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Classes

 

The Senior Center offers a variety of classes to Adults of all ages. Everyone can find something that meets their interests.  The list below contains only a few of our regularly scheduled classes. To sign-up for a class, visit our Contact Us page and fill out the form or come into the Senior Center. 

 

 

AARP Driver Safety Program Class                                               

  

2008 Classes                                                                 

 

Thursday, January 24th & 31st        1-5pm

Thursday, March 20th & 27th          1-5pm

Thursday, May 22nd and 29th        1-5pm

Thursday, July 24th & 31st              1-5pm

Saturday, September 20th        9am - 5:30pm

Thursday, November 20th & December 4th       1-5pm

 

 

Note you must call (707) 829-2440 to reserve a seat in advance.

The cost is $10.00 per person which goes to AARP


Ancient Legacies - Legacy of the Great Powers

Wednesdays, 2:30pm, at the Sebastopol Senior Center

The instructor is Nick Stavrinides from Santa Rosa Junior College.

There is no charge for this class.

 

Spring 2008 Semester

 

Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome and beyond, as the culmination of their classical education. Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians and also Americans to the art and culture of France, Italy, Greece and the Middle East for the next 300 years.

 

This semester we will explore the Grand Tour and the influence that the opening of Europe to affordable travel had on expanding cultural and scientific knowledge, including new artistic movements, technological advances and avant-garde trends.

 

The Grand Tour

 

January  9th        All Aboard:  The Orient Express and the Grand Tour

January 16th       Paris during the Belle Époque

January 23rd   The World of the French Impressionists I

January 30th    The World of the French Impressionists II

February 6th    The French Riviera: Playground of European Nobility

February 13th     The Art Nouveau Revolution

February 20th     Ballets Russes

February 27th     Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo (Special Documentary)

March 5th           No Class

March 12th         Sin City -- Paris in the 1920s

March 19th         Golden Age of Ocean Liners

March 26th         Golden Age of Ocean Liners II

April 2nd            Grand Tour of Vienna

April 9th             Vienna in 1900

April 16th            Gustav Klimt and the Secessionist Movement

April 23rd           Vienna and the Habsburg Dynasty

April 30th            Life of Gastav Mahler

May 7th               History of the Spanish Riding School

May 14th             The Waltz King: Life of Johann Strauss

May 21st              Unlocking the Unconscious: Life of Sigmund Freud

May 28th              Last Days of the Habsburgs

June 4th                Grand Tour of Berlin

June 11th              Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s

June 18th              Mad King Ludwig and His Castles

 


Computer Class for Beginners:

First 3 Wednesdays, 1pm, at the Senior Center. 

Call the Center to schedule your sessions at (707) 829-2440.

Recommended donation $30 for the series of 3 classes.

 

Computer Tutoring:   

Wednesdays, Call the Senior Center to schedule your sessions - (707) 829-2440.

Wednesdays   9am,  at the Senior Center or

Wednesdays 10:30am,  at the Senior Center.

Call the Center to schedule your sessions at (707) 829-2440.

Cost $30 for 4 - 1 1/2 hour sessions.

 

Drawing and Painting:

Mondays,   10am,  at the Community Center

 

Feldenkrais Method - Awareness Through Movement

Wednesdays at 3pm at the Senior Center in the Classroom.

Cost $6 per class

 

Knitting, Crocheting and Needlepoint:

Wednesdays, 1:30pm at the Senior Center

 

Life Stories Writing Group:

Tuesdays, 2pm,  at the Senior Center

 

Spanish Conversation Class

Beginning

Tuesdays, 1:00pm at the Senior Center.

Intermediate

Tuesdays, 2:00pm at the Senior Center.

 

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly):

Thursdays, 9am, at the Senior Center

 

Walking Group:

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30am, location varies. Call Wilma Binkley at

 (707) 823-1948 for more information or come to the Senior Center and look at the schedule on the bulletin board.

 

Watercolor:  

Mondays,   10:15am,  at Burbank Heights apartments

Thursdays,   9:30am,  at the Community Center

 

Yoga Awareness:

Thursdays, 11:15am

      The class is held at the Senior Center.  Cost $6 per class.

 

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