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

Volume 25/Issue 1/Winter 2017 Catalog Design Brookline Adult & Community Education • USPS #009-762 Sarah Georgakopoulos Design Distribution Published quarterly by Brookline Adult & Community Education, Max’s Trucking 115 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA 02445. Printing Periodicals U.S. postage is paid at Boston, MA. Bradford & Bigelow, Inc. Postmaster: Send address changes to Brookline Adult & Community Education 115 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA 02445 contents Welcome to the Winter 2017 Program! special programs 1 Winter Welcome 2 Special Events New Year, New You NEW WINTER CLASSES 4 Courses for Children/Teens Launch into a new year with classes Explore our new offerings 5 December Classes designed to help you achieve your 2017 this winter. Here’s just a goals… sampling… 6 Thursday Evening Lectures • Transforming Toxic Emotions, page 7 • Jewels in the Crown: courses for adults The Treasure Homes of • Discover Your Inner Resources: Tools England, page 8 40 Arts For Living, page 8 Includes photography • Mazurkas, Polonaises, • Writing and Meditation: Hearing the and Nocturnes: The 22 Computers & Technology Words Within, page 14 Many Sides of Frederick Includes private computer lessons Chopin, page 9 43 Crafts & Skills • Awakening Through Meditation, page 21 • Musician Ensemble, page Includes pottery, woodworking • Simple Steps to Finding Your Clarity 10 36 Dance & Fitness Within, page 21 • Writing for Young Adults: Plot, page 14 19 English as a Second Language • Five Keys to Successful Weight Loss, Includes private lessons • Introduction to Hindi, page 21 26 Finance, Career & Real Estate page 17 Includes accounting, career • Create a Winning Self-Image, page 21 • Ending Relationship transition Frustration: How to • Yoga for Relaxation and Stress Communicate with 29 Food & Wine Management, page 35 Includes cheese and wine Women, page 22 appreciation • Winter Bootcamp, page 38 • LGBTQ: Finance 101, page 28 35 Health & Yoga • Artful Healing Expressions, page 40 Includes tai chi • The Science of Food, 32 Hobbies, Walks & Tours page 29 Includes golf, skiing • Animals at Play at the 39 Home & Garden Franklin Park Zoo, page Our Gift Certificates Make 34 8 Humanities Includes architecture, government, • Yoga for Core Strength, literature Great Gifts page 35 • R&B and Soul Line 15 Languages Surprise your friends and family this holiday Includes private language lessons Dancing, page 37 season with the gift of education. Brookline 21 Mind & Body Adult & Community Education gift certificates • Backyard Alchemy: An Intro to Composting, Includes meditation make wonderful presents; what’s more, they page 39 9 Music & Performance never expire! • Illustration, page 41 Includes theory, instrument Please call 617-730-2700, ext. 0 to purchase. instruction, voice, acting 12 Test Preparation Includes GRE, GMAT, driver education, private lessons Let It Snow, Let it Snow! 13 Writing & Communication Skills If Brookline Public Schools are Includes public speaking, writing cancelled due to inclement weather, consultation, cartooning BA&CE classes (both day and evening) For course updates and information: are cancelled at all locations. Missed essentials classes will be made up at the end of LIKE US ON FACEBOOK 46 General Information www.facebook.com/brooklineadulted the term. If it begins to snow later in the day, an announcement about our 47 Refunds, Credits & Transfers FOLLOW US ON TWITTER evening and Saturday classes will be twitter.com/BAandCE 48 Class Locations made on our website and outgoing voicemail. Inside Back Cover Registration Form Inside Back Cover Parking Map Visit brooklineadulted.org for newly added courses and any schedule changes.

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Inside Peace: Award Winning Documentary Tuesday, January 10, 2017 • 6:30-8:00 pm MLK Room, Brookline High School, 115 Greenough Street • $6 Understanding Transgender Identities Four years in the making, Ev Evnen, Partner, MaeBright Group, LLC the 2014 award winning Monday, January 30, 2017 • 7:00 -8:30 pm documentary Inside Peace MLK Room, Brookline High School, 115 Greenough focuses on four compelling Street • $6 prisoners at Dominguez State Jail in San Antonio, Texas: Gender identity and expression Trinidad, David, Chase, and are central to the way we see Jake. These men begin to ourselves and engage in the change when they enroll in the world around us. As people Peace Class, which focuses are becoming more aware of on building a person’s inner transgender identities, it can strength and self-worth. They feel like the vocabulary and all grew up in neighborhoods concepts can be confusing or with the multiple layers of overwhelming. Transgender deprivation that produce most people are your classmates, of the offenders in this country. Join us for a viewing of your coworkers, your Each of them had come to this poignant 60-minute neighbors, and your friends. Ev Evnen (pronouns: they/ identify with the hardened documentary followed by a post With approximately 1.4 million them/theirs) is a white, Jewish, criminal exterior they screening discussion. For more transgender adults in the genderqueer from Nebraska, presented to the world. While information: United States—and millions the news sensationalizes www.insidepeacemovie.com and is the Senior Data Nerd more around the world— and Partner at MaeBright violence and tragedy, Inside chances are that you’ve met For those interested in learning Group, LLC. MaeBright works Peace gives us a window a transgender person, even with many Massachusetts into the hearts, minds, and more about the Peace Education Program (PEP), please see if you didn’t know it. On this state agencies, non-profits, struggles of these men who “Discover Your Inner Resources: evening, Ev Evnen from the and communities to evaluate make the difficult choice Tools for Living,” which begins on MaeBright Group will provide a and improve their climate to break out of the cycle of January 17, 2017, page 8. helpful and informative update for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and crime. With the support of to understanding transgender other inmates, prison officials, questioning (LGBTQ) people. identities and the diverse ways They joined MaeBright experts, and family members, people are experiencing their Inside Peace takes us down from a policy and research identities. We’ll discuss an background, and heads data a bumpy road, as we witness intersectional view of trans and evaluation activities. Ev how chronic criminal offenders communities and the way that holds a B.A. from Wesleyan gradually begin to change the racism, ableism, sexism, and University, and M.P.P. and way they see themselves and other oppressions intersect M.B.A. from the Heller School of their place in the world. transgender people. Ev will Social Policy and Management weave stories and experiences at Brandeis University. Throughout graduate school, from their own life throughout they were involved in a number the evening and participants of diversity and inclusion will have opportunities to ask initiatives, including work on questions. the Heller Diversity Steering Committee. Ev has also worked with GLSEN as a Research Fellow conducting research on outcomes from LGBTQ high school athletes.

2 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Self-Driving Vehicles: Myth, Reality, or a Little of Both? Bryan Reimer, Ph.D., M.I.T. AgeLab Markets of Provence: Food, Antiques, Crafts, Monday, February 27, 2017 • 7:00-8:30 pm MLK Room, Brookline High School, 115 Greenough and More Street • $6 Marjorie R. Williams, Travel & Food Writer, Author, Markets of Paris and Markets of Provence: Food, Every day, automobiles Antiques, Crafts, and More equipped with increasingly Wednesday, March 8, 2017 • 6:30-8:00 pm sophisticated autonomous Brookline High School • $6 driving technologies are cruising onto the world’s roadways. Tesla, Volvo, Provence, France continues Mercedes, and others are to captivate travelers from offering mid-level automation around the globe. Famous for technologies at local its dazzling light, vibrant colors, dealerships. Today, technology rich history, and flavorful Bryan Reimer, Ph.D., is a companies such as Google, foods and wines, Provence Research Scientist in the M.I.T. Uber, and Boston’s own also prides itself on having AgeLab and the Associate Director close to 500 markets with nuTonomy are testing highly of The New England University vendors selling food, antiques, automated vehicles in limited Transportation Center at M.I.T. and crafts. On this evening, deployments. Traditional His research seeks to develop vehicle manufacturers are theoretical and applied insight Marjorie R. Williams, author promising mass-produced, into driver behavior by fusing of Markets of Provence: Food, highly automated vehicles in together traditional psychological Antiques, Crafts, and More, the early to mid-2020s. This methods with big data analytics will whisk you away to this Marjorie R. Williams is the technical wave spreading in computer vision and predictive glorious region and talk about author of Markets of Provence: modeling. His work leverages Food, Antiques, Crafts, and across the landscape has how to shop 30 of its best laboratory experimentation, More (St. Martin’s Press, 2016) the ability to impact how we markets. She’ll share photos driving simulation, field testing, of the different markets and Markets of Paris (Little live and move. This talk will and naturalistic study to develop a and her favorite finds, plus Bookroom, 2012). Her work has discuss some of what we comprehensive understanding of been featured in the New York detailed maps organized by know about these technology visual, physiological, behavioral, Times, GoNOMAD, NPR’s Travel trends, what automation and overall performance days of the week. Hear tips on with Rick Steves, The Telegraph, may mean for drivers, and characteristics associated with etiquette at the markets, gain Peter Greenberg Worldwide how our mobility options are how drivers respond to the insight into Provençal culture, Radio, The Huffington Post, shifting. Video illustrations increasing complexity of the and learn indispensable France Today, Afar, and House from current M.I.T. research modern operating environment. advice on timing, navigation, Beautiful. Marjorie is a featured His work aims to find solutions expert in the New York Times’ highlighting automation use, negotiation, and payment. to the next generation of human travel program Times Journeys. computer vision based data Whether you’ve experienced factors challenges associated with these colorful markets or are She and her husband have reduction strategies, and driver attention management, interested in learning more, lived in Paris and reside in other related topics will be distraction, automation, and the Cambridge, MA. For more we invite you to join us on discussed. Come explore use of advanced driver assistance information, visit her website at the evolving transportation systems to maximize mobility and a picturesque discovery of www.marjorierwilliams.com ecosystem, learn about some safety. He is an author on over flavors, fragrances, and local of the theory behind our ability 200 technical contributions in products and the markets of to work with automation, and transportation and related human Provence. perhaps see a foreshadowing factors areas and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with of life tomorrow. a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, an M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 3 brook SmartPrograms for Children Brookline SmartPrograms for children ages 5-13

A perfect combination of learning and fun! Brookline SmartPrograms offers classes and vacation/summer programs for our younger students. Please see our website for more detailed descriptions or to register: www.brooklineadulted.org Pottery for Middle-Schoolers Talking to Your Teen About College: Lisa Gladysheva, Instructor A Primer for Parents Students in grades 5-8 will learn the about the fine art of ceramics by experimenting with both John Rosario-Perez, Psy.D. handbuilding and wheel throwing. You will practice fundamental techniques that will allow you to As a parent, are you ready for college? Would create beautiful and useful items like plates and cups, as well as sculpt creative masterpieces. you know how to help your teen resolve You will experience the entire process of creating finished pieces of work and leave with an array a roommate crisis? Should you discuss of items as well as a new skill. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy and bring some drinking and other ‘hot button’ topics or cool ideas for sculptures that you’d like to make. A $45 materials fee is included in the course fee. leave it to the ‘experts’? And what if your Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 5:00-6:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $171. teen was making good grades but had no friends? Whether you are hands-off or a helicopter parent, you will inevitably be Kids in the Kitchen: concerned about your child’s ups and downs Chocolate Desserts for Your Valentine during college. This two-hour workshop will highlight the value of engaging in an Katherine Judd, Instructor ongoing parent-teen dialogue before your Ages 6-10. Get ready for a chocolate-filled Valentine’s Day with your child by learning to prepare child leaves for college. We will look at young delicious chocolate treats together. Children and adult pairs will have fun learning to make a feast adult development but also consider some of gooey chocolate treats including homemade Chocolate-dipped Strawberries, Chocolate Truffles, practical aspects of college life as well. By the and Chocolate Cupcakes. Of course, no chocolate experience would be complete without a cold end of the workshop, you will have a general glass of milk. Please bring aprons and a container in which to take your creations home. A $12 food sense of how to nurture such a dialogue and fee per parent and child is included in the course fee. some of the topics to think about as your son Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. Begins 2/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $52. or daughter leaves for college. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 3/1/2017. Brookline High, $36.

SmartVacations February and April 2017 SmartSummers Join us for a fun-filled vacation week! Summer 2017 WinterWonderland Students can choose from an array of Discover the hottest summer destination, December 2016 half-and full-day activities during the SmartSummers! Students may choose school vacation weeks. from an exciting array of half- and full-day If you are looking for an exciting full-day educational adventures that include cooking, February vacation: Tuesday, February program during the holiday break, join creative arts, theater arts, basketball, 21–Friday, February 24, 2017 us for a Winter Wonderland! Students outdoor adventures, cybersummer, bringing can join us for one, two, three or all four April vacation: Tuesday, April 18– books to life, and more. days! Friday, April 21, 2017 One to eight week programs: Tuesday, December 27; Wednesday, June 26–August 25, 2017 December 28, Thursday, December 29; Friday, December 30, 2016

For more information about these programs, please visit our website at www.brooklineadulted.org or call BA&CE at 617-730-2700.

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Kids in the Kitchen: Building a Gingerbread making crisp and flavorful Macarons. Give your Holiday Flower Arrangements House holidays a French flair with recipes that may include Cass School Floral Design Staff French Chocolate Ganache, sweet Lemon Curd, Katherine Judd, Instructor Celebrate the season in a creative way! Learn Vanilla Bean, and Salted Butter Caramel. A $15 Ages 6-10. This fun class for families offers the how to design festive flower arrangements you food fee is included in the course fee. opportunity to design and create an edible master- can use to enhance your celebrations or give as piece. We will mix, measure, build, and nibble while Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. unique hand made gifts. Great events for a night we decorate our own individual winter wonderlands, 12/6/2016. Unified Arts Building, $64. out with friends to share the fun and enjoyment using graham crackers, pretzel rods, cookies, of creating joyful designs filled with beautiful shredded coconut, candies, nuts, and marshmal- Small Plates: Hosting an Appetizer Party seasonal greenery and fresh flowers. While you lows. Please bring a large square piece of cardboard Margaret Burgess, Instructor are constructing your holiday designs you will learn or other firm surface on which to take your finished As the holidays get closer, don’t get stuck in the basic floral design skills that can you can use gingerbread house home. A $14 food fee per parent grocery store shopping for hours, or caught in to make all types of arrangements all year long. and child is included in the course fee. the kitchen preparing a five course meal—host Discounts or waivers do not apply. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:30-11:30AM. Begins an appetizer party. Appetizers can be prepared Sec. 01 (Glowing Candle Centerpiece): # sessions: 1 12/3/2016. Unified Arts Building, $54. ahead of time, are simple to make and fun to eat, Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 12/1/2016. Meet at and can turn an ordinary gathering into a festive 531 Mt Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472, $75. Sec. 02: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 12:00-2:00PM. Begins occasion. We will prepare a variety of small plates 12/3/2016. Unified Arts Building, $54. Sec. 02 (Merry Metallic Vase): # sessions: 1 Day: Th you may have always wanted to learn to make such 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 12/8/2016. Meet at 531 Mt Canning at Home: Holiday Jams and Jellies as Bacon-wrapped Scallops, Brie en Croute, baked Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472, $75. Garlic Crostini with savory toppings, crispy Stuffed Kimi Ceridon, Instructor Mushroom Caps, a selection of surprisingly easy Sec. 03 (Rustic Holiday Basket): # sessions: 1 Day: Th Try your hand at canning with this fun, hands on antipasti, and more. Whether you’re looking for 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 12/15/2016. Meet at 531 Mt class that teaches you the basics of hot water something easy or something different, this course Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472, $75. bath canning. During this workshop, students will will take some of the worry out of entertaining. A Drawing From the Masters Weekend learn how to safely make shelf-stable jams, jellies $15 food fee is included in the course fee. and relishes using the high-acid, hot water bath Workshop Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. canning method. We cover safety, equipment, Cyrus Whittier, Instructor 12/8/2016. Unified Arts Building, $64. recipe selection, and canning resources. We will Drawing from the flat is a time-honored method of sample some delicious canned treats and we will Three Week English: Beginning, learning how to draw by copying master drawings get hands-on with some fun and unique recipes Intermediate, or Advanced to garner the wisdom of great artists. Copywork with holiday flair, such as spiced Cranberry Jam, is an ideal opportunity for artists of all levels to For those students who don’t have time for an eight- Apple Rum Currant Jam, and Onion Jam (perfect observe line, shape, value, form, texture, and week course, this short three-week program offers for green bean casserole). You’ll leave with at least space. In this class you’ll be given a landscape (you an intensive course of study. We will work on gram- two 8-ounce jars of each creation. A $15 food fee may also choose a work on your own) and we’ll go mar and vocabulary, writing, conversational skills, is included in the course fee. through the process of transferring what we see and reading and composition. Choose Beginning to our own canvases. You may find it refreshing to Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. (01), Intermediate (02) or Advanced (03) level. 12/8/2016. Unified Arts Building, $64. work on technique, without the worry of creating a Sec. 01-03: # sessions: 9 Day: Tu, W, Th 9:00AM- composition. Basic drawing skills are recommended. Italian Baking for the Holidays 12:00PM. Begins 11/29/2016. The Korean Please bring a 14 x 17 inch pad of good quality white Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Francesca Montillo, Instructor charcoal paper, three General’s charcoal pencils (2B (enter on Holden Street), $200. medium), drawing pencils, and a kneaded eraser. The holidays are upon us and it’s time to start thinking about our dessert table. With all the Speaking and Listening Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Sa 10:00AM-2:00PM. Begins 12/10/2016. Unified Arts Building, $98. busy excitement that is the holiday season, how Would you like to gain confidence in your speaking nice would it be to prepare some baked goods and listening skills through extensive practice? Get To Know Your Sewing Machine that don’t require hours on end of preparation or This course will emphasize the development of that bake and freeze well so that you can get a conversational English by giving students practice Andrea Zax, Instructor head start and stress less during the height of the with spoken language. For intermediate and high Do you have a sewing machine that you would season? Traditional Italian recipes from this class intermediate students. like to become better acquainted with? Bring your may include glazed Anise Cookies, Limoncello sewing machine with you to this one-day class and Sec. 02: # sessions: 6 Day: M, W 1:00-3:00PM. Begins Cake, Chocolate Biscotti, and Ricotta Cookies. learn how to thread needles and bobbins, explore 11/28/2016. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Please bring a ten-inch round pan to class. A $15 stitch settings, receive a basic introduction to Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $144. food fee is included in the course fee. material and thread choices, and learn how to use Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. Unaccompanied Singing Workshops the “free arm” on your sewing machine, if it has one. 12/3/2016. Unified Arts Building, $64. If time allows, we’ll also discuss a variety of presser Veronica Barron, Instructor feet included with sewing machines, special tension Holiday Macaron Workshop Like Joan Baez and Cat Power, get inspired by old and needle settings, and other options such as songs, and learn to sing folk ballads and story Christine Iredale, Instructor sewing a buttonhole. We’ll discuss common sewing songs. Using the “knee-to-knee” method of song snags, and show you how best to unravel them. Get on Santa’s good list by leaving him some truly learning (I sing a line, you sing it back to me), we’ll Please bring your sewing machine and manual (if remarkable cookies. French macarons, almond- learn a selection of songs about love won, lost, you have one), fabric, thread, and scissors to class. based egg white cookies made with a variety of and yearned for. We’ll also work on simple vocal Sec. 02: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. flavors and colors and filled with buttercream or harmonies and performance styling so you can Begins 12/3/2016. Unified Arts Building, $51. jam, are delicious, sophisticated, and remarkably confidently share a song of your choice. You’ll easy to make. Macarons are perfect for those times practice using different timbres and textures of when you want to make a special treat or give an your voice, helping you know your own voice better. elegant handmade gift. Learn simple, versatile recipes and professional baking techniques for Sec. 04: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-8:30PM. 12/5/2016. Brookline High, $43.

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Our winter 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.

By the Fireside: Spanish Adventure: What the Election The Banjo Lesson: Ghanaian National Walking the Camino de Means for the Real Unraveling the Origins Identity Through Film, Santiago Estate Market of the Banjo Music, and Art Chris McCardle, Travel Chuck Silverston, Paul Sedgwick, Musician Writer Principal, Unlimited and Author Wilhemina Agbemakplido, El Camino de Santiago (The Way Sotheby’s International The banjo is internationally Cultural Historian of St. James) is one of the world’s Realty recognized as “America’s Join us for a journey to Ghana renowned long distance trails, What’s in store for the real estate instrument.” To most of us today as we explore its history and and truly a walking adventure. market and interest rates as that means rural southern white culture through the arts. Blending Initially pilgrims traveled across a new president takes office? music—Country music, Bluegrass, the traditional and the modern, the country on a spiritual path Will prices continue to rise in traditional American Folk music Ghanaian film, music, and art to visit the shrine of Saint Iago. our market, what new policies based in music of the British are the windows into the national As their numbers increased, a should we expect from the new Isles. To some, the banjo may identity of this West African cathedral, a city, country-wide administration? Will we still have represent a symbol of protest from nation. The themes that can be signage, places to sleep, good a mortgage tax deduction? While the ’60s. However, paintings by found in popular media and art food, evening entertainment, and the economy is on the slow path to Henry Ossawa Tanner and Mary can also serve as a microcosm of services specifically for travelers recovery, economists and realtors Cassatt both titled, The Banjo the large and diverse nature of have been created. Join us to alike are wondering what’s in store Lesson seem to belie the popular African culture. Focusing on the hear about the highlights of this for us once our new commander in images of hillbillies, cowboys, and uniqueness of modern artforms in famous trail and snippets from chief moves into the White House. civil rights protesters; even these Ghana, we will take a multimedia one couple who will share their Historically, the national housing two paintings seem to disagree tour through the films, photos, art, stories of many journeys along market dips during an election year with each other over who holds music, and stories that reflect its Camino de Santiago. They’ll talk and then recovers slightly the next claim to the banjo. Indeed, as rich cultural history and examine about how they completed the year when the uncertainty around early as 1781, Thomas Jefferson, the roles colonialism and Western trail’s 500 miles, including rising the future president dissipates. in a footnote to his Notes on media have played in the creation before dawn to walk a few miles, Will that trend continue? In the State of Virginia wrote: “The of a new identity. Along the way, stopping for cappuccinos and this lecture, we will explore the instrument proper to them [his we will experience and examine croissants, drinking water from a current trends in the real estate slaves] is the Banjar, which they authentic examples collected by fountain built four hundred years market both nationally and in the brought hither from Africa, and the lecturer—the combination of ago, exploring castles, abbeys, and Boston area, how tax regulations which is the original of the guitar, modern music and traditional archaeological digs, and a pilgrim may change after the election, its chords being precisely the four storytelling in “Obour-Obour” meal with others from all over the what new policies may affect the lower chords of the guitar.” In this by popular musician Bice Osei world. Hear how they started with a commercial and individual real lecture, with music, we will explore Kuffour; portrayals of colonialism bag service and hotel reservations estate markets, what the election the origins of the banjo and in films such as The Golden Stool; but soon opted for the freedom means for real estate investors, sample some of the banjo’s many and local themes in contemporary of a light pack, stopping at will at and what factors you should incarnations throughout American artwork from the colorful Chale hostels along the way. View photos consider before you buy or sell a history. We will dispel many of the Wote Street Art Festival. In the of the presenter’s good times (and house. commonly held preconceptions grand fireside storytelling tradition, the bad) and learn how easy it of the banjo, and strip away the you will also learn a few phrases is to arrange a trip. We’ll discuss Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th popular veneer to reveal the in the Ewe, Ga, and Ashanti 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 1/26/2017. why this vacation is ideal for those Brookline High, $6. surprising true nature of America’s languages to help you participate traveling alone as groups quickly instrument. fully in the opulent and riveting form according to the pace of the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th stories of this gorgeous nation. walkers. We promise you’ll leave 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 2/2/2017. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th with a packing list and a desire to Brookline High, $6. 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 1/12/2017. visit this walking adventure! Brookline High, $6. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 1/19/2017. Brookline High, $6.

6 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 thursday evening lecture series

The Science Behind Transforming Toxic History of Indian Communicating with E.S.P. Emotions Mythology Animals Jeanne Mayell, Author and Lauren Mackler, Author Gururaja Sonni, Cultural Rachel Selikoff, Animal Professional Intuitive and Coach Historian Communicator Have you ever had a flash of Do you often feel overrun by your Join us for this lecture as we are Nine out of ten people already memory about someone else’s feelings? Do you wish you could led through the mysterious world of have the ability to understand their past? Have you ever sensed free yourself from the shackles Indian mythology. Hindu mythology pet’s thoughts. Their messages danger before it happened? Have of toxic emotional patterns? In is founded on the Trimurti (Trinity): are not usually complex, or you had a dream about meeting this powerful lecture with Lauren Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the beyond understanding, but when an old friend, only to cross paths Mackler, a world-renowned coach, Protector, and Shiva the Destroyer. you’re confronted with a lot of with them the next day? Examples CNN commentator, best-selling With a single word “Om,” Brahma odd behaviors, it’s sometimes of telepathy, precognition, author of Solemate: Master the created the universe, as well as difficult to separate our immediate retrocognition, clairvoyance, Art of Aloneness & Transform Your the Vedas, which are the most assumptions from the message mediumship, and psychometry Life, and co-author of Speaking ancient Hindu scriptures. His that they are trying to convey. are all types of extrasensory of Success with Jack Canfield most famous shrine is in Pushkar, This lecture will help you deepen perception, or E.S.P. How and and Stephen Covey, you’ll learn Rajasthan. Vishnu has several your bond and rapport with your why do these phenomena work? about the origins of chronic, toxic different avatars, Krishna being animal by learning to communicate If you’re open to the possibility emotions, as well as practical tools one of them. His stories and with him or her more effectively. that psychic phenomena exist and to stop their diminishing effect on lessons come in numerous forms, We’ll spend time talking about want to see scientific evidence, your day-to-day life. Whether your including the Mahabharata, the behaviors from our history or if you’re already convinced emotional “addiction” is to anger, greatest war of all time. Krishna that demonstrate our existing but want to understand how it depression, fear, resentment, temples can be found everywhere communication skills, and teach all works, join us. Learn about anxiety, unworthiness, frustration, in India, the most famous of which you how to hone your natural the new reality that combines insecurity, jealousy, or some are at Mathura and Dwarka. interactive methods to create quantum physics with psychology other emotional pattern, you’ll Shiva is the destroyer of evil, clearer and intelligible dialogue. and neuroscience and challenges leave this interactive lecture with and keeps the balance between We’ll also explore basic commands the old notions of who and what greater understanding of your own the different forces of nature. that will help your animal respond we are. We’ll discuss the latest emotional patterns, and how to Taken together, the stories of the in a way that shows you whether theories, including the idea of the transform toxic emotional habits Trinity teach moral lessons that you’re on the right track or not in quantum entanglement of our to ones that create a more joyful are relevant to our current world understanding what they have to minds. Additionally, the instructor inner and outer environment. context, regardless of our cultural say. Like Cesar Milan and Stan will guide the participants in Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th background. Addison, our speaker is a gifted performing live readings. Whether 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 2/16/2017. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th animal communicator who will or not you believe in E.S.P., this Brookline High, $6. 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 3/2/2017. share her ability to communicate, lecture will change the way you Brookline High, $6. and show you how to confidently, understand the universe and your organically, and spiritually build place in it. Open to all who come your relationship with your pet. with an open and curious mind. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 3/9/2017. 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 2/9/2017. Brookline High, $6. Brookline High, $6.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 7 Jewels in the Crown: The Treasure The Second Book of Samuel Part II: You Homes of England are the Man Stephen Jerome, Instructor Judy Weiss, Instructor Humanities The eternal British country house has always Once King David becomes a powerful, secure evoked romantic imagery in the mind of the king, he abuses power in such horrific ways that anglophile. From Brideshead Revisited to he brings trouble to his reign and his family. Downton Abbey, the country house has come In our sessions, we’ll read how David abused to symbolize all that is English: from drawing power, how he interacted with the prophet who rooms and cricket games to clotted cream and expressed divine displeasure with a moving tea on the lawn. If you love all things British, prophetic parable, and the powerful words Telling Your Story: Senior Seminar in or are just a fan of glorious architecture, join “You are the man.” We’ll see repercussions Autobiographical Writing historian Stephen Jerome for a tour of some of David’s sins ripple through his family, and Irving Schwartz, Instructor of the most remarkable of England’s treasure we’ll contrast David’s response to prophetic Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging homes. We will look at the planning and chastisements to Saul’s earlier responses to decorative treatments of such magnificent rebukes from the prophet Samuel. Please bring As we grow older, we tend to view our lives homes as Arundel Castle, seat of the Dukes a Bible (any translation). with a more reflective frame of mind. We think of Norfolk for over 700 years; Haddon Hall, a of who we are, where we’ve been, and what Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 10:30AM- survivor of the medieval age; Charlecote Park, meaning we can make of our ‘moments in 12:30PM. Begins 3/7/2017. Brookline Senior home of the Lucy family since the 12th century history’. Telling your story, or some fragment Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $96. (where, according to legend, Shakespeare was of it, is a way to order your life by giving caught poaching deer); and Kelmscott Manor, meaning to your unique experience. If you want the home of William Morris, famous designer, to share what you have come to know, and The Poetry of Robert Frost poet, and philosopher. Whether you are an would like some help in organizing and writing Aimee Sands, Instructor armchair traveler, an intrepid tourist, or a fan your remembered past, join us. Seniors only; of the Royal Family, this course will increase Robert Frost is arguably one of America’s discount does not apply. your appreciation of the social and architectural greatest poets. His oeuvre not only includes Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 10:15-11:45AM. history of the British country house. some of the most familiar poems of the Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 20th century in North America, but he was 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $74. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. also a U.S. Poet Laureate and received four Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $96. Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, amongst many other accolades. Frost lived among us; he spent Discover Your Inner Resources: Tools much of his life in Massachusetts and died For Living State and Local Government: An Introduction in Boston. His “Road Not Taken” continues to Leah Becker, Mark Gately, Instructors New! be an inspiration and was mentioned in the Robert Gignac, Instructor popular Netflix seriesOrange is the New Black, The purpose of the Peace Education Program even as the interpretation of the poem remains (PEP), created by The Prem Rawat Foundation, How well do you know the important in debate. Reading and discussing possible is to help participants discover their own inner structures of state and local government interpretations of these poems of great depth resources or innate tools for living. It is through in Massachusetts? The aim of this course and beauty, despite their apparent simplicity, is the discovery of personal peace that world peace is to explore the roles of local boards and what we will explore in this course. There will be will emerge. This workshop offers an opportunity commissions, municipal government (city some space for those who want to get feedback to explore the possibility of personal peace, and council, alderman, open meeting, mayor, town on their own poetry, in the light of that of Robert each session will focus on one core theme from administrator), and the state legislature and Frost. Prem Rawat’s international public addresses. executive branch. We will discuss processes The themes we will concentrate on include to pass local ordinances and budgets, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 7:00-8:30PM. personal peace, appreciation, inner strength, state laws and ballot initiatives, and talk about Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $102. self-awareness, and clarity. Each session how we can get involved. Guest speakers may will include use of videos, reflection, reading include local and statewide elected officials, materials, writing in a workbook (provided), and including a State Representative, Mayor or Town Memoir Past and Present sharing. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Manager, and District Attorney. Join us to test JoAnna Wool, Instructor your knowledge of our great state’s government. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Anyone who enjoys reading contemporary Begins 1/17/2017. Brookline High, $50. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. memoirs will notice that some are more Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $96. personal and others more political. In this course, we’ll focus on the intriguing history of 40 Short Stories The Second Book of Samuel Part I: The the memoir form and the tension between the Rosalie Davis, Instructor Establishment of David’s Monarchy two types of memoir, and the ways in which they overlap. We’ll read excerpts from the An ancient form that began in myth and Judy Weiss, Instructor memoirs of both well-known historical figures fable, and an iconic American genre, the and contemporary writers. Among others, texts short story continues to enjoy wide popularity. This course will examine the Second Book of will include the still fascinating and relevant Our readings from the best short fiction in Samuel. We’ll examine the beginning of King autobiographies of Frederick Douglas and the English language will include tales from David’s reign including the aftermath of the Benjamin Franklin, as well as Michael Patrick Ernest Hemingway to Jamaica Kincaid. In death of King Saul, David’s consolidation of McDonald’s controversial memoir of the history class, we will analyze and discuss stories power, establishment of a capital in Jerusalem, of busing in Boston in the ’70s All Souls, and with some emphasis on the 20th-century and moving the ark, David’s building projects and Adele Crockett Robertson’s haunting memoir of timeless themes, such as coming-of-age or his relationship with the court prophet. Please the Depression era The Orchard. We’ll conclude the immigrant narrative. For the first class, bring a Bible (any translation). with excerpts from a memoir chosen by the please read James Joyce’s “Araby,” Amy Tan’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 10:30AM- class. Please read the Narrative of the Life of “Two Kinds,” and another story of your choice. 12:30PM. Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline Senior Frederick Douglass for the first class. Course readings can be found in 40 Short Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $96. Stories, A Portable Anthology by Beverly Lawn Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. (4th or 5th editions), and class handouts. Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $106. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 3/2/2017. Brookline High, $96.

8 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Masterpieces of the Russian Short Johann Strauss, Jr.: The Waltz King HUMANITIES MUSIC & PERFORMANCE Story Marshall Wright, Instructor Polina Dubovikova, Instructor Amidst the traditional classical music scene of The short story has occupied a central place the mid-19th century, the light classical fair of Music and in Russian literature since the early nineteenth Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) swept through century. This course will be devoted to reading, Europe like a storm. Particularly enjoyed by analyzing, and discussing short stories from the younger set, waltzes like the Blue Danube Performance 19th and 20th century Russian literature. Our and Tales from the Vienna Woods pushed the readings will include great masters such as boundaries of classical music into areas not Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, seen before. In addition to his famous waltzes, and others. For the first class, please read “The Strauss composed several hundred other Queen of Spades,” by Aleksandr Pushkin and works such as quadrilles, marches, and even “The Fatalist,” by Mikhail Lermontov. Course operettas. Over the course of three sessions, Introduction to Music Composition readings can be found in Russian Short Stories we will take a good look at examples from each Richard Logothetis, Instructor from Pushkin to Buida, edited by Robert genre. The instructor will also perform several If you have music in your head and want to put Chandler. Text is available at the Brookline pieces for your enjoyment. it down on paper, then this is the class for you. Booksmith. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. We’ll talk about the core principles involved in Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 2/27/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 composing original music. Over the course of Begins 2/2/2017. Brookline High, $106. Winchester Street, Brookline, $84. the class we’ll split time between dissecting musical examples from great composers throughout history and helping each other World Literature: Ancient Myths and Great American Jewish Songwriters write our own music. By the end of this class Legends John Clark, Instructor you will be able to outline an initial piece, pick Proshot Kalami, Instructor This historical musical journey will explore the appropriate instrumentation, sketch an initial This world literature course, deeply embedded work of four very different American Jewish draft, and clean up a final draft. A previous in history and mythology, will explore songwriters of the latter half of the 20th understanding of basic music theory and manuscripts from early civilizations. Our century: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Leonard notation is recommended. Please bring music readings will include works such as The Epic of Cohen, and Randy Newman. We’ll also touch staff paper for class. Gilgamesh, the first great work of literature,The briefly on some of the Tin Pan Alley songwriters Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 8:00-9:30PM. Persians by Aeschylus, a translation of the Book (Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, $84. of Kings, and Seamus Heaney’s translation of Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein, etc.) as well as Beowulf. We will look at these works and their those writers associated with its mid-century message from a whole new perspective, and equivalent, the Brill Building (Gerry Goffin, Learning to Read Music discuss their shared myths and legends. Please Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield, Nicole DeMaio, Instructor read The Epic of Gilgamesh for the first class. Burt Bacharach, and Neil Diamond to name a The ability to read music can open many Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: F 1:00-3:00PM. few). Central to the course will be a discussion doors to any aspiring musician, songwriter or Begins 1/13/2017. The Korean Church of of the extent to which each writer’s Jewishness composer. It’s never too late to learn the basics Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on contributes to his/her work as we consider of note reading, including the musical alphabet, Holden Street), $125. common themes found in their work: love and different clefs, note values, rhythm, and desire, religion and philosophy, and political meter. This class will also provide information and social criticism. Texts including In Search of about key signatures, scales, chords, and Mazurkas, Polonaises, and Nocturnes: American Jewish Culture by Stephen J. Whitfield harmony. With this knowledge you may feel The Many Sides of Frederick Chopin and Jewish Songwriters, American Songs by more comfortable joining a singing group, Marshall Wright, Instructor David Lehman will also inform our discussion. helping your children with their music lessons, Each week a reading will be assigned, and Over the course of his all too short career, or especially appreciating music. We will selected concert and interview video segments look at and listen to the music of many great the brilliant composer Frederick Chopin will be shown. (1810-1849), wrote many different types of composers throughout the history of music. piano pieces. From the dance-like mazurkas Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: W 1:00-3:00PM. Please bring a notebook and music staff paper to the lyrical polonaises and nocturnes, to Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline Senior Center, to the first meeting. the full blown orchestral concertos, he was 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $106. Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. a master of them all. Over the course of four Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, $95. sessions, we will listen to examples of each of the dozen different types of piano music Chopin composed, noting and discussing the similarities and differences among them. The instructor will also play examples from many different performers to give a complete picture of this beautiful music. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $96.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 9 Understanding Music Theory I and II Play the Clarinet Violin Richard Logothetis, Shannon Jacob, Instructors New! Nicole DeMaio, Instructor Amos Lawrence, Instructor If you want to play an instrument, improve your From classical to jazz, the clarinet Have you always wanted to play the violin, or music reading or writing skills, or appreciate is one of the most versatile and have you played in the past and want to pick it more fully the music you listen to, music theory enjoyable instruments to learn to play. Whether up again? From the fiddlers of the Hardanger is an essential tool. Music theory is the study you’re just starting out or revisiting an old plateau in Norway to the Highlands of Scotland of the very simple concepts that underlie how hobby, this class will get you started. You will and Cape Breton Island, from the stage of music is written, played, and heard. Section 01 learn technique basics such as fingerings, Carnegie Hall to the quaint fiddlers of the Blue for beginners will introduce the basic elements proper embouchure and breathing, as well as Ridge Mountains in the Carolinas, the violin has of music: notes, clefs, rhythm and meter, major important skills to help you make the most out succeeded in suiting every style and fulfilling and minor scales, sharp and flat key signatures, of your practice sessions. Discussion topics every need. We will explore the balance needed and simple chords and harmony. Section 02 include reading music, a review of repertoire, for proper tone production, read notes, and how takes your music theory to the next level by and some interesting clarinet history. This to comfortably hold the bow, using our fingers learning how to compose a full length song. course is for beginning students as well as and playing melodies. Please bring a violin and Learn to build lyrical song form and create those with some clarinet experience. Please shoulder rest to class. A practice mute and a comprehensive melody over a structured bring a clarinet to class. violin book will be available for sale in class. chordal format. We will focus on composing Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. Approximate cost, $15. a song with chords and lyrics, so being able Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-7:45PM. to identify meter, rhythm and notation is very Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $160. important. For both sections, please bring a notebook and music staff paper. Play the Flute Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: W 6:30- Nicole DeMaio, Instructor Beginning Piano 8:00PM. Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, The flute is one of the most popular and Jonathan Lovenstein, Instructor $84. Logothetis gratifying instruments to learn to play. Designed If you have always wanted to learn to play the Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: for beginners and those with some experience, piano, why not start now? In the Beginner M 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 2/6/2017. Brookline this class will cover basic techniques such as course, you will learn how to read musical High, $84. Jacob fingerings, breath control, and proper aperture. notation and will become acquainted with Learn to read music as well as some helpful basic piano techniques. You will learn to play tips to use when practicing. We will discuss the melodies with chord accompaniments, scales, Play the Banjo history of the instrument, listen to recordings and intervals. By the end of the course you will Paul Sedgwick, Instructor of top performers, and review essential be able to play simple popular and classical What’s more fun than listening to the banjo? information about caring for your instrument. piano pieces. The Beyond Beginner course is Playing the banjo! For those who are new to Please bring a flute to class. for those with some piano playing experience. the instrument, or have some experience, we Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. We will focus on major scales, primary will identify the basic technique behind the two Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. chords, more complicated rhythms, and linear most popular styles of 5-string banjo playing: accompaniments with the left hand. Each Bluegrass, or three-finger style picking; and student will have a keyboard on which to work clawhammer or frailing folk styles. You will be Play the Saxophone in class. For both courses, the required text, given the opportunity to focus on one style or the David Stevens, Irving Schwartz, Instructors Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book, Level One, is available at most music stores. other, or may choose to learn both. We will look The saxophone has been on the American at the amazing history of “America’s instrument” Access to a piano or keyboard for practice is scene for more than seven decades. It can required. through demonstrations and recordings. be heard on the earliest recordings and is Please bring a 5-string banjo and a notebook to used extensively for solo and accompaniment Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:15- class. The required textbooks, Teach Yourself in many contemporary groups. Despite its 8:45PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, Bluegrass Banjo by Tony Trischka, and Mel appearance, the saxophone is rationally $168. Bay’s Frailing the 5-String Banjo: An Instruction designed and easy to play. Level 1 is for Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Manual by Eric Muller and Barbara Koehler, are beginners. We will show you how to create Th 7:15-8:45PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline available at music stores and online. a musical sound by developing proper High, $168. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:30-9:00PM. embouchure and delivering a controlled air- Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $168. stream to the mouthpiece. With a reasonable effort, you’ll soon be able to read and play Musician Ensemble simple scales and songs and enjoy ensemble Franklin Rankin, Instructor Ukulele: Relax and Play Music playing. Level 2 is for students who have Playing in an ensemble takes a level of synergy Paul Sedgwick, Instructor completed a beginning level; or those who can that can only be achieved one way: doing it! Step out of your busy life, and instill it with play scales in two octaves, and can read and In this workshop you’ll have the opportunity some genuine pleasure. Learn to play the execute music and songs within that range. to play and interact with other musicians in a ukulele! We will start from the beginning with Please bring a saxophone (be sure it has a fun and constructive setting. Through some lessons in chords, introductory music theory, mouthpiece, reed, and strap). basic patterns in Rock and Blues, you’ll work and strumming patterns. You’ll learn to play Sec. 01 (Level 1): # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30- on rhythm, timing, and improvising. Experience individual pieces on your own, and we’ll also 8:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, what’s it’s like to be part of a larger sound while jam in class to familiar songs. As actress/ $168. Stevens contributing your own individual style to the singer Zooey Deschanel said, “The ukulele is, Sec. 02 (Level 2): # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30- group. All skill levels and instruments welcome. like, the opposite of overwhelming.” Please 8:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, Please bring your instrument and amplifier (if bring a ukulele, recording device, and Ukulele $168. Schwartz necessary). Fretboard Maps: The Essential Patterns That All Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 8:00-9:30PM. the Pros Know and Use, by Fred Sokolow and Begins 2/6/2017. Brookline High, $123. Jim Beloff. A $5 materials fee for a songbook of ukulele favorites is payable to the instructor at the first class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-7:30PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $168.

10 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Voice Class Lee R. Soto, Instructor Guitar for Everyone Experience the enjoyment of expressing Whether you’re a beginner or beyond beginner, these Berklee- yourself through music by discovering your MUSIC & PERFORMANCE singing voice. Each singer will explore the trained instructors will help you improve your technique and range, agility, and timbre of his or her voice, style to take your playing to the next level. and work on solo and group singing. We will develop proper tone production, breathing, and posture. Students and the instructor will Introductory Guitar choose the vocal repertoire so that all aspects Max Mullowney, Instructor of vocal technique and musical interpretation Introductory Guitar is a course for those who have never picked up a guitar before, can be applied to specific songs. Our emphasis or for beginners who can strum a few chords and would like to have fun learning new will range from traditional jazz standards to songs and playing with other guitarists. Our primary emphasis will be on building more contemporary show or pop tunes. Beyond a chord vocabulary, establishing a rhythm, switching between chords, and gaining Beginner is for those who have some singing comfort with the instrument. We’ll learn about different chord types, what chord experience and who want to continue learning symbols mean, and how to play songs reading from a chord chart. In Beyond Beginner about performance and vocal techniques. we will work on rhythm, harmony, and a more expanded chord vocabulary, as well as Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: W alternate chord voicings and pentatonic scales, with an aim to get more comfortable 6:00-7:30PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts with making music on guitar alone or with a group. Please bring an acoustic guitar to Building, $168. class. Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 7 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline W 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified High, $160. Arts Building, $168. Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 7 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. Singing Audition Workshop New! Annina Hsieh, Instructor Jazz Guitar Techniques Are you looking to brush up on Franklin Rankin, Instructor your vocal performance to audition Learn the basics of jazz guitar playing while also learning the history of guitar in Jazz. and perform with confidence? In this class This class, for those looking to improve their skills, will focus on time, feel, jazz harmony, we will work to polish a song and bring it to and melodic playing. Those also looking to advance their guitar playing will find this performance and audition level. This class class useful as these concepts can be used in other styles. We’ll also listen to some will focus on classical and musical theater jazz guitar players to discuss some of the history and hear some of the techniques. repertoire and provide tips for presenting Please bring a guitar. yourself successfully in auditions. Please bring a song or sheet music you want to work on or Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 6:30-8:00PM. Begins 1/17/2017. Brookline High, suggestions for music can be given. $123. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 1/19/2017. Brookline High, $84. Fretboard Harmony Franklin Rankin, Instructor Ensemble Singing Take your guitar playing to the next level by learning more about the fretboard and mechanics of guitar. This class will focus on learning the modes of the major keys, Lee R. Soto, Instructor triads, and more advanced chords and scales. This class will ensure you have an easier Ensemble singing offers the chance to unleash time navigating the fretboard, and it will make playing in any style much easier as you your inner performer. If you like to sing, or will have better command over the instrument. Please bring either an acoustic guitar or have always wanted to learn, you may find that an electric guitar (with an amp). singing in an ensemble is perfect for many reasons. First, you may not feel ready to sing Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 8:00-9:30PM. Begins 1/17/2017. on your own. Also, learning how to control Brookline High, $123. your voice while hearing and adjusting to your classmates’ voices will teach you valuable skills Bass Guitar for Beginners and lift your spirits. In this course for singers of all levels, we will sing a wide variety of fun Franklin Rankin, Instructor songs in unison and in harmony. We will focus The bass is an integral part of any song or on vocal techniques, posture, and breathing, ensemble. In this class we’ll go over how to and explore aspects of group singing such as easily navigate the strings and the frets on the harmony, blending, and style. Attention will be instrument as well as a variety of right and left paid to each individual voice. We will conclude hand fingering techniques. We will also cover with a performance for family and friends. song forms and common rhythms that are played to help drive the music. The purpose Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-7:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, of this class is to give you a strong start on the $168. instrument or strengthen the foundation you already have. Please bring a bass guitar and an amp, if you have one. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 6:30-8:00PM. Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $153.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 11 Singing to Connect Acting Improv Annina Hsieh, Instructor Siobhan Carroll, Instructor Music has been proven to have therapeutic Spark your creativity and silence your inner effects, for example with elderly people who have judge by practicing spontaneity. In this no Test Preparation memory issues. Rather than mere technique, fear, improv for everyone workshop, we’ll act this class will focus on how to utilize the voice our way through exercises, challenges, and you already have to improve quality of life and performances that will increase your mental connect with others in meaningful ways. We will flexibility, confidence, self trust, and speed. create personalized playlists, learn some music Give voice to new characters within you, tips, and hold song circles. Whether you are learn alternative responses to old habits and Private Test Prep Sessions caregiver or simply looking to explore singing as patterns, and generally free up your thinking a powerful and fun mode of communication, this and movement. This class is for anyone who In our individual tutoring sessions, test prep class will help you incorporate music into your life. wants to take a break from the stresses of life instructors are available one-on-one to work with students of all skill levels on such topics as Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. and spend their nights laughing. No previous experience is necessary. HiSET, SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT prep. Students Begins 3/2/2017. Brookline High, $68. may choose the time and day of the week, Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Monday through Friday, or Saturday morning. Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $118. Vocal Harmonies for Americana Music Once we have your preferred schedule, we will work on finding an instructor to match Veronica Barron, Instructor Acting Workshop your needs. Please come prepared with Want to get comfy singing simple, satisfying materials you would like to work on with your vocal harmonies for your favorite Americana- Emily Singer, Instructor instructor. Sessions meet at Brookline High style songs? Join in on this workshop— Experience the excitement of acting in this School or Webster Place (student may indicate welcoming to all ability levels—and you’ll walk participatory class. Through the use of preference). Discounts, waivers, or credits do away not only humming the tune, but humming improvisation and scripted work, you will learn not apply. To schedule a private lesson, a nice harmony line as well. We’ll explore tunes basic techniques of spontaneity, character please contact the BA&CE office at 617- from a wide range of American Folk styles— development, text analysis, and more. Gain 730-2700. possibilities include Bluegrass, early Country, confidence as you learn tricks for conquering Sec. 01 (4 hours): $200. British Isles ballads, Appalachian ballads, stage fright. Stretch yourself as you develop spirituals, work songs, play songs, Folk-Blues, skills of concentration and imagination, which Sec. 02 (8 hours): $400. lullabies, and more, but mostly we’ll focus on are indispensable both in the theater and in the joy of harmonizing to good singing songs. everyday life. Whether your ambition is to act for SAT Strategies: Prepare for the March Come lift up your voice and sing with us. stage, television, or film, master public speaking 2017 Exam Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:00-8:30PM. in your professional life, or for personal growth, Lionel Claris, Janice McKeown, Instructors Begins 2/6/2017. Brookline High, $70. these tools can help you. These exercises will culminate in a final show, which will include This intensive course enables students to monologues and scenes. Students are also master test-taking techniques and review for Powerful Public Presentations welcome to write their own scripts. No previous the SAT exam. Students will prepare for all three Martin R. Anderson, Instructor experience is necessary. portions of the exam: critical reading, writing, and mathematics. We will review grammar and At some time or another, almost everyone has to Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/26/2017. Brookline High, $118. vocabulary, focus on developing writing skills, get up and speak in front of an audience. Even and improve reading comprehension. Time seasoned speakers and actors get nervous. In an will also be dedicated to learning how to write entertaining environment, you’ll experience ways Voice Talent: How to Make It In Voice- the SAT analytical essay. In preparation for the to transform your mind, body, and voice into a Overs mathematics section of the exam, students will source of support while giving confidence, energy, Lau Lapides, Instructor review algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. and expression to speaking in public. You’ll prac- This course includes practice testing, plus tice a range of approaches and learn how to read Have you ever been told you have a voice test-buster strategies. The required textbook, what your audience wants, from speeches and for radio? Have you ever wondered what it The Official SAT Study Guide, published by The ad lib explanations, to scripted works and cold would be like to voice the next hit cartoon or College Board, is available online and at area reads. We’ll work on projection, body language, commercial? This fast-paced, interactive, fun bookstores. Approximate cost, $22. breezing through errors, answering questions, two-hour workshop will introduce students and tailoring your talk on the fly. Please bring pen- to the world of voice-over. Discover powerful Sec. 01: # sessions: 12 Day: M, W 5:00- cil, paper, and any material you’d like to present. techniques that offer a solid foundation of vocal 7:00PM. Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, $480. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. tools for those who are experiencing voice-over Begins 2/2/2017. Brookline High, $84. for the first time or looking to launch a career in the industry. We will incorporate practice time Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and offer professional feedback, including a Test Preparation Acting 101: The Basics Q&A discussion. Learn about the many genres Olya Margul, Instructor D. Adriane Spunt, Instructor of scripts including: animation, commercial, narration and eLearning copy and much more. This course covers all aspects of preparing Have you ever wanted to try acting, but you Please wear comfortable clothing and bring for the GRE, from exploring all the methods of don’t know where or how to begin? Would you water. solving mathematical problems, recognizing key like to experience it before investing too much words and transitions on verbal questions, and time and money in professional training? This Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00-11:00AM. Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, $43. writing sharp, direct essays, to understanding class, designed for both beginning actors and the strategies of optimal scoring. Please bring non-actors, will give you a chance to test the the required textbook, Cracking the GRE, 2016 waters. We will explore different aspects of the Edition, published by Princeton Review, to the actor’s craft including improvisation, voice and first class meeting. The textbook is available diction, script analysis, and scene work. There in the college textbook department of the will be some light homework. Bring a one to two Harvard Coop, at other bookstores, and online. minute monologue, poem, or song that inspires Approximate cost, $25. you to the first class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 6:30-9:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $396. Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, $106.

12 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Graduate Management Admissions Test is available at the Brookline Booksmith. In (GMAT) Preparation addition, students will receive a specially printed Olya Margul, Instructor copy of Microchondria III: More Short Short Stories for about $12 payable to the instructor. This course reviews all of the relevant Writing and mathematics (pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. as well as word problems) for problem-solving Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $118. and data sufficiency questions, rules of English Communication grammar, and effective methods for solving all Poetry Read-And-Write TEST PREPARATION WRITING & COMMUNICATION SKILLS the different types of problems on the exam. You’ll also be instructed on how to construct Skills New! Sarah Stone, Instructor well-designed essays. One class will include Join a group of others interested exam practice in the computer lab. Please bring in reading and writing poetry to the required textbook, Cracking the New GMAT, investigate in depth the work of one poet. The 2016 Edition, by Princeton Review, to the first first hour of each session will be devoted to class meeting. The required text is available Private Writing Consultation reading aloud work by a poet. Section 01 will in the college textbook department of the In our individual consultation sessions, writing be Adrienne Rich; Section 02 will be Claudia Harvard Coop, at other bookstores, and online. instructors are available one-on-one to assist Rankine; Section 03 will be C.D. Wright. Approximate cost, $25. students of all skill levels and address specific Students will take turns giving voice to the Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:30-9:30PM. issues in writing. Students may choose the time poems, allowing each of us to experience the Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $396. and day of the week, Monday through Friday, or sound and style of the poet as both a listener Saturday morning. Once we have your preferred and a speaker. During the second hour, in order schedule, we will work on finding an instructor to help participants launch their own writing, Driver Education to match your needs. Please come prepared prompts based on the poems will be given for Joseph Giannone, Instructor with materials you would like to work on with silent writing. We will leave a window at the your instructor. Sessions meet at Brookline end of class to share how the writing has gone, According to Massachusetts state law, students High School, Korean Church, or Webster Place and some fragments of the writing created. No are required to attend 30 hours of classroom (students may indicate preference). Discounts, previous experience is required. Please bring a instruction, 12 hours of behind-the-wheel waivers, or credits do not apply. To schedule a pen and paper. training, and six hours of observation. To be private lesson, please contact the BA&CE eligible for classroom instruction, students must Sec. 01 (Adrienne Rich): # sessions: 1 Day: office at 617-730-2700. have reached their 16th birthday by the end of Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. the course. The in-class portion of the Driver Sec. 01 (2 hours): $80. Brookline High, $36. Education Program is offered both days and Sec. 02 (4 hours): $160. Sec. 02 (Claudia Rankine): # sessions: 1 Day: evenings throughout the year. Students will be Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. Begins 2/11/2017. taught on cars with automatic transmissions. Brookline High, $36. Administrative Fee: $62 (payable to the Town Cartooning 101: Everyone’s a Sec. 03 (C.D. Wright): # sessions: 1 Day: of Brookline). Instruction Fee: $540, payable Cartoonist New! Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM. Begins 3/11/2017. to Pleasant Auto School. Upon successful Scott Mullowney, Instructor Brookline High, $36. completion of this course, students are responsible for an additional $130 in Registry Learn how to unlock your own of Motor Vehicles fees. A breakdown of these personal cartoon art style under the guidance Poetry Workshop fees is available in the BA&CE office. of a professional cartoonist formerly of the Boston Herald. Discover tips and techniques Sarah Stone, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 15 Day: M, Tu, Th 3:00- to elevate your cartoon drawings to the next Do you write poetry and want constructive 5:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, level as the art of cartooning is discussed and feedback? Or have you always wanted to try $62. demonstrated. With some expert tips, you will your hand at writing verse but don’t know Sec. 02: # sessions: 15 Day: M, Tu, Th 3:00- learn how to use your mind and your heart to where to begin? Each week we will explore a 5:00PM. Begins 3/13/2017. Brookline High, combine writing and drawing into a work of different point of entry into poetry, generating $62. art. You’ll walk away with an understanding new poems and offering one another praise Sec. 03: # sessions: 15 Day: M, Tu, W 6:30- of a career in cartooning and the foundation for what works, along with ideas for what can 8:30PM. Begins 3/6/2017. Brookline High, to develop it further. For beginning artists or work better. Weekly assignments will be given $62. creative thinkers on every level. Please bring and students will bring copies of their work to a newsprint drawing pad, a No. 2 pencil, a discuss the following week. Assignments may drawing marker, and a kneaded eraser. include, for example, writing in a form (such as sonnet or villanelle), writing about a small Driver Education: Parents’ Class Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Joseph Giannone, Instructor Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline High, $118. object, collaborating with another poet in the class, or collaging found language, among many According to Massachusetts state law, parents others. Frequent informal in-class writing will of high school-aged children must also attend Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories help to generate ideas and language to work a classroom training session. If the student is with. Previous participants should feel free to Rosalie Davis, Instructor under 18 years of age, a parent must attend enroll again; we will use an entirely new set of the Parent Class so the child can be certified This elastic, electric genre offers limitless exercises. by the Registry. Class is free for parents of possibilities to explore and practice the popular Pleasant Auto School students; for all others, art and craft of short fiction. In this workshop, Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. there is a $20 fee (payable to Pleasant Auto we will read, analyze, discuss, and write 500 to Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, $125. School). 750-word micro-stories. The first three sessions Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. will focus on generating and revising drafts, Begins 4/6/2017. Brookline High, Free for and in the second half of the course we will Pleasant Auto parents; $20 for non-Pleasant polish and proofread pieces. Students should Auto parents. Pre-registration is required. be prepared to print hard copies for in-class exercises. Please read the “Introduction” and the first story, “You and the Piano Bench” for the first class. The required textbook,The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 13 Writing for Young Adults: Plot Thanks for the Memories: Memoir for Writing Female Characters the Non-Celebrity Sara Ingle, Instructor New! Sara Ingle, Instructor YA literature has never been as popular as it is Daniel Gewertz, Instructor The way women are portrayed in right now. Do you have an idea for a young adult Celebrities can assume readers of their fiction has shifted over the years novel you’ve been dying to write? An important biographies will be seduced by fame; but when from damsels in distress to kick-butt lady types. ingredient to all stories, plot is what moves the rest of us write about our personal lives, we While there are plenty of “strong” women in your novel forward and plotting your novel can need to grab hold of a reader by the powers of today’s fiction there are still some issues. be a difficult task. Through an exploration of our expression, our ideas, and our storytelling Looking specifically at young adult fiction, YA pieces, writing exercises, and critique, we charms. Each week, this class will help sculpt we will discuss the ways in which female will uncover the strategies for developing the your selected memories so that their inherent characters are portrayed and how we as writers main events and action of a story. Beyond the power can be brought to the page. We’ll focus can create well-rounded female characters. You patterns found in popular YA novels, we will on the crafting of short, concise memoir pieces, will look at contemporary female characters discuss how you can strategically develop the with weekly prompts and assignments meant across young adult literature, and use your own plot for your own novel. Please come prepared to jump-start your writing. We also welcome writing as a springboard for creating female to discuss some of your work. students who are starting, or continuing, longer characters. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. works. Why do certain moments haunt, charm, Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 3/1/2017. Brookline High, $56. excite, or sadden us in retrospect? Whether Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $96. emotional, comical, sensual, or spiritual in nature, what are the moments in your life that Middle Grade Novel make for great stories? Writing will be read Introduction to Self-Publishing Workshops aloud in class. New! Jacob Boucher, Instructor Penny Noyce, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Do you have a story you want to share with Middle-grade readers (9-12 years Begins 1/30/2017. Brookline High, $118. the world, but you’re not sure how to get it old) are among the most enthusiastic readers published and in front of readers? In recent an author could ask for. With in-class exercises Writing and Meditation: Hearing the years, self-publishing has grown from a niche and writing at home, this series will stock Words Within market to become the choice for countless your toolbox for creating compelling fiction for authors, from veteran novelists to aspiring new these young readers. Come with your novel Jacqui Morton, Instructor writers. This class is for anyone interested in idea or starting manuscript. Section 01 Nuts “Put your ear down close to your soul and listen publishing and selling their written works, in and bolts: What is the middle-grade novel? hard.” –Anne Sexton either a digital ebook format, or in print. Topics How long is it, how’s the market, what genres Whether the journey is short or a lifetime will include an overview of the self-publishing are popular, what topics are taboo, and how of footsteps, it is filled with creative, heart industry, planning and completing your writing do I know if I’m writing at the right reading opening moments. By combining meditation projects, picking the right distributor, the level? We will also tackle structure and learn and writing, we’ll explore these moments on technical process of self-publishing, and pricing ways to outline or plunge right in. Section 02 the page. The practice of meditation gets us in and promoting your books. Characters and dialogue: Vivid, memorable touch with our bodies, minds, spirit, and breath, Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. characters carry the story. We will work on voice without obsessive attachment. Meditation Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $96. and point of view, flat vs. round characters can help us as writers to focus and find new (there’s a place for each!), and how to create openings, new meanings, and new ways of snappy, distinctive dialogue. Section 03 Scene, witnessing ourselves. Through meditations Writing Fiction for the eBook Market conflict, and theme: Working from examples, followed by writing practices, we will explore Jacob Boucher, Instructor we will learn how to build a compelling scene, this partnership. This course is for writers of all In the last decade, eBooks have gone from how to maintain tension, and how to highlight levels and genres. Participants should dress key themes. We will also discuss strategies for being a niche product to a substantial comfortably and, if possible, bring a pillow, percentage of book sales. Some genres, such overcoming weaknesses and getting unstuck in cushion, or yoga mat for meditation. our writing. as Romance and Mystery, have seen their Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: F 10:30AM- markets dominated by eBook sales, and many Sec. 01 (Nuts and bolts): # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 12:00PM. Begins 2/3/2017. The Korean of the titles are now written by independent 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline authors selling directly via Amazon, High, $56. (enter on Holden Street), $68. Smashwords, or other eBook distributors. This Sec. 02 (Characters and Dialogue): # sessions: course is for anyone who has an interest in 2 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 2/7/2017. writing fiction and wants to know more about Brookline High, $56. the eBook market, from distributors to pricing Sec. 03 (Scene, Conflict, and Theme): # structures, promotion strategies, manuscript sessions: 2 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins length, popular genres, and many more topics. 2/28/2017. Brookline High, $56. The course is especially helpful for anyone planning to self-publish their fiction, but the Sec. 04 (All Sections): # sessions: 6 Day: Tu information will be valuable to anyone looking 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline High, $128. to become more informed about today’s eBook fiction market. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 2/9/2017. Brookline High, $96.

14 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Introduction to Screenwriting Beginning German Andrew Osborne, Instructor Agnes Farkas, Instructor Whether you’re picturing an independent film German is an exciting and enriching language, or a Hollywood blockbuster, come learn the Languages with many applications in travel, art history, and tricks and techniques of screenwriting and literature. Level 1 is for beginners who have take the first steps toward getting your project little or no experience with German, but wish produced. This workshop will focus on the to acquire a working knowledge of the spoken essentials of screenwriting, including strong language. Areas of emphasis will include character development, and writing plot and Private Language Lessons vocabulary building, verb conjugation, sentence dialogue. While working towards the completion formation, contemporary idiomatic expressions, In our individual tutoring sessions, language of a quality final draft, we will learn the basics and discussion of culture. Level 2 is for those

instructors are available one-on-one to work LANGUAGES of industry-standard screenplay formatting. We who have completed Level 1 or its equivalent with students of all skill levels on anything will also examine the three-act writing structure and wish to improve their speaking, writing, from pronunciation, to conversation, to travel and the art of pitching and selling your ideas. and listening comprehension. For both levels, tips. Students may choose the time and Whether you’ve been writing for years or are a the required textbook, German Demystified, is day of the week, Monday through Friday, or novice, you’ll find this course beneficial. available at the Brookline Booksmith. Saturday morning. Once we have your preferred Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 10:00AM- schedule, we will work on finding an instructor Sec. 01 (Level 1): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:00- 12:00PM. Begins 1/28/2017. Brookline High, to match your needs. Please come prepared 9:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $118. with materials you would like to work on with $160. your instructor. Sessions meet at Brookline Sec. 02 (Level 2): # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:00- Right Grammar, Right Now: A Rapid High School, Korean Church, or Webster Place 9:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, and Reassuring Review (students may indicate preference). Discounts, $160. waivers, or credits do not apply. To schedule a Anne Jackson, Instructor private lesson, please contact the BA&CE You probably know more about U.S. American office at 617-730-2700. The Unknown Italy English grammar than you think you do. This Sec. 01 (4 hours): $160. New! Veronica Campanini, Instructor course will help you organize and clarify that Sec. 02 (6 hours): $240. Are you planning a trip to Italy? knowledge. Through guided exercises and mini- Or maybe it’s on your list of places quizzes, “Right Grammar” defines and explains Sec. 03 (8 hours): $320. to visit. Italy offers an abundance of famous basic grammatical terms, then provides tips, places, like Rome and Venice, but there reminders, and signposts to highlight the aspects are other regions off-the-beaten-track. An of each topic most likely to cause confusion experienced traveler will lead an interactive and errors, and how to avoid or correct many of Portuguese Conversation and discussion of three of these areas: Emilia, these. This course will cover sentence structure; Vocabulary Tuscia, and Sardinia. Through stories and nouns; pronouns; adjectives/adverbs; and verbs, Elizabeth Kugell, Instructor images, we will delve into some of the arts, time permitting. Please come prepared to take history, environment, food, and folklore of these Do you want to take your knowledge of notes and draw diagrams. Homework will be lesser known places. In Emilia, you will learn Portuguese to the next level? For students assigned. This course is designed for native and about the operas and medieval castles, with a who have taken a beginning Portuguese class, fluent non-native speakers of English. A $40 discussion of some of the food that originated this course offers you a chance to improve materials fee for an extensive workbook written in the area, like Tortellini. Tuscia will take us to your grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, by the instructor is included in the course fee. the magical Etruscan cities built into the rock while also enabling you to have conversations. and the manors of the popes. For Sardinia, we Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Taught by a native speaker, you will deepen your will see examples of their paradisiac beaches, Begins 3/2/2017. Brookline High, $124. language skills with some discussions about the historical city of Cagliari, and the mysterious interesting topics about the history and culture region of Nuraghe. Public Speaking: A Crash Course of Brazil. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 10:00AM- Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Lau Lapides, Instructor 12:00PM. Begins 1/23/2017. The Korean Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $160. From the moment you enter a room, you’re Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline on! Learn to speak more effectively in both (enter on Holden Street), $84. personal and professional situations. Eliminate Introduction to Latin your speaker fears and build confidence. In Veronica Campanini, Instructor this fun, interactive fast-paced workshop we Italian I will teach you how to organize your thoughts, Latin lies at the heart of Western culture. Not Maria Conte, Instructor polish your articulation and pronunciation, only are the Romance languages, French, Whether you’re planning your first trip to Italy and become a more successful, more Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian or are enchanted by the language of Dante, confident speaker. It’s a great opportunity to derived from it, but the languages of religion, this course will introduce you to Italian using a practice speaking in a supportive, pressure- law, medicine, art, and the sciences all share its relaxed, conversational approach. This course free environment. This workshop will include influence. This class will introduce you to Latin is for those who have little or no previous practice time, critique and feedback and vocabulary, grammar, and word order so that experience learning Italian. We will focus on participants will be invited to raise questions you can read simplified stories and also learn vocabulary, grammar, basic verb conjugation, and discuss particular situations. Please wear some of the Latin words which are the roots and pronunciation. Emphasis will be placed comfortable clothing and bring water. of many words in English and the Romance on speaking and listening comprehension. By languages. We will also start to read the easiest Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM- the end of the course, you will become more writings of some of the greatest authors ever, comfortable speaking, writing, and listening 1:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, such as Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, and Horatius. $36. to Italian. A $22 textbook fee is payable to the A $10 materials fee is included in the course instructor at the first class. fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 5:30-7:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 10:00AM- Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $160. 12:00PM. Begins 1/13/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $170.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 15 Italian II French I French IV & V Maria Conte, Instructor Michelle Alfred, Lionel Claris, Instructors Monique Dlugy, Lionel Claris, Instructors This course is for those who have completed French I is for those who have had no previous This course is designed for those who have Italian I, or have equivalent experience. We will French study, or have forgotten what they completed French III or its equivalent, and continue to expand vocabulary, learn irregular learned. Emphasis will be placed on learning have a mastery of the three main verb groups, verbs, their conjugation, and the simple past a new sound system and listening skills. By and être, avoir, aller, faire, and savoir, and the tense, and improve speaking and listening studying vocabulary and basic grammar, you passé composé, imperfect, and future tenses. comprehension. By the end of the course, will learn to understand and say simple phrases This course is designed as a step toward you will become more comfortable speaking, using the present tense of the three basic increasing your fluency and proficiency. Our writing, and listening to Italian. A $22 textbook verb groups. You will gain confidence in basic activities will involve presentation skills, spoken fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. sentence construction as well as listening vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, reading, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. comprehension. The required textbook, writing, and speaking, and we will converse on Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $160. Ultimate French Beginner-Intermediate, is specific topics from French short stories, plays, available at the Brookline Booksmith. and newspapers. For Section 01 the required Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. textbook, Grammaire Progressive du Français, Conversational Italian Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. Alfred Livre Perfectionnement (French Edition), is Maria Conte, Instructor available for purchase online. Approximate cost Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. $40. For Section 02 a $10 materials fee is This class, taught by a native speaker, is for Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $160. included in the course fee. those who have completed Italian Level 2 or its Claris equivalent, are familiar with the basics of Italian Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 8:30-10:30AM. grammar, and wish to increase their fluency and Begins 1/10/2017. The Korean Church of proficiency. You will concentrate on past and French II Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $160. Dlugy future tenses, pronunciation, and vocabulary, Michelle Alfred, Martine Della Ventura, so that by the end of the course you will be Instructors Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 5:30-7:30PM. able to carry on a conversation with a native French II is for those who have completed Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $170. speaker. Each week we will share interesting French I, or its equivalent. You will continue Claris discussions or read newspaper and magazine to develop vocabulary and speaking skills at articles to learn something of Italian culture. a beginning level. You should know the verbs French Literature, Culture, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:30-9:30PM. être, avoir, aller, and faire and their many Conversation Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $160. uses, plus the three verb group conjugations in the present tense. We will introduce the Monique Dlugy, Instructor passé composé, l’imparfait, and futur simple, This course is for those interested in French Italian Conversation and Vocabulary and continue with skills for simple speaking literature and culture. In our sessions, we Veronica Campanini, Instructor and writing. You will be able to count and tell will read, view, and discuss selections by prominent French writers, poets, musicians, Do you speak Italian and want to enrich your time. The required textbook, Ultimate French and filmmakers, both classic and contemporary. knowledge of the language? Are you traveling Beginner-Intermediate, is available at the You’ll improve your spoken French, enrich your to Italy soon and want to increase your Brookline Booksmith. vocabulary, and improve your comprehension of appreciation of the culture? This course is for Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 9:30-11:30AM. written texts, while broadening your knowledge students who have a working knowledge of the Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160. of great French literature and film. Students language and who would like to improve their Della Ventura should have completed French III or its conversation, pronunciation, grammar, and Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. equivalent. A $10 materials fee is included in vocabulary skills. Taught by a native speaker, Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $160. the course fee. we will focus on language functions and have Alfred discussions about interesting topics such as Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 10:30AM- cuisine, media, fashion, history, and current 12:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. The Korean events. Study of Italian films, painters, songs, French III Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $170. and cartoons will also aide us in increasing our Monique Dlugy, Instructor conversation and vocabulary. A $10 materials This course is for those who have completed fee is included in the course fee. French II or its equivalent, and would like to French Pronunciation Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 10:00AM- improve their vocabulary, accent, and fluency. Lionel Claris, Instructor 12:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. The Korean Students should be comfortable conjugating Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline regular and irregular verbs in the present and Would you like to improve your French accent? (enter on Holden Street), $170. passé composé, and be able to count and tell Unlock the secrets of French pronunciation time. You will be introduced to the conditional, and achieve a more authentic accent. This subjunctive, future tense, and will continue course, for those with some French speaking to expand your knowledge of grammar and experience, will enable you not only to hear commonly used expressions through the the language better, but to know what to listen Let Your Italian Flow! practice of reading, writing, and speaking. The for to facilitate comprehension of the spoken required textbook, Ultimate French Beginner- language. We will cover general principles of Combine your Italian language skills with Intermediate, is available at the Brookline French phonetics, rhythmic groups, liaison, and Yoga in yoga in the exciting new class Booksmith. intonation. We will also learn the rules for when Italian on page 35. not to pronounce certain letters and sounds Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 11:00AM- (e.g., the mute “e”) in French, a stumbling block 1:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean Church for even advanced speakers. A $10 materials of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter fee is included in the course fee. on Holden Street), $160. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 12:00-2:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $170.

16 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Actualites et Discussion Monique Dlugy, Instructor Languages of the Asian Continent Cette classe propose d’analyser et de discuter Languages from this region of the world are spoken by billions les faits d’actualité de la semaine précédente ( arts, littérature, cinéma, sports, événements of people. Whether for tourism or business, come learn about sociétaux, etc...), dans le but de développer the following languages and cultures taught by native speakers. l’expression orale, la prononciation et d’enrichir le vocabulaire à partir d’articles et de vidéos. Niveau minimum requis Français 3. Introduction to Hindi Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 9:00-11:00AM. Gururaja Sonni, Instructor Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean Church of New! This course is for those who have little or no knowledge of the Hindi LANGUAGES Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on language. We will explore the Hindi alphabet, vocabulary, grammar, simple Holden Street), $160. sentence construction, and also be introduced to basics of Indian culture. We will watch short clips of conversations, songs, and lyrics from popular Bollywood movies to Théâtre Français give a glimpse of the poetic quality of this beautiful language. By the end of the course students will be able to carry out simple conversations and hopefully be motivated to Monique Dlugy, Instructor further their study of this ancient language enriched by the diverse culture of India. Come discover French Theater with us, for Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $160. students who have taken French III or its equivalent or beyond. If you have a good command of French, this class will allow you to Beginning Conversational Chinese discover the French Theater repertoire, increase your vocabulary, and improve pronunciation Fei Gao, Instructor and diction in a dynamic and entertaining About one-fifth of the world’s population speaks some form of Chinese as a first environment. Students will watch and read language. In this class, we will concentrate on conversational Mandarin, emphasizing aloud plays like Moliere’s Tartuffe, Feydeau’s vocabulary, pronunciation, and intonation. The goal of the course is to help you Chat en poche, and Jules Romain’s Knock. Join understand simple Mandarin, to speak everyday sentences, and to learn about Chinese us and experience “la langue de Molière.” A life and culture. Students will also develop basic reading and writing skills. $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $170. Beginning Russian Polina Dubovikova, Instructor Writing Skills En Français This course is for students who have little or no previous experience learning Russian. Lionel Claris, Instructor Our study of the language will include the Cyrillic alphabet, basic Russian pronunciation, For high intermediate and advanced students, vocabulary, grammar, and customs. By the end of the course, students can expect this course will equip you with the necessary to read some Russian, hold a very simple conversation, and feel confident enough skills to write confidently in French. Hone your to continue studies on their own. The required textbook, Living Language Russian: French writing skills by learning from model Essential, is available at the Brookline Booksmith. texts about a variety of subjects, as well as from Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $160. fellow students, and helpful writing activities. We will focus on a range of forms, including letters, short stories, biographical accounts, Beginning Japanese summaries, articles, interviews, and essays. Yuko Sato, Instructor We will learn from excerpts in both fictional and The Beginner class will explore basic grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation through non-fiction works, studying in particular their situational dialogues on topics such as shopping, making acquaintances, dining out, sentence and paragraph structures. By learning and more. Vocabulary lists with the corresponding basic Hiragana characters will to write better in French, you will also improve help you learn to read and pronounce Japanese. The required textbook, Japanese for your ability to speak it. The required textbook, Busy People I: Romanized Version with CD, is available at the Brookline Booksmith. Developing Writing Skills in French is available The Intermediate will help improve your ability to use Japanese accurately and at the Brookline Booksmith or online. appropriately with fluency, building on the basic skills you have learned. This level Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 10:00AM- stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition, with materials 12:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. The Korean organized around social and cultural topics. You will learn about 100 Kanji characters. Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline The required textbook, Japanese for Busy People II: Revised 3rd Edition with CD, is (enter on Holden Street), $160. available at the Brookline Booksmith. Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline Conversations en Français High, $160. Monique Dlugy, Instructor Sec. 02 (Intermediate): # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Pour ceux qui parlent déjà français et qui Brookline High, $160. veulent maintenir ou améliorer leur niveau de langue. Nous travaillerons dans des séances de conversation sur des sujets divers afin d’enrichir votre vocabulaire et de développer votre sens de l’expression idiomatique français. En plus de la production orale, objectif essentiel du cours, nous reverrons des points de grammaire, lirons des extraits de textes francophones, écouterons de la musique et regarderons des documents audiovisuels. 10$ pour le materiel pédagogique sont inclus dans les frais d’inscription. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $170. brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 17 Spanish I Spanish II Repaso y Conversación de Nivel Sandy Lampert, Soledad Phelan, Instructors Cecilia McIsaac, Soledad Phelan, Instructors Avanzado This course is for those who have little or This course is for students who have completed Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor no previous experience learning Spanish. Spanish I or have equivalent experience. We will Este curso es para aquellos alumnos que Emphasis will be placed on simple cover the present indicative tense of irregular hayan terminado el nivel “Spanish VII.” La conversation, including everyday vocabulary. verbs, the prepositions a and de, the verbs ser clase será conducida totalmente en español. We will cover greetings, the alphabet, the and estar, descriptive and limiting adjectives, Habran temas de discusión de ultimos present tense of regular verbs, noun-subject more cardinal numbers, the agreement of acontecimientos, noticias, y diferentes topicos and gender agreement, numbers, and other ordinal numbers, and other basic vocabulary. de interès. Se leeran fragmentos o cuentos basic vocabulary. The required textbook, By the end of the course, you will become more de obras literarias de autores Españoles y Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs, is available at comfortable speaking, writing, and listening to Latinoamericanos. En caso sea necesario, the Brookline Booksmith. Spanish. The required textbook, Spanish Now! repasaremos algunos temas gramaticales de Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Sa 10:30AM- Level 1 with CDs, is available at the Brookline nivel avanzado tales como el Modo Subjuntivo: 12:30PM. Begins 1/28/2017. Brookline High, Booksmith. presente e imperfecto; las Oraciones $150. Phelan Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 11:00AM- Condicionales: futuro posible, el presente irreal 1:00PM. Begins 1/13/2017. Unified Arts o imaginario, el pasado irreal o imaginario, o Sec. 02: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. otros temas gramaticales de interès. Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline High, $150. Building, $160. McIsaac Phelan Sec. 02: # sessions: 7 Day: W 7:30-9:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 9:00-11:00AM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160. Sec. 03: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 1/25/2017. Brookline High, $150. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $160. Phelan Lampert Spanish Review and Conversation Spanish III Francisco Ruiz, Instructor Spanish I Review Soledad Phelan, Instructor Would you like to review and practice speaking Francisco Ruiz, Instructor This course is for students who have completed Spanish in a fun and supportive class? This course is for those who have completed This course is for students who have taken Spanish II or have equivalent experience. We Spanish III (or its equivalent), are familiar with Spanish I, but would like to achieve a more will review the irregular verbs in the present the basics of Spanish grammar, and wish to solid foundation of the language by reviewing tense and study the preterite or past tense of increase their fluency and proficiency. Each basic grammatical structures and practice regular and irregular verbs, reflexive verbs in week, the class will choose different topics of proper Latin American pronunciation. We will the present and preterite tenses, direct and conversation relating to Hispanic literature, read short stories, write short paragraphs, indirect object pronouns, and the verb gustar. art, and music. We will also concentrate practice listening and speaking at a normal By the end of the course, you will become more on speaking and listening skills, practicing pace. We will put great emphasis on the present comfortable speaking, writing, and listening to vocabulary, and learning new idiomatic tense of regular and common irregular verbs Spanish. The required textbook, Spanish Now! expressions. Basic grammar and conjugation with introduction of the Simple Past (Pretèrito Level 1 with CDs, is available at the Brookline will be reviewed as necessary. Students should Indefinido). In addition, we will learn, repeat, Booksmith. be able to converse in Spanish using present review, and use in classroom simulations Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 7:30-9:30PM. and preterite tenses of regular and irregular recurring conversational phrases regardless of Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $150. verbs, respectively. A $10 materials fee is their grammatical difficulty. Finally, the teacher included in the course fee. will develop lessons based on input from the students. The required textbook, Spanish Now! Spanish IV Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Level 1 with CDs, is available at the Brookline Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $170. Booksmith. This course is for students who have completed Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. Spanish III or have equivalent experience. Spanish for Travelers Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. The goal of this course is to increase fluency and proficiency by deepening your knowledge Maria Conte, Instructor of conversation, grammar, and writing skills. Traveling to a Spanish-speaking country? Join Grammar topics to be covered include a review us in this introductory level course to meet of the preterite tense (regular and irregular other travelers and get to know the language verbs), the stem-changing verbs (-ar, -er, -ir) in you’re interested in. You will learn useful the present and past tenses, formation of the phrases for your trip in order to communicate past imperfect tense of regular and irregular basic information. Learn how to understand verbs, and the future tense of regular and cultural customs, introduce yourself, ask for irregular verbs. A $10 materials fee is included directions, and thank your host. You will develop in the course fee. a basic understanding of weather expressions, cardinal and ordinal numbers, time, colors, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 9:00-11:00AM. days and months, seasons, transportation, Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $170. useful verbs, and more. Our lively introduction will generate excitement for your travels, and Spanish V prepare you for the experiences you will have. A $22 textbook fee is payable to the instructor at Cecilia McIsaac, Instructor the first class. This course is for students who have completed Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Th 5:30-7:30PM. Spanish IV or have equivalent experience. Begins 1/19/2017. Brookline High, $150. Students will deepen their conversation skills in this class, in which the course material and discussion is conducted entirely in Spanish. The required text book, Spanish Now: Level 2 is available at the Brookline Booksmith. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 11:00AM- 1:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160.

18 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Saturday Intermediate English The required textbook, Side by Side 2 Book Sheila Amirinazari, Instructor and Workbook, is available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. This class is designed for intermediate students English as a who are seeking to develop and improve their Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th command of English. We will focus on all 10:15-11:45AM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean four skill areas including listening, speaking, Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Second Language reading, and writing. In our sessions, emphasis (enter on Holden Street), $288. Soto will be placed on improving our grammar, Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00- reading, vocabulary, and conversation skills 8:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, through in-class exercises and assignments. $197. TBA The required textbook, Ventures 3: Students Book, is available at the Brookline Booksmith ESL Private Lessons or online. Intermediate English In our individual tutoring sessions, E.S.L. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM- Agnes Farkas, Bryan Tucker, Instructors instructors are available one-on-one to work 12:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, This course is for students who have some ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE with students on all skill areas. Students may $165. fluency in speaking and reading English, and choose the time and day of the week, Monday need to brush up on beginning grammar. We through Friday, or Saturday morning. Please will focus on conversation, vocabulary, and come prepared with materials you would like Saturday Writing and Grammar Skills reading short stories. We will also discuss to work on with your instructor. Once we have TBA, Instructor interesting topics like holidays and finding an your preferred schedule, we will work on finding Do you need help with your grammar, or do apartment in the U.S. Grammar topics that may an instructor to match your needs. Sessions you want to be a better writer? This course, be reviewed include present continuous, future meet at Brookline High School, Korean Church, designed for intermediate and advanced simple, and past continuous (while he was or Webster Place (student may indicate students, will focus on improving your grammar living in Boston), modal verbs and expressions, preference). Discounts, waivers, or credits do and writing skills. Grammar topics we’ll review action and nonaction verbs, and gerunds and not apply. To schedule a private lesson, include past, present, and future tenses, passive voice. The required textbook, Ventures please contact the BA&CE office at 617- 3: Students Book, is available at the Brookline 730-2700. Please do not register online. question formation, passive voice, nouns and pronouns, gerunds and infinitives, prepositions, Booksmith or online. Sec. 01 (2 hours): $80. and phrasal verbs. Writing topics will include Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th Sec. 02 (4 hours): $160. sentence structure, paragraph organization, 10:15-11:45AM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean and essay and summary writing. Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Sec. 03 (8 hours): $320. (enter on Holden Street), $288. Farkas Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM- 12:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00- Reading, Writing, and Speaking for $165. 8:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, Beginners $197. Tucker TBA, Instructor Introductory English High Intermediate English This class is for students who are beginning Lee R. Soto, Instructor to read and write in English, and who want to Ronna Maltz, Lisa Pontoppidan, Instructors practice speaking English with others. We’ll This course is for students who are just learning This course is for students who want to feel learn to write sentences, practice spelling, read English. We will focus on all four skill areas more comfortable speaking English and who easy stories, and learn many new vocabulary including listening, speaking, reading, and need an intensive review of intermediate words. Students will focus on improving our writing. We will practice speaking English, study grammar and vocabulary before taking speaking and pronunciation skills through a the alphabet, learn new vocabulary, review advanced courses. You will work on improving variety of fun activities that require students introductions and currency, and work on the silent and oral reading ability, comprehension, to work together in pairs or small groups. simple present (I study), past (I studied), and and writing skills. Grammar topics we will review Handouts will be provided. the present continuous (I am studying) tenses. The required textbook, Side by Side Book 1 may include present perfect, present perfect Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM- Student Book and Activity Book, is available at continuous, present conditional (If I were rich, 12:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, the Brookline Booksmith or online. I would move to Hawaii) and past conditional $165. (If he had studied, he would have passed the Sec. 01: # sessions: 21 Day: Tu, W, Th 8:30- test), and gerunds and infinitives. The required 10:00AM. Begins 1/17/2017. The Korean textbook, Ventures 4: Students Book, is Saturday Conversation Practice Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $210. available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. TBA, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 8:30- Would you like to practice your spoken English 10:00AM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, and increase your vocabulary? Emphasis Beginning English $288. Maltz will be placed on how to clearly express and Lee R. Soto, Instructor Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 7:00- exchange ideas through informal discussions, This course is for students who know some 8:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, presentations, and group activities. We’ll touch $197. Pontoppidan on topics such as navigating Boston, taking the English and who have completed an introductory T, ordering at a restaurant, telephone etiquette, English course. In each class, you will work on and other topics decided upon by the class. For grammar and vocabulary, writing, conversational students who are comfortable carrying on a skills, and reading and comprehension. We conversation in English. will review use of the present tense to talk and write about our habits and daily routines, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 9:00-10:00AM. we will work on prepositions of place (at, in, on), Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, $110. determiners (this, that, these), simple past tense (I ran), the verb to be, and present continuous.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 19 Intermediate and High Intermediate textbook, A World of Fiction: Twenty Timeless Friday Grammar Refresher English Short Stories, is available at the Brookline Susan Guth, Instructor Booksmith or online. For students who want an intensive course Do you have a paper to write for work or of study and wish to attend class four days Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th school that you need assistance with? Are you per week, this course offers the chance to 8:30-11:45AM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean preparing to take the TOEFL? A grasp of English attend both the Intermediate English and High Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline grammar is important if you want to improve Intermediate English courses at a special (enter on Holden Street), $490. your writing and speaking. In this course for savings. The required textbooks, Ventures 3: intermediate and advanced students, we’ll Students Book and Ventures 4: Students Book, review important structures in English grammar, are available at the Brookline Booksmith or Afternoon Intensive: Intermediate or Advanced English and students will have a chance to get their online. questions about English grammar answered. Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th Ronna Maltz, Instructor We’ll also review mastering phrasal verbs and 8:30-11:45AM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean This course is for students who are seeking prepositions, and focus on sentence structure Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline to develop and improve their command of and forming paragraphs. The required textbook, (enter on Holden Street), $490. English. Each session will focus on all key Understanding and Using English Grammar language skills including speaking, listening, Workbook B, is available at the Brookline pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, and writing. Booksmith or online. Advanced English You will practice your conversation skills, Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: F 11:15AM- Juliana Kanegis, Instructor learn to write with accuracy and effectiveness, 1:15PM. Begins 1/13/2017. The Korean This course will help you develop the skill and develop strategic listening skills, and improve Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline confidence you need to be a fluent speaker your use of grammar. The required textbook for (enter on Holden Street), $155. of English. Each class will be devoted to Intermediate level, Ventures 3, Student Book. activities involving presentation skills, with a Text is available at the Brookline Booksmith or special emphasis on rapid speech, vocabulary, online. For the Advanced level, handouts will be Reading, Writing, Debate and idiomatic expressions. We’ll work to provided. Susan Guth, Instructor communicate our ideas clearly and precisely Sec. 01 (Intermediate): # sessions: 12 Day: This course is for advanced students who have through conversations on specific topics, small Tu, Th 1:30-3:30PM. Begins 1/19/2017. The achieved proficiency in reading and writing and large group discussions, debates, and Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, English, but who still have difficulty reading group activities. Grammar will be reviewed as Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $197. Maltz newspapers and understanding cultural necessary. The required textbook, English the Sec. 02 (Advanced): # sessions: 12 Day: Tu, Th communications. Our emphasis will be on American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language 1:30-3:30PM. Begins 1/19/2017. The Korean critical reading and writing of a variety of texts and and Culture in the U.S. is available at the Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline including news, short stories, and poems. Brookline Booksmith or online. (enter on Holden Street), $197. TBA Special attention will be paid to reading aloud, Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 8:30- oral presentations, and preparing debates. 10:00AM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: F 9:00-11:00AM. $288. Kanegis Conversation and Current Events at Noon Begins 1/13/2017. The Korean Church of Sec. 02: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 7:00- Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on 8:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, Susan Guth, Instructor Holden Street), $155. $197. TBA Would you like to practice your spoken English while catching up on local and world events? This course will emphasize the development Preparation for the TOEFL iBT Exam: Advanced Reading, Vocabulary, and of conversational English by giving students Reading/Writing or Listening/Speaking Conversation practice with spoken language. Intermediate Susan Guth, Instructor Ronna Maltz, Instructor and Advanced students will improve their This course offers reading and writing or speaking abilities and their listening One of the best ways to improve communication listening and speaking assignments that will comprehension by learning the natural rhythms skills is to become familiar with the language help you prepare for the TOEFL iBT. In Section and melodies of English, and discussing by reading, building vocabulary, and discussing 01, our focus will be on reading and writing. newspaper articles and current events. what you study in daily conversations. This Basic communication and vocabulary building Students should be comfortable carrying on a course is for advanced students who are skills will be developed through in-class and conversation in English. interested in reading a contemporary novel homework exercises. Section 02 will focus on that inspires lively and engaging discussions, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 11:45AM- listening and speaking through lectures and increasing their vocabulary, and learning 1:45PM. Begins 1/10/2017. The Korean conversations in English. In both sessions, reading strategies. Each term, a new novel will Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline students will learn about the iBT test format, be introduced. (enter on Holden Street), $165. test sections, and the different types of test tasks. This course is a first step in identifying the Sec. 01: # sessions: 32 Day: M, Tu, W, Th 10:15-11:45AM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean skills needed for the iBT. The required textbook, Speaking and Listening: Intermediate Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test iBT, is Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline and High Intermediate (enter on Holden Street), $288. available at the Brookline Booksmith or online. Agnes Farkas, Instructor Sec. 01 (reading/writing): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu Would you like to gain confidence in your 9:30-11:30AM. Begins 1/10/2017. The Korean Advanced English and Advanced speaking and listening skills through extensive Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Reading, Vocabulary, and Conversation practice? This course will emphasize the (enter on Holden Street), $140. For students who want an intensive course of development of conversational English by giving Sec. 02 (listening/speaking): # sessions: 8 Day: study and wish to attend class four days per students practice with spoken language. For Th 9:30-11:30AM. Begins 1/12/2017. The week, this course offers the chance to attend intermediate and high intermediate students. Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, both the Advanced English and Advanced Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 12:00- Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $140. Reading and Writing Skills courses at a special 1:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. The Korean Church Sec. 03 (both classes): # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, savings. For Advanced English, the required of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter Th 9:30-11:30AM. Begins 1/10/2017. The on Holden Street), $197. Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $230.

20 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Ahhh… Mind and Body Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Reduce stress and clear your mind with these relaxing courses.

Introduction to Zen Meditation Cambridge Zen Center Staff StrengthsFinder Zen meditation is a discipline, a practice, and a path that dates back over 2,500 years Anne Grieves, Instructor to the historical Shakyamuni Buddha. As a discipline, it helps us cultivate openness Do you ever try to improve the things that you and concentration, heightening our awareness of both our inner being and the world don’t think you are good at? And if you do, around us. As a practice, it helps us discover who we are, develop greater compassion does this method work? What if you looked for ourselves and others, and open up to the deeper layers of experience. As a path, at what you are naturally good at and applied it is a way to grow, to deepen, to let go, and to live. We will explore basic meditation these talents to the challenges you encounter? techniques for use while sitting, walking, and chanting. Each class will include Join us for workshop in which you will take explanations and discussion of the philosophies behind the practice of Zen meditation. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a cushion or pillow to sit on. Chairs will also the StrengthsFinder assessment to identify MIND & BODY your five natural talents. You will come away be available. understanding how to leverage them so that Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:15-8:30PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $106. you not only figure out how to manage your weaknesses, but you will learn how to aim these talents to help you reach your goals and Awakening Through Meditation achieve excellence. A $15 assessment fee is Donna Rubenoff, Instructor included in the course fee. Meditation is a way for us to teach our minds to respond to the daily challenges of life Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. from a perspective of openness and peace. The benefits of meditation as a way of Begins 1/23/2017. Brookline High, $51. reducing stress are well documented, and a meditation practice is a path of learning that leads to a deeper appreciation and enjoyment of life. In this course you will receive techniques you can use to start your own practice or incorporate into your Create A Winning Self-Image existing practice through exercises with breath, body, and mind. In the process you will Stephanie Hessler, Instructor experience the unique and beautiful energy of group meditation. This course is suitable Are you the star of your own life or are you for those who have never meditated before as well as experienced practitioners. merely playing a supporting role? You have Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 11:30AM-12:45PM. Begins 2/13/2017. Unified Arts programmed into the deepest parts of your Building, $70. mind an inner image of who you are and what you are worth. It is like a control mechanism that determines your results and how well you Mindfulness: A Saturday Retreat do. In this class for men and women, you will Patricia Howard, Instructor begin building awareness around your current Mindfulness is an ancient practice exquisitely illustrated by the Buddha long ago and self-image and understand how this may be expounded upon today by modern doctors and teachers such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, S.N. limiting you. Come prepared to learn techniques Goenka, and Thich Nhat Hanh. By employing the simple technique of being watchful to create an empowered and winning self- moment to moment and breath to breath, we can detach from habitual stress- image, and begin to experience improved heightening reactions and develop new and practical insight into the ever-present results. center of our being. In this course, we will learn and practice various mindfulness Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. techniques that will teach us to gain discernment and insight into what is happening Begins 1/19/2017. Brookline High, $36. both externally and internally in each moment. Please bring a yoga mat. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00AM-2:00PM. Begins 1/21/2017. Brookline High, Five Keys to Successful Weight Loss $70. Terry Currier, Instructor Are you tired of struggling to lose weight and The Simple Steps to Finding Your Clarity Within keep it off? Do you long to be free of food Kathryn Deputat, Instructor cravings and stress-driven eating? Do you Do you feel stuck? Confused? Blocked? Come share, witness, and learn methods that want the slimmer body, increased energy, will serve you long after the workshop ends to access the focus, insight, and answers and improved well-being that can accompany that are with us always, that are within you now. Using writing, inquiry, deep listening, healthy weight loss? In this class, based on and one-on-one work, we will untangle thoughts, identify true desires, meet the the instructor’s book Waist Management: Train obstacles and aids to fulfillment. Guided by the power of intention, using the Simple Body, Heart, and Mind for Permanent Weight Steps, we will reveal the clarity and solutions that await beneath the dust of confusion, Loss, you will learn eating strategies and restoring enthusiasm, life direction, and forward motion. Why be stuck when you can mind-body techniques such as EFT (Emotional learn how to be unstuck? Freedom Techniques) and mindfulness that will help you end your struggle with food and Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. Begins 1/28/2017. Brookline High, weight. $45. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00-11:00AM. Begins 3/4/2017. Brookline High, $36.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 21 Introduction to Dowsing The Eight Building Blocks of a Thriving Kathryn Deputat, Instructor Romantic Relationship A method of searching using handheld tools Alex Poeter, Instructor or instruments, dowsing has been practiced Are you someone (or a couple) whose Computers and as a divining system since the days of ancient relationship is stuck in a rut, or who has started Egypt. This amazing and invaluable skill, which a committed relationship but is experiencing removes the guesswork and puts answers you all kinds of obstacles? Or are you someone Technology seek literally at your fingertips, is surprisingly who’s ready to move from casual dating into easy to learn. Anything in existence—seen or a committed relationship but doesn’t know unseen—can be “dowsed,” from underground how to pull this off successfully? Through this water, lost items, ley lines and EMFs, to the interactive course you will learn about the most best mechanic, right job, or right relationship. common mistakes couples make and how to Discover the basics, explore the tools, and avoid them, tools for keeping your relationship Private Computer Lessons experience this exciting, powerful, inexhaustible adventurous and exciting, and the three most In our individual tutoring sessions, Mac and system firsthand. No experience necessary. important keys to maintaining a harmonious PC computer instructors are available to Dowsing tools will be provided for in-class use, relationship. You will also learn powerful work with students one-on-one, on anything and for purchase if desired, approximate cost communication techniques and tools that from basic word processing, to setting up a $12. you can start applying immediately to have a blog, to using LinkedIn to find employment Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. positive relationship experience. opportunities. Students may choose the time Begins 3/7/2017. Brookline High, $56. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. and day of the week, Monday through Friday, Begins 2/9/2017. Brookline High, $56. or Saturday morning. Once we have your preferred schedule and what you’d like to Shamanic Intuition: Ancient learn, we will work on finding an instructor to Wisdom for Current Times The Divorce Coach match your needs. Sessions meet at Brookline New! Susana Hey, Instructor Kim Whelan, Instructor High School or Webster Place (student may indicate preference). You may choose to bring Intuition is the wonderful sense of Perhaps you are contemplating whether or your own laptop or use our computer labs. knowing that we all have experienced at some not divorce is the right decision for you and Please come prepared with questions about point. For thousands of years shamanic cultures your family. Or perhaps you (or your spouse) the application(s) or operating system you wish have been able to tap into this intuition by want to know how best to move forward with to learn. Discounts, waivers, or credits do not entering an altered state of consciousness. They the process. Getting divorced is a daunting apply. To schedule private lessons, please call this state “non-ordinary reality” and use it to process that many people approach with some contact the BA&CE office at 617-730- connect with their intuition and the spirit realm combination of fear, anger, and sadness. But 2700. for guidance, information, and to learn how to you have the power to improve your chances help others. In this introductory class, we will for a more peaceful and productive divorce. Sec. 01 (2 hours): $100. use rhythmic drumming as well as meditative The first step is to get educated about how Sec. 02 (4 hours): $200. music to enter into that state of mind. We’ll divorce works in Massachusetts and about Sec. 03 (6 hours): $300. discuss the altered state of consciousness, the some of the choices you will be making. In this subconscious mind, and mindfulness. Then workshop, we will review the legal, financial, we’ll dive into everyday shamanic symbols and emotional issues that you will be dealing Cinematography with DSLR Cameras (objects, archetypes, power animals, and with. We will discuss the different divorce synchronicities) as modern tools for feedback processes available (do-it-yourself, mediation, Brookline Interactive Group, Instructor and inner guidance. Ultimately with practice, collaborative law, settlement negotiation, This three-session course provides participants you will learn to trust your intuition and with trial) and which process may be the best fit with a basic understanding of using DSLR that, improve the quality of your life. Please wear for you. We also will talk about empowering (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras to create comfortable clothing and bring a pen and paper ways to deal with some of the emotional and cinematically beautiful films. Learn about for stone and psychometry exercises, with a financial challenges of divorce. Confidentiality aspect ratio versus resolution, composition, guided visualization and discussion to follow. of all attendees is required and will be briefly types of camera movements, angles, and exposure theory. You will also learn the basics Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. addressed at the beginning of the course. Begins 3/16/2017. Brookline High, $45. of operating Brookline Interactive Group’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. Canon DSLR cameras, plus lighting and audio, Begins 2/6/2017. Brookline High, $45. including tips and tricks to optimize a variety of Ending Relationship settings and circumstances to film high-quality Frustration: How to footage. New! Communicate with Women Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Tu 5:30-7:30PM. Alex Poeter, Instructor Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $70. Do you struggle with communicating your needs and wants in your relationship? Do you struggle with understanding women’s communication style? Are you tired of continuously getting caught up in disagreements with your girlfriend or wife? Through this interactive course for men you will learn powerful and effective communication techniques that will help you to create a thriving romantic relationship. You will learn about the most common mistakes men make when communicating with their partner, which keep them trapped in perpetual patterns of conflict, and how to avoid them. This course will also provide coaching support for participants. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 3/7/2017. Brookline High, $56.

22 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Master Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe Creative Cloud offers leading-edge professional software used in photo and video editing, layout, design, and web development projects. BA&CE is pleased to offer these classes with the newest version of Creative Cloud. Learn these programs from creative professionals and put your new skills to use in career or personal life.

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator TBA, Instructor Adobe Illustrator is one of the most powerful and popular graphic design programs available. Setting the standard for design software with its drawing and typographic functions, Illustrator is used by graphic designers, layout artists, and desktop publishers—anyone interested in producing professional quality design and high-resolution output for print. If you’re a graphic designer or artist, or are interested in a career in desktop or web publishing, learn how to use the advanced graphic tools of design professionals. Basic Mac skills are required. Although this course is taught in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207.

Introduction to Graphic Design TBA, Instructor Graphic design is a powerful force in our culture. In every book, store front, website, and mailing, you will see something a designer COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY created. This course will introduce you to the fundamental principles and concepts of graphic design. Using Adobe Creative Cloud, we will explore the six principles of design: balance, proximity, alignment, repetition, contrast, and space. A basic understanding of Photoshop and Illustrator is helpful, but not required. Although this course is taught in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207.

Introduction to Adobe InDesign Sarah Georgakopoulos, Instructor Adobe InDesign is cutting-edge layout design software for publishing print and digital documents. It is tightly integrated with other Adobe applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator, and has become the standard for commercial print production and desktop publishing. Equally well-suited to designing flyers, posters, brochures, newsletters, magazines, and even books, InDesign gives you precise control over typography and layout so you can produce files for home and office printing, commercial printing, or digital distribution with ease. Through instruction and class exercises, you will develop a solid understanding of InDesign’s interface and basic functions, and learn to create multi- page document layouts with type, images, and vector graphics. Although this course is taught in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $232.

From Camera to Photoshop and Beyond Introduction to 3D Modeling and Introduction to Digital Storytelling David Leifer, Instructor Animation with Blender Brookline Interactive Group, Instructor Learn to take, edit, and print great photos Justin Rounds, Instructor Storytelling is poetry in motion, our common from start to finish. Through a series of photo Animation has come a long way since Mickey cultural currency, and a framework for self- assignments and Adobe Photoshop tutorials, Mouse first appeared as Steamboat Willie identity. This introductory two-hour class will we will go through the digital workflow of in 1928. You don’t have to be a professional introduce you to the digital storytelling format, taking photographs, transferring them to the animator to learn to create short animated methodology, and equipment needed to share computer, and processing them with software clips, though. Blender is a free, open-source your personal narrative. View digital stories in preparation for printing and online use. tool for 3D modeling and animation, and from around the world, learn how to begin and After reviewing basic camera functions we will has been used for making everything from organize a script, use the equipment and media focus on portraiture, landscape, macro, and film animation to video games. This course arts resources of Brookline Interactive Group, journalistic projects and the corresponding will provide an introduction to the Blender and gain valuable feedback on your story Adobe Photoshop techniques to transfer, interface and tools. You’ll learn basic modeling ideas from the group in a story circle format. catalogue, edit, and prepare finished digital techniques, how to edit and manipulate Intermediate hands-on digital storytelling images. Students must have access, and be objects in the program, how to add lighting, classes and workshops will be offered in Spring familiar with, their own digital camera. No different materials and texturing, and animation of 2017 by Brookline Interactive Group. previous experience in Adobe Photoshop is techniques to get you started on your Blender Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 5:30-7:30PM. necessary. Although this course is taught in journey. Although this course is taught in a Mac Begins 1/25/2017. Unified Arts Building, $30. a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. A $5 lab, skills are transferable to PC. printing fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $232. Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $237.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 23 Building the New Web: HTML5 and Programming the Web with JavaScript Crowdfunding 101 CSS3 TBA, Instructor Christi Electris, Instructor Justin Rounds, Instructor Alongside HTML and CSS, JavaScript is primarily Crowdfunding is the use of small amounts of HTML5 is the new standard that is sweeping one of the core technologies used to develop capital from a large number of individuals to the web, allowing both beginners and seasoned websites. It is an expressive programming finance a project or business (non-profit or developers to create beautiful custom websites language designed for ease-of-use by web for-profit). This introductory course will explore for desktops, tablets, mobile, and more. In this authors, and can be used for simple programs general concepts around crowdfunding, major beginning course, we will cover all of the basic or large-scale web applications. This class will categories of crowdfunding models (e.g. HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS3 teach you how to start using JavaScript to update donations, loans, equity), fixed and flexible (Cascading Style Sheets) tags using a simple webpages dynamically, manipulate content, funding models, and we will review some of the text editor, learning how to write and manipulate and create interactivity on your webpages. major donation crowdfunding platforms and code. With hands-on experience in these two No previous programming or web authoring sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. We cornerstones of web development, you will be experience required. Although this course is will talk about how to choose a good project, ready to learn how to become a web developer. taught in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. choosing the right platform, gathering the right Although this course is taught in a Mac lab, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. team, and we will review a variety of example skills are transferable to PC. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $232. campaigns. Chromebooks will be available for Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. you to practice your newly acquired skills. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $232. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30-9:00PM. Websites Made Easy with Wordpress Begins 1/19/2017. Brookline High, $60. Ben Vivante, Instructor Introduction to SQL and Databases Do you dream of having your own website Justin Rounds, Instructor Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, and for your business or blog? Using Wordpress, More Structured Query Language (SQL) is the language you’ll learn to build, edit, and customize your of databases. All modern relational databases, own website—without advanced knowledge Christi Electris, Instructor such as Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and of HTML. In the Section 01 Beginner course, Social media sites continue to explode in Oracle use SQL as their basic building block. we’ll cover both technical setup and creative popularity. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, An understanding of its capabilities will allow customizations, tailoring our efforts to the Instagram, and more all attract millions of you to retrieve and manipulate data for reports, interests and needs of the class. By the end individuals who use these sites to connect and analyses, and presentation. This course will of this course, you will have a simple yet collaborate online. In this hands-on class, we introduce the history and basic concepts of professional site up and running. In Section will discuss the similarities and differences of databases and cover the main commands and 02 Beyond Beginner, for students who have various social media sites, and explore how functionality of SQL. We will also discuss some completed the Beginner course or already different sites can be used to keep in touch of the more advanced features that have been have an existing Wordpress site, we will focus with friends and family, find common interest added as the language has evolved. Although on advanced design; configuring plugins and communities, network with business colleagues, this course is taught in a PC lab, skills are widgets; forms; shopping carts; and search and much more. Privacy, identity protection, and transferable to Macs. engine optimization. Students are encouraged safe usage will be addressed as well. Section 02 Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. to bring checklists of improvements they wish (Lab) is for students who would like personal, Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $232. to make in this lab-style class. Students should guided practice from the instructor in a small expect an additional expense if they choose to group while working on their own projects. purchase a website domain and host. Although Although this course is taught in a PC lab, skills this course is taught in a Mac lab, skills are are transferable to Macs. transferable to PC. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:30PM. Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 5:30- Begins 1/26/2017. Brookline High, $110. 7:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, Sec. 02 (Lab): # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00- $160. 9:30PM. Begins 2/9/2017. Brookline High, Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 4 Day: $60. Tu 5:30-7:30PM. Begins 2/7/2017. Brookline Got Tech? Teach! High, $160. Introduction to Podcasting Sec. 03 (Both Sections): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu Are you a computer and technology guru 5:30-7:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline New! Natasha Collette Busse, Instructor who enjoys the rewards of teaching? High, $250. Podcasting has become one of BA&CE is seeking experts in web the most popular forms of media in development and design, digital art, recent years, with hundreds of new programs engineering, security, and programming Search Engine Optimization and millions of listeners! Learn how to tell to join the ranks of our professional New! Ben Vivante, Instructor your story in audio format in this class. We’ll instructors. To propose a class, or apply Improve the visibility of your website cover the basics from concept, pre-production, post-production, and publication of your original to teach at BA&CE, please contact us with search engines like Google. podcast. This class will introduce you to the at [email protected] with your course In this seminar, you will be taught sure fire ways to improve the indexing of your site in technology tools, and give you an opportunity proposal and resume. We look forward to popular search engines. You will walk away with to get feedback about your work. You’ll need working with you! knowledge you can immediately implement on to do some audio recording outside of class, in your webpages and add a marketable skill to the first session we’ll discuss some options for your resume. Titles, link juice, meta data, and how to work with what you already own or are the use of Google’s keyword planner tool will be interested in acquiring. Please bring a thumb demonstrated. Using Social Networking sites to drive (at least 16 gigs) with you for access to drive traffic to your site will also be discussed. your project files. Although this course is taught Although this class is taught in a Mac lab, skills in a Mac lab, skills are transferable to PC. are transferrable to PC. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $48. $232.

24 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Computer Essentials for the Workplace Intermediate MS PowerPoint Workshop Mac Essentials Michael Toon, Instructor Phyllis Mays, Instructor Marjorie Wein, Instructor Efficient use of the PC requires basic knowledge For students who are already comfortable Do you need help getting to know your Mac? in several areas: the operating system, software with the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint, this Are you thinking about switching to a Mac but applications (Microsoft Office), and the Internet. class will focus on this application’s advanced you want to know more? In our first session, we In this class, you will learn about the Windows features. In this intensive one-day session, will go over the basics of using Mac computers. operating system and its tools, and how to we will explore how to manage large numbers We’ll discuss basic computer terms, setting manage software, files, and folders. We will of slides efficiently, merge presentations, preferences, the Dock, Finder, saving and explore basic word processing using Word, create slides from a Word outline, and link and opening files, and other essential skills such as learn about spreadsheets with Excel, and look embed Excel worksheets. We will also discuss using the touch pad and keyboard shortcuts. briefly at PowerPoint. Finally, we will examine how to use PowerPoint more effectively in the In our second session, building on basic the Internet with a popular web browser and workplace so that you can make more polished knowledge of the Mac computer, we will go over discuss issues such as internet access and presentations with confidence. the key applications that come installed on your different types of internet services. This hands- Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:30AM- Mac, including Mail, Safari, Contacts, Calendar, on course is for beginners. 12:30PM. Begins 3/11/2017. Unified Arts and Time Machine. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 5:30-7:30PM. Building, $71. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. Begins 2/9/2017. Brookline High, $88. MS Excel for Your Job or Business Excel: Pivot Tables, Macros, and Michael Toon, Instructor Photos: Doing More with the New Mac VLOOKUP App Microsoft Excel is the most widely used and Michael Toon, Instructor comprehensive spreadsheet program available, Marjorie Wein, Instructor COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY Would you like to build on your basic MS and allows you to quickly and easily create Photos is Apple’s new app for organizing, Excel 2010 skills to more efficiently organize, business and financial reports. This course will editing, and sharing your images. Replacing, summarize, and interpret data? We’ll use provide an introduction to Excel’s user interface rather than merely modifying iPhoto, it offers pivot tables to automatically sort, count, and will cover important features such as how some significant differences. If you haven’t total, or average the data stored in one table to create and edit worksheets and workbooks, had the chance to learn all that Photos can or spreadsheet. Then, we’ll discuss macros manipulate table cells, create formulas, and do, then this is your chance. You will explore and how they can repeat, or “play back,” validate data. Students should have basic PC fundamental skills, like importing photos from commands. You’ll learn to record and repeat skills. Although this course is taught in a PC lab, your camera and organizing them. Learn some your steps, so you aren’t coming up with a new skills are transferable to Mac. of the more technical skills, like cropping, system every time you need to perform the Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 7:30-9:30PM. correcting exposures, and removing red eye. We same task. We’ll also use VLOOKUP to find a Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $207. will also explore the benefits and proper use of value in a list or table, similar to looking up a using the Cloud to store, sync, and share your person’s name in a telephone book. Ultimately, photos. you will leave this class with a more efficient Working with Files in Windows and Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. approach to Excel for application at work or Google Begins 1/30/2017. Brookline High, $48. home. Students should be familiar with MS Michael Toon, Instructor Excel. Please bring a thumb drive to back up your data. Although this course is taught in a PC Is your desktop covered with files? Learn how to Snap It—Using and Enhancing your lab, skills are transferable to Mac. best organize your files and folders within the iPhone/iPad Camera Windows operating system. In this class we will Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. also learn Google docs and how to incorporate Marjorie Wein, Instructor Begins 3/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $130. them with your programs. Specifically, we will You can take amazing photos with your iPhone introduce Google Docs, Google Sheets, and or iPad camera. This course will explore the Intermediate MS Excel Workshop Google Drive. We will also learn uploading files basics of how to use your camera and improve to Google drive as well as file management. your photo taking skills. We’ll introduce you Glen Cabbage, Instructor Although this class is taught in a PC lab, skills to apps which will help you to take the best In this workshop, we will build on existing Excel are transferable to Mac. possible photos with your iPhone or iPad. skills to explore data analysis and advanced Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. These apps have great editing, special effects, data validation techniques. We will address Begins 2/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $88. and enhancement features that the standard pivot tables, linking cells across multiple Excel camera doesn’t include. This course is for the workbooks, customizing toolbars, and exporting beginner as well as more experienced iPhone data to other MS Office applications. We will Getting More Out of Google or iPad users who want to take better and more discuss key strategies for using Excel more Michael Toon, Instructor creative photographs. effectively to make data reporting and analysis A billion people use gmail on a monthly basis, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. faster and easier. This workshop will have a Begins 3/9/2017. Brookline High, $48. flexible structure that will allow students to and Google Chrome is the browser of choice bring questions and real-life examples to class. by a majority of people. Yet many students Although this course is taught in a PC lab, skills might not be as familiar with all the Google are transferable to Mac. apps, which are being used more each day in businesses. This class will demonstrate how Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:00AM- to upload your MS Office file and edit it with 1:00PM. Begins 2/4/2017. Unified Arts the appropriate Google program. Plus, you Building, $88. will learn how to use Google Drive to store your documents, access them anywhere, and share them with others for editing and viewing. Attention will also be given to other practical Google apps, like Maps and Earth. Although this class is taught in a PC lab, skills are transferable to Mac. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- 2:00PM. Begins 3/4/2017. Unified Arts Building, $88.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 25 Computer Basics for Seniors Mastering Your iPhone or iPad Michael Toon, Instructor Marjorie Wein, Instructor In the Introduction course, you’ll learn With the iPhone and iPad, checking email basic skills such as how to use a mouse and on the go, browsing the web, reading books, Finance, Career, keyboard, navigate the desktop, and make watching movies, and sharing photos or sense of computer jargon. We will also explore slideshows have never been easier due to their word processing. By the time you leave, you bright displays and portability. In the separate and Real Estate will be ready to move on to other subjects iPhone and iPad classes, we’ll learn how easy such as using the Internet, writing email, and it is to adjust settings to suit your individual managing your finances. In theIntermediate needs, how to use the touchscreen interface, course, students will learn improved file and how to add applications to your system using folder management, and word processing skills. the App store, and discuss what makes each Students will also gain comfort with printing, device unique. Please bring your iPhone or Accounting 101 for Business burning a CD, copying and pasting text, and iPad, if you have one, and your questions, to the Management will learn efficient word processing commands. appropriate class. Section 01 is for iPhone and Joosung Lee, Instructor Section 02 Seniors only; discount does not apply. Limited is for iPad. Seniors only; discount This is an introductory financial accounting to six. does not apply. Limited to six. course for anyone who is interested in the Sec. 01 (Introduction): # sessions: 4 Day: Sec. 01 (iPhone): # sessions: 2 Day: Th 9:30- principles of bookkeeping and the monetary W 10:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 1/11/2017. 11:30AM. Begins 1/26/2017. Brookline Senior management of personal or business trans­ Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. actions. By introducing the fundamentals of Brookline, $74. Sec. 02 (iPad): # sessions: 2 Day: M 9:30- accounting and business issues that are related Sec. 02 (Intermediate): # sessions: 4 Day: 11:30AM. Begins 3/6/2017. Brookline Senior to business management and daily operations, W 10:30AM-12:30PM. Begins 2/8/2017. Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. you will gain the knowledge and skills to analyze Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, financial statements, cash flow, and profits. We Brookline, $74. will also cover real-world examples and practice Organizing Your Finances with MS reading various financial statements. By the end Excel for Seniors of this course, participants gain aptitudes and Facebook for Seniors Michael Toon, Instructor practical tools in the fundamentals of accounting including understanding financial statements Michael Toon, Instructor Do you have a project involving finances, and analyzing business performance with Facebook is a hugely popular social networking budgets, or personal records that require using financial statements, and embarking on new site that allows you to connect with other a spreadsheet? In this course, we’ll Microsoft’s business projects. These accounting essentials users, share interests, and join groups. Using Excel program. We’ll begin by explaining the will become a solid foundation for your personal Facebook, you can keep in touch with family basic features of Microsoft Windows, including or business financials. members, reconnect with long-lost friends and file management and the control panel. Then classmates, and even play games with others you’ll learn to produce spreadsheets with Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. online. If you are curious about Facebook, this Excel that will allow you to track budgets and Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $102. hands-on class will help you get started by accounts, or create a database of useful explaining the basics and helping you to create information, such as addresses or birthdays. your own account. We’ll learn how to share Students should have completed Computer Business Math photos, videos, and more, while also discussing Basics (Introduction) or its equivalent. Seniors Joosung Lee, Instructor Facebook’s privacy policy. Seniors only; only; discount does not apply. Limited to six. This introductory business math course discount does not apply. Limited to six. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: F 10:30AM- will be useful for advanced high school and Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: F 10:30AM- 12:30PM. Begins 2/10/2017. Brookline Senior college students, as well as professionals 12:30PM. Begins 1/13/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $74. who are interested in the math of finance and Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $60. investment, and handling the math used in providing goods and services in the business Online Auctions: Successful Selling on world. After reviewing the basics of business How to Use your Camera and Edit your eBay transaction math, you will put the numbers Photos Larry Gold, Instructor to work to compute simple and compound Phyllis Mays, Instructor Join the tens of millions of people who use interest, invest in the future, calculate profit Have you had your digital camera for a while but eBay, the world’s largest online auction, to earn based on revenue and cost, account for have taken all your photos on the Auto setting? money by selling anything from hubcaps to overhead and depreciation, and keep track of In the first two weeks, you’ll learn to master the tickets to rare antiques. This class will introduce inventory. We will discuss real-world examples full ability of your camera. Find out when and you to the ins and outs of eBay, including how and cover essential formulas to solve daily how to use white balance, ISO settings, F-stops, auctions work, how to register as an eBay seller, business math problems. Through this course, exposure controls, the flash, shutter speed and and how to make smart and safe transactions. you will gain aptitude in quantitative business aperture settings. In the second two weeks, You’ll learn how to establish yourself as a seller, management or enhance your academic we will practice editing your images using a research the marketplace, create listings, preparation over the summer. free program from Google called Picasa. You develop pricing strategies, explore PayPal and Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. can crop, fix red eye, recolor, resize and add other payment options, monitor sales, and Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $102. captions, as well as play with many special work with buyers after sales close. This class effects. Use sliders to adjust color and lighting. requires basic PC, Internet, and email skills. If Using a Google account, you can create albums you are not already registered for PayPal, please of your photos to share with others. This is a bring your checking account number and bank hands-on class. Please bring your camera and routing number, for your reference. Seniors Please note: Our Finance and Real Estate the manual and cord that came with it. Seniors only; discount does not apply. Limited to six. courses are not intended to take the place only; discount does not apply. Limited to six. of individual financial counseling or legal Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 11:45AM- advice. Please check with your own financial Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Tu 10:00AM- 1:45PM. Begins 2/27/2017. Brookline Senior advisers before making any financial 12:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $40. Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $74. decisions based on recommendations from our independent instructors.

26 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Real Estate Courses Are you considering buying a home? Are you interested in delving into the world of real estate brokerage? Whatever your goal or level of experience, theses courses will put you on the path to success.

Real Estate Salesperson’s Course Scott Gordon, Instructor Learn the real estate fundamentals necessary to be licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a real estate salesperson. Areas to be covered include legal aspects of brokering, real estate financing, mechanics of closing, residential market evaluation, landlord-tenant relations, condominium conversions, tax abatements, zoning and land use control, license law and Massachusetts real estate practice, and real estate math. This course is also appropriate for individuals who would like to be better informed on all aspects of real estate. Please note: by completing this 42 hour course, students will have met the pre-licensure education requirement for the Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperson exam. A textbook fee for the required textbook is payable to the instructor in class. Approximate cost, $40. Sec. 01: # sessions: 14 Day: M, W 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $420.

How to Sell Your Home in Today’s Market Chuck Silverston, Instructor Are you thinking of selling your home or condo? Do you know the steps you can take to ensure a speedy sale? Setting the right price and making an excellent first impression are both essential to attracting buyers, but what else can you do to get the offers rolling in? Let a professional realtor walk you through the steps to preparing your home for a quick sale, choosing the right realtor and attorney, pricing your

home correctly, and getting financing. We’ll also discuss upgrades, repairs, staging, pricing, and timelines. This class will help you bring FINANCE, CAREER, & REAL ESTATE focus to what may seem like a daunting task. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 3/2/2017. Brookline High, $43.

Residential Real Estate for the Small, Start-up Investor Chuck Silverston, Instructor Real estate remains one of the best investments yielding relatively high returns for relatively low risks, and in the current market, rental housing is in high demand and low supply. Today in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner, a one bedroom condominium unit rents for $1,950 to $2,600 per month, and sometimes even more. Selling prices for such units are in the range of $425,000 to $525,000, and the cash-on- cash return on such an investment can be about four to five percent per year—much higher than a CD, or other investments. In this course, we will review financial and economic factors that have resulted in current market conditions and discuss advantages of investing in small condominium units in select locations. We will use real examples and demonstrate basic cash flow analysis methods. Students will learn basic topics like capitalization rate, cash on cash return, and why real estate is a smart investment. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 2/15/2017. Brookline High, $43.

For Love and Money Index Fund Investing Putting Together Your Portfolio Amy Lampert, Instructor Mary Ellen McCarthy, Instructor New! How do you tell your spouse you don’t think it’s The mutual fund industry promises Debra Stotler, Instructor a good idea to lend money to your brother-in- performance, but year after year—in good This course builds on the knowledge law? Who tells your adult child it’s time to move markets and bad—most mutual funds perform gained in “Tools of the Trade: Technical out? Money is a common cause of tension and poorly compared to the broad indices that track Analysis of the Stock Market.” Now that you conflict in relationships. This session will lead stock and bond markets. So why not invest have an idea about when to buy, sell, or buy to self-awareness about your hot button money in the index? Learn why the best-informed more of a stock using Technical Analysis, issues, their derivation, and ways to smooth investors are doing just that, and how choosing the question becomes, “What do I buy?” your communication about financial matters. the right index funds can save you thousands This class will cover the basics of choosing Lessons learned apply not only to couples, but of dollars, open new investment opportunities, the components of a portfolio. We will cover to children, aging parents, siblings, bosses, make your life easier, and help reduce your concepts such as the role the Fed plays in your and colleagues. You will learn how to navigate tax burden. In this hands-on course, you will decisions, what the global economy is telling this tricky topic without ruining any of your build model portfolios, learn how to use index you, what cycles are and how they fit into relationships. Price is per individual or couple. funds to your best advantage in different your planning, what percentage of stocks and Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. types of accounts, and study prospectuses bonds is best, whether you should have some Begins 3/8/2017. Brookline High, $43. and other SEC filings for index funds in every money in cash, whether you need to know major investment category. You’ll leave with a the fundamentals of a company, and whether solid understanding of how to invest in index you need to diversify. You’ll learn about asset funds and a list of useful fund choices. A $20 allocation, and what sectors to choose. By the materials fee is included in the course fee. end of the course, you’ll know how to begin Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. and when to make changes when building your Begins 2/8/2017. Brookline High, $148. portfolio. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 2/9/2017. Brookline High, $128.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 27 The ABCs of Investing You Can Outsmart Wall Street LGBTQ: The Real Cost of Retirement Mary Ellen McCarthy, Instructor Adam Grossman, Instructor Marcos Lopez,RICP®, Instructor Would you like to learn about investing and a Are you tired of receiving overpriced and As you approach retirement, your financial practical approach to building wealth, but don’t unproductive financial advice? Are you advisors will start to really pore over the know where to start? This comprehensive course struggling to build your savings but unsure numbers with you, calculating the cost of is designed to demystify investment jargon and where to turn for help? In this class the author retirement. This cost is often viewed one- empower you to manage your money safely of the book Outsmart Wall Street will show you dimensionally as the amount of assets that and effectively. We’ll start by examining money how to build wealth with a uniquely practical do- must be on hand to generate necessary market accounts, certificates of deposit, savings it-yourself approach. You’ll learn how to make retirement income. However, effective accounts, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. sense of all of your financial obligations—from preparation for retirement must take a multi- With weekly hands-on exercises, you will master tuition to weddings to retirement. Then, you’ll dimensional view and encompass issues such practical investment skills such as spotting high learn the four most important principles for as embedded taxes, market risk, and longevity. fees on account statements and in mutual fund evaluating investments, and you’ll learn which In this course, we’ll address retirement cost prospectuses, and building a balanced portfolio. investments to buy to help you reach your goals. issues for students aged 45-65 who have time Find out what really matters when you pick Many finance professionals make investing look to effectively structure assets in their final mutual funds (hint: it’s not the number of stars). complicated in order to justify their high fees. In accumulation years. Learn how to protect yourself from salespeople this class you will learn how to outsmart them Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. and speculators, and how to use the financial at their own game. Most importantly, you’ll Begins 2/6/2017. Brookline High, $33. services industry to your best advantage. A $20 learn to sleep at night without financial worry. materials fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $33. Unpack Your Bag, Lady: The Ten Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $148. Dimensions of Financial Mastery Amy Lampert, Instructor LGBTQ: Finance 101 The time is now to command your own financial Tools of the Trade: A Technical Analysis Marcos Lopez, RICP®, Instructor of the Stock Market mastery. This course seeks to create a safe On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme and comfortable environment in which women Debra Stotler, Instructor Court issued its landmark marriage equality can learn the skills and acquire the knowledge For those who have a basic understanding of decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. An earlier to take an active role in their financial affairs. buying and selling in the financial markets, and case, United States v. Windsor, held that the We will begin by conducting a gap analysis to are looking for something more, this class is federal government must recognize same-sex evaluate how involved you are now versus how for you. This is an introductory class about the couples equally in terms of tax law. With these involved you want to be with your finances. technical side of trading, which centers on ana- developments, you may be wondering what We will then move on to discuss organizing lyzing charts and indicators. We will be studying kind of financial strategy is best for you and and managing financial documents, creating such things as moving averages, momentum, your family. We will discuss how to plan for the a sound budget, understanding your own Dow Theory, chart patterns, market cycles, sen- future, what steps you should take first, how cash flow and planning how to invest excess timent, and other technical tools. Basic Tech- to take advantage of new opportunities you cash, how to give voice to your own needs nical Analysis will help you decide when to buy, may not have known about, and how to save and concerns, and how to save for retirement. sell, or buy more. It is sometimes known as the effectively for your children and your future By the end of this class, you will be ready to study of market timing, not buying and walking without taking risks with your money. confidently manage your finances and know away. When to buy and when to sell, how much Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. how to stay on the path to success. You will to buy or sell, how long until the market starts Begins 3/6/2017. Brookline High, $33. leave with a self-assessment and a customized to go up again; these are questions that techni- action plan to tackle your financial future. cal analysis attempts to answer. This class is a Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. beginner’s class for those who are new to study- LGBTQ: Financial Planning for Recent Begins 3/7/2017. Brookline High, $43. ing charts. It may not be something you will Graduates and Those About to always use in your investing, but something that Graduate every investor should know. Students may also Marcos Lopez, RICP®, Instructor Maximize Your Social Security Benefits be interested in signing up for “Putting Together Amy Lampert, Instructor Your Portfolio,” starting on February 9th. Now is the time to start planning your financial future. If you are a student about to graduate or Social Security is a significant piece of the Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. you have recently graduated, there are a variety retirement puzzle. Learn how to get the most Begins 1/11/2017. Brookline High, $156. of financial decisions you will have to make in from your benefits and coordinate this income the upcoming years. In this course you will gain with your overall retirement strategy. We will the tools to make informed decisions. You will talk about the current state of Social Security, learn what to look for in a hiring package when what to consider when planning your benefit interviewing for a job, what group benefits look start date, spousal benefits, options for like today including life insurance, disability, divorcees, buy-back strategies, tax reduction and the different kinds of retirement benefits, strategies, and coordination with state and and how to build a good financial foundation for federal retirement plans, such as Windfall your future. You will leave this class prepared Elimination Provisions and Government to evaluate the many financial choices you will Pensions Offsets. We will also review special soon have before you. planning considerations for self-employed Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. individuals. Join us to navigate this sometimes Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $33. confusing benefit. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 3/9/2017. Brookline High, $43.

28 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Empty Nester Alternative: Living in the Cooking for Cancer Patients City Kimi Ceridon, Instructor Andrew Friedland, Instructor For families facing cancer, it is often hard to While some empty nesters stay in their Food and Wine get a healthy, nutritious meal to the table that single family home and some move to senior is not only delicious for everyone, but also communities, others choose to move to a full- satisfies the special needs of the patient. service city condo to simplify and enhance their This class will focus on nutrient-dense foods lives. In this course we will discuss economics, with a high proportion of vitamins, minerals, lifestyle changes, and condo association issues; and fibers relative to calories. We will use this purchasing versus renting; and will survey the knowledge to discuss strategies for addressing full-service buildings located in Boston and Essentials symptoms such as weight loss, loss of taste Brookline areas. An industry expert will unravel and appetite, nausea and digestive ailments. the search and buying process so that you Start at the very beginning with While we discuss cooking considerations, can feel comfortable, be in control, and focus back-to-basics courses that will you will sample pre-prepared dishes such as on your goals with emphasis on the many granola, raw dried fruit and nut balls (weight resources available to help you live and connect teach you about the art and science loss prevention), dairy-free banana bread (for in the city. You’ll leave with a packet full of ideas of cooking for every palate. sensitive stomach), and rice flour pancakes to assist you in finding your next new home in (for digestion). Then, together, we will prepare the city. delicious dishes like healthy smoothies that Beginning Cooking: Basic Skills can be tailored to symptoms, peanut stew (for Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 3/7/2017. Brookline High, $43. Jacqueline Church, Instructor weight loss prevention), and ginger-coconut rice In six sessions we will cover a set of basic (for nausea). You will leave with a go-to grocery techniques any new cook can and should list and other resources. A $20 food fee is Successful Retirement Transition master. Gain confidence as we explore included in the course fee. Matthew Kehoe, CFP, Roberta Taylor, Instructors essential skills like braising and roasting, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. The next chapter of your life is waiting to be poaching and baking. Learn how to build and Begins 3/14/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. written. How will the story go? This workshop is extract flavors, safe knife skills, and gain a host of tips for making your cooking experience at designed to help you create a narrative for the Knife Skills Workshop future. We will discuss the practical guidelines home more fun, efficient, and delicious. This you need to help define the opportunities and is a hands-on course, we’ll dive right in and Kimi Ceridon, Instructor FOOD & WINE possibilities that await you going forward, for begin learning skills for a lifetime of joy in the Do you know your brunoise from your batonnet? both your finances and your lifestyle. Our topics kitchen. Gadgets, tips and tricks, strategies What is the difference between chiffonade will include determining your vision, putting for quick weeknight meals, and fun will all and julienne? The knife is one of the most your knowledge to work, integrating financial be included. Recipes may include Moroccan used tools in the kitchen, so it is important to and investment considerations into your vision, Vegetable Tagine and Couscous; Fish en know how to use it safely and effectively. In and effective and positive communication with Papillote (baked in parchment); roast Chicken this introduction to knife skills, we’ll hone basic all participants. You will walk away with all the and Rice; succulent Beer-steamed Ribs with knife skills, learn tips and tricks, then practice tools you need for a successful retirement Chipotle Honey Glaze; and more. Desserts may fundamental cuts for vegetables. We will mince, transition. include homemade Apple Pie. An $80 food fee dice, brunoise, julienne, and chop our way to is payable to the instructor at the first class. dishes like hearty Vegetable Soup, caramelized Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 3/2/2017. Brookline High, $43. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. Onion Tart, and Apple Crumble. Finally, we’ll Begins 2/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $150. cover how to purchase, clean, sharpen, and store knives. Bring one large and one small Career Transition In Midlife: Tools For knife to class (chef’s knife and paring knife). A Turning Your New Vision Into Reality Chicken 101 $20 food fee is included in the course fee. Alex Poeter, Instructor Kimi Ceridon, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Have you decided to make a career transition Whole chicken is often cheaper pound Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. in midlife, but you don’t have a roadmap for for pound than purchasing all of the cuts individually. Without being able to break making it happen? Are you overwhelmed by the The Science of Food fears and uncertainties such a big transition down the whole chicken, it is difficult to take brings and want to learn how to overcome these advantage of these savings. During this class, Kimi Ceridon, Instructor and other personal barriers? If you are stuck we will first learn the techniques to easily Have you ever wondered why steak browns in an unfulfilling career and want change, this break down a whole chicken. Then, using when you grill it or how to keep oil and vinegar interactive course will help you learn strategies our individual cuts, we will use basic cooking from separating? In this class, we will explore to successfully create and carry out a plan for techniques to create delicious, easy chicken the science behind some common ingredients. your new career vision. You will learn valuable dishes that will allow you to create great meals We will investigate the uses and chemistry of tools for overcoming internal barriers, such at home with no recipes. We will make dishes eggs, leaveners, sugar, the Maillard Reaction, as fears, limiting beliefs, or self-defeating that can be easily adapted to what’s in your and creating the “umami” flavor, experimenting habits that keep you from taking action and pantry. Recipes may include Jamaican Spice- with different ingredients in each class. Of successfully realizing your new career vision. rubbed Chicken Thighs, Oven-roasted Chicken course, you’ll put your new knowledge into You will also learn how to effectively tap into Legs with Rosemary and Black Pepper, poached action by cooking, roasting, and whipping up your personal strengths and build a strong Chicken Breasts in White Wine-Lemon Sauce, savory and sweet treats like baked Bleu Cheese support structure so you’re prepared to and Honey-barbecue tossed Chicken Wings. An Tomatoes, toasted Grain Pilaf Bowls, hand- overcome any challenges. $18 food fee is included in the course fee. whipped Popovers, fluffy Cheese Individual Soufflés, Salted Caramels, and more. An $80 Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/31/2017. Brookline High, $56. Begins 3/7/2017. Unified Arts Building, $67. food fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/17/2017. Unified Arts Building, $150.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 29 Winning at Losing Hearty Italian Soups and Stews Baking Basics and Beyond New! Jacqueline Church, Instructor Francesca Montillo, Instructor Who’s ever made a resolution to Come warm up in our kitchen! With winter upon Winter is the perfect time to turn “lose weight this year” and actually us, nothing is as comforting as a nice bowl of on the oven and learn to bake fresh kept it? Learn why most resolutions to “eat soup or hearty stew to warm us from the inside healthy” fail and, more importantly, discover out. In this class, we will prepare warming bread, or discover recipes to indulge tools you can use every day to succeed at your dishes such as Tuscan Bean Soup, Pastina with your sweet tooth. better eating goals. Delicious food is not off Diced Chicken, Orzo Soup with Green Chard, limits. Exciting, guilt-free recipes may include Minestrone, and hearty Chicken Cacciatore. Not flavor-packed Umami Burgers, one-minute only will you learn tricks for making authentic Beautiful Homemade Baguettes creamy Cinnamon-apple Oats, and irresistible Italian soups and stews, you will have leftovers Edgar Ievins, Instructor Southern Fried Chickpea Fritters that you will to take home for hearty winter lunches during Good bread is one of the most fundamentally crave more than the colonel’s chicken. Class the week ahead. Please bring a container to satisfying of all foods, and the end result of will be primarily demonstration with tastings take your soup creations home in. A $20 food making your own is well worth the effort. Enjoy and hands-on opportunities. A take-home fee is included in the course fee. the sense of accomplishment that comes from deck of even more recipes and resources Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- making bread and learn essential techniques, (flash cards, stickers, checklists, etc.) will help 1:00PM. Begins 3/11/2017. Unified Arts including working with yeast, kneading, and reinforce strategies throughout the year. A Building, $69. proofing. In this hands-on course, we’ll work $40 food and materials fee is payable to the with four ingredients (yeast, flour, water, and instructor at the first class. sugar) to achieve the optimum crust, crumb, Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Homemade Pasta and Sauces and chew on our baguettes. We’ll enjoy a light Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $56. Edgar Ievins, Instructor lunch with our creations, as well. A $20 food Break out the pasta maker; it’s time to get fee is included in the course fee. rolling. Making your own pasta from scratch is Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- International Cuisine easy to learn and a great skill for every cook 2:00PM. Begins 3/4/2017. Unified Arts to know. All you need are simple ingredients Building, $76. Take a trip around the world and and a few basic steps. We’ll learn to make, experience unique flavors from cut, and shape four different kinds of pasta including plain, spinach, lemon pepper, and Creative Croissants Italy to China without ever leaving red bell pepper. We will also learn to fill ravioli, Edgar Ievins, Instructor Brookline. agnolotti, and tortellini with assorted fillings like The task of creating traditional French cheese, butternut squash, and meats. Having masterpieces needn’t be daunting. Spend a repertoire of interesting sauces on hand is Classic French Cuisine your Saturday morning learning how to make key to dressing up your fresh pasta. Using the an assortment of exquisite sweet and savory Christine Iredale, Instructor freshest ingredients, we’ll learn to prepare an croissants that you’ll be proud to say you Among the immense pleasures of travel in assortment of traditional sauces and fillings made on your own. Working with Croissant France is the enjoyment of French meals such as marinara and other tomato-based dough made from scratch, we’ll learn tips prepared with the finest ingredients. French sauces, carbonara, walnut pesto, bolognese, and techniques as we prepare an assortment cuisine has a grand reputation, world famous and bechamel. We’ll also turn to Asia, and of flaky Ham and Swiss Croissants, Spinach for centuries for its rich dishes and heavenly practice the art of filling dumplings and crab Croissants, Almond Croissants, and decadent desserts. Join us on an escape to France in rangoons. A $40 food fee is payable to the Chocolate Croissants. A $20 food fee is search of classic French cuisine, and learn instructor at the first class. included in the course fee. cooking techniques, and recipes that are Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 6:00-9:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- authentique! We’ll prepare dishes that may Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $79. 1:30PM. Begins 2/4/2017. Unified Arts include Magret de canard à l’orange (seared Building, $75. duck filet with orange sauce) and classic Cheese Soufflé, plus a sweet surpris! We’ll enjoy a late Pastissima! dinner à la française at the end of the class. A Francesca Montillo, Instructor French Quiches and Tartes $20 food fee is included in the course fee. Pasta is inexpensive, versatile, adaptable, and New! Christine Iredale, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. easy to prepare. Whether paired with meats Start with a simple combination of Begins 3/2/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. or vegetables, pasta is a great weeknight butter, flour, eggs and cream, and option for busy home cooks with limited voilà! you’ve created an elegant French meal. A time, but can be prepared more elaborately Explore the World in a Cup of Tea variety of authentic ingredients and techniques for Sunday dinner. In this class, we will learn can elevate your recipe from a simple pie to Hillel Bromberg, Instructor how to prepare authentic Italian pasta dishes gourmet goodness. Learn how to make your Tea can be sweet, rich, buttery, and citrusy. that you will be able to replicate at home to own quiches and tartes using buttery pie crust It can wake you up and calm you down. Tea please both family and guests. Recipes may dough made from scratch. After mastering has a history that spans the globe, and health include Bucatini All’ Amatriciana (spicy dish the perfect crust, you’ll follow step-by-step benefits that will keep you going. It has been with pancetta), Orecchietti with Sausage and instructions for preparing an authentic Quiche cultivated for over 3,000 years and is the Broccoli Rabe, Pasta Carbonara, Pasta e Lorraine and sweet Tarte Tatin (elegant upside- second most popular drink in the world. Get to Fagioli, and Cacio e Pepe (delicate sauce of down Apple Tart). We’ll top off our evening with know tea’s delightful flavors and aromas, as Grana Padano and pecorino with black pepper). a special surprise dish made for you by the well as its fascinating history, how it’s made, A $20 food fee is included in the course fee. instructor. A $15 food fee is included in the where it’s from, and what it can do for you. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- course fee. You’ll learn how to steep for best flavor and 1:00PM. Begins 2/4/2017. Unified Arts Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. sample several varieties, such as delicate Building, $69. Begins 2/6/2017. Unified Arts Building, $64. whites, smooth oolongs, refreshing greens, malty blacks, and deep, rich pu-erhs. Palate cleansing refreshments will be provided. A $10 tea fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins 2/7/2017. Brookline High, $50.

30 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Mix It Up: The Science of Baking Seasonal Cooking Cheese, Wine, and Spirits New! Sasha Sears, Instructor Learn to unlock the flavors of the Nothing enhances a meal like In this hands-on class, you will learn season and adorn your table with a a perfect pairing of cheese, the science behind your favorite baked goods. Experiment with ingredient interactions and perfectly prepared hearty meal this wine, or your favorite spirits. learn the rules to follow for successful cakes, winter. Learn more about choosing the rolls, and muffins. Your instructor will guide right accompaniment for your you through the structure of a baking recipe, special gatherings or for everyday teaching you to alter recipes in various ways All About Citrus enjoyment! and create new ones from scratch. You’ll learn New! Jacqueline Church, Instructor professional techniques for making the three Winter is prime season for citrus. main types of batter: angel food, sponge, In this class, you will learn to unwrap Cheese Appreciation and the tricky and delicate chiffon batter. the secrets of these little bursts of sunshine You will also work with with different types and ways to enhance your dishes and desserts. Michele Pettis, Instructor of buttercream, covering Italian meringue We’ll make and enjoy recipes that may include Cheese comes in so many shapes, sizes, and buttercream, Swiss meringue buttercream, Mixed-citrus Ceviche or Orange-Chipotle flavors, sometimes it’s difficult to decide which French buttercream, and ermine buttercream, Chicken. Desserts may include Citrus Chiffon one to try next. A cheese expert will guide our as well as practice professional frosting Cake, Chocolate Mineola Biscotti, or Orange taste buds through some of the world’s greatest techniques. We’ll bake and enjoy alternate, Swirl Meringues. We’ll learn how to extract full cheeses. We will delve into the history of allergy-free versions of various cakes, muffins, flavor from the fruit, when to use zest (and how cheese and explore the different ways cheese scones, sweet breads, and brownies, learning to remove it), and discover sweet and savory is made. The experience will, of course, be the rules for gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, uses. You’ll learn to avoid common pitfalls accompanied by an in-depth tasting of some and nut-free substitutions that can be applied like adding citrus too early to your recipe, how old favorites as well as lesser-known gems, in different situations. A $40 food fee is to add citrus to dairy without curdling, and including fresh, bloomy rind, washed rind, aged, payable to the instructor at the first class. how to store citrus fruits. Class will consist of and blue cheeses. A $15 food fee is included in Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. demonstrations, as well as tastings and hands- the course fee. Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $99. on opportunities, as we prepare at least one Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-7:30PM. recipe in class. Head home with a newfound Begins 1/23/2017. Unified Arts Building, $55. citrus zeal and a load of recipes to try on your The Beginning Baker own. A $12 food fee is included in the course FOOD & WINE Sasha Sears, Instructor fee. Nothing equals the wonderful aroma of Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. delicious desserts baking in the oven. But Begins 1/30/2017. Unified Arts Building, $61. baking has the reputation of being more difficult than cooking because ingredients must be accurately measured, and temperatures Hearty Winter Roasts and Root must be perfect. Have fun mastering the art Vegetables of baking, as you learn about ingredients and Edgar Ievins, Instructor equipment, and how to make an assortment When feeding a crowd for the holidays, nothing of cake, brownies, scones, muffins, and beats an old-fashioned roast, whether a tender sweet bread. We’ll roll up our sleeves and turkey, a perfectly seasoned chicken, or a bake an assortment of sweets that may juicy lamb. After all, what other dish can elicit include Chocolate Cake with Nutella Frosting, oohs and ahs at the table, but still be plentiful Vanilla Cupcakes filled with Blackberry Jam, enough to satisfy your hungry guests? And Gingerbread, Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Muffins, on the side (or even claiming center stage), Butter Cookies, Chai-Spiced Almond Cookies, nothing is more satisfying and warming than and more. An $18 food fee is included in the a plethora of roasted root vegetables; braised, course fee. roasted, fried, or baked, these earthy treasures Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 6:00-9:00PM. are delicious. You’ll learn how to identify various Begins 1/30/2017. Unified Arts Building, $67. primal cuts, why different cuts need to be handled differently, and what tools you’ll need to insure your roast is tender and delicious. Our variety of roasts may include chicken, holiday ham, and a braised Chuck Roast and dry- What You Should Know About Food and roast Top Round Roast. Next, you’ll learn how Wine Classes transform your favorite winter root vegetables into delicious meals such as Herb-Roasted • All of our cooking and baking classes Root Vegetables, Brussels Sprouts with Celeriac meet at the kitchens in the Unified Arts and Cauliflower Puree, roasted Parsnip Soup, Building at Brookline High School. and baked Rutabaga Fritters. A $20 food fee is included in the course fee. • In order to receive a refund or credit for your food or wine course fee, we Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 6:00-9:00PM. must have five business days (Monday Begins 2/15/2017. Unified Arts Building, $69. through Friday) notice in advance of the starting time of the class. Please refer to our course refund policy at the back of the catalog for more information.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 31 The Fireplace: Local Bourbon Wine Appreciation Crash Course The Fireplace Staff John Fiola, Certified Wine Educator Originating in Bourbon County, Kentucky, this The world of wine is so vast and intimidating spirit is now produced all around the United that we often don’t know where to begin, and Hobbies, Walks, States. With over sixty distilleries just in New with our busy schedules, we often don’t have England, it’s not surprising that the popularity time to take an extensive course. Join us for this of locally-made bourbon has been on the rise in crash course and primer on wine education. our area. From Nantucket’s Nor’Easter Bourbon Learn what to look for on a bottle label or wine and Tours to Sapling Maple Bourbon in Brattleboro, VT, list, taste the difference between a Burgundy our regional distilleries are making their mark and a Bordeaux, and evaluate various wines on the bourbon scene. Join area distillers and from France, the United States, Italy, and so Fireplace owner Jim Solomon on a tasting tour on. You’ll leave with a keen sense of what of specially selected local bourbons where you’ll makes wines different along with a better Getting Started in Model Railroading learn about how bourbon is made, what types understanding of what you like. Please bring Scot Osterweil, Instructor of flavors to expect from a good bourbon, and three wine glasses to class. A $25 wine fee is Members of the Bay State Model Railroad what makes New England bourbon special. A payable to the instructor at the first class. Museum, one of the country’s oldest and most selection of savory appetizers will accompany Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. respected model railroad clubs, will introduce our tastings. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Begins 3/1/2017. Brookline High, $56. the basics of model railroading. Whether you Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15PM. want to build a detailed scale layout or want Begins 2/25/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, something simple to display toy trains, we’ll 1634 Beacon St., Brookline, $30. Wines of France teach you the basics, including techniques for John Fiola, Certified Wine Educator constructing and wiring a layout, laying track, and adding scenery and structures. We’ll start The Fireplace: Pinot Noir There’s no disputing the pre-eminence of France in the hierarchy of wine-producing by helping you plan a layout you can build, and The Fireplace Staff nations. Best known are the dry Bordeaux and you’ll get a chance to sharpen the skills you Perplexed by what wine to serve your guests, Burgundies, but close behind are the delicate need to finish it on your own. or what the difference is between a Pinot white wines of the Loire Valley, the robust red Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. Noir from California versus one from Oregon? wines of the Rhone Valley, the sparkling wines Begins 2/7/2017. Unified Arts Building, $84. Join the staff at Brookline’s The Fireplace of Champagne, and the hearty French country for an afternoon of tasting where you’ll have wines of other regions. Join us for a wine the opportunity to sample six selections of tour of France’s great reds and whites from Sharpen Your Golf Skills Pinot Noir from California and Oregon. We’ll Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhone Valley, Rui Demedeiros, Instructor cover Pinot Noir as a varietal, its flavor profile, to the Alsace, Champagne, and Loire Valley Winter doesn’t have to be the time to ignore wine-making procedure, and certain variables and the Mediterranean coasts of Provence. your golf game. Get ready for spring by which tend to change the wine’s overall flavor, In our meetings, we will sample a range of practicing the fundamentals of golf. If you are complexity, and fruit and acid balance. A French wines and learn about the climates, a beginner, you will learn the basics, like grip, selection of savory appetizers will accompany soils, grapes, and winemaking techniques that stance, and the different swings. If you are a our wines. Discounts or waivers do not apply. contribute to their special quality. Please bring more seasoned player, attention will be given Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15PM. three wine glasses to class. A $25 wine fee is to honing your existing skills with a professional Begins 1/14/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, payable to the instructor at the first class. golf instructor. We will focus on three main 1634 Beacon St., Brookline, $30. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. aspects of play: putting, chipping, and driving. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $56. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Tu 6:30-8:00PM. The Fireplace: Single Malt Scotch Begins 1/31/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, Brookline, $72. The Fireplace Staff Wines of Italy Made in Scotland using a pot still distillation John Fiola, Certified Wine Educator process at a single distillery, single malt whisky Since the end of World War II, the demand The Game of Mah-Jong has grown markedly in popularity and price, for Italian wine has skyrocketed—so much Muriel Haber, Instructor an understandable trend, given its richness so that the U.S. imports more wine from Italy Mah-jong, or “the game of a hundred and complexity. If you have a fondness for the than from any other country in the world. Italy intelligences,” is a Chinese tile game that drink, join us at the Fireplace for a cocktail produces many styles and varietals of wine, became overwhelmingly popular in the U.S. chat and for a sampling of single malt scotch. some of which are grown there exclusively. in the 1900s. The popularity of mah-jong has You’ll taste samples of brands that may include Many of the wines are well-known such as since waned as the nature of leisure-time Cragganmore, Macallan, Highland Park, and Chianti, Soave, and Valpolicella, but there are activities has changed, but the excitement Balvenie, while learning to make observations also the lesser known but delicious wines such of the game still remains. Learn about about the nose, palate, and finish of the scotch. as Montepulcianos, Primitivos, and Nebbiolios. the strategic game, played with beautiful Discover what the recent worldwide explosion In our sessions we will explore the range and tiles and terminology that includes winds, of interest in single malt whisky is all about. A depth of styles of Italian wines that are both dragons, flowers, pungs, and kongs. Once selection of savory appetizers will accompany of excellent quality and of great value. Please you’ve learned the rules, the ability to excel is our tastings. Discounts or waivers do not apply. bring three wine glasses to class. A $25 wine limitless, and better yet, it’s easy to teach your Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 3:00-4:15PM. fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. friends. The Beginner class will teach you the Begins 1/28/2017. Meet at The Fireplace, Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. fundamentals. Advanced Beginner is for those 1634 Beacon St., Brookline, $30. Begins 2/2/2017. Brookline High, $56. who know the basics but want to bring their play to the next level. Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 6 Day: Th 11:30AM-1:30PM. Begins 1/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $130. Sec. 02 (Advanced Beginner): # sessions: 6 Day: Th 1:30-3:30PM. Begins 1/26/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $130.

32 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Bridge Beginning Poker Savvy Travel in Andalucia and Catalonia Jori Grossack, Instructor Jody Kessler, Instructor Sally Peabody, Travel Writer Enjoy learning to play this exciting “new” game Have you ever tried to watch Poker on TV and Spain offers travelers vast variety, Andalucia of bridge. Recently, there has been a surge in wished you knew what was going on? Have and Catalonia being two top regions. Each is popularity for this amazing game because of friends invited you to a game and you didn’t rich in culture and history, and offers superb how much fun it can be to stimulate your brain go because you didn’t know how to play? This food and wine along with beautiful countryside cells. Bridge is not your grandma’s game. It has is your opportunity to learn the fundamentals and seaside destinations. Andalucia is evolved into a faster paced, competitive mind of Poker. You will learn the rankings of hands, renowned for its magnificent Islamic sites sport. In the Beginner class, we will learn the the betting rules, and some basic strategy. including the Alhambra and Cordoba’s great fundamentals, including play of the hand and We will have training games to help you learn mosque, and flamenco and bullfighting. modern bidding techniques. We will also touch these things as well as live poker games (for Catalonia offers dynamic Barcelona, charming upon elements of partnership defense. This play money) so you can learn in real time. We Cadaques, Cistercian Abbeys, Roman ruins, class is hands-on, social and interactive. By the will focus on Texas Hold ‘Em, which is the most and an artistic heritage including Gaudí and end of this class, you will have the skills and popular version. Dalí. This class provides a virtual visit to these know-how to play a game of social bridge. In the Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Sa 12:30-2:00PM. fantastic Spanish regions, as well as tips Advanced Beginner class, we will build upon Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, $90. for traveling, and suggestions for immersing your play of the hand, bidding and partnership yourself in the local culture. defense skills. All students should have had Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. a beginner level class or have some previous The Art and Science of Tournament Begins 3/1/2017. Brookline High, $25. bridge experience. By the end of this course, Poker you will be able to play a game of duplicate Jody Kessler, Instructor bridge or simply wow your friends with your Boston: A City Engineered Walking Tour As opposed to cash games where you can cash- newfound bridge prowess. Come see what all Boston By Foot, Guide the buzz is about... and prepare to be amazed. out at any time, a tournament plays until there is one winner. This class will focus on specific A walk through Boston is a walk through an Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00- strategies to the structure. We will run live play engineered land. Boston has aggressively 7:30PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, money tournaments with a lot of discussion as reinvented itself over and over again to $140. to what would be the optimal strategy for given accommodate a growing population, the needs Sec. 02 (Advanced Beginner): # sessions: 8 scenarios. A basic understanding of poker is of business and industry, public and private Day: Th 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. helpful, although we will go over fundamentals transportation, and public health and safety. Brookline High, $140. if needed. The eclectic streets and buildings are composed Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Sa 12:30-2:00PM. of layers of history whose story is revealed by Begins 2/11/2017. Brookline High, $90. the clues left behind. From the narrow streets Learning Chess of the 17th-century town to Long Wharf to the Walter Driscoll, Instructor Big Dig, discover layers of Boston and the hows HOBBIES, WALKS, & TOURS A game of strategy and intellect, chess is simple Archery and whys of its changes. Learn more about the to learn, especially when you’re engaging in On the Mark Archery, Instructor invention of the telephone, the first American friendly micro games that will build your skills subway, the rise and fall of interstate highways, Archery was huge in the early 1800s and it’s the recovery of Boston Harbor, and perhaps and confidence. Once you understand the essen- growing in popularity once again thanks to the tials, chess then becomes a game with infinite even a forgotten body of water that was once wild success of the Hunger Games franchise Ben Franklin’s favorite swimming hole. appeal. This class will introduce you to a new and the summer Olympic Games. Whether you piece each week, and its combination with the have never held a bow before or if you are an Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. king, as well as simple mating patterns. By week experienced archer, you will find success in Begins 8/18/2016. Meet on City Hall Plaza, seven, you will learn one opening as well as ideas this timeless, all-inclusive sport that is given corner of Tremont Street and Court Street in general to all openings, and we will pair up. You a modern twist by entertaining and exciting front of the steaming kettle, $20. will be able to read and write chess notation, set coaches. Relax, have fun and come join this up the board, and learn ways to open the game. addicting class that will leave you wanting more. South End Galleries If you are a beginner, or if you want to sharpen All equipment is provided. Discounts or waivers your understanding of all of the rules and strate- do not apply. Kayla Mohammadi, Guide gies, join us to discover the enjoyment of chess. The trendy galleries of Boston’s South End are Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 7:00-8:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 2/13/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $120. where it’s happening. On this tour, we will pop Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $140. in and out of several galleries and see what’s new this month by local and international Fencing artists. Guided by a professional artist who will highlight the exciting contemporary paintings, Neal Carney, Instructor photographs, sculptures, and more that hang Fencing, often described as “physical chess,” for one month only, you will meet gallery staff, develops graces and skill in the mind and the discuss trends, compare artist styles and reflexes. It is a demanding and fascinating art subject matter, and perhaps even peek at a few form that is both recreational and an excellent price tags. Along with seeing beautiful works of form of exercise. In this introduction to the art, you will be rewarded with a stroll through fundamentals of fencing, you will learn both one of Boston’s classic neighborhoods and a footwork and bladework, including en garde group discussion sure to whet your intellect. advance and retreat positions as well as simple Children are welcome as guests. attacks and defensive actions. You will use a foil as your weapon, but will also become Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM- familiar with an épée and sabre. Please wear 1:15PM. Begins 3/4/2017. Meet at Carroll and Sons Gallery, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, long sweat pants and sneakers to class. All $24. uniforms and equipment will be provided. A $10 materials fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Francis Street, Brookline, $136.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 33 The Social and Architectural History of sights. You’ll explore Boston’s development from Back Bay Churches the 19th century forward and get to know stories of some of the families who have lived here. Stephen Jerome, Guide From the historic Arlington Street Church, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 11:00AM- completed in 1861 as the first public structure 12:30PM. Begins 1/28/2017. Meet at the erected on the newly-filled Back Bay, to the George Washington statue at the Public Garden, near the intersection of Arlington Street recently finished breathtaking renovations at & Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, $20. St. Cecelia’s Roman Catholic Church, the Back Bay is a treasure trove of rich ecclesiastical art and architecture. On our walking tour, we’ll visit Animals at Play at the Franklin Park Zoo representative examples and selected interiors, including the distinguished Victorian work of Franklin Park Zoo Staff notable architects Cummings and Sears, Estey, Animals in the wild spend much of their time Richardson, Upjohn, Ware, and Van Brunt, to and energy searching for food, building homes, Modernists Pietro Belluschi and Paul Rudolph. defending their territories, and escaping Collectively, these houses of worship contribute predators. Zoo life is much more predictable, enormously to the overall beauty and character with most animal resources provided for them. of the Back Bay, considered the most important Join us to visit with Randall cattle, primates, example of 19th century urban planning in Andean condors, and Asian tigers to see and America. hear about how zookeepers engage these animals and keep them active and healthy. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 1:00-3:00PM. You’ll also learn more broadly about the zoo’s Begins 3/12/2017. Meet in front of the work to engage all animals, and hear funny and Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston, $20. moving stories about keeping animals happy as well as healthy. As an extra treat, your group will create an enrichment activity or toy for From the Town Green to Pill Hill: A selected animals and then watch the animals Historical Walking Tour play. For students age 16 and older. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Cross-Country Skiing Stephen Jerome, Guide Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- Weston Ski Track, Guide Leave the world of the automobile behind and Cross-country skiing has been described as the embark on foot for an afternoon stroll along 12:00PM. Begins 1/21/2017. Meet at the Main (Giraffe) Entrance of the Franklin Park most effective form of aerobic exercise, and Walnut Street and through some of Brookline’s Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Road, Boston, $36. more importantly, it’s easy to learn and fun to historic neighborhoods. Laid out in 1658 as do. We will cover basic control skills including the Sherborn Road, Walnut Street closely gliding, edging, steering, weight transfer and parallels Route 9, which opened as the Boston Franklin Park Zoo: Endangered Animals skidding, and techniques such as diagonal and Worcester Turnpike. However, the contrast stride, snowplowing, and uphill and downhill between the two old roads could not be more Franklin Park Zoo Staff Franklin Park Zoo houses gorillas, tigers, macaws, turning methods. We’ll work on a smooth pronounced. Our tour will begin at the Town graceful stride, efficient arm and leg action, Green, Brookline’s historic town center and lead ocelots, and pygmy hippos. In the wild all of these animal share a common trait trait— they’re proper pole use, and the ability to handle hills in us past the first Town Hall and High School, control. Two lessons will give you the confidence the site of the first meetinghouse, the first beautiful and amazing. Oh yes, and they’re also endangered. Join us to visit these animals face and ability to enjoy this winter sport. Weston Ski burying ground, and the site of the Dr. Harvey Track will provide a skiing surface regardless of Cushing estate. We will wind our way along the to face, while you learn more about their unique qualities and habits. After talking about the natural snow accumulation. Equipment can be gradual slope of Pill Hill which has attracted rented for two weeks of on-site use for $54. A many notable residents including the dancing individual animals at the zoo, we’ll more broadly discuss the current status of their species in the $13 trail pass will need to be purchased each Braggiotti Sisters, tenor Roland Hayes, NAACP visit. Discounts or waivers do not apply. co-founder Moorfield Storey, and storyteller wild and how their habitats are being affected Jay O’Callahan. A stop on the Underground by natural and human-made threats. Although Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Railroad, the former Boston Free Hospital the news is disheartening, positive steps are Begins 1/23/2017. Meet at Weston Ski Track, for Women, and the site of the Farm will being taken by zoos and conservation groups to Leo J. Martin Golf Course, 190 Park Road, round out our tour of this wonderfully historic help protect them from extinction. Join us for an Weston, $79. neighborhood. in depth look at these animals’ behaviors and needs, and learn how you can take part in the Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Su 1:00-3:00PM. effort to save them. For students age 16 and Begins 2/5/2017. Meet outside the First Parish older. Discounts or waivers do not apply. Church, 382 Walnut St, Brookline, $20. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- 12:00PM. Begins 2/25/2017. Meet at the Worried about Tour Commonwealth Avenue Main (Giraffe) Entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Road, Boston, $36. Boston By Foot, Guide the weather? Take in one of Boston’s Victorian Era gems Consider taking the T! The BHS complex and by joining us on a stroll down Commonwealth the Korean Church are easily accessible by Avenue. This grand boulevard features a plethora public transportation (see page 48). of art and architecture, and offers a glimpse into the history of this area of Boston. On this narrated walk, an educated and passionate guide will point out Commonwealth Avenue’s glorious homes, buildings, and statues including the Gamble Mansion, statue of Alexander Hamilton, The College Club of Boston Hooper Mansion, the Vendome Memorial, and many more notable

34 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Morning Yoga will be placed on core strength, alignment Felice Brenner, Instructor and breathing in a fun learning environment. Although we’ll rely on English as a common A good day begins with yoga. We’ll practice a language, the class will be held primarily in Health and Yoga series of flowing asanas (postures) to achieve Italian with plenty of interactive opportunities a healthy balance of calm and energy. With to ask questions about the language and spinal and arm movements, we’ll awaken, Italian yoga terms. Even if you don’t speak build flexibility to energize, and focus on the language, it is so beautiful sounding that strengthening muscles and inner relaxation. combining evenings of yoga and Italian might Our varied workouts will be designed for all be a truly relaxing escape. Please bring your levels and experience. Please bring a yoga mat yoga mat, two blocks, and a strap. Yoga Using the Alexander Technique and block. Cecile Raynor, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions 6 Day:Tu 7:30-8:45PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 8:30-9:45AM. Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline High, $89. Free yourself from strain in your yoga practice Begins 1/11/2017. The Korean Church of (and in your everyday life) by gently re-educating Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on your body to stretch in a natural way. In this Holden Street), $120. Brenner Yin Yoga and Meditation class, we’ll practice standing and floor poses Sec. 02: # sessions: 7 Day: M 8:30-9:45AM. Nicole Striar, Instructor that are typical of Hatha yoga, while building in Begins 1/23/2017. The Korean Church of Twist, bend, and lengthen like never before, principles of the Alexander Technique, a method Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on as you open up the spine, improve posture, popular with successful performers and athletes Holden Street), $112. TBA and calm the nervous system. In Yin yoga, a that helps them use their bodies efficiently Chinese style of passive posturing, everything for optimal performance. Learn to connect slows down. Long holds of milder yoga poses core strengthening and stretching to your Healthy Yoga target specific muscles and connective tissue, natural form on and off the mat. The Alexander Gino Morelli, Instructor and can lead to a deep, sophisticated, and Technique shows you how to use your mind The qualities of youthfulness, vitality, and inner varied practice in a short period of time. Yin and body to let go of muscular tension, develop strength characterize those who have brought yoga enhances the flow of chi (orprana ) and dynamic alignment for improved posture, yoga into their everyday lives. Through the provides you with an opportunity to build an and free your neck, back, and joints from practice of hatha yoga postures, you will be awareness of your body’s connection to your compression and discomfort. Learn to challenge put in touch with your own energy source. Yoga mind through mindfulness meditation. Open yourself without strain. Open to all levels. promotes flexibility in the spine and back, opens to all levels. Please bring a yoga mat and towel Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 5:15-6:30PM. joints, stretches the muscles, and stimulates or blanket. Cushion, strap, and blocks are Begins 1/26/2017. Brookline High, $89. the internal organs. Hatha yoga will assist in optional. reducing physical and emotional stress through Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-7:30PM. total relaxation and can lead to a new sense of Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $128. Morning Tai Chi self-awareness. Open to all levels. Please bring Vincent Chu, Instructor a yoga mat and two blocks. Start your day with new energy and inner calm Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-7:30PM. Yoga for Core Strength with the practice of one of the original ancient Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $128. Tim Strauhal, Instructor HEALTH & YOGA Chinese martial arts, tai chi. The slowness and Gain a strong power center and a healthy, evenness of continuous movement, based on stable spine by learning how to properly utilize ancient philosophy, makes this an ideal form Yoga for Relaxation and Stress your body’s core. In a slow vinyasa-inspired of exercise for men and women of all ages and Management flow practice, you’ll restore and strengthen all abilities. You’ll increase your strength and resil- Felice Brenner, Natasha Collette Busse, the muscles in your abdominals using centric ience, promote cardiovascular and respiratory Instructors poses that integrate the deep muscles in the endurance, improve coordination and balance, If you are interested in clearing your head and abdominal and lower and upper back region. and build confidence. We’ll practice a series of grounding yourself in the present moment, this You will also enjoy accessing the core in movements in the yang style, today’s most popu- hatha yoga class offers an excellent wind-down unique ways including linking poses to breath, lar form. Please wear soft, flat-bottomed shoes. experience. Through meditation and gentle which activate and condition your posture and Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu, Th 8:30- yoga practices we will focus on re-centering and muscle tone, as well as deep stretching and 9:15AM. Begins 2/14/2017. The Korean calming your body, mind, and spirit. Slow and strengthening. Open to all levels. Please bring a Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline gentle poses will help your body begin to relax, yoga mat and two blocks. (enter on Holden Street), $84. and breathing practices will calm your nervous Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 10:00-11:15AM. system. Extended and guided deep relaxation Begins 1/21/2017. Brookline High, $89. will return your mind to its place of peace. Reiki Healing Techniques that you can draw on in your daily New! Katherin Seidl, Instructor life to stay calm and relaxed will also be taught. Restorative Flow Yoga Open to all levels. Please bring a yoga mat and Reiki, a Japanese technique for Natasha Collette Busse, Instructor stress reduction and relaxation, two blocks. promotes physical and emotional healing, as well Stop thinking about your to-do list and let your Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 10:00-11:30AM. mind glide to a state of calm. With less focus as relief from specific health conditions. Reiki Begins 1/11/2017. The Korean Church of on the flow and more focus on theasanas energy brings about deep relaxation, provides Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on new vitality in the form of flowing life energy, Holden Street), $128. Brenner themselves, this modified vinyasa class will help increase range of motion of every major joint, and is a simple, natural, and safe method of Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:00-7:30PM. non-invasive hands-on healing. Learn the basics and create inner stability and strength through Begins 1/11/2017. Lawrence School, 27 flowing movements combined with breath. As of energy work and how to address imbalances Francis Street, Brookline, $128. Busse within yourself by practicing techniques and your day drops away and our yoga awareness treatments on your classmates and on yourself. grows, adjustments will be suggested that may be more personally rewarding, thus toning both We will discuss healing and the chakra system, Yoga in Italian practice meditation and breathing techniques, body and mind. Open to all levels. Please bring Gino Morelli, Instructor and learn how to maintain a healthy low-stress New! a yoga mat and two blocks. lifestyle. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow Combine the opportunity to practice Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:30-8:45PM. you to move freely. Please bring a yoga mat. yoga while brushing up on your Begins 1/11/2017. Lawrence School, 27 Italian. In this gentle yoga class we will combine Francis Street, Brookline, $120. Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. slow flow and hatha yoga postures. Emphasis Begins 1/24/2017. Brookline High, $72. brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 35 Yoga with a Strap More Latin Dance Elizabeth Heller, Instructor Nancy Murphy, Instructor Yoga with a strap allows you to relax into a If you pride yourself on having a grasp of the pose. In this class we’ll combine the classical Dance and Fitness basics of Latin dances such as salsa, merengue, elements of yoga connecting breath and or bachata, join us to take your skills to the next movement, attention to alignment, creative level. Whether you learned the basics on the sequencing, and building core strength and dance floor or in a previous class, we will build flexibility, while incorporating the use of a yoga on that experience to add some panache to strap. A strap enables you to access yoga poses your style. We will cover a variety of common without unnecessary struggle, freeing the body 3 Dances in 8 Weeks dance figures such as turns and dips, practice from working on too many things at once, and partnering skills, and perfect your Latin dance letting the mind come to a calm focus. Straps Maureen Ferguson, Brian Whalen, Instructors techniques (move those hips!) so that you can also allow all practitioners to create a deeper Do you want to learn a variety of new dance dance with style and confidence. Please note: expression of each posture, but are especially moves to spice up your style on the dance floor? this course is designed for couples only. beneficial if you have tense muscles or are Join us for this fun and fast-paced class focusing Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 8:00-9:00PM. recovering from an injury. Straps can be used on three different dances. You and your partner Begins 1/12/2017. Dance studio at the at all levels of experience, from beginner to will learn basic rhythm and style, partnering Tappan Street Gym, $110. advanced. Please bring a blanket, two blocks, skills, and common dance figures, such as and a strap to class. underarm turns, free spins, and cross-body Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 5:45-7:00PM. leads. You’ll learn steps from the tango, foxtrot, Couples Dance Bootcamp Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $120. and waltz. Our lessons will cover a new dance Nancy Murphy, Instructor every few weeks, so you will come away with a versatile dance repertoire for any wedding, club, Would you and your partner like to tear it up on Yoga for Older Adults or party. Singles and couples welcome. the dance floor but don’t know where to begin? Starting from the very beginning, you will learn Steffi Shapiro, Instructor Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:30-9:00PM. moves from the foxtrot, rumba, swing, and the Yoga is an ancient system of gentle exercise Begins 1/10/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan fundamentals of slow dancing. We will cover and breathing techniques that enhance Street Gym, $138. basic rhythm and style, partnering skills, and physical well-being. Yoga is well suited to older common dance figures. Before long you’ll be people because it combines safe, gentle, Swing from Coast to Coast impressing onlookers at weddings, parties, and invigorating stretching exercises with relaxation clubs, or simply impress yourselves having fun and introspection, all in a non-competitive Maureen Ferguson, Brian Whalen, Instructors at home! Please note: this course is designed atmosphere. Our exercises will consist of Join us for this lively class that will cover the for couples only. gentle stretches and simple movements, which different variations of swing popular across Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-8:00PM. release tension from the neck, shoulders, back, the U.S. We’ll begin with East Coast swing, Begins 1/12/2017. Dance studio at the and other areas of the body. Most exercises can a quick dance with a single time step, then Tappan Street Gym, $138. be done in a chair or in a comfortable standing we’ll transition to triple time step and throw in position. Section 01 is taught in a chair; mat some lindy hop moves. Next we’ll slow it down students are welcome. Section 02 is taught on with West Coast swing, which is recognizable Ballroom Dancing the floor. Please bring a yoga mat. Seniors only; by its slotted shape and focus on connection Michele Cloutier, Instructor discount does not apply. between partners. It can be danced to a varied range of music from Blues and Country swing, Dancing With the Stars has made ballroom Sec. 01 (Chair Class): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu dance quite the sensation, and across the 2:00-3:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline to Soul and Pop, making it probably the most versatile of couples dance forms. We will learn country, people are learning or re-learning its Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, joys. Here’s your chance to master the waltz, $63. moves in each style of dance and focus on the connection between partners, allowing for more foxtrot, and swing. Learn to think of dancing Sec. 02 (Floor Class): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu complexity. Singles and couples welcome. as a conversation set to music, where you can 3:00-4:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline respond smoothly and easily to your partner. By Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-7:30PM. the end of our sessions, you’ll be prepared for $63. Begins 1/10/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan your wedding or other social event. Please bring Street Gym, $138. leather-soled shoes. Please note: this course is designed for couples only. Tai Chi for Seniors Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 8:00-9:30PM. Vincent Chu, Instructor Begins 1/11/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan One of the original ancient Chinese martial Street Gym, $138. arts, tai chi is practiced today as a form of What You Should Know About Your exercise. Tai chi movements are slow and even, Dance Class and their continuous flowing poses will build Rumba your strength, endurance, coordination, and • If your class meets in the dance studios, Michele Cloutier, Instructor confidence. Exercise, mind-body development, please bring an extra pair of shoes with Known the world over for its dramatic music and the practice of a traditional art form you. Outdoor shoes are not allowed in the and sensual style, rumba is a popular partnered will leave you relaxed and centered. Classes dance studios at Brookline High School. dance that developed from a musical style will be taught in the yang style. Please wear originating in Cuba. While the basic rumba step comfortable clothing and soft, flat-bottomed • Some classes are designed for couples only. If you would like to take a couples is quite simple, this is a versatile and stylish shoes. An optional DVD is available for sale, dance that you can perform at weddings, $20. Seniors only; discount does not apply. dance class and need a partner, just let us know and we’ll try to find you one to parties, or any event with music. In this class, Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: F 2:00-3:30PM. you will learn the basic steps, and then build balance out the class. Please contact Begins 2/17/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 your skills with turns, breaks, and dips so that Susan Bonoff at 617-730-2700, extension Winchester Street, Brookline, $45. you will have the tools to hit the dance floor with 1101. your partner and rumba the night away. Please • The cost of couples-only dance classes is note: this course is designed for couples only. per person (unless otherwise noted). Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, $138.

36 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Introduction to Classical Ballet Barre Workout Shake Your Soul Jennifer Lin, Instructor Jennifer Lin, Instructor Marcia Hulley, Instructor This course is for those who have always had an This course combines the brio of ballet barre Why not lose your stress and feel good about interest in ballet but have never taken a class, with the mindfulness of yoga. These sessions your body and yourself! Dance has been proven or who have taken ballet in the past and want to will include a whole-body workout that builds to be the most effective kind of movement to move beyond basic exercises. In a comfortable, sculpted legs, strong arms, and the flexibility, strengthen body and mind. Shake Your Soul relaxed atmosphere, students will develop an balance, and grace of a dancer. First, we will is an exhilarating approach to whole body appreciation for ballet as an art form and will concentrate on the simplicity and vigor of basic fitness that ignites joy and passion through gain proficiency in executing the elementary ballet barre moves. We will then transition to transformative movement and dance. Have forms of ballet steps. Emphasis will be placed a variety of full-body stretches, then finish with fun, free your body, mind and spirit, and get on musicality and precision of movement as yoga-like core strengthening, centering, and energized by the rhythms of dynamic music. we concentrate on fluid dance combinations. breathing exercises. Bring a yoga mat, water, Recharge, renew, and relax! Please bring a yoga Women should wear leotards, tights, and ballet and ballet slippers. Open to all levels. mat if you have one. Open to all levels of fitness, slippers; men should wear dance belts, tights or Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00-11:30AM. flexibility, and dance experience. jazz pants, T-shirts, and ballet slippers. Begins 1/14/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan Sec. 01 (Try It!): # sessions: 1 Day: Th 6:30- Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-8:30PM. Street Gym, $138. 7:30PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Lawrence School, Begins 1/11/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan 27 Francis Street, Brookline, Free; pre- Street Gym, $138. registration is required. Gyrokinesis® Sec. 02: # sessions: 7 Day: Th 6:30-7:30PM. Kathleen Anderson, Instructor R&B and Soul Line Dancing New! Begins 1/19/2017. Lawrence School, 27 If you’ve taken Pilates and are Francis Street, Brookline, $98. New! Sonya “Witchypoo” Joyner, Leigha looking for something new and a “Mz Earl” Earl, Instructors little different, Gyrokinesis® may be up your Work off those holiday treats as you alley! Gyrokinesis® whole-body exercises are Zumba learn popular beginner line dances you see comprised of spiraling circular movements Shannon Egna, Instructor at weddings. Now you can be the one who which flow together seamlessly in a rhythmic Zumba is a Latin dance-inspired cardio class knows the hot dance moves and alternate pattern. Repetitions are set to the rhythm utilizing interval training for a dynamic workout. versions of the Wobble and Cupid Shuffle. of your breathing to help you lengthen your It is also the hottest dance fitness craze Line dancing offers a great cardio workout spine and focus your body’s energy. Each around. In our sessions, we’ll pair high-energy and doesn’t require a partner. This class will movement connects with the next, allowing the and motivating music with unique moves begin with the basic terminology and steps joints to move freely through a natural range and combinations that allow for a dynamic covered in most line dances, giving students a of motion. The carefully crated sequences workout. We’ll learn dance moves from samba, strong foundation to build on. Each week you create balance and are executed gently without merengue, and salsa, to reggaeton and hip will learn new line dances, broken down step jarring or compressing the joints. This class has hop. Get in shape and have fun doing so in this by step. Dances will get more complex as we been adapted for the mat and chair from the dynamic class. Open to all levels. To drop into move through the various beginner line dances. Gyrotonic® machine method and is a perfect single sessions (rather than register for the At the end of the eight sessions, you will feel way to begin your evening feeling limber and whole term), please call the BA&CE office: 617- comfortable dancing any beginner line dance relaxed. Please bring a yoga mat. 730-2700. Discounts or waivers do not apply to and be able to follow a “call out” or pick up a Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:00-7:00PM. drop-in sessions. dance “on the floor.” Open to all levels. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $80. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:00-7:00PM.

Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 9:00-11:00AM. Begins 1/11/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan DANCE & FITNESS Begins 1/14/2017. Dance studio at the Street Gym, $98. Tappan Street Gym, $160. Pilates Sec. 02 (Drop In): # sessions: 1 Day: W 6:00- Kathleen Anderson, Louise Wijnia-Rabinovici, 7:00PM. Any Wednesday in the winter term. Instructors Bellydancing For Women Dance studio at the Tappan Street Gym, $16. Pilates is a system of movement that works Christine “Shadia” Mirson-Tohme, Instructor the abdominal muscles, and in the process, Bellydancing is one of the oldest dance forms the entire body. Movement is precise, and at Introduction to Parkour based on traditional women’s dances from the the same time, flowing. Muscles are toned Parkour Generations Boston Staff Middle East. In this course, we will focus on and stretched, leading to improved strength, Parkour was born in the banlieues (suburbs) putting basic moves into a brief dance routine. stamina, posture, and flexibility. Pilates seeks of Paris in the 1980s and is now one of the Traveling steps with the veil will be introduced. to unite mind and body through breath, world’s fastest-growing sports. While often Wear loose clothing or leggings and socks or concentration, and control of movement. recognized in the fantastic images seen dance slippers, and bring a chiffon veil (three Physical fitness and a sense of well-being are on YouTube, the sport is actually a form of yards) to class. Veils are available for purchase equally important in this class. Ballet- and movement that has roots in a wide variety from the instructor for $20. yoga-inspired moves and stretches will be of physical disciplines including gymnastics, Sec. 01 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: included as well. Open to all levels. Please bring martial arts, climbing, and track and field. This M 7:00-8:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Dance a cushioned exercise mat. course will introduce you to the training and studio at the Tappan Street Gym, $138. Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 10:30- ideology of parkour through a combination of 11:30AM. Begins 1/10/2017. The Korean physical and mental exercises, and will include Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline a variety of indoor and outdoor (weather (enter on Holden Street), $160. Wijnia- permitting) environments. Open to all levels. To Rabinovici drop into single sessions (rather than register Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:15-8:15PM. for the whole term), please call the BA&CE Begins 1/9/2017. Dance studio at the Tappan office: 617-730-2700. Discounts or waivers do Street Gym, $80. Anderson not apply to drop-in sessions. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $128. Sec. 02 (Drop In): # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 7:00- 8:30PM. Any Tuesday in the winter term. Tappan Street Gym, $16.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 37 Spring Running Tune-up Perfect Abs and Glutes Bootcamp for Seniors: Balance and Strength Training David Leung, Instructor Steve Shain, Instructor Are you a runner who would like to get started Here’s a quick way to improve your sense of Steve Shain, Instructor with a group? Or have you taken the winter physical strength and core power. Learn the Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging off, and need some help getting back into secrets to fabulous abdominals and glutes in Leading an active lifestyle is more important the swing of things? This three-week class is this 30-minute class. We’ll incorporate exercises than ever. Regular exercise is not only good for for those who are looking for a challenging drawn from multiple disciplines such as yoga, your body—it’s also good for your mind, mood, and encouraging group environment to learn pilates, kickboxing, and athletic conditioning that and memory. This bootcamp class incorporates running skills for the spring. We’ll assess the are designed to strengthen and tone troublesome the best of balance and strength training. Our class’s ability at the first session and ramp up areas. We’ll do exercises such as planks, bridges, focus will be on exercises that build on our from there, to a maximum of three miles per one hundreds, squats, lunges, and more. You will strength, endurance, mobility, and flexibility. session. Dress appropriately for the weather experience a new level of strength, firmness, and Please bring a set (2) of two- to three-pound and bring a water bottle. fitness. Open to all levels. Please bring a towel, hand weights to class. Seniors only; discount exercise mat, and water bottle. does not apply. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:00-7:00PM. Begins 3/1/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $48. Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 6:00- Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: F 1:00-2:00PM. 6:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Tappan Street Begins 1/13/2017. Brookline Senior Center, Gym, $110. 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $65. The Boxer’s Workout Brian Scagliola, Instructor Strength Training for Everyone Senior S-T-R-E-T-C-H Boxing is the perfect way to achieve new levels Louise Olafsson, Instructor Steve Shain, Instructor of health and fitness, and builds physical Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging self-confidence while promoting self-defense. Strength training increases muscle to fat ratio, Our warm-ups will include stretching, drills, improves metabolism so that you are able to This class is for those who want to stretch out abdominal workouts, and jumping rope, and burn more calories, and enables you to better gently and safely and work on maintaining we’ll work with a speed and heavy bag to perform daily activities that require lifting, strength and balance. We’ll work on rhythmic improve speed-hand coordination and power pushing, and pulling. We will focus on toning movement and using hand weights in a sitting punching. We’ll practice shadow boxing, each part of your body using hand-held weights. position. You will learn stretches and flexibility basic jabs and combinations, defensive skills Class will focus on warm-up and abdominal exercises to help make everyday movements and movement, and learn proper training exercises, yoga stretches for flexibility, and smooth and comfortable. Going at your own techniques. Open to all levels. Please bring strength training for the upper and lower body. pace, you will improve your range of motion, a towel, water bottle, and boxing gloves and Please bring a mat or towel and a set (2) of one- balance, and stamina. Please bring a set (2) wraps (available at most sporting good stores), to five-pound hand weights. of one-, two-, or three-pound hand weights to and any other boxing equipment you own. Sec. 01: # sessions: 14 Day: M, W 5:45- class. Seniors only; discount does not apply. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 5:30-7:00PM. 6:15PM. Begins 1/18/2017. Lawrence School, Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 10:30- Begins 1/9/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $138. 27 Francis Street, Brookline, $98. 11:30AM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $82. Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Meet at Nonantum Boxing Strength Training for Women in Midlife Club, 75 Adams St., Newton, MA 02458, $144. Louise Olafsson, Instructor Strength Training for Seniors One of the most important things you can do Steve Shain, Instructor Fit in 30 for your health at midlife is strength training. Co-sponsored by the Council on Aging Louise Olafsson, Instructor Strength training enables you to better perform Studies have shown that seniors who daily activities and helps to create strong supplement their exercise routine with light Are you looking for the secret to weight loss? All ligaments and tendons. This class will focus on strength training are able to stay active it takes is 30 minutes a day to achieve a proper warm-up exercises, yoga stretches for flexibility, longer. This course is for those who have been level of fitness. In this total body workout, we’ll and strength training for the upper and lower exercising regularly and who wish to increase alternate between six minutes of weights, two body. Please bring a mat or towel and a set (2) their strength, balance, stamina, and physical minutes of cardio, and two minutes of abs. of one- to three-pound hand weights. flexibility. We’ll start and end with stretches Three sets of this routine and you will be done. and flexibility exercises to help make everyday All body parts will be used to achieve total body Sec. 01: # sessions: 14 Day: Tu, Th 9:30- 10:15AM. Begins 1/17/2017. The Korean movements smooth and comfortable. We’ll also fitness as effectively as possible. Open to all work on low-impact conditioning, mat work, and levels. Wear appropriate workout clothing and Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $144. endurance and strength training while sitting footwear, and bring a mat or towel and a set (2) or standing (weights optional). Bring a mat or of three- to five-pound hand weights. towel and a set (2) of one-, two-, or three-pound Sec. 01: # sessions: 14 Day: M, W 6:15- Winter Bootcamp hand weights to class. Seniors only; discount 6:45PM. Begins 1/18/2017. Lawrence School, Steve Shain, Instructor does not apply. 27 Francis Street, Brookline, $98. Get in shape and kick your workout up a notch Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 8:45- in this fun and energetic spring training and 10:15AM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline Senior bootcamp course. We’ll focus on individual, Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $94. partner, and group exercises that use strength, flexibility, balance, agility, speed, and coordination. Each session will include calisthenics, plyometrics, cardiovascular conditioning, and muscular endurance training. Working at your own level and pace, you’ll utilize your body weight and equipment such as resistance bands as you perform a range of exercises to work your entire body. All levels welcome. Please bring a towel and water bottle. Sec. 01: # sessions: 16 Day: Tu, Th 6:30- 7:15PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Tappan Street Gym, $138.

38 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Staying Healthy in Winter Home and Garden Winter can be a tough time for our minds and bodies. For this season, these courses will help you achieve a healthier you, both inside and out.

Skin Care for all Seasons Free Yourself from Paper Clutter Lavinia Borcau, Instructor Judy Eisenberg, Instructor Most of us would like to have healthier, clearer, smoother, younger skin. But how can Tax season is upon us; it is time to take charge we reverse the effects of time and seasons? As the largest organ, the skin mirrors of your paper, holding onto important pieces all aspects of our health and lifestyle. This workshop, taught by a skilled esthetician, and tossing the rest. If we don’t spend time will explore the structure, function, and proper care of the skin. We’ll talk about how getting rid of it, it will completely take over. environment, diet, and exercise impact skin, so you can learn good habits for this Organizing the pile can be an overwhelming lifelong discipline. Participants will also receive a skin analysis and advice for specific task, and this class will explore the causes products for their personal skin care regime. of clutter, systems to organize it, and habits Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins 2/7/2017. Meet at Lavinia to maintain organization. Through a focused Borcau Skin Care, 29 Harvard St, Brookline, $36. presentation and discussion, you will explore with a professional coach how to overcome the roadblocks to clear your paper clutter. Introduction to Aromatherapy Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: M 7:00-8:30PM. Cher Kore, Instructor Begins 2/6/2017. Brookline High, $28. Intrigued but confused with all the essential oil choices? Find out how to cut through the complexities and learn which essential oils and methods of aromatherapy work Simple Home Repairs best for you. Aromatherapy can help with a variety of physical, emotional, and beauty concerns. For example, you can treat stress with many essential oils including Lavender Bryan Tucker, Instructor and Mandarin; Sweet Orange and many other scents can aid depression. Other oils can Have you ever wondered if you needed a ease insomnia, and sinus congestion. Learn the best methods of application for each plumber to stop that running toilet from wasting ailment. Learn how to make your own aromatherapy products and at-home treatments. water and money, or waited days on end for Students will experience dozens of scents. Students will make one customized a busy electrician to fix a broken light? In this aromatherapy mister in class. A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor. course, you’ll learn the basics of painting, Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:30PM. Begins 3/11/2017. Brookline High, plumbing, light carpentry, and electrical repairs $43. so that you can take control of problems that arise in your own home. We’ll show you how to buy and use hand tools and materials at an Soak Your Troubles Away affordable price. Whether fixing a hole in your Cher Kore, Instructor ceiling, changing a broken socket, or repainting that sunroom, you’ll learn techniques, tips, Can’t afford a daily massage? A daily bath can give you many of the same benefits and tricks of the trade so that you can do it and save you money. It can heal your muscles, beautify your skin, and increase your yourself more easily. You’ll also learn when emotional health. We’ll learn how to make special bath blends that help detoxify and the task really requires a skilled tradesperson. reduce excess water in the body and heal different skin ailments. Ingredients will include Epsom salts, green clay, and essential oils with scents like sweet orange and Take charge and stop feeling intimidated by HOME & GARDEN household repairs, and gain the satisfaction of carrot seed. Students will each make three different customized bath salts in class. A learning practical skills that will last a lifetime. $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor. We may move offsite, group permitting. A $10 Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:30PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Brookline High, materials fee is payable to the instructor at the $43. first class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. The Art of Natural Perfumery Begins 1/24/2017. Unified Arts Building, $118. Cher Kore, Instructor Learn the art and science of creating natural Backyard Alchemy: An perfumes and colognes. In this class, you Introduction to Composting will start from scratch with individual New! Bootstrap Compost Staff ingredients and practice combining winning This class aims to cover the larger recipes to suit your taste. We will discuss societal and environmental merits of diverting aromatherapy and explore the emotional organics from the traditional waste stream, effects of dozens of essential oils including while touching on the basics for maintaining a the very expensive absolute oils like Rose, backyard composting operation. We will discuss Jasmine, and Neroli. You’ll learn to balance the proper way to compost, what can be top, middle, and bottom scent notes to composted, and how to get started. You’ll leave craft alluring aromas, and you’ll make one understanding the difference between soil customized perfume or cologne in class. A and compost and how the latter benefits root $15 materials fee is payable to the instructor. structures and plants. There will be worms! Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. 12:30PM. Begins 2/4/2017. Brookline High, $43. Begins 3/15/2017. Brookline High, $36.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 39 Outdoor Environment: Creative Creative Drawing Landscaping TBA, Instructor Myrna Balk, Instructor In this class, for those with some drawing Jump start your garden ideas for spring. Arts experience, you will explore the idea of how Whether large or small, your garden will have one draws, and how different techniques enough room for your own creative touch. In this affect your work. Each week we’ll draw from class, we will look at basic principles of garden different sources in a new way, ranging from an design, and discuss how we can use them to abstract style, where shape, line, value, color, make our yard an inviting environment. We and texture are most important, to a realistic will look at how to change the contour of your Artful Healing Expressions style that focuses on the illusion of 3-D to garden’s structure or develop the space in a graphic where design and object placement are new way. By adding soil, stones, or raised beds, Maria Mendonca, Instructor paramount. We will start with those categories you can easily modify the space to significantly Amaze yourself with your original pieces of art in an effort to develop your own style. We will change the layout. We will also consider what and inspirational messages that can take the work with different drawing media including plants are ready for feeding and pruning. An form of an affirmation, framed piece of art, or pencils, charcoal, and pen and ink. You’ll experienced gardener will show you that we are memoir. You will design many unique textured expand not only your knowledge of drawing only limited by our ideas and imagination. Bring papers using liquid watercolors, various techniques, but also your artistic vocabulary pictures of the space you want to focus on. textured objects, and heavy stock paper to and personal style. A supply list will be emailed Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. construct a collage. Favorite or original quotes upon registration. Begins 3/8/2017. Brookline High, $36. can be added, or you may choose to write a Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. one-page memoir to integrate into your artful Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $144. healing experience. There will be enough textured papers to make additional collages, if time permits. Come and enjoy a sense of inner Drawing From the Masters Weekend calm, satisfaction, and blissfulness as you Workshop design keepsakes for yourself and your family. Cyrus Whittier, Instructor No experience necessary. A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. Drawing from the flat is a time-honored method of learning how to draw by copying master Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. drawings to garner the wisdom of great artists. Begins 2/1/2017. Unified Arts Building, $95. Copywork is an ideal opportunity for artists of all levels to observe line, shape, value, form, Beginning Drawing texture, and space. In this class you’ll be given a landscape (you may also choose a work on Bil Thibodeau, Instructor your own) and we’ll go through the process of Drawing is the building block for all forms of transferring what we see to our own canvases. visual expression. In this course, you will build You may find it refreshing to work on technique, basic drawing skills by learning the use of line, without the worry of creating a composition. shape, negative space, composition, proportion, Basic drawing skills are recommended. Please and perspective. Observing the way light falls on bring a 14 x 17 inch pad of good quality white objects, you will practice shading to create form charcoal paper, three General’s charcoal in your contour drawings. Our goal is to help you pencils (2B medium), drawing pencils, and a improve technique, heighten visual awareness, kneaded eraser. Flower Arranging Workshops and develop personal expression through Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Sa 10:00AM- individual attention and group discussions. A 2:00PM. Begins 3/4/2017. Unified Arts Cass School of Floral Design Staff supply list will be emailed upon registration. Building, $104. Enjoy a beautiful experience learning how to Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 6:00-8:00PM. create flower arrangements. In this series, Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $140. you will learn how to create different styles of The Colored Pencil fresh flower arrangements and touch upon Cyrus Whittier, Instructor the relevant elements and principles of floral Beginning Drawing for the Experimental design. We will also explain how to care for Artist Discover the broad range of expressive possibilities colored pencils have to offer. flowers to achieve long lasting freshness. Tim McCool, Instructor This is a hands-on class, where you will learn Through class demonstrations, students professional techniques for designing simple Broaden your beginning drawing skills by will learn about the uses of linear strokes, arrangements that you can then replicate at experimenting with drawing styles. Create layered tonal effects, color mixing, value home. At the end of each session, you will leave compositions from observation, imagination, relationships, and more. You’ll work with still with a stylish arrangement to take home to and memory exercises while exploring various life arrangements provided by the instructor or enjoy or give as a gift. Discounts or waivers do techniques using pencils and charcoal, varieties objects of your own choosing. Basic drawing not apply. of paper, mediums, and textural elements. skills are recommended. Please bring a set (36) Color will also be an emphasis. Students will of Prismacolor pencils, a pencil sharpener, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: M 6:30-8:00PM. be encouraged to pursue their own choices in a 9 x 12 inch pad of Strathmore 400 Series Begins 2/27/2017. Meet at 531 Mt Auburn subject matter and style. Artists of all levels drawing paper to the first class. Additional Street, Watertown 02472, $135. welcome. A supply list will be emailed upon supplies will be discussed at the first meeting. registration. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: W 9:30-11:30AM. Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160. Begins 1/11/2017. The Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline (enter on Holden Street), $138.

40 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 The Sketchbook Illustration Introduction to Watercolor New! Dom Civiello, Instructor Dom Civiello, Instructor Anthony Riccardi, Erin Farley, Instructors The sketchbook is a wonderful Illustration is an art style that includes a Watercolor is one of the most pleasurable and way for artists and observers of dynamic between you and your intended satisfying media employed by both beginning all backgrounds to keep tabs on ideas, both audience that adds a layer of thinking to and experienced artists. The soft transparent visually and journalistically and to re-work your work. Through a series of creative colors and textures lend themselves to a or re-visit items that previously sparked your exercises, you’ll work with pencil, cut paper, variety of subjects and techniques, and yield interest. This class will help you overcome your ink, watercolor, and collage as we explore paintings that reflect the unique spontaneity fear of “doodling” on pristine pages, and help the relationship between expression and and creativity of each individual artist. In this you to develop sketchbooking confidence and communication, while also experimenting with class, we will concentrate on representational launch a working journal. We’ll work on writing core artistic composition and presentation methods in an effort to pursue new avenues exercises and artistic skills, mixing media, and skills. Each week we’ll tackle short challenge of creativity. A supply list will be emailed upon developing ideas using step-by-step techniques. exercises and also work on larger pieces that registration. You’ll practice ways of effectively creating put lessons in mass, volume, line, plane, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 10:00AM- meaningful content, and learn how to approach color to use. Discussion about the industry 12:30PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline Senior thinking and design. Experimentation and risk- of illustration and professional practices will Center, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, $150. taking will be encouraged. Learn to trust your be included. If you’re an experienced artist Riccardi natural thinking process, develop confidence, interested in honing your visual storytelling Sec. 02: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. and enjoy the sketchbook as a place to store skills, or a beginner artist who likes the idea of Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $144. your meaningful thoughts and ideas. A supply thinking your way through the process, join us Farley list will be emailed upon registration. to explore the art of illustration. A supply list will Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 10:00AM- be emailed upon registration. 12:00PM. Begins 1/21/2017. Unified Arts Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Portrait Drawing Workshop Building, $138. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $144. Cyrus Whittier, Instructor Drawing the human face is a frequent subject Perspective Drawing and Rendering Introduction to Pastel for artists as a way to explore new ideas, media, and technique. In this class students Seth Berkowitz, Instructor Cyrus Whittier, Instructor will develop an understanding of basic facial By studying perspective drawing, you can Whether you like to work in fine detail, or your structure, and then construct portraits using learn the basic concepts that will allow you style is more broad and painterly, pastels will this knowledge. The course will begin with to accurately and realistically represent the adapt to both of these methods and many instruction on how to work in charcoal while environment around you. In this class, you will more. In this class, you will work with a wide focusing on the proportions of the face, skeletal learn the primary concepts behind perspective range of objects and textures (flowers, fruit, structure, and musculature of the head, neck, drawing, such as vanishing points, horizon vegetables, ceramic, glass, and metal objects) and each of the facial features. As you draw, line, eye level, and relative size. We will layer in order to discover the limitless possibilities there will be demonstrations to help guide you. those basic skills with more universal concepts that pastels offer. By learning about linear In our second class, we will work in color with of light, value, texture, rhythm, and color, so strokes, cross-hatching, scumbling, feathering, pastels on tinted paper to create convincing you can begin to develop your drawings into and blending, you will find ways to express your portraits. Open to artists of all levels. Please renderings that will have an added sense of own personal style. Classes will progress from bring a 14 x 17 inch pad of good quality white atmosphere and mood. By the end of the class, a restricted palette to full color compositions, charcoal paper, soft and medium vine charcoal you will be able to analyze and draw almost any and will especially focus on how to identify sticks, two General’s charcoal pencils (2B landscape you see (or imagine) in an accurate and adjust the colors you observe. Basic medium), and a kneaded eraser to class. An and realistic manner. A supply list will be drawing skills are recommended. Please bring additional supply list will be emailed upon emailed upon registration. soft, medium, and hard vine charcoal sticks, registration. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. kneaded eraser, and large white charcoal paper Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: Sa 10:00AM- Begins 1/17/2017. Unified Arts Building, to the first class. Additional supplies will be 2:00PM. Begins 1/21/2017. Unified Arts $150. discussed in class. Building, $104. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:00-9:30PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160. ARTS Life Drawing Acrylic Painting Samara Pearlstein, Instructor Anthony Riccardi, Bil Thibodeau, Instructors This class is designed to provide students at Acrylic paint, the chosen medium for many any level with a non-competitive environment amateur and professional artists, is versatile, in which to develop drawing skills, expand non-toxic, easy to clean, and offers brilliant visual perception, and gain familiarity with color. This course provides an introduction rendering the human figure. Our emphasis to the skills and practice of acrylic painting, will be on building an intuitive response to the including paint thinning, surface preparation, figure while striving to sharpen awareness of and paint application techniques. We will also proportion, light, and flow throughout the form. concentrate on general painting skills such as We will discuss both how to accurately render composition and color mixing. Students will the figure and what gives a figure drawing be encouraged to pursue their own choices in its ‘spirit’. Please bring drawing pencils (at subject matter and style. Artists of all levels least 2H, HB, and 2B), compressed charcoal, welcome. A supply list will be emailed upon kneaded eraser, and an 18 x 24 inch paper registration. pad to the first class. Additional supplies will be Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 9:30AM- discussed in class. A $60 model fee is payable 12:00PM. Begins 1/10/2017. The Korean to the instructor at the first class. Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. (enter on Holden Street), $160. Riccardi Begins 1/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, Sec. 02: # sessions: 7 Day: Tu 5:30-8:00PM. $150. Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $150. Thibodeau

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 41 Abstract Painting Encaustic Art Photography: Taking Better Pictures Tim McCool, Instructor Elise Mankes, Instructor Raul Melendez, Instructor Abstract painting is fascinating and Encaustic is the ancient art of painting with There are many subtle processes and elements controversial; complicated, and yet remarkably molten beeswax combined with pigment, involved in producing a visually pleasing image. simple. In this course, we will explore abstract producing results that are dimensional, Choice of subject matter, the framing of an painting by working from our imaginations and mysterious, deep, and translucent. In this class, image, composition, light and shadow, and still lifes to create vivid and innovative imagery. for artists of all levels, you will be instructed in appropriate treatment of portraits, landscapes, We will learn about color, line, form, space, basic methods of layering and manipulating or action photos are some of the picture-taking light, and composition, and will look at work by beeswax, as well as an exploration of the many choices to be considered. Learn to manipulate well-known abstract artists to understand the possibilities it invites—mixed media, stenciling, shutter speed, f-stops, focal range, and depth various techniques they employed. If you’ve collage, transfers and more. From the basics, of field, and discover the many types of lenses looked at paintings by Kandinsky, Klee, Pollock, we will move on to innovative treatments that and filters, and their uses and effects. The Motherwell, or other abstract artists and invite further experimentation. Students are menu functions of digital cameras will also be said, “Even I can do that,” then join us as we encouraged to bring their own assortment explored. Please bring a film or digital camera challenge our imaginations. Artists of all levels of metal mark-making tools to inscribe the to class. A $6 materials fee is included in the welcome. A supply list will be emailed upon warm, wax surface. This may include assorted course fee. registration. ceramics tools, kitchen gadgets, or found Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. objects. Optional supplies will be discussed at Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $126. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $160. the first class. A $60 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the class. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00AM- The Art of Photographic Composition Collage Technique Workshops 1:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Unified Arts Raul Melendez, Instructor Tim McCool, Instructor Building, $180. Why are some photographs, despite being Exuberant, thought-provoking, or whimsical, in focus, well-exposed, and properly framed, collage is an art form for beginners as well as Painting Nature in Oil still not interesting? In this course, you’ll seasoned artists who wish to express depth, examine the characteristics of a well-composed breadth, and range. In these classes, we’ll Ryan Boutin, Instructor photograph by looking at the work of other focus on simple design principles, materials, In this class, using the organic forms of flowers, photographers, and by learning how to judge and assemblage. Inspired by each other and fruits, shells, and other natural materials, we and edit your own work. We will discuss how examples in books and magazines, you will will capture the joy of making art with freedom, to integrate exposure, focus, and depth of leave with works that demonstrate multiple relaxation, and pleasure. This course, for both field with the elements of composition. We styles. Join us for one, two or all three classes. beginning and experienced students, will will explore new approaches to composition In Classic Techniques you will learn about provide a creative environment to explore the and challenge your ideas about photography. layering, colors, and materials. In Experimental varied challenges of painting natural objects Don’t just take a picture; learn how to capture Options you will explore unique materials that using oil paints. We will study formal issues a photograph. A $5 materials fee is included in are off the beaten path. In Journals we will such as space composition, color, stroke, scale, the course fee. weave imagery into stories, and create a simple observation, imagination, perspective, and Sec. 01: # sessions: 5 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. book. A $15 materials fee is payable to the media. The class format will be flexible and Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $125. instructor in each section. An additional supply the instructor will provide advice, instruction, list will be emailed upon registration. and support. As you begin to understand the language of oil, you will develop your own style You’ve Taken the Picture...Now What? Sec. 01 (Classic Techniques): # sessions: 2 Day: and your own sense of purpose in painting. A M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Raul Melendez, Instructor supply list will be emailed upon registration. Arts Building, $75. When it comes to digital photography, our Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 6:30-9:30PM. Sec. 02 (Experimental Options): # sessions: computers (and in some cases even the Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $168. 3 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/30/2017. camera) are the darkroom. Join us for a walk- Unified Arts Building, $98. through of the digital workflow, including an Sec. 03 (Journals): # sessions: 3 Day: M 6:30- Camera Settings Workshop anatomy of your camera’s output options, how to use Image Capture on a Mac or Camera 9:00PM. Begins 2/27/2017. Unified Arts Raul Melendez, Instructor Building, $98. Wizard on a PC to transfer photos from your If you enjoy taking pictures with your DSLR, camera to a computer, editing preferences of Sec. 04 (All Sessions): # sessions: 8 Day: M mirrorless, or point-and-shoot camera, but professionals, and a comparison of popular 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts haven’t yet ventured out of the easy automatic software choices. We’ll discuss the elements Building, $160. modes, this workshop will familiarize you with that make a good photo, and how to size your camera’s advanced settings. In the “easy” and save your pictures so that they can be automatic mode, your camera uses its best posted online, emailed, printed, or compiled judgment to select shutter speed, aperture, for future viewing. We’ll also show you how to ISO, white balance, and focus. These judgments use software for Mac and PC that can help are not always correct. We’ll explain what you manipulate pictures, balance colors, or this means, and then demonstrate how you add effects. Please bring your digital camera, can adjust the camera’s settings to improve camera cable, and laptop if you have one. the results. We will discuss program, shutter, Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Tu 7:00-9:00PM. aperture priority, and how to use the manual. Begins 2/28/2017. Unified Arts Building, $84. You’ll learn about depth of field, taking pictures of moving objects, and what to do in low light. Photographers of all levels welcome. Please bring your camera. Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- 1:30PM. Begins 2/18/2017. Unified Arts Building, $50.

42 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Photography: An Introduction to Furniture Upholstery Darkroom & More Paul DeVito Jr., Instructor Raul Melendez, Instructor Are the springs popping out of your favorite Even in this fast electronic age, it is amazingly Crafts and Skills armchair? Is the upholstery on those dining satisfying to develop your own pictures in a room chairs getting shabby? Learn how to strip classic black and white photography darkroom. a piece of furniture to the frame and build it This course will teach the fundamentals of up again. Replace webbing and springs, and darkroom photography, and for returning stuff, cut, fit, and sew the finished product. students, use of darkroom with guidance. Suitable projects may include chairs, ottomans, We will review proper film exposure and Introduction to Woodworking footstools, dining room chairs, or other small development. Students will gain darkroom upholstered pieces. Please do not bring in experience and an increased understanding to Damian Neill, Instructor large pieces such as tufted chairs, loveseats, produce pictures of high quality and interest. This course is designed to teach you the or sofas as there is no storage space available. This course is tailored for beginners and basics of woodworking by walking you step-by- Along with your project, bring a pair of 10” students with some darkroom experience who step, and machine by machine, through the shears, pliers, tack hammer, screwdriver, and would like guidance in producing exquisite process of building a small project that lays the goggles. You should expect to spend $80-$100 prints. (For returning and advanced students, foundation for good woodworking technique. on materials. A $25 shop fee is included in the bring film to develop for the first two meetings.) Our emphasis will be on the achievement of a course fee. Students assume the cost of film, paper, and solid foundation in the skill and process of the Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-9:30PM. incidentals. Approximate cost, $40-$50. A $25 woodworker’s craft, rather than on the size and Begins 1/12/2017. Brookline High, $205. studio fee is included in the course fee. complexity of the product. The proper use of Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-9:30PM. machinery with emphasis on shop safety will be Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $185. reviewed. Each student should expect to spend The Picture Framing Workshop $70-$100 on materials. Please bring a pair of Larry Glickman, Instructor safety glasses, a tape measure, and earplugs to Creative Darkroom class. A $25 shop fee is included in the course The purpose of custom framing is to find the fee for equipment maintenance. best frame and matting design to enhance Josephine Shields, Instructor the elements of your artwork. We will help This class is ideal for photographers who have Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-9:00PM. you design and frame your prints, graphics, a working knowledge of darkroom processing Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Building, $185. photography, posters, fine art, and needle art in and printing techniques and who want to a do-it-yourself format with expert assistance. expand their black and white darkroom skills. Open Woodshop You will receive instruction in selecting a frame While students will work on their own projects style and design, coordinating your mat color, under supervision, there will also be time Damian Neill, Instructor and be guided through the steps of framing for class critiques and demonstrations of Students who have prior experience in technique. Measuring and cutting single different printing and toning chemistry. Class woodworking with hand tools and machinery and double mats, mounting artwork, joining participation, suggestions, and experimentation can build whatever they wish in this course, wood and metal frames, and completing final will be encouraged. We provide enlargers for subject to approval by the instructor at the first assembly will be discussed. Former students 35mm, some medium formats, and chemistry. class. Tables, stands, medicine cabinets, and are encouraged to return and advance their Students should provide their own film and objects requiring elaborate joining or carving skills in cutting and assembly of more difficult paper. A $25 studio fee is included in the are suggested projects. The proper use of pieces. All materials will be supplied at a course fee. machinery with emphasis on shop safety will 40 percent discount. The cost of materials Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:30AM- be reviewed. Please bring a plan, design, or (approximately $70-$90) depends on the size 1:30PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Unified Arts photograph of your proposed project, a pair of of the project. Building, $205. safety glasses, tape measure, and earplugs Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:30-9:00PM. to the first class. Each student should expect Begins 1/10/2017. Brookline High, $160. to spend $70-$100 on wood, available for purchase in class. Costs vary based upon project and choice of wood. Students should Ceramics: Handbuilding have completed Introduction to Woodworking or Kimberly Zane, Instructor its equivalent. A $25 shop fee is included in the course fee for equipment maintenance. This course is designed for students who are interested in exploring a survey of handbuilding

Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-9:00PM. ceramic techniques. You will learn a variety & SKILLS CRAFTS Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts Building, $185. of building methods, including coil and slab technique, solid building, and sculpting on an armature. Our guided projects will range from functional objects to whimsical sculpture. You’ll learn about applying dozens of decorative accents and be given the freedom to explore your own self-expression. Proper clay and firing management will be part of our lessons. A $45 materials fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Unified Arts Building, $205.

brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 43 Pottery and Wheel-Throwing Beginning Jewelry and Silversmithing Open Studio Jewelry Marc Mancuso, Instructor Marcia Deluty, Instructor Marcia Deluty, Instructor Section 01 is designed for beginning In this class you will learn the basic skills of Spend your Saturdays unleashing your creativity students who are interested in a survey of jewelry making as you are guided through the in the jewelry studio. For those with a basic ceramic techniques. You will learn a variety design and fabrication of several sterling silver knowledge of techniques and tools, this jewelry- of handbuilding methods, while also being custom rings from concept to completion. We making workshop allows you to work on a new introduced to the pottery wheel. Our guided will cover basic tools, sawing, filing, sanding, project or to complete an existing project. Bring projects will range from functional objects to beginning soldering, and surface texturing. your ideas and materials, and the instructor will whimsical sculpture. You’ll learn about applying Demonstrations of new ideas and techniques help you with design and direction. Gas torches, dozens of decorative accents, and be given the will be paired with hands-on work and guidance tools, and workbenches will be available freedom to explore your own self-expression. from the instructor. A $50 materials fee is for use, and we’ll have demonstrations of In Section 02, for returning students or those payable to the instructor at the first class. beginning and more advanced techniques like with ceramics experience, the instructor will Additional materials will also be for sale. A hand-stamping, sweat and stick soldering, and troubleshoot skills needing improvement, $25 shop fee is included in the course fee for rolling mill texturing. Some supplies will be lead class exercises, demonstrate advanced equipment maintenance. available for sale in class. A $10 shop fee is techniques, and provide inspiration for further Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-9:00PM. included in the course fee. exploration. A $45 materials fee is included in Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Building, $175. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: Sa 9:00AM- the course fee. 12:00PM. Begins 1/21/2017. Unified Arts Sec. 01 (Beginning): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu Building, $127. 7:00-9:30PM. Begins 1/10/2017. Unified Arts Intermediate and Advanced Jewelry and Building, $205. Silversmithing Stone Carving Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Marcia Deluty, Instructor Th 7:00-9:30PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Unified The Intermediate class is for those who have Scott Cahaly, Instructor Arts Building, $205. basic experience working with metals and gas- Stone carving is an ancient craft where pieces fueled torches. You will hone your skills while of rough stone are shaped by the controlled also learning stone setting, married metals, removal of stone. In this one-day workshop, Saturday Pottery Studio hollow construction, and advanced soldering you’ll have the opportunity to carve your Kim Carmona, Instructor techniques. A $50 materials fee is payable to own stone, an art form that is not typically Students will learn and practice new pottery the instructor at the first class. TheAdvanced accessible. For beginners and experienced techniques, and work independently to create a Workshop is for students who have completed sculptors alike, you’ll be guided through the ceramic object with the support and assistance the intermediate course or have equivalent process of looking into the rock for imagery, of the instructor. Class will cover slab, pinch, experience. You will have the opportunity to carving into material, planning and forming coil, and wheel building techniques, sculptural work independently, and explore new ideas and a sculpture, and using tools. Hand-carving and finishing rules, methods for firing clay, and techniques with guidance from the instructor. techniques will be demonstrated, and stone how to apply glaze. Beginning students will A $30 materials fee is payable to the instructor carving lore will be discussed. We’ll also touch be given hands-on guidance, and those with at the first class. Additional materials will also upon safety in the studio, and stone and some experience will be allowed a bit more be available for purchase. A $25 shop fee tool sourcing. You will leave with your stone independence. Please bring project ideas to is included in the course fee for equipment sculpture in hand. Please bring a bag lunch to class. Final pieces may not be fired in time maintenance. class. All materials will be provided. Discounts for the last session; students will be asked to Sec. 01 (Intermediate): # sessions: 8 Day: W or waivers do not apply. pick up finished pieces at a later date. A $45 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/11/2017. Unified Arts Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 9:30AM- materials fee is included in the course fee. Building, $205. 2:30PM. Begins 1/21/2017. Meet at Scott’s Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: Sa 9:30AM- Sec. 02 (Advanced): # sessions: 8 Day: Th Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, MA, 12:00PM. Begins 1/14/2017. Unified Arts 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/12/2017. Unified Arts $125. Building, $195. Building, $205. Knitting for Beginners Mosaic Workshop Irina Taytslin, Instructor Richard Youngstrom, Instructor This class is for absolute beginners who have Contemporary mosaic art is a useful and never picked up needles, as well as knitters practical skill for creating fine art images and with basic skills who wish to improve. We sculpture, as well as household and yard items. will cover basic stitches and various shaping Solidity, strength, resistance to moisture, techniques, cable stitch and how to correct durability, and color fastness characterize all mistakes. We’ll help you plan your project and mosaics. Almost any durable material can spur your creativity. Join us and knit yourself be used for mosaic art: shards of ceramics, into a better state of mind. Please bring a ball mirrors, broken dishes, pebbles, shells, beach or skein of light-color worsted weight yarn, no. glass, and durable found objects. This class 7 or 8 needles, crochet hook size H or G, cable will allow participants to design and complete needle, and a stitch holder. If you prefer, all a small mosaic project and to learn the basic materials can be supplied by the instructor for skills necessary to create other work on their $25. own. All materials, tools and supplies will be Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: M 6:30-9:30PM. provided, however participants are encouraged Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $130. to find pieces to incorporate into their projects. A $20 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class. Additional information will be emailed upon registration. Sec. 01: # sessions: 3 Day: W 6:00-8:30PM. Begins 2/1/2017. Unified Arts Building, $98.

44 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 Specialty Knitting Sewing Like Chanel Irina Taytslin, Instructor Andrea Zax, Instructor Would you like to bring your knitting skills to a Coco Chanel wasn’t afraid to pair wearability higher level or add some specialty techniques with sophistication as she designed and to your repertoire? In this workshop, for wore clothes. In her words, “luxury must be confident knitters, you will learn advanced comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” Learn techniques and work through your plans with a how to alter a clothing pattern, and create a creative and experienced teacher. Techniques garment that has a perfect look, fit, and feel. will include which seams to use to connect For those with some sewing experience, we’ll parts of garments, different ways to correct review the basics of laying out pattern pieces, mistakes, and how to design or re-size a pattern cutting fabric, and assembly rules. You’ll then of your choice. In-class demonstrations may learn to take measurements and transform your include how to create different buttonholes, item into a garment that suits your taste, style, cable patterns, advanced stitches, and and fit. Please bring basic sewing supplies, about the importance of a gauge swatch. including pins, fabric scissors, hand needles, All of your knitting questions or issues will sewing machine needles, seam ripper, and be addressed and resolved in an informal measuring tape. If you wish, please bring a classroom atmosphere. Bring your favorite pattern and pre-washed fabric as well. We have yarn or a project you’re working on to class as several sewing machines on hand, but students well as your knitting tools and practice yarn for are encouraged to bring their own. A $10 shop swatches. fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-9:30PM. Sec. 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:00-9:00PM. Begins 1/18/2017. Brookline High, $180. Begins 1/19/2017. Brookline High, $160. Sec. 02: # sessions: 4 Day: W 6:30-9:30PM. Begins 2/15/2017. Brookline High, $130. Sewing: Complete a Project Andrea Zax, Instructor Get To Know Your Sewing Machine Many of us have started a sewing project, only Andrea Zax, Instructor to put it down unfinished. Take this opportunity, Do you have a sewing machine that you would with a pro at your side, to give your project a like to become better acquainted with? Bring re-boot and complete the job. We’ll talk about your sewing machine with you to this one- the project you are working on, what you’ve day class and learn how to thread needles accomplished, and how to take the next steps. and bobbins, explore stitch settings, receive You’ll be coached on proper sewing technique, a basic introduction to material and thread and guided in correcting mistakes. Materials, choices, and learn how to use the “free arm” alterations, fitting, and measuring will all be on your sewing machine, if it has one. If time topics of discussion, as well as addressing allows, we’ll also discuss a variety of presser specific questions. Whether your project is feet included with sewing machines, special an article of clothing or throw pillow, newly- tension and needle settings, and other options unfinished or has been in the closet for years, such as sewing a buttonhole. We’ll discuss this workshop will help you find closure. Please common sewing snags, and show you how bring your project and basic sewing supplies best to unravel them. Please bring your sewing including pins, fabric scissors, hand needles, machine and manual (if you have one), fabric, a seam ripper, and measuring tape to class. thread, and scissors to class. For our class at Brookline High School we have several sewing machines on hand, but students Sec. 01: # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM- are encouraged to bring their own. A $5 shop 1:00PM. Begins 2/4/2017. Brookline High, fee is included in the class fee. $51. Sec. 01: # sessions: 4 Day: Th 10:00AM- 1:00PM. Begins 1/19/2017. The Korean Sewing: For Beginning and Church of Boston, 32 Harvard Street, Brookline Intermediate Students (enter on Holden Street), $143. CRAFTS & SKILLS CRAFTS Miriam K. Sokoloff, Instructor Using a step-by-step individualized approach, this course will teach basic sewing technique. Students will learn to thread and operate the sewing machine, and to hem clothing both by hand and machine. You’ll work on a class project of your choice and at your ability level. For the first class, please bring a spool of thread, scissors, and a hand needle (sharps #7). Fabric for the first class project is available for purchase from the instructor. Additional supplies will be discussed in class. We have several sewing machines on hand, but students are encouraged to bring their own. A $10 shop fee is included in the course fee. Sec. 01: # sessions: 7 Day: M 3:45-6:15PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160. Sec. 02: # sessions: 7 Day: M 6:30-9:00PM. Begins 1/9/2017. Brookline High, $160.

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WINTER 2017 REGISTRATION FEE WEBSITE LOG-IN Our winter term officially begins onMonday, A $6 registration fee is charged once per person, Our registration system requires that you create January 9, 2017. per semester. This fee helps fund scholarships a log-in if you are registering online (brooklin- so that all can participate. eadulted.org). Instructions will be sent to your HOLIDAYS email account upon user account creation. Classes will not be in session the following SCHOLARSHIPS AND DISCOUNTS dates this winter. All missed classes will be • All School and Town of Brookline Employees SENIOR ONLY COURSES made up at the end of the term. receive a 20 percent discount on course fees Some of our classes are priced and marked • Monday, January 16 (MLK holiday) (excluding food, wine, material, studio, and for seniors only (additional discounts do not • Monday-Saturday, February 20-25 (winter shop fees, and contracted courses). apply). Students 60 years of age or older are eligible to enroll in senior-only classes. break) • Partial tuition-remission is available for those in need of scholarship assistance. OUR HOURS Disabled veterans, persons on Social Security REGISTER EARLY! 24 Webster Place: Our administrative office is Disability (SSDI), or receiving AFDC receive We recommend students register at least one open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through a 25 percent discount on course fees upon week before classes begin. Classes with low Friday. presenting a letter of verification or veterans’ enrollment risk cancellation. Registering early gives the best chance of your class running. Brookline High, Main Office:Our evening/ identification. Please call 617-730-2700 for Saturday office is open from 4:30 pm to 10:00 more information. Please note: completed pm, Monday through Thursday, and on Saturday scholarship forms are due one week in FOOD AND WINE FEES from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. advance of the course start date. For food or wine classes that meet for one Please see our website for special holiday and • Persons over 65 receive 25 percent discount session only, the food and wine fee is included vacation hours. on courses except where indicated. This in the course tuition. For classes that meet discount does not apply to students being two or more sessions, the food or wine fee registered by a senior, to lectures or special is payable to the instructor at the first class. HOW TO REGISTER events, or to courses marked “senior discount Payment is accepted by cash or check only. • Register online 24 hours a day at does not apply,” or to food, wine, material, www.brooklineadulted.org. studio, and shop fees, or to contracted courses. Students ages 60 years of age PROGRAM CHANGES • Call us at 617-730-2700. Our staff will be or older are eligible to enroll in senior-only The program reserves the right to cancel happy to complete your registration over the classes. classes that are under-enrolled, to change phone using MasterCard, VISA, or Discover dates, times, and locations when necessary, Card. • If you are a current student, bring a friend and to substitute instructors. We will contact with you when you register for a class and • Mail your completed registration form (found you with all cancellations and changes to you will receive 10 percent off your course course dates, times, and locations. at the back of this catalog) and payment to tuition. You must be listed in our database to BA&CE, P.O. Box 150, Brookline, MA 02446. be considered a current student. Your friend Please make your check or money order must be new to BA&CE, and registrations payable to the Town of Brookline, or provide COURSE ADMISSION & CONFIRMATIONS must be concurrent for you to receive a BA&CE courses are open to participants 16 your MasterCard, VISA, or Discover Card discount. The discount must be used in the information (no Amex). years of age and older, unless the course is current term, is not transferable, and cannot especially for children. Students must be 21 • Register in person at our Webster Place be combined with other discounts, waivers, or years of age to enroll in courses with wine Office from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday scholarships. or spirits. You are officially enrolled and your through Friday, or at our Brookline High • Please note that if you are eligible for a name is placed upon the class roster as Office from 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm, Monday scholarship or discount, it is not possible to soon as we receive your registration form through Thursday, and on Saturday from register online. Please call the BA&CE office and payment. A confirmation will be emailed, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. at 617-730-2700. provided we have a valid email address. • Email us at [email protected] with your registration information. • Fax your registration form to us at 617-730- 2674. Please be sure to include your credit card information.

46 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 ACCESSIBILITY The Town of Brookline does not discriminate on the basis of disability. If you are a person with a disability or special needs, please let us know in advance so that we can arrange to make your refunds, credits and transfers visit as convenient and comfortable as possible. Upon notice of not less than two weeks, we will provide reasonable modifications for qualified BEFORE THE START OF CLASS individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at 617-730-2700 or email us at [email protected] We will refund your full tuition, or issue you a course credit:  1. In the event that your course is cancelled due to low enrollment. WAITLIST  three (3) business days (Monday- All classes are limited. If the class you wish 2. If you withdraw from a class at least Friday) to register for is filled, you will be placed on in advance of starting time, you may request a refund, minus a $10 a waitlist. Our office will contact you if space processing fee. If you elect to receive a course credit, the $10 processing fee becomes available. Please note: you are not will be waived. The $6 registration fee is non-refundable, unless we cancel officially enrolled if you are still on a waitlist. due to low enrollment.  3. Food and Wine Classes: In order to receive a refund or a credit for a food CLASSROOM NUMBERS or wine course or a food or wine fee we must have at least five (5) business Your classroom number will be posted in the days (Monday-Friday) notice in advance of the starting time of the class. No foyer of the building where your class meets. To refunds or credits are given after this time. determine the building in which your class will be held, please check our catalog or website.  4. Special events and lectures are non-refundable.  5. If you pre-register for drop in sessions, tuition can only be refunded with SNOW CANCELLATION 24-hours notice before the class start time. If Brookline Public Schools are canceled due  to inclement weather, BA&CE classes (both 6. No refunds or credits are given for rescheduled classes or changes to day and evening) are canceled at all locations. locations or instructors. Missed classes will be made up at the end of  7. Refunds will not be given in cash. Credit card refunds will be processed the term. If it begins to snow later in the day, an within five to seven business days. Refunds issued by check will be processed announcement about our evening and Saturday classes will be made on our website and within two to four weeks. outgoing voicemail. 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 choose to withdraw from a food and wine course at least (5) business 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 course during the term (please see transfer policy below). Please note: credits are good for one year only and are non-refundable.

TRANSFERS  1. You may transfer to any other class offered during the term prior to the second meeting of the class you are dropping, provided that there is space available in the class you wish to transfer to. This excludes transfer from one food or wine class to another. No refunds are given for price differences, but any additional amount can be applied to another course in the same term.  2. We regret that no transfers can be granted after the second session of your class.

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.

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BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX Brookline Booksmith (4) The Korean Church of Boston (7) (near Route 9) 279 Harvard Street (Coolidge Corner) 32 Harvard Street (entrance on Holden Street) Brookline High School (1): 115 Greenough t Public Transportation: Take the Green Line Street, Main Office Brookline Senior Center (5) “D” train to Brookline Village. Walk up Har- Dance Studios and Gym (2): 66 Tappan Street 93 Winchester Street. vard Street. Church on left. Or take the #66 bus to the Kent Street or Pierce Street stop. Unified Arts Building(3): 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 Devotion School (6) entrance is located on Holden Street. High School complex on left. 345 Harvard Street (intersects Beacon St.) • By Car: From Route 9, take Sumner Road. t Public Transportation: Take the Green Line Lawrence School (8) 27 Francis Street From Beacon Street, take Washington Street “C” train to Harvard St./Coolidge Corner. or Harvard Street. From Washington Street, Walk up Harvard St. towards Allston. School take Greenough Street. From Harvard Street on right. Or take the #66 Bus up Harvard St. Pierce School (9) 50 School Street take School Street to Washington Street to Greenough Street. • Parking: available on the street. • Parking: For Brookline High and Elementary FIND ADDRESSES, DIRECTIONS, AND Schools, parking is allowed in designated Goddard House (not on map) parking information on our website www.brooklineadulted.org/locations/ school spaces after 3:00pm. During the day, 165 Chestnut Street, Brookline please park on neighboring streets or take the T. FOR DETAILED DIRECTIONS, PLEASE USE: Webster Place: Administrative Office (10) Google Maps (maps.google.com) or Mapquest 24 Webster Place, Brookline Village (mapquest.com).

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48 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Winter 2017 brook winter 2017 Adult & Community Education line PLEASE PRINT Last Name______First Name______Address______Apt. No. ______Town______ZIP Code______Phone _ Home (______)______Mobile (______)______E-mail______Date of Birth______

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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

MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: PLEASE CHARGE TO MY: Total 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 46** (provided we have a valid email address). If billing address differs from home address, please include: ______

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A program of the Brookline Public Schools, BA&CE invites you to enjoy our state-of-the-art educational and Life in a Fishtank vocational spaces for arts and crafts, by Ed Stitt, 2003 computers, exercise, and workshops Oil/Linen, 28” x 14” at BHS and our offsite locations. Courtesy of the owner

Ed Stitt has been living, painting, and teaching in Brookline for thirty years. His work has always been about light, contrasts, life, beauty, color, and intensity. He felt urban landscapes lent themselves to strong drawing and contrasts, bright colors, and juxtapositions of the natural world with the man-made. Whether portraits, still-lifes, or landscapes, Ed tries to paint the “Golden Moment”—when the subject has a timeless beauty or is looking its best possible.