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 ART, MUSIC & LITERATURE
Art Exploration: A Mixed Media Workshop - AVO 0907 $49.00
Local artist and teacher Jana Newton will create an art studio environment where students will explore a series of mixed media techniques. Hands on projects include using found objects and reusable items such as: discarded library books, tins, broken jewelry, formica chips, beach glass, wire, magazines and fibers. Students will be asked to bring to class items of personal interest, importance or to share with others to be used in projects. Jana frequently travels to Seattle and brings back the freshest ideas shared by artists all over the country. Each student will transform their personal style into unique ways and media never attempted before! (7.5 hours)
The Magic of Tarot - AVO0678 $49.00
The Tarot is a magical tool. It is one of the greatest way to be able to learn to play the "Game of Life!" Join dynamic inspirational artist Marcy Leefer to learn the universal language of symbols. See how to apply them to your life. Discover different ways to use the wisdom of the Tarot to understand life's mysteries. This class holds a wealth of information for beginners as well as for the advanced student.
Explore the Writer in You - LUO 0086 $49.00
Discover the fun and therapy in writing. Become involved and share your own creative writing, including life stories, autobiography, poetry, journaling and short fiction. Come and enjoy one of the great pleasures in life!
Piano for the Hopelessly Busy - LUO0048 $49.00
Have you ever heard someone play the piano and wish you had learned to play when you were younger? Well, here is a new opportunity to learn how to play the piano. This exciting new course is not only for the novice musician but also to enhance the musicianship of those who once played the piano and desire to play again.
Mystical Themes in Lord of the Rings - LUO0080 $49.00
Living Buddha - LUO0082 $49.00
Rumi: Poet of Love - LUO 0083 $31.00
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. His poetry has influenced literature around the world. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats; in fact, BBC News has described him as the "most popular poet in America." Participants in this course will familiarize themselves with the poetry and prose of the great Mystic Rumi. (6 hours)
Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court - AVO 0895 $49.00
The nine men and women who make up the Supreme Court are important to all of us. What are their qualifications? How are they selected? How long do they serve? Can they veto laws that Congress passes? Do they follow the dictates of public opinion? How do their decisions affect YOUR life? Join us for this important class.
Love in Classical Mythology - AVO 0912 $49.00
From star-crossed lovers to forced encounters, journey through the love stories of ancient Greek mythology. Explore the tumultuous relationships between the Greek Gods and the (often tragic) interaction of gods with humans. Encounter the fear, anger, passions, and desires involved in love throughout the ages as told in Classical Mythology through the adventures of Hephaestus, Persephone, Andromeda, psyche, and many others as their love stories unfold before your eyes! (7.5 hours)
Free Your Voice - LUO 0049 $49.00
Is there a singer inside you who should be set free? Perhaps you have a beautiful voice that has not been formally trained. This course will teach the fundamentals of vocal techniques that will prepare you to "wow" audiences of all genres. Church vocalist, lead singer in a band, karaoke night at your favorite spot...this course will prepare you to sing in the shower, join a chorus or perform with more confidence.
Jewelry Art - LUO0028 $49.00
Jewelry making is an ancient art. Learn the basics. Stretch your imagination! Create wearable art. We will make five projects which will include many different jewelry-making techniques. We will also create two styles of beaded bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more.
Make Your Paintins Better - AVO 0570 $49.00
This is a studio class. Learn from the great masters. Get an intensive look at good composition, style techniques and elements. You will become a more insightful artist. You will learn to create drama in your work. Bring in paintings or crafts to be analyzed for improvement and make your own.
COMPUTERS
Introduction to the Personal Computer - AVO 0420 $49.00
Just purchased a computer or thinking about it? Need to know the basics? Then, this class is for you. You will learn about the, "Windows," environment, storage and filing systems, the Internet, email and common applications like word processing and spreadsheets. (10 hours)
E-Mail for Seniors - LUO0004 $49.00
Students will set up their own email accounts and use them to create, send and receive email messages. Learn how to attach documents and pictures to email messages, forward messages, and manage the email in your account.
Photoshop - AVO 0867 $59.00
This totally awesome computer program will teach you how to change your photographs so that they will look better than real life. You will learn to retouch photos, apply special effects and swap details between photos. (12 hours)
Photoshop - Layers - LUO 0012 $52.00
OK! You know the basics, you can navigate the menu bar and work with the adjustments and tools. It's time to take your image from "enhanced" to "exceptional"! Photoshop and Photoshop Elements have several different formats, but they all use Layers and Masks. These are the key to the next step! In this class we will learn how to use them with adjustments, selections and filters. You'll know how to create everything from memorable family portraits to artistic prints that you will be proud to display on your walls. (10 hours)
Personal Website Creation - AVO 0905 $49.00
Learn to create your own website. This is a fun way to keep your family and friends up to date on what's happening in your life. It's also a way to be creative and have fun while learning the tools that are available for website design while you create your own. You will have at least a one-page site at the end of this class. You will also learn to use hyperlinks to create multi-page sites, use tables for formatting, and insert photographs and graphics.
FASHION / BEAUTY
Reversing Aging - Finding the Fountain of Youth - AVO0924 $49.00
It is believed that the average human should live well past 100 years of age! There are three types of aging; chronological age, biological age, and psychological age. Explore how we can reverse and delay biological and psychological aging, while taking our chronological age to the limit!
FINANCE MATTERS & MORE
Retirement Planning Today - AVO 0428 $29.00
Attend this course and learn how to: create a plan to retire early; integrate your finances with your goals and values; use new tax law changes to your advantage; properly allocate your assets within your employer retirement plan; use five investment strategies to minimize risks and maximize returns; ask the right questions when evaluating insurance coverage; ensure your estate plan still functions properly under new laws. (6 hours)
Financial Solutions - LUO 0087 $49.00
We are all experiencing unusual economic times. Almost everyone needs to tighten their belts in some way or other. Everything from getting a credit card to buying a car to purchasing a home is requiring stronger and stronger credit. Learn how to improve your credit, plan a budget, and even experience the joy of owning your own home.
Numerology - AVO0431 $49.00
Welcome to the exciting world of numbers! Join our very own expert, Marcy Leefar, to learn the secrets of Numerology, the study of numbers and the mystical manner they reflect on us as an integral part of the cosmic plan. Each class will be filled with purposeful insight and entertainment while exploring this ancient science. This wonderful and enlightening experience will help you discover your mission and purpose in life. Living with purpose makes living precise. Once you discover your true purpose, you can bless the world with your wealth. Numbers make the invisible visible!
FITNESS, NUTRITION & HEALTH
Bellydancing - LUO 0078 $49.00
Discover the beauty and art of this ancient dance form! Belly dancing is a wonderful way to tone and shape your body, relieve stress, increase self confidence and to meet people. This class is designed to teach those students who are new to the dance, or those with very limited knowledge of the dance, the basic technical and performing skills of belly dance. Salomeh Azar, your instructor for this class, is a well known master teacher and performer in the South Florida belly dance circuit.
Dancing Body Joyful Mind - LUO 0081 $49.00
Explore the joy of life in the body - of breathing, standing, free movement, the peace of quiet sitting - to transform our lives. Learn to be powerful and present. Live in balance in body, heart, and mind in healthy independence and relationship, living and loving joyfully.
NATURE
Our Marine Ecosystem - LUO 0034 $49.00
Dive on a coral reef, one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, without getting wet! Discover fascinating marine life inhabiting your "backyard" and explore questions including, "Can sponges be used in cancer prevention? "Can sharks predict on-coming hurricanes"? Get a close-up look at live species while discussing their protection. (7.5 hours)
Let's Go Birding - AVO 0366 $49.00
Fly along as we discuss the different types of birds found locally. The many species of permanent residents as well as the great diversity of visiting species from the north will be covered. Listen to their wonderful songs. Marvel at their beautiful plumage. All you need is a love of birds, a pair of binoculars and a good imagination.
SELF-HELP & PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
Find Your Life Purpose and Your True North - LUO 0045 $49.00
Each of us has a reason for being on this earth, a purpose that will fulfill us. It may be career oriented, family oriented, or may relate to your hobbies or to volunteer work. Whatever it is, it's your true mission. Find the fulfillment you long for.
Parenting - LUO 0033 $49.00
The ABC's of Parenting discusses basic life skills that improve parenting. Discussion begins with values and ethics and their effect on family life. Additional areas include communication skills, stress management, time management, anger management, and money management. This is an interactive class with homework assignments designed to bring what is learned in the workshop into daily life.
Manage Stress Anxiety - LUO 0059 $49.00
Managing stress and anxiety in today's hectic environment has become an increasingly complex challenge. Left unchecked stress can quickly become intensive, causing symptoms like elevated blood pressure, panic, fatigue, confusion, and an overwhelming sense of impending doom. Learn how to free yourself from stress reactions by turning off the mind's "anxiety tape" that repeatedly plays itself over and over
Improv 101 - AVO 0433 $49.00
Learn confidence and social skills when you can improvise and make people laugh. Learn acting techniques, body language, mood and how to use your voice. This will be an action class that will help you in all walks of life. After all, life is but a stage. (10 hours)
The Road to Happiness - AVO 0898 $49.00
Happy people are healthier and live longer than unhappy people. Learn to bring positive thoughts into your brain. Learn the value of a good sense of humor. Learn to show kindness and gratitude towards others. The instructor will introduce many of the techniques used to promote happiness in a popular Harvard class called Positive Psychology. (7.5 hours)
The Essence of Cabala - LUO 0063 $49.00
This exciting course will lead you to unexpected and surprising truths about our inner lives and the process of what Jung called individuation, or "becoming". You will enjoy using this easily understood method of revealing ancient wisdom through class lecture, discussion and informative art work. (7.5 hours)
Eliminate Test Anxiety with Self Hypnosis - LUO 0076 $31.00
Go from flunking to 100% as others have attested through the use of self hypnosis. If you want to improve focus and calm for studying, test taking and retention, this class is for you. Self hypnosis will be explained and why it is so effective. This is an experiential class in which students learn how to use self hypnosis each week. (5 hours)
Learn to Communicate Better - AVO 0936 $41.00
Learn the skills to great communication. Bring these techniques into your marriage, family and workplace; creating rich and fulfilling relationships in all areas of your life. The quality of our communication is the quality of our life. (8 hours)
Window Treatments - LUO 0075 $49.00
Naked Windows??? This class will take the fear out of designing window treatments for your home. Learn the difference between swags, valances, cornices, panels and cascades. Hands on class will teach you the basics on how to design and choose the correct fabrics to work with your existing furniture, rugs, accessories, and wall colors. We'll discuss key considerations that must be determined before a treatment is custom made.
How to Schmooze - LUO 0074 $49.00
Are you ready for the Job Market? Need More Clients? Networking is a key ingredient to success for anyone looking for new clients, new job or to make a career change. Most people HATE networking events because they don't know how to approach a stranger then what to say. Interactive class will review how to work a room, good listening skills, powerful non-verbal communications and knowing how to deal with difficult people.
WORLD HISTORY, CULTURE & PHILOSOPHY
Path American Empire - AVO 0270 $49.00
From the slim grasp on the Atlantic Seaboard in colonial times to the mighty Empire position reached in Iraq in 2003, America has moved along a "manifest destiny" pathway of expansion. An examination of the economic and political forces in the conquest of the Indians, the wars with Mexico and Spain, the taking of Hawaii and Panama and the great triumph over Nazism and Communism will illuminate America's rise to the place held by Rome and Great Britain. Join us for a look at 300 years of Expansion from Jamestown to Baghdad.
Road Trip through World War II: The European Front - LUO 0030 $49.00
World War II's European theatre encompasses much more than simply D-Day beaches and General Patton. Explore areas that are crucial to the history of WWII. See where Hitler rose to power, albeit in a round-about way. Visit the Ardennes Forest and the town of Bastogne, made famous by Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers. Explore the pain and suffering in POW and concentration camps. This is a trip you will never forget! (7.5 hours)
American Musical Theatre - AVO 0672 $49.00
Have a great time looking backwards and ahead at musical theater. Emphasis will be on the four building blocks of musical theater. Tapes will be used. Sing along will be included. You will be part of the fun learning process. This is a not to miss course!
American Civil War - AVO 0460 $49.00
Indulge your interest in American history. Look into the roots of the Civil War, the rise of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party and other key issues. Learn and discuss how 19 century issues such as sectionalism, racism and the role of the Federal government remain unresolved today.
WELLNESS COURSES
Belly Dancing - LUO 0078
Discover the beauty and art of this ancient dance form! Belly dancing is a wonderful way to tone and shape your body, relieve stress, increase self confidence and to meet people. This class is designed to teach those students who are new to the dance, or those with very limited knowledge of the dance, the basic technical and performing skills of belly dance. Salomeh Azar, your instructor for this class, is a well known master teacher and performer in the South Florida belly dance circuit.
Dance ZUMBA! - LUO 0057
Zumba fuses hypnotic latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic workout system. The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you've got ZUMBA! (7.5 hours)
ZUMBA For Seniors - LUO 0057
Weigh Better than Starving - LUO 0077
Whether you struggle with 10 extra pounds or 100, this class will help you shed extra weight moderately and without special foods or feeling hungry. Meet weekly with others who share your goal and follow the simple rules, menus and recipes, go on a virtual grocery shopping trip, and feel better permanently. (5 hours)
Tai Chi + Qi Gong 5 - AVO 0560
De-stress, balance and enhance the immune system of your body with these ancient Chinese exercises. The series of movements are performed slowly with grace and control so that each body part is exercised completely. (5 hours)
Stretch and Tone - AVO 0803
Being physically fit is empowering. Being physically fit is uplifting, inspiring and healing. Being physically fit is confidence bolstering. Being physically fit begins with stretching and toning. Join lifelong fitness expert Shelley Weinstein to learn the joy of movement and flexibility.
Intro to Yoga 5 - AVO 0557
Would you like to calm your mind and improve your body's flexibility, strength, and overall health? In this class you will learn how to do it all. Basic yoga postures, salutations and breathing techniques will be taught.
Reiki Healing - LUO 0085
Learn the ancient Japanese art of Reiki healing. Awaken your healing potential for meditation and hands-on healing for yourself, and to share with others. This course include attunement to the Reiki energy, training in hands-on healing, meditation, the history of Reiki; and guidance for healthy use of your healing gifts.
Ballroom 101 - LUO 0073
Have FUN!! Get out on that Dance Floor! It's easy once you understand the basic steps of each dance. This introductory class will give beginners an overview of the basics for Merengue, Cha-cha, Swing and Fox Trot. Stop sitting on the sidelines... enjoy life! And what better exercise?
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