activities has changed, but the excitement archery knowledge, who are looking for an of the game still remains. Learn about the open range. Equipment and light coaching will strategic game, played with beautiful tiles and & Tours be available. Discounts or waivers do not apply. terminology that includes winds, dragons, flowers, pungs, and kongs. Once you’ve learned Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: M 7:30- the rules, the ability to excel is limitless, and 8:30PM. Begins 9/18/2017. Tappan Street Gym, better yet, it’s easy to teach your friends. $110. Magic Skills for Beginners Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 11:00AM-1:00PM. Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: M Ryan Lally, Instructor Begins 10/5/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 7:30-8:30PM. Begins 10/23/2017. Tappan Street Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Gym, $118. Magic is one of the oldest arts in the world. It $130. combines skill with misdirection, music and Sec. 03 (Open Range): # sessions: 1 Day: M 7:30- science to create miracles. Develop confidence, Sec. 02: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 1:00-3:00PM. Begins 9:30PM. Begins 11/20/2017. Tappan Street Gym, critical thinking skills, and learn basic concepts 10/5/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 $34. and tricks, including performing techniques Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $130. to turn any basic trick into a quality piece of Fencing entertainment. Areas of magic that we will cover will include cards, coins, and ropes Neal Carney, Instructor and strings. Students with prior experience Learning Chess Fencing, often described as “physical chess,” in magic will be able to refine their skills and Walter Driscoll, Instructor develops grace and skill in the mind and the dive deeper into the performing aspect, and There are more possible moves in a chess reflexes. It is a demanding and fascinating art beginning students will be able to learn the game than there are atoms in the universe. form that is both recreational and an excellent basics of sleight-of-hand and performing Though this may be true, the fundamentals form of exercise. In this introduction to the the right way. You will come away with tricks of chess are not difficult to learn. In the first fundamentals of fencing, you will learn both of your own and the knowledge and skill to week of class you will be introduced to the footwork and bladework, including en garde perform magic for friends and family. A $25 basic rules of the game including how to castle advance and retreat positions as well as simple materials fee is included in the course fee. This and how to checkmate your opponent. In the attacks and defensive actions. You will use a foil class is open to magicians 13 years old and up. following weeks you will learn to play with as your weapon, but will also become familiar with an épée and sabre. Please wear long sweat Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. Begins purpose in the opening, middlegame, and pants and sneakers to class. All uniforms and 10/16/2017. Brookline High, $75. endgame through class discussion and in-class analysis of student games. You’ll learn to read equipment will be provided. A $10 materials chess notation and we will discuss ways you fee is included in the course fee. Bridge: Supervised Play can continue to study chess on your own. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. Begins Jori Grossack, Instructor Come and learn with us if you are a beginner 9/25/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, interested in beating your friends and family, Brookline, $136. Did you ever wish you could play a bridge or if you want to take the first step towards hand and get some instant feedback to help tournament play. you improve? This class for those with some Amateur Radio License Course experience playing bridge, we provide a hands- Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins on class where the focus is on playing, not 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $145. Bob Phinney, Instructor lecture. Shuffle, deal, and play hands. After the This exciting course introduces you to the hand is over, our instructor will assess your hobby of amateur radio communications bidding, play of the hand, and defense. Come Texas Hold ‘Em and teaches everything you need to get your solo or with a partner, get more experience Jody Kessler, Instructor ham radio license. Topics will range from playing, and improve your hand at the game. Have friends invited you to a poker game but the science of radio electronics to the FCC rules governing the radio spectrum. The FCC Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 12:00-2:00PM. Begins you don’t know how to play? Poker is a game Technician test will be given at the final class. 9/30/2017. Brookline High, $145. of psychology and probability. Reading your opponent while watching the visible cards Participants may join the Clay Center Amateur are part of becoming a poker player. You’ll Radio Club for continuing support and activities learn the fundamentals of poker, including the after receiving a license. Course syllabus is

32 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 online at www.cc-arc.org. Adult and child pairs experience of being atop the grand old bridge, Boston’s Medical History: Walk (ages 10 and up) also welcome. Course price is reverberation of voices in the chamber, or Longwood Medical Area for one or an adult/child pair. No discounts or standing downstream and taking in the view. Boston By Foot, Guide waivers apply. Join us on a moderate hike to enjoy the natural Boston has a very long tradition of leadership and historical highlights that makes this little- Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:30-8:45PM. Begins in the medical profession dating back to the known park so intriguing. Wear comfortable 9/27/2017. Meet at the Clay Center Observatory, introduction of the smallpox inoculation into hiking shoes as the trail can be uneven Dexter Southfield School, 20 Newton St, Brookline, the colonies by Dr. Zabdiel Boylston and and steep. Directions will be emailed upon $44. Cotton Mather in 1721, and the founding of registration. Harvard Medical School by Dr. John Warren Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 1:00-3:00PM. Begins in 1782. On this tour, we will explore today’s Introduction to Astronomy at the Clay 9/23/2017. Meet at Echo Bridge Office Park (in world-renowned community of hospitals, Center front of the Antique Shop) on Elliot Street, Newton academic institutions, and biomedical research Clay Center Staff Upper Falls, $22. centers of the Longwood Medical Area. In this This course is for beginning stargazers, or city within a city, walk among Joslin Diabetes those who love to ponder mysteries beyond Center, Children’s Hospital, and two of the the blue sky. Our focus will be on observational A Walking Tour of Fisher Hill flagship teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical astronomy, learning about constellations, sky Stephen Jerome, Guide School: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and navigation, Earth’s seasons, and phases of Enjoy a walk along the summit of Fisher Hill, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Learn the moon, to gain basic knowledge and skills a neighborhood filled with magnificent late of their landmark medical contributions such to help you appreciate and study the night 19th and early 20th century homes. Fisher as the iron lung, and first successful kidney sky. We will also cover the basics of reflecting Hill boasts the Longyear Estate, built in 1890, transplant and remission of acute leukemia. and refracting telescopes, how to calculate formerly the home of wealthy Christian Science You’ll hear stories of famous physicians, telescope magnification, and tips on what to Church devotees John and Mary Longyear, and including some scuttlebutt as well. Please wear look for when purchasing your own telescope. later the site of a museum chronicling the life comfortable walking shoes. Weather permitting, we will use the Clay of Church founder Mary Baker Eddy. Originally Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM-12:30PM. Center’s 25 inch research-grade scope and designed by the leading landscape architect Begins 9/30/2017. Meet at the original entry of other telescopes, and explore the fiber-optic-lit Frederick Law Olmsted, Fisher Hill still attracts Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Francis Street & Stars Court, and the 3D Moon Court. those in search of large homes convenient to Huntington Avenue, Boston, $20. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins the city. It also boasts an abandoned reservoir 10/18/2017. Meet at the Clay Center Observatory, atop Fisher Avenue, with a Richardson Dexter Southfield School, 20 Newton St, Brookline, Romanesque pump house designed in 1887 by Boston’s Old South End Jewish Walking $75. city architect Arthur Vinal, who also designed Tour the larger pump house of the same style Robin Dexter, Guide at nearby Chestnut Hill Reservoir. Our tour From the 1840s to the 1920s, a vibrant guide will concentrate on the architectural 21st-Century City Planning: A Downtown Jewish neighborhood flourished just south significance of the homes in the area, the Walking Tour of the Boston Common. Our tour will take history of Fisher Hill, and interesting facts Jim O’Connell, Guide us on a cultural journey past many sites and about past inhabitants. At least one interior Approaches to city planning in Boston and buildings that still stand today. We will view the & TOURS WALKS, HOBBIES, visit will be arranged. around the country have changed radically plaque on Boston Common to Edward Filene, from the automobile-oriented 20th century. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM-1:00PM. the founder of the Bargain Basement, the Cities are experiencing increased downtown Begins 11/18/2017. Meet at the corner of Beacon building that formerly housed the Associated living, mixed commercial and residential uses, Street and Dean Road, Brookline, $22. Synagogues of Mass. and the Grand Lodge of public transit use, open space creation, place- Masons before entering the Theater District making cultural activities, and altered shopping along Warrenton Street. See where the first habits. Join us for a walking tour of downtown Boston’s Historic Waterfront: A Walking synagogue in Boston, Ohabei Shalom, was Boston that explores these twenty-first-century Tour built in 1852. Our tour will wind its way into city planning developments. This tour will put Boston By Foot, Guide Bay Village which was once the film distribution into historical context the redevelopment Boston has a great seafaring heritage. center in New England, and then continue of South Station, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Ocean trade and related industries had a into the heart of the South End along Tremont HarborWalk, the new GE headquarters, the major impact on the growth of Boston and Street through beautiful Union Park. The third rise of the Seaport District, new downtown the shape and character of its waterfront. location for Ohabei Shalom was on Union residences, and the adaptive reuse of historic Today’s waterfront is a vibrant mix of hotels, Park St. in the former South Congregational structures. restaurants, residences, and recreational Church. Did you know that the first Boston Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:30AM-12:30PM. spaces, from Atlantic Wharf on the Fort Point Tea Party music club was located in a building Begins 10/14/2017. Meet outside the doors of Channel to Battery Wharf in the North End. on Berkeley Street that once housed Adath South Station at the corner of Atlantic and Summer This tour includes the beginnings of Long (Temple) Israel’s religious school? These are Streets, Boston, $22. Wharf as the grand entry into Boston, and just some of the places we will see on our the genesis of its Financial District, the lore of walk. Our tour is 2 1/4 hours and will cover clipper ships and the China Trade, and classic approximately 1 1/2 miles, so please wear A Walk in Newton’s Hemlock Gorge 19th century Boston granite wharf buildings comfortable walking shoes. Phyllis Mays, Guide including Commercial Wharf, Lewis Wharf, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 2:00-4:15PM. Begins Union Wharf. Take in the spectacular views of Hemlock Gorge Reservation is located on a 23- 10/29/2017. Meet on Hadassah Way, located across Boston Harbor as we wind our way among the acre site, bound by trails that weave through the street from the Boston Public Garden and Four wharves old and new. adjoining corners of Needham, Newton, and Seasons Hotel, Boston, $25. Wellesley. Water runs rapidly down the gorge, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-7:30PM. the most precipitous drop in elevation along Begins 10/5/2017. Meet behind Atlantic Wharf, Please note: If a walk or tour is canceled the Charles River. Lined with overhanging 290 Congress Street (along Fort Point Channel), due to inclement weather, your guide may hemlock trees, the gorge is spanned by the Boston, $20. schedule a new date. We will do our best beautiful Echo Bridge, built in 1877 and to accommodate all students’ schedules. boasting a 133-foot sweeping granite arch Refunds will not be given for re-scheduled that soars above the river’s surface. Decide classes, but credits may be requested. for yourself what is more magnificent: the

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 33 Brookline’s Hidden History of Slavery Park’s attraction both to the well-to-do and the The Social and Architectural History of and Freedom: A Walking Tour working classes. Roxbury’s transformation from Back Bay Churches Barbara Brown, Suzette Abbott, Guides a country town into a city in the 19th century, Stephen Jerome, Guide annexation, immigration, and industrial growth While many buildings in Brookline show the From the historic Arlington Street Church, will also be discussed. town’s history, they rarely reveal much of the completed in 1861 as the first public structure past of the people who lived here. The history Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 11:00AM-1:00PM. erected on the newly-filled Back Bay, to the can remain hidden in plain view. This walking Begins 10/15/2017. Meet at the Roxbury Crossing recently finished breathtaking renovations at tour will visit four sites that tell the key stories MBTA Station, 1400 Tremont Street, Boston, $22. St. Cecelia’s Roman Catholic Church, the Back of slavery and freedom in our town. Our tour Bay is a treasure trove of rich ecclesiastical art will begin at Town Hall, looking at evidence and architecture. On our walking tour, we’ll visit of slavery hidden in plain sight. The walk will History Brought to Life at Brookline representative examples and selected interiors, also include a dramatic re-creation at an Cemetery including the distinguished Victorian work Underground Railroad house of Ellen Craft and Veronica Barron, Guide of notable architects Cummings and Sears, her very public escape from slavery in 1848. It might not surprise you that when it comes Estey, Richardson, Upjohn, Ware, and Van The walk is not strenuous; however, those who to noteworthy citizens, Brookline’s cemeteries Brunt, to Modernists Pietro Belluschi and Paul need to can drive the short distances between pack a punch. In Brookline’s historic Old Rudolph. Collectively, these houses of worship sites. Burying Ground, established in 1717, there contribute enormously to the overall beauty Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00-11:30AM. are mothers of presidents, witch-persecuting and character of the Back Bay, considered the Begins 10/21/2017. Meet in front of the main door Puritans, pioneers of medicine, abolitionists, most important example of 19th century urban of Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street, people who lived through slavery, revolutionary planning in America. $20. sons and daughters, and the lesser known Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 1:00-3:00PM. Begins Midnight Ride of William Dawes. In fact, this 11/5/2017. Meet in front of the Arlington Street graveyard was the only graveyard in the area Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston, $22. Brookline’s Secret Stairways and Paths: until Holyhood Cemetery in Chestnut Hill was A Walking Tour established in 1857, and thus encapsulates Kenneth Dumas, Guide the general makeup of residents of the area Urban Foraging for Wild Edibles for more than 140 years. Join us onsite for a During the late 19th century, a network of David Craft, Guide cemetery storytelling event led by a dynamic pedestrian paths and walks was constructed to Tasty wild plants grow abundantly in the public artist and historical interpreter, who facilitate the passage of citizens up and down area, many of which we walk right by without doubles as an educator and actress. We’ll stroll Corey and Aspinwall Hills to the new Beacon ever knowing they are there. Upgrade your together in the graveyard, also admiring the Street Boulevard streetcar line. Beacon Street, knowledge of the wild greens readily available grounds and layout that makes this cemetery widened in 1887 according to plans drawn up for foraging by joining a plant expert on a a great place for meditating on events far by Frederick Law Olmsted, afforded such easy ramble through an urban wild. You’ll learn removed from the everyday din. access to Boston that mansions were built for how to identify dozens of edible wild plants, wealthy families abutting the stylish street. On Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM-12:30PM. and how they can add significantly to your this walking tour of the paths, we will cover all Begins 10/28/2017. Meet at the intersection of culinary and nutritional repertoire. We’ll also the stairs and terraces that comprise the great Walnut Street and Chestnut Street, Brookline, $20. discuss cooking options, seasons of availability, circuit of pedestrian walks, from Summit Path and guidelines for safe and environmentally all the way to Beaconsfield Path ending at the responsible foraging. You’ll be amazed at the MBTA Beaconsfield station. The history of the The Art Deco Tour amount of greens, nuts, roots, and mushrooms paths, the architecture around them, and the Boston By Foot, Guide that you can find now and over the next story of the lost paths will be recounted. This is Art Deco is said to be one of the few couple of months. Sampling in the field will be a long, strenuous walk that covers several miles architectural styles recognizable by most encouraged. For those interested in learning of mostly stairs, but those who join may drop Americans. While many look to other cities more about this subject, the guide’s book, out at any point along the way and hop onto like New York and Miami for Art Deco in Urban Foraging, will be available at the walk. the Green Line to return home. architecture, Boston retains a rich collection Approximate cost, $10. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 10:00AM-12:00PM. and some of the finest examples in the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 10:30AM-12:00PM. Begins 11/12/2017. Meet at the intersection of country. Lavish and eclectic, Art Deco’s Begins 9/24/2017. Meet in the Landmark Center Washington and Beacon Streets near the outbound geometric shapes conjure images of a Parking Lot, 201 Brookline Ave, in front of REI, T stop, Brookline, $22. streamlined technological age. This walk Boston, $22. around Boston’s Financial District (indoor stops included) features the architectural Fort Hill Walking Tour works of Cram & Ferguson, Thomas James, Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life at Stephen Jerome, Guide Richard Shaw, and Parker, Thomas & Rice, as the Zoo well as the landscaping of Skidmore, Owings Highland Park in Roxbury, also known as Franklin Park Zoo Staff & Merrill in the Norman Leventhal Park in Fort Hill because of earthwork fortifications There are a multitude of details surrounding Post Office Square. From Harold Field Kellog’s constructed there by the Continental the mechanics of running a zoo. In this behind- Batterymarch building to Arthur Bowditch’s Army during the American Revolution, is the-scenes look at how a zoo works, we will Paramount Theater to Jung/Brannen’s one of Boston’s most historic and scenic visit and talk with staff at the Franklin Park Zoo. contemporary interpretations, discover hidden neighborhoods. Notable past residents, You’ll hear intriguing details about their daily architectural treasures in an area that has including abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, rounds, and learn about animal habits, feeding experienced several cycles of destruction and author-minister Edward Everett Hale, processes, relationships between animals renewal. pioneering female physician Marie Zakrzewska, and caretakers, what happens when animals and Civil Rights documentary Eyes on the Prize Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM-12:30PM. get sick, and the number involved in the care creator Henry Hampton, will be discussed as Begins 10/21/2017. Meet at the Angell Memorial of just one animal. You’ll learn how decisions we visit their home sites. The Dillaway-Thomas Fountain in Post Office Square at the the corner of are made, how weather conditions are dealt and Spooner-Lambert Houses, rare examples Milk and Congress Street, Boston, $20. with, and how the zoo fits into the community. of 18th century architecture, will also be Depending on the day, we’ll visit animals in viewed, as well as vernacular and high-style examples of the Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, and Queen Anne style houses that illustrate Highland

34 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 behind-the-scenes areas usually open only amazing waterfront skyline view, including Old to staff. For students ages 16 and older. North Church and the Financial District. On Discounts or waivers do not apply. our return we’ll explore the narrow, winding Mindfulness & Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. channels at North Point Park and break for a Begins 11/4/2017. Meet at the Main (Zebra) snack before heading toward the Esplanade. Movement Entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Paddlers of all levels are welcome; please be Road, Boston, $36. prepared to cover a moderate distance and paddle for at least two hours. Tour information will be emailed upon registration. Discounts or Understanding Gorilla Behavior: Behind waivers do not apply. Awakening Through Meditation the Scenes at the Franklin Park Zoo Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 11:00AM-2:00PM. Donna Rubenoff, Instructor Franklin Park Zoo Staff Begins 9/17/2017. Meet at 15 Broad Canal Way, Meditation is a way for us to teach our minds Gorillas are often a source of fascination and Cambridge, $80. to respond to the daily challenges of life from a fear in movies, books, and other media. This perspective of openness and peace. The benefits tour offers a chance to study gorillas up close of meditation as a way of reducing stress are well and personal at the Franklin Park Zoo. We will Travel Planning: Tips and Tricks documented, and practicing meditation is a path begin with a video presentation and opening Christine Stewart, Instructor of learning that leads to a deeper appreciation discussions on current research methods. Do you love to travel, but dread the and enjoyment of life. In this course you will Then we will meet the gorillas’ keepers and planning? Are you bewildered by ever- receive techniques you can use to start your own through viewing windows, encounter the changing airfares, wondering if a hotel or an practice or incorporate into your existing practice gorillas face-to-face, applying what we’ve Airbnb is right for you, not sure who to trust through exercises with breath, body, and mind. learned to collect behavioral data and answer on Trip Advisor? This class will de-mystify In the process you will experience the unique our own questions. We will conclude by fluctuating air rates and help to guide you and beautiful energy of group meditation. This learning more about efforts underway to through the labyrinth of choices currently course is suitable for those who have never preserve this endangered species. Please available on the Internet. You’ll learn how meditated before as well as experienced bring your camera; photo opportunities will far in advance to begin your travel planning, practitioners. Please wear comfortable clothing. be provided. For students ages 16 and older. and what questions to ask when choosing Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 11:30AM-12:45PM. Discounts or waivers do not apply. destinations, airlines, accommodations, tour Begins 10/16/2017. Unified Arts Building, $70. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 10:00AM-12:00PM. operators, and cruise lines. Whether you Begins 10/22/2017. Meet at the Main (Zebra) travel for business, pleasure or both you’ll Entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park learn how to maximize your travel budget The Practice of Insight: A Better Way to Road, Boston, $36. and minimize your stress. We’ll also discuss Live with Chronic Pain the “dos and don’ts” of international travel Bryan Tucker, M.S.W., Instructor and you’ll be left with a list of resources for Moonlight Canoe Trip information on aircraft statistics, hotels, If you’re a chronic pain sufferer, you may baggage allowances, and more. have been told, “You’re just going to have to Charles River Canoe & Kayak, Guide learn to live with this.” But if you’ve wondered Imagine twinkling lights silhouetting a fleet Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins how you’re going to do that, then insight of canoes slipping silently down a darkened 10/11/2017. Brookline High, $36. practice can provide an answer. The practice river. Overhead, a full moon beams down on of insight is a form of mental training that the evening’s revelers. What could be more untangles habits of mind. By revealing how romantic or inspiring? Enjoy a trip down the Volunteer Travel: The Ins our mental habits affect our experience, this NEW! & MOVEMENT MINDFULNESS Charles River when it is at its most mysterious and Outs practice allows us to explore better ways to and beautiful—by the light of the silvery moon. Jennifer Batore, Instructor relate to problems like pain. Insight practice Whether you are a beginning or advanced level You’ve dreamed of it and finally decided to clearly shows us the difference between direct paddler, this trip is sure to delight you. We do it: you’re going volunteer on your next experience and our inner reactions, so that will take you through the historic Auburndale trip abroad or in the US! But what next? This we can more easily let go of unwholesome section of the river, and provide a narrative class is designed to help you hone in on your responses and develop more beneficial ones tour of the offshore and onshore sites. Tour own preferences and successfully navigate instead. Over time, that can improve our ability information will be emailed upon registration. through the amount of options for this to live with pain as well as reduce our general Discounts or waivers do not apply. increasingly popular form of tourism. You stress and anxiety. will walk away from this class with a better Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 6:00-9:00PM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-8:00PM. Begins 9/9/2017. Meet at 211 Moody Street dam (next to understanding of how to select and plan for 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $96. Margaritas), Waltham, $45. a volunteer travel experience. Learn how to network, what questions to ask, how to talk pricing, and how you can and how to make Handling Stress in the Modern World Tour Boston Harbor by Kayak the most of it while on the trip (including David Sholemson, Instructor Charles River Canoe & Kayak, Guide topics ranging from travelers insurance to travel hacks). We’ll also discuss the minutiae Stress has become an epidemic in our culture. Experience the thrill of paddling through such as packing, what to bring from home, Experiencing constant stress has been proven the Charles River Locks into Boston Harbor and ideas about currency. Additionally, you’ll to cause physical and emotional illness as well in kayaks, while being entertained with the learn ways of reflecting on your experience as a more negative worldview. This workshop history and stories of the area. After a quick once home, and how to keep the spirit of will explain what stress is, where it comes from, introduction to kayak strokes, we’ll launch our your travels alive in your daily lives. This class how it affects others, how to be aware of the double kayaks and paddle toward the Museum is geared towards all ages and all types of stress you hold, and how to release it. Through of Science. We’ll glide through the old locks of travelers (solo, families, couples, seniors, lecture and relaxation techniques centered on the original Charles River Dam, then paddle students, etc.) and the only thing you need meditation and movement, you can begin to past the Nashua Street Park and under the is a desire to learn more about making an shift your focus inward to a more peaceful and Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge. We’ll navigate the impact while traveling in the US or abroad. joyous place. Leave with tools to continue your locks at the current dam and enter Boston’s practice at home. Inner Harbor, and paddle to Charlestown Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Navy Yard to view the U.S.S. Constitution, 11/1/2017. Brookline High, $84. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins U.S.S. Cassin Young, and other ships berthed 10/25/2017. Brookline High, $45. there. From the Navy Yard, we’ll enjoy the

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 35 Zen Mindfulness: An Introduction to The Simple Steps to Finding Your Clarity optimal performance. Learn to connect core Meditation Within strengthening and stretching to your natural Cambridge Zen Center, Instructor Kathryn Deputat, Instructor form on and off the mat. The Alexander Technique shows you how to use your mind Zen meditation is a discipline, a practice, and Do you feel stuck? Confused? Blocked? Come and body to let go of muscular tension, a path that dates back over 2,500 years to the share, witness, and learn methods that will develop dynamic alignment for improved historical Shakyamuni Buddha. As a discipline, it serve you long after the workshop ends to posture, and free your neck, back, and joints helps us cultivate openness and concentration, access the focus, insight, and answers that are from compression and discomfort. Learn to heightening our awareness of both our inner with us always, that are within you now. Using challenge yourself without strain. Open to all being and the world around us. As a practice, it writing, inquiry, deep listening, and one-on- levels. helps us discover who we are, develop greater one work, we will untangle thoughts, identify compassion for ourselves and others, and open true desires, meet the obstacles and aids to Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Th 5:15-6:30PM. Begins up to the deeper layers of experience. As a path, fulfillment. Guided by the power of intention, 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $95. it is a way to grow, to deepen, to let go, and to using the Simple Steps, we will reveal the clarity live. We will explore basic meditation techniques and solutions that await beneath the dust of for use while sitting, walking, and chanting. Each confusion, restoring enthusiasm, life direction, Dancing Prana Yoga class will include explanations and discussion and forward motion. Why be stuck when you NEW! Margaux Skalecki, Instructor of the philosophies behind the practice of Zen can learn how to be unstuck? For health and happiness, let your energy flow. meditation. Please wear comfortable clothing Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. In this class, we’ll connect the yogic philosophy and bring a cushion or pillow to sit on. Chairs Begins 11/4/2017. Brookline High, $45. of prana, or life breath, with flowing asanas will also be available. to create an ensemble of relaxing, meditative, Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 7:15-8:30PM. Begins restful dances that energize you by allowing 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $106. Quick Hypnosis Tools to Lower Your built up stress to drop away. We’ll practice Stress and Anxiety dance steps and postures, while also bringing Fanny Van de Poel, Instructor awareness to our inner selves, and how our bodies are responding. How does the inhale Living Longer: New Realities, One of the very first benefits of hypnosis is to NEW! awaken us as we move into each dance move? Resources, and Strategies learn how to relax your body and mind. In this What takes place in our whole being as we Marilyn Ross, Beth Tishler, Instructors workshop, a certified hypnotherapist will teach breathe and settle into a posture? How can Are you over 60 and wrestling with issues you practical tools that you can integrate into we become freer and allow fluidity and ease? surrounding this next chapter of your life? your daily life to lower your levels of stress Dancing Prana Yoga offers pathways that Aging today is very different from previous and anxiety. Most of these tools only take a strengthen, stretch, soften, support, align, and generations. Given that life expectancies are few minutes to learn and practice, and can awaken the human potential of full expression longer, we need to change our perspectives on be used throughout your life. You will learn and health. Open to all levels. Please bring a aging. In this class, we will discuss questions how to change your body postures and to yoga mat and a journal to take notes. such as how to apply the latest findings on use your breath and your imagination to relax longevity to our lives, how society’s attitudes and feel calmer within minutes. This course Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:00-7:00PM. Begins about aging (“ageism”) affect us, and how to is open to anyone who wants to learn simple 10/2/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $112. maximize this experience to create positive and efficient ways to calm anxieties and lower and fulfilling lives, all while acknowledging the stress. No previous experience with hypnosis changes in our lives. Come learn about the is necessary. Gentle Flow Yoga Masha Leuner, Instructor research, resources, and strategies to assist Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins you in navigating this next chapter in your life. 10/26/2017. Brookline High, $36. Unwind in this slow flow yoga class where Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 1:00-2:00PM. we’ll practice using dynamic and static poses Begins 11/29/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 to strengthen muscles, lengthen connective Winchester Street, Brookline, $36. Morning Yoga tissue, and increase body awareness. You will Felice Brenner, Instructor awaken your chi, improve posture and stamina, and ease body and mind. We’ll pay attention to A good day begins with yoga. We’ll practice a what our bodies need and learn to move safely Shamanic Intuition: Ancient Wisdom for series of flowingasanas (postures) to achieve into deeper poses. Open to beginners as well Current Times a healthy balance of calm and energy. With as experienced students. Please bring a yoga Susana Hey, Instructor spinal and arm movements, we’ll awaken, mat and towel. Intuition is the wonderful sense of knowing build flexibility to energize, and focus on that we all have experienced at some point. strengthening muscles and inner relaxation. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. Begins For thousands of years shamanic cultures have Our varied workouts will be designed for all 10/4/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, been able to tap into this intuition by entering levels and experience. Please bring a yoga mat, Brookline, $120. an altered state of consciousness. They call two blocks, and a strap. this state “non-ordinary reality” and use it to Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 8:30-9:45AM. Begins connect with their intuition and the spirit realm Yoga for Relaxation and Stress 10/4/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Management for guidance, information, and to learn how to Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), help others. In this introductory class, we will use $120. Felice Brenner, Instructor rhythmic drumming as well as meditative music If you are interested in clearing your head and to enter into that state of mind. We’ll discuss the grounding yourself in the present moment, this altered state of consciousness, the subconscious Yoga Using the Alexander Technique hatha yoga class offers an excellent wind-down mind, and mindfulness. Then we’ll dive into Cecile Raynor, Instructor experience. Through meditation and gentle everyday shamanic symbols (objects, archetypes, yoga practices we will focus on re-centering Discover a new way to approach core power animals, and synchronicities) as modern and calming your body, mind, and spirit. Slow strengthening and stretching, and learn tools for feedback and inner guidance. We will and gentle poses will help your body begin to how it promotes your well-being on and off perform stone and psychometry exercises, with relax, and breathing practices will calm your the mat. In this class, we’ll practice standing a guided visualization and discussion to follow. nervous system. Extended and guided deep and floor poses that are typical of Hatha Please bring a yoga mat, bandana or blindfold, relaxation will return your mind to its place yoga, while building in principles of the notebook, and pen. You may also bring a blanket of peace. Techniques that you can draw on in for warmth, if you choose. Open to all levels. Alexander Technique, a method popular with successful performers and athletes that Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins helps them use their bodies efficiently for 10/12/2017. Brookline High, $84.

36 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 your daily life to stay calm and relaxed will also Yoga for Core Strength Morning Tai Chi be taught. Open to all levels. Please bring a Tim Strauhal, Instructor Vincent Chu, Instructor yoga mat, two blocks and a blanket. Gain a strong power center and a healthy, Start your day with new energy and inner calm Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 10:00-11:30AM. Begins stable spine by learning how to properly utilize with the practice of one of the original ancient 9/27/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard your body’s core. In a slow vinyasa-inspired Chinese martial arts, tai chi. The slowness and Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $128. flow practice, you’ll restore and strengthen all evenness of continuous movement, based on the muscles in your abdominals using centric ancient philosophy, makes this an ideal form poses that integrate the deep muscles in the of exercise for men and women of all ages Healthy Yoga abdominal and lower and upper back region. and abilities. You’ll increase your strength Gino Morelli, Instructor You will also enjoy accessing the core in unique and resilience, promote cardiovascular and The qualities of youthfulness, vitality, and inner ways including linking poses to breath, which respiratory endurance, improve coordination strength characterize those who have brought activate and condition your posture and and balance, and build confidence. We’ll yoga into their everyday lives. Through the muscle tone, as well as deep stretching and practice a series of movements in the yang practice of hatha yoga postures, you will be strengthening. Open to all levels. Please bring a style, today’s most popular form. Please wear put in touch with your own energy source. yoga mat and two blocks. soft, flat-bottomed shoes. Yoga promotes flexibility in the spine and Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00-11:15AM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 8:30-9:15AM. Begins back, opens joints, stretches the muscles, and Begins 9/30/2017. Brookline High, $120. 9/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard stimulates the internal organs. Hatha yoga Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $72. will assist in reducing physical and emotional stress through total relaxation and can lead Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 8:30-9:15AM. Begins Yoga for Older Adults 9/28/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard to a new sense of self-awareness. Open to all Steffi Shapiro, Instructor Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $72. levels. Please bring a yoga mat and two blocks. Yoga is an ancient system of gentle exercise Sec. 03 (Both Sessions): # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 6:00-7:30PM. Begins and breathing techniques that enhance 8:30-9:15AM. Begins 9/26/2017. The Korean Church 9/19/2017. Brookline High, $128. physical well-being. Yoga is well suited to of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on older people because it combines safe, gentle, Holden Street), $116. invigorating stretching exercises with relaxation Yin Yoga and Meditation and introspection, all in a non-competitive Nicole Striar, Instructor atmosphere. Our exercises will consist of Twist, bend, and lengthen like never before, gentle stretches and simple movements, which as you open up the spine, improve posture, release tension from the neck, shoulders, back, Dance & Fitness and calm the nervous system. In Yin yoga, a and other areas of the body. Most exercises Chinese style of passive posturing, everything can be done in a chair or in a comfortable slows down. Long holds of milder yoga poses standing position. Section 01 is taught in a target specific muscles and connective tissue, chair; mat students are welcome. Section 02 and can lead to a deep, sophisticated, and is taught on the floor. Please bring a yoga mat. varied practice in a short period of time. Yin Seniors only; discount does not apply. yoga enhances the flow of chi (orprana ) and Sec. 01 (Chair Class): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 2:00- 4 Dances in 8 Weeks provides you with an opportunity to build an 3:00PM. Begins 9/26/2017. Brookline Senior Center, Maureen Ferguson, Brian Whalen, Instructors awareness of your body’s connection to your 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $65. mind through mindfulness meditation. Open to It is possible to learn four dances in eight weeks, all levels. Please bring a yoga mat and towel or Sec. 02 (Floor Class): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 3:00- and have fun doing it. Shake it up and feel the 4:00PM. Begins 9/26/2017. Brookline Senior Center, blanket. Cushion, strap, and blocks are optional. rhythm of the beat with Latin dancing. You and 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $65. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-7:30PM. Begins your partner will learn the basics and beyond 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $128. for sizzling hot dances such as the merengue, Tai Chi for Seniors salsa, cha cha, and rumba. As your confidence & FITNESS DANCE and ability grow, more patterns and styles will Vincent Chu, Instructor Yoga for Bone Health be introduced. We supply the instruction, you One of the original ancient Chinese martial Masha Leuner, Instructor supply the energy and willingness to learn. arts, tai chi is practiced today as a form of Singles and couples welcome. Regular exercise is key to keep a number exercise. Tai chi movements are slow and even, of health issues at bay, and bone health is and their continuous flowing poses will build Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 9/19/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, no exception. After age thirty, your bones your strength, endurance, coordination, and $138. naturally start to lose their ability to re-build confidence. Exercise, mind-body development, themselves. Whether you are concerned about and the practice of a traditional art form osteoporosis, brittle bones, or just aging well, will leave you relaxed and centered. Classes 8 Dances in 8 Weeks it’s always a good idea to take care of yourself. will be taught in the yang style. Please wear Each week we will begin with a short discussion, comfortable clothing and soft, flat-bottomed Maureen Ferguson, Brian Whalen, Instructors engage in a yoga practice that promotes shoes. An optional DVD is available for sale, Want to learn a new dance each week? How optimal bone wellness, and end by taking $20. Seniors only; discount does not apply. about eight different dances? Join us for this a brief moment to reflect and share. In our fun and fast-paced class where you and your Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 2:00-3:30PM. Begins practice, we will focus specifically on creating partner will learn basic rhythm and style, 9/22/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester strength and balance through yoga postures partnering skills, and common dance figures, Street, Brookline, $80. and explore stress reduction tools that support such as underarm turns, free spins, and cross- bone health. On the mat, you’ll learn how to body leads. Each week we’ll introduce a new comfortably hold postures to promote physical dance and you’ll learn steps from the waltz, longevity. Coming off the mat, we will use the rumba, foxtrot, cha cha, merengue, swing, salsa, walls and chairs to modify yoga postures to suit and tango. By the end of this unique course, individual needs. Open to all levels. Please bring you’ll be prepared to impress at any wedding, a yoga mat, two blocks, and a towel. club, party, or venue in town—or just have fun dancing at home! Singles and couples welcome. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 5:30-6:45PM. Begins 10/4/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-7:30PM. Begins Brookline, $120. 9/19/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, $138.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 37 West Coast Swing a variety of full-body stretches, then finish with Nancy Murphy, Instructor yoga-like core strengthening, centering, and breathing exercises. Bring a yoga mat, water, West Coast Swing is a slinky partner dance Monday Dance and ballet slippers. Open to all levels. derived from the Lindy Hop, and is slower Workshops than its East Coast brethren. This dance is Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00-11:30AM. recognizable by its slotted shape and focus Begins 9/23/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Cut loose Monday nights on connection between partners, and can be Street Gym, $138. and sample a new dance form with a danced to a varied range of music from blues two-session introductory course. and country swing, to soul and pop, making it probably the most versatile of couples dance Dance with Me: Ballet with Your Child forms. In our sessions, you and your partner Jennifer Lin, Instructor Modern Dance Workshop will learn fancy footwork such as spins, dips, Does your little one love to dance? This class Margaux Skalecki, Instructor drops, quick turns, and partnering skills. Please is specifically designed for a parent and child note: this course is designed for couples only. to strengthen their bond by expressing joy Many decades ago, the concept of modern through movement. The two of you will learn dance was created to allow for more Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-7:30PM. Begins basic ballet steps together and will gently freedom and expression of movement, 10/5/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, improve your balance and flexibility. Each week, forsaking the upright postures of ballet, $110. your child will practice listening, executing while maintaining many of the techniques movements, hearing the beats and rhythm of and fundamentals of more traditional the music, and will use creativity to add his or dance forms. Modern dance brings Ballroom Dancing her own steps to the dance. Please wear ballet together a mix of floor work, standing Michele Cloutier, Instructor slippers and close-fitting clothing to class. Price movements, warm-ups, barre work, and Dancing With the Stars has made ballroom is per adult-child pair. Ages 3-5. wide open expressive movements. Unleash dance quite the sensation, and across the your creativity with this versatile and country, people are learning or re-learning its Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: F 9:00-9:45AM. Begins eloquent dance form. Please wear non- joys. Here’s your chance to master the waltz, 9/22/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard restrictive, comfortable clothing. foxtrot, and swing. Learn to think of dancing Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $68. Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:00- as a conversation set to music, where you can respond smoothly and easily to your partner. 7:00PM. Begins 12/4/2017. Dance studio at the Introduction to Classical Ballet Tappan Street Gym, $36. By the end of our sessions, you’ll be prepared for your wedding or other social event. Please Jennifer Lin, Instructor bring leather-soled shoes. Please note: this This course is for those who have always had an Shamanic Dance and Journey course is designed for couples only. interest in ballet but have never taken a class, or Margaux Skalecki, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 8:00-9:30PM. Begins who have taken ballet in the past and want to move beyond basic exercises. In a comfortable, For thousands of years, shamans and lay 9/27/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, relaxed atmosphere, students will develop an people alike have used dance to journey $138. appreciation for ballet as an art form and will to other realms and receive information gain proficiency in executing the elementary and healing for themselves and their forms of ballet steps. Emphasis will be placed communities. In this class, we will explore Swing and American Tango on musicality and precision of movement as dance as a means of achieving a meditative NEW! Michele Cloutier, Instructor we concentrate on fluid dance combinations. state to ready us for our journey inward. We Both simple dances to learn, but with endless Women should wear leotards, tights, and ballet will occasionally use blindfolds to help us possibilities for embellishment, swing and tango slippers; men should wear dance belts, tights or achieve a trance-like state and shut out the are two of the most popular dances in Boston. jazz pants, T-shirts, and ballet slippers. outside world, moving through our journey We’ll start with the basic steps to swing, then add using our intentions and our energy, rather some fun triple steps, dips, and turns to build Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. Begins than the traditional five senses. Please bring your repertoire. Once you’ve mastered the basics 9/27/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, a journal, yoga mat, blanket, and bandana. of leading and following these steps and moving $138. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:00-7:00PM. in time to the music, we’ll start our journey into American tango. This dance is all about Begins 9/18/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Introduction to Jazz Dance Street Gym, $36. connection with your partner and we’ll work on the basic walk step as well as turns, cross steps, Margaux Skalecki, Instructor and rock steps. By the end of our lessons, you Jazz dance fuses various dance styles, from will have developed a strong connection with funk to the lyrical lines of blues and ballet. This your partner that can be applied to any dance course provides an opportunity to condition the Club Latin: Salsa, Merengue, and style and will allow you to continue to improve body in the areas of muscle and cardiovascular Bachata (and even improvise!) on the dance floor. You’ll endurance, coordination, rhythm, and balance. Nancy Murphy, Instructor be ready to try out a local swing dance or milonga Our sessions will consist of isolated body Boston offers a thriving Latin club scene, and (social tango dance) on your own, too! Please movements, technique work, basic steps on any given night you can dance away to note: this course is designed for couples only. and combinations, and traveling movements sultry Latin rhythms. Here’s your chance to Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins across the floor. After basic jazz-style warm up learn three of the hippest partner dances; 9/27/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, exercises, we will concentrate on choreography. salsa, merengue, and bachata. We’ll learn $138. Each week, we’ll progress to more complex the fundamental elements of each dance, so moves, ultimately choreographing a dance you can step out on the dance floor. You and routine for the final class. Open to all levels. your partner will learn basic rhythm and style, Barre Workout Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Th 7:30-9:00PM. Begins partnering skills, and common dance figures. Jennifer Lin, Instructor 10/5/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, You’ll learn correct techniques such as Latin This course combines the brio of ballet barre $98. hip action and how to lead and follow so you with the mindfulness of yoga. These sessions can dance with style and confidence. Please will include a whole-body workout that builds note: this course is designed for couples only. sculpted legs, strong arms, and the flexibility, Bellydancing For Women Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:30-9:00PM. Begins balance, and grace of a dancer. First, we will Christine Mirson-Tohme, Instructor 10/5/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, concentrate on the simplicity and vigor of basic Bellydancing is one of the oldest dance forms $138. ballet barre moves. We will then transition to based on traditional women’s dances from

38 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 the Middle East. In this course, for those with gently without jarring or compressing the joints. safe and powerful total body dance workout some bellydancing experience, we will focus on This class has been adapted for the mat and for all. Bring water and wear workout clothes putting basic moves into a brief dance routine. chair from the Gyrotonic® machine method and and sneakers that are comfortable to move in. Traveling steps with the veil will be introduced. is a perfect way to begin your evening feeling Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:00-7:00PM. Begins Wear loose clothing or leggings and socks or limber and relaxed. Please bring a yoga mat. 11/29/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street dance slippers, and bring a chiffon veil (three Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:00-7:00PM. Begins Gym, $48. yards) to class. Veils are available for purchase 9/18/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, from the instructor for $20. $80. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-8:30PM. Begins Parkour for Children Ages 8-13 9/18/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, Parkour Generations Boston Staff $138. Pilates This class is for children of all ability and fitness Kathleen Anderson, Instructor levels, and will include instruction in the basic Pilates is a system of movement that works movements and techniques of parkour, as Shake Your Soul the abdominal muscles, and in the process, well as exercises designed to improve general Marcia Hulley, Instructor the entire body. Movement is precise, and at fitness and ensure the long-term practice of Why not lower your stress and feel good about the same time, flowing. Muscles are toned and the discipline. Classes focus on exploring and your body and yourself! Dance has been proven stretched, leading to improved strength, stamina, moving safely through one’s environment and to be the most effective kind of movement to posture, and flexibility. Pilates seeks to unite overcoming both mental and physical obstacles strengthen body and mind. Shake Your Soul mind and body through breath, concentration, through the progressive training system of is an exhilarating approach to whole body and control of movement. Physical fitness and parkour. A combination of games, exercises, fitness that ignites joy and passion through a sense of well-being are equally important in challenges, and technical drills will provide transformative movement and dance. Have this class. Ballet- and yoga-inspired moves and scalable challenges to a wide range of skill levels fun, free your body, mind and spirit, and get stretches will be included as well. Open to all and will improve balance, coordination, strength, energized by the rhythms of dynamic music. levels. Please bring a cushioned exercise mat. spatial awareness, and flexibility—all while Recharge, renew, and relax. Please bring a yoga Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:15-8:15PM. Begins having fun! All classes are taught by experienced mat. Open to all levels of fitness, flexibility, and 9/18/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, ADAPT-certified coaches. This class is for ages dance experience. Try Section 01, it’s on us. $80. Anderson 8-13. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Sec. 01 (Try It!): # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30-7:30PM. Sec. 02: # sessions: 18 Day: Tu, Th 10:30-11:30AM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:00-7:00PM. Begins Begins 9/28/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Begins 10/3/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 9/18/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $96. Street, Brookline, Free; pre-registration is required. Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:00- Sec. 02: # sessions: 10 Day: Th 6:30-7:30PM. Begins $180. TBA 7:00PM. Begins 11/27/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $48. 10/5/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, Brookline, $130. Zumba Parkour: All Levels Shannon Egna, Instructor Parkour Generations Boston Staff We Dance and We Write NEW! Zumba is a Latin dance-inspired cardio class Parkour was born in the banlieues (suburbs) Margaux Skalecki, Instructor utilizing interval training for a dynamic workout. of Paris in the 1980s and is now one of the What have you been planning to write, yet It is also one of the most popular dance fitness world’s fastest-growing sports. While often have been putting off? In this class, we will crazes around. In our sessions, we’ll pair recognized in the fantastic images seen use movement to free our minds and allow high-energy and motivating music with unique on YouTube, the sport is actually a form of our bodies to become more fluid. When we moves and combinations that allow for a movement that has roots in a wide variety move our bodies, we move both mental and dynamic workout. We’ll learn dance moves from of physical disciplines including gymnastics, physical energy, bringing expansion to tight samba, merengue, and salsa, to reggaeton and martial arts, climbing, and track and field. This places, moving into places that need focus, and hip hop. Get in shape and have fun doing so in course will introduce you to the training and freeing ourselves from that feeling of being this dynamic class. Open to all levels. Discounts ideology of parkour through a combination of & FITNESS DANCE stuck. As we dance into a moving meditation, or waivers do not apply to drop-in sessions. physical and mental exercises, and will include our creativity expands and we are ready to Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:00-7:00PM. Begins a variety of indoor and outdoor (weather write. You may wish to work on an article, 9/27/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, permitting) environments. Open to all levels. short story, memoir, love letters, your resume, $98. Discounts or waivers do not apply. a journal entry, or any other piece of writing Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins that you want to move forward. Please wear Sec. 02 (Drop In): # sessions: 1 Day: W 6:00-7:00PM. Any Wednesday in the fall term. Dance studio at 9/19/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $135. comfortable clothing and soft-soled shoes. the Tappan Street Gym, $16. Bring your writing utensils and your curiosity. Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 7:00- 8:30PM. Begins 11/28/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $60. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 10:30AM-12:00PM. Begins 9/18/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard BollyX Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $138. Shannon Egna, Instructor What You Should Know About Your Dance BollyX is a Bollywood-inspired dance-fitness Class Gyrokinesis® program that combines dynamic choreography with the hottest music from around the world. • If your class meets in the dance studios, Kathleen Anderson, Instructor In this course, the cardio workout cycles please bring an extra pair of shoes with you. If you’ve taken Pilates and are looking between higher and lower-intensity dance Outdoor shoes are not allowed in the dance studios at Brookline High School. for something new and a little different, sequences to get you moving, sweating, and Gyrokinesis® may be up your alley! Gyrokinesis® motivated. At the very core of a BollyX workout • Some classes are designed for couples only. whole-body exercises are comprised of spiraling is the inspiration it draws from the music and If you would like to take a couples dance circular movements which flow together dance of Bollywood, the film industry of India. class and need a partner, just let us know seamlessly in a rhythmic pattern. Repetitions This class embodies the infectious energy, and we’ll try to find you one to balance out are set to the rhythm of your breathing to help expression, and movement of Bollywood and the class. Please contact Susan Bonoff at you lengthen your spine and focus your body’s aims to expand the reach of fitness to more 617-730-2700, extension 1101. energy. Each movement connects with the next, people worldwide. This fitness curriculum has • The cost of couples-only dance classes is per allowing the joints to move freely through a been created by world-class choreographers person (unless otherwise noted). natural range of motion. The carefully crafted and certified fitness professionals to ensure a sequences create balance and are executed

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 39 High Intensity Interval Training Fit in 30 Class will focus on warm-up and abdominal Elite39 Fitness Staff Louise Olafsson, Instructor exercises, yoga stretches for flexibility, and strength training for the upper and lower body. If you’re looking for something more than a Are you looking for the secret to weight loss? All Please bring a mat or towel and a set (2) of one- standard cardio workout, high-intensity training it takes is 30 minutes a day to achieve a proper to five-pound hand weights. is the answer. It focuses on high-intensity level of fitness. In this total body workout, we’ll exercises, interval training, weight lifting, and a alternate between six minutes of weights, two Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 5:45-6:15PM. number of explosive routines. Lose body fat and minutes of cardio, and two minutes of abs. Begins 9/18/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis increase muscle tone and strength, while getting Three sets of this routine and you will be done. Street, Brookline, $110. in the best shape of your life. Going to a gym by All body parts will be used to achieve total body Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 6 Day: M, W 5:45- yourself and spending hours on the treadmill is fitness as effectively as possible. Open to all 6:15PM. Begins 11/27/2017. Lawrence School, 27 enough to break anyone’s spirit; having a team levels. Wear appropriate workout clothing and Francis Street, Brookline, $48. around you allows you to push yourself harder footwear, and bring a mat or towel and a set (2) than you ever thought possible and achieve of three- to five-pound hand weights. your goals in record time. As well as all these Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 6:15-6:45PM. Strength Training for Women in Midlife benefits, you will see a huge increase in your Begins 9/18/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Louise Olafsson, Instructor cardiovascular efficiency. You’ll be faster, fitter, Street, Brookline, $110. One of the most important things you can do and more responsive, traits that can then be Sec. 02: # sessions: 6 Day: M, W 6:15-6:45PM. Begins for your health at midlife is strength training. transferred across to any other form of training Strength training enables you to better perform or sport. Please bring a water bottle and be ready 11/27/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, Brookline, $48. daily activities and helps to create strong to work hard. Discounts or waivers do not apply. ligaments and tendons. This class will focus on Sec. 01: # sessions: 10 Day: W 5:00-6:00PM. Begins warm-up exercises, yoga stretches for flexibility, 9/27/2017. Meet at 39 Harvard St., 2nd Floor, Fall Bootcamp and strength training for the upper and lower Brookline, $150. Steve Shain, Instructor body. Please bring a mat or towel and a set (2) of one- to three-pound hand weights. Get in shape and kick your workout up a notch Beginning Running in this fun and energetic training and bootcamp Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 9:30-10:15AM. course. We’ll focus on individual, partner, and Begins 9/19/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 David Leung, Instructor group exercises that use strength, flexibility, Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), Have you thought about running for exercise balance, agility, speed, and coordination. Each $150. but don’t know how to begin training? Is your session will include calisthenics, plyometrics, Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu, Th 9:30-10:15AM. goal to one day run a 5 or 10K race? With cardiovascular conditioning, and muscular Begins 11/16/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, planning and goal setting you can begin a endurance training. Working at your own level 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden training program that will keep you motivated and pace, you’ll utilize your body weight and Street), $102. and energized. In our sessions, we’ll gradually equipment such as resistance bands as you build up each week until we reach a comfortable perform a range of exercises to work your 30-minute run by the eighth week. We’ll talk entire body. All levels welcome. Please bring a Strength Training for Seniors about flexibility, strength training, nutrition, injury towel and water bottle. Steve Shain, Instructor prevention, and cross training. Class format Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging includes a weekly training schedule and running Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 6:30-7:15PM. assignments. We’ll be running outside, so please Begins 9/19/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $138. Studies have shown that seniors who wear appropriate running clothes and footwear. Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 6 Day: Tu, Th 6:30- supplement their exercise routine with light 7:15PM. Begins 11/28/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $68. strength training are able to stay active longer. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-7:00PM. Begins This course is for those who have been 10/11/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $110. exercising regularly and who wish to increase Perfect Abs and Glutes their strength, balance, stamina, and physical Steve Shain, Instructor flexibility. We’ll start and end with stretches The Boxer’s Workout and flexibility exercises to help make everyday Here’s a quick way to improve your sense of Brian Scagliola, Instructor movements smooth and comfortable. We’ll physical strength and core power. Learn the Boxing is the perfect way to achieve new levels also work on low-impact conditioning, mat secrets to fabulous abdominals and glutes of health and fitness, and builds physical work, and endurance and strength training in this 30-minute class. We’ll incorporate self-confidence while promoting self-defense. while sitting or standing (weights optional). exercises drawn from multiple disciplines Our warm-ups will include stretching, drills, Bring a mat or towel and a set (2) of one-, two-, such as yoga, Pilates, kickboxing, and athletic abdominal workouts, and jumping rope, and or three-pound hand weights to class. Seniors conditioning that are designed to strengthen we’ll work with a speed and heavy bag to only; discount does not apply. improve speed-hand coordination and power and tone troublesome areas. We’ll do exercises Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 8:45-10:15AM. punching. We’ll practice shadow boxing, such as planks, bridges, one hundreds, squats, lunges, and more. You will experience a new Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 basic jabs and combinations, defensive skills Winchester Street, Brookline, $94. and movement, and learn proper training level of strength, firmness, and fitness. Open techniques. Open to all levels. Please bring to all levels. Please bring a towel, exercise mat, Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 6 Day: M, W 8:45- a towel, water bottle, and boxing gloves and and water bottle. 10:15AM. Begins 11/27/2017. Brookline Senior wraps (available at most sporting good stores), Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 6:00-6:30PM. Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $49. and any other boxing equipment you own. Begins 9/19/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $110. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 5:30-7:00PM. Begins Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 6 Day: Tu, Th 6:00- Bootcamp for Seniors: Balance and 9/18/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $138. 6:30PM. Begins 11/28/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $48. Strength Training Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. Begins Steve Shain, Instructor 9/18/2017. Meet at Nonantum Boxing Club, 75 Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging Adams St., Newton, $144. Strength Training for Everyone Louise Olafsson, Instructor Leading an active lifestyle is more important than ever. Regular exercise is not only good Strength training increases muscle to fat ratio, for your body—it’s also good for your mind, improves metabolism so that you are able to mood, and memory. This bootcamp class burn more calories, and enables you to better incorporates the best of balance and strength perform daily activities that require lifting, training. Our focus will be on exercises that pushing, and pulling. We will focus on toning build on our strength, endurance, mobility, and each part of your body using hand-held weights.

40 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 flexibility. Please bring a set (2) of two- to three- The Zen of Growing Orchids Re-envision Your Home’s Landscape pound hand weights to class. Seniors only; NEW! Debra Stotler, Instructor Myrna Balk, Instructor discount does not apply. Orchids are notorious for being difficult to grow, Fall is the perfect time to think about preparing Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 1:00-2:00PM. Begins but with a little knowledge and some hands- your garden for winter and planning (and 9/22/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester on practice, you can easily fill your home with even planting) for the following spring. We will Street, Brookline, $65. healthy, thriving flowers. There are a number of consider the joys and challenges of both the Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 3 Day: F 1:00- different varieties of orchids that you can grow shade garden and the sound garden. After 2:00PM. Begins 12/1/2017. Brookline Senior Center, at home and each has its own needs. In this presenting some basic principles of landscape 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $30. class, you will explore the secrets to encouraging design, we will discuss how to introduce flowers on your orchid plant, keeping it healthy, personal touches that make your yard an inviting and identifying indications that you need to environment. We will look at how to change the Senior S-T-R-E-T-C-H adjust its growing conditions. You will learn how contour of your yard’s structure or develop the Steve Shain, Instructor to determine the correct temperature, light space in a new way. By adding soil, stones, or Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging level, and humidity, as well as how and when to raised beds, you can easily modify the space fertilize it. We will also go over common pests to significantly change the layout. We will also This class is for those who want to stretch out and diseases that might affect your orchid and consider what plants need feeding and pruning. gently and safely and work on maintaining how to deal with them effectively. Growing An experienced gardener will show you that we strength and balance. We’ll work on rhythmic orchids can seem tricky, but enjoying the are only limited by our ideas and imagination. movement and using hand weights in a sitting blooms during the winter months is the perfect Bring pictures of the space you want to focus on. position. You will learn stretches and flexibility reward for your hard work and care. You may exercises to help make everyday movements Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins bring your orchid, if you have one, or a picture of smooth and comfortable. Going at your own 10/4/2017. Brookline High, $36. the orchid you would like to grow. pace, you will improve your range of motion, balance, and stamina. Please bring a set (2) of Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. one-, two-, or three-pound hand weights to Begins 9/23/2017. Brookline High, $56. Organizing 101: How to Organize Your class. Seniors only; discount does not apply. Space, Time, and Life Judy Eisenberg, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 10:30-11:30AM. Flower Arranging Workshops Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Effective organization involves all aspects Winchester Street, Brookline, $82. Cass School Floral Design Staff of your life. Through an exploration of the Enjoy a beautiful experience learning how to principles of organization, this class will help Sec. 02 (December): # sessions: 6 Day: M, W 10:30- create flower arrangements. In this series, you organize a cluttered space, arrange your 11:30AM. Begins 11/27/2017. Brookline Senior you will learn how to create different styles of time for efficiency, and keep your everyday life Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $45. fresh flower arrangements and touch upon structured. Through a focused presentation the relevant elements and principles of floral and discussion, you will explore with a design. We will also explain how to care for professional organizer how to address these flowers to achieve long lasting freshness. challenges so you can take steps to get your Home & Garden This is a hands-on class, where you will learn space, time, and life organized and on track. professional techniques for designing simple Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins arrangements that you can then replicate at 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $28. home. At the end of each session, you will leave with a stylish arrangement to take home to enjoy or give as a gift. Discounts or waivers Free Yourself from Paper Clutter do not apply. Judy Eisenberg, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 6:30-8:00PM. Begins Now is the time to learn how to manage your Holiday Flower Arrangements 10/2/2017. Meet at 531 Mount Auburn St., Cass School Floral Design Staff important papers—before they take over— Watertown, $135. from financial and medical records to personal Celebrate the season in a creative way! Learn items. You’ll discover how to weed through and how to design festive flower arrangements to get rid of papers you don’t need, while holding enhance your celebrations or give as unique Make a Terrarium onto and properly sorting necessary papers. HOME & GARDEN HOME gifts. Great events for a night out with friends to Cass School Floral Design Staff Organizing the pile can be an overwhelming share the enjoyment of creating joyful designs Add some green life to your home or office task, but this class will explore the causes of filled with seasonal greenery and fresh flowers. with delightful terrariums. Learn how to select clutter, systems to organize it, and habits to While you are constructing your holiday designs the best containers for terrariums, the types maintain organization. Through a focused you will learn basic floral design skills that you of plants, mosses, and materials appropriate presentation and discussion, you will explore can use to make all types of arrangements all for terrariums, how to arrange these elements with a professional organizer how to overcome year long. In Section 01 students will make a for the desired look, and how to care for the roadblocks to clear your paper clutter. twinkling candle centerpiece with evergreen. In terrariums. Students will create a green plant Section 02 we will make an arrangement in a Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins in Section 01—a miniature garden of assorted 10/24/2017. Brookline High, $28. holiday chic design with blooms and foliages to green plants in glass for desktop display— add cosmopolitan flair to your seasonal decor. In and a succulent terrarium in Section 02—a Section 03 students will design a contemporary carefree mini-garden of interesting textures Christmas arrangement with flowers, greenery, and hues with succulents and cacti. Students and modern accents. Discounts or waivers do are welcome to bring in items they would not apply. like to include in their terrariums such as sea Sec. 01 (Candle Centerpiece): # sessions: 1 Day: shells, special stones, miniature figurines, or Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 11/30/2017. Meet at 531 toys. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Mount Auburn St., Watertown, $75. Sec. 01 (Green Plants): # sessions: 1 Day: Su 3:00- Sec. 02 (Holiday Chic): # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00- 4:15PM. Begins 10/1/2017. Meet at 531 Mount 8:30PM. Begins 12/7/2017. Meet at 531 Mount Auburn St., Watertown, $55. Auburn St., Watertown, $75. Sec. 02 (Succulent Plants): # sessions: 1 Day: Su Sec. 03 (Christmas Arrangement): # sessions: 1 Day: 3:00-4:15PM. Begins 10/8/2017. Meet at 531 Mount Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 12/14/2017. Meet at 531 Auburn St., Watertown, $55. Mount Auburn St., Watertown, $75.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 41 Getting Organized for the Holidays Makeup for Events and essential oils with scents like sweet orange Judy Eisenberg, Instructor Alexandra Dale, Instructor and carrot seed. Students will each make three different customized bath salts in class. A $10 For many people, staying organized during the In this class you’ll learn what the difference materials fee is included in the course fee. holiday season while shopping for presents, is between everyday makeup and event cooking, cleaning, de-cluttering, entertaining, makeup. This class will teach you how to utilize Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:30AM-2:00PM. wrapping gifts, and decorating can be a real different makeup techniques to create a Begins 11/18/2017. Brookline High, $53. challenge. Through a focused presentation and makeup look for evening or for an event, while discussion, you will explore with a professional maintaining your personal aesthetic and feeling organizer how to get everything done in an comfortable with the makeup you’re wearing. The Art of Natural Perfumery organized manner, plus save money so you can The instructor will use members of the class Cher Kore, Instructor enjoy the holidays stress free. as models and speak to the importance of Learn the art and science of creating natural Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. Begins applying makeup in a certain way when it’s perfumes and colognes. In this class, you will 11/1/2017. Brookline High, $28. going to be photographed or videotaped. Bring start from scratch with individual ingredients your makeup bag for review and edit by the and practice combining winning recipes to instructor. Participants will be given a face- suit your taste. We will discuss aromatherapy Face and Neck Exercise Program chart for note taking. and explore the emotional effects of dozens Lavinia Borcau, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins of essential oils including the very expensive absolute oils like Rose, Jasmine, and Neroli. It’s hard to say which wrinkle cream or anti-aging 12/6/2017. Brookline High, $36. You’ll learn to balance top, middle, and bottom lotion really makes a difference when it comes to scent notes to craft alluring aromas, and you’ll keeping the skin on your face and neck looking make one customized perfume or cologne in youthful. Also called the “European Facelift,” this Wedding Makeup class. A $15 materials fee is included in the face and neck exercise program is a way to keep Alexandra Dale, Instructor course fee. your skin smooth and tight. The same way you Are you getting married in the near future? This can get your body in shape, your face and neck class is designed to help guide you through the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:30AM-2:00PM. will look and feel firmer and stronger after you’ve search process for finding the right makeup Begins 10/14/2017. Brookline High, $58. exercised the underlying muscles and ligaments. artist for your big day. Let a professional In this class, a professional skin specialist will makeup artist, who has worked on hundreds of teach you a simple workout routine that will brides and weddings, show you how to choose Homesharing 101: Airbnb and Beyond have your face and neck in prime condition. a makeup artist and style of makeup to suit you Holly Masek, Instructor You’ll learn about the affected muscle groups and your wedding aesthetic. The instructor will Homesharing sites like Airbnb, Homeway, and about how you can keep these areas toned use members of the class as models. and VRBO have become a very popular way and fresh looking. We’ll also cover some simple Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins to make passive income in the last decade. moisturizing and revitalizing tricks to add a 10/18/2017. Brookline High, $36. Whether as a guest or a host, we will explore all finishing healthy glow to your everyday look. aspects of homesharing. We’ll cover the basics Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins of renting on homesharing sites, comparing 11/7/2017. Meet at Lavinia Borcau Skin Care, 29 Make a Moisturizing Lotion or Balm for and contrasting between Airbnb and other Harvard St, Brookline, $36. the Holidays online rentals site. Familiarize yourself with Cher Kore, Instructor the legal and insurance areas of using a homesharing service. We’ll also cover ideas and When the weather gets colder it is very life hacks to improve your guest’s (and your Get a Cat or Smoky Eye important to protect your skin from dryness, own) experience. Alexandra Dale, Instructor chapping rashes, and other imperfections. This class is all about eye makeup! Sharpen Learn how to mix essential oils to make the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins your eye makeup skills with these easy tips and ideal moisturizer for you or to give as a gift. 10/17/2017. Brookline High, $36. fresh ideas. Let a professional makeup artist We will discuss which essential oils can treat a show you how to create an enhanced classic variety of skin issues, such as how carrot seed cat eye and smoky eye look. Learn when it’s essential oil can ease eczema; how the very Simple Home Repairs appropriate to wear these statement looks vanilla-like balsam of Peru can aid dry skin; and Bryan Tucker, Instructor and how to create these looks for everyday how geranium acts as a natural antiseptic. We Have you ever wondered if you needed a wearability as well as dramatizing these looks will go over dozens of essential oils to learn plumber to stop that running toilet from for an event. The instructor will use members their healing properties; balance their scents; wasting water and money, or waited days on of the class as models and participants will be and mix them into an unscented, natural base end for a busy electrician to fix a broken light? given a face-chart for note taking. lotion, shea butter and/or coconut oil to make In this course, you’ll learn the basics of painting, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins a thick night time balm or light daytime lotion. plumbing, light carpentry, and electrical repairs 11/15/2017. Brookline High, $36. Each lotion or balm will be designed with a so that you can take control of problems that gorgeous scent geared toward individual skin arise in your own home. We’ll show you how type. A $10 materials fee per each lotion or to buy and use hand tools and materials at an Makeup Bag Remix balm you make is payable to the instructor. affordable price. Whether fixing a hole in your Alexandra Dale, Instructor Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:30AM- ceiling, changing a broken socket, or repainting that sunroom, you’ll learn techniques and tricks In this class we will review all aspects of how 2:00PM. Begins 12/9/2017. Brookline High, $43. of the trade so that you can do it yourself more you should approach your daily makeup easily. You’ll also learn when the task really routine. We’ll begin with a discussion of which requires a skilled tradesperson. Take charge products to purchase, including the best Soak Your Troubles Away and stop feeling intimidated by household brands for your money. We’ll talk about how to Cher Kore, Instructor repairs, and gain the satisfaction of learning keep you makeup organized and walk through Can’t afford a daily massage? A daily bath can practical skills that will last a lifetime. A $10 a step-by-step guide to a quick, professional give you many of the same benefits and save materials fee is included in the course fee. daily makeup routine. Bring your makeup you money. It can heal your muscles, beautify bag for review and edit by the instructor. your skin, and increase your emotional health. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins Participants will be given a face-chart for note We’ll learn how to make special bath blends 10/3/2017. Unified Arts Building, $128. taking. that help detoxify and reduce excess water Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins in the body and heal different skin ailments. 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $36. Ingredients will include Epsom salts, green clay,

42 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 Perspective Drawing and Rendering Life Drawing Arts Seth Berkowitz, Instructor Samara Pearlstein, Instructor By studying perspective drawing, you can This class is designed to provide students at learn the basic concepts that will allow you any level with a non-competitive environment to accurately and realistically represent the in which to develop drawing skills, expand environment around you. In this class, you will visual perception, and gain familiarity with learn the primary concepts behind perspective rendering the human figure. Our emphasis drawing, such as vanishing points, horizon will be on building an intuitive response to line, eye level, and relative size. We will layer the figure while striving to sharpen awareness Beginning Drawing those basic skills with more universal concepts of proportion, light, and flow throughout the Bil Thibodeau, Instructor of light, value, texture, rhythm, and color, so form. We will discuss both how to accurately Drawing is the building block for all forms you can begin to develop your drawings into render the figure and what gives a figure of visual expression. In this course, you will renderings that will have an added sense of drawing its ‘spirit.’ Please bring drawing pencils build basic drawing skills by learning the use atmosphere and mood. By the end of the class, (at least 2H, HB, and 2B), compressed charcoal, of line, shape, negative space, composition, you will be able to analyze and draw almost any kneaded eraser, and an 18 x 24 inch paper proportion, and perspective. Observing the way landscape you see (or imagine) in an accurate pad to the first class. Additional supplies will be light falls on objects, you will practice shading and realistic manner. A supply list will be discussed in class. A $60 model fee is payable to create form in your contour drawings. Our emailed upon registration. to the instructor at the first class. goal is to help you improve technique, heighten Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. Begins visual awareness, and develop personal 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160. 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $180. expression through individual attention and group discussions. A supply list will be emailed upon registration. The Colored Pencil Workshop Portrait Drawing Workshop Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins Cyrus Whittier, Instructor Cyrus Whittier, Instructor 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $150. Colored pencils are an often overlooked fine art Drawing the human face is a frequent subject medium. Learn about the uses of linear strokes, for artists as a way to explore new ideas, media, layered tonal effects, color mixing, and value and technique. In this class students will develop Experimental Drawing relationships. We will use still lifes for inspiration. an understanding of basic facial structure, and Tim McCool, Instructor Basic drawing skills are recommended. Please then construct portraits using this knowledge. Expect the unexpected in this course, as bring a 36-color set of Prismacolor colored The course will begin with instruction on how we use experimental drawing techniques to pencils, kneaded eraser, portable sharpener, to work in charcoal while focusing on the unlock some of your hidden creative potential. and a 9 x 12 inch pad of Strathmore 400 series proportions of the face, skeletal structure, and We’ll work to create drawings with traditional white drawing paper to class. musculature of the head, neck, and each of tools, like pencils, markers, charcoal, and ink, Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Sa 10:00AM-2:00PM. the facial features. As you draw, there will be but using non-traditional methods. Course Begins 9/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $104. demonstrations to help guide you. In our second lessons will explore many different ways to class, we will work in color with pastels on tinted draw from the imagination, with a smaller paper to create convincing portraits. Open to emphasis on drawing from life. Along the way, Introduction to Pastel artists of all levels. Please bring a 14 x 17 inch we’ll work on individual and group projects, Cyrus Whittier, Instructor pad of good quality white charcoal paper, soft and also play a few creativity-enhancing games and medium vine charcoal sticks, two General’s Whether you like to work in fine detail, or your originally invented by Surrealists like Salvador charcoal pencils (2B medium), and kneaded style is more broad and painterly, pastels Dalí. For artists of all levels. A supply list eraser to class. An additional supply list will be will adapt to both of these methods and will be emailed upon registration. emailed upon registration. many more. In this class, you will work with a Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 9:30-11:30AM. Begins wide range of objects and textures (flowers, Sec. 01 (December): # sessions: 2 Day: Sa 10:00AM- 9/28/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard fruit, vegetables, ceramic, glass, and metal 2:00PM. Begins 12/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $144. objects) in order to discover the limitless $104. possibilities that pastels offer. By learning about linear strokes, cross-hatching, scumbling, Drawing from the Masters feathering, and blending, you will find ways to Inks and Washes Cyrus Whittier, Instructor express your own personal style. Classes will Erin Farley, Instructor Drawing from the flat is a time-honored progress from a restricted palette to full color Ink, a versatile and responsive medium, is great

method of learning how to draw by copying compositions, and will especially focus on how for exploring line thickness, and creating mass, ARTS master drawings to garner the wisdom of great to identify and adjust the colors you observe. surface texture, and washes. Using a variety of artists. Copywork is an ideal opportunity for Basic drawing skills are recommended. Please tools, both conventional and inspired, we will artists of all levels to observe line, shape, value, bring soft, medium, and hard vine charcoal concentrate on learning to apply ink in ways that form, texture, and space. In our sessions, we’ll sticks, kneaded eraser, and large white give us a desired result. You’ll also develop your study portraits, still life, and landscapes created charcoal paper to the first class. Additional basic drawing and painting skills as your learn by great artists past and present, and re-create supplies will be discussed in class. how to create contrast, depth, and feeling, and how subtle gradations in hue, value, and opacity pieces of their works. By emulating da Vinci’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. Begins line quality and his use of cross hatching, 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $180. affect our art. You will mix a range of colors, for example, you will better understand his create your own black, and experiment with techniques, and perhaps apply this insight to color relationships. In a relaxed atmosphere, your own artistic style. Basic drawing skills are with lots of individualized attention, artists of recommended. Please bring a 14 x 17 inch pad all levels will expand their creative abilities. A of good quality white charcoal paper, three supply list will be emailed upon registration. General’s charcoal pencils (2B medium), and Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Tu 5:30-7:30PM. Begins a kneaded eraser to the first class. Additional 10/17/2017. Unified Arts Building, $120. supplies will be discussed in class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $180.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 43 Introduction to Watercolor teach you the art of experimentation as you work Camera Settings Workshop Anthony Riccardi, Erin Farley, Instructors on composition, texture, mood, and process. A Raul Melendez, Instructor supply list will be emailed upon registration. A Watercolor is one of the most pleasurable and If you enjoy taking pictures with your DSLR, $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. satisfying media employed by both beginning mirrorless, or point-and-shoot camera, but and experienced artists. The soft transparent Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. Begins haven’t yet ventured out of the easy automatic colors and textures lend themselves to a variety 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $170. modes, this workshop will familiarize you with of subjects and techniques, and yield paintings your camera’s advanced settings. In the “easy” that reflect the unique spontaneity and creativity automatic mode, your camera uses its best of each individual artist. In this class, we will Collage Techniques judgment to select shutter speed, aperture, ISO, concentrate on representational methods in Tim McCool, Instructor white balance, and focus. These judgments are an effort to pursue new avenues of creativity. A Exuberant, thought-provoking, or whimsical, not always correct. We’ll explain what this means, supply list will be emailed upon registration. collage is an art form for beginners as well as and then demonstrate how you can adjust the Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 10:00AM-12:30PM. seasoned artists who wish to express depth, camera’s settings to improve the results. We Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 breadth, and range. In this classic techniques will discuss program, shutter, aperture priority, Winchester Street, Brookline, $160. Riccardi course, we’ll focus on simple design principles, and how to use the manual. You’ll learn about materials, and assemblage. Inspired by each depth of field, taking pictures of moving objects, Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins other and examples in books and magazines, and what to do in low light. Photographers of all 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $144. Farley you will leave with works that demonstrate levels welcome. Please bring your camera. multiple styles. We’ll learn about layering, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:30PM. Acrylic Painting colors, and materials; experimental options Begins 9/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $51. to explore unique materials that are off the Bil Thibodeau, Anthony Riccardi, Instructors beaten path, and about journals as we weave Acrylic paint, the chosen medium for many imagery into stories and create a simple book. The Art of Photographic Composition amateur and professional artists, is versatile, A supply list will be emailed upon registration. Raul Melendez, Instructor non-toxic, easy to clean, and offers brilliant color. This course provides an introduction to the Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins Why are some photographs, despite being in 10/16/2017. Unified Arts Building, $138. skills and practice of acrylic painting, including focus, well-exposed, and properly framed, still paint thinning, surface preparation, and paint not interesting? In this course, you’ll examine the characteristics of a well-composed application techniques. We will also concentrate Encaustic Art on general painting skills such as composition photograph by looking at the work of other and color mixing. Students will be encouraged to Elise Mankes, Mark Dooley, Instructors photographers, and by learning how to judge pursue their own choices in subject matter and Encaustic is the ancient art of painting with and edit your own work. We will discuss how style. Artists of all levels welcome. A supply list molten beeswax combined with pigment, to integrate exposure, focus, and depth of will be emailed upon registration. producing results that are dimensional, field with the elements of composition. We mysterious, deep, and translucent. In this class, will explore new approaches to composition Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 9:30AM-12:00PM. for artists of all levels, you will be instructed in and challenge your ideas about photography. Begins 9/19/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 basic methods of layering and manipulating Don’t just take a picture; learn how to capture Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), a photograph. A $5 materials fee is included in $160. Riccardi beeswax, as well as an exploration of the many possibilities it invites—mixed media, stenciling, the course fee. Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: M 5:30-8:00PM. Begins collage, transfers and more. From the basics, 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $180. Thibodeau Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins we will move on to innovative treatments that 10/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $125. invite further experimentation. Students are encouraged to bring their own assortment of Abstract Painting metal mark-making tools to inscribe the warm, Flash Photography Workshop Tim McCool, Instructor wax surface. This may include assorted ceramics Raul Melendez, Instructor Abstract painting is fascinating and tools, kitchen gadgets, or found objects. Optional Flash is a wonderful photographic tool, one you controversial; complicated, and yet remarkably supplies will be discussed at the first class. A $60 shouldn’t be afraid to use. Direct flash, fill flash, simple. In this course, we will explore abstract materials fee is included in the course fee. slow sync flash, bounce flash, and front and painting by working from our imaginations and Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. Begins rear curtain sync are flash modes we’ll explore. still lifes to create vivid and innovative imagery. 9/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $240. Mankes You will learn when to apply flash and how We will learn about color, line, form, space, to use its principles to communicate moods light, and composition, and will look at work by Sec. 02: # sessions: 5 Day: M 6:30-9:30PM. Begins and emotions as you take pictures at different well-known abstract artists to understand the 10/16/2017. Unified Arts Building, $200. Dooley times of day and in different environments. various techniques they employed. If you’ve looked at paintings by Kandinsky, Klee, Pollock, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. Motherwell, or other abstract artists and said, Studio Time for Artists Begins 10/21/2017. Unified Arts Building, $45. “Even I can do that,” then join us as we challenge Tim McCool, Instructor our imaginations. Artists of all levels welcome. A Are you an artist working in the solitude of your supply list will be emailed upon registration. own space? Would you like the opportunity to Photography Using Available work in a group atmosphere where you and NEW! Light Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $180. your peers can enjoy one another’s company, Leah Cirker Stark, Instructor opinions, and knowledge? Easels, tabletops, still- Taking pictures is so much more satisfying life materials, and sinks will be provided. In each when you know how to understand the lighting Beginning Printmaking session you will settle comfortably into your own available to you. In this class, learn how to take artwork and have the opportunity to participate TBA, Instructor more personal and in-depth pictures using in friendly critique sessions and weekly exercises different varieties of daylight indoors and Printmaking is a process of creative discovery in color theory and material demonstrations. outdoors, as well as moonlight. We’ll discuss because one can never be sure of what each The instructor will be present to answer your where light can be looked for, and how to print will bring. Often, the more fun you have, questions and lead group activities. Please bring use it to capture different aspects of your the better the artwork becomes. Open to artists your own supplies. If you are using oils, please subjects, feature emotions, share ideas, and of all levels, we will explore a wide variety of bring odorless turpentine and glass jars to create moods. Using pictures we’ve taken in fundamental printmaking techniques such as transport used liquids back home. class, as well as teacher samples, we’ll have relief printing, monoprints, unique stamping, and discussion-based critiques and learn by doing. stencils. We’ll pique your artistic curiosity and Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $150. Along the way you’ll brush up on your camera

44 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 settings skills, as well as learn about framing Creative Darkroom have completed Introduction to Woodworking and composition. Please bring a camera with a Josephine Shields, Instructor or its equivalent. A $25 shop fee is included in manual settings option (not a phone), backup the course fee for equipment maintenance. This class is ideal for photographers who battery, at least one memory card, and any have a working knowledge of darkroom Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 6:30-9:00PM. Begins cords that connect to your camera. processing and printing techniques and 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 5:30-7:30PM. Begins who want to expand their black and white 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $138. darkroom skills. While students will work on their own projects under supervision, Furniture Upholstery there will also be time for class critiques and Paul DeVito Jr., Instructor Photography: An Introduction to demonstrations of different printing and toning Are the springs popping out of your favorite Darkroom & More chemistry. Class participation, suggestions, armchair? Is the upholstery on those dining Raul Melendez, Instructor and experimentation will be encouraged. We room chairs getting shabby? Learn how to strip Even in this fast electronic age, it is amazingly provide enlargers for 35mm, some medium a piece of furniture to the frame and build it satisfying to develop your own pictures in a formats, and chemistry. Students should up again. Replace webbing and springs, and classic black and white photography darkroom. provide their own film and paper. A $25 studio stuff, cut, fit, and sew the finished product. This course will teach the fundamentals of fee is included in the course fee. Suitable projects may include chairs, ottomans, darkroom photography, and for returning Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Th 6:30-9:30PM. Begins footstools, dining room chairs, or other small students, use of darkroom with guidance. 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $215. upholstered pieces. Please do not bring in large We will review proper film exposure and pieces such as tufted chairs, loveseats, or sofas development. Students will gain darkroom as there is no storage space available. Along with experience and an increased understanding to your project, bring a pair of 10” shears, pliers, produce pictures of high quality and interest. tack hammer, screwdriver, and goggles. You This course is tailored for beginners and should expect to spend $80-$100 on materials. students with some darkroom experience who Crafts A $25 shop fee is included in the course fee. would like guidance in producing exquisite Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-9:30PM. Begins prints. (For returning and advanced students, 10/5/2017. Brookline High, $205. bring film to develop for the first two meetings.) Students assume the cost of film, paper, and incidentals. Approximate cost, $40-$50. A $25 Stained Glass Workshop studio fee is included in the course fee. Michel L’Huillier, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 7:00-9:30PM. Begins Introduction to Woodworking Learn the copperfoil method and create a 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. Michel LaFantano, Damian Neill, Instructors stained glass panel measuring up to two square feet in size. In this course, students of all levels This course is designed to teach you the basics will learn to cut glass accurately, and foil, solder, of woodworking by walking you step-by- Taking Better Pictures Workshop and patina. Students will develop quick sketches step, and machine by machine, through the Raul Melendez, Instructor into a full-scale design, brought to life with process of building a small project that lays the There are many subtle processes and elements shapes and textures, colors and light. All glass foundation for good woodworking technique. involved in producing a visually pleasing image. and tools are available from the instructor for Our emphasis will be on the achievement of Choice of subject matter, the framing of an $90; however, you may bring your own materials. a solid foundation in the skill and process of image, composition, light and shadow, and A supply list will be emailed upon registration. A the woodworker’s craft, rather than on the size appropriate treatment of portraits, landscapes, $10 shop fee is included in the course fee. and complexity of the product. The proper use or action photos are some of the picture-taking of machinery with emphasis on shop safety Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:30-9:30PM. Begins choices to be considered. Learn to manipulate will be reviewed. Each student should expect 9/27/2017. Brookline High, $178. shutter speed, f-stops, focal range, and depth to spend $70-$100 on materials. Please bring of field, and delve into the menu functions of a pair of safety glasses, a tape measure, and digital cameras. Please bring a film or digital earplugs to class. A $25 shop fee is included in Ceramics: Handbuilding camera to class. the course fee for equipment maintenance. Kimberly Zane, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:30AM-1:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. Begins This course is designed for students who Begins 9/30/2017. Unified Arts Building, $53. 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. LaFantano are interested in exploring a survey of handbuilding ceramic techniques. You will Sec. 02: # sessions: 9 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. Begins learn a variety of building methods, including 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. Neill You’ve Taken the Picture...Now What coil and slab technique, solid building, and Workshop sculpting on an armature. Our guided projects Raul Melendez, Instructor Open Woodshop will range from functional objects to whimsical When it comes to digital photography, our sculpture. You’ll learn about applying dozens of Damian Neill, Instructor computers (and in some cases even the decorative accents and be given the freedom CRAFTS camera) are the darkroom. Join us for a walk- Students who have prior experience in to explore your own self-expression. Proper through of the digital workflow, including an woodworking with hand tools and machinery clay and firing management will be part of our anatomy of your camera’s output options, the can build whatever they wish in this course, lessons. Final pieces may not be fired in time elements that make a good photo, and how to subject to approval by the instructor at the first for the last session; students will be asked to size and save your pictures so that they can be class. Tables, stands, medicine cabinets, and pick up finished pieces at a later date. A $45 posted online, emailed, printed, or compiled objects requiring elaborate joining or carving materials fee is included in the course fee. for future viewing. We’ll discuss Mac and PC are suggested projects. The proper use of machinery with emphasis on shop safety will Sec. 01: # sessions: 9 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins applications that can help you manipulate 9/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $225. pictures, balance colors, or add effects. Please be reviewed. Please bring a plan, design, or bring your digital camera, camera cable, and photograph of your proposed project, a pair laptop if you have one. of safety glasses, tape measure, and earplugs to the first class. Each student should expect Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. to spend $70-$100 on wood, available for Begins 11/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $45. purchase in class. Costs vary based upon project and choice of wood. Students should

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 45 Pottery and Wheel-Throwing Intermediate and Advanced Jewelry and Sewing: For Beginning and Intermediate Marc Mancuso, Instructor Silversmithing Students Section 01 is designed for beginning Marcia Deluty, Instructor Miriam K. Sokoloff, Instructor students who are interested in a survey of The Intermediate class is for those who Using a step-by-step individualized approach, ceramic techniques. You will learn a variety have basic experience working with metals this course will teach basic sewing technique. of handbuilding methods, while also being and gas-fueled torches. You will hone your Students will learn to thread and operate the introduced to the pottery wheel. Our guided skills while also learning stone setting, married sewing machine, and to hem clothing both projects will range from functional objects to metals, hollow construction, and advanced by hand and machine. You’ll work on a class whimsical sculpture. You’ll learn about applying soldering techniques. A $50 materials fee is project of your choice and at your ability level. dozens of decorative accents, and be given the payable to the instructor at the first class. The For the first class, please bring a spool of freedom to explore your own self-expression. Advanced Workshop is for students who thread, scissors, and a hand needle (sharps In Section 02, for returning students or those have completed the intermediate course or #7). Fabric for the first class project is available with ceramics experience, the instructor will have equivalent experience. You will have for purchase from the instructor. Additional troubleshoot skills needing improvement, the opportunity to work independently, supplies will be discussed in class. We have lead class exercises, demonstrate advanced and explore new ideas and techniques with several sewing machines on hand, but students techniques, and provide inspiration for further guidance from the instructor. A $30 materials are encouraged to bring their own. A $10 shop exploration. Final pieces may not be fired in fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. fee is included in the course fee. time for the last session; students will be asked Additional materials will also be available for Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins to pick up finished pieces at a later date. A $45 purchase. A $25 shop fee is included in the 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $150. materials fee is included in the course fee. course fee for equipment maintenance. Sec. 01 (Beginning): # sessions: 9 Day: Tu 7:00-9:30PM. Sec. 01 (Intermediate): # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00- Begins 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $225. 9:00PM. Begins 9/27/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. Sewing Like Chanel Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 9 Day: Sec. 02 (Advanced): # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. Andrea Zax, Instructor Th 7:00-9:30PM. Begins 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Begins 10/5/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. Coco Chanel wasn’t afraid to pair wearability Building, $225. with sophistication as she designed and wore clothes. In her words, “luxury must be Knitter’s World comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” Learn Saturday Pottery Studio Irina Taytslin, Instructor how to alter a clothing pattern, and create a Kim Carmona, Instructor Knitting is a rewarding, creative, take anywhere, garment that has a perfect look, fit, and feel. Students will learn and practice new pottery and useful pastime. Whether you are new For those with some sewing experience, we’ll techniques, and work independently to to knitting, or you’re an old hand who enjoys review the basics of laying out pattern pieces, create a ceramic object with the support and knitting in the company of others, we’ll show cutting fabric, and assembly rules. You’ll then assistance of the instructor. Class will cover you the ins and outs of turning yarn into a learn to take measurements and transform slab, pinch, coil, and wheel building techniques, scarf. Beginners will learn basic stitches and your item into a garment that suits your sculptural and finishing rules, methods for various shaping techniques, cable stitch, and taste, style, and fit. Please bring basic sewing firing clay, and how to apply glaze. Beginning how to correct mistakes. In Beyond Beginner, supplies, including pins, fabric scissors, hand students will be given hands-on guidance, and we’ll help you plan your project and spur your needles, sewing machine needles, seam ripper, those with some experience will be allowed a creativity. Join us and knit yourself into a better and measuring tape. If you wish, please bring a bit more independence. Please bring project state of mind. Please bring a ball or skein of light- pattern and pre-washed fabric as well. We have ideas to class. Final pieces may not be fired in color worsted weight yarn, no. 7 or 8 needles, several sewing machines on hand, but students time for the last session; students will be asked crochet hook size H or G, cable needle, and a are encouraged to bring their own. A $10 shop to pick up finished pieces at a later date. A $45 stitch holder. If you prefer, all materials can be fee is included in the course fee. materials fee is included in the course fee. supplied by the instructor for $25. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 9:30AM-12:00PM. Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:30- 10/12/2017. Brookline High, $160. Begins 9/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205. 9:30PM. Begins 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $138. Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:30- Sewing: Complete a Project 9:30PM. Begins 10/23/2017. Brookline High, $138. Beginning Jewelry and Silversmithing Miriam K. Sokoloff, Instructor Marcia Deluty, Instructor Many of us have started a sewing craft project, In this class you will learn the basic skills of Get To Know Your Sewing Machine only to put it down unfinished. Take this jewelry making as you are guided through the Andrea Zax, Instructor opportunity, with a pro at your side, to give design and fabrication of several sterling silver your project a re-boot and complete the job. Do you have a sewing machine that you would We’ll talk about the project you are working on, custom rings from concept to completion. We like to become better acquainted with? Bring will cover basic tools, sawing, filing, sanding, what you’ve accomplished, and how to take your sewing machine with you to this one-day the next steps. You’ll be coached on proper beginning soldering, and surface texturing. class and learn how to thread needles and Demonstrations of new ideas and techniques sewing technique, and guided in correcting bobbins, explore stitch settings, receive a basic mistakes. Materials, alterations, fitting, and will be paired with hands-on work and introduction to material and thread choices, guidance from the instructor. A $50 materials measuring will all be topics of discussion, as and learn how to use the “free arm” on your well as addressing specific questions. Please fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. sewing machine. We’ll also discuss the variety Additional materials will also be for sale. A bring your project and basic sewing supplies of presser feet included with sewing machines, including pins, fabric scissors, hand needles, a $25 shop fee is included in the course fee for special tension, and sewing a buttonhole. We’ll equipment maintenance. seam ripper, and measuring tape to class. We discuss common sewing snags, and show you have several sewing machines on hand, but Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins how best to unravel them. Please bring your students are encouraged to bring their own. A 9/19/2017. Unified Arts Building, $175. sewing machine and manual (if you have one), $5 shop fee is included in the class fee. fabric, thread, and scissors to class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 3:45-6:15PM. Begins Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 9:30AM-12:30PM. 9/18/2017. Brookline High, $145. Begins 10/12/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $51. Sec. 02: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 11/4/2017. Unified Arts Building, $51.

46 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2017 INQUIRING MINDS…

FALL 2017 REGISTRATION FEE REGISTER EARLY! Our fall term officially begins onSunday, A $6 registration fee is charged once per We recommend students register at least one September 17, 2017. person, per semester. This fee helps fund week before classes begin. Classes with low scholarships so that all can participate. enrollment risk cancellation. Registering early gives the best chance of your class running. HOLIDAYS Classes will not be in session the following SCHOLARSHIPS AND DISCOUNTS dates this fall. All missed classes will be made • All School and Town of Brookline SPECIAL EVENTS AND LECTURES up at the end of the term. Employees receive a 20 percent discount on Discounts or waivers do not apply to Special course fees (excluding food, wine, material, Events or to Thursday Evening Lectures. • Wednesday/Thursday, September 20/21 studio, and shop fees, and contracted (Rosh Hashanah) courses). • Thursday, September 28 (no evening classes at BHS, UAB, or Tappan Gym) • Partial tuition-remission is available for those FOOD AND WINE FEES Food and wine fees are included in the course • Monday, October 11 (Columbus Day) in need of scholarship assistance. Disabled tuition. Discounts can be taken on tuition only. • Saturday, November 11 (Veteran’s Day) veterans, persons on Social Security • Wednesday, November 22 (daytime classes Disability (SSDI), or receiving AFDC receive only; no evening classes) a 25 percent discount on course fees upon • Thursday-Saturday, November 23-25 presenting a letter of verification or veterans’ PROGRAM CHANGES (Thanksgiving break; no day or evening identification. Please call 617-730-2700 for The program reserves the right to cancel classes) more information. Please note: completed classes that are under-enrolled, to change scholarship forms are due one week in dates, times, and locations when necessary, advance of the course start date. and to substitute instructors. We will contact OUR HOURS you with all cancellations and changes to • Persons over 65 receive 25 percent discount 24 Webster Place: Our administrative office is course dates, times, and locations. on courses except where indicated. This open from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday through discount does not apply to students being Friday. registered by a senior, to lectures or special Brookline High, Room 160: Our evening office events, or to courses marked “senior discount COURSE ADMISSION & CONFIRMATIONS is open from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Monday does not apply,” or to food, wine, material, BA&CE courses are open to participants 16 through Thursday, and on Saturday from 8:30 studio, and shop fees, or to contracted years of age and older, unless the course is am to 2:00 pm starting on September 23. courses. Students ages 60 years of age or especially for children. Students must be 21 older are eligible to enroll in senior-only years of age to enroll in courses with wine Please see our website for special holiday and classes. or spirits. You are officially enrolled and your vacation hours. name is placed upon the class roster as • If you are a current student, bring a friend soon as we receive your registration form with you when you register for a class and and payment. A confirmation will be emailed, you will receive 10 percent off your course provided we have a valid email address. HOW TO REGISTER tuition. You must be listed in our database to • Register online 24 hours a day at be considered a current student. Your friend www.brooklineadulted.org. must be new to BA&CE, and registrations must be concurrent for you to receive a ACCESSIBILITY • Call us at 617-730-2700. Our staff will be discount. The discount must be used in the The Town of Brookline does not discriminate on happy to complete your registration over the current term, is not transferable, and cannot the basis of disability. If you are a person with a phone using MasterCard, VISA, or Discover be combined with other discounts, waivers, disability or special needs, please let us know in Card. or scholarships. advance so that we can arrange to make your visit as convenient and comfortable as possible. • Mail your completed registration form • Please note that if you are eligible for a Upon notice of not less than two weeks, we will (found at the back of this catalog) and scholarship or discount, it is not possible to provide reasonable modifications for qualified payment to BA&CE, P.O. Box 150, Brookline, register online. Please call the BA&CE office at individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at MA 02446. Please make your check or 617-730-2700. 617-730-2700 or email us at [email protected] money order payable to the Town of Brookline, or provide your MasterCard, VISA, or Discover Card information (no Amex). WEBSITE LOG-IN WAITLIST • Register in person at our Webster Place Our registration system requires that you All classes are limited. If the class you wish Office from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday create a log-in if you are registering online to register for is filled, you will be placed on through Friday, or at our Brookline High (brooklineadulted.org). Instructions will be a waitlist. Our office will contact you if space Office from 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm, Monday sent to your email account upon user account becomes available. Please note: you are not through Thursday, and on Saturday from creation. officially enrolled if you are still on a waitlist. 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. • Email us at [email protected] with your registration information. SENIOR ONLY COURSES CLASSROOM NUMBERS Some of our classes are priced and marked Your classroom number will be posted in the • Fax your registration form to us at 617-730- for seniors only (additional discounts do not foyer of the building where your class meets. To 2674. Please be sure to include your credit apply). Students 60 years of age or older are determine the building in which your class will card information. eligible to enroll in senior-only classes. be held, please check our catalog or website.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 47 REFUNDS, CREDITS AND TRANSFERS

BEFORE THE START OF CLASS COURSE CREDIT We will refund your full tuition, or issue you a course credit: If you choose to withdraw from a class at least three (3) business days in advance of the start date, you may elect to receive a full credit. If you  1. In the event that your course is cancelled due to low enrollment. choose to withdraw from a food and wine course at least (5) business  2. If you withdraw from a class at least three (3) business days days in advance of the start date, you may elect to receive a full credit. After this time, no credits are given, but you may transfer to another (Monday-Friday) in advance of starting time, you may request a refund, minus a $10 processing fee. If you elect to receive a course course during the term (please see transfer policy below). Please note: credit, the $10 processing fee will be waived. The $6 registration fee is credits are good for one year only and are non-refundable. non-refundable, unless we cancel due to low enrollment.

 3. Food and Wine Classes: In order to receive a refund or a credit for TRANSFERS a food or wine course or a food or wine fee we must have at least  1. You may transfer to any other class offered during the term prior five (5) business days(Monday-Friday) notice in advance of the to the second meeting of the class you are dropping, provided starting time of the class. No refunds or credits are given after this that there is space available in the class you wish to transfer to. time. This excludes transfer from one food or wine class to another. No  4. Special events and lectures are non-refundable. refunds are given for price differences, but any additional amount can be applied to another course in the same term.  5. If you pre-register for drop in sessions, tuition can only be refunded with 24-hours notice before the class start time.  2. We regret that no transfers can be granted after the second session of your class.  6. No refunds or credits are given for rescheduled classes or changes to locations or instructors.  7. Refunds will not be given in cash. Credit card refunds will be PRIVATE LESSONS: processed within five to seven business days. Refunds issued by After private lessons have been scheduled, no refunds or credits are check will be processed within two to four weeks. given. If you need to cancel or reschedule a private session, we must have at least 24 hours notice (Monday-Friday). Without 24 hours notice, this missed session will be forfeited. Discounts, waivers, credits, or transfers do not apply to private lessons.

Note: All refunds, credits, or transfers must be made in person or by phone (617-730-2700) during regular business hours. Requests made outside of these hours, including weekends and holidays, will not be accepted.

OUR LOCATIONS

BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX Brookline Booksmith The Korean Church of Boston (near Route 9) 279 Harvard Street (Coolidge Corner) 32 Harvard Street (entrance on Holden Street) Brookline High School: 115 Greenough t Public Transportation: Take the Green Street, Room 100 Line “D” train to Brookline Village. Walk up Brookline Senior Center Harvard Street. Church on left. Or take the Dance Studios and Gym: 66 Tappan Street 93 Winchester Street. #66 bus to the Kent Street or Pierce Street stop. Unified Arts Building:46 Tappan Street • Parking: available on neighboring streets. • Parking is available on the street or in one t Public Transportation: Take Green Line “D” of the many public lots in the area. Church Train to the Brookline Hills stop. Brookline Goddard House entrance is located on Holden Street. High School complex on left. 165 Chestnut Street, Brookline • By Car: From Route 9, take Sumner Road. From Beacon Street, take Washington Street Lawrence School 27 Francis Street or Harvard Street. From Washington Street, Webster Place: Administrative Office take Greenough Street. From Harvard Street 24 Webster Place, Brookline Village take School Street to Washington Street to Greenough Street. Pierce School 50 School Street • Parking: For Brookline High and Elementary Schools, parking is allowed in designated FIND ADDRESSES, DIRECTIONS, AND school spaces after 3:00pm. During the day, PARKING INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE please park on neighboring streets or take the T. www.brooklineadulted.org/locations/.

FOR DETAILED DIRECTIONS, PLEASE USE: Google Maps (maps.google.com) or Mapquest (mapquest.com).

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Your $6.00 registration fee helps fund scholarships so that all can participate (Does not apply to courses $15 or Less) Registration Fee $6.00 Total MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: PLEASE CHARGE TO MY: Town of Brookline  Visa  MasterCard  Discover NO AM EX MAIL TO: BA&CE, P.O. Box 150, Brookline, MA 02446 Card Number______Exp. Date______**DO NOT SEND CASH** Cardholder’s Signature______Upon receipt of registration and payment, you are enrolled, and an email confirmation will be sent **For discount eligibility information, please see page 47** (provided we have a valid email address). If billing address differs from home address, please include: ______

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The Ride of Vermonta (detail) by Bette Ann Libby, 2017 19” x 23” Courtesy of the artist ON OUR COVER

Bette Ann Libby organizes community ceramic shard mosaic workshops and installations. For 15 years, she has worked with groups to create numerous projects, which are permanently located in hospitals, schools and libraries. Bette Ann is passionate about fostering the creative experience as a vehicle toward community connectivity. Her images have been inspired by her teaching in Samoa and travels in Europe, Asia, India, and the Middle East. Over the past 35 years, she has received numerous awards for her work, which has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the U.S. Bette Ann founded the sculptors’ collective, “Studios Without Walls”, which has received 14 MCC/BAC grants for environmental installations in Brookline. Visit her website: www.betteannlibby.com.