Session I Add-On   

Session I Add-On: Mar. 10, 11
Monday & Tuesday 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Mar 10: Meets at FNSB Central Recycling Facility, 1855 Marika Rd
Mar 11: Meets at Green Star of Interior Alaska, 2134 Texaco Ave
Thanks to municipal services, waste management is something out of sight, out of mind for most of us. The destination for most of the objects in our lives sooner or later in the landfill. To minimize what we put into the landfill, we can reduce, reuse, and recycle. Green Star of Interior Alaska will provide an overview of the landscape of recycling in the Interior, revealing “behind the scenes” at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Central Recycling Facility and the Green Star of Interior Alaska electronics recycling warehouse. We will also discuss future visions of recycling in the FNSB and answer questions Fairbanksans have about recycling. Enrollment limited to 20.
Green Star of Interior Alaska is a local nonprofit serving the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Our programs encourage reuse of materials, reduction of unnecessary waste, and increasing recycling efforts in our community.

Session I: Feb. 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11
Tuesdays 12:15 - 1:30 pm (5 weeks)
*Students need to provide a drill and good-quality scissors. 
Make a beautiful frame for your print. From local all-natural materials, you will design and integrate birch bark, spruce roots, and willows to form an exquisite picture frame. Material fee covers all of these and more: a knife, an awl, and clamps. Materials fee $40; pay instructor at first meeting. Enrollment limited to 8. During his many years teaching school in Alaska villages, Instructor David Bowen has developed a high admiration for this traditional Native craft. Now retired, he enjoys making a few frames a year; but even more, he loves occasionally teaching the process through OLLI courses.

Session I Add-On: Mar. 10
Monday 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
*Students will need to bring at least ½ yard of polar fleece and a straight-stitch sewing machine.
Ever wondered how to make affordable socks with a comfortable style? Come and learn with a simple easy-to-sew pattern, and bring home a pair along with a pattern to make more! Super comfortable and they make great gifts. Enrollment limited to 6.
Instructor Carla Reardon has lived and worked in Fairbanks for 50 years. She enjoys a wide variety of crafts - from embroidery and sewing, to carving, metalsmithing and even house building and remodeling. She likes to relax with reading and sudoku puzzles. Any questions on classes call 907-457-4836.
 

Session I Add-On: March 11
Tuesday 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
*Two sections of the same course, please only register for one.
Do you set your glasses down and lose track of them? Beaded straps allow you to set them down across your neck and never lose them again! Learn how to make attractive, simple, fancy, or cool beaded straps for your eyeglasses. Bring the glasses or sunglasses you want them to fit on. All supplies are provided. This involves stringing beads; it is "close" work so bring appropriate eyewear. Enrollment limited to 5.
Instructor: Carla Reardon (see ART-04)

Session I Add-On: Mar. 12
Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
*Two sections of the same course, please only register for one.
*Meets at 1790 Old Pioneer Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709.
We will paint bottles, glassware, or jars with acrylic paint that you can take home and bake in your oven. Your project will then be permanent and washable. The instructor will provide plenty of glass choices, but you can also bring your own. Enrollment limited to 6.
Instructor: Carla Reardon (see ART-04)
 

This course is FULL, and the Waitlist is CLOSED. 

Session I Add-On: March 14
Friday 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
*Meets at 1790 Old Pioneer Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709.
*Two sections of the same course, please only register for only one.
You will learn to make enchiladas and the sauce, frijoles, refried beans, burritos, quesadillas and more! After learning, it's time to eat and enjoy. Materials fee: $10, please pay the instructor. Enrollment limited to 5.
Instructor: Carla Reardon (see ART-04)

Session I Add-On: Mar. 12
Wednesday 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Humanity and Earth are experiments of creation. We are physical beings, observing life in linear time with our five senses, and endowed with the free will to design and create our “best” lives. We don’t feel free; we’re too busy doing what we SHOULD to develop our dreams. Our thoughts influence our reality more than we realize, and we have the power to create a far more pleasant life for ourselves NOW, even in hard times. That’s why we’re here! We came to uplift the world. It works better if we can believe that!
Instructor: Ginny McDowell (see RB-02)    

Session I Add-On: Mar. 12
Wednesday 2:00 - 3:15 pm (1 meeting)
This course is a simple call out for the nightly dreams of my aging generation. Attendees should be prepared to share their dreams and be willing to give their impressions/thoughts as others do the same. We are all the authors of our own dreams so consider this a writers’ workshop on the fascinating novels we all wrote of and from our lives.
Instructor Mike Hopper (recently retired child/adolescent psychologist)has been listening to dreams (in addition to having them) since his graduate years as a sleep and dream researcher. 

THIS COURSE IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below. 

Session I Add-On: Mar. 10
Mondays 2:00 - 3:15 pm
There is local, statewide, national and international interest in restoring wood bison to portions of their original range in Alaska. The history, biology, and future potential of Alaska wood bison restoration will be explained and explored.
Instructor Tom Seaton is the wood bison project biologist for Alaska. He led the first release of wood bison back into the wild in the USA in 2015, and has worked for Alaska Department of Fish and Game for 27 years.