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America's Boating Course

$17

with Craig Shipp

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 17, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Learn the fundamentals of safe boating and earn the Maine state recognized certification that requires completion of a boating education course before operating most water craft for anyone born after 1999. Class covers safety equipment, trip planning, navigation rules and aids, state and federal regulations, anchoring, dealing with adverse conditions and emergencies, communications, trailering, knots and lines, and more! The information is useful for both ocean and freshwater boating. The course includes an examination for certification.

A materials/administration fee for the course is $10. Manuals are $35 if you want to buy one, payable at first class by cash or check ("Penobscot Bay Sail and Power Squadron").

No class 4/24.

This course is sponsored by the Penobscot Bay Chapter of the US Power Squadrons, America’s Boating Club. 

Phishing, Smishing, Vishing, OH MY!

Free

with Sunrise County Economic Council

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 18, 2025 at 10 am

Participants should have previous knowledge of the basics of frauds and scams as content covers phishing, vishing, smishing, skimming, shimming, and e-pickpocketing. Participants learn to take a more alert and proactive approach whether in the digital or real world.

Messages and Masterpieces - Paint & Sip with a Twist! Tree of Life

$45

with Angie Butler Welch

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 29, 2025 at 6 pm

No experience needed for this fun step by step painting class.  But there IS a twist!  I'm a psychic medium, so I also offer a brief intuitive message to each person based on their painting! I'm always amazed at the messages that come through just from the paintings!  All supplies are included, plus a brief message from the painting.

Basket Weaving: Garden Basket

$45

with Gin Randolph

Calendar Next available session starts May 7, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Create this very functional basket to carry your garden tools, harvested vegetables or other items  The garden basket measures approximately 13L x 13W x 12.5H. All materials are provided. All levels ofexperience are welcome to join.

 

Maine Driving Dynamics

$80

with Lori-Ann Mathews

Calendar Next available session starts May 10, 2025 at 8 am

The Maine Driving Dynamics course is a driver improvement course that is designed to improve a student's defensive driving awareness. This five-hour course includes discussion of collision avoidance techniques, safety issues, driver habits and attitudes, and the basic elements that constantly challenge drivers on Maine's highways. Our goal is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes. A student who completes the course will receive a three-point credit on their driving record and may be eligible for insurance discount. Please bring your driver’s license.

Gourd Bowl with Pine Needle Rim and Introduction to Birch Bark Baskets

$120

with Jessica Steele

Calendar Next available session starts May 10, 2025 at 9 am

Two classes in one!

Make a gourd basket. Perfect for a gift or to keep for yourself. Gourds will be pre-cut. Students will need to clean gourds, sand, and drill holes. Then we will sew white pine needles to the rim. We will be able to pick from a number of stains to finish the gourds. Gourds are around 4-5” in diameter. During this class, we will also go over the basics of making pine needle baskets. This is another great class to learn a skill for life.

Also learn how to make your own birch bark basket. We will head into the woods to identify trees, learn how to collect the bark from down trees, how to process the bark, and finally how to make a basket.

Small Accordion Book

$40

with Sandi Cirillo

Calendar Next available session starts May 10, 2025 at 9 am

Create your own small accordion book using simple materials like paper, glue, and thread. Students will learn the technique of folding paper into a continuous accordion structure and explore creative ways to decorate and personalize their books, experimenting with various designs, colors, and embellishments. By the end of the class, everyone will have a unique, compact book to display or fill with sketches, stories, or photographs. Perfect for beginners and seasoned crafters alike, this workshop fosters creativity and introduces a timeless bookbinding technique.  Students should bring a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor.

Nature Journaling

$40

with Sandi Cirillo

Calendar Next available session starts May 10, 2025 at 1 pm

Nature journaling is a creative and reflective practice that involves observing the natural world and recording your experiences through writing, drawing, and sketching. In this class, students will be introduced to watercolor journaling, capturing nature on paper using pen and ink and watercolors. We’ll first spend some time honing our drawing skills and learn about the properties of watercolor painting. Then we’ll work in our watercolor journals sketching and painting the natural world around us. Students should bring a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor.





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