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  • Advanced Art of Writing 
  • THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below and we will notify you if space opens up in this class.
  • Fee: $99.00
    Dates: 10/6/2023 - 12/15/2023
    Times: 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 9
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 220
    Instructor: Kathy McConnell

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    For writers with some previous writing experience. 

    Required Texts: 

    • Stafford, Kim. The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer’s Craft. University of Georgia Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780820324968. 

    No class held 11/10 & 11/24.
 

  • Almost Easy Hikes 
  • Fee: $59.00
    Dates: 10/28/2023 - 10/28/2023
    Times: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Sa
    Sessions: 1
    Room: Off Campus
    Instructor: Kathleen Obenland
    White Bluffs
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    This trail to White Bluffs – ranked “almost” easy more due to distance than terrain – covers a fascinating area along the Columbia River across from the Hanford Reach. Over a round-trip hike of roughly 5 miles, we’ll climb a few low, rolling hills while taking in the sight of such geological and historical features as white cliffs, an abandoned farmstead, and more. 

    Required Materials: comfortable walking/hiking shoes, lunch, water, and backpack or bag. 

    Suggested Materials: hat, hiking poles. 


 

  • Downsizing: When Less Equals More 
  • Fee: $59.00
    Dates: 10/31/2023 - 11/28/2023
    Times: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 5
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 214
    Instructor:

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  • Easy Hikes 
  • Fee: $45.00
    Dates: 10/14/2023 - 10/14/2023
    Times: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    Days: Sa
    Sessions: 1
    Room: Off Campus
    Instructor: Kathleen Obenland
    Umatilla Rim Trail
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    One of the most beautiful easy hikes in our area, the Umatilla Rim trail is rocky but mostly flat, and follows along the top of a ridge at 5,000 feet offering spectacular views. On this round-trip hike of roughly 4 miles, we’ll take a slow pace as we stop to appreciate the plants, flowers, and more. 

    Required Materials: comfortable walking/hiking shoes, lunch, water, and backpack or bag. 

    Suggested Materials: hat, hiking poles. 


 

  • Friday Films 
  • THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below and we will notify you if space opens up in this class.
  • Fee: $89.00
    Dates: 9/29/2023 - 12/8/2023
    Times: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 9
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
    Instructor: John Remington

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    No class held 11/10 & 11/24.
 

  • Intermediate Story Writing 
  • Fee: $109.00
    Dates: 9/28/2023 - 12/14/2023
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 10
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 220
    Instructor: Allen Kopf

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    Required Texts: 

    • Edgerton, Les. Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go. Writer's Digest Books, 2007. ISBN: 9781582974576. 

    Required Materials: pencil or pen; notebook. Students will also need access to a computer and printer outside of class with which to type & print their stories. 


    No class held 11/23.
 

  • Introduction to Meditation 
  • Fee: $49.00
    Dates: 10/10/2023 - 11/14/2023
    Times: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 6
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 220
    Instructor: Terri Cotts

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  • Liberalism: Hits and Misses 
  • Fee: $59.00
    Dates: 11/14/2023 - 12/12/2023
    Times: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 5
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
    Instructor: John Jamison

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  • Organizing Your Digital Files 
  • Fee: $59.00
    Dates: 10/4/2023 - 11/8/2023
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 6
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Computer Lab 115
    Instructor: Donna Cummins

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    Required Materials: USB/flash drive. 
 

  • Smartphone Photography 
  • THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below and we will notify you if space opens up in this class.
  • Fee: $39.00
    Dates: 10/20/2023 - 10/27/2023
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 2
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 205
    Instructor: Kathy McConnell

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    Bring your iPhone or Android smartphone. 
 

  • Stephen Sondheim: Musical Genius 
  • Fee: $85.00
    Dates: 10/24/2023 - 11/28/2023
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 6
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 109
    Instructor:

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    Sessions 1, 2, and 6 will be held from 1:30-3:30pm. Sessions 3, 4, and 5 will be held from 1:30-4:30pm. 

    Suggested Texts: 

    • Secrest, Meryle. Stephen Sondheim: A Life. Delta, 1999. ISBN: 9780385334129. 
    • Sondheim, Stephen. Finishing the Hat. Knopf, 2010. ISBN: 9780679439073.
    • Sondheim, Stephen. Look, I Made a Hat. Knopf, 2011. ISBN: 9780307593412. 

    Sessions 1, 2, and 6 will be held from 1:30-3:30pm. Sessions 3, 4, and 5 will be held from 1:30-4:30pm. 
 

  • All Levels Hatha Yoga 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $129.00
    Dates: 9/26/2023 - 12/5/2023
    Times: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    Days: Tu Th
    Sessions: 20
    Room: REC CNTR (W) Studio 2303
    Instructor: Rob Robinson

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    Yoga mat recommended. Yoga blocks provided. 
    No class held 10/3 or 11/23.
 

  • Florence in the Renaissance 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $109.00
    Dates: 9/25/2023 - 12/11/2023
    Times: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 10
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 214
    Instructor: Claire Valente

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    Required Texts:

    • The Italian Renaissance Reader. Julia Conaway Bondanella (Editor), Mark Musa (Editor). Plume, 1987. ISBN: 9780452010130. 

    No class held 10/9 & 11/20.
 

  • Lonesome Dove 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $109.00
    Dates: 9/27/2023 - 12/6/2023
    Times: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 10
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 243
    Instructor: John Remington

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    Required Texts:

    • McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove: A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 2010. ISBN: 9781439195260. 

    No class held 11/22.
 

  • Organizing Family Photographs 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $109.00
    Dates: 9/27/2023 - 12/6/2023
    Times: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 10
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 114
    Instructor: Donna Cummins

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    Required Materials: USB/flash drive. 
    No class held 11/22.
 

  • Poetry Glues Us Together 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $75.00
    Dates: 9/26/2023 - 10/31/2023
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 6
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 106
    Instructor: Cheryl Pira

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    Required Materials: pencil or pen; spiral notebook. 
 

  • Religious Activism in the 1960s 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $59.00
    Dates: 9/25/2023 - 10/23/2023
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 5
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
    Instructor: Pat Henry

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    Required Texts: 

    • Day, Dorothy. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist. HarperOne, 1996. ISBN: 9780060617516. 
    • Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. ISBN: 9780374524951. 

 

  • Rescuing Jews During the Holocaust 
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
  • Fee: $85.00
    Dates: 9/27/2023 - 10/25/2023
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 5
    Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 242
    Instructor: Pat Henry

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    Required Texts: 

    • Henry, Patrick. We Only Know Men: The Rescue of Jews in France during the Holocaust. Catholic University of America Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780813226163. 

 

 

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