This class is for true beginners. You will learn the basic rules, how to keep score, how to find places to play, and groups to play with. You will learn to serve legally, maintain a rally, and place the ball where you want it to go. Each class will include a short lecture, drills, and open play. You don’t have to be an athlete to have fun with friends, children, grandchildren, and even strangers you may meet along the way. Paddles and balls provided. Note: You may register for only one pickleball class each semester to accommodate as many students as possible. Caution: To play this game safely, you must be able to bend your knees to pick up a ball from the ground. You should also have a good sense of balance so you can reach for the balls. If you have any doubts, please check with your healthcare provider.

iPad users can create thoughtful, personalized products using their iPhotos taken with an iPhone! We will use the Shutterfly app to make quick and easy single items to start with and work our way up to 20 page photo books. Let your creativity flow and connect with the joy of sharing special memories with friends and family.

This course covers the history and development of baseball in America. It features the major leagues, the stars of the game and some of its memorable moments. Class participation is encouraged.

The objectives of this course are: to acquaint students with the wide variety of methods used in English to form words. To develop an appreciation of how prefixes, roots and suffixes (morphemes) come together to create meaning. To teach the specific meanings of the most common morphemes in general use. To develop skill in using morphologic analysis in understanding, learning, and effectively using vocabulary. To present an overview of the history of development of the body of English morphemes and vocabulary. Text required: Exploring English Morphology $20 purchase. Available through the instructor.

Have you taken the Beginning American Mah Jongg class and want more opportunity to play with guidance? Would you like help in seeing where your tiles are leading you? Have you been playing for a while but want to improve your game? We will spend most of every in-person session playing mah jongg, with occasional short lessons on areas of interest. This class will also include weekly videos of the instructor playing on a mah jongg website and narrating what she’s doing and showing the process of moving toward a hand. Students provide their own 2024 and 2025 National Mah Jongg League cards and also add a $5 copy fee. (nationalmahjonggleague.org or 212-246-3052, $14-$15).

Middlemarch is unanimously regarded as George Eliot's rich and intelligent masterpiece. Few English novels have attempted so broad a canvas as is suggested in its subtitle: "A Study in Provincial Life." With her signature sympathetic tolerance, she presents every phase of provincial life from landowners, through middle class professionals to laborers and servants. Even the eight or nine dogs in the novel are fully realized. Any edition will do; for our first class, please read the first nine chapters.

This class is for those who have completed a beginner class or clinic, who know basic rules, and how to keep score. It will provide an opportunity for additional practice and play in a supportive environment. You will participate in short lectures and drills designed to improve all aspects of your game. Each class will include open play with other class members. Paddles and balls provided. Note: You may register for only one pickleball class each semester to accommodate as many students as possible. Caution: To play this game safely, you must be able to bend your knees to pick up a ball from the ground. You should also have a good sense of balance so you can reach for the balls. If you have any doubts, please check with your healthcare provider.

This is not a class on technologies & apps. for picture manipulation and editing. Rather, it’s all about Taking Great Pictures. What makes a good picture? Why are some pictures bland and others of the same subject more appealing? What catches our eye? Students will learn about and experiment with composition, framing, perspective, light & shadow, contrast and other elements of picture-taking through instruction and assignments, followed by sharing & critiquing pictures they have taken. They will also develop new ways of looking at the world around them. Digital cameras and cell-phone cameras are both fine.