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- Auto Maintenance Basics
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Fee: $35.00
Dates: 3/28/2024 - 4/4/2024
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 2
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 132
Instructor: Kim Ballard
First night meets at Helena College, second night meets at Meineke Car Care Center.
Learn about the basics of how to keep your vehicle running smoothly - from fluids and filters, from tire pressure and tread, to engine codes, wipers, headlights and more! Gain some general knowledge that will give you the confidence to take care of the "little" things before they lead to bigger problems. You'll have the opportunity to see "behind the scenes" at a working shop and hear from an expert who speaks your language!
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Basics of Beekeeping
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Fee: $55.00
Dates: 2/24/2024 - 2/24/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Days: Sa
Sessions: 1
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 125 - Lecture Hall
Instructor: Alyssa Piccolomini
Please bring a sack lunch.
Did you know that bees fly miles to collect the pollen they use to make honey, or that it takes the life work of 550 bees to make a pound of the sweet stuff? Learn the basics of how to successfully keep honey bees. Learn about bee biology, basic equipment, disease management, and keys to keeping a healthy hive.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Bridge Basics
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Fee: $80.00
Dates: 1/31/2024 - 3/13/2024
Times: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 7
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 002
Instructor: Susan Witcraft, Karen Nelson
Includes book #1
If you’re wondering if the game of bridge is for you, or if you’ve always wanted to learn but have been afraid the game is too difficult, this course offers you the chance to find out. These bridge classes are designed for beginning bridge players. However, the lessons move quickly through the beginning material, and people who have played some bridge will also benefit.
Each lesson includes specially designed practice hands so that you can practice what you have learned in the lesson. The class fee includes Audrey Grant’s book designed to accompany the lessons, which you can read to reinforce your learning.
Bridge Basics: The perfect introduction to the game of bridge – learn how to bid, play, and defend a bridge hand.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Bridge Basics II - Competitive Bidding
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Fee: $80.00
Dates: 3/27/2024 - 5/15/2024
Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 8
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 123
Instructor: Susan Witcraft, Karen Nelson
Includes Book #2
Starting where Bridge Basics left off, this course covers areas that come up in competitive bidding auctions: preemptive opening bids, overcalls, takeout doubles, and the competitive auction. You will learn how to get to your best contract, or to prevent the opponents from getting to their ideal contract, when both sides are competing to name the contract.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Buying and Selling on eBay
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Fee: $35.00
Dates: 4/2/2024 - 4/4/2024
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Tu Th
Sessions: 2
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 132
Instructor: Josh Bennett
Most people think of eBay as an online auction house, the world’s biggest garage sale, yet many don’t know how to get in on the action. You don’t have to miss out any longer! Learn from an expert who has been an active member for over 25 years. You’ll learn how to create an account, how to bid on and pay for items, and the details on how to sell your own items.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Hobby Gardening
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 1/25/2024 - 2/15/2024
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 133
Instructor: Mat Walter
 The Hobby Gardener is always searching to advance their knowledge and skillset out in the garden. This 4 week course will provide education for the beginner, novice and advanced gardener. Classes will review and expand on Plant Morphology, Composting, Plant Propagation and Harvesting and Winter Preparation. Each class can advance a beginner gardener and sharpen the veteran gardener's skills.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Introduction to Fly Tying
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Fee: $95.00
Dates: 1/25/2024 - 2/29/2024
Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 009
Instructor: Steve Lane
Instructor provides most feathers, fur, beads and hooks. NO CLASS FEB 22. Please see SUPPLIES LIST for items you need to bring.
 There are many reasons to tie your own flies, but one of the most important is the satisfaction you’ll feel when you catch a fish with your own creation! If you are absolutely new to fly tying, this is the place to begin.
Learn the fundamentals and basic techniques for nymphs, streamers, and wet and dry flies - what works in our area, proper sizes and proportions.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Introduction to Voiceovers
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Fee: $49.00
Dates: This class is available whenever you are!
Instructor: Experienced Industry Professional
“Wow, you have a great voice!” Have you heard that more times than you can count? Or maybe you listen to your favorite audiobooks, commercials, or cartoon characters and think, “I could do that!” Want to earn income using your talents from the comfort of your home? If so, then you could have what it takes to begin working as a professional Voiceover Artist. Explore the voiceover industry with your instructor, a professional, working voice actor from Voices For All, in a one-on-one, personalized, video chat setting.
In this one time, 90-minute, introductory class, you’ll also learn about the different types of voiceovers and the tools you’ll need to find success. Your instructor will record you as you read a real script, taking notes on your performance to create a professional voiceover evaluation delivered to you in a follow up call. You owe it to yourself to finally explore the possibilities of this fun and rewarding field!
Upon registration you will be contacted by Voices For All to schedule your class for a day and time of your convenience.
Online Course: This course is intended for students age 18 and over. Sorry, this course is not elligible for the senior discount.
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- Learn to Sew
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Fee: $75.00
Dates: 2/6/2024 - 2/27/2024
Times: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 4
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 132
Instructor: Jenny Yannone
$25 materials fee due to instructor at first class.
Bring your sewing machine and learn from the expert from The Sewing Palace – how to clean, maintain, and USE your machine, no matter the make or model. If you haven't yet purchased a machine, there are a limited
number available to borrow.
You’ll create a simple zippered pouch, a decorative pillow, and a shopping tote and more (if time permits!) All the materials, thread, and fabric for the projects will be included in one kit from the
instructor at the first class. Plan to arrive early for setup.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Murder in Helena - 1929
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Fee: $60.00
Dates: 4/1/2024 - 4/29/2024
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 5
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 210
Instructor: Terri Atwood
For the final week, we tie it all together with a field trip downtown to the scene of the crime!
Prohibition, prostitution, and murder… a national epidemic comes to Helena in 1929. The closing years of the Jazz Age usher in a story of illegal booze, easy women, a gang of bank robbers and an unsolved murder on South Main Street. Learn about this cold case murder as we attempt to solve it. If you like mysteries you're in for a treat!
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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- Small Acreage Management
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 1/23/2024 - 2/13/2024
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 4
Building: Donaldson (Main)
Room: 133
Instructor: Mat Walter

Whether you own 10 acres or 100 acres, if you are seeking to improve your small pastures or land, this class will offer some helpful management strategies in order to care for your property. The class will overview pasture management for perennial grasses and legumes, nuisance plant management, livestock stocking rates, soil management and shelterbelt planning.
65+ please be sure to also add the senior discount to your cart!
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