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- Acrylic Painting
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This acrylic class is for the absolute beginner as well as more experienced painters. We will follow step-by-step instructions to create our paintings while also learning why and what we are doing. Paintings will be completed over several class sessions. All materials are provided.
There is an additional $120 materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class meeting.
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- Arts & Eats
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Instructor: Bill Houck
Dates: 10/17/2025 - 11/14/2025
Days: F
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 5
Location: Other
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
We'll visit museums, art galleries, and studios in the area and talk with curators and artists to learn more about the places and the work. Afterwards, we'll go to coffee houses or restaurants for no-host treats and conversation with group members.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Birding in the Chico Area: All Levels
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Instructor: Joyce Bond
Dates: 9/18/2025 - 11/13/2025
Days: Th
Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 3
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class is for both beginning and experienced birders. Through observation and the use of binoculars, field guides, and birding apps, class participants learn to identify birds in their natural habitat. We will meet once a month at different birding locations for field trips that may involve 1-2 miles of walking.
Please register for only one birding section.
This class meets September 18, October 23, and November 13.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Birding in the Chico Area: Beyond the Basics
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Instructor: Joyce Bond
Dates: 9/11/2025 - 11/6/2025
Days: Th
Times: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 3
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Registration in this class is restricted to participants who meet the prerequisites. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below to request to be added to this class.
This class is for students who have taken the "Birding in the Chico Area" class more than once. We will not cover birding basics and will spend more time in the field. We will meet once a month at different locations for field trips that may involve 2-3 miles of walking.
Please register for only one birding section.
This class meets September 11, October 9, and November 6.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Collage x 7
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Seven OLLI members who love collage will share techniques and projects each week. Come and make art!
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Create Your Own Unique Cartoon Characters
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Instructor: Dick Kennedy
Dates: 9/10/2025 - 10/8/2025
Days: W
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Have fun exploring the many possibilities for creating your own unique characters. Learn to draw cartoon heads and bodies, along with all their features. Learn how to bring your characters to life and give each their own unique personality. You will learn how to make them talk and think. Enjoy exploring single- and multi-panel comic strips. Absolutely no drawing ability required. All that's needed is a pencil and some inexpensive paper.
This class will be live only and not recorded.
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- Creation Zone
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Instructor: Mary Sweeney, Lynda Klein
Dates: 9/11/2025 - 11/13/2025
Days: Th
Times: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Sessions: 9
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Do you draw, write novels, knit, paint, collage, hook rugs, embroider, or make any other art or craft? Do you need an impulse to get you going? Instead of doing it alone, come to the OLLI Creation Zone. We will have tables (with plastic sheets covering them to allow for messiness) and chairs set up. You bring yourself, your ideas, and your materials. No instruction, no demands, just a group of people creating in comradery.
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- Cribbage: Learn and Play
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Instructor: Susan Levine
Dates: 9/9/2025 - 11/4/2025
Days: Tu
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions: 8
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Cribbage is a great card game for two people: fast, unpredictable, and portable. Though the game has many rules, this class will take you through all facets of the game, step by step. By the time you have finished this class, you will not only know the game well, but you will also know how to teach the game to others. If you already know the game, come play with us. Been looking for someone to play with? Maybe you will find a new friend and opponent here!
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- Garden Gourmands: Section 1
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Instructor: Debra Barger (she/her/hers), Laurie Smith
Dates: 9/10/2025 - 9/17/2025
Days: W
Times: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
California's temperate climate allows an amazing array of plants to be grown locally. Edible gardens, pollinator gardens, native gardens, contemplative gardens, and demonstration gardens are some of the many varieties to tour. Inspired by the successful model of the "Arts & Eats" OLLI class, "Garden Gourmands" will focus on touring the art of garden landscapes combined with eating locally. Join Master Gardeners as we explore different area gardens followed by a no-host lunch at various local eateries to enjoy the bounty of Butte County.
Registered participants will receive the specific garden location/address via email by the Saturday before each tour. Plan for possible travel time of at least 35 minutes before and after the scheduled class meeting time. There will be a no-host lunch held after each class from 12 to 1pm.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Garden Gourmands: Section 2
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Instructor: Debra Barger (she/her/hers), Laurie Smith
Dates: 10/1/2025 - 10/8/2025
Days: W
Times: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Location: Outdoor Experiences
Room: Various Locations
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
California's temperate climate allows an amazing array of plants to be grown locally. Edible gardens, pollinator gardens, native gardens, contemplative gardens, and demonstration gardens are some of the many varieties to tour. Inspired by the successful model of the "Arts & Eats" OLLI class, "Garden Gourmands" will focus on touring the art of garden landscapes combined with eating locally. Join Master Gardeners as we explore different area gardens followed by a no-host lunch at various local eateries to enjoy the bounty of Butte County.
Registered participants will receive the specific garden location/address via email by the Saturday before each tour. Plan for possible travel time of at least 35 minutes before and after the scheduled class meeting time. There will be a no-host lunch held after each class from 12 to 1pm.
This class requires additional forms. Review the outdoor class forms information before attending class.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Intro to One-Point and Two-Point Perspective Drawing
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Instructor: Cris Guenter
Dates: 10/28/2025 - 11/4/2025
Days: Tu
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 2
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
This class offers a hands-on introduction to one-point and two-point perspective drawing, techniques that create the illusion of depth on a flat surface by using converging lines. The first session focuses on one-point perspective, while the second session covers two-point perspective.
Materials List
- Drawing paper at least 9" x 12"
- #2 Pencil
- Kneaded eraser
- 12" ruler
- Small pencil sharpener
This class will be recorded.
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- Learn to Draw in a Less Than Perfect Way
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Instructor: Dick Kennedy
Dates: 10/15/2025 - 11/12/2025
Days: W
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 5
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Many beginning artists believe that if they want to learn to draw, they need to do it in a realistic style. It can be pretty intimidating to think that you need to make your drawings look like photographs. Well, it will comfort you to know that most drawings artists create aren't an attempt at realism. In this class you will learn to draw in a way that frees you from the pressure of being perfect. You only need a pencil and some inexpensive paper.
This class will be live only and not recorded.
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- Let's Keep Knitting
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Instructor: Gale Ulvang
Dates: 9/9/2025 - 11/4/2025
Days: Tu
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sessions: 8
Location: Online Learning
Room: Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Knitting with others is a wonderful learning environment. This class is designed to give knitters who have mastered the basic stitches of knit and purl a chance to work on a project of their choosing while we chat and share ideas online with other knitters. All levels of ability are welcome! Gale contributes to the class by offering tips and suggestions for patterns, yarn, and tools based on her years of knitting experience.
This class will be recorded.
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- Let's Play Games
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Instructor: Donna Knorton
Dates: 9/10/2025 - 11/12/2025
Days: W
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 10
Location: The Inn at Westmont of Chico
Room: Games Room
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Join us to play games, socialize, and have fun. We have Rummikub, Qwirkle, Sequence, Mexican Train, card games and more, from the well-known to the obscure. Bring a game to share or just show up and have fun.
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- Master Gardener Lecture Series
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California Master Gardeners provide educational outreach from University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) offices throughout the state. The mission of the Butte County Master Gardeners is to extend research-based education and technical assistance throughout the non-commercial gardening community and to foster successful gardening practices by helping individuals make informed decisions about plants, pests, and the environment, with an emphasis on sustainability. Join us as we address a wide range of fascinating subjects.
This class counts toward the 3-class limit.
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- Playing Guitar at Beginning Level 2 and Singing Along
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This class is for people who already know how to play the A-G chords. We play and sing 3-, 4-, and 5-chord songs by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, and other musicians from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. The class is mostly to practice feeling comfortable with playing guitar while singing. There is some instruction on more advanced guitar playing. Bring a guitar, ukulele, or other stringed instrument, or you're welcome to come just to sing along with the class.
Music stand and battery-operated tuner recommended. Songs will be sent out before each class.
This class meets on the second, fourth, and fifth Monday of each month.
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- Sierra Nevada Brewery Tour
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We'll guide you through the brewing process, where you can gaze into our shimmering kettles; then venture into our hop cooler to get your hands on our favorite ingredient; then we'll talk about the magic that is fermentation while standing beneath our massive 25,000-gallon tanks.
The tour route is over a 1/4 mile.
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- Sing Gospel Music
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Sing and/or play popular gospel songs. Bring your voice, guitar, violin, cello, harmonica, squeeze box, or other instrument and join a group of people singing and playing for fun. This is not meant to be religious. It's just a place to enjoy great music. Join us!
This class meets on the first, third, and fifth Monday of each month.
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- Sketchbook Journaling
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Instructor: Marvey Mueller
Dates: 9/8/2025 - 10/13/2025
Days: M
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: The Social Chico
Room: Bradley 1
Fee for À La Carte Members: $55.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
Registration in this class is restricted to participants who meet the prerequisites. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below to request to be added to this class.
Sharpen your drawing and watercolor skills as we paint and sketch together on a variety of subjects. The purpose of this class is to provide a supportive community for those who work to keep their journal practice alive. We will share ideas and sometimes our favorite art materials, the ones that make this practice all the more fun. With seasonal sights available to us as examples, plan on some brilliant pages in your sketchbook.
This class requires a strong skill level. Only prior students or those who submit their work to the instructor for consideration will be admitted.
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- Tuesday Tunes
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Instructor: Bitz Haley
Dates: 9/9/2025 - 11/4/2025
Days: Tu
Times: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Sessions: 8
Location: Haley Music Therapy
Room: Group Room
Hybrid Class: Zoom Link to be Provided
Fee for À La Carte Members: $30.00
Fee for Unlimited Members: Included
You may choose to attend this hybrid class in person or online. The Zoom link will be provided to all registered participants.
Start your Tuesday with music and songs. Join us in a fun, informal sing-along. Bring your voices and/or musical instruments. The operative word is "fun." If you like music, you will like this class. All levels welcome!
This class will be live only and not recorded.
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- Watercolor for Beginners
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This class is an introduction to watercolor painting. We will cover techniques, color blending, color mixing, and brushwork. All materials are provided.
There is an additional $120 materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class meeting.
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