Mondays   

Calligraphy for the Holidays
ART-06 (in-person)
Session II: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16
Mondays 10:30 - 11:30 am
This class is for students who already know the basics of calligraphy, whether through OLLI or learned elsewhere. In this class we'll focus on envelopes, invitations, art pieces, and multiple easy ways to make your calligraphy more striking and decorative. The instructor will walk you through your projects to help you get your best results. You'll be expected to have a basic calligraphy set already. The instructor will provide a wide variety of (cool) additional materials for free. You’ve learned calligraphy, now let's learn how to put it to use to add some magic to the holidays! Enrollment limited to 12.
 

More Zentangle Fun    
ART-07 (in-person)
Session II: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9
Mondays 2:00 - 3:15 pm
Take zentangle to the next level with more new tangles and a project-based approach to using these new tangles, as well as using the tangles already taught in the previous course last spring. Beginners are welcome! Materials fee: $20; pay instructor at first meeting. Enrollment limited to 15.

Instructor Carol Cologie is a retired teacher who enjoys art as a form of relaxation.
 

Tai Chi Gung for Spirit, Mind and Body, II
EX-02 (in-person)
Session II: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9
Mondays 3:45 - 5:00 pm
*Meets at Fairbanks Senior Center, 1424 Moore Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701
Tai Chi Gung is known as a “simple yoga.” It helps support us on our journey to longevity by helping us move with ease, breath, and awareness. Strengthen your body while calming your nervous system. Deepen your sense of inner balance and flow. Tai Chi Gung is gentle yet deeply healing as it connects you to the intrinsic powers of nature that your body already knows.

Instructor Devta Khalsa has been training as a Tai Chi Gung instructor under Master Lama Rasaji, one of twelve world masters, for five years. This form of Tai Chi Gung comes from the lineage created over three thousand years ago in Tibet by Lao Tsu.

Jewish Food and Spirituality in Film & Literature
FLM-06 (in-person)
Session II Add-On: Nov. 16, 18
Monday & Wednesday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (two meetings)
We will cook together, watch films, and read while exploring diverse Jewish cultures expressed through food, poetry, history, spirituality, generational wisdom, and lived experience. Materials fee: $20, pay instructor at first meeting. Enrollment limited to 20.

A teacher, a writer, and an immigrant, Dafna Young has lived and thrived in Fairbanks for over two decades.

The Italian Tale of Felix Pedro
HIS-08 (in-person)
Session II Add-On: Nov. 16
Monday 2:00 - 3:15 pm (one meeting)
Much of what we know about Felix Pedro is more legend than truth. Born Felice Pedroni, he was raised near Fanano, Fairbanks’ “Sister City,” in the community of Trignano, Italy. Paolo Greer has taken many trips to Italy to learn about Felix Pedro directly from researchers, his descendants, and famiglia. The trail pointed to Felix’s cohorts and closest friends, the Costa Brothers, of whom had prospected with him over the years and had the placers next to Pedro’s Discovery Claim. Join us as we investigate the Italian tale of Felix Pedro!

Instructor Paolo Greer has lived in Alaska for more than fifty years. He also explored and prospected for gold for decades, mostly in the high Amazon jungle.

Present to Art, Present to Self
RB-04-Z (distance-delivered) RECORDED
Session II: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9
Mondays 12:15 - 1:30 pm
Drawing from visio and lectio divina practices, we'll learn how to be present to paintings and poetry in ways that help us into deeper presence with ourselves and the Divine. Each session will combine personal reflection with conversation as we share what we notice and what it makes us think. Thomas Merton writes, “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Come be a little lost and found. No experience necessary. Welcome to a space with nothing to prove and no one to impress.

Instructor Carrie Heimer is a retired teacher, a spiritual director, and a good and gentle guide through art and poetry.

Euchre Strategies for the Experienced Player    
REC-09 (in-person)
Session II: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9
Mondays 2:00 - 3:15 pm
Have you been playing Euchre for awhile? Ready to learn some new strategies? A group of experienced Euchre players will be teaching some advanced and “personal” strategies they use to make the game more interesting. The class will feature one to two new strategies a class and then time to play to practice those and other strategies. It will be a fun class to increase your skills and just have fun playing the game at a new level. Come join the fun! 

Instructors Mary Burtness, Bruce McIntosh, et al are experienced players who want to share their skills.

Understanding the Value of “Bad” Emotions 
SOC-06 (in-person)
Session II: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16
Mondays 2:00 - 3:15 pm
We label some emotions as “bad.” Anger, jealousy, envy, contempt, and hatred are among them. Why are these negative, upsetting, and uncomfortable? What purpose do they serve, such that they continue to exist despite either evolution or religion? What unexpected (and bad) results happen when we try to avoid or suppress them? The answers to these questions are surprising. Hint: reflection on the self is incredibly important to growth. Come find out why it's good to have these, and learn what to do when you or others have them. 

Instructor Larry Moen (see ART-02)