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190 EAST LONG LAKE ROAD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48304 l 248-644-3450 l THEVILLAGECLUB.ORG Invitation to Classes at The Village Club Contents Fall 2019 classes offer you opportunities almost daily to pause, learn, listen, and Bridge and Mah Jongg...... 2 share with friends. Three new instructors join popular returning faculty. Topics range from ’s historic Pewabic to awarding-winning foreign Film and Books...... 4 language films, from decluttering and downsizing to bourbon’s founding fathers History and Art...... 6 and Vincent Van Gogh. Bridge and fitness classes cater to multiple skill levels. Food and Drink...... 7 And there are four hands-on workshops. Find a class to fit your calendar and interests. Join us at the Club! House and Garden...... 8 Self-Expression...... 9 Wellness...... 10 The Village Club Mission Statement Provide a unique private club experience and gracious, friendly environment Instructor Highlights...... 11 for its members while offering cultural, educational, social and philanthropic Registration Information...... 12 opportunities, as well as casual and fine dining. Registration Form...... 12

Class Calendar...... insert CLASSES CHAIR: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Trish Stoltz Margie Burch Joyce MacDonald Debra Partrich Kay Duncan Kathi McWilliams Tina Rowley YOUR PARTICIPATION Janice King IS YOUR SUPPORT THE VILLAGE CLUB 2019 FALL CLASSES

Bridge and Mah Jongg Beginning Bridge Spotlight Bridge Seminars CLASS #100 Four bridge seminars with Lynn Root give intermediate and in- This class is for new bridge players. Participants are intro- termediate plus players the opportunity to deepen knowledge duced to the beginning basics of bridge with an emphasis on and increase effectiveness in four critical areas. Each seminar bidding. Each session includes a lecture and group activities, is designed to stand alone—take any or all. The class consists including playing of hands to reinforce topics covered. No of lecture, discussion, and questions in the first hour—feel bridge knowledge is required. free to bring your questions to class—followed by the play of pre-dealt hands in the second hour. Prior bridge knowledge is Instructor: Laura Burke expected. Class Dates: Wednesdays, September 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (6 sessions) Instructor: Lynn Root Class Times: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Class Dates: Tuesdays, October 1, 8; November 5, 12 Fee: $90 Member, $120 Nonmember Class Times: 10:00 a.m. – Noon Fee for Defense in Bridge Each Class: $15 Member, $20 Nonmember CLASS #101 SEMINAR 1: TWO-OVER-ONE BIDDING – CLASS #106 This class focuses on the defensive aspect of bridge. Topics Seminar 1 focuses on the very popular two-over-one bidding covered include opening leads against no-trump and suit systems used today. This class covers 1NT forcing and 9-card contracts, defensive signaling, developing defensive tricks, major suit trump bids, including Jacoby 2NT and splinter bids. and second- and third-hand play. Each session consists of a lecture and group activities, including playing of hands to Class Date: Tuesday, October 1 illustrate topics covered. Participants should be familiar with the gen-eral concepts of bridge bidding and play of the hand. SEMINAR 2: SUIT BIDDING AND OVERCALLS – CLASS #107 Instructor: Laura Burke Seminar 2 focuses on describing the strength required to open Class Dates: Wednesdays, September 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, a suit contract at the one level as well as responses to that 30 (6 sessions) opening bid. This class also covers overcalls in the second and Class Times: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. fourth seat. Fee: $90 Member, $120 Nonmember Class Date: Tuesday, October 8 Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge SEMINAR 3: BIDDING AND PLAYING NO TRUMP – Monthly ACBL-sanctioned bridge games include a mini lesson CLASS #108 by Lynn Root at 12:30 p.m. followed by play at 1:00 p.m. Games Seminar 3 covers different levels for opening NT bids and are open to players with fewer than 200 master points. Players responses. This class also covers playing a no-trump hand MUST register BEFORE the game, through either The Village effectively. Club or the instructor ([email protected]). Each game Class Date: Tuesday, November 5 requires a separate registration. Instructor: Lynn Root SEMINAR 4: DEFENSE—LEADS AND SIGNALING – Class Times: 12:30 – 4:15 p.m. CLASS #109 Seminar 4 covers key defensive bridge techniques, including Fee: $10 for each class, leads, signaling, and card play. The bidding discussion focuses Member and Nonmember on bidding in the balancing seat. SEPTEMBER CLASS #102 Class Date: Tuesday, November 12 Class Date: Tuesday, September 24

OCTOBER CLASS #103 BRIDGE NOTE: The Village Club bridge program goes Class Date: Tuesday, October 22 well beyond classes. Members participate in weekly duplicate bridge games, Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. and NOVEMBER CLASS #104 Fridays at noon, throughout the year. The Club also Class Date: Tuesday, November 19 sponsors “marathon bridge,” in which players set their own schedule of rubber bridge games, competing in DECEMBER CLASS #105 leagues in a more casual atmosphere. Options include Class Date: Tuesday, December 17 leagues for couples and for snowbirds. To learn more or sign up, contact Wendy Beck (248-891-3909 or 2 l THEVILLAGECLUB.ORG [email protected]). ClassesCatalogue

Barometer Game Supervised Play SERIES #110 CLASS #117 This is a supervised, ACBL-sanctioned game for This class is designed for players relatively new intermediate and intermediate plus players. Each to the game of bridge who want to play and week participants play 12 pre-dealt hands; all improve in a friendly and supportive setting with tables play the same hand at the same time. After access to guidance and feedback. Hands are ran- each hand, the instructor leads discussion of the domly dealt, and advice is available on the spot bidding and the play of the hand. Bridge scoring related to bidding, defense, and declarer play. is also covered. Partnerships are encouraged but Participants should have some basic knowledge not required; teams move tables and play with of bridge and some experience playing bridge. other teams in a duplicate style. It is a great way Instructor: Laura Burke to learn new bidding styles, get an introduction to duplicate play, and meet new players. For your Class Dates: Wednesdays, November 13, 20; December 4 convenience, register once for the whole series of six (3 sessions) classes or for each class individually. Players MUST register BEFORE the game through either Class Times: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The Village Club or the instructor (lerooty@ Fee: $36 Member, $48 Nonmember gmail.com). Instructor: Lynn Root Beginning Mah Jongg Class Dates: Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 29; CLASS #118 November 5, 12; December 10 Mah Jongg is an ancient Chinese game played (6 sessions) with colorful tiles. Introduced in the West in the Class Times: 2:00 – 4:45 p.m. 1920s, it is a popular table game of strategy, Fee for Series calculation, and chance. It’s not as hard as it of 6 Sessions: $90 Member, $120 Nonmember looks! This class is designed for beginners and those who want a refresher. Continue by playing Fee for at The Village Club with the Mah Jongg Club. Each Class: $15 Member, $20 Nonmember (Limited to 8 participants; sign up early.) BAROMETER GAME 1 – CLASS #111 Instructor: Marilyn Cohen Class Date: Tuesday, October 1 Class Dates: Tuesday, October 15, and Wednesday, October 16 (2 sessions) BAROMETER GAME 2 – CLASS #112 Class Times: 10:00 a.m. – Noon Class Date: Tuesday, October 8 Fee: $40 Member, $50 Nonmember (2019 official scorecards available at BAROMETER GAME 3 – CLASS #113 the first session for $8) Class Date: Tuesday, October 29

BAROMETER GAME 4 – CLASS #114 Class Date: Tuesday, November 5

BAROMETER GAME 5 – CLASS #115 Class Date: Tuesday, November 12

BAROMETER GAME 6 – CLASS #116 Class Date: Tuesday, December 10

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Film and Books FILM 101: Oscar-Nominated Film 101: Cold War CLASS #201 Foreign Language Films Cold War (Poland, 2018), directed by Pawel At the 91st Academy Awards, the nominees for Pawlikowski, starring Tomasz Kot and Joanna Best Foreign Language Film were arguably the Kulig. In the 1950s, a music director falls in love most accomplished set of films in any category. with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee Representing Mexico, Japan, Poland, Germany, communist Poland with him for a new life in and Lebanon, the films Roma, Shoplifters, Cold France. In addition to its Best Foreign Language War, Never Look Away, and Capernaum moved Film nomination, Cold War was nominated for beyond their Foreign Language Film label to Best Director and Best Cinematography. compete in multiple categories up (Best Picture, Best Director) and down (Best Cinematography, PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW Best Sound) the ballot, combining for a total of Class Date: Thursday, October 10 17 nominations and 3 Oscars. Join Dr. Tara Hayes for a series dedicated to showcasing the best of Film 101: Never Look Away cinema around the world. Register separately for CLASS #202 each class. Never Look Away (Germany, 2018), directed by PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Instructor: Dr. Tara Hayes Tom Schilling and Sebastian Koch. German art- Class Dates: Thursdays, September 12; ist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and October 10; November 14; now lives in West Germany. Free in body but December 12 not in mind, he is tormented by memories of his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime. Class Times: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Never Look Away was also nominated for Best Fee for Cinematography. Each Class: $20 Member, $30 Nonmember PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW Film 101: Roma Class Date: Thursday, November 14 CLASS #200 Roma (Mexico, 2018), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Film 101: Shoplifters starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira. CLASS #203 Set in Mexico in the 1970s, Roma details a year Shoplifters (Japan, 2018), directed by Hirokazu in the life of a middle-class family’s live-in maid Koreeda, starring Lily Frank, Sakura Ando, and Cleo. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, Roma Kirin Kiki. When a family by choice—a group won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film bound by biology, love, experience, and necessi- and Best Cinematography, and Cuarón was voted ty—takes in a child they find outside in the cold, Best Director. In addition, Aparicio, the maid, their carefully constructed and hidden life draws and Tavira, mother of the family of four, were unwanted attention and unravels secrets. nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively. PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW Class Date: Thursday, December 12 PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW Class Date: Thursday, September 12

FILM 101 NOTE: Film clips are screened during class sessions; however, participants are strongly encouraged to view each film in its entirety prior to the session in which it is discussed. There is a complimentary screening of each film at The Village Club on the Friday before each class from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. These films are available on DVD for checkout from local libraries. For home viewing, you can also find them on On Demand or on Amazon Prime, Google Play, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and similar apps.

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THE READERS The Readers: Where the The Readers is a book study class that meets monthly for Crawdads Sing group discussion facilitated by Cathleen Russ. The four books CLASS #206 selected by the group for fall 2019 include both fiction and Where the Crawdads Sing (2018, 384 pages), by non-fiction. All recount the dramatic lives of captivating char- Delia Owens. “For years, rumors of the ‘Marsh acters, from pioneers in the American West to heroic women Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town in World War II Europe, from a reclusive young woman on the on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, North Carolina coast to the internationally famous Bouvier when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals sisters, Jackie and Lee. Register separately for each class. immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Instructor: Cathleen Russ Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has Class Dates: Tuesdays, September 10; survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, find- October 8; November 12; December 10 ing friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time Class Times: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Fee per Class: $10 Member, $20 Nonmember Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable hap- The Readers: The Lost Girls pens.” (http://amazon.com) of Paris Class Date: Tuesday, November 12 CLASS #204 The Readers: The Fabulous The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel (2019, 384 pages), by Pam Jenoff. In 1946 Manhattan, “passing Bouvier Sisters through Grand Central Terminal on her way CLASS #207 to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Grace opens the suitcase, Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee (2018, where she discovers a dozen photographs—each of a different 336 pages), by Sam Karshner and Nancy woman. In a moment of impulse, Grace takes the photographs Schoenberger. “When 64-year-old Jackie and quickly leaves the station. [She] soon learns that… these Kennedy Onassis died, her younger sister Lee wept women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio inconsolably. Then Jackie’s 38-page will was read. Lee dis- operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, covered that substantial cash bequests were left to family their fates a mystery. Setting out to learn the truth be-hind the members, friends, and employees—but nothing to her. ‘I have women in the photographs, Grace finds herself drawn to a made no provision in this my Will for my sister, Lee B. Radziwill, young mother turned agent named Marie, whose daring for whom I have great affection, because I have already done mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship, valor so during my lifetime,’ read Jackie’s final testament…. In life, and betrayal.” Based on true events. (http://amazon.com) Jackie and Lee were alike in so many ways. Both women had Class Date: Tuesday, September 10 a keen eye for beauty—in fashion, design, painting, music, dance, sculpture, poetry—and both were talented artists…. But Jackie was her father’s favorite, and Lee, her mother’s. One The Readers: The Pioneers would grow to become the most iconic woman of her time, CLASS #205 while the other lived in her shadow. As they grew up, the two The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who sisters developed an extremely close relationship threaded Brought the American Ideal West (2019, 352 pag- with rivalry, jealousy, and competition.” (http://amazon.com) es), by David McCullough. “As part of the Treaty Class Date: Tuesday, December 10 of Paris [in 1783], Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, , and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal , and most impor- tantly, the prohibition of slavery”— ideas that would come to define America. (http://amazon.com) Class Date: Tuesday, October 8

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History and Art Vincent (AD 1853-1890) Inside the DIA: Clothes, Body Art, CLASS #300 and What They Mean The troubled life of Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent CLASS #302 Willem Van Gogh continues to intrigue us. Willem Dafoe’s This is a two-part presentation on the DIA and one of its many 2018 Oscar-nominated portrayal of the painter in At Eternity’s collections. In the first hour, DIA docent Carlene VanVoorhies Gate is but one example. The DIA, first public museum in the explores the history of the DIA. She discusses how the mu- U.S. to purchase a painting by Van Gogh (a celebrated self- seum was founded, how the collection was built, and how the portrait from 1887), is organizing an exhibition for summer institution has been supported for more than 130 years. You 2020 featuring more than 50 Van Gogh paintings and draw- understand why the DIA is considered today one of the most ings from museums around the world. Van Gogh worked at a renowned and innovative art museums in the world. In the feverish pace, creating landscapes, still lifes, and portraits in second hour, Carlene discusses clothing and body art, and the bold colors with dynamic brushwork—810 oil paintings in the many ways that they communicate personal, political, and last two years of his life. Never commercially successful, mental cultural identity. The clothing we wear can say a lot about us! illness and poverty dogged him until his suicide at age 37. In a Carlene draws on examples from the DIA collection as well as presentation full of light and color, Maureen Esther discusses other museums to illustrate the significance of costuming and the life and work of Van Gogh, now considered among the adornment throughout history. most influential figures in the history of Western art, and his wonderful gift to us. Instructor: Carlene VanVoorhies Instructor: Maureen Esther Class Date: Thursday, October 24 Class Date: Friday, September 20 Class Times: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Class Times: 1:00 –2:30 p.m. Fee: $20 Member, $30 Nonmember Fee: $20 Member, $30 Nonmember Hands-On Workshop: Pewabic Pottery: Tile Making at Pewabic Pottery A History Handcrafted CLASS #303 Detroit’s Pewabic Pottery became a major creative force in in Detroit the international . Unusual irides- CLASS #301 cent glazes and distinctive architectural tiles are hallmarks Take a peek inside the world of Detroit’s of Pewabic . This class, held at the pottery, begins iconic Pewabic Pottery. Founded in 1903 with a docent-led tour on the history of Pewabic and the by neighbors Mary Chase tile-making process. See examples of historic Pewabic ceram- Perry Stratton and , ics, and learn how the clay is made, how tiles are pressed and Pewabic quickly became known for Perry Stratton’s discov- glazed, and how pieces are fired. The class includes a hands-on ery and mastery of iridescent glazes. Her tiles became a key workshop, in which you press a tile using the same process as architectural element in numerous Detroit landmarks, includ- Pewabic tile pressers and glaze a tile to be fired for you at the ing the , the DIA, and the Detroit Public pottery. Finished tiles are available for pick-up in 4-6 weeks. Library’s Main Library, to name a few. They are also prominent (For a companion class on the role of Pewabic in the history of in Bloomfield Hills in numerous installations throughout the Detroit and the Arts and Crafts movement in America, see Class Cranbrook Educational Community and at . #301.) More than a century after its humble start in a stable, the pot- Instructor: Pewabic Pottery docent and staff tery remains in operation. Today a nonprofit, Pewabic Pottery continues to pursue its mission to enrich the human spirit Class Date: Friday, October 25 with clay: producing tiles and vessels; contributing to Detroit’s Class Times: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. renaissance as an element in Comerica Park, Little Caesars Location: Pewabic Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson Ave., Arena, and each QLINE station; and offering educational op- Detroit, MI 48214 – (313) 626-2000 portunities throughout the community. (For a companion class, Fee: $55 Member, $65 Nonmember a museum tour and hands-on tile-making workshop at Pewabic Pottery, see Class #303.) Instructor: Cara Catallo Class Date: Thursday, September 26 Class Times: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Fee: $20 Member, $30 Nonmember

6 l THEVILLAGECLUB.ORG ClassesCatalogue Food and Drink Hands-On Workshop: The Instant Pot: Your Hand Pies at Sister Pie Versatile Kitchen Partner CLASS #400 (Open to Village Club members only) CLASS #402 Sister Pie is a bright corner bakery-restaurant The Instant Pot is an impressive culinary tool that in Detroit’s West Village, known for its nontra- has become very popular. Do you know how to ditional flavor combinations, consistent regard use your Instant Pot to the fullest? The Instant Pot for local agriculture, and the flakiest piecrust can perform many common cooking tasks: you in town. Owner/head baker Lisa Ludwinski can pressure cook, slow cook, steam, sauté, or launched Sister Pie in 2012 with 40 Thanksgiving warm. Some models can be used to bake, steril- pies baked in her parents’ Milford kitchen. Her ize, boil eggs, or make yogurt. In this workshop, vision? “A good-food/do-good kind of place that Chef Pam demonstrates the amazing array of emphasized the importance of happy employees dishes that can be cooked with the Instant Pot and sustainable food-business practices.” She and as she uses it to prepare Strawberry Yogurt; Sister Pie have since risen to national acclaim by Caramelized Onion Dip; Risotto with Pancetta, culinary experts and foodies alike, and her classes Peas, and Mushrooms; Beef Pitas with Tzatziki; are routinely sold out months in advance. In this and Lemon Cheesecake. In addition, Chef Pam hands-on workshop, you learn how to assemble discusses the safety features of the Instant Pot, Sister Pie’s signature savory hand pies. Start with how to use its preset function, and how to keep a hand pie and cookie snack. Then, learn how the pot clean. You sample, take home recipes, to make the hand pie dough, roll it out, and as- and put your Instant Pot to work, for the holidays semble hand pies with one of Sister Pie’s favorite and every day. vegetable fillings. At the end of class, you bake Instructor: Chef Pam Gustairs your hand pies to take home. Class Dates: Friday, November 1 Instructor: Lisa Ludwinski Class Times: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Class Dates: Tuesday, September 17 Fee: $50 Member, $60 Nonmember Class Times: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: 8066 Kercheval Ave., Detroit, MI 48214 – (313) 447-5550 Fee: $90 Member Founding Fathers of Bourbon CLASS #401 Elijah Craig, Jim Beam, E. H. Taylor, and Pappy Van Winkle-—all famous names in the history of bourbon—they can be called the founding fathers of bourbon. Their contributions in the 1800s paved the way to the delicious spirit that we enjoy today and the methods used to pro- duce it. This class covers the story of these found- ing fathers and their impact, from the beginning of whiskey making in America to the present, with samples from the Houses of Bourbon they founded that thrive today. Instructor: Paula Techlin Class Dates: Friday, October 18 Class Times: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Fee: $35 Member, $45 Nonmember

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House and Garden Downsizing: It’s Like Eating Hands-On Workshop: an Elephant Holiday Table and Door Décor CLASS #500 at Goldner Walsh From seasonal closet cleaning to the life chal- CLASS #501 lenge of downsizing and relocation—declutter- Join friends for a holiday floral workshop in the ing and discarding, saving and organizing can bright, spacious greenhouse at Goldner Walsh be daunting tasks that require both physical Garden and Home. Members of the floral shop and emotional energy, and a plan that’s right for team discuss holiday decorating with flowers you. Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed when and greens, floral centerpieces, door swags, and you start or even consider the idea? In this class, wreaths. Choose which one you want to create, organizing expert Carolyn Stieger outlines how take home, and enjoy. The florists offer guid- you can take control of “too much stuff.” No one ance at each step—from preparing the base or method fits all, she cautions. Every person makes container to selecting and assembling greens, unique choices about what to eliminate and adding flowers and/or other decorative ele- what to keep, and in any plan, these also must be ments, and refreshing your creation in the weeks honored. Downsizing is like eating an elephant— to follow. All materials, including containers for it has to be one bite at a time. floral arrangements, are provided, but bring you Instructor: Carolyn Stieger own container if you wish. Happy holidays! Class Dates: Wednesday, September 18 Instructor: Goldner Walsh florists Class Times: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Class Dates: Wednesday, November 20 Fee: $20 Member, $30 Nonmember Class Times: 10:30 a.m. – Noon Location: Goldner Walsh Garden and Home, 559 Orchard Lake Road (between Woodward and Telegraph), Pontiac, MI 48341 – (248) 332-6430 Fee: $45 Member, $55 Nonmember

Did you know? The Village Club has been voted the best Suburban Detroit Private Club for the past six years (2014-19) by the readers of Hour Detroit magazine.

8 l THEVILLAGECLUB.ORG ClassesCatalogue Self-Expression The Village Club Writers One-on-One with CLASS #600 Your iPhone or iPad Perhaps you’ve thought about writing your life Want to learn more things you can do with your story—creating a memoir as a legacy for your iPhone and/or iPad? Then this is the class for you. children, grandchildren, or friends—but you can’t Learn how to make reservations at The Village seem to get started. Joining a writing group is Club, look at the Classes Catalogue, or view the the best way to begin. The Village Club Writers is weekly E-Blast, which lists Club events. You can a small group dedicated to writing and sharing do this and more with your iPhone. Learn how life stories. Group members meet twice a month to identify suspicious emails, recognize “phish- to encourage one another as they talk and ing” (a fraudulent attempt, usually through write about the memorable events in their lives email, to steal your personal information), and and learn techniques to enhance their writing. stop unwanted advertising from online retail Participation in this lively group will bring you stores. Bring your questions, your Apple Device a real sense of accomplishment and a whole new passwords, and IDs for your Apple and email ac- group of friends. Come to the first session on counts. You receive a stylus, which can provide September 5, at no cost, to learn more about The accuracy, convenience, and comfort while you Village Club Writers and see if this group is a navigate around your device. Classes are one-on- good fit for you. You will wonder why you waited one—just you and the instructor. The instructor so long to begin such a rewarding project. customizes your hour to address your specific Instructor: Miranda Burnett questions. Fee is charged per one-hour lesson. Class Dates: Thursdays, September 5, 12; Instructor: Catherine Connelly October 10, 24; November 7, 14; December 5, 12 (8 sessions) CLASS #601 Class Times: 10:00 a.m. – Noon Class Dates: Fridays, September 6; October 4; November 1; December 6 Fee: $144 Member, $160 Nonmember Class Times: 11:00 a.m. – Noon Fee: $18 Member, $28 Nonmember

CLASS #602 Class Dates: Fridays, September 6; October 4; November 1; December 6 Class Times: Noon – 1:00 p.m. Fee: $18 Member, $28 Nonmember

Anyone Can Paint CLASS #603 Back by popular demand! Join the fun! Steve Wood provides skillful step-by-step instruction with a blend of humor and encouragement. Relax with friends and enjoy a glass of wine while you paint. You leave with a finished 11 x 14 acrylic painting, suitable for framing. Absolutely no experience required—Steve proves that anyone can paint. Instructor: Steve Wood Class Date: Thursday, October 17 Class Times: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Fee: $40 Member, $50 Nonmember

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Wellness Combination Yoga and Balance, Stability, and Strength Are you afraid of falling? Do you feel like your strength has Mat Pilates declined? With this class, recognize improvements in coordina- This is a hybrid class that blends Pilates with yoga stretching, tion, mobility, strength, and posture. Led by Lori Lico Harbour, strength training, balance work, breath work, and relaxation AAFA certified teacher and older adult fitness specialist, this to tone and strengthen the entire body, but especially upper class is designed to give you greater stability as you age, arms, abdomen, hips, and legs. The class is offered with many prevent falls and fall-related injuries, and keep you strong and modifications so that each participant, regardless of experi- independent. Join for a month of weekly sessions or for the ence or current fitness level, can comfortably challenge herself. season. You must be comfortable standing up from a seated A certified yoga therapist and highly experienced Pilates in- position and standing in 5-minute increments. Please wear structor, Kathy Forgrave welcomes all and is adept at providing suitable shoes and bring a set of hand weights. group instruction that meets individual needs. Instructor: Lori Lico Harbour Instructor: Kathy Forgrave Class Times: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CLASS #700 (Open to Village Club members only) Fee for Class Dates: Mondays Each Class: $40 Member, $50 Nonmember (4-session class) Class Times: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. $30 Member, $40 Nonmember (3-session class) Punch Card: $99 Member for any 10 classes (non-expiring) BALANCE, STABILITY, AND STRENGTH 1 – Walk-In Fee CLASS #702 per Class: $15 Member Class Dates: Thursdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26 (4 sessions)

CLASS #701 BALANCE, STABILITY, AND STRENGTH 2 – Class Dates: Wednesdays CLASS #703 Class Times: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Class Dates: Thursdays, October 10, 17, 24, 31 (4 sessions) Punch Card: $99 Member, $120 Nonmember, for any 10 classes (non-expiring) BALANCE, STABILITY, AND STRENGTH 3 – CLASS #704 Walk-In Fee per Class: $15 Member, $20 Nonmember Class Dates: Thursdays, November 7, 14, 21 (3 sessions) BALANCE, STABILITY, AND STRENGTH 4 – CLASS #705 STICK AROUND AFTER CLASS! Class Dates: Thursdays, December 5, 12, 19 (3 sessions) We offer tea, coffee, citrus-infused water, and Chair Yoga steamed spa towels as a gesture CLASS #706 of hospitality and to give you an opportunity This class with Karen Lutz focuses on connecting breathing, to slow down and connect with each other. body, and spirit to help you find strength, balance, and added flexibility. Chairs are used in both seated and standing postures, and you may always go at your own pace. Karen particularly recommends chair yoga to those who work at a desk all day or spend much of the day sitting, not moving about. Instructor: Karen Lutz Class Dates: Thursdays Class Times: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Punch Card: $99 Member, $120 Nonmember, for any 10 classes (non-expiring) Walk-In Fee per Class: $15 Member, $20 Nonmember

10 l THEVILLAGECLUB.ORG ClassesCatalogue Instructor Highlights BURKE, LAURA ESTHER, MAUREEN HAYES, TARA RUSS, CATHLEEN BRIDGE AND HISTORY AND ART FILM AND BOOKS FILM AND BOOKS MAH JONGG Maureen Esther is a “history-teller,” with a Tara Hayes, PhD, has advanced degrees in Cathleen Russ has a background in public Laura Burke began playing bridge a decade lifelong love for history and art. Educated English and American literature, and film library administration and teaches in the ago and was awarded her Life Master in at the and Oakland industry experience at Dream Works. Areas library science program at Wayne State August 2015. She has discovered bridge University, she continues to study these of special interest include early modern University. This is her 19th year leading to be enriching, not only socially but also subjects through reading and research. English drama, 19th-century American The Readers book group. mentally and competitively. She enjoys For almost 30 years, she has shared her literature, and 20th-century film. Known teaching new and experienced students to knowledge in presentations to audiences locally as “ The Book (& Film) Club Professor,” STIEGER, CAROLYN appreciate and benefit from the great game of all ages, on subjects ranging from King she leads groups in lively discussions about HOUSE AND GARDEN of bridge. Tut to the Titanic, from Elizabeth I to the works in print and film. A certified relocation and transition special- American Civil War. ist, Carolyn Stieger was co-owner of Right BURNETT, MIRANDA LUDWINSKI, LISA Moves for Seniors, a company in Berkley to SELF-EXPRESSION FORGRAVE, KATHY FOOD AND DRINK assist people with all aspects of downsizing An experienced writer, editor, and coach, WELLNESS A 2019 James Beard Foundation finalist for and moving. She has held prominent lead- Miranda Burnett has been helping people Kathy Forgrave is an E- Registered Yoga Outstanding Baker (and semifinalist in 2017 ership roles in the industry, including serv- write their life stories for almost two Teacher (E-RYT) through the Yoga Alliance and 2018), Lisa Ludwinski trained in New ing as President of the National Association decades, and she has seen lives change for and lead instructor at the Beaumont School York before opening her own business in of Senior Move Managers (2013-15). the better when people review their past of Yoga Therapy Teacher Level 1 RYT 200 2012. She has been featured widely in the and share their stories with family and Training Program. She currently provides national press, including Bon Appetit, New TECHLIN, PAULA friends. Her workshops encourage creativity yoga therapy to the Beaumont patient York Times, and Eater. Her 2018 cookbook, FOOD AND DRINK and the discovery of hidden writing skills. population, and she teaches private and The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Paula Techlin is an engineer at the General Miranda is a Village Club member. group yoga classes. She is also certified Bakery in Detroit, became an immediate Motors Aerodynamics Laboratory; she holds in Reiki, an alternative therapy known as New York Times bestseller and was named BS and MS degrees from the universities CATALLO, CARA energy healing. one of the three best baking books that of Michigan and Wisconsin respectively. HISTORY AND ART year. Certified as a Bourbon Steward by Stave & Local author and preservationist Cara GOLDNER WALSH Thief, the bourbon industry’s credentialing Catallo knew about Pewabic from her GARDEN & HOME LUTZ, KAREN program, she and her husband continue to grandmother who grew up in the pottery’s HOUSE AND GARDEN WELLNESS build their personal“bourbon library”and eastside Detroit neighborhood. As an adult, Goldner Walsh Garden & Home, in the Karen Lutz is certified as an Experienced participate in select barrel picks with Napa Cara wanted to learn more, but couldn’t historic district of Pontiac, is a landscape Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) through Valley Beverage in Sterling Heights. She is a find a definitive history so she set out to design-build company with a floral depart- the Yoga Alliance. She has taught in many Village Club member. write one. Cara attended Cranbrook before ment, garden center, tropical greenhouse, yoga studios in the area and is currently the transferring to Bard College at Simon’s Rock and garden-plant nursery of almost 10 yoga instructor at Next, Birmingham’s cen- VAN VOORHIES, in western Massachusetts. She earned her acres. In business since 1953, the company ter for senior services, and at the Bloomfield CARLENE bachelor’s degree there and a master’s in actively supports its local community and Township Senior Center. HISTORY AND ART journalism at Northwestern. She currently the arts, and hosts numerous events all Carlene VanVoorhies pursues her lifelong lives in Clarkston. year, from book signings and art openings, PEWABIC POTTERY interest in the arts with passion, as a trav- to weddings and corporate events. HISTORY AND ART eler, collector, and educator. She has been COHEN, MARILYN In continuous operation since it was an Interpretive Program Volunteer with the BRIDGE AND GUSTAIRS, PAM founded in 1903, Detroit’s world-renowned DIA for nine years. During that time, she MAH JONGG FOOD AND DRINK Pewabic Pottery is today a nonprofit orga- has conducted public and private tours in An experienced Mah Jongg teacher for Chef Pam Gustairs graduated with honors nization that includes an active production the museum, and presented programs at nearly a decade, Marilyn Cohen says she from the Schoolcraft College of Culinary pottery, museum and gift shop, and classes community venues over 2,000 times. has played and enjoyed the game for most Arts. She has participated in cooking in the ceramic arts, onsite and in the com- of her life. classes at the Cordon Bleu in Paris and the munity, for all ages and abilities. WOOD, STEVE Culinary Institute in Nice. Her own cooking SELF-EXPRESSION CONNELLY, CATHERINE school, “Cooking Up Good Taste,” features ROOT, LYNN Steve Wood is an artist, instructor, and SELF-EXPRESSION hands-on cooking classes and catering of BRIDGE AND former award-winning television host. A retired middle school teacher, Catherine small events. MAH JONGG He began painting at age 35, later than Connelly is an experienced instructor Respected bridge player, Silver Life Master, most professional artists, and studied with of technology. By means of Apple’s iOS HARBOUR, LORI LICO and ACBL-certified bridge teacher, Lynn well-known painters across the country. He updates, she stays current with new WELLNESS Root has experience teaching students of has won numerous awards for his landscape features and devices. A poet, she has A group fitness instructor for more than 25 varying levels. She is an ACBL Club Director painting; his work hangs in both public and published two books of poetry composed years and a specialist in older adult fitness, with responsibility for sanctioned bridge private collections. His passion is sharing on her iPad: The Nature of Poetry (2010) and Lori Lico Harbour is certified by the Aerobics games in the surrounding area, and she his expertise with others to prove that I Feel Like the Weather (2013). She donates and Fitness Association of America. She is has served on the board of the Southern anyone can paint. Steve teaches all levels of the proceeds to the fight against cancer. a Foundation Training instructor and a spe- Michigan Bridge Association. students in his studio, online, and onsite. Catherine is a Village Club member. cialist in brains and balance. She conducts fitness classes in community and senior centers throughout the area.

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