SPRING • 2019 n ew classes weekly April– June Hundreds of programs for adults, teens & kids INCLUDING KIDZONE, TEENZONE, DRIVER’S ED, AND COLLEGE PREP 2 Register Now at ArlingtonCommunityEd.org n 781.316.3568 New for Spring Table of Contents here are so many things to look forward to this time of year, Classes for Adults (18+) Tand we’re hoping this catalog is one of them! ACE can be a Around Town ......................6 creative outlet, a chance to get fit or challenge yourself, or a place Business, Technology, & Finance . .7 to meet people and have some fun. Curious Minds .....................5 This spring we introduce our new interview series with local Family Nights .....................41 author and podcaster, Steve Almond. Steve will bring special Fine Arts & Crafts .................10 guests to talk about pressing issues. This will be an exciting new Fitness & Dance ...................15 forum, and the opportunity to make more connections with Food & Drink......................19 friends and neighbors. High School & College Prep . 36 We also have a wide array of Special Interest programs lined up, Home & Garden...................22 ranging from outdoor guided walks to astronomy and climate Languages ....................... 24 change. And new this term, try West African hand drumming, Music & Theater...................27 learn about home renovation, or come dance the Lindy Hop with Online Learning ...................35 us! Our KidZone and TeenZone youth programs also offer great Recreation........................28 opportunities for learning and fun. Special Interest ................... 4 Spring is a busy time of year, but make sure to carve out some time Wellness..........................31 for yourself! Register for a few classes—we can’t wait to see you. Writing & Literature ...............34 Classes for Youth (K-12) Family Nights .....................41 High School & College Prep . 36 KidZone (Grades K-5) .............44 No Class Dates TeenZone (Grades 6-8).............38 No evening classes will be held at Arlington High School on April Important Information 15 -19, May 27, 30, June 4. The schedule for classes held at other locations may vary; please check class description for details. For Adult Classes.................60 For Youth Classes ................44 Instructor Biographies .............55 Arlington Community Education... Registration Form (Adult) . 62 All are welcome at Arlington Community Education (ACE). We DAYTIME WEEKEND strive to provide a wide range of engaging and affordable learning ✹CLASS ★CLASS opportunities. As the school day comes to a close, our doors open, welcoming members of the community into our schools for personal enrichment and professional development. ACE is a program of the Arlington Public Schools that is completely SPRING COVER ART CONTEST WINNER supported by tuition received from our courses. Arlington Community Education "Arlington View of Boston (Robbins Farm Park)" Arlington High School by Janice Hayes-Cha 869 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02476 Janice Hayes-Cha is an Arlington-based artist [email protected] who creates vibrant, mixed media collages Tax identification number: 046-001-070 from recycled greeting cards, a technique ArlingtonCommunityEd.org • 781.316.3568 • Fax 781.316.3381 she devised while recovering from cancer. Her work has depth and texture, and reveals Jen Rothenberg, Director surprises for the astute observer. She loves Andrea Loeb, Youth & Teen Program Manager to capture the complexity of iconic places in Arlington and Boston. Nina Coles, Business Manager This magical view of the Boston skyline from Robbins Farm Park Tracey Dramstad, Registrar evokes joyful memories of baseball games, kites, fireworks, and Sarah Flanagan, Program & Promotion Coordinator flying down the big slide at the playground. Tanya Serrao, Program Coordinator Donna Eidson, Program Consultant Catalog design: Pehlke Design Franca Duffy, Evening Coordinator Becky Anthony, Evening Coordinator Arlington Community Education n Spring 2019 WE NEED TO TALK 3 Introducing... We Need To Talk... an interview series with Steve Almond Arlington Community Education introduces a new series featuring authors, journalists and researchers sharing their stories and expertise with renowned author Steve Almond, about the most pressing issues we face—as parents, partners, and citizens. A vital part of We Need to Talk will be the conversation generated by audience members themselves. Steve Almond will provide the framework for discussion, understanding, and reflection on difficult but essential topics ranging from the potentials and perils of technology and medicine to the joy and anguish of raising children, and public morality in an age of political tribalism. The Conversation... Steve Almond is the Reclaiming Our Bodies After Cancer author of ten books, with authors Catherine Guthrie and Amy Yelin including the New York Times Bestsellers Millions of men and women receive cancer diagnoses every Candyfreak and Against year. In nearly all cases, they are suddenly faced with a Football. His essays have host of decisions about treatment ranging from surgery to appeared in the New chemotherapy and radiation. What every patient faces is a York Times Magazine, GQ, medicalizing of their bodies. They move from personhood to The Boston Globe, and patienthood. And often, they have to battle to reclaim their own others. He teaches at the body from a potentially fatal disease, as well as from cultural Nieman Fellowship for perceptions of how they should look. Joining Steve Almond Journalism at Harvard and for this conversation will be Catherine Guthrie, author of the Wesleyan University. For acclaimed memoir FLAT, a breast cancer survivor and advocate; many years, he hosted and author Amy Yelin, a fellow survivor and native Arlingtonian. the popular podcast Dear Meet at Arlington’s social hub, Kickstand Cafe, 594 Mass. Ave., Sugars with his pal Cheryl Strayed. His new book, Bad Stories, Arlington. Ticket price includes light refreshments. is a reckoning with our national moment. He lives in the lower CODE: SE054 Thursday, May 23 7:00 - 9:00 pm $20 east side of Arlington with his wife Erin and three children. Catherine Guthrie, Amy Yelin is a writer with author of FLAT: Reclaiming work in The Gettysburg My Body from Breast Review, The Missouri Cancer, is an award- Review, The Writer’s winning women’s health Chronicle, Literary Mama, journalist. For the Brainchild Mag, Salon, past twenty years, her and other publications, reporting, essays and including two criticism have appeared in dozens of national magazines anthologies. She’s a founding member of the Arlington Author including Time; O, The Oprah Magazine; Slate; Prevention; and Salon, a volunteer for Arlington EATS, and a breast cancer Yoga Journal. She has faced breast cancer twice. She lives in survivor who tries to find the humor in her experience (well, Somerville with her partner, Mary. most of it) at her blog ihadamindonce.blogspot.com (also known as I Had a Boob Once). 4 SPECIAL INTEREST Register Now at ArlingtonCommunityEd.org n 781.316.3568 SPECIAL INTEREST To secure your spot, please pre-register, walk-ins welcome as space allows. Media & Information Literacy Reading Shakespeare The Language of Time: in the Age of Fake News Out Loud A Linguistic Perspective Martin LaMonica E. Noel McCoy Irena Stanic Rasin In a time of information overload and Actor Richard Burton once said that he All animals—except humans—live in a actual fake news, how can one find loved the sound of Shakespeare’s words continuous present. Time is a human reliable news and information online? because they made such a “beautiful concept. And that concept is framed Acquire tools to help you become a noise.” Shakespeare’s plays were written differently depending on the language more critical consumer of information. to be performed and watched, not we speak. English speakers tend to We’ll discuss how to recognize different read silently. Come join a former actor think of time in terms of distance—what types of information sources (news, in a roundtable reading of Macbeth. a long day, we say. Spanish speakers, entertainment, promotion) and to Participants will be assigned new roles on the other hand, tend to think of evaluate the sources of information the each week and experience the pleasure time in terms of volume—what a full media use. We’ll also discuss the effect of hearing Shakespeare come alive day, they say. Recounting the past, social media is having on how people through the spoken word. Absolutely communicating in the present, and get their news and information. The no acting experience is required. discussing the future are at the core of class is taught by a long-time reporter Please note that this is not a scholarly our daily activities. Yet these boundaries and editor. Martin LaMonica has worked discussion, but a chance to read aloud, are often blurred. In this fascinating for nearly 30 years as a reporter and editor have fun, and deepen our enjoyment evening, we will explore alternatives to covering technology, science, and business. of Shakespeare’s words. Walk-ins time’s arrow from a linguistic point of He has written for The Boston Globe, welcome on the first night of class only. view, through examples of languages Scientific American, the Guardian, and E. Noel McCoy holds a bachelor of arts whose tenses defy chronology with other publications. from Smith College and a master of fine their reverse, or even circular, concept arts and acting certificate from the NYU CODE: WL026 Wednesday, April 24 of time. Irena Stanic Rasin is an author 7:00 - 8:30 pm $15 School of the Arts. She was a member and translator who has taught Italian of the acting company at the Guthrie courses at ACE for many years. She holds Theatre in Minneapolis and appeared in master’s degrees in English and Italian numerous shows in New York City. She is language and literature and is currently an overseer at the Huntington Theater. pursuing her doctorate in Croatian CODE: WL031 4 Tuesdays, April 30 - philology in the intercultural context.