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Come for a RAFFLE PRIZE drawing! This is an educational event via ZOOM highlighting the importance of knowing when you can sign up for Medicare in order to get the most of your Medicare benefits and avoid late enrollment penalties. It’s also important to know that you can change or amend your existing plan to better meet your specific needs. There will be 3 Medicare related sessions.
The first session will cover the 4 parts of Medicare: Part A-Hospital Care, Part B-Medical Care, Part C-Medicare Advantage, and Part D-Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Plans.

The second session will cover the differences between HMO, PPO, and Supplemental/Medigap plans.

The third session will cover how to decipher your medical bills. For example, I just got a bill from my doctor. Do I pay it or does the insurance company pay it?

Leader: Diana Dillman, Medicare Options Specialist License #4189213

FREE 
Time for questions and personalized ZOOM lessons with Frank to help to learn to play the GUITAR .
This class is in conjunction with the Friday Bluegrass Jam.    No charge for the workshop.

FREE! 
Time for questions and personalized Zoom lessons with Frank to help to learn to play the MANDOLIN.
No charge for workshop.

In this four-session class, we will explore how portraits combine gesture, posture, facial expression, fashion, and props into a powerful language of self-expression. Some of its elements are timeless and easily recognizable; others are specific to the historical period in which they were created. We will compare case studies from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through the present day, bringing our life experiences to the conversation. By the end of the class, participants will be ready to apply their broader understanding of portraiture when visiting historic sites and museums.

It’s an exciting time to have a smartphone. But every year there are more interesting features, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the changes. Learn about a wide range of iPhone features and services ranging from phone care to current Apple AI, how to manage your email, messages, and contacts, the different ways you can personalize your iPhone, how to stay safe or private when you are using your phone, how to edit and organize all those photos you’ve taken, how to take advantage of the iPhone’s health features and much more.

Movement with low impact, non-aerobic practice to prevent disease, protect your health, increase concentration with meditation. Do nothing that hurts or feels uncomfortable. Objectives: Develop better balance; increase physical strength by stretching muscles, tendons; and supply greater amounts of oxygen to the body through deep breathing. Equipment: BRING YOUR OWN POLE. Purchase a collapsible painter’s extension pole that opens to 3-4 “ longer than your height, with rubber (not plastic) end caps (Ace Hardware or Lowe’s). Wear tennis shoes and loose, layered clothing.

This class will show you how to create a look that is uniquely you. You will know what colors best complement your skin tone. You will learn about your body type and what clothing styles best complement it; this can assist in looking pounds thinner just by knowing what clothing styles work for your body type. You will learn what fashion personality you have; to help when making clothing selections. Do you know what face shape you have? Knowing this will assist you in selecting glasses, earrings and hair-styles. I will show you how to create a Core-Wardrobe in your fashion personality, your body type and in clothing colors that best complement you. Learn how to use accessories to create more looks from the clothes you already have, saving you time and money.

THIS CLASS IS FULL.

In this class, participants prepare memoirs that detail memorable life experiences. Each week, members have the opportunity to share the essays they have written in advance. Participants are asked to honor an 800-word/5- minute reading time limit in order to accommodate all class members. Each author will receive supportive feedback related to his/her submission. Discovering one’s personal writing style, voice, and effectiveness are part of the fun we enjoy in this class. 

This session we will finish reading O. Henry Prize-winning short stories, selected by Amor Towles, from the 2024 edition of The Best Short Stories: The O. Henry Prize Winners. This is an opportunity to read outstanding stories from both new and wellknown authors, published or translated in English. For comparison, a few classic stories published earlier may also be considered. Each week we will read a short story and discuss our responses to what makes the story unique: themes, techniques, characters, atmosphere, etc. All class members participate, contributing multiple views of the same story. The results are stimulating, entertaining and sometimes surprising.

This will be our last use of this anthology: The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners, Amor Towles, Guest Ed., with Jenny Minton Quigley, Series Ed. (New York: Vintage Books, 2024.  Please arrange access to this anthology to use for the class discussions. It is available in several formats: Kindle, paperback, Audible

THIS CLASS IS FULL.

This course will introduce participants to Spanish children’s literature. Each selection will be used to engage class members in oral Spanish skills by focusing on vocabulary development, comprehension and speaking. The instructor believes in a natural approach to language acquisition, encouraging all participants to be fully involved in a positive learning environment that supports each learner regardless of current proficiency level. Beyond beginners are preferred.