Want to build furniture without needing a basement full of power tools? Learn how to lay out, shape, and assemble wood using just a few essential hand tools. You’ll design a three-legged staked stool tailored to your body and aesthetic while learning foundational chairmaking principles. Shape legs and seats with drawknives, hand planes, and spokeshaves, then assemble your piece using traditional staked joinery and glue. Finishing methods will be discussed so you can complete your work at home. Open to beginners and those with some woodworking experience.

Turn your life experiences into compelling creative nonfiction. This welcoming, inclusive class invites you to explore the art of essay writing through thought-provoking prompts, inspiring readings, and longer generative sessions centered around specific themes. You’ll craft new pieces, develop your writing skills, support one another, and strengthen your revision abilities. Writers at all levels and past participants are welcome.

Have you told yourself that you can’t do yoga because of a hip replacement, knee pain, frozen shoulder, lower back pain, or something else? Join this gentle yoga class that focuses on somatic techniques and uses props to expand your capacity for movement, improve posture, and recalibrate muscles and internal organs. Explore sensations and get more comfortable in your own body using blankets, therapeutic balls, blocks, chairs, belts, and other tools. For each class, students must bring: Yoga mat, and blanket that is able to cover the yoga mat (yoga blanket or any old blanket from home) Yoga strap (8 or 10 feet highly recommended ) Two (2) yoga blocks Two (2) tennis balls or therapy balls Towel that can be used as pillow, or a small pillow if available

Build strength, improve posture, and increase flexibility through a dynamic blend of yoga poses and Pilates drills. Focus on your core, legs, glutes, and arms with a mix of body-only movements and targeted sequences using optional props such as bands, balls, and ankle weights to deepen the challenge. Consistent repetition fires your core and develops strength and mobility. Props are recommended but not required. Essential Materials: Yoga mat, water bottle, towel Recommended Materials: Pilates ball, ankle weights, resistance band

Improve your balance and prevent falls with yoga poses designed to help you better navigate your daily life. We’ll combine breathing and meditation with strengthening and stretching exercises for the entire body, resulting in an overall feeling of wellness and relaxation. This class is appropriate for everybody, whether you are new to yoga or an experienced yogi(ni). Chairs will be used to help us balance. Note: Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat and a yoga strap.

This course is perfect for those just beginning or coming back to yoga, but experienced yogis will also enjoy the attention given to proper alignment and will benefit from the poses. People of every age, fitness level, physical challenge, or shape will find their mind, body, and spirit invigorated in this welcoming class. In addition to standing poses and mat exercises, each class includes modified yoga poses using a chair. The instructor individualizes postures to suit all students.

Build and re-engineer components of everyday objects and recycled materials into your own cool inventions. We’ll explore physics concepts and engineering skills as we design and build marble mazes, ziplines, animated puppets, towering buildings, and more. You will be able to take some of your gadgets home too.

Transform memories, ideas, and dreams into colorful mixed-media artwork using collage and watercolor. Work with meaningful materials such as photos, fabric, magazines, ticket stubs, and other keepsakes while learning techniques for composition, layering, color, pattern, and design. Experiment with watercolor pencils and washes to add depth and expression. Create projects such as memory books, travel journals, illustrated recipe collections, note cards, and more. Tuition includes a small starter kit of beautiful papers to spark your creativity. The class materials list can be found here.

This gentle dance fitness class incorporates the Latin and international music and dance movements of Zumba at a lower intensity and is suitable for older adults and anyone looking for a fun, low-impact exercise class. The easy-to-follow choreography focuses on balance, range of motion, and coordination using a fun fusion of moves from styles like salsa, merengue, reggaetón, and flamenco. Open to all fitness levels, no experience necessary.