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AUTUMN 2019 On Our Cover In the Beginning by Ullrrich Javier Lemus Used with kind permission of the artist, along with Reverend Matthew Fox and Bishop Marc Andrus, co-authors of Stations of the Cosmic Christ, published by Unity Publishers where the piece can be found. “Most of my pieces manifest an Indigenous heritage. Some of them look very ancestral, very old, or just came about naturally when I formed them or made them. I never did sketches or anything–they just came from my mind directly, and always with curves, influenced by my indigenous ancestry and also influenced by nature itself, by the shape of the stars or the shape of the plants or the animals who I love so much too.” —Ullrrich Javier Lemus

From the Director LCE Online Complete course descriptions, class rom learning about the Big Table of Contents status, and registration information Around Our Town...... 11 FBang and Astronomy (page 12), can be found online at studying Creation Myths from Body / Mind...... 37 www.lexingtoncommunityed.org Business, Career & Finance...... 34 Around the World (page 13), Lexington Public Schools Courses for Children ...... 27 putting pencil or brush to paper Superintendent of Schools: Computers...... 26 Dr. Julie Hackett (pages 19- 20), to practicing Cooking...... 32 Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, mindfulness and meditation (pages Instruction, and Professional Development: Creating Community...... 10 38-39), or a musical instrument Christine Lyons, M.Ed., PhD Daytime Classes...... 34 (pages 15-17), to Memoir Writing LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELL/Languages...... 22 Chair: Eileen Jay (page 18), or saying “hello” to Exercise and Dance...... 39 Kate Colburn a new acquaintance in a new Alessandro Alessandrini Fine Arts, Fabric & Kathleen Lenihan language (pages 22-25), we invite Graphic Arts...... 19 Deepak Sawhney you to peruse and participate in the Home, Hobbies and Travel...... 33 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Rosanna Jiang many good beginnings that await Humanities...... 12 you at LCE this autumn. LCE Presents...... 3 Lexington Community Education Music Appreciation...... 14 Director: Craig Hall — Craig Hall, Director Music Performance/ Manager of Programming: Theater Arts...... 15 Andrea Paquette About Lexington Registrar: Amy Sullivan Community Education Parenting Perspectives...... 32 Accounts Payable: Deniele Pozz LCE is a self-sustaining, integral part of Test Preparation/ 146 Maple Street the Lexington Public School system that is College Planning...... 30 Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 committed to promoting lifelong learning. Writing...... 18 (Access office via 328 Lowell Street) Our programs are open to all regardless Telephone 781.862.8043 Instructor Biographies...... of residency and are appropriate for 43 Fax 781.863.5829 participants 16 years of age and over. Registration Information...... 46 [email protected] Our Classes for Children are for specific Directions...... 46 www.lexingtoncommunityed.org ages. LCE provides an extensive summer facebook.com/lexingtoncommunityed children’s program called Lexplorations Registration Form...... 47 which offers classes for creative and Exercise Release...... 47 Catalog Design: Pehlke Design academic enrichment. Cancellation and Refund Policy...... 46

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They Enable Us to See: Non-Jewish The 5C’s of Successful ADHD Rescue of Jewish Memory in Poland Parenting WITH LEORA TEC WITH DR. SHARON SALINE Tuesday, September 10, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Monday September 23, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SRES Lexington Depot, 20 Depot Square • $15 • SADHD Lexingtonian Leora Tec Dr. Sharon Saline, a veteran has recently returned psychologist, has extensive from seven months experience working with children, in Poland which she teens, parents and school staff spent interviewing on how to better manage ADHD, non-Jewish Poles who and discusses how listening to devote themselves and working with the voices of to preserving Jewish kids diagnosed with ADHD can memory. Leora will improve cooperation and success. introduce us to some of Based on her new book, What Your these amazing people and will share clips from video interviews ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: she conducted with them in Poland. Working Together to Empower Leora Tec is the founder and director of Bridge To Poland, which Kids for Success in School and Life, creates immersive travel experiences that focus on Jewish life in Dr. Saline offers rare insights into how kids honestly think and Poland and how it is being commemorated today. Leora is the feel about having ADHD and what best helps them. She will daughter of Holocaust survivor and scholar Nechama Tec, whose share her unique, strength-based approach–’the 5C’s of ADHD work focuses on rescue and resistance. Leora sees her work as parenting,’ that helps families improve self-Control, Compassion, the second generation of her mother’s work. Nechama Tec writes Collaboration, Consistency and Celebration. Expect to leave about those who saved lives. Leora works with those who are this evening with a clear understanding of ADHD and why saving memory. Leora is the American Ambassador to Brama executive functioning skills matter, practical tools for managing Grodzka-Teatr-NN and serves on the Board of the American challenging behaviors, tips for developing better study habits Association for Polish Jewish Studies. She holds a B.A. from and creating useful routines that improve student achievement Wellesley College and a J.D./ LL.M from Duke University School and strategies for improving organization and motivation. Dr. of Law. Saline’s collaborative approach integrates mindfulness, cognitive therapy and positive psychology while teaching effective skills to reduce the stress in families’ lives. Sharon Saline, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years’ experience, is a top expert on ADHD, anxiety, learning differences and mental health challenges and their impact on school and family dynamics. Her unique perspective as a sibling of a child who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined with decades of academic excellence and clinical experience, assists her in guiding families as they navigate from the confusing LCE is proud to partner with maze of diagnoses and conflict to successful interventions and Porter Square Books of Cambridge. connections. Dr. Saline is a member of ADDitude Magazine’s portersquarebooks.com ADHD Specialist Panel. Dr. Saline is a graduate of Brown University, she received her master’s degree in psychology from New College of California and her doctorate in psychology from The views of our presenters and instructors do not necessarily the California School of Professional Psychology. She lives with represent the views of Lexington Community Education, the her family in Northampton, MA. Lexington Public Schools and/or its employees.

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An Evening of Fierce and When Adam Meets Jacob Tender Wisdom DUO MANTAR PERFORMS A PROGRAM OF MANDOLIN AND GUITAR MUSIC WITH MIRABAI STARR and FEATURING DAVID WHETSTONE Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 7:30-9:00 pm Thursday, September 26, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington • $30 • SDUO First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington • $20 • SMIR Duo Mantar is Mirabai Starr was an adjunct professor of Philosophy and comprised of two World Religions at the University virtuosos, American of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years. classical guitarist, Her emphasis has always been on Adam Levin, and Israeli making connections between the mandolinist, Jacob perennial teachings found at the Reuven. They are heart of all the world’s spiritual described as “visceral paths, in an effort to promote peace and imaginative” and justice. Her books include and “transcendental Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir and exuberant,” respectively. This novel pairing is rare in the of Loss and Transformation, and The chamber music world, however, the two plucked instruments Showings of Julian of Norwich: A are complementary and are natural extensions of one another. New Translation. Her latest book is Levin and Reuven began playing together in Fall 2017 and share Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and a passion for Israeli Music, Hebrew and Jewish songs. Both of Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. Her commentaries on the them are committed to expanding the repertoire available for interconnected wisdom of all traditions are lyrical and evocative. mandolin and guitar by actively commissioning todays most Mirabai builds bridges not only between religious traditions, but sought after Israeli composers. They have already commissioned also between contemplative life and compassionate service. four renowned Israeli composers, including Josef Bardanashvili, David Whetstone is one of the most active sitarists in the United Ittai Rosenbaum, Oren Lok, and Jan Freidlin. Additionally, they States, a shagird (disciple) of the legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan. are performing works originally written for mandolin and guitar He has collaborated and toured extensively by Yehezkel Braun and fresh arrangements of traditional Hebrew with poets Robert Bly and Coleman Barks songs by Marc Lavry and Maurice Ravel. They gave their debut in since 1974, appearing with them in numerous April 2018 at the University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival. Their recordings and films. In 1992 David co-founded 2018/19 concert plans include tours in the United States, Israel Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and and Spain. They will be recording their debut album on Naxos created the repertoire for this group until Records in Summer 2019 and subsequently will be premiering a 1997, with original text, stories and music. An new double concerto in Spring 2020. www.duomantar.com American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Research Fellow in 1988, David also has had training in Western classical music, having studied privately with Philip Meyers, solo hornist of the New York Philharmonic, for five years. David lives in Minneapolis, and teaches at Carleton College.

4 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WALDORF SCHOOL OF LEXINGTON Solid Seasons: The Friendship Decolonizing the Mind Through of Henry David Thoreau and Conversations We Were Never Ralph Waldo Emerson Meant to Have WITH JEFFREY S. CRAMER Tuesday, October 22, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm WITH CLAUDIA FOX TREE AND DEBBY IRVING Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SSEA Monday, October 21, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Any biography that concentrates on either Waldorf School of Lexington, 739 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo MA, • $10 • SDTM Emerson tends to diminish the other figure, Join Claudia Fox Tree and Debby Irving for an onstage but in Solid Seasons both men remain conversation as they explore how U.S. narratives shaped their central and equal. Through several decades understanding of themselves, one another, and the complex of writing, friendship remained a primary world we live in. theme for them both. Collecting extracts Claudia Fox Tree is a multiracial/ from the letters and journals of both men, multiethnic Native American whose as well as words written about them by father is Native American (Arawak- their contemporaries, Jeffrey S. Cramer Yurumein) and mother is German (from beautifully illustrates the full nature of their Mannheim-Feudenheim). Although twenty-five-year dialogue. Biographers she spent the first five years of her life like to point at the crisis in their friendship, in Germany and speaks German, she focusing particularly on Thoreau’s disappointment in Emerson— was born in Boston, has primarily grown rarely on Emerson’s own disappointment in Thoreau—and up in the U.S.A., and been educated in leaving it there, a friendship ruptured. But the solid seasons Massachusetts, where she is active in remained, as is evident when, in 1878, Anne Burrows Gilchrist, the local Native American community. the English writer and friend of Whitman, visited Emerson. She Claudia is on the board of the Massachusetts Center for Native wrote that his memory was failing “as to recent names and topics Americans (MCNAA http://mcnaa.org/) and the Massachusetts but as is usual in such cases all the mental impressions that were liaison for the United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP made when he was in full vigour remain clear and strong.” As http://uctp.org/), headquartered in New York. To find out more they chatted, Emerson called to his wife, Lidian, in the next room, about her multicultural consultancy work around social justice, “What was the name of my best friend?” “Henry Thoreau,” she see her blog: http://multiculturalinitiatives.blogspot.com/ answered. “Oh, yes,” Emerson repeated. “Henry Thoreau.” Debby Irving brings to racial justice the PHOTO BY TOM HERSEY Jeffrey S. Cramer is the editor of Walden: perspective of working as a community A Fully Annotated Edition, winner of a 2004 organizer and classroom teacher for 25 National Outdoor Book Award, and The years without understanding racism as a Quotable Thoreau, recipient of an Umhoefer systemic issue or her own whiteness as an Prize for Achievement in Humanities. In 2017, obstacle to grappling with it. As general Cramer was the historical consultant for the Ken manager of Boston’s Dance Umbrella Burns–produced documentary Walden, created and First Night, and later as a classroom for the Walden Pond State Reservation during teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Thoreau Bicentennial. Cramer is the curator of collections at she struggled to make sense of tensions the Walden Woods Project’s Thoreau Institute Library. He lives in she could feel but not explain in racially Maynard, Massachusetts. mixed settings. In 2009, a graduate school course, Racial and Cultural Identities, gave her the answers she’d been looking for and launched her on a journey of discovery. Debby now devotes herself to working with white people exploring the impact white skin can have on perception, problem-solving, and engaging in racial justice work. Her first book,Waking Up White, tells the story of how she went from well-meaning to well-doing and how she unpacked her own long-held beliefs about color blindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color. She reveals how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill-conceived notions about race.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 5 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The Beauty of Being a Misfit WITH LIDIA YUKNAVITCH The Native Story in History Sunday, November 10, 2019 • 3:30-5:00 pm and Literature Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SSIM WITH TOMMY ORANGE Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of the widely Monday, October 28, 2019 • 6:00-7:00 pm acclaimed memoir The Lexington High School Auditorium, 251 Waltham Street, Chronology of Water, a Lexington • $10 • SORA finalist for a PEN Center “Powerful...There There has so much jangling energy and brings USA award for creative so much news from a distinct corner of American life that it’s a nonfiction and winner of the revelation.” —The New York Times 2011 Oregon Book Award Hailed as an instant classic, Tommy Reader’s Choice. The book Orange’s shattering novel There There garnered her a cult following is at once poignant and laugh-out-loud for honesty and intensity in dealing with loss, abuse, and funny, utterly contemporary and always addiction, as her hopes for Olympic swimming are derailed. Her unforgettable. Orange will have an two National Bestselling novels are The Small Backs of Children, on-stage conversation about his work winner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award’s Ken Kesey Award for and take questions from the audience. A Fiction as well as the Reader’s Choice Award and The Book of book signing will follow the event. Joan(2017), a reimagining of Joan of Arc, poised to save a world Tommy Orange is the author of the ravaged by war, violence, and greed, and forever change history, New York Times bestselling novel There named a Washington Post Book of the Year. The Book of Joan There, a multi-generational, relentlessly has the singular distinction of being an ‘answer’ on Jeopardy in paced story about a side of America 2018. Her first collection of short stories Verge (Penguin Random that few of us have ever seen: the lives House, 2020), is her first book in two years. of urban Native Americans. There There was one of The New Lidia is famed for her TED talk “The Beauty of York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year, and won Being a Misfit”, which has been viewed over 2.5 the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was a finalist for the million times, and inspired her followup book Pulitzer Prize. Orange is a recent graduate from The Misfit’s Manifesto (2017)—Lidia’s love letter the MFA program at the Institute of American to all those who can’t ever seem to find the Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, “right” path. In her charming, poetic, funny, and PHOTO: ELENA SEIBERT and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is frank style, Lidia will reveal why being a misfit is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and not something to overcome, but something to Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and embrace. “There’s a myth in most cultures about following your raised in Oakland, California, and currently lives dreams. It’s called the ‘hero’s journey’. I prefer another myth to in Angel’s Camp, California. the side of that, or underneath it maybe. It’s called the ‘misfit’s myth,’” she says. “You may not know this yet, but you have the ability to reinvent yourself, endlessly. That’s your beauty.” She received her doctorate in Literature from the University of Oregon. She lives in Oregon with her husband Andy Mingo and their renaissance man son, Miles.

6 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 THE FIVEASH LEGACY LECTURE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PRESENTS: The Music of Tragedy: Playing God: CRISPR and the Performance and Imagination in Revolution in Genome Editing Ancient Greek Theater WITH KEVIN DAVIES, PHD, AUTHOR / EXECUTIVE EDITOR, THE CRISPR JOURNAL, NEW YORK WITH NAOMI A. WEISS Tuesday, November 12, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SDNA Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $10 • SMOT Two decades after the completion In her book, The Music of Tragedy of the Human Genome Project, Naomi Weiss offers a new approach scientists have slashed the cost of to the study of classical Greek theater sequencing a human genome to by examining the use of musical a mere $1,000. But in addition to language, imagery, and performance easily reading DNA, we can now in the late work of Euripides. Professor edit DNA, much like editing a Word Weiss demonstrates that Euripides’ document. A new technology called allusions to music-making are not just CRISPR – adapted from a bacterial metatheatrical flourishes or gestures anti-viral immune system -- gives towards musical and religious practices scientists the power to edit the external to the drama but closely DNA sequence of any gene in any interwoven with the dramatic plot. organism. This new technology Situating Euripides’ experimentation heralds a new era in gene therapy and the ability to engineer with the dramaturgical effects of mousike within a broader new properties in crops and livestock, with myriad applications cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his including organ transplantation, malaria eradication and woolly reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic mammoth de-extinction. But in 2018, a Chinese scientist elected stage. If we wish to better understand the trajectories of this to ignore the medical establishment when he directed the birth most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, of twin girls from a gene-edited human embryo. We are only we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music beginning to grapple with the ethical questions posed by this and text. event and the new reality of “Playing God.” British author Kevin Originally from Cambridge UK, Naomi Weiss Davies (a former Lexington resident) has written extensively arrived at Harvard in 2014 after receiving a BA about advances in genome research and medicine over the and MSt from Oxford and a PhD in Classics from past two decades. In this talk – a preview of his book, Editing the University of California, Berkeley. Much of her Mankind, to be published in 2020 -- Kevin will discuss how research has focused on the performance and _ CRISPR has exploded onto the scientific landscape and spotlight representation of mousike (music, song, dance) the exciting and controversial areas in science and medicine that in archaic and classical Greece, particularly in will be impacted in the years ahead. tragedy, on which she has published multiple Kevin Davies is a scientific editor, author and publisher. He is the articles. She is currently co-editing two volumes: The Genres of founding editor of Nature Genetics, and Executive Editor of The Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry: Theories and Models (with CRISPR Journal, a new peer-review journal on gene editing. Kevin Margaret Foster and Leslie Kurke) and Music and Memory in the is the author of several popular science books including Cracking Ancient Mediterranean (with Lauren Curtis). the Genome and The $1,000 Genome. He is also a co-author with Nobel laureate Jim Watson About COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: and Andrew Berry of DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution. Lexington Community Education is partnering with the Kevin is the recipient of a 2017 Lexington School Committee, the Lexington School Guggenheim Fellowship and is Administration, and the Lexington High School Staff and writing a new book on CRISPR Students to present a speaker/teaching series called and genome editing. Kevin Community Connections. The series welcomes leading holds a degree in biochemistry figures across disciplines to spend a class period during from Oxford University and a the school day speaking with Lexington Public School PhD in human genetics from St students, and then presenting a public talk to the larger Mary’s Hospital Medical School Lexington community during the evening. The series aims in London. After postdoctoral to directly involve and further inspire high school students research fellowships at MIT and to take initiative, inquire, and widen their perspective Harvard Medical School, he about positive change making possibilities. moved into science publishing at Nature magazine.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 7 A Big Band Extravaganza! The Anxiety Epidemic co-sponsored by Lexington Community Education and Community Endowment of Lexington FEATURING JERRY BERGONZI, LEWIS PORTER, MARSHALL WITH DR. JOHN DACEY in association with Lexington Cultural Council, Cary Library, Lexington Symphony and IAL GILKES AND THE JAZZ COMPOSERS ALLIANCE ORCHESTRA Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Saturday, December 7, 2019 • 7:00-8:30 pm Lexington Depot, 20 Depot Square • $10 • SANX Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington • $30 • SBBE My father used to scold me for my fearfulness: “Why do you give Curated by in to your nerves? Why don’t you just relax?” Sound familiar? acclaimed jazz Most people simply don’t get it: the 40 million of us who live with pianist, composer, anxiety disorders in the US can’t “just relax.” – John Dacey and educator As a college professor and Lewis Porter, psychotherapist, as well as a former the evening will patient, John Dacey has interviewed begin with a short hundreds of sufferers, and whether set by the big they have generalized anxiety, a East Meets West band, selected specific phobia, or any one of the from its unique other six types of anxiety, their repertory of the frustration is the same: “I’m smart most innovative enough – why can’t I figure this modern jazz out?” In the US alone, where the composers. For the second set, the band will be joined by incidence rate used to be about 16 Porter on piano, world-renowned star Jerry Bergonzi on sax, and percent, that rate has now risen to trombonist/composter Marshall Gilkes, playing compositions by 28.7 percent. New research using Bergonzi, Porter and others. the Functional MRI, and new understanding of the human brain, Lewis Porter, P.h.D., is a Grammy-nominated pianist including the amygdala, has lead to a new understanding of and composer on 30 albums with Dave Liebman, anxiety and its causes and new insights into the future of anxiety John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, and many therapy. In this presentation, Dr. Dacey will explain the causes of others, as well as a celebrated educator, author, and and solutions to “the anxiety epidemic.” researcher. His best-known book is John Coltrane: Dr. John Dacey received a B. A. in Social Science from His Life and Music. A long-time former music professor at Rutgers Binghamton University in 1963, an M. A. T. in social science in in Newark and at Tufts U, he also taught at Brandeis, The New 1964 and a Ph. D. in developmental and educational psychology School, Manhattan School of Music, NYU, and William Paterson, in 1966 from Cornell University. He joined the faculty of B. C. as well as guest teaching throughout the USA and Europe. He also that year and still teaches there as Professor Emeritus in the teaches private students worldwide by Skype. Capstone Program of the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi is a beloved and Dacey teaches a course on how authenticity can positively affect internation­ally acclaimed performer, composer, human development, He has had a practice as a psychotherapist author, and educator. He has performed throughout (licensed in Massachusetts) since 1973. He is the author of the world at all the major jazz festivals and jazz 19 books on the subjects of anxiety, creativity and human venues, with his own ensembles as well as with development, including Your Anxious Child (2nd Ed.), Why Dave Brubeck and many other jazz greats. Don’t You Just Relax?, and Your Child’s Social and Emotional Trombonist/composer Marshall Gilkes has released Wellbeing. He has received public service awards from Newton, five albums under his own name to rave reviews. Holliston, Peabody and Roxbury and has been featured in media In 2003 Gilkes was a finalist in the prestigious interviews in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington and he has been voted a Rising Star on multiple Post, The Today Show, NPR, Parents Magazine, Family Circle, occasions in DownBeat Magazine’s esteemed Critics Poll. He Woman's Day, Korean National Television and more. John has played with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center [email protected]. Orchestra, the Christian McBride Big Band, John Scofield, Chris Potter, Randy Brecker, Patti Austin, and many others. The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, directed by Darrell Katz, was founded in 1985, with an agenda including the establishment of an active public forum for the presentation of new jazz works, the creation of the JCA Orchestra, and a concert series that included a visiting composers program. With some of New England’s finest improvising musicians in its ranks, the JCA Orchestra has premiered over 120 new pieces by its resident composers along with commissioned works by Muhal Richard Abrams, Marty Ehrlich and Wayne Horvitz.

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Shubhendra Rao, SITAR Saskia De Haas, CELLO Aditya Kalyanpur, TABLA

CONCERT Scottish Rite Masonic Museum • Friday, September 27, 2019 8:00 pm 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, MA 02420 Indian food for sale from 6:30 pm onward at the venue.

TICKETS FREE for Students, Seniors and Shadaj members. PREMIUM: $100 www.shadaj.org For FREE entry, please RSVP at [email protected] REGULAR: $30

FREE DAILY INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC APPRECIATION WORKSHOPS September 23–26, 7:30–9:00 pm each day • Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA 02420

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Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 9 Creating Community

and the role they can play in Town p.m. First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Lexington Community government. Topics include Fire and Road. All are welcome. Suggested Coalition Announces Emergency Services, Schools, Public donation: $10 (Sponsor: $20; Student: the 2019–2020 Works, Police, and Human Services, the $5). For further information, contact Recommended Book: Town Budget, Recreation Programming, David Rose at [email protected]. Tickets Library Services, and more. The in advance at VoicesOnTheGreen. Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Academy is an annual town program, BrownPaperTickets.com. Why It’s So Hard for White People to held once a week in the evenings, and Talk About Racism. enrolls approximately 30-35 residents. Home Alone Events around the book If you are interested in participating, Instructor: Officers of the Lexington Police will kick off in October, please contact Rajon Hudson in the and Fire Departments and there will be Town Manager’s Office at rhudson@ Help your child feel safer and more multiple opportunities lexingtonma.gov or 781-698-4543. secure when home alone or with siblings, to gather and talk about and teach them smart telephone and race, racism, and what doorbell answering strategies. This class we can do to dismantle racism. Shadaj Presents: FREE Indian is designed for children ages 9 and The Coalition partners (including Classical Music Appreciation older. Younger children may attend with the Lexington Public Schools and Sessions an accompanying adult. Instructors are multiple community organizations) “Shadaj Inc” is a 501(c)(3) non- officers from the Lexington Police and share common goals and align profit organization, founded and Fire Departments. Class size is limited so actions to help our community operated by a group of volunteers please register early. thrive. For event details, visit www. from Lexington, MA and the greater K009, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. Meets lexhere4you.org. Boston area. Shadaj’s mission is to October 15, Lexington High School, Room cultivate, nurture and promote Indian 233. Free, but space is limited and pre- Lex Eat Together Classical Music in its most authentic registration is required. form through intimate concerts, Lex Eat Together is a nonprofit, volunteer- music appreciation sessions, as a led organization serving a free, nutritious platform for cultural integration and dinner every Wednesday in the heart of community outreach. Lexington for anyone in need of food or Monday, 09/23: Similarities and companionship. Begun in October 2015 differences between Indian and modeled on successful programs in Classical Music and Jazz - Phil nearby towns, Lex Eat Together provides Scarff; Tuesday, 09/24: Indian a healthy, well-balanced meal to all who Classical Violin - Tara Anand; come to join us. To learn more, sign up Wednesday, 09/25: Indian Classical to volunteer, or make a donation, please Sitar - Jawwad Noor; Thursday, visit our website at lexeattogether.org, 09/26: Percussion in Indian Classical Shadaj presents free Indian Classical Music “Like” their page at Facebook.com/ appreciation sessions, this page. Music - Amit Kavthekar, Pravin LexEatTogether or email lexeattogether@ Sitaram. For more information visit: gmail.com. www.shadaj.org. Brave New Friendships Lexington Citizens’ Academy Instructor: Val Walker It takes courage and initiative to break out Citizens’ Academy begins its eleventh Voices on the Green at First year in September and runs through of a period of isolation and rebuild our Parish in Lexington early December. The program is support networks. After a serious illness, a designed to expose residents to the A program of speakers and live music period of grieving, or relocating to a new various Town departments so they can with themes that vary with each show. area, we may find it difficult to “get out gain a better understanding of how Voices on the Green is an ongoing there,” to be socially confident, outgoing, municipal government works. Through series of programs on topics of wide and open to new relationships. Simply presentations, discussions, and visits to community interest, created by First going to a meetup might not feel right, Town departments, participants have Parish in Lexington. Each event includes as we may prefer volunteering, a support the opportunity to hear from various a 15-minute talk by an expert on the group, or a class. This program offers Directors and Managers and learn topic; 4 - 6 storytellers with MOTH-style guidance for how to explore and tap our about the operations of Town programs personal stories about the impact of the wider communities to build friendships, and services. It is intended as a two- topic in their personal lives; and live music fellowships, and a deeper sense of way dialogue between Town staff and performances related to the theme. Doors belonging. residents. Participants discover new open at 6:30 pm for refreshments and MBRN, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. opportunities for public involvement conversation. Friday, October 18, 2019 Meets September 25, Lexington High and Friday, February 7, 2020, 7:00 - 9:00 School, Room 225, $25/Seniors $20.

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Lexington Destination Fall Classes at LexMedia Imagination: Creativity and All classes at LexMedia are free and available to people who live, work or attend Problem Solving for Kids school in Lexington. Classes are single classes, not a series. For more information Destination Imagination (DI) is a program contact: [email protected]. To sign up for a class go to www.lexmedia.org and that teaches STEM principles as well as click the “Classes” button. performing arts to K-12 students through creative and collaborative problem solving challenges. Team members work together to develop a solution to one of 7 new challenges each year and present their solutions at a tournament in March. Through the challenges, students learn and experience the creative process IN THE LEXMEDIA from imagination to innovation and learn STUDIO SPACE. the skills needed to succeed in school, career and life, including teamwork, communication, project management, perseverance, creative and critical thinking, and self-confidence. The interesting and challenging part is that only students can provide solutions! Any adult advice or help is considered “interference” and is against the rules. This is so that children are LexMedia Orientation Intro to Editing with Final Cut empowered to find a solution through their own creativity and collaboration. For more This is the prerequisite to all other Pro X or Premiere Pro CC information about the program and how classes. New members are introduced Ever wanted to edit a movie, a to register, visit: lexdi.org to everything they need to know to get documentary, a road race or soccer started. This class can be held on other game? It’s not as hard as you think. This dates as needed. 7PM on Sept 10th, intro class covers how to get started, Oct 8th, Nov 5th Dec 3rd. with tips on avoiding the common A CULINARY TOUR OF H-MART problems that derail the newcomer. with Debra Samuels, page 32 Field Production 1 Additional one on one editing sessions This class gives members a solid will be needed. 7PM. Sept 18, 24th, understanding of how to set up and Oct 22, 16th, Nov 19, 21st, Dec12, Lexington Children's Chorus operate our tripods and Sony PXW-X70 17th. Instructors: Angela Carpenter and camcorders. With an emphasis on Allison Iannuzzi Intro to Podcasting aesthetics and framing and capturing The Lexington Children’s Chorus is for the best video signal possible. This is a Podcasting is a rising form of students entering Grades 4-6 in the hands on class. 7:20PM on Sept 10th, entertainment and communications. 2019-2020 school year (by audition). Oct 8th, Nov 5th Dec 3rd. It can be fun and light or deep and During our weekly rehearsals, singers will heavy and everything in-between. Field Production 2 experience team-building, ear training, This one hour class will give you an vocal development, reading and aural Participants continue to learn the basic understanding of the possibilities of skills, and so much more! We will be technical skills of field production with Podcasting at LexMedia. We have a fully sharing the stage with the Lexington the focus now on lighting and capturing equipped studio that can accommodate Symphony Orchestra at their Carmina great sound. At the completion of this up to four people. Come prepared to Burana performance (November), their class members can sign out our portable talk about your ideas. 7PM. Sept 12th, 25th Annual Holiday Pops Concerts gear and start producing programming Oct 10th, Nov 13th, Dec 11th. (December), and their Spring “Music in immediately. 7PM on Sept 17th, Oct the Movies” Concert (May)! In addition to 15th, Nov 12th, Dec 10th. Edit Your Podcast these exciting opportunities to perform Learn our powerful yet easy to use with the Lexington Symphony Orchestra, Studio Production software “Hindenburg Journalist Pro” we will also perform our own LCC Concert Learn to run studio cameras and to and take your podcast to the next level. direct a multi-camera TV show. These in May! For more information visit: 7pm. Sept 18, 24th, Oct 22, 16th, classes are held when we have studio lexingtonchildrenschorus.com Nov 19, 21st, Dec 12, 17th. productions scheduled. Ask to receive our updates.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 11 Humanities

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

Introductory Astronomy Instructor: Pedro Lilienfeld This introductory course is intended to provide a basic understanding of our place in the universe in light of the latest scientific observations and discoveries. Stunning graphics and photos illustrate the lectures. Join us for a fascinating look at the evolution of human thought and knowledge about the earth and the cosmos through the ages, from Babylonian and Greek antiquity, through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the 19th century, and finally to the unprecedented present expansion of our detailed understanding of the universe. The course then looks at our solar system and its planets, followed by a review of star evolution and the location of our solar system within the Lexington Luminary Jeffrey Leonard teaches The Music of Duke Ellington, page 14. Milky Way galaxy, the formation of the elements, supernovas and pulsars and and confusion even now, 44 years after and the undergarments that supported black holes. This is then followed by it ended? Following up on the Ken them. This basic knowledge can enrich our present knowledge about galaxies, Burns series on Vietnam, LCE offers this our understanding of the lives of the early supergiant black holes at their centers, provocative 6-session evaluation of basic Americans. Clothing can say a surprising quasars, and dark matter. The recent assumptions about this unique event in amount about its wearers and their time. detection of gravitational waves will be U.S. history and the implications of the It affects how the wearer moves and discussed. Concepts such as dark energy, Vietnam experience for today’s wars. lives. Clothes might not be the key to all the age, size, dynamics and composition Using selections from the PBS series’, understanding, but they’re a great place of the universe will be introduced, lecture, and historical documents, this to start! followed by the latest thoughts about the in-depth history of the different periods AFASH, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets multiverse. The principal methods and of the war will open up fresh perspectives September 26, Lexington High School, tools of today’s Astronomy are discussed. which replace confusion about this pivotal Room 229, $30/Seniors $25. The course concludes with a review of the event in our history with clarity. prevalent thoughts about the probability HLBV, 6 Wednesdays, 12:30-2:30 pm. Queer Victorians of extraterrestrial life and intelligence Begins September 18, LCE Conference Instructor: Nancy McCarthy in the context of both the exciting Room, 146 Maple Street (access via 328 discoveries of extrasolar planets and the The Victorian era was the heyday of Lowell Street), $120/Seniors $100. history of life on earth. Enrico Fermi, the gender roles and social conformity, right? Perhaps, perhaps not - but in either notable Italian physicist, asked Where Are Fashions of a Fledgling Nation They? Can we answer his question? Math case, the social order is not complete Instructor: Nancy McCarthy familiarity is not expected. without rule breakers! Come get to know This is fashion history 101 for the a sample of LGBT Victorians who bent HINA, 5 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins American context. Early American history the rules of their society, and discuss the October 17, Lexington High School, Room is omnipresent in our state and region - difficulties (and rewards) of searching for 221, $110/Seniors $85. historic houses, monuments, and markers queer history. Looking Back at the Vietnam War: are set off by annual reenactments and HVIC, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meet Why Now? the steady flow of tourists. Fashion history September 19, Lexington High School, is another piece of that puzzle. Learn Room 231, $30/Seniors $25. Instructor: Paul Shannon about women’s fashion from the founding What is it about the Vietnam War that of the nation up to the end of the civil war. continues to evoke contradictory feelings Discover the changing shapes of fashion,

12 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 NEW Anthony Trollope’s present: wise court fool Touchstone, the An Evening of One Mary Oliver Barchester Towers melancholic Jaques, swains, shepherdesses, Poem and Our Many Stories dukes, the old and the young! There are Instructor: Tracy Marks Instructor: Sharon Heermance, Ph.D. lots of questions to consider, along with “I am scorched to realize how many Anthony Trollope was as popular a writer the laughter. The first meeting will provide small, available things are in the world as Dickens in the 19th century and far background (no reading for that week), that aren’t pieces of gold or power - that more prolific, but is undervalued today. and then we’ll read an act a week. In this course, we will read and discuss nobody owns or could buy even for a HAYL, 6 Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Begins Barchester Towers, his masterpiece of hillside of money - that just float about the September 26, Lexington High School, characterization and humor. Each week world, or drift over the fields, or into the Room 231, $150/Seniors $130. we will also watch a segment of The gardens....” from Summer Story by Mary Oliver Barchester Chronicles, one of the BBC’s most highly rated miniseries. Obadiah SHAKE-UP In her powerful poem, Summer Story, Slope, Mrs. Proudie, Archdeacon Grantley YOUR SHAKESPEARE! Pulitzer Prize poet Mary Oliver shows how and Signora Neroni are just a few of the with Poornima Kirby, p. 18 close attention to a cherished moment unforgettable characters that will delight and her ongoing life story intersect. Our you throughout this course. Please read time together with this poem will invite NEW the first six chapters for the first class. To Kill a Mockingbird by gentle awareness of what echoes inside. HTREL, 6 Fridays, 12:30-2:30 pm. Begins Harper Lee We will lean into this poem to deepen September 20, Meets at LCE Large Instructor: Jillian Johnson resonance with our own meaningful Conference Room, (Access by 328 Lowell This Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Harper experiences. “Memory is the diary that Street/Enter through blue side door of Lee, set in the deep south, rivets its readers we all carry about with us,” wrote Oscar building), $115/Seniors $90. with it’s breadth of human emotions and Wilde. Indeed, each of us is a collection behaviors. Challenging, informative and of stories. With simple prompts, we NEW Greek Drama and Comedy: inspiring we will look at the historical will gather vivid details from our lives. It’s Relevance Today context of the book, analyze the characters, What emerges may include nuances Instructor: Tracy Marks and explore the conflicts that fill this novel. of experience to a special memory. No From the loss of innocence to the kindness, prior reading of poetry is necessary -- the Classical Greek dramas and comedies in compassion and moral actions of Atticus instructor will provide the poem (and translation are not only easy to read, they Finch we will learn about the characters, and others if time allows); we will provide each also raise issues relevant to us today, such the historical context through our weekly other with an evening of rich reflection, as the advantages and disadvantages of discussions of this masterpiece of American stories, and conversation. Limited to 10. democracy, how we honor the dead, and literature. Please note class will meet on our need for the irrational in our lives. HEOM, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets October 7, 21, 28 and November 4 and 18. In this course, we will read and discuss November 5, Lexington High School, Euripides’ Bacchae and Suppliant Women HMOC, 5 Mondays, 6:30-8:00 pm. Begins Room 220, $25/Seniors $20. and Aristophanes ingenious comedy, October 7, Lexington High School, Room NEW Lysistrata, about women organizing a sex 226, $75/Seniors $60. Creation Myths from strike to prevent men from warmongering. Around the World NEW We will also watch related video clips. All Dry Tears: The Story of a Instructor: John Chamberlain readings are available free online or may Lost Childhood by Nechama Tec A mythology course that examines be purchased. Our first reading will be Instructor: Leora Tec creation myths from around the world, The Bacchae, for the second class. Join Leora Tec for an exploration of her including those of Judeo-Christian, HGRE, 4 Fridays, 12:30-2:30 pm. Begins mother’s memoir of surviving the Holocaust Greek, Norse, Native American, Australian November 8, Meets at LCE Large in Poland while passing as a Catholic girl. Aborigine, and Polynesian origins. We Conference Room, (Access by 328 Lowell In this four session class we will discuss will use a Jungian and philosophical Street/Enter through blue side door of the book Dry Tears and themes of identity, perspective to find common themes and building), $80/Seniors $60. guilt and hope. Participants will get a symbolism. Creation myths capture the unique window into the story through the awe, wonder, and gratitude early humans NEW Shakespeare’s As You Like It! eyes of the author’s daughter who is herself had, as well as an insightful pre-scientific Instructor: Cammy Thomas an expert in Holocaust remembrance in awareness. The idea of a vast, original wholeness splitting into complex worlds of When is disobedience the only route? Poland. Students will be expected to read opposites and an awareness of the ‘great What makes for a good marriage? How approximately two chapters per week and chain of being’ are among the concepts do we manage lust? Old age? Come come to class ready to discuss the reading. we will explore. read and discuss this most clever and Please read the first three chapters for the joyful of Shakespeare’s comedies. The first class. HWOR, 2 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. action revolves around the witty and warm HDRY, 3 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins Begins November 6, Lexington High Rosalind, who’s fled to the woods dressed as September 19, Lexington High School, School, Room 221, $45/Seniors $35. a boy to escape parental disapproval. Also Room 226, $50/Seniors $40.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 13 Music Appreciation

NEW Introduction to Buddhism, NEW The Music of Duke Ellington NEW Opera Old and New: Part 1: Roots, Origins & Life of Instructor: Jeffrey Leonard Nineteenth and Twentieth the Buddha Gunther Schuller called Duke Century Opera Instructor: Srinivas Reddy Ellington one of the three Instructor: David Collins Introduction to Buddhism Part 1 explores most important composers in This season, the Metropolitan Opera takes the origin, philosophy and broader American history. This class will us on a journey from the nineteenth to cultural milieu of early Buddhism as explore the musical, social and historical the twentieth century as it presents, in it developed in India, Sri Lanka and importance of Duke Ellington’s music as it HD screenings, three standard repertory Southeast Asia. Specific attention will be developed over 50 years, from the 1920s operas and a Met premier: Turandot, given to the life of the Buddha and the to the 1970s. His role as a composer, Manon, Madama Butterfly and Akhnaten. embodiment of core Buddhist principles arranger, bandleader and cultural icon will We start with Puccini’s Turandot which had such as non-self, mindfulness, and nirvana. be examined. Jeffrey Leonard served the its premier in 1926. Among its memorable Concepts including the Four Noble Lexington Public Schools for 34 years as arias are “Nessun dorma”, “In quest Truths, the Eight-fold Path, karma and Band/Jazz Director and Performing Arts reggia” and “Signore, ascolta”. Along dharma will be discussed in a comparative Coordinator. Groups under his direction with famous singers such as Pavarotti, manner. Textual excerpts from Buddhist were invited to perform at Boston’s Corelli, Nilsson, Eva Turner and Caballé, sutra literature in Pali will contextualize Symphony Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, we will also hear some of the rarely interactive class discussions. New York’s Lincoln Center, the Monterey performed music of Franco Alfano’s HITB, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets Jazz Festival and the Montreux Jazz original finale which Toscanini edited October 15, Lexington High School, Room Festival. Following his retirement, he out. Massenet’s “Manon” is next on our 232, $25/Seniors $20. works at The Boston Conservatory and schedule. Premiered in 1884, it was the Berklee College of Music as an assistant first of two popular operas based on this professor and as the Co-director of tale. French elan and theatrical excitement New England Conservatory’s Youth Jazz combine with beautiful melodies as Orchestra. He has been invited to conduct Massenet presents a fuller picture of honors Concert and Jazz Bands at the this title character. We will make some District and All-State level throughout comparisons between two very famous New England. Mr. Leonard is an active singers of the title role, Beverly Sills and performer on woodwind instruments in Renée Fleming. We return to Puccini theater pit orchestras in Boston theaters for his heart breaking Madama Butterfly and around the Northeast. which premiered in 1904. Though situated Introduction to Buddhism Parts 1 and 2 with MELL, 3 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins in Japan, this is a thoroughly Italian opera Srinivas Reddy, this page. September 17, Lexington High School, with great passion and melody. We end Room 233, $65/Seniors $50. with Philip Glass’s 1984 opera, Akhnaten. NEW Introduction to Buddhism, This opera is composed of a series of Part 2: Mahayana & the Spread ritualistic scenes depicting moments in of Buddhism the life of Egypt’s Pharaoh, Akhnaten THE MUSIC OF TRAGEDY (sung by a counter-tenor) and his wife Instructor: Srinivas Reddy with Naomi A. Weiss, page 7 Nefertiti. The dramatic issue is the first Introduction to Buddhism Part 2 explores known establishment of a monotheistic the expansive spread of Buddhism into NEW Sweet Harmony religion and its demise. Class meets Tibet, East Asia and the West. Attention Instructor: Richard Knisely October 1, October 22, November 5 and will be given to the development November 19. of Mahayana thought, particularly Harmony is the magic in music. It can turn HOPE, 4 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins the Bodhisattva ideal and its diverse a melody into a lament or a hymn of joy. October 1, Lexington High School, Room cultural expressions. Concepts such It is based on the physics of vibration. 240, $110/Seniors/$85. as impermanence and co-dependent In this class we will look at how nature origination will be covered by reading provides the dichotomy of consonance masters like Nagarjuna and Shantideva. and dissonance, how chords that are the Contemporary practices and Buddhism’s building blocks of tonal harmony were spread to America will also be discussed. derived, and how they have functioned to Textual excerpts from various Mahayana provide the vivid colors that enchant us Buddhist texts will contextualize all in the music we love. And we will listen interactive class discussions. to a lot of great music. No knowledge of theory or science is required! HIB2, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 22, Lexington High School Room, MSWH, 9 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 232, $25/Seniors $20. Begins September 18, Lexington High Guitar Rock Band Sessions and Guitar Rock Band School, Room 240, $185/Seniors $165. Sessions Masterclass, page 17.

14 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Music Performance/ Theatre Arts

Instrumental Camerata for Adults Private Music Instrument Instructor: James Alers Lessons for Every Age & Level This class is designed for adults with a LCE provides excellent, convenient, wide range of skills who are interested in and reasonably priced individual playing chamber music together. We will music lessons with highly qualified explore different pieces from the classical professional musician teachers for all repertoire, and address both the technical interested students and adults. The and musical components of ensemble following instruments are available for playing. Whether you are a beginner or individual study: Voice, Sitar, Cello, someone who has taken an extended Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, break from playing but would like to Ukulele, Xylophone, Upright (double) resume (and need a motivational program Bass, Bass Guitar, French Horn, to help!), this is sure to be a rewarding Beginning Hand Drumming with DrumConnection, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone Horn experience. The class is open to violinists, page 17. (Euphonium) Tuba, Percussion violists, cellists, bassists, oboist, flutists, (Drums), Electric and Acoustic and bassoonists who are comfortable with Fundamentals of Guitar, Violin or Viola. Lessons are basic note-reading, and are playing at a Indian Classical Music held in the afternoon and evening “late beginner” level or higher. Please Instructor: Srinivas Reddy at Lexington High School. Each contact instructor with any questions semester contains approximately Fundamentals of Indian Classical or concerns regarding playing ability. 16 lessons. Students must arrange Music offers a general introduction to Depending on the interest of the group, convenient weekly lesson times with the theory of raga and tala, the core the last class can end with a performance the instructor. The fee is $60 per hour musical concepts that underlie all Indian for family and friends. of instruction. One may choose a classical music. Drawing primarily from MSTE, 9 Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Begins 30 minute, 45 minute, or 60 minute the Hindustani tradition, this course September 16, Lexington High School, course of lessons. To register: Call will explore the definition, historical Room 240, $235/Seniors $180. the LCE office and we will put you in development, complexity and creative touch with our music teaching staff. realization of both raga and tala. By using NEW Cello for Adults: Beginning Saturday morning lessons are also musical excerpts, live demonstration and Beyond Beginning available. For info about LCE Music and interactive exercises, we will also teaching staff, please visit: https:// Instructor: Robert Rivera explore the improvisatory nature of Indian lexingtoncommunityed.org/music- If you’ve never picked up a cello before music and how these techniques can be instrument-lessons/ and you wished to, or if you had picked incorporated into one’s own creativity. it up and wanted a refresher, Cello for MFIC, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets Adults: Beginning is for you. We’ll be October 24, Lexington High School, Room Speak the Speech: (Or How to working out of Suzuki Book 1 for cello. 240, $20/Seniors $15. Give Your Own Ted Talk) We’ll be going through material the same Instructor: Poornima Kirby way an orchestral section goes through NEW A Blues Sampler: From a musical part. A fun and enjoyable way Robert Johnson to Robert Cray Do you have exciting and important things to say, but aren’t sure how to say them? to play cello with others! No audition Instructor: Roger Gumley Are you a little rusty at speaking in public? required. You just have to have a cello, a Explore the fascinating music known as Taught by a professional actress and writer, music stand, and Suzuki Book 1 at each the blues with long-time blues aficionado, this relaxed and welcoming course will class. The Beyond Beginning class will Roger Gumley. Blues is the music that provide a laboratory in which to dust off pick up where the beginning class left forms the foundation of most popular your inspired notions and give them voice. off, and will work from Suzuki Book 2. On American music of the 20th and 21st We’ll explore the structure of famous a rotating schedule, each class member centuries, yet it remains obscure to most speeches by everyone from Shakespeare should plan to bring a little snack to share people. This evening, Roger Gumley to Martin Luther King, as well as a variety during the break. Nothing fancy - cookies, will talk and play video clips and the of TED Talks. We’ll talk about what makes fruit, cake, or any kind of non alcoholic music of such luminaries as Son House, a good topic, how to present it with your beverage. Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Howlin’ unique perspective and personal brand of MCLO, (Beginning), 6 Wednesdays, 7:00- Wolf, among others. This will be a perfect humor, and we’ll learn simple memorization 8:30 pm. Begins September 25, Lexington way to expand your knowledge of this and performance tools that can help your High School, Room 143, $100/Seniors $85. fascinating and somewhat mythical part of words and ideas shine. MC2O, (Beyond Beginning), 6 Fridays, America’s folklore. HTDT, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins September 27, HGUM, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets September 25, Lexington High School, Lexington High School, Room 143, $100/ October 17, Lexington High School, Room Room 229, $40/Seniors $30. Seniors $85. 240, $25/Seniors $20.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 15 NEW Introduction to Music Theory Instructor: Go Go Allegro School of Music Staff Have you always wanted to learn the basics of reading music? Join us to learn notes and rhythms and what they look like on the staff. Whether you’re looking to further your musical knowledge to sing in a choir, or brush the dust off your music reading skills, this class will help. All skill levels are welcome! MLIT, 6 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins October 17, Lexington High School, Room 229, $170.

NEW Make a Joyful Noise Chorus for Adults Instructor: Go Go Allegro School of Music Staff Learn to hold your own in a choral setting! We will help develop your ears for music so you can confidently sing your part whether it is harmony or melody. Experience is helpful but not required. Private Music Instrument Lessons for Every Age and Level, page 15. We will explore beginner to intermediate choral repertoire together. Come make a NEW Physical Theater of scriptwriting, narrative structure, joyful noise! Instructor: Ben Heath camera work, editing, sound production, MSING, 8 Mondays, 7:15-8:45 pm. Begins and business aspects of the film industry. In this class we will be exploring physical September 23, Lexington High School, The class is designed to be accessible to acting techniques that help us find greater Room 173, $175. anyone with a passion for movies wishing expression through the body. Techniques to delve deeper into the subject. will range from telling non verbal stories, to exploring how our dramatic character HFIL, 5 Saturdays, 10:00 am-12:00 noon. moves, to stage combat. Engaging your Begins October 5, Lexington High School, body in acting is a fun and effective way to Room 220, $100/Seniors $85. improve your connection to impulses and emotions, and can open up a whole new NEW Fingerstyle Guitar dimension of your acting work. Workshop for Intermediate and HPTH, 6 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Advanced Students Begins September 25, Lexington High Instructor: Go Go Allegro School of School, $115/Seniors $100. Music Staff Study and learn the approach to fingerstyle NEW Introduction to the Art guitar! Folk, Jazz, Blues and even Classical and Business of Film players use this right hand technique to Instructor: Spencer Caddigan make a single guitar sound like a full band The aim of the class is to deepen the or orchestra. We will study how to apply level of both theoretical and technical this wonderful style of playing guitar to understanding of the craft and the many different musical situations. Please business of filmmaking. Students will bring guitar with you to class. learn how to dissect a film and identify its MGUI, 6 Mondays, 10:00-11:00 am. Begins constituent parts, helping to better inform September 23, Lexington Community aesthetic tastes, and equip them with a Education Conference Room, Access tool belt to understand as many aspects by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through of the film production process as possible. the blue side door of the Old Harrington In addition to viewing foundational films School, $160. Ben Heath teaches Pysical Theater, this page. and clips we will examine core principles

16 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Beginning Hand Drumming influential musicians and composers Instructor: Alan Tauber/DrumConnection known for expanding the musical landscape including Allan Holdsworth, For thousands of years the drum has Miles Davis, Jan Hammer, Joe Satriani, provided people with a powerful basic Jean-Luc Ponty, John McLaughlin, Gary tool to communicate, express themselves, Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen among form community and profoundly integrate others. Our friendly guitar community the senses. This course will give you all the welcomes you to join us as we explore tools you’ll need to really enjoy yourself the richness of Jazz harmony, the intensity playing your drum. Our introduction to and raw power of Rock guitar and the the rhythms of Brazil, Cuba, Guinea, Haiti, passion and complexity of Classical Mali, Senegal and Trinidad will allow us music. Each student should bring an to experience the healing power of the acoustic or electric guitar or bass, and a drum and express our own voice. As notebook. Optional but recommended, you unleash your natural musical ability, Duo Mantar performs a program of mandolin and a phone or other device for recording you can experience joyous, ecstatic guitar music, page 4. class instruction. Mr. Butler will provide all states of mind. Plan on having a fun music charts, lead sheets and texts. Please time learning the traditional rhythm for and skill level. Students are encouraged contact Mr. Butler with any questions the djembe, conga and ashiko drums. to bring to class recordings of their that you might have. GRYFFON8356@ You can learn to play simply for your favorite Rock artists which will be used HOTMAIL.com own enjoyment, or to play with other to demonstrate and explain technique, musicians. DrumConnection’s team composition and practical applied theory. MMCG, 2 Thursdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins teaching approach provides individualized You need not be able to read classical November 7, Lexington High School, instruction, and challenges and excites notation to benefit from this series of Room 173. $50/Seniors $45. your senses. You are welcome to bring informative sessions. Whether you are a your own drum, rent from the instructor by beginner or an experienced player, you Poetry Out Loud calling 781-316-8068, or use an LCE drum will achieve success as a guitarist with Mr. Instructor: Poornima Kirby for the class session. LCE drums cannot be Butler’s Guitar Rock Band Sessions. Also Do poems and song-lyrics rattle around taken home. A $5 materials fee, payable included: How to choose and set up your in your head? Do you lose your keys to the instructor, will cover the cost of the instrument , amplification and electronic and think “the art of losing is not hard workbook and all written materials. effects devices to achieve the sounds to master,” (Elizabeth Bishop) or face a DRUM, 8 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins heard on recordings by The Ventures, hard day by telling yourself to “screw September 24, Lexington High School, Hendrix, Santana, Dire Straits, Van Halen your courage to the sticking place?” Room 173, $137/Seniors $115. and many more. Each student should (Shakespeare) Poetry can be a talisman, have an acoustic or electric guitar or bass, a war-cry, an invitation to beauty, jokes, Guitar Rock Band Sessions portable amp and a notebook. Optional or justice. But learning a poem by heart, but recommended, a phone or other Instructor: Robert Butler and saying it out loud - that’s ownership device for recording class instruction. Mr. Trained at Berklee College of Music, that we often don’t take. This class is Butler will supply all music charts, lead your chance! Whether you’re a literary teacher performer Robert Butler has sheets and texts. developed this six week guitar workshop nerd or a poetry-phobe, you’ll be MRGW, 6 Thursdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins focusing on the iconic melodies, riffs welcomed into an exploration of some September 19, Lexington High School, and driving rhythms that have been the really great poems, and learn powerful, Room 247, $155/Seniors $130. foundation of Rock music from the 1950’s active techniques for committing them to memory. We’ll watch and discuss video to the present. Students of all levels Guitar Rock Band Sessions– will be guided in a relaxed yet efficient clips of poetry delivered out loud; we’ll approach to the wide variety of guitar Master Class read and discuss poems of different eras, techniques so essential in playing Rock Instructor: Robert Butler and different structures and cadences. chord progressions, bassline riffs and These master class sessions will provide Each student will also get to pick out exciting improvised lead guitar solos you the guitarist with the concepts, a favorite poem or excerpt, work on it, that shape this powerful and historic techniques, and skills necessary to expand and deliver it to the group. This class music style. Each session begins with a your musical vocabulary beyond that of is a great way to sharpen memorization 30 minute live classroom demonstration. traditional Rock guitar styles. Through techniques and public-speaking skills - All will receive individual instruction in-depth classroom demonstrations and but most of all it’s a chance to explore with Mr. Butler addressing your specific focused individual instruction, Mr. Butler language in a fun and informal setting! questions and musical goals. Everyone, will break down the key musical elements HPOI, 1 Tuesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets regardless of proficiency, is welcome of Jazz, Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock October 1, LHS, Room 226, $40/Seniors to participate in class ensemble/jams and Neo -Classical Metal. Included: $30. playing a part that matches your ability Analysis of the recorded works of

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 17 Writing

NEW Steinbeck, from Whether it originates from memory or Poetry Writing Workshop Script to Stage fantasy, takes shape as poetry or prose, Instructor: Tom Daley Instructor: John Chamberlain our expert writing staff will help you get Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is your word out. Be part of a local production of John the skeleton architecture of our lives. It Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men! Steinbeck’s lays the foundation for a future of change, style is as chiseled as Hemingway’s; his Wordcraft a bridge across our fears of what has compact masterpiece depicts the roughness Instructor: Tracy Marks never been before. – Audre Lourde of migrant farmers’ lives in the 1930’s; its Become a wizard of wordcraft and Poetry writing, largely, is a solitary characters are indelible in memory and its write with greater precision, clarity and endeavor. This workshop will provide the pages bristle with issues of racism, sexism, originality. Whether you write poetry, opportunity for poets, both beginning ableism, and ageism. Our staging of this in a fiction, nonfiction or drama, the various and practiced, to share their work with local auditorium will be an engaging but not creative writing exercises we will do in other poets in a collegial and supportive too demanding way to get inside Steinbeck’s class can help you perfect your word environment. We will concentrate on novella. After having taught the book for choice and phrasing. Have fun with sharpening the impact of your poems about 15 years, instructor John Chamberlain language, discover verbal talents you through careful consideration of their has set it into 18 scenes; each actor will be didn’t know you have, and receive strengths and their limitations. Optional part of two or three short scenes; lines to constructive feedback on your optional take-home writing exercises will give you be memorized are manageable, even for weekly assignments. the opportunity to explore the myriad the main characters. We will rehearse once WWOR, 5 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:45 pm. Begins forms poetry can take. Bring 10 copies of a week across five weeks (on Wednesday November 12, Lexington High School, a recent poem (no more than two pages evenings, starting September 25) and Room 222, $105/Seniors $85. long) to the first session. present it on Wednesday, October 30. This is WPWW, 8 Wednesdays, 6:15-8:15 pm. not about professional acting; the focus is on Memoir Writing Begins October 2, Lexington High School, learning, self-expression, and engagement. Instructor: Tom Daley Room 148, $195/Seniors $145. HPTS, 5 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Memory is not an instrument for Begins September 25, Clarke Middle Daytime Memoir Writing exploring the past but its theatre. School, $95/Seniors $75. — Walter Benjamin Instructor: Tom Daley Memory is not an instrument for exploring NEW Shake-up Your Shakespeare! Whether you intend to share your written remembrances with family and friends the past but its theatre. — Walter Instructor: Poornima Kirby or a broader audience, you will find this Benjamin Whether you’re a Shakespeare super-fan a collegial and supportive workshop in Whether you intend to share your written or a newcomer to the bard, this one- which optional weekly exercises will help remembrances with family and friends evening workshop is a great chance to you to transform the rich material of your or a broader audience, you will find this brush the dust off some of the world’s life into unique works of art, including a collegial and supportive workshop in best-loved words and stories! We’ll memoir pieces, personal essays and even which optional weekly exercises will help explore the fire, beauty - and downright the beginning of a book-length memoir. you to transform the rich material of your oddity! - of Shakespeare’s poetry and All work will be written outside of the life into unique works of art, including plays the way actors would - through workshop and brought for a critique by memoir pieces, personal essays and even rhythm, movement, images, and more. other participants and the instructor, the beginning of a book-length memoir. We’ll discover adventurous ways to speak, during which time techniques for better All work will be written outside of the re-write and “scavenge” the text, as each writing will be explored. Bring nine workshop and brought for a critique by student prepares a short monologue or copies of something you have written other participants and the instructor, scene. And we’ll draw inspiration from of a memoir nature—a journal entry, a during which time techniques for better short video clips of some of the greatest paragraph describing a relationship, writing will be explored. Bring seven performances of Shakespeare’s text. a letter recounting some memorable copies of something you have written This is a great class for high-school or incident in your life—to the first meeting of a memoir nature—a journal entry, a college students looking to demystify of the workshop. The piece should be 750 paragraph describing a relationship, Shakespeare, English teachers looking words or less. a letter recounting some memorable to refresh a curriculum, public speakers WMEM, 8 Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00 pm. incident in your life—to the first meeting looking to tune up their skills, or simply for Begins October 2, Lexington High School, of the workshop. The piece should be 750 the curious! Students are encouraged (but Room 148, $195/Seniors $145. words or less. not required) to bring a favorite 4-10 line W2MEM, 8 Fridays,12:15-1:45 pm. Begins piece of Shakespeare text! October 11, LCE Conference Room, MSHA, 1 Thursday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets COOKING QUICK, SIMPLE Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter October 24, Lexington High School, Room AND FRESH with Elissa Goldman, page 32 through the blue side door of the Old 229, $40/Seniors $30. Harrington school. $165/Seniors $125.

18 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Fine Art

NEW Writing Short-Form In his book “The Art Spirit” American NEW Harvest and Autumn Poetry: Haiku, Cinquains, painter Robert Henri writes, “To Celebrations in the Chinese Clerihews and More apprehend beauty is to work for it.” LCE Brush Style Instructor: Tracy Marks invites you to work, apprehend, enjoy and Instructor: Son-Mey Chiu ultimately add to the beauty of the world Whether you have never written a poem The exuberant summer has gone; now through our many art offerings. or you are an experienced poet, you come the festive seasons of harvest and can easily express yourself creatively year-end celebrations. Come and learn by writing traditional short-form poetry Fundamentals of Drawing how to use the Chinese brush/graphic of 2-6 lines. In this course you will learn Instructor: Susan Dahl technique to render fall and winter objects about and write in nine different forms It’s not necessary to travel to exotic places such as corn and gourd; chrysanthemum from all over the world, many based or pick an unusual subject to create art and dragonfly; bittersweet and cardinal; on counting syllables, and most non- that is fresh and new. Through overcoming and amaryllis. We will begin with a short rhyming. Have fun discovering your talent the visual prejudices we have developed practice of the basic strokes of Chinese for writing haikus, tankas, cinquains, that make every day things seem invisible, calligraphy which form the basis of shadormas, sijos, tercets, quatrains, exciting art can be created almost Chinese brush painting. During each humorous clerihews, and landays, the anywhere, and inspired by almost any lesson, students are encouraged to poetic form of Afghan women. subject. In this drawing class for beginning study the objects from photographs and WSTU, 3 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins and intermediate students, we will experiment with brush methods for their September 24, Lexington High School, emphasize observation and description of renditions. Following a demonstration Room 222, $70/Seniors $55. items that are present in our own homes from the instructor students will finish and our neighborhood. We will consider their weekly painting with instructor issues including form and line, shading guidance. Beginning and returning WRITING CLASSES FOR and shadows, shape and proportion, and students are welcome. (Painting supplies CHILDREN AND TEENS composition and perspective. Students for new students: approximately $57 paid p. 28 will receive individual attention in a directly to the instructor.) Please bring relaxed and friendly setting. A $7 setup the following materials to class: A piece NEW Scratchboard Workshop fee payable to instructor at the first class. of felt or absorbent paper to protect your Supply list: 1 tablet drawing paper, about paintings and to prevent staining table Instructor: Catherine Paladino 8.5 inch x 11 inch; pencils of assorted surfaces; three cups or a water container Learn to use scratchboard to create hardness (between hb and 6b); 1 pencil divided into three sections; and a palette striking black and white drawings. sharpener, and an eraser. or dishes for watercolors. Class will meet Scratchboard is a medium used by AFOD, 8 Thursdays, 12:15-2:15 pm. October 7, 21, 28 and November 4. illustrators to make beautiful detailed Begins September 26, Lexington ACBP, 4 Mondays, 1:30-3:30 pm. Begins images that resemble woodcuts or Community Education Large Conference October 7, Lexington Community engravings. It is perfect for drawing all Room, 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Education Large Conference Room, 146 kinds of animals with fur, feathers, wings, Lowell Street, $165/Seniors $125. Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell Street, or fins; leaves, flowers, trees, architectural $125/Seniors $95. elements, and many other subjects! Using a pointed nib, lines and shading are scratched into black ink, revealing the white clay background underneath. The result is a bold black and white image that can be colored later with inks or pencil if desired. This workshop will take you through the process of choosing and sketching your subject, transferring the sketch to scratchboard, and making a variety of marks with different nibs to build your final image. Previous drawing experience is strongly recommended. Please see the LCE website for a list of supplies to be purchased prior to the first class. ASCB, 5 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins October 17, Lexington High School, Room 210, $105/Seniors $85.

Son-Mey Chiu teaches Harvest and Autumn Celebrations in the Chinese Brush Style, this page.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 19 Charcoal & Pastel Art Studio NEW Introduction to Acrylic yellow medium, cadmium red medium, for Adults Painting - Daytime ultramarine blue) mixing palette, and artist brushes. Instructor: Alma Bella Solis Instructor: Donna Calleja AACR, 5 Wednesdays, 6:00-8:30 pm. Using a combination of charcoal pencils Learn the basics of working with acrylic Begins October 23, Lexington High and chalks, or dry pastel pencils and paints while creating original artwork. School, Room 210, $135/Seniors $115. chalks, you will produce your own For our first project we will learn basic compositions interpreting subjects techniques such as color mixing, How to Make a Sculpture ranging from still life to human figures. composition, under painting and paint You’ll learn drawing methods including application techniques while creating a Instructor: Paul Angiolillo outline, contour, shading, blending, landscape painting from a photograph. In this one-session class, you’ll learn how to detailing and connectedness and explore How to work in different painting styles and create engaging and resilient sculptures: perspective, proportion, and more. Class subjects will be explored while students how to settle on a design, assemble size limited to 7 students. Please see the follow their personal interests in their objects and materials, and finish and LCE website for a list of supplies to be second painting project. The class will display them--so they’re attractive and purchased prior to the first class. combine teacher demonstration with work long-lasting. You can bring in any materials: ACHR, 6 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm. Begins time devoted to individual instruction. How an interesting piece of pottery, weathered September 17, Lexington High School, to prepare canvas and paper for painting wood, or other found objects, or engaging Room 167, $135/ Seniors $105. and using acrylic in mixed media work natural materials, such as seed pods or will also be covered. Supply List for class pieces of natural wood. Free-standing, wall Watercolor - canvas or canvas board (size range from hanging, mobile, and garden sculptures Instructor: Ivan Orlinsky 8 by 10 to 12 by 16 inches), Acrylic paint are all possible. We’ll discuss your ideas, in tubes (Basic colors – Titanium White, reveal many “tricks of the trade,” and This class is for both beginners and Yellow Hansa, Naphthol Red, Ultramarine demonstrate basic tools and equipment artists who have some experience with Blue, Burnt Sienna) or any set of yellow, for working with 3-D art--so you’ll be able watercolor. We will begin with an overview blue, red, white and brown acrylic paints, to create attractive sculptures at your own of the history of watercolor as a medium, disposable palette paper, and acrylic artist pace and in your own space. successful watercolor painters from the brushes (small round size 2 and 3 flats past and present and getting acquainted ASCU, 1 Saturday, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm. in size range of 2, 4, 6), 5 by 7 inches (or with the materials and supplies we will Meets November 16, Lexington High larger) color photos of landscapes. be using. Our first exercise will be laying School, Room 210, $40/Seniors $35. a flat wash. In subsequent classes we ADAC, 8 Thursdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 NEW Mosaic Collage Using will work on different techniques such pm. Begins September 26, Lexington as wet on wet, value studies, layering, Community Education Large Conference Tempered Glass mixing colors, what colors to include Room, 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Instructor: Suzanne Baratta Owayda on your palate, and a brief overview of Lowell Street, $175/Seniors $130. Preserve your “paper” the qualities of water color paint such memories under beautiful as transparent, semi -transparent and Acrylic Painting glass! In this class you will opaque. There will be a 20 minute warm Instructor: Linda Balek make a paper collage using up exercise at the beginning of each class. Studio acrylic painting classes are the ideal items (cards, ticket stubs, Please bring the following materials to art class for those who want to relax, explore pictures, ribbons, glitter, whatever you the first class: Paints: Cadmium yellow painting, and meet fellow artists in the like) that are personal to you as well as deep; Lemon yellow; Cobalt blue; French community. This class will address mixing, materials we have gathered, to make Ultramarine blue; Cerulean blue; Prussian composition, and painting techniques while an 8 x 10” or 8 x 8” art piece. After you blue; Cadmium red; Vermillion; Burnt encouraging your unique painting style cover your board with your paper design, Sienna; Yellow Ochre and Payne’s grey. through individual instruction. Please you will cover it with clear glass and Brushes: Bring what brushes you have; I bring to class a photo of what you would “crash” (tempered) glass, as well as other recommend #8 #10 round and a one inch like to paint for your unique artwork. In materials we have in the studio. This gives flat. Paper: Good quality watercolor pad; every class, painting instruction is given on your design a beautiful shimmery and 12” x16”. Palette: White china plate or a one to one learning approach and will jewel like quality. This class is great for the a butchers tray. Other supplies: Two or cater to each student‘s personal needs first time mosaic artist as well as a new three jars for holding water, Rags, paper and interests. Because we also learn from technique for long time mosaic artists! All towel, an HB pencil, kneaded eraser. others work, we will have a group painting materials included in the tuition. Class will Please bring a photo of your choice as a critique at the end of each class. While be held at Mosaic Oasis Studio & Supply reference to paint. painting on canvas, you will explore and at 1189 B Mass Ave in Arlington AWATE, 4 Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins experiment with your personal artistic AMOS, 3 Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm. November 18, Lexington High School, style. Recommended material list is Begins October 21, Mosaic Oasis Studio Room 212, $90/Seniors $70. canvas, easel, container for water, acrylic & Supply, 1189B Massachusetts Ave., paint (Basic colors: white, cadmium Arlington, $155.

20 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 scarf (7” X 72”) with a stripe pattern of NEW Open Sewing Studio your design in luscious colors. The first Instructor: Rachel Kuberry class will consist of designing the stripe Have a sewing project that has been warp and warping the loom using the sitting unfinished in a closet for months? Is direct warping method. To warp the loom, there a sewing project that you would like students walk back and forth between the to try but would like some assistance? Or loom and a peg positioned the length of do you just want some more experience the warp. Students will walk a distance of using your sewing machine? Come to approximately 9 feet, approximately 50 this class with your unfinished project or times to complete this part of the project. wish list and get going! Instructor will The second week weaving will begin. The provide support for projects like: making a student will take the loom home to weave garment using a pattern, making a pieced the scarf. The third class will consist of quilt, creating new pillows for your home. finishing the weaving, taking the scarf off If you do not yet have a project for your the loom, twisting the fringe and learning sewing machine in mind, come to the first how to wash the scarf. Schacht Cricket class and practice sewing skills on some Looms will be provided for students use simple projects while we design a project (and can be purchased from the instructor). to your liking. Please bring your own These looms are small and lightweight sewing machine to class. A class sewing enough to be carried in a canvas tote bag machine can be available for use with provided by the instructor. Students will advanced notice. need to either go to the instructor’s studio in Waltham to choose fiber and colors ASEW, 4 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. before the class begins or contact the Begins October 15, LHS, Room 211, instructor with fiber and color choices. A $100/Seniors $80. Memoir Writing with Tom Daley, page 18. materials fee of $25.00 for the yarn will be paid to the instructor. Please bring a pair of An Introduction to Quilting and Beyond scissors to class. Get ready for the colder Metalsmithing Instructor: Cathy Berry weather with this scarf! Please note class Instructor: Karenna Maraj meeting dates. Sessions are identical. Is there a quilt you would like to make? Do Come and learn how to make beautiful you have a project that you would like to AWV, 3 Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm. jewelry with an introduction to finish? Have you ever seen a quilt that just Begins September 18 and meets metalsmithing techniques! You will be strikes your fancy but you think it would September 25 and October 16, Lexington guided the first day on basic techniques; be too difficult? Come join our class and High School, Room 214, $135/Seniors $105. how to solder, saw, file, hammer, make learn the basics and beyond with all the A2WV, 3 Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm. jump rings and findings. The next two company of fellow quilting and appliqué Begins October 23, and meets October sessions will be spent using your new enthusiasts which will keep you going 30 and November 20, Lexington High skills to make bracelets, rings, earrings, through the time consuming but creative School, Room 214, $135/Seniors $105. and pendants. We will use stamps, set and rewarding process of starting, making stones and learn wire wrapping, just to and finishing your own special quilt. Daytime Advanced Knitting name a few examples of skills. Silver is Optional field trips to quilt and fabric Instructor: Kerry Keohane available for a small additional fee. While this class is geared toward beginners, shops will be discussed in class. Bring a new or working project for students with some previous experience AQ&M, 6 Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins guidance and hand holding. Learn to knit will work on perfecting skills and learning September 16 and meets October 7, a gauge, a new technique, or to seam and new techniques. Class is limited to six October 21, October 28, November 4 and block your project. The instructor, who has students. Please bring your reading November 18. Lexington High School, been teaching knitting for fifteen years, is glasses if you wear them. Room 143, $140/Seniors $100. familiar with knitting in the round, magic loop, cabling without a cable needle, AITM, 3 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins Weave An Alpaca or Bamboo color work and lace. Bring your patterns, November 5, Karenna Maraj Jewelry Scarf for Fall yarn, needles, unfinished projects and Collection, 95 Trapelo Road, Belmont, $125. Instructor: Beth Guertin questions for a morning of knitting. Class size limited to 8. Weave an Alpaca Scarf or a Bamboo ADKNIT, 10 Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 Scarf on a Rigid Heddle Loom. Rigid MOSAIC COLLAGE USING heddle looms produce plain weave cloth am. Begins September 18, Meets at LCE TEMPERED GLASS on a fun and portable loom. In three Conference Room, (Access by 328 Lowell with Suzanne Barata Owayda, facing page weeks (9 hours), students will weave a Street/Enter through blue side door of soft bamboo or a soft and warm alpaca building), $195/Seniors $150.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 21 ELL/ Languages

Intro to Digital Photography Stone Carving Saturdays No matter where you travel in the world, and Photo Editing Instructor: Scott Cahaly communication is the key to success. Our Instructor: Damian Barneschi In this popular one-day workshop, courses are taught by instructors who Do you own a DSLR (Digital single-lens you’ll have the opportunity to carve both speak well and teach well in multiple reflex) camera and want to learn how your own stone, an art form that is not languages. to utilize its full potential? This six-class typically accessible. For beginners and course teaches students how to adjust a experienced sculptors alike, you’ll be Beginning English - Daytime digital camera’s manual function settings guided through the process of looking Instructor: Rosemary Previte and later improve images with Photoshop. into the rock for imagery, carving The goal of this class is to help you get Students will first study photographs taken into material, planning and forming a started understanding and speaking by professionals, analyzing them in terms sculpture, and using tools. Hand-carving English. Along with the basics of grammar of subject matter, light, color, contrast and techniques will be demonstrated, and and pronunciation, we will focus on talking depth of field, before moving outdoors to stone carving lore will be discussed. We’ll to other people in your neighborhood, at photograph a variety of subjects, including also touch upon safety in studio,and stone work, at school, at restaurants and at the natural landscapes and street scenes. and tool sourcing. You will leave with your doctor’s office. We will use textbooks and After students amass a small body of work, stone sculpture in hand. Please bring videos and we will share stories from our they will learn how to edit the images in a bag lunch to class. All materials will own experiences. We will laugh and have Photoshop, improving them in terms of be provided. Classes are held at Scott’s fun while we work hard to build English light and color. Students who wish to post Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street (Bike language skills. their finished work to social media will be Path) Bedford, MA 01730. For additional LENG, 8 Mondays, 12:30-2:30 am. Begins instructed on how to best do so as well. To class information please visit: www. September 23, LCE Conference Room, see Damian Barneschi’s work, please visit stonecarvingdust.blogspot.com Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter his Instagram feed @dbarneschi ASTN, 1 Saturday, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. through the blue side door of the Old ADPH, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets September 21, Scott’s Stone Harrington school, $140/Seniors $120. Begins September 18, Lexington High Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, $140. School, Room 215, $175/Seniors $135. A2STN, 1 Saturday, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. Meets October 19, Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, $140. WEAVE AN ALPACA OR BAMBOO SCARF FOR FALL A3ST, 1 Saturday, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. with Beth Guertin, page 21 Meets November 16, Scott’s Stone Carving, 80 Loomis Street, Bedford, $140.

Photography: Lighting for Perfect Pictures The Basics and Beyond Rick Clerici teaches Mastering the Moment and Instructor: Scott Metzger Instructor: Scott Metzger Fixing Our Broken Sleep, page 38. Often the most memorable photos are Great photographs are created through the most difficult to take. The lovely English as a Second Language the right mixture of angle, light, subject, sunset, your smiling family in shade Level 2 story, and spirit. To capture all of these against a sunny backdrop, and many Instructor: Rosemary Previte ingredients in the snap of a shutter, other instances when the lighting can be a photographer needs the skill set to challenging. Sometimes a flash just isn’t This course is for those who have studied potentially assess, frame, and shoot in enough. In this class we will discuss the some basic English and who want to a fraction of a second. In this class, we different types of light, natural and studio, improve their grammar, vocabulary, will stock our photographic “tool box” and how they impact your photos. We pronunciation, and conversation skills. through studying the essential elements will address techniques to compensate for Grammar topics will include parts of taking a great picture. We will explore less than perfect lighting including when of speech, simple present, present documentary, lighting, the rule of thirds, to light, how to adjust your exposure for progressive, and past tenses, and subject camera and computer processing sunsets and the role of both on camera and object pronouns. We will use a equipment, and composition. We will and off-camera lighting. textbook and worksheets, and we will also examine ways to manage workflow practice pronunciation, listening, and APPH, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets and the particulars of portrait, landscape conversation skills in class. This class will October 28, Lexington High School, Room and commercial photography. By the improve your understanding of American 220, $25/Seniors $20. end of the class, students will feel more English, as well as your speaking and comfortable with their ability to make a writing skills. (Purchasing the textbook is stronger, more engaging photograph. WOMEN ON NON-PROFIT optional.) Please bring your camera to class. BOARDS LINE, 8 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins APBB, 4 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins with Stephanie Lawrence, page 35 September 26, Lexington High School, November 4, Lexington High School, Room 222, $135/Seniors $105. Room 220, $88/Seniors $66. 22 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Daytime English Conversation Instructor: Ric Calleja Have you studied English and perhaps traveled or lived in an English-speaking country, yet feel uncomfortable when Americans use informal English? In this class you will learn to understand and make yourself understood dealing with schools, landlords, neighbors and government officials. Your confidence will grow as we converse about daily life, family, children, friends, shopping, travel and what to see and do in the Boston area. Karen Girondel teaches French Language and Conversation Through Film, and French Conversational Workshop, page 24. LCOE, 10 Tuesdays, 12:30-2:30 pm. Begins September 24, LCE Large Conference Memorization and mechanical practice is Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and Español Intermedio & Avanzado required. Textbook will be discussed at enter through the blue side door of the a Través /Spanish Intermediate & first class. Old Harrington school, $170/Seniors $135. Advanced Instructor: Ric Calleja LBIT, 8 Tuesdays, 7:45 pm -9:00 pm. Begins September 24, Lexington High Beginning Spanish Este curso está orientado hacia estudiantes School, Room 148, $135/Seniors $105. Instructor: Pilar Cabrera, Ph.D que han llegado al nivel intermedio o This beginner course focuses on basic avanzado en español. Usando poemas, Advanced Beginning Italian communication in Spanish. Students cuentos, artículos sobre temas de Instructor: Sonia Parravano will develop communication skills that actualidad y por lo menos una película, include greetings and farewells, answering este curso lo ayudará a desarrollar su This course is appropriate for those who the phone, ordering a meal, discussing vocabulario y su capacidad de hablar, have completed Beginning Italian (Level 1) traveling and hotel accommodations, escribir y entender el idioma español. This or its equivalent. Grammar and vocabulary and talking about recreation and sports. course is for students who have reached will build upon what was covered in Students will learn grammar usage the intermediate or advanced level in Beginning Italian with a focus on speaking including regular and irregular verbs, Spanish. Using poetry, stories, current news skills. Study of grammar will continue subject-verb agreement, progressive articles, and at least one movie, this course through simple conversations. Students tense, agreement of articles, nouns, and will help you develop your vocabulary, should be familiar with the present tense, adjectives in the context of discussion, and your capacity to speak, write and adjectives and prepositions. reading, and writing exercises. understand the Spanish language. LIAB, 8 Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm. LBGS, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. LDII, 10 Thursdays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Begins September 24, LHS, Room 148, Begins September 25, Lexington High Begins September 26, LCE Conference $135/Seniors $105. School, Room 222, $165/Seniors $125. Room, Access by 328 Lowell Street, and enter through the blue side door of the Beginning Italian - Daytime Conversational Spanish for Old Harrington school, $170/Seniors $135. Instructor: Sonia Parravano Beginners Students will have the opportunity to Instructor: Magnolia Rios Advanced Spanish Conversation develop fundamental skills in grammar, Instructor: Ylsel Valero This class (for those who have a basic pronunciation, vocabulary, and knowledge of Spanish) will focus on LADS, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm. conversation. Learn the Italian sound developing conversational skills through Begins September 18, Lexington High system and the basics of vocabulary and oral and written exercises on a variety School, Room 225, $100/Seniors $75. grammar necessary for communication. of topics, working on pronunciation, This course is built around readings, class role-play, and practicing everyday Beginning Italian discussion, and active class participation. activities. Students will learn about Instructor: Sonia Parravano Memorization and mechanical practice is required. Textbook will be discussed at culture, how to construct phrases, ask Students will have the opportunity to first class. and answer questions, write short, weekly develop fundamental skills in grammar, compositions, to acquire confidence pronunciation, vocabulary, and LDBI, 8 Wednesdays, 10:45 am - 12:00 making the language alive for them. conversation. Learn the Italian sound pm. Begins September 25, LCE Large LSBC, 10 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm. system and the basics of vocabulary and Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell Begins September 18, Lexington High grammar necessary for communication. Street, and enter through the blue side School, Room 234, $125/Seniors $95. This course is built around readings, class door of the Old Harrington school, $135/ discussion, and active class participation. Seniors $105.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 23 Intermediate Italian - Daytime college-level Contacts, Valette/Valette, Daytime Intermediate French Instructor: Sonia Parravano Version 8, may be purchased online or from Instructor: Karen Girondel This class is appropriate for students a bookstore. This total immersion course is designed who have completed Advanced Beginner LOBR, 11 Thursdays, 12:30-2:30 pm. for students who are able to create Italian and are comfortable in an immersion BeginsSeptember 19, Lexington sentences in French using learned environment. Students should be confident Community Education Conference Room, vocabulary and expressions in basic using vocabulary and grammar skills 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell social situations. While students may acquired in Italian beginner I and Italian Street, $220. make mistakes, and pause to find the beginner II. Grammar study will continue right word or to self-correct, they are thought simple conversations, short French: Beginner II generally understood by sympathetic stories and readings. Instructor: Maurice Bombrun native speakers who are accustomed to LIIT, 8 Wednesdays, 9:15 - 10:45 am. If you have some or long-since-forgotten non-native fluency. The emphasis will Begins September 25, LCE Large knowledge of French, this class is for be on perfecting listening and speaking Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell you. In the Beginner II level course, skills in a variety of authentic cultural Street, and enter through the blue side we will assume all basic concepts of contexts, as well as increasing vocabulary door of the Old Harrington school, $135/ pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary and grammatical accuracy. The course is Seniors $105. have been studied and acquired. We taught in a very visual way making it fun will introduce new vocabulary, grammar and easy to make rapid progress towards Conversational Italian (Daytime) rules, verbs, and expressions through advanced proficiency. We will use film and Instructor: Sonia Parravano exercises to expand your oral and written current events to provide cultural context. Engage in fun and stimulating knowledge and improve your ability to LDIF, 10 Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. Begins conversation while enhancing your understand and communicate with French September 17, Lexington Community cultural, literary, and linguistic proficiency. people, both orally and in writing. Our Education Large Conference Room, 146 The course explores a wealth of focus is shared among reading, listening, Maple Street, $170/Seniors $135. interesting topics, like Renaissance Italy, and oral exercises for a well-rounded, contemporary literature, current news, dynamic learning experience of everyday French Language and cuisine, music and more. Students are French. Please purchase the textbook Conversation Through Film encouraged to prepare a topic and discuss prior to the first class: Contacts (ISBN 978- Instructor: Karen Girondel their findings in an informal atmosphere. 0618-395-781), Valette/Valette, 8th Edition. Film transports us to another place, In addition to oral production, writing LBFR, 12 Tuesdays, 12:30-2:30 pm. Begins another time and another life. Film assignments and in-class prompts aim September 17, Lexington Community provides language learners with a rich to help students express their ideas in Education Conference Room, 146 Maple audio-visual context, along with dynamic the language. This class is a great fit Street, Access by 328 Lowell Street, $240 vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, for students who have intermediate to authentic dialogue, in addition to cultural advanced proficiency in Italian. and historical references. This course will LDCO, 8 Wednesdays, 12:00 noon - 1:15 feature presentation of vocabulary and ITALIAN CLASSES pm. Begins September 25, LCE Large some key grammatical structures which with Sonia Parravano, pages 23, 24 Conference Room, Access by 328 Lowell students will practice in the context of Street, and enter through the blue side the film, as well as open-ended exercises, door of the Old Harrington school, $135/ Intermediate French II activities, discussions, and role-playing designed to help them improve their Seniors $105. Instructor: Maurice Bombrun proficiency. Listening and speaking skills Total Beginner French Intermediate French II is for students who will be emphasized in this class rather have attended Intermediate French 1 Instructor: Maurice Bombrun than reading and writing. This course is or are familiar with all basic concepts of for you if you know some basic French, Total Beginner French is for students with pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. understand some of what you hear when no or “forgotten” French knowledge. The Students further learn to communicate spoken at normal rate of speed, and want course introduces basic pronunciation, with more complex sentences in the opportunity to speak in a context grammar, and vocabulary to build the applicable French culture situations that will encourage increased vocabulary foundation of the language in a fun and conversations. The textbook will be and grammatical accuracy without lists of environment, taking into consideration discussed at the first class. words and tedious written exercises. each student’s requirements and questions. LINF, 11 Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. Begins Students will learn to communicate simple LFFIL, 10 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. September 19, Lexington High School, Begins September 18, Lexington High concepts in French through numerous Room 233, $220. exercises. Pronunciation, reading, listening School, Room 166, $170/Seniors $135. LIN2, 11 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins and speaking are the focus of the class for September 19, Lexington High School, a progressive learning experience. The Room 233, $220.

24 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 French Conversational Workshop listen to recordings, to watch video clips, most widely spoken and recognizable Instructor: Maurice Bombrun and to engage in dialogue with your languages in the world today. Taught by fellow students. Basic grammar will be a native speaker, the Beginning class In the Conversational French class, introduced through reading and writing will introduce modern conversational students learn how to maintain and exercises. Handouts will be provided. Arabic using an interactive and practical practice French to stay fluent and Willkommen – welcome! instructional method. Emphasis will be on improve conversational skills. The lessons listening comprehension, vocabulary, and include conversation, pronunciation, LBGE, 8 Wednesdays, 5:00-6:30 pm. speaking skills. The Beyond Beginning understanding, role/play, grammar and Begins October 16, Lexington High class is for those who have taken the translation to reinforce the learning School, Room 235, $148/Seniors $128. Beginning level class or its equivalent. process. We focus on giving you the opportunity to speak in French. We use Intermediate German LBAR, (Beginning), 8 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 articles from the news, literature, and Instructor: Uschi Kullmann pm. Begins September 24, Lexington student-submitted documents to expose German—I know I knew it. Intermediate High School, Room 231, $165/Seniors you to a variety of real-life topics and German is a course for students with $148. everyday French language topics. No previous knowledge (levels A1 / A2), LBBA, (Beyond Beginning), 8 Thursdays, textbook required. focusing on reading and speaking in 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins September 26, LFCW, 12 Tuesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 am. common situations. Some grammar Lexington High School, Room 231, $165/ Begins September 17, Lexington cannot be avoided though. In this Seniors $148. Community Education Conference Room, interactive class, we will use videos, NEW 146 Maple Street, Access by 328 Lowell games, and handouts to prepare you for Japanese for Beginners I Street, $220. communication in and travel to a German Instructor: Amy C. Franks speaking country. This course introduces students with no Beginning German: For New LREG, 8 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. previous Japanese language experience and Continuing Students Begins October 16, Lexington High to basic conversation, grammar, and the Instructor: Uschi Kullmann School, Room 235, $168/Seniors $148. writing system. Through our study of While German has the reputation of these three subjects, we will also explore Standard Arabic for Beginning being a difficult language this course is cultural issues such as polite language meant to show you otherwise. Using real and Beyond Beginning Students and Japan’s integration of foreign words life situations like shopping or a doctor’s Instructor: Janet Atiyyat and ideas. Basic conversation and cultural topics include self-introductions, getting visit you will learn useful phrases to get Originating in the 6th century, the around on public transportation, food around and express yourself. Expect to Arabic language has become one of the and drink, shopping, famous cultural and historical sites, and other topics of interest to students. HJLC, 8 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins September 24, Lexington High School, Room 226, $165/Seniors $148.

NEW Russian for Beginners Instructor: Elena Neva The course is open to all students with a general interest in Russian. No prior knowledge of Russian is required as the course is for complete beginners. The class has been designed to promote interaction among the students and with the instructor. It requires preparation, active participation and attendance. Language learning is an interesting and fascinating experience in which students will be exposed to new and different ways of relating to people, places and the world. You need to set aside time to review and prepare class and assignments. LRUS, 10 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins Uschi Kullmann teaches Beginning and Intermediate German, this page. September 24, LHS, Room 231, $170/$135.

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From editing digital photos, to creating how to install new ones. How to make Siri Organizing Your Computer your own web page, you are sure to find understand you. Keep your iPhone safe Instructor: Kristen Butler from prying eyes. And more… something to match your ability and Learn how to organize your files and interest. Mac Computers are provided CIPH, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets folders, manage the “My Documents” for all computer classes. However, if September 18, Lexington High School, folder, and backup your information. preferred, students may bring their Room 155, $39/Seniors $35. Students must be familiar with the basics laptops for any of Kristen Butler’s classes. CDPH, 1 Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Meets of how to use a computer. September 27, LCE Conference Room, CDORG, 1 Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 The Lexington Community Education $39/Seniors $35. pm. Meets November 1, LCE Office Conference Rooms are located at 146 Conference Room, $42. Maple Street, access via 328 Lowell St. iPhone Capabilities – Part 2 CORG, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. The LCE Conference Rooms are in the Instructor: Kristen Butler Meets December 4, Lexington High Old Harrington/Lexington Public Schools Still feel like you are a beginner user of your School, Room 155 , $42. Central Office building. Enter through iPhone? Learn how to change the settings, the blue door on the parking lot side backup your phone, sync your photos and Managing Your Photos of the building. Look for the blue music, never go over on data usage again, Instructor: Kristen Butler awning listing “Lexington Community shop on the Internet, learn about fabulous Photos, Photos, Everywhere! Photos on Education.” apps that can make your life easier. your phone, photos on your iPad, photos WordPress: Build Your Working CD2PH, 1 Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. in your email, photos in your texts, photos Website or Blog Meets October 4, LCE Conference Room, on your wall, photos on slides or photos Instructor: Fan Stanbrough $39/Seniors $35. in a box. Your photos are everywhere. Do you want to create an easy-to-build website C2PH, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets Come learn how to organize them on your or personal blog? If you have purchased a October 16, Lexington High School, Room computer so that you can find them and domain name or are ready to buy a hosting 155, $39/Seniors $35. even put them into albums to share. package, this class is for you. WordPress is CPHO, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets Intro to Google Suite a powerful and easy-to-use tool for building September 25, Lexington High School, virtually any kind of site. Your instructor Instructor: Kristen Butler Room 155, $39/Seniors $35. will guide you through the hosting domain An overview of the powerful Google CDPIC, 1 Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 process and will help you install WordPress on Suite including an introduction to Google pm. Meets November 8, LCE Office your own server. You will review the steps to Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets and Conference Room, $39/Seniors $35. configure settings, pick a theme, add pages Sharing. CD2PIC, 1 Friday, 9:00am - 12:00 and a blog; learn how to grow your website CDGSL, 1 Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. pm. Meets November 22, LCE Office traffic with simple Search Engine Optimization Meets October 11, LCE Office Conference Conference Room, $39/Seniors $35. (SEO) tips; install essential plugins for Search Room, $42. Engine Optimization (SEO), Google Analytics, CGSL, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets and photo gallery. You will learn to build online November 6, Lexington High School forms, and learn to sell advertising, set up Room 155, $42. PayPal on your site, back up your database, control your bandwidth usage. This class is NEW Syncing and The Cloud taught in a computer lab. There is no need Instructor: Kristen Butler to bring your own computer. Before the first How can syncing your devices to the class, you must set up a website host for your Kristen Butler teaches computer classes, this and site. (The instructor can set-up a temporary Cloud make things easier in some ways following page. site upon your requirement.) and harder in others. What to sync what not to sync and when. Calendars, CWDP, Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 am - NEW Aging and Technology contacts, photos, and more. 1:30 pm. Meets September 21 and 22, Instructor: Kristen Butler CDSYNC, 1 Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Lexington High School, Room 155, $125/ Do you really need a Smartphone? How Seniors $115. Meets October 25, LCE Office Conference Room, $39/Seniors $35. can using a Smartphone make life easier or safer? Step by step instructions on how CSYNC, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. iPhone Capabilities to use your phone as a helpful tool. Instructor: Kristen Butler Meets October 30, Lexington High School, Room 155, $39/Seniors $35. CDAGE, 1 Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 Unlock the mysteries and wonderment pm. Meets November 15, LCE Office of the iPhone. Learn how to create an Conference Room, $39/Seniors $35. Apple ID and how it is used. Never lose CAGE, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets your phone again by setting up Find My SWEET HARMONY November 20, Lexington High School iPhone. Learn about the built-in Apps and with Richard Knisely, page 14 Room 155, $39/$35.

26 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Courses for Children

Introduction to Microsoft Excel Each summer LCE’s Lexplorations Instructor: Kristen Butler program offers wonderful creative Learn how to use a spreadsheet experiences that are anticipated and application and create graphs using the warmly remembered throughout the data in your spreadsheets. Learn how to regular school year. Our Courses for use multiple worksheets and share the Children section aims to offer that data between worksheets. MS Excel is a same no-stress environment filled with great tool for tracking numbers. opportunities for enrichment and fun. CINX, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets November 13, Lexington High School Art Studio: Pastel and Charcoal Room 155, $42. (Grades 2-6) CDEX, 1 Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Meets Instructor: Alma Bella Solis December 6, LCE Office Conference Using a combination of charcoal pencils Room, $42. and chalks, or dry pastel pencils and chalks, you will produce your own Intro to MS Word compositions, interpreting subjects Instructor: Kristen Butler ranging from still life to human figures. Learn how to use this powerful word You’ll learn drawing methods including processing program to write your papers, outline, contour, shading, blending, create flyers, write your resume, modify detailing and explore perspective, document setups, change margins, Art Studio: Charcoal and Pastel for Grades 2–6 with proportion, and more. Class size limited Alma Bella Solis, this page. change fonts, and other information. to 7 students. Please check the Lexington Students must be familiar with the basics Community Education website for a of how to use a computer. are just a few items that Kristen can help supply list for this class. you with. Meetings will be held in the CWOR, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. KPAC, 8 Mondays, 3:30-5:30 pm. Begins Lexington Community Education office Meets October 2, Lexington High School, September 16, Lexington High School, and the charge is $120 per hour for up Room 155, $42. Room 167, $220 to two people. There is a minimum of a Introduction to LinkedIn two hour meeting. To arrange a time with Calligraphy (Ages 10+) Kristen please contact the LCE office at Instructor: Alma Bella Solis Instructor: Kristen Butler 781 862 8043. The key to your success on LinkedIn Learn the timeless art of beautiful writing begins with a powerful and professional Buying and Selling on eBay (and in seven weeks using Uncial-Foundational script. After a brief overview of the history presence. You must strategically write Amazon) your profile with your ideal client in mind of calligraphy and the original scripts of Instructor:Tracy Marks before you start connecting to maximize Western Calligraphy we will experiment the impact of your first impression online. Do you want to learn how to safely and with spacing between letters, words, effectively sell items on eBay and/or and between sentences/verses and CLINK, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Amazon? In this workshop, taught by paragraphs; and the proper angle in nib Meets October 23, Lexington High an active Amazon seller and previously usage. Students will write their favorite School, Room 155, $39/Seniors $35. certified eBay trainer/powerseller, we’ll poem, quotation, or any text of their first cover how to safely buy and sell on own choosing in Uncial-Foundational INTRO TO DIGITAL eBay. After focusing on how to search script toward the end of this session. PHOTOGRAPHY AND EDITING for items, research prices, bid, and leave Mastery can be achieved by a focus on with Damian Barneschi, p 22 feedback, we’ll spend most of class penmanship skills in both print and long learning to create and submit listings, hand, as well as practicing and using the Computer Consulting “Ala Carte” prepare photos, determine auction timing, skills learned in class. Please see the Instructor: Kristen Butler manage auctions, handle payment and LCE website for a list of supplies to be Computer consultant Kristen Butler shipping, and deal with security issues and purchased prior to the first class. is available to meet and assist up to non-responsive buyers. For the last class, KCAL, 8 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. Begins two people in personalized computer students will create eBay listings which September 27, Lexington High School, consulting. Want to fully understand together we will constructively critique Room 167, $220. the iCloud and backup? Want to make and help improve. We will also cover the certain your devices are synced? Want quick and easy process of becoming an to know if you have the proper updates Amazon Marketplace seller. THE 5C'S OF SUCCESSFUL ADHD PARENTING CBAY, 3 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins and software on your computer? Want with Dr. Sharon Saline, page 3 to create a photographic presentation October 22, Lexington High School, Room or video for a special occasion? These 222, $75/Seniors $60.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 27 Heartsaver CPR controlled spontaneity into your work. NEW College Financial Toolkit Instructor: Court Booth Each class will focus on a different special for High School Students effect achieved by allowing the properties American Heart Association Heartsaver Instructors: Sumeit and Sanjay Aggarwal of water and pigments to work their CPR teaches how to recognize and “magic” on the paper. Quality materials Give your college bound kid the ultimate respond to cardiac emergencies, including will be used so that your efforts will going away gift. As your 10th – 12th CPR life support for adults, children, and produce the best possible result. After graders start planning for college in the AED. Additional certification in Infant learning several techniques, we will apply the coming years, don’t forget to pack CPR optional. Materials (current text), them to specific subjects from nature the financial toolkit in their bags. In this certification and supplies included in the fee. such as flowers, fruit, seashells, rocks, and workshop, we will introduce the personal KCPR, 1 Monday, 5:00-8:15 pm. Meets clouds to create stunning images. Please finance tools that they are going to October 7, Lexington High School Room see the LCE website for a list of supplies need as they start to make independent 148, $80. to be purchased prior to the first class. financial decisions. Get hands-on practice and experience with pay stubs, banking, KWAT, 5 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. savings, credit cards, credit score, taxes Begins September 25, Lexington High DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS and more. Attendees will walk out with School, Room 167, $120. FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS a list of financial to-dos that will give with Gerry Goolkasian, facing page Home Alone their high school graduation checklist a head start. This class will be co-taught Instructor: Officers of the Lexington Police Babysitting by Sumeit and Sanjay Aggarwal. They Department have written this course with a focus on Instructor: Help your child feel safer and more building financial literacy as a life skill in DBabysitter Training (ages 11-15) secure when home alone or with siblings, young adults. Instructor: Windy Winters-Harrington, and teach them smart telephone and KCFT, 1 Friday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets Safety Savvy doorbell answering strategies. This class September 27, Lexington High School, American Red Cross Babysitting Basics is designed for children ages 9 and Room 221, $25. class covers a wide range of information older. Younger children may attend with that can help new babysitters gain the an accompanying adult. Instructors are Fiction Writing for 4th and skills and confidence needed to care officers from the Lexington Police and 5th Graders Fire Departments. Class size is limited so for infants and children. The course Instructor: Karen Day includes information on: how to care please register early. In this three-session fiction workshop, for infants and children; what to do in K009, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. Meets students will be introduced to the nuts an emergency and how to stay safe; October 15, Lexington High School, Room and bolts of what makes a good story. choosing age appropriate activities; 233. Free, but space is limited and pre- They will brainstorm for ideas and begin recognizing, understanding and handling registration is required. writing a story that focuses on key fictional certain behaviors; basic first aid, epi pen elements such as voice and plot. In training, hands-only CPR; and how to start NEW Intro to Show Business addition to written comments from the a babysitting business. Upon successful (Grades K-2) teacher, they can also expect to leave the completion students will receive a Instructor: Laura McLaine class with the beginnings of a story of printable certificate from the American Do you love to sing and dance? Have you their own. This is an instructional course Red Cross. All equipment and materials ever wondered how to make a story come that leaves plenty of time for in-class provided. Class limited to 12. to life on stage? If you have, this is the writing and participation. KBTR, 2 Meetings, 4:00-7:15 pm. Meets class for you! Over 8 weeks, we will make K2FIC, 3 Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 pm. Tuesday, November 12 and Thursday, scenery, costumes, write a script, and Begins November 6, Lexington High November 14, Lexington High School, make a story come alive on stage! We will School, Room 225, $90. Room 167, $130.. have a short production on the last day of class for friends and family. Laura is an Fiction Writing for NEW Watercolor for Instructional Assistant at Diamond Middle Middle Schoolers Middle Schoolers School and teaches Show Business at Instructor: Karen Day Instructor: Catherine Paladino Lexplorations. This three-session fiction writing workshop This class is for beginning painters as KISB, 8 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00 pm. Begins will focus on some of the most important well as for those with some experience. September 24, Lexington High School, components of writing a story: voice, If you would love to try watercolors Room 173, $160. setting and plot. We will brainstorm for but are intimidated by this flowing and ideas, begin writing a story and explore unpredictable medium and don’t know what it means to revise. Students will where to start, this class is for you. Learn ALL CLASSES MEET AT LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED receive written comments from the techniques that will help you to bring teacher. We will also work on being our

28 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 own editors as well as critiquing others. NEW Beginning Japanese for NEW Hip Hop I (for Ages 7-9) Each class will build on the next and at the Young People II (for Ages 10+) Instructor: Kendall Sealey, db Studios end students can expect to have a solid Instructor: Amy Franks Hip Hop 1 will introduce your child to start to their own novel or story. This course is a continuation of Beginning the wonderful world of hip hop dance! KFIC, 3 Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 pm. Japanese for Young People I. Taking Your dancer will learn about isolations, Begins October 16, Lexington High up where the previous course ended, musicality, self expression and more. This School, Room 231, $90. students will further develop their skills class is perfect for those who are new to dance, or have had less than a year of Dungeons & Dragons for in four core areas: speaking, listening, reading and writing. dance class! Class is held at db Studios, Middle Schoolers KAT2, 8 Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 pm. Begins 442 Marrett Road, Lexington. Instructor: Gerry Goolkasian September 26, Lexington High School. KHIP, 11 Thursdays, 3:15 - 4:15 pm. Begins This ever popular game of logic and Room 173, $165/Seniors $148. September 19, Class is held at db Studios, imagination begins with the creation 442 Marrett Road, Lexington. $250. of characters with the rolling of dice. NEW Ballet II (for Ages 10 - 14) You and your collaborators guide your NEW Instructor: Kendall Sealey, db Studios Contemporary Dance I characters through an imaginary journey Ballet II is a 90 minute class that will (for Ages 7-9) encountering exciting adventures along help your dancer develop a deeper Instructor: Kendall Sealey, db Studios the way. Your journey is referred to as a understanding of both the technical Contemporary Dance I is a great “campaign” which is creatively structured and artistic aspects of the art form. In introduction to the art of contemporary like the plot of a good book by one ballet 2 students begin to work on more dance. Contemporary dance is a style of player known as the Dungeon Master. complicated adagio, petit allegro, as expressive dance that combines elements This player is usually a more experienced well as turning variations. In ballet 2 of several dance genres including modern, player. In Week 1, we will begin taking we emphasize the importance of good jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Students requests to write and run campaigns, posture, poise, strength, and agility. Using will be exposed to jazz dance terminology, and then create characters. After that our both barre exercises as well as center posture/poise, turns, leaps, and more! imaginations will guide us onward. Both work students will gain a well rounded experienced players and beginners are KCONT 9 Mondays, 5:00-6:00 pm. Begins understanding of the principals of ballet, welcome. Students will have an option to September 16, Class is held at db Studios, and the importance of good technique. play a game of Crack-About in the gym 442 Marrett Road, Lexington. $210. each week. Please note this class meets KBAL, 11 Thursdays, 5:15 - 6:45 pm. on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons: Begins September 19, Class is held at db December 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19. Studios, 442 Marrett Road, Lexington, $300. A BIG BAND EXTRAVAGANZA! Featuring Jerry Bergonzi and other KCDD, 6 sessions, 3:00-6:00 pm. Begins guests, page 8 December 3, Clarke Middle School, Room 227, $125. Jazz in the MIddle Beginning Japanese for Young Instructors: Toby Forman and Gregory Tracy People I (for Ages 10+) Do you love Jazz? Joining the Jazz In The Instructor: Amy Franks Middle band will get you playing cool Jazz This course introduces students with no every week! Young musicians will get a previous Japanese language experience solid grounding in jazz styles, music theory, to basic conversation, grammar, and the and improvisation skills. This town-wide hiragana writing system. Through our study big band is just for middle school students, of these three subjects, we will also explore and will prepare you for playing at the high cultural issues such as polite language school level and beyond. Playing regularly and Japan’s integration of foreign words with other musicians is one of the best and ideas. Basic conversation and cultural ways to improve your own instrumental topics include greetings, self-introductions, skills. The Jazz in the Middle band is not food and drink, shopping, popular culture, appropriate for beginners. Students must manga and anime, and other topics of have some level of proficiency on their interest to students. instrument. Please indicate your instrument KATA, 8 Thursdays, 4:00-5:30 pm. Begins on registration form. Auditions are not September 26, Lexington High School, required. Class is co-taught by Toby Room 173, $165/Seniors $148. Forman and Gregory Tracy. KLHS, 10 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 pm. Begins September 18, Lexington High David Lenoir teaches Home Downsizing 101, page 33. School, Room 131, $170.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 29 Test Prep/College Planning

Lexington Children’s Chorus In Control: Crash Prevention SAT TEST PREP Instructors: Angela Carpenter and Allison Training Iannuzzi This course offers students from Lexington The Lexington Children’s Chorus is for High School and their families an Writing and Language/Essay students entering Grades 4-6 in the opportunity to learn the skills that can not SAT Prep for the November/ 2019-2020 school year (by audition). safely be taught on public roadways. Learn December Exam During our weekly rehearsals, singers will how to handle panic stops, turning into Instructor: Christen Walters experience team-building, ear training, the skid, tailgating, and emergency lane Develop the grammar, structural, vocal development, reading and aural changes, as well as the latest techniques infographic, and comprehension skills, and so much more! We will be sharing for maintaining safe habits. This 4.5 hour skills necessary for the writing test. the stage with the Lexington Symphony class will teach you how to handle mistakes For the new essay, learn the specific Orchestra at their Carmina Burana made not only by you, but also by others. strategies needed. Students will have performance (November), their 25th Car crashes account for almost 50% of teen the opportunity to craft essays and Annual Holiday Pops Concerts (December), deaths and training has been shown to be receive feedback on their writing and their Spring “Music in the Movies” the answer. Visit www.driveincontrol.com/ skills. Required Text for classes: The Concert (May)! In addition to these lexingtonhighschool to learn about the Official SAT Study Guide, published exciting opportunities to perform with the discount on the class, available insurance by the College Board. discounts for graduates, and how much fun Lexington Symphony Orchestra, we will PSWR, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. learning to handle Massachusetts roads also perform our own LCC Concert in May! Begins September 18. Lexington can be in a closed course environment. For more information visit: High School, Room 220, $200 lexingtonchildrenschorus.com Driver Education Reading SAT Prep for the Lexington Destination Instructor: CS Driving School November/December Exam Imagination: Creativity and Registration for Driver Education is now Instructor: Christen Walters Problem Solving for Kids online. A complete driver’s education Prepare for the Reading SAT by program (classroom and behind-the- Destination Imagination (DI) is a program actively reading passages, answering wheel lessons) is available through LCE. that teaches STEM principles as well as inferential and line-referenced Students must be at least 15.9 years old performing arts to K-12 students through questions, and interpreting to begin the program. The cost for the creative and collaborative problem infographics. Practice tests will be course is $740. To register for upcoming solving challenges. Team members work taken and analyzed. Required Text for Lexington Community Education Driver together to develop a solution to one of class: The Official SAT Study Guide, Education classes: Go go: http://csdriving. 7 new challenges each year and present published by the College Board. their solutions at a tournament in March. com/locations.html, Select “Lexington PRTH, 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Through the challenges, students learn High School,” Click “Enroll,” Complete Begins September 17, Lexington High and experience the creative process the registration process. Submit your School, Room 220, $200. from imagination to innovation and learn payment of $740 the skills needed to succeed in school, Math SAT Prep for the career and life, including teamwork, ACT Prep for the December Exam November/December Exam communication, project management, Instructor: David Bell perseverance, creative and critical The ACT is one of the two major college Instructor: Chris Doucette thinking, and self-confidence. The admissions test used by colleges and In SAT Math, students will review interesting and challenging part is that universities in the US. There are four mathematical operations and only students can provide solutions! required components of the ACT – learn test strategies necessary for Any adult advice or help is considered English, Math, Reading, and Science. success on the SAT. Required Text “interference” and is against the rules. There is also an optional Writing test. In for class: The Official SAT Study This is so that children are empowered to this class we will review all components of Guide published by the College find a solution through their own creativity the ACT exam. A materials fee of $40 is Board. PLEASE NOTE: Sections are and collaboration. For more information payable to the instructor at the first class. identical. about the program and how to register Required text for class: The Official ACT PSAM, 5 Mondays, 6:15 - 8:45 pm. visit: lexdi.org Prep Guide. Begins September 16, Lexington High PCOL, 10 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. School, Room 232, $200. Begins September 18, Lexington High SPEAK THE SPEECH: (OR HOW PMST, 6 Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. TO GIVE YOUR OWN TED TALK School, Room 231, $335. Begins September 19, Lexington High page 15 School, Room 230, $200.

30 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 about choosing students vs less selective colleges. This session is particularly important for athletes, artists, top students and students with learning differences. The $25 tuition is for an adult/student pair or two adults in the household. Class will be co-taught with Aaron Ladd. PADM, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets September 19, Lexington High School, Room 225, $25.

NEW Giving Your College Bound The College Interview, What to Expect and How to Prepare, with Karen Mechem, this page. Student-Athlete a Competitive Advantage Finding The Right Fit: a business. The greatest amount of Instructor: Nick Michael, Founder Odyssey The College Admissions Process financial aid goes to the families who act College Search Instructor: Larry Dannenberg in the years before college. Remember: Assisting the college bound student- procrastination equals less financial aid. Looking to find the right school for your athlete has become more complex All schools are not alike, so it is important child or obtain merit money? We will show than it is for the non-athlete. While to know your options and opportunities. you how to choose a school that is the right getting into the best college remains A free financial aid analysis will be fit for your child as we walk you through the same objective for all students, available to all attendees. Tuition is $25 the admissions process. Learn about how the process and timetable are quite for two adults in the household. For more merit money works and what you can do different. Research shows that being a information please visit our website at to better your position even if you are not student-athlete, regardless of gender www.collegefundingadvisors.com. a top student. This class is particularly or sport, increases the chances of being important if your student is at the top of PMFA, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets accepted into college. This course will the class, has learning disabilities, is an October 15, Lexington High School, Room educate parents of 9th, 10th and 11th athlete, or is average. 2015 was a year of 226, $25. grade student-athletes to harness this significant change, Standardized testing process and leverage their child’s athletic The College Interview – What to has shifted, timing for Financial Aid has ability to improve academic outcomes. accelerated, a new application from the Expect, How to Prepare The underlying premise of our approach Consortium, and admissions have become Instructor, Karen Mechem is to focus on the preferences of the more competitive. Learn why starting Learn the skills you need for a successful individual student-athlete and match the process early can offer significant college interview. This one meeting the student’s preferences with colleges advantages. College Solutions has over 30 seminar will cover: What questions might which share the same attributes. The years of experience in college placement you be asked? What questions WILL coaches and admissions offices of these and financial aid. For adults only. The $25 you be asked? What questions should selected colleges become the target tuition is for two adults in the household. you ask? What should you wear? What of an outreach email campaign written Class will be co-taught with Aaron Ladd. research should you do before the to make each school aware of your child’s interest and abilities. Maintaining PFIT, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets interview? this communication plan increases the September 24, Lexington High School, PINT, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets likelihood of your child being recruited Room 226, $25. September 19, Lexington High School, and, ultimately, accepted. This course Room 232, $25. You Can Afford College If... will assist parents and students make objective, fact-based decisions using The College Admissions Game Instructor: Donald Anderson case studies to demonstrate successful If… you plan in advance; you understand Instructor: Larry Dannenberg outcomes and will identify action items the financial aid process; and you act Your GPA doesn’t tell the whole story— required to successfully navigate the early enough to be successful. Financial all your unique attributes go into your recruiting process. aid goes to the families who plan in college application. Resolve to start PNSA, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. Meets advance—ideally before December 31 of preparing now for a bright future. Join October 23, Lexington High School, Room the child’s sophomore year of high school. Larry Dannenberg, founder of College 166, $30 per adult/student pair. This course will teach you the concepts Solutions, and a national expert in and strategies that will help you maximize college application counseling and your financial aid by understanding the financial aid planning, to learn how process, and how implementing strategies parents and students can plan to succeed ESTATE PLANNING 101 may increase a family’s eligibility even at the college admissions game. Learn with Rebecca O'Brien, page 32 if you have a “high income” or own how the most selective colleges think

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 31 Parenting Perspectives Cooking

NEW Keep Calm and Parent On: NEW Heart Smart Snacks for a tour as she guides you around the market. “Shop with a recipe; that helps to The Positive Parenting Guide You Instructor: Elissa Goldman focus your task” says Samuels. After each Never Knew Existed In this 60-minute interactive class, you will guided tour we will head over to the food learn how to prepare simple, delicious Instructor: Alexis Davis court and sample some of the delicious and heart-healthy snacks from a local Are you ever frustrated because offerings, pre-selected by Debra, from the food and nutrition expert. Class includes your child repeatedly ignores bakery and restaurant stalls. Debra will an interactive cooking demonstration, your directions? Do you provide handouts with recipes and how samples of all dishes prepared, along with sometimes feel defeated as a to stock your own “starter" Asian pantry. recipes, skills, and important nutrition parent? This workshop teaches Meet at the entrance of the Food Court. you how to effectively use a few concrete education to prepare these snacks at NHMT, 2 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins tools like child-directed play, purposeful home. Class includes three simple and September 24, meeting at HMart, 3 Old praise, limit-setting and establishing delicious recipes including Fall themed Concord Rd, Burlington, $75. appropriate consequences to help you flavors! A $15 food fee is payable to the instructor in class. This class may be filmed manage everyday parenting struggles, If Tea: The Elixir of the East you’re looking to feel like a more effective for broadcast. Instructor: Paul Angiolillo parent while developing (or restoring) a NHSS, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. Meets positive relationship with your child then October 2, LexMedia Studio Kitchen, 1001 “Tea’s proper use is to amuse the idle, this workshop is for you. Main Campus Dr., Lexington, MA. $30. relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot exercise,” PHLP, 1 Monday, 6:30-9:00 pm. Meets NEW said English writer and lexicographer October 21, Lexington High School, Room Cooking Quick, Simple, Samuel Johnson, who reputedly drank 25 225, $33. and Fresh cups of tea each day. Indeed, no other Instructor: Elissa Goldman Estate Planning 101 plant has influenced human history as In this 75-minute interactive cooking class, Instructor: Rebecca O’Brien much as camellia sinensis, the tea plant. participants learn how to prepare three From China, India, and Russia, to the Come learn the basics about wills and simple and delicious no-cook recipes Middle East, England, and the Americas, estate planning. We will discuss wills, that have heart healthy components and tea has played a key role in politics (the durable powers of attorney, health care ingredients. Class includes a cooking Opium War), trade (the Russian caravan), proxies, living wills, setting up trusts, how demonstration for each recipe followed by technology (clipper ships, porcelain), to appoint a guardian or conservator for participants preparing the recipe, samples and craftsmanship (furniture, teapots.). minor children if needed in the future, and of all dishes prepared, along with the Join us to sample a half-dozen fine teas basic strategies for saving on estate taxes. recipe handouts and important nutrition from around the world, as we enjoy a Bring your questions! education to prepare the recipes at home. visual history of tea, from fierce Tibetans BWIL, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets The recipes include a: roasted red pepper guarding the “Tea Route” and vast English September 24, Lexington High School, and hummus wrap, overnight oats, and a tea gardens, to rare Chinese teapots. Room 229, $30/Seniors $25. sweet or savory toast (pesto tuna or peach Snacks will accompany the tastings and and pistachio). A $20 food fee is payable NEW Warm Discipline: you’ll take home plenty of samples. Bring to the instructor in class. This class may be a favorite mug or two to class. Fostering a Parent-Led Home filmed for broadcast. NTEA, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets Instructor: Jennifer Goodman NQSF, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets November 12, Lexington High School, We all know those stressful days when we’re September 24, LexMedia Studio Kitchen, Room 143, $25. trying our hardest to be kind to our children, 1001 Main Campus Dr., Lexington, MA. $30. but it seems like they’re not listening to a Home Baking Skills thing we say! This workshop will introduce A Culinary Tour of H Mart Instructor: Mimi Fix a model of discipline for our times, based Instructor: Debra Samuels In this class, we’re moving out of the on the principle of orienting young children The Asian supermarket H Mart is chock full to listen to the wisdom of adult direction kitchen and into the classroom for a of treasures: sauces, noodles, dumplings, comprehensive discussion of baking and being considerate of others, so they seaweed, rice, tofu, fresh banchan (Korean can make good decisions when they’re techniques and methods. Bring all your side dishes), an ocean of fish, teas, baking questions! In one short evening older and more ready. We will explore condiments galore and so much more. But a developmental approach, building you’ll learn shortcuts and tricks for best for some of us, the unfamiliar ingredients, baking results. Whether you’re baking for through the three stages of childhood, unrecognizable labels and the football- and we’ll also discuss concrete tools for profit or simply want to learn tips and tricks field-size of the store is just too daunting from a professional, this class is for you. everyday struggles, like transitions, food for an enjoyable shopping experience. NBAKE, 1 Thursday, 6:30-9:30 pm. Meets issues, and peer interactions. Join Debra Samuels, Boston Globe food October 17, Lexington High School, Room PWDW, 1 Saturday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Meets writer and author of two cookbooks (The 143, $35/Seniors $30. October 5, Lexington High School, Room Korean Table and My Japanese Table) 220, $40.

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Residential Addition 101 fee of $20 is payable to the instructor at Instructor: Nancy Dickinson the first class. If you have been thinking of adding FWED, 5 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins onto your house, but don’t know where September 24, Lexington High School, to start, this one night class is for you! Room 224, $65. Nancy Dickinson, Principal at Dickinson Architects in Concord will give an BUYING AND SELLING overview of the design and construction ON EBAY AND AMAZON process for residential additions and with Tracy Marks, p. 27 renovations. The class will review zoning and septic issues, programming, budgeting, whether to “move or stay”, Organization 101: Steps to Get the architectural process, contractor and Stay Organized selection, permitting and what to expect Instructor: Francesca Verri during construction. Time will be allowed Join Francesca Verri in this lively class as for questions about your specific project. she teaches about the basic tenets of FRES, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets organization and how they are integral September 17, Lexington High School, to living a healthy life. You will learn the 4 Room 225, $25/Seniors $20. steps in the process to get organized, and Organization 101, and Coaching to Conquer the the 3 imperatives to staying organized. Home Downsizing Clutter with Francesca Verri, this page. You will also leave with a more complete understanding about why organization Instructor: David Lenoir - the Simplify Planning your European is the tie that binds together all wellness Are you an empty nester? Do you need Vacation tutorial, and the Europe Vacation possibilities, and how to use it daily to find to help aging parents with their housing Resource Center for 19 countries. You peace in your day-to-day. If you struggle options? Or do you just need a smaller also receive your family’s personal Europe with clutter, have tried unsuccessfully to home? The prospect of downsizing raises Vacation Discount Pass. organize various areas of your life and many questions, and this session will FEUR, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets home, and are looking to create calm and address the pros and cons of different November 19, Lexington High School, efficiency in your life, this class is for you. strategies. For example, what to do with Room 226, $25.Seniors $20. FORGA, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. Meets years of belongings; buying vs. renting September 26, Lexington High School, your next home; selling your current NEW Planning a Room 225, $40. home or renting it out; understanding Stress-Free Wedding home values locally as well as in different Coaching to Conquer the Clutter towns/states. We will also explore housing Instructor: Donna Kim options such as: single family homes, Whether you are the bride, a parent of Instructor: Francesca Verri condos, adult communities, full-service the bride or someone interested in the Join Francesca Verri in this 4-session, amenity buildings and more. A local business of being a wedding planner, this small group coaching class as she teaches realtor will lead the discussions. class has something for you. The current the basic tenets of organization and how FDOW, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets trend is that weddings seem to be getting they can be used to conquer the clutter October 17, Lexington High School Room more elaborate and detail oriented. But in your home. This is a very personalized 226, $25/Seniors $20. where do you start if you want a beautiful class where students will share one area wedding and have no idea where to of their home that they want to declutter, Smart Planning for European begin? In this class we will discuss the and, using that week’s class lesson, be Vacations steps needed to create a wonderful and coached to make the changes necessary stress free wedding. The class structure to get it organized. Weekly assignments Instructor: Wim Nijenberg will include: an introduction to different will be given to hold students Learn to book the best possible types of weddings and creating a budget; accountable in making progress in their products and services - air, hotel, ground an overview of Vendors - where to find space. If you struggle with clutter, and transportation and sightseeing - from them and how to select them and how want to develop a greater understanding an expert with decades of experience. to read their contract; the wedding of the laws of organization while you Whether traveling individually or with a invitation/website/hashtag/social media, actively apply them to your life, this tour or cruise, become aware of the many The Wedding Ceremony & Reception; unique group coaching workshop is for discounts in Europe and avoid missed and the actual wedding day schedule you. Enrollment is limited to four students opportunities. Even if you’ve already and how to organize the day. Come learn so reserve your spot today! made your arrangements, you can still from an experienced wedding planner FCONQ, 4 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm. Begins benefit from this information-packed professional to make the day as stress free October 15, Lexington High School, Room evening. Participants receive access to (and enjoyable!) as possible. A materials 229, $150. Travel to Europe two proprietary websites

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 33 Daytime Business, Career Classes and Finance

Our Financial Courses are not intended Growing a Home Based Daytime Classes to substitute for individual financial Business: Resources for Micro- The Beauty of Being a Misfit...... 7 counseling or advice. Neither LCE or Entrepreneurs Looking Back at the Vietnam War.....12 the Lexington Public Schools may give Instructor: Reem Yared specific advice on personal investments. Trollope’s Barchester Towers...... 13 76% of American businesses are self- NEW Return-To-Work Strategies: Greek Drama and Comedy...... 13 employed people with no employees. Work After Caregiving How do you build, grow and manage your Intro to the Art & Business of Film....16 Instructor: Leanne Rodd business if you are one of these 23 million Daytime Memoir Writing...... 18 Are you contemplating a jump back into Americans? We will share resources and Fundamentals of Drawing...... 19 the job market after a pause for child ways to overcome common challenges. Autumn Chinese or eldercare? Concerned about your FGHB, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets Brush Style Painting...... 19 qualifications, workplace readiness, or October 1, Lexington High School, Room Intro to Acrylic Painting...... 20 knowing where to start? In this one-night 222, $20/Seniors $15. How to Make a Sculpture...... 20 workshop we’ll cover strategies and Finding Flexible Work and Daytime Advanced Knitting...... 21 tips for getting clear on your direction, navigating the current job search process, Volunteer Opportunities in Stone Carving Saturdays...... 22 and updating your job search toolkit. Retirement Beginning English...... 22 Participants will leave with a roadmap for Instructor: Reem Yared, CEO of Help English Conversation...... 23 pursuing their next professional steps with Around Town, Inc. confidence. Intermediate & How and where can you find jobs near Advanced Spanish...... 23 BRTW, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets you, on your schedule, that fit your skills Beginning Italian...... 23 September 19, Lexington High School, and interests? This class will explore online Intermediate Italian...... 24 Room 229, $40. resources for finding paid and volunteer Conversational Italian...... 24 work. Class participants will learn where Introduction to LinkedIn to go online depending on what they’re Total Beginner French...... 24 Instructor: Kristen Butler looking for, and how to navigate these French Beginner II...... 24 The key to your success on LinkedIn sites. We will cover paid and volunteer Intermediate French...... 24 begins with a powerful and professional options based on class interest. Intermediate French II...... 24 presence. You must strategically write FFWV, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets French Conversational Workshop.....25 your profile with your ideal client in mind September 19, Lexington High School, Daytime Computer Classes...... 26-27 before you start connecting to maximize Room 225, $20/Seniors $15. the impact of your first impression online. Intro to Show Business (K-2)...... 28 CLINK, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. NEW Smart about Student Loans: Dungeons & Dragons for Meets October 23, Lexington High For Parents of High School Middle Schoolers...... 28 School, Room 155, $39/Seniors $35. Students Beginning Japanese for Instructor: Sumeit and Sanjay Aggarwal Young People...... 29 NEW Turn Your Kitchen It’s an exciting time when you are preparing Hip Hop I (ages 7-9)...... 29 into a Business for your child’s college admission, but there Jazz in the Middle...... 29 Instructor: Mimi Fix is a good chance that paying for college Driver Education...... 30 Many states, including MA, have a cottage and student loans are on your mind. With Math SAT Prep...... 30 food law that allows for baking and selling this workshop, you will have a resource that Warm Discipline: in one’s home kitchen. This class will can solve your problems and ease your A Parent-Led Home...... 32 guide you step-by-step through the entire mind as we discuss tools and resources Afternoon Ballroom Dance...... 39 process. You’ll learn how to implement to help you make the best decisions on market research; price, label, and package college financing. Topics will include how Stretch & Tone...... 40 products; find wholesale and retail to get started, understanding your choices Beginning Yoga...... 40 customers; set up a simple bookkeeping to pay for college, basic terms that every Advanced Beginner Yoga...... 41 system; and begin the process of borrower should know, different types of Yoga for Better Balance...... 41 obtaining legal permits. You’ll leave class loans available, and resources that you can Joyful Yoga...... 42 with a business plan and a checklist for use to learn more about college financing. moving ahead. Class meets September 19 We will also walk through a sample college Yoga for Osteoporosis...... 42 and October 3. financing calculation and discuss how your Iyengar Yoga...... 42 BBUS, 2 Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 pm. Begins assets impact the financing decisions. September 19, Lexington High School, BSSL, 1 Friday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets Room 220, $49/Seniors $45. September 20, Lexington High School, Room 220, $25.

34 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Women and Investing 101 Instructor: Sumeit and Sanjay Aggarwal This workshop is designed for women who want to play a more active role in their Investment strategy. If investing scares you, or you want to make sure you have a clear understanding of risks and rewards, or if you are simply looking for where to begin, this is the class for you. In this 2-part workshop, we will go over the basics of Investing, discuss step by step approach to investing and cover different types of investments and retirement plans. You Sumeit and Sanjay Aggarwal teach Women and Investing 101, this page. will also learn how to gain confidence in your research, evaluate alternatives and Women on Nonprofit Boards and how they should enroll for different design a portfolio. No prior knowledge Instructor: Stephanie Lawrence parts of Medicare. We will answer questions like: How can I get my Medicare of investing is required. Beginners are Are you in a transformative or transitional coverage? Do I need to do anything if I especially encouraged to attend. This class stage of life and eager to put your work beyond 65? What do I pay? What will be co-taught by Sumeit and Sanjay passion for a nonprofit cause into does Medicare cover? Can I have other Aggarwal. They have written this course practice? Searching for an experience types of health coverage? Can I keep my with a practical focus explicitly in mind. that will provide you with both “Massachusetts Health Connector Plan” BW&I, 2 Fridays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins personal satisfaction and professional when I’m eligible for Medicare? When can October 4, Lexington High School, Room development? Nonprofit board service I make changes to my coverage? What 221, $35/Seniors $30. provides hands-on leadership involvement does Medicare Part A, B, C or D mean and valuable opportunities for personal for you? The first session will focus on an NEW Women and Investing 201 satisfaction, skill building, resume overview of Medicare, while the second Instructor: Sumeit and Sanjay Aggarwal updating, and growth of professional will review prescription drug coverage networks. A nonprofit board is responsible This workshop is designed for women who with an exploration of the Medicare.gov for the organization’s strategic planning want to take their investing skills to the website with an emphasis on Medicare’s and oversight; a well-functioning board is next level. In this 2-part workshop, we will Plan Finder tool used to Find Health critical to the health and financial viability go over advanced concepts of Investing and Drug Plans. Ample time should be of an organization. This workshop is such as Asset Allocation, Diversification available each night for general questions. Strategies, Understanding Fees and open to all but geared towards women BMED, 2 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Monitoring your own investments. Come looking to make a career change or find Begins September 18, Lexington High join us as we walk through building a new role in the nonprofit sector. Topics School, Room 226, $25. portfolios for different timelines and risk will include the typical board structure, tolerance. Beginner level knowledge responsibilities of a board member, and of investing is required. Beginners are how to determine the right organizational match for you by researching board job HOME BAKING SKILLS FOR encouraged to attend the Women and PLEASURE OR PROFIT Investing 101 class as a prerequisite. Post- descriptions and by-laws, current member with Mimi Fix, p. 32 class, attendees will have the opportunity composition, and meeting attendance expectations. to participate (at no extra charge) in a Understanding Crypto Assets, regular ‘Book-Club style’ investing group BWNP, 1 Wednesday, 7:30-9:00 pm. Blockchain, and “Bitcoin Fever” where we will discuss additional topics and Meets September 25, Lexington High issues that come up as you are constructing School, Room 221, $25/Seniors $20. Instructor: Andrew Rodwin your personal investing roadmap. This class While the media abounds with stories will be co-taught by Sumeit and Sanjay How Medicare Works: An about the boom and bust cycle of Aggarwal. They have written this course Introduction for Boomers bitcoin, most people don’t understand with a practical focus explicitly in mind. Instructor: Elaine Miler the basic principles of how crypto assets like bitcoin work. This class fully explains BWI2, 2 Fridays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins In this class we will demystify Medicare the technologies “under the hood”, October 25, Lexington High School, Room and teach “Boomers” what Medicare is as well as relevant tools and the crypto 221, $35/Seniors $30. and how it really works in Massachusetts. ecosystem. The course covers coin types, Many approaching 65 have no idea about mining, forking, wallets, cryptography, all the parts of Medicare or what it may PLANNING A blockchain and its growing adoption mean to them. They are not aware of STRESS-FREE WEDDING through the economy, transactions, with Donna Kim, p. 33 actions they should take, responsibilities exchanges, government regulation, they have in the process or when, where

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 35 security, taxation, coin valuation criteria, BTMJ, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets Do it Yourself or Financial and much more. While the course avoids October 7, Lexington High School Room Advisor? Capabilities, Fees, investment recommendations, it provides 229, $25/Seniors $20. Conflicts of Interest people with the conceptual and detailed Instructor: Glenn Frank knowledge required to understand how Estate Planning 101 Understand the industry Lexicon - ROBOs, crypto assets and blockchain might affect Instructor: Rebecca O’Brien brokers, IRAs, financial planners, money them personally, as well as influence Come learn the basics about wills and society at large. managers, wealth managers, family office, estate planning. We will discuss wills, fee-only, fee-based... all in the context BBCT, 2 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins durable powers of attorney, health care of successfully completing the 5 step September 24, Lexington High School, proxies, living wills, setting up trusts, how investment process needed to accomplish Room 225, $55/Seniors $45. to appoint a guardian or conservator for your goals. Planning, emotions and taxes minor children if needed in the future, and Long-Term Care: Planning for the are integral to the process. How best to basic strategies for saving on estate taxes. do this yourself or would one of these Potential Need Bring your questions! advisory models be worth paying for? Instructor: Len May BWIL, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets Understand that advisors must navigate People are living longer. A well thought September 24, Lexington High School, numerous conflicts of interest from the out plan for addressing the potential Room 220, $30/Seniors $25. subtle (deviating from the S&P 500) to need for care is essential to the physical, the not so subtle (commissions). Best NEW emotional, and financial needs of you Break the Habits Holding resources if on your own. If not, how to and your family. Living a long life doesn’t Your Career Back ensure the advisor is a “wise investment”! guarantee that it will be a healthy one. Instructor: Miki Feldman Simon BDIY, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets At least 70% of people over age 65 What behaviors and habits are keeping you October 2, Lexington High School, Room will require long-term care services at stuck? These behaviors may have worked 225, $25/Seniors $20. some point in their lives. (from www. for you earlier in your career, which is why longtermcare.gov). This evening we will you may be tempted to cling to them address questions such as: what are the but they are preventing you from moving CREATION MYTHS FROM long-term care risks and consequences; your career forward. The behaviors that AROUND THE WORLD what are the options to protect your undermine women are often different from p. 13 savings and home; how about transferring the behaviors that undermine men. In this assets to your kids to qualify for class, Miki will share the most common NEW Tax Planning Strategies Medicaid?; how do the stand-alone long- habits that hold women back. Participants term care and the new hybrid insurance will then each identify the habits that for the Four Major Stages of alternatives work, and which might be are holding them back and choose the Retirement appropriate for your situation? and, finally, 1 habit they will focus on changing. The Instructor: Rick Fentin how to develop a plan of action? This most powerful thing you can do for your The new tax law has introduced presentation is most appropriate for those career is to change what’s in your control, some tough challenges and some age 44-70. your behavior. Miki will share 5 steps every new opportunities. Utilizing the best FLTERM, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. woman can take to clear their path of tax strategies can make a significant Meets September 25, Lexington High self-imposed obstacles, so that they can difference in your overall retirement School Room 224, $25/Seniors $20. become more successful and take greater picture. The spending phase of retirement satisfaction in their work. is more complicated than the savings Time, Money, and Joy BFBP, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets phase of pre-retirement and tax planning Instructor: Glenn Frank September 23, Lexington High School, is often overlooked. We will cover critical Do you want to be happier? Do you want to Room 221, $40. tax questions to answer before retirement; make better decisions? Time and money are the Social Security “tax trap” and how invariably in tension with everyone’s desire to avoid it; when to tap assets to avoid to be happy. If the goal is to maximize family higher Medicare premiums; challenges of happiness, how do you reconcile TM&J on a Traditional and Roth IRAs; estate planning day-to-day basis and when life’s crossroads and taxes and more. Come learn the surface? This workshop is a step-by-step four stages of retirement planning and process to answer these critical questions. important tax actions in each stage. “Create” more time for what brings joy; BTAX, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets alleviate financial stress, discover greater October 15, Lexington High School, Room HPD (happiness per dollar) and greater HPH 225, $25. (happiness per hour); avoid family disasters that might look good on paper; and understand the basis of informed decisions. Rick Fentin teaches Tax Planning Strategies for the Four Major Stages of Retirement, this page.

36 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Body/Mind

LCE seeks to offer opportunities that calorie counting and limiting certain resources and time to make us ultimately­ promote learning about holistic health food groups, are not only making people happy? We will focus attention on and living well. In this section you’ll find suffer emotionally, but these behaviors ­discovering what’s truly important to each everything from courses on meditation to are actually associated with many of the of us while suggesting ways to “create” alternative understandings of nutrition. health problems that were previously more time for these activities through considered the result of unhealthy eating. prioritization, elimination, automation, NEW Intuitive Eating: The purpose of this workshop is to help delegation, etc. A big part of the ­equation you understand how to listen to your is understanding how our minds work, Learning to Make Peace with body to help you make food choices that including how to stimulate the brain’s Food and Your Body are satisfying, nourishing, and provides “happy chemicals”. The often life ­fulfilling Instructor: Jamie Dannenberg, MS, RD, LDN energy to get you through your day. effects of helping others as well as Do you find yourself confused by the ever You’ll learn how to pay attention to your ­leveraging our skills will be discussed. The changing nutrition messages we receive own physical feelings of hunger and to course will provide a step-by-step process about what you “should” and “should absolve yourself of the guilt you may feel to better address day-to-day decisions not” be eating to be healthy? Do you ever after eating one of your favorite foods. as well as major crossroads—career, feel guilty after eating something you’ve You are the expert of your own body. retirement, housing, charitable endeavors,­ actually enjoyed? Have you tried dieting You will increase your awareness around etc. Post-class, attendees can then only to regain the weight that you lost? deprioritizing weight in favor of other ­construct a ­personal roadmap, reconciling Have you heard about Intuitive Eating indicators of health and wellness, which the ­ongoing trade-offs that we all face but wonder what that actually means? It will help facilitate your process of making ­between time, money, and joy. A variety makes sense if you answered, “yes” to peace with food and achieving body trust of resources should provide direction as any of these questions, and it also makes and wisdom. new crossroads in life emerge. sense if you are sick of the shame, fear, MNUT, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets BTMJ, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets and sense of lack of control you may October 15, Lexington High School, Room October 7, Lexington High School Room experience around food. This workshop 221, $25/Seniors $20. 229, $25/Seniors $20. will introduce you to the concept of Intuitive Eating, created by Evelyn Tribole Time, Money, and Joy NEW Body Image: Challenging and Elyse Resch in 1995, which teaches Instructor: Glenn Frank Societal Norms and Finding Body you how to form a healthy relationship Living in a world obsessed with consum- Acceptance with your food, mind, and body. Intuitive erism, we are constantly bombarded with Instructor: Jamie Dannenberg, MS, RD, LDN Eating posits that dieting behaviors that “more is better”—but how much do we are commonplace in our society, including How much time do you spend thinking really need? How can we maximize our about your body and appearance? Do you ever compare your physical appearance to others around you and to those in the media? Do you try to change your diet or exercise routines in an effort to lose weight? When it comes to body image, there are so many different factors that influence how you think about your body shape and size. The messages that we receive about how are bodies are “supposed to” look are often internalized and lead us to believe that our bodies need to be fixed. In this workshop, we’ll explore what led us to think this way about our bodies and how we can work towards moving beyond current societal norms that idealize certain sizes and appearances over others. In a supportive environment, we’ll consider ways to challenge these harmful messages in our culture in order to improve our body image. MBDI, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets September 26, Lexington High School, Room 221, $25/Seniors $20. Glenn Frank teaches Time, Money, and Joy, this page.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 37 An Introduction to Mastering the Moment learn best practices for helping people in Radical Honesty Instructor: Rick Clerici distress. Finally, participants will be invited to share experiences of comforting others Instructor: Anne Bryer Dr. Herbert Benson coined the term “The and learn from one another as a group. The truth not only has the power to set us Relaxation Response” after studying the free, it can also be a key to an authentic rich history of yoga, meditation and mind/ MCOMM, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. relationship, a source of well-being, and body practices. Mindfulness practices Meets October 23, Lexington High a vehicle through which the powers of then grew from the soil of Benson’s work. School, Room 225, $25/Seniors $20. compassion and action can be positively In Mastering the Moment we will explore Fixing Our Broken Sleep manifested in our lives. This lecture is techniques that take from 4 seconds to 15 based on the thought and writing of Dr. minutes to initiate various intensities of the Instructor: Rick Clerici Brad Blanton whose popular book Radical relaxation response. These techniques are In this 90 minute presentation attendees Honesty teaches a very matter of-fact and designed to be tools that you take with will learn techniques for overcoming potentially liberating way of being honest you into your daily world. These techniques common sleep problems like “trouble with ourselves and those around us. This facilitate focus, clarity and peace right in falling asleep,” “difficulty staying asleep,” evening we will be introduced to practical the midst of living. These tools are perfect “excessive thinking,” “waking too early,” ways of honest listening and speaking. for those who find meditation elusive and “Sunday night insomnia,” “chronic We’ll also explore useful techniques that frustrating. If you feel the need to release insomnia,” “shift-work difficulties” and allow us to notice things and events as they old tensions and fears and develop more “daytime sleepiness.” This hands on truly are vs. thinking in a pre-conditioned enjoyable responses to daily life, this is the presentation has helped many people way, judgmental way. Join us and gain the class for you. to begin getting better sleep almost confidence and/or ability to tell people in MMOM, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets immediately. A guided relaxation exercise your life what you honestly think and feel. November 7, Lexington High School, teaches techniques for initiating sleep and MOO5, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Room 225, $35. returning to sleep. Rick Clerici C.Ht., is a Meets October 16, Lexington High Certified Clinical Sleep Educator and has School, Room 222, $25/Seniors $20. Brave New Friendships helped thousands of people increase the Instructor: Val Walker quality and quantity of their sleep. It takes courage and initiative to break out MSLE, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets October 16, Lexington High School, Room STOP DIETING of a period of isolation and rebuild our 225, $35. with Sue McCombs, this page support networks. After a serious illness, a period of grieving, or relocating to a new area, we may find it difficult to “get out Stop Dieting Stop Your Sugar Habit there,” to be socially confident, outgoing, Instructor: Sue McCombs Instructor: Sue McCombs and open to new relationships. Simply Imagine not being tempted to overeat; to What if you had no desire to eat anything going to a meetup might not feel right, feel indifferent to sugar, bread, pasta, too with sugar? What if looking at a product as we may prefer volunteering, a support much snacking, and grazing from dinner with sugar left you with the feeling of total group, or a class. This program offers to bedtime. Using guided relaxation indifference? No more longing for that guidance for how to explore and tap our and imagery (techniques used in chocolate bar or soft drink. What if all that wider communities to build friendships, hypnosis), you will notice an improvement expertise, the thinking and obtaining and fellowships, and a deeper sense of in your desire, determination, and consuming of sweets, got transformed into belonging. resourcefulness, which will lead you some positive habit, like exercise or another MBRN, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. toward successfully instituting a healthier desired outlet? Focus can be placed on Meets September 25, Lexington High pattern of eating. This program is eating moderate, well balanced meals School, Room 225, $25/Seniors $20. designed to help you let go of unwanted featuring fresh fruits and vegetables and pounds gently, easily, and permanently. lean, quality protein. Watch your energy The Art of Comforting Please do not consume any alcohol prior increase as the sugar leaves your system. Instructor: Val Walker to class. Audio CD’s will be available No more highs and lows from sugar rushes. for $30 for those who wish to take the This course is ideal for anyone reaching out It is possible, using hypnosis techniques program home with them. to others who are grieving, of guided imagery taught in this class, to MAPP, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets including those of us supporting people help you make this change on a powerful October 29, Lexington High School, Room with chronic illness, disabilities, or aging. subconscious level. Please do not consume 166, $40. alcohol prior to class. An audio CD will Though we may understand and care, be available for $30 for those who wish to sometimes what to say or do can elude us. We’ll explore how to put compassion take the program home for reinforcement. INTRO TO BUDDHISM into action with practical examples of PART I AND II MSUG, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets comforting, and review recent research with Srinivas Reddy, page 14 October 22, Lexington High School, Room on empathy, grief, and social support to 166, $40.

38 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Exercise and Dance

Stress Less: Learn to Meditate Our Exercise and Dance classes provide schedules and does not do “on the road” Instructor: Richard Geller many low-impact, affordable, and fun training. You will have everything you need to put together a program that Meditation is one of the best ways to ways to help you get in shape and stay works for you including cross training reduce stress and improve your health, that way. days, running days and strength training as evidenced by many recent scientific days. All you need to do is commit and studies. Participants will learn: how Afternoon Ballroom get moving! meditation works, numerous different Instructor: Kendall Sealey, db Studios EC5K, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets meditation techniques, and strategies Enjoy learning the Foxtrot, Waltz, and for integrating meditation into your September 17, Lexington High School, Swing in our afternoon ballroom class. Room 225, $25/Seniors $20. daily work and life. Upon completing No dance experience or partner needed, this program, participants will be able to students will be introduced to the practice meditation anytime, anywhere Introduction to Tai Chi and Eight wonderful world of ballroom dancing! Pieces of Brocade that stress occurs, and immediately feel With an emphasis on learning basic step the benefits. Throughout the four week patterns and the unique character of Instructor: Virginia Payne course, participants are taught and each dance, this is a wonderful course Originally one of the ancient Chinese practice over 10 powerful meditation for beginners. Ballroom dancing is a low martial arts, Tai Chi (or Taijiquan) is techniques including: breath focus, body impact way to get some exercise, move to practiced today by students primarily as a scan relaxation, standing and walking music, and build your confidence. Tuition method of exercise that cultivates physical meditation, Tai-Chi and Chi-Kung is per person. and mental harmony in movements. beginning practice, sound and mantra EDANCE, 10 Wednesdays, 2:00-2:45 pm. Scientific studies show that Tai Chi meditation, simple Yoga as a meditation, Begins September 18, db studios, 442 improves and possibly prevents chronic visualization practice, and mindfulness Marrett Road, Lexington, $200. conditions such as arthritis, heart disease meditation. The entire program is highly and diabetes. In fact, practicing Tai Chi interactive, hands-on, and easy to learn. Beginner Salsa regularly helps reduce stress, improve The class is taught by Richard Geller balance and coordination, strengthen Instructor: Kendall Sealey, db Studios of MedWorks Corporate Meditation immune systems, and develop body Programs, who has been featured in the Learn the basics of the wonderful world awareness and confidence. Eight Pieces of Boston Globe, Bloomberg News, Financial of salsa- no partner or experience Brocade is primarily designated as a form Times, Mass High Tech, and Boston CBS-4 needed. This class will teach you basic of medical qigong, meant to improve TV news (see www.meditationprograms. foot patterns and introduce students to health. It consists of eight separate com). Participants sit in chairs and wear the basic principles of timing, footwork, exercises coupled with deep breathing normal attire. Sorry, no eating in the class. partnership and expression. This class will – which are primarily used as warm-ups SLLM, 4 Thursdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. Begins be a great way to get good exercise as in this intro class before practicing the October 17, Lexington High School, Room well! Tuition is per person. Tai Chi form. Wear soft, comfortable 247, $66/Seniors $49. ESAL, 6 Mondays, 6:30-7:15 pm. Begins clothes and soft-soled shoes, such as September 23, db studios, 442 Marrett flat sneakers. Outdoor shoes are not Introduction to Meditation Road, Lexington, $120. permitted inside the studio. Please make Instructor: Sue McCombs sure to attend the very first class where Meditation can reduce stress and boost the instructor will give a brief introduction energy and is a surprisingly easy skill DANCE CLASSES FOR KIDS to the history and benefits of Tai Chi and to learn. Come join us for this one- See p. 29 Qigong, as well as a demo of the Tai Chi night workshop to learn the basics of form. meditation. With a little practice, you NEW Couch to 5K EVTI, 10 Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 pm. Begins September 19, Lexington High School, will discover that meditation can help Instructor: Marcia Gerrior you manage the stress in your life, and Room 244, $135/Seniors $100. Are you wondering if you could ever increase your overall sense of well-being. complete a 5k run? You absolutely CAN! Please note; any alcohol consumption Tai Chi III Couch to 5K is a program for beginners prior to class will significantly reduce the Instructor: Virginia Payne that will give you the tools to get you effectiveness of these techniques. to the finish line! Starting with training Practicing Tai Chi regularly helps reduce MMED, 1 Monday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets tips and suggested training plans for stress, improve balance and coordination, November 4, Lexington High School, your unique ability level, this program strengthen immune systems, and develop Room 148, $40. will coach you through with a goal of body awareness and confidence. This class completing the Genesis Battle Green is a continuation of the “Tai Chi II” class. Run in Lexington on Sunday, November The first and second sections of the Tai Chi BEGINNING YOGA 3, 2019! This class provides details form will be further refined along with deep with Helen Theodosiou, p. 40 of training programs with suggested breathing exercises in each class. Emphasis

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 39 to answer your individual questions and suggest exercise modifications and adaptations when necessary. EPW8, 3 Mondays, 7:00-8:00 pm. Begins October 21, Lexington High School, Room 140, $40/Seniors $35.

Stretch & Tone Instructor: Kendall Sealey, db Studios This class combines techniques from pilates, barre class, and yoga. The class is designed to lengthen, strengthen, and focuses on low impact movements. This class is perfect for those who are looking for a total body workout that also focuses on lengthening and stretching. This class Asha Ramesh teaches Hatha Yoga, page 41. is beginner friendly and there are plenty of modifications for those who have injuries and limitations. will be on practicing and doing the moves Barre3 ESTRETCH, 6 Saturdays, 12:00-1:00 pm. correctly with fluidity. Students will also be Instructor: Natasha Groblewski learning new moves from the third section Begins September 21, db studios, 442 Barre3 is a full-body workout designed of the form. However, the pace of the class Marrett Road, Lexington, $120. with our signature approach of sustained is customized to the level of the students. holds, micro-movements, and cardio Therefore this class might or not cover bursts that will leave you feeling balanced all 46 moves of the third section of the in body and empowered from within. THE MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON form, depending on the comfort level of From the elite athlete to someone just with Jeffrey Leonard, page 14 the students. The Eight Pieces of Brocade getting back in the game, barre3 workouts Qigong will again be used as warm up are designed to equally challenge exercises before practicing the Tai Chi Beginning Yoga people of all fitness levels and life stages, form. Wear loose, comfortable clothes and connecting where they are with where Instructor: Helen Theodosiou soft-soled shoes, such as flat sneakers. they want to be. All you will need is If you have never done yoga before or ETC3, 10 Wednesdays, 5:30-6:40 pm. a water bottle -- all other supplies are are a beginning student, join this small Begins September 18, Lexington High provided by the studio! Wear comfortable introductory hatha yoga class. We will School, Room 244, $135/Seniors $100. clothing. We will work barefoot or with move at a comfortable pace so students sticky socks (which can be purchased at gain a sound understanding of the Advanced Tai Chi and Push Hands the studio). Please arrive 15 minutes early poses and their own bodies in relation Instructor: Virginia Payne to fill out a waiver and get all setup. We to poses. We will engage in standing, This class is a continuation of the can’t wait to see you! Classes held at seated, balancing and supine poses to “Advanced Tai Chi” class, and the Barre3 Bedford (158 Great Road, Bedford, build strength and flexibility and expand students will continue to learn Tai chi MA). our repertoire of movement. We will pay Push-hands. However, they will continue EBAR, 8 Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45 pm. Begins attention to breathing to focus our minds to practice and improve the 108 moves September 24, Barre3 Studio, 158 Great and bodies. This practice will invite you to of the Tai Chi basic form, along with Road, Bedford, $110. return to your day with renewed energy and an overall sense of harmony and well deep breathing exercises in each class. E2BR, 8 Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 am. Begins being. We will practice with joy, patience Emphasis will be on practicing and doing September 26, Barre3 Studio, 158 Great and humor! Wear comfortable clothes the moves correctly and with fluidity. The Road, Bedford, $110. Eight Pieces of Brocade Qigong will again and bring a mat and towel. Please note be used as warm-up exercises before Power 8: Strength and Flexibility class is limited to 8 students. The class will meet in the Corner Studio at the Munroe practicing the Tai Chi form. Wear loose, Exercises comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes, Center, 1403 Massachusetts Ave. Instructor: John Deming such as flat sneakers. Outdoor shoes are EYOM, 8 Mondays, 12:00-1:00 pm. Begins not permitted inside the studio. Simple exercises done daily will improve October 7, Munroe Center, $140/Seniors your posture, core strength, and flexibility. EITC, 10 Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm. $105. You will learn a set of twelve sequential Begins September 18, Lexington High exercises designed to be done in eight School, Room 244, $165/Seniors $125. to sixteen minutes. We will leave time

40 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Yoga and Posture Workshop NEW Yoga and Posture Instructor: Helen Theodosiou Workshop Refresher Hunching over computers and other Instructor: Helen Theodosiou technological devices for long periods If you attended a Yoga and Posture of time and our increasingly sedentary Workshop in the past and would like lifestyle has led many of us to develop to revisit the material, this workshop is aches and chronic pains that may be for you. We will review the principles of alleviated with postural adjustments. postural alignment and the yoga poses Creating an awareness of habitual sitting, we practiced, building on this foundation. standing and walking patterns and making We will also look at how we have been adaptive changes can relieve stress in able to integrate the poses and postural the body. Learning postural re-alignment awareness into our daily lives, exploring of the spine and simple yoga poses can the challenges, pitfalls and successes. build strength, flexibility and balance to Please bring a yoga mat and towel.Please support the muscular skeletal system. bring a Yoga Mat to class. Class will meet This can help with neck, shoulder, back November 4 and November 18. and joint pain; and further lead to less EREF, 2 Mondays, 6:30-8:00 pm. Begins compression of vital organs, improved November 4, Lexington High School, breathing and digestion, increased energy Black Box, $35. and greater mental clarity. Please Bring a Yoga Mat to class. NEW Yoga for Better Balance EPOS, 2 Mondays, 5:00-6:30 pm. Begins Instructor: Shari Solomon October 21, Lexington High School, Black Strengthen the muscles around your Box, $35. center and take control of your center E2POS, 2 Mondays, 6:30-8:00 pm. Begins of gravity. You will learn exercises for October 21, Lexington High School, Black the torso, hips, gluts, and low back to Box, $35. help you balance better. Class will cover exercises to invigorate the thighs, NEW Yoga and Posture Workshop calves and ankle muscles for agility in for Parkinson’s Disease walking, turning, standing up and sitting Instructor: Helen Theodosiou down. This yoga workshop will bolster Linda Del Monte teaches Joyful Yoga, p. 42. This is a workshop for anyone your coordination, concentration and with Parkinson’s Disease who confidence. All levels are invited and wishes to engage in a yoga remember the wall will be there for you. Advanced Beginner Yoga practice to strengthen and EBAL, 2 Tuesdays, 11:30 am -12:30 pm. Instructor: Helen Theodosiou lengthen the muscle groups that support Begins September 17, Hancock Church, If you have been practicing in a Beginning posture. We will learn cues that help $25/Seniors $20. Yoga class for a while, this is a class to with postural alignment and balance, build on those skills and refine poses. and practice poses that can also aid in Hatha Yoga The class will give you an opportunity alleviating pain. There is a breathing and Instructor: Asha Ramesh relaxation component to the class. The to deepen your practice. A full range of Stretch and strengthen without class is limited to six participants, so that postures will allow you to continue to competition or performance anxiety in this individual attention can be given to each build strength, flexibility and stamina. basic hatha yoga class. Class will include student’s unique situation. Students will Breathing exercises will help to focus the standing, sitting, and supine poses, with work safely in their comfort level, using a body and mind and alleviate stress. Return a focus on the breath. Postures are basic, chair for support if needed. Caregivers are to your daily activities with renewed without compromising on the wellness welcome. Class will meet November 4 and vitality, creating an overall sense of they deliver. The format changes from one November 18. balance, well being and ease, as well as week to another, allowing for variation and a greater sense of body/mind awareness. EPRO, 2 Mondays, 5:00-6:30 pm. Begins multiplicity in poses. The yoga you take Wear comfortable clothes, bring a mat November 4, Lexington High School, home will allow customization to suit your and towel. The class will meet in the Black Box, $35. mood and needs. Dress comfortably and Corner Studio at the Munroe Center, 1403 bring your own mat. Massachusetts Ave. EHYO, 9 Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. TURN YOUR KITCHEN EABY, 8 Mondays, 10:45-11:45 am. INTO A BUSINESS Begins September 18, Diamond Middle Begins October 7, Munroe Center, $140/ with Mimi Fix, page 34 School, Room 180, $145/Seniors $115. Seniors $105.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 41 yoga. We will move slowly and mindfully, allowing every student to move safely into each pose (Asana), with sufficient time to make proper adjustments. Gentle Yoga is a slow-paced, meditative and relaxing practice, focusing on the breath (pranayama), and offering nurture, kindness and compassion for the body. Please bring a yoga mat to class. Blocks and a yoga belt are recommended. EGENT, 8 Wednesdays, 7:15-8:15 pm. Begins September 25, Lexington High School, Room 140, $110/Seniors $85.

Zumba®: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party! Instructor: Ami Stix Zumba is a cardio fitness Virginia Payne teaches Tai Chi, pages 39–40. program combining a variety of Latin and international music with dance moves. of the poses. This class would also be an Joyful Yoga Using music from around the excellent choice for those looking for a Instructor: Linda Del Monte world with dance, students will experience gentle yoga class. Beginners, and intermediate students everything from salsa to belly dance to can enjoy this style of yoga, known as a EOST, 11 Thursdays, 11:00 am-12:30 pm. Bollywood. Each class incorporates the “celebration of the heart.” This is yoga Begins September 19, Hancock Church, concept of interval training by alternating that combines a Kripalu (heart-centered) $180. fast and slow rhythms for one hour of and a detail–oriented style. We will work aerobic exercise. This is an all-levels class on finding balance, distributing weight Iyengar Yoga and NO dance knowledge or experience equally, and aligning the body in a Instructor: Mary Wixted is required. The only requirements are therapeutic way that will keep you safe, Been curious about why so many people sneakers, a smile and a bottle of water. and also offer you many challenges, if you are taking yoga in the United States? (Although, a towel might be a good wish. Either way, the joy will come. Yoga Come enjoy a yoga class taught in the idea.) This class encourages students to mat required. Wear comfortable, loose Iyengar method of yoga. The Iyengar participate comfortably at their own pace fitting clothing, and bare feet. method is to yoga what classical ballet is and level--wherever they may be on their EYFW, 11 Wednesdays, 11:30 am-12:45 to dance. It is a progressive offering of the fitness journey. According to the Mayo pm. Begins September 18, Hancock yoga postures designed to provide a safe Clinic: “aerobic exercise reduces health Church, $220/Seniors $180. and an ever-deepening practice which risks, strengthens your heart and boosts EYF2, 12 Fridays, 12:15-1:30 pm. Begins opens and strengthens the body while your mood”. It’s a simple formula: feel the September 20, Hancock Church $240/ drawing the mind into a meditative state. music, have fun and dance. Seniors $198. Props will be used to make the postures EZUM, 10 Mondays, 7:00-8:00 pm. accessible. Please note there is no class Begins September 16, Hastings School Yoga for Osteoporosis on September 24. Gymnasium, $135/Seniors $105. Instructor: Mary Wixted EYEN, 11 Tuesdays, 9:15-10:45 am. Begins September 17, Hancock Church, $215/ Drop-In Zumba® This gentle yoga class is designed to Seniors $165. introduce students to the ways that yoga Instructor: Ami Stix Students have the option to buy a five- can help maintain bone health. Students Gentle Yoga will be taught the 12-minute daily yoga session drop-in card that allows you sequence which was studied by Dr. Loren Instructor: Eleonora Cordovani to participate in any five of the eight Fishman and shown to build bone density, Our lives are often in a rush, scheduled Zumba classes this season. To as reported in The New York Times. Dr. and yoga is our chance to receive your card Lexington Community Fishman was a student of the yoga master have a break during the Education must receive your signed BKS Iyengar and his work is partly based week: a chance to have Exercise Release and payment. on his teachings. As a nationally certified one hour for ourselves here EDZU, Mondays, 7:00-8:00 pm. $75 for Iyengar yoga teacher, Mary is qualified to and now. This class is appropriate for Five Sessions of the Ten Week EZUM teach the alignment principles which keep beginners as well as the student who course. students safe and maximize the benefits prefers a softer, gentler approach to

42 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 Our Instructors

Sumeit Aggarwal, MBA, MSIS is the managing Pilar G. Cabrera, PhD, is a native Spanish speaker Tom Daley a published poet, tutors poets, and has partner and co-founder of Finhive LLC specializing and a Schoolworks Consultant. extensive poetry workshop experience. in personal finance education. Sumeit has a Spencer Caddigan, has worked professionally in Jamie Dannenberg, MS, RD, LDN is a registered background in business and technology with over the film industry for nearly a decade, working in dietitian at Metrowest Nutrition in Newton 20 years of experience as a trusted adviser to the grip, electric, and audio departments. He has a and Framingham. She uses a non-diet and leadership teams in consulting, financial analysis Bachelor’s in Screen Studies from Clark University, Health at Every Size® (HAES) approach in her and operations. specializing in the Film Noir period. He received clinical practice, and helps her clients heal their Sanjay Aggarwal, CPA, MBA is dedicated to a certificate degree from The Boston University relationships with food and their bodies, to helping individuals and families achieve personal Center for Digital Imaging Arts in 2012, and has allow for a better connection and relationship to financial success. Sanjay has held corporate roles been a member of I.A.T.S.E. since 2014. themselves. in accounting, tax and finance in his career, and Scott Cahaly graduated from the University of Larry Dannenberg is a professional college previously worked at a Big-four accounting firm. Vermont with a degree in fine arts in the late 90s. placement consultant. James Alers received training at Longy While working as a resident sculptor at the Vermont Alexis Davis, is a licensed social worker who has Conservatory and Boston Conservatory and Marble Exhibit, he carved a 5000 pound block of worked in a broad range of settings over the past is currently the assistant director of the string Vermont Marble. In 2000 Scott relocated to the 20 years, primarily focused on child and family ensembles at Assumption College and Clark Boston area where he started exhibiting his work in dynamics. She is trained in two parent guidance University. many galleries and universities. In 2010 he founded models (“Incredible Years” and “Triple P”) and Donald Anderson is employed with College Scott’s Stone Carving Classes SSCC. is challenged to “practice what I preach” in the Funding Advisors providing financial aid Donna Calleja has worked as an artist and teacher evolution of her relationships with her own two information to Eastern Massachusetts. of visual arts for thirty-five years. Her recent exhibits young boys. Paul Angiolillo discovered the contemplative include MJ1 at ConcordArt, Spring Awakening Karen Day is a published fiction author for middle pleasures and soothing benefits of tea as an at Belmont Gallery of Art, and Inspired Views at grade and young adult readers. Montserrat College of Art. Her work can be viewed undergraduate at Yale U. in the 1970s. Since Linda Del Monte has been teaching yoga for 20 at www.donnacalleja.com then, he has expanded his interest in this world’s years now. She is a Kripalu certified teacher, with most-popular drink (after water), while working as Ricardo Calleja is a retired high school Spanish and an extensive background in Anusara yoga. Her a journalist and an editor. To gain more experience Literature teacher. style of teaching is about being in the best “space” in fine teas, he has also worked at Upton Tea Angela Carpenter is the Music Specialist at of your body, by learning how to align in the most Imports (Holliston MA). Paul has also been creating Harrington Elementary School (Lexington, MA). She healthful way possible. This ensures, a deeper way sculptures and functional “art” objects for several attended the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, of connection to body, mind and spirit, the true decades, in both representational and abstract New York) where she received her Bachelor meaning of yoga. She also offers challenges in all styles. For many years he studied with master of Music and Master of Arts degrees in Music her classes, and teaches you to practice from the sculptor Joseph Wheelwright in Boston. Paul has Education. heart. shown his works in galleries, art centers, libraries, John Chamberlain is an eighth grade English John Deming has spent more than 20 years museum shops (deCordova, Fuller Craft), and other teacher at the Clarke Middle School. refining mat exercises to improve his own posture, venues, as well as in many outdoor exhibits. Son-Mey Chiu (ED.D. Harvard University; core strength, and flexibility. He’s taken years of Janet Atiyyat is an Arabic native speaker and Chinese Master Emerita, Boston Latin School) is Yoga and Pilates classes and is an ACE certified Arabic language teacher. She has been teaching a professional Chinese painter. She has taught at personal trainer as well as a retired Lexington Arabic for over five years. She has also been the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Speech Pathologist. interpreting for non English speakers in public Decordova Museum, the Harvard Graduate School Nancy Dickinson is a registered architect with schools for five years. of Education and other New England institutions. over 25 years of experience; for 20 years, she has Linda Balek is an artist who has been painting Rick Clerici, C.Ht. is a certified clinical sleep specialized in Residential Design. See her website for over 30 years and has been teaching with educator and hypnotherapist. Rick has studied at DickinsonArc.com Lexington Community Education since 2016.. Her extensively in meditation, personal growth and Chris Doucette is a veteran Lexington High School work can be seen at www.lindabalek.com. indigenous healing, and utilizes these meditative math teacher who has been teaching SAT math Damian Barneschi is an art teacher at Lexington techniques in helping clients to heal from trauma, prep for over 5 years. High School. panic attacks and insomnia. Miki Feldman Simon is a career and an executive David Bell is an experienced SAT and ACT tutor. College Funding Advisors provides financial aid coach who has held leading executive roles in Cathy Berry has been quilting and teaching information to the Boston area. marketing, business development, recruiting and traditional quilt techniques for over 20 years. David Collins has been lecturing on opera in human resources management. Miki founded Maurice Bombrun is a French native, experienced the greater Boston area for over 25 years. He IamBackatWork to help women who have taken a teacher and bilingual dual citizen. He teaches had been Opera Boston’s resident lecturer for 8 career break to return to the workforce. and tutors privately with local private and public years. He has given opera courses at MIT, Regis Rick Fentin, CFP®, CLTC, Ed.M. is an independent schools, and has worked for Alliance Francaise. College, as well as lecturing at Northeastern Registered Investment Adviser and Principal of With undergraduate studies at the Sorbonne University. Dave is currently a trustee of The Cambridge Financial Associates in Arlington. and LSE London, he holds Master’s degrees from Boston Wagner Association. Dave received his Mimi Fix began a baking career from her licensed Sciences Paris and the University of Grenoble. Bachelor degree from Boston University’s School home kitchen and then moved her business into Anne Bryer is a certified Radical Honesty teacher of Music, his Master’s from Lesley University a bakery and café. She later worked in multiple and trainer. and did postgraduate work at the New England restaurants and corporate R&D kitchens and then Conservatory and the University of Connecticut - Kristen Butler has been a computer teacher, returned to school for an MA in writing and food Hart School of Music. repair technician, network designer, and computer studies. She owns Baking Fix, a culinary business consultant for over 21 years. Susan Dahl studied art at a variety of places, consulting firm, and teaches both business and including Amherst College, Parsons School of hands-on baking classes in local colleges and Robert Butler trained at Berklee College of Music Design, and The School of Visual Arts, and worked through the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). majoring in Instrumental Performance of the Guitar as a graphic designer for many years. She began and studied Music Theory at Boston University. His Toby Forman is a professional musician and a teaching in community art programs in Boston in students’ personal goals for their instruments and music teacher in the Lexington Public Schools. 1996, and this led her to complete a degree in Art the style that they wish to play is a key part of every Therapy at Lesley University. lesson. Beginner through advanced players are made welcome with Mr. Butler’s patient mentoring approach to the art.

Lexington Community Education | Autumn 2019 43 Glenn Frank (MST, CPA/PFS) was the Founding psychology from Boston College and a Master professor and as the Co-director of New England Director of the Master of Personal Financial of Arts in Teaching from Brown University. She Conservatory’s Youth Jazz Orchestra. Planning program at Bentley University in 1996 has led workshops with Lexington and Arlington Pedro Lilienfeld is an electronics engineer where he taught investment courses until 2015. Community Education that integrate poetry with and applied physicist with a life-long interest Worth Magazine recognized him as one of the mindfulness. To learn more about the instructor, in Astronomy and Cosmology who became an country’s top Wealth Advisors for 10 years. Glenn check out her listing at www.psychologytoday.com amateur astronomer at age 15. He is a graduate is currently the Director of Investment Tax Strategy Allison Ianuzzi is an experienced performing of a special course in Astronomy under UNESCO at fee-only Lexington Wealth Management. Over arts educator, having taught music and drama to auspices. He is presently a consultant and was the years, Glenn has counseled numerous students students in Pre-K through eighth grade for the past Principal Science Advisor at Thermo Fisher and clients at various stages in their lives. Currently, nineteen years. Scientific in Franklin, MA. his focus is community education, providing an Jillian Johnson is a sixth through eighth grade Karenna Maraj is a professional jewelry artist who insider’s view of the financial services industry, and Special Ed/English Language Arts teacher at the studied metalsmithing at RISD and has taught helping charities with his expertise. Clarke Middle School. locally for many years. The Karenna Maraj Jewelry Amy C. Franks earned her PhD in Japanese Poornima Kirby has taught acting and theater arts Collection is both a gallery showcasing local artists Language and Literature from Yale University, at the Nirmal Arts and a classroom/studio space and her BA in Japanese Studies and English from Tracy Marks, M.A. has taught continuing ed Wellesley College. Academy in Canajoharie, NY, as well as coaching privately in acting techniques, Shakespeare, and courses for 39 years, and specializes in literature, Richard Geller of MedWorks Corporate Meditation movement. She studied at Shakespeare and Co. poetry writing, personal growth, Photoshop and Programs, has been featured in the Boston Globe, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic eBay courses. Bloomberg News, Financial Times, Mass High Arts, and received her B.A. in Drama, with honors, Len May is a graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Tech, and Boston CBS-4 TV news. See www. from Vassar College. Management and an independent, certified long- meditationprograms.com for more information. Kerry Keohane learned to knit as a child in term care specialist. Marcia Gerrior, M. Ed, is a Physical Education Canada and has been knitting for over 35 years and Nancy McCarthy is a historian, costumer, and Wellness Teacher and Certified Adapted teaching knitting for over fifteen. and seamstress from Arlington. She has been Physical Educator (CAPE) at Harrington Elementary researching and recreating textile culture and School. Donna Kim is the owner of The Perfect Details, and a wedding and event consultant. She is a trusted women’s daily life of early America since 2011. Karen Girondel is a retired Lexington High School and highly sought after wedding planner and Dr. Susan McCombs is a board-certified clinical teacher of French language and culture. designer with over 16 years of experience. hypnotherapist. Elissa Goldman owner of Nutrition by Elissa LLC, Richard Knisely spent 25 years on air as the Laura McLaine is an Instructional Assistant at is a Boston based food and nutrition expert. As a champion of local musicians at WGBH Radio, Diamond Middle School and teaches Show licensed Registered Dietitian, Elissa has extensive Boston. His Classical Performances” program Business at Lexplorations during the summer. experience working in diverse settings and with introduced people to music new and old from multiple health concerns. As a Dietitian in private Karen Mechem is a retired teacher from the the concert halls and summer festivals of the New practice, Elissa focuses on making general healthy Lexington High School English Department and England region. With a master’s degree in piano eating and meal preparation simpler for busy has taught SAT Preparation since 1977. and composition from Boston University, Richard is people. Scott Metzger is an award-winning Lexington strongly committed to helping people appreciate based photographer. For more info visit, www. Jennifer Goodman, M.Ed. is a trained Waldorf the importance of great music in our culture and metzgerstudios.com. Collaborative Counselor, Simplicity Parenting our lives. Coach, and Social Inclusion Coach, with an M.Ed. in Nicholas Michael is the founder of Odyssey Rachel Kuberry is the District Wide Assistive Counseling and a B.A. in philosophy. College Search. Technology Specialist for Lexington Public Schools, Natasha Groblewski was born and raised in licensed in severe special education all levels and Elena Neva is a native Russian speaker and a Lexington. She opened the doors to her first instructional technology. faculty member at Bunker Hill Community College barre3 studio in Bedford, MA in January 2017. in the Foreign Language Department. Uschi Kullmann, MEd, is a native speaker of She was drawn to barre3’s warmth, its welcoming German. She has been a teacher for over thirty Wim Nijenberg, CTC, has been planning community, and its adaptive and challenging years, teaching a wide range of subjects and age European travel for 35 years. workout. She has since opened a second studio in ranges in Germany and the USA. She loves to travel Rebecca O’Brien, Esq is a partner and co-founder Sudbury in September 2017. and is an accomplished doll maker. of O’Brien Cavanagh Ivanova LLP, specializing in Beth Cederberg Guertin has been a weaver Stephanie Lawrence is a nonprofit sector small business law and trusts and estates. Rebecca for more than forty years, and has a strong local career re-entry advisor and philanthropic sector worked in the corporate department of Ropes & and regional reputation for her knowledge and consultant. She was Executive Director of Neighbor Gray, a leading international law firm, for five years support of weaving and the fiber arts. She has been Brigade, Chair & Founder of the Community before co-founding O’Brien Cavanagh Ivanova LLP. involved with teaching weaving for more than thirty Endowment of Lexington, and is Founder & Ivan Orlinsky is an accomplished painter and art years, first through her store in Arlington (The Batik Principal of Cause After A Pause. teacher. and Weaving Supplier), and now through her studio in Waltham (A Place to Weave). Sairey Leone Luterman, CT, a Lexington resident, Suzanne Baratta Owayda is the owner of Mosaic grief counselor and certified thanatologist, Oasis Studio & Supply in Arlington. She has been Roger Gumley has been a keen observer of music supports people as they grieve in her Lexington- making, teaching, and studying mosaics for 12 and politics since the mid 1960s. based private practice. years. Ben Heath is a professional actor and fight David Lenoir, MBA, SRES, Real Estate Agent Catherine Paladino is an art and science teacher choreographer in the Boston area. He graduated International Diamond Society, Coldwell Banker with more than 10 years of experience and has from Emerson College with a BA in acting and Residential Brokerage. written several award-winning children's books. directing in 2014 and since then has been acting on both stage and screen. Recent area credits include Jeffrey Leonard served the Lexington Public Sonia Parravano is a native Italian speaker and Oliver in As You Like It (Brown Box Theatre Project), School for 34 years as Band/Jazz Director and has been teaching with Lexington Community Rick in Six Degrees of Separation (Bad Habit Performing Arts Coordinator. Groups under his Education since 2010. Productions), and fight choreographer for Hamlet direction were invited to perform at Boston’s Virginia Payne has been practicing the traditional (Brown Box Theatre Project). Symphony Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, New Yang style Tai Chi long form since 1990, along with York’s Lincoln Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival Sharon Heermance, Ph.D. is a psychologist its complete suite of Tai Chi Push-Hands, Sanshou, and the Montreux Jazz Festival. Following his with a private practice in Arlington, MA. Higher Sword, and Saber. She has been teaching Tai Chi retirement, he works at The Boston Conservatory education includes a doctorate in counseling since 2001 at the Chinese Language School in and Berklee College of Music as an assistant Lexington on Sundays. She has also taught Tai

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She is an active wellness seeker at Middlesex Community College, Northeastern Gregory Tracy is an instrumental music instructor that enjoys the benefits of dance for brain health, University and Merrimack Educational Center. in the Lexington Public Schools. cardiac care, creative self-expression and increasing Now retired, he was on the staff of the American Ylsel Valero is a Civil Engineering graduated from body confidence. Friends Service Committee in Cambridge for over the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) in Rosemary Previte has a master’s degree in reading 3 decades. Caracas, Venezuela. Prior to teaching Spanish in and language and several years of experience Miki Feldman Simon is a Career and Executive the US she used to work in the banking area in teaching English as a Second Language. She is also Coach who helps people become the best version South America specifically in Mortgage-Financing a published editor, with nearly 20 years experience of themselves, personally and professionally. Miki for Construction Projects. Ylsel has gained as a writer, an editor, and a professor. founded IamBackatWork to help women who experience teaching Spanish through group classes Asha Ramesh is a certified yoga teacher from The have taken a career break, return to the workforce, and private lessons. Yoga Studio in Boston and a 200-hour registered fulfill their professional careers and regain their Francesca Verri has 17+ years experience as a Hatha yoga teacher. confidence and independence. Professional Organizer. She uses her certification Srinivas Reddy is a disciple of Sri Partha Alma Bella Solis is an artist, designer and as a holistic health coach to help people see where Chatterjee, a direct disciple of the late sitar calligrapher who has been teaching art to adults they are cluttered and unwell and make sustainable maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Srinivas is a and children for nearly 20 years. changes so they can live a healthy, purposeful life. professional concert sitarist and has given Shari Solomon believes that yoga can nurture, Val Walker is the author of The Art of Comforting: numerous recitals in the US, India and Europe. He calm, and support a person. Her wish is to have What to Say and Do for People in Distress which has three albums to his credit: GITA (1999), Sitar her students bring whatever they learn on the mat won the Nautilus Book Award in 2011. Her work & Tabla (2001) and Hemant & Jog (2008). In 2011 into their daily lives. Shari is certified in Hatha, Yin, has appeared in AARP Bulletins, TIME, Good Srinivas graduated from UC Berkeley with a PhD Prenatal and Curvy Yoga. Housekeeping and more. A counselor and in South and Southeast Asian Studies. Under the Fan Stanbrough is an experienced and highly educator with a Master of Science degree in guidance of Professor George Hart he studied rated instructor of topics like WordPress and social Rehabilitation Counseling, she facilitates groups Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu literary traditions. His media marketing for community programs in for living with illness and facing major life changes. translation of the work entitled Giver of the Worn Newton, Brookline, Framingham and Marlborough www.HearteningResources.com Garland was published by Penguin Books in 2010. MA. Fan has trained countless people to use Christen Walters received her Bachelor’s Degree Magnolia Rios is a native Spanish speaker and the WordPress since 2012. 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