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Inbox Triage
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Inbox Triage

Free

with Hannah Cyrus

Calendar Apr 9, 2025 at 2 pm

Is your email inbox overflowing with unwanted newsletters and promotions? This hands-on workshop will walk you through how to unsubscribe from unwanted emails, delete old messages en masse, organize your inbox, and achieve a calmer, easier-to-navigate email life. Please bring along the device(s) that you typically access your email from - laptops, phones, and tablets all welcome! Computers will be available for those who don't have a portable device, but please make sure you know or bring your email account password. This class is held at the Bangor Public Library. To register, call 922-6055.

Learn to Garden No Matter the Space

$20

with Ivonne Vazquez

Calendar Apr 9, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

You can garden whether you have 50 acres, 5 feet of space or a window box! In this class you will learn about square foot gardening, container gardening, building a raised bed and which plants, veggies, herbs and fruits do well in large or confined spaces. The instructor will demonstrate how to build a simple 4’x4’ raised garden bed. Open to all skill levels.

Reiki Level Two

$109

with Jodi Puleo

Calendar Apr 10, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week
Reiki level two expands your knowledge of the Reiki healing system. You will learn more techniques to use in your Reiki practice, and may feel that your Reiki healings are stronger and more effective. During this class, you will receive a Reiki level two attunement, you will have opportunities to practice and build confidence using Reiki and you will receive a Reiki Level Two certificate.

ZUMBA GOLD® (Session 2)

$39

with Sue McKay

Calendar Apr 10, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 7 weeks

Zumba Gold classes are Perfect For Active older adults who are looking for a modified Zumba® class that recreates the original Zumba moves you love at a lower-intensity. The design of the class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba® choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination. Come ready to sweat, and prepare to leave empowered and feeling strong. Class focuses on all elements of fitness: cardiovascular, muscular conditioning, flexibility and balance! No class on 4/24.

Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat at Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor
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Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat at Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor

$595

with Chris Toy

Calendar Apr 11, 2025 at 1 pm
Your instructor, Chris Toy, is the author of 6 popular cookbooks, a private chef, and has taught Asian-fusion cooking for several Maine community education programs. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created. Escape to a Victorian Inn, the Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor on the coast of Maine, with an intimate group of artist, cooks and creatives! All meals are included in the workshop fee plus special activities to extend your learning from the day’s workshops, including a private house concert by Grammy balloted sing-songwriter, storyteller, and author Gordan Ward. For more information about the workshop, call Mary at 207-632-2251. To book your stay at the inn call 207-963-9122 or visit https://harborviewhousellc.com/. Feedback from recent participants: “I learned so much from Chris that I can use immediately at home in my own kitchen.” “Great kitchen hints!”
Acadian Arts Painting Flower Portraits in Watercolor at Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor
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Acadian Arts Painting Flower Portraits in Watercolor at Harbor View House in Prospect Harbor

$595

with Mary Laury

Calendar Apr 11, 2025 at 1 pm

Paint flower portraits realistically. You will paint pictures of flowers in detail, but more painterly than a scientific illustration. We won’t count veins, but we will count petals! Painting flowers is a wonderful exercise in observation. Learn brush stroke and value White on white flowers Leaves, long and short Iris, narcissus, orchids, tulips, and other spring flowers. Materials list; We will paint on smooth paper; Strathmore Series 500, one hundred percent cotton paper, either plate or vellum. This paper can be bought at Artist and Craftsman in Portland in large sheets, which we will cut up. Bring a #2 round brush and a #6 round brush, pencil, palette, tube watercolors in the 3 primary colors and perhaps a green. Paper towels and water container. And bring a plant or flower specimen with no more than 9 petals. This is a slow and careful process and 9 petals and some leaves is enough happiness for us all.

Ukulele for Beginners

$79

with Duncan Perry

Calendar Apr 16, 2025 at 6 pm
Learn to play the ukulele! It has never been more popular and you don't even have to know how to read music! On the uke you can knock out folk music, rock, blues, jazz, pop, country, tunes old and new -- even classical music. Duncan Perry, who has taught more than 700 students of all ages, will introduce you to essential chords and playing techniques using commonly known songs. Oh, and there are lots of laughs along the way. And, learning to play an instrument is good for your brain! You will need a playable ukulele and an electronic tuner or a tuner app. And when folks hear you play this happy instrument, well, they just have to smile! If you don’t own a ukulele, please contact us for information. What are you waiting for? Grab a uke and get ready for a musical adventure, then spread the joy! Biography Duncan is an experienced multi-instrumentalist who has been performing and teaching folks how play the ukulele for the last 14 years. Having served as a volunteer music therapist in medical and hospice settings, he quickly came to understand that music is medicine and that learning to play an instrument not only sharpens the brain but helps reduce stress. It also brings joy to those who play the uke and to their audiences. Duncan has taught in a variety of Maine communities and did not let the COVID-19 epidemic stop him. He simply moved from teaching in person to an online format and now reaches students all over Maine, New Hampshire and beyond.
"Cutting the Cord" - Getting TV & Phone Services Over the Internet
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"Cutting the Cord" - Getting TV & Phone Services Over the Internet

Free

with Nina Fearon

Calendar Apr 22, 2025 at 12 pm

What does it mean to "Cut the Cord"? It's about canceling cable or satellite services and being able to watch television shows online, as well as options that would allow you to get rid of your landline. This class will not only show you the wide variety of options out there, but also teach you some tools to decide if cutting the cord is right for you.

Please call (207) 825-2540 to register.





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