Social history, including family history and genealogy, embraces accounts of individuals and families and can include information such as life events, social class, religion, and occupations. Some of the record sets we'll study help to make a framework; while others will delve into the society in which our individual of interest lives and works. Learn where to find the records and how to interpret and analyze them.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Write compelling personal stories in a memoir format through the study of strong openings, a unique voice, and good structure.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Physical trauma and injuries are usually visually measurable and can lead to trauma-related physical pain, but emotional trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can also have a profound effect on the human body. Throughout our life, trauma is stored in our bodies' tissues (primarily muscles and fascia) until it can be released. This stored trauma typically leads to pain and progressively erodes a body's health.

The body is capable of physically releasing trauma through different modalities. In this class we'll explore some of those methods to include: meditation, chakra work, trauma-sensitive yoga, affirmations, grounding techniques, the power of our breath, and more! We'll use these strategies to learn how to: calm the mind and regain a feeling of safety within the body, find a greater sense of mind-body connection, ease physiological experiences of trauma, gain a greater sense of ownership over the body, and strengthen overall well-being.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Explore the connection between mythology and human values. Learn how human values have evolved, and why we are (in spite of the news) such decent creatures. We'll cover what myth is, traditional interpretations of myth and mythic themes, myths and the transmission of values, and the meaning of karma and the cycle of lives. We'll discuss the Oedipus plays, Tiamat (ancient Mesopotamia), and Osiris (Egypt). Living without myth: is it even possible?

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Raise a piece of pie to Pi (π) Day, the annual celebration of one of math’s most famous constants: the irrational, never-ending number π, pronounced pi (3.14159…). Beautiful in its simplicity, pie is the relationship between crust and filling. Pi (periphery) is the relationship between the perimeter of a circle and the distance across a circle. In this hands-on cooking class we will be making perfect pie dough, custards, fruit fillings, and streusel toppings to bake for this scientific celebration! No cooking experience or advanced mathematical training necessary, just an appetite for pie!

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Masterworks of Russian Literature VII

Universally recognized as one of the greatest novels ever written, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina presents a breathtaking exploration of love, spiritual struggle, adultery, loneliness, passion, family life, intimacy, and the quest to find happiness and to make life meaningful.

The Quarterly Quest Membership is valid for the current academic quarter and may be renewed each subsequent quarter. Membership includes interesting programs designed especially for Quest members (must have a Quest Membership to take Quest classes), a quarterly social, use of the WWCC Library, free entrance to WWCC theater performances & sporting events, and much more.

Enhance your balance, gain strength, improve physical grace, and promote mindfulness and spiritual awareness with hatha yoga. We'll focus on the foundations of yoga postures (asanas) with movement and flow, as well as emphasize the benefits of hatha yoga to the body and mind. Join us for a lifelong journey!

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Join Jodi & Danielle for this FREE session using Zoom, the online video conferencing program. This is an opportunity to practice using this program. Be ready to interact with us and others in this no-cost, hands-on orientation for Quest members.

Please sign up early! We will send you a document with resources and instructions. You can join from your laptop, desktop computer, smartphone, tablet, or even from a normal phone call. *Note that many features will not be available to you if you join by phone call.*

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

The Annual Quest Membership is valid for the current academic year, September through June (Quest does not run in the summer). The Annual Membership is only available for purchase during fall quarter.

Membership includes interesting programs designed especially for Quest members (must have a Quest Membership to take Quest classes), a quarterly social, use of the WWCC Library, free entrance to WWCC theater performances & sporting events, and much more.

Enhance your balance, gain strength, improve physical grace, and promote mindfulness and spiritual awareness with hatha yoga. We'll focus on the foundations of yoga postures (asanas) with movement and flow, as well as emphasize the benefits of hatha yoga to the body and mind. Join us for a lifelong journey!

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Explore the basic and intermediate techniques of drawing using a variety of media. The emphasis will be to develop hand-eye coordination and changing your perception of looking. Developing an art vocabulary and an appreciation and study of major artists will be included. Gain or enhance your skills in contour techniques, positive and negative space, structure and texture, spatial depth, and more.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

We will meet weekly to discuss our reading of Homer's Odyssey before considering a recent novelist's reimagination of one character from that ancient Greek epic, a sorceress named Circe, who initially obstructs Homer's homeward-bound hero by turning his shipmates into pigs. Drawing upon legends about Circe embodied in the myths of the ancient Greeks, author Madeline Miller supplies the sorceress with a backstory. In so doing, she creates a feminist epic that, like Homer's, explores the hard realities of being mortal. When faced with courage and tenacity, these hard realities endow humans with a nobility to which even the immortal gods cannot aspire.

In previous years, Quest Reads! participants met at least once with inmates reading the same text at Washington State Penitentiary. This year there will not be a combined class meeting due to the pandemic.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Arma virumque cano. I sing of arms and the man. Probably the best known bit of Latin poetry, and a stirring opening to a stirring epic. The Aeneid is the foundation text of Rome, and has inspired countless other works of poetry, art, and music. Read about the fall of Troy, Dido and Aeneas, the legendary origins of Italy, the double-edged sword of colonization, and why Matthew's doomed fiance in Downton Abbey was named Lavinia. We will read a highly accessible translation by Fagles at the pace of about a book a week. The instructor will provide historical and literary background, you will provide insightful discussion, and we will jointly gain a greater appreciation of a work that has been enjoyed for centuries.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

All stories start with a sentence. This class is about writing stories by focusing on the elements found in the elegance of good sentences. All writers of either fiction or non-fiction work will appreciate the opportunity to share their writings, receive thoughtful critiques from fellow classmates, and improve their writing skills.

This class will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID and link will be included in your registration confirmation email.