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Chair Seat Weaving

$62

with Joanne Merrill

Calendar Mar 4, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 8 weeks

Transform your broken chair into a useful and attractive addition to your home. This class is for splint woven seats or seats with cane woven through holes around the edge of the chair seat. Bring a plastic bucket, scissors and a chair. Material fee of $30 to be paid directly to the instructor first night for pegs and cane.

A non-refundable $1.99 transaction fee will be added to the price of this class.

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Learning About Devices

Free

with Nicole Moran

Calendar Mar 5, 2025 at 11 am, runs for 1 week

Devices connected to the internet have become a part of our everyday life. In this class you will learn about the wide variety of devices, from the servers that receive, store and transmit our data, all the way to tablets, smartphones and wearable devices.

About Nicole: Nicole is an experienced teacher/tutor with a demonstrated history of working in the education industry at the preschool, elementary, middle school, high school and college level. Nicole is genuinely getting to know students to make them more comfortable and to make learning interesting and useful for students in an environment in which they feel safe and respected.

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Planning and Paying for College (Zoom)

Free

with Finance Authority-ME FAME

Calendar Mar 5, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Do you have children who will be looking at college in the next few years or might you be thinking of returning to school yourself? Now is a great time to start thinking about the financial aid process and ways to boost college savings. The earlier you start, the more confident and relaxed you will feel when it is time to apply for financial aid. Join us for this one-hour workshop as we talk about paying for college. Note: We will send all participants a link to the Zoom meeting prior to the start date.

FAME administers Maine’s higher education finance programs. Through a variety of loan, grant and scholarship programs, FAME helps Maine students and families meet the costs associated with higher education.

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Estate Planning

$10

with Mark Morrison

Calendar Mar 5, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Plan for the future. How an estate plan helps put you in control. This seminar focuses on strategies clients and prospects can use to care for the people and things they love most and how to leave a lasting and meaningful legacy. No discounts.

About Mark: As the son of two teachers, education is a priority for Mark and is why he is also a volunteer instructor with many local adult education programs - teaching seminar courses on budgeting, personal and business finance, health care, retirement plans, social security, estate considerations, 401ks and IRAs.

A non-refundable $1.99 transaction fee will be added to the price of this class.

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Basic Bookmaking

$54

with Debra Bickford

Calendar Mar 6, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Bookmaking has a long, rich history. Artists all over the globe have embraced this method of expression and pushed the boundaries of what “making a book" means. Handmade books are a fun and satisfying functional art form. The methods of bookmaking are endless, and once you try one, you will want to learn more! Giving a handmade book as a gift is a very special keepsake indeed. Especially if you fill it with your own artwork! Beginner to advanced students welcome. Supply list will be sent to all participants once we know class will run.

About Debra: Debra Bickford has lived in the Buxton and Hollis area for over 50 years. She has a BA from Maine College of Art and a BS in Art Education from USM. She has taught Visual Arts in Maine at the High School Level for 37 years and recently retired. She has also served on the board of the Maine Art Education Association for twenty years and was the President from 2017-19. In 2015 she was the MAEA Secondary Art Educator of the year and in 2018 she was honored with the MAEA Art Educator of the year. Debra is a painter and printmaker who loves to garden.

A non-refundable $1.99 transaction fee will be added to the price of this class.

Trip Around the World Quilt

$35

with Jacqueline Soper

Calendar Mar 11, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 2 weeks

This Trip Around the World Quilt is not your ordinary pattern. This quilt has many twists and turns for many trips, featuring central squares surrounded by many colorful squares radiating outward to create larger squares. A sewing machine is required. Supply list will be sent to all participants once we know class will run.

About Jaki: Jaki Soper has been sewing and quilting for over 40 years. She is the owner of Quilt Studio 55, a local business that supports long arm services, studio classes, and custom quilt designs. Her classes are comprised of learning simple techniques which allow for truing up sewn units to achieve accuracy. If you are interested in mastering the flying geese units in the placemat class, or sewing with curves in the drunkard path class, then these classes are for you.

A non-refundable $1.99 transaction fee will be added to the price of this class.

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Videoconferencing with Healthcare Providers, Family, & Friends

Free

with Nicole Moran

Calendar Mar 12, 2025 at 11 am

There are several options for speaking face to face with family, friends or coworkers over a device connected to the internet. In this class we will look at some of the most popular options out there including Zoom with a short tutorial on navigating the Zoom room.

About Nicole: Nicole is an experienced teacher/tutor with a demonstrated history of working in the education industry at the preschool, elementary, middle school, high school and college level. Nicole is genuinely getting to know students to make them more comfortable and to make learning interesting and useful for students in an environment in which they feel safe and respected.

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Using Gmail Effectively

Free

with Nicole Moran

Calendar Mar 13, 2025 at 11 am

Email is a means of communicating with others, throughout the world, in a fast and efficient manner. This class will cover the terms and techniques necessary to use email in an efficient, safe and organized manner.

About Nicole: Nicole is an experienced teacher/tutor with a demonstrated history of working in the education industry at the preschool, elementary, middle school, high school and college level. Nicole is genuinely getting to know students to make them more comfortable and to make learning interesting and useful for students in an environment in which they feel safe and respected.

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