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In-Person week 14 (May 5 - May 9)   

 
  • Petanque: The Greatest Game You've Never Heard of

  • Pétanque is an international sport from France, with opposing teams rolling or throwing metal balls at a wooden target-ball. Related to Italian Bocce ball, Pétanque has an ancient, fascinating history, provides many mental and physical benefits, and is quick and easy to learn. It is gentle on the body--requiring finesse, cooperative team strategizing, and brains-- not brawn. It is a game of concentration, coordination, camaraderie, and FUN. Come learn to play this quintessential part of French and world culture—and discover Pétanque. A short video to introduce you to Pétanque: https://youtu.be/YXUkofUi-ps

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 7

    Dates: 5/5/2025 - 5/5/2025

    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: M

  • Instructor: Ronald Wallach

    Building: Off Site

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  • Discover Your Community's Archive and Special Collections

  • Learn how the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room acquires, manages, and promotes the archival collections within its care. This session will take you behind the scenes in the Heritage Room at the Athens-Clarke County Library. Get the insider look at how a community archive works to save the materials in its care and tell the story of Athens, Georgia.

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 19

    Dates: 5/6/2025 - 5/6/2025

    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Ashley Shull

    Building: Off Site

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  • Another Side to Jonathan Swift: Poems to His Friend and Companion, "Stella"

  • Jonathan Swift is best known as the author of the sharply satirical Gulliver's Travels, but he was also a poet. Among his most interesting poetic works is a series of birthday poems addressed to his longtime friend and companion, Esther Johnson, whom he called Stella. The poems, focused on friendship and the passage of time, range in tone from the gently satirical to the deeply heartfelt. This class will provide biographical background against which to read and interpret several of these poems as they reveal the emotional side of the typically-acerbic Swift.

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 37

    Dates: 5/6/2025 - 5/6/2025

    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Tu

  • Instructor: Elizabeth Kraft

    Building: River's Crossing

 

  • Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's House and Garden

  • A nightmare inspired by his "little Gothic castle" drove Horace Walpole (1717-1797) to write The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story that has never been out of print since published anonymously in 1764. Walpole built Strawberry Hill over a period of 40 years. He was terrified that he was illegitimate: Sir Robert Walpole, his putative father (Prime Minister for 20 years) and his adored mother Catherine, Lady Walpole, were both flagrantly unfaithful. Critics have assumed that Horace was unaware of the gossip, but "Otranto," an exoneration of Richard III (1768), and a Shakespearean blank-verse tragedy "The Mysterious Mother" (1768), suggest otherwise.

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 33

    Dates: 5/8/2025 - 5/8/2025

    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Th

  • Instructor: Anne Williams

    Building: River's Crossing

 

  • Impress Others with Your Bluetooth Know-How (and Hearing Aids)

  • This class will cover all things Bluetooth, cell phones, and hearing aids including how Bluetooth and cell phones work with hearing aids; why someone may want to use Bluetooth with hearing aids; how to pair hearing aids with Bluetooth devices; and what is new in Bluetooth technology. (It might also include related/unrelated cellphone troubleshooting!)

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 33

    Dates: 5/8/2025 - 5/8/2025

    Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: Th

  • Instructor: Kerry Cohen

    Building: River's Crossing

 

  • Georgia Museum of Natural History Public Gallery Tour

  • This tour will last roughly one hour and will be led by a collection manager at GMNH. Participants will learn a bit about the history of the museum, how the collections are used, and tour the public gallery's newest exhibit about migrations. Attendees will also view a few additional research collections that are housed in the same building: the teaching collection and bird collection, as well as some fossils that are currently stored in this building.

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 7

    Dates: 5/9/2025 - 5/9/2025

    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: F

  • Instructor: Nicole Pontzer

    Building: Off Site - UGA

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  • Jaws: "The Relatable Fishermen"

  • We will watch the most historically discussed and researched scenes from the movie Jaws, the original summer blockbuster. We will leave out the gory stuff for prompts in the movie that signify the volatile undercurrents of the 1970s and how those socio-political issues are consistently relevant today and how they are causing social problems in our modern political climate. No answers are wrong answers as this is a course to train consumers in the art of discerning messaging behind scene and character construct. This is a discussion-heavy course prompting student direction over teacher leading. Grab your poles; let's go fishing!

     

  • Fee: $12.00

    Capacity Remaining: 26

    Dates: 5/9/2025 - 5/9/2025

    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

    Sessions: 1

    Days: F

  • Instructor: John Brown

    Building: River's Crossing

 

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