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Spanish - Continuing

$65

with Paul Garcia

Calendar Oct 30, 2024 at 6:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks
Continuing Spanish further expands understanding of culture and language learning in general. Textbook fee of $15 is payable to instructor at the first class, if you are continuing from an earlier class you will be using the same book.

Spanish - Advanced

$65

with Paul Garcia

Calendar Dec 2, 2024 at 6:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks
Advanced Beginner Spanish is for those who are ready to move on from the intermediate and Continuing classes. Textbook fee of $15 is payable to instructor at the first class, if you are continuing from an earlier class you will be using the same book.

Italian for Beginners

$69

with Francis Boscoe

Calendar Jan 9, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Ciao a tutti! Have you ever wanted to travel to Venice, Rome, or Naples? Perhaps learn the language of your grandparents? This course will get you started, focusing on proper pronunciation, essential phrases, and the many English and Italian words that share a common Latin origin.

Full Course

“Desire the Change”: Exploring Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus

$59

with Mark Burrows

Calendar Jan 9, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 4 weeks

In 1922, Rainer Maria Rilke created a poetic masterpiece in a cycle of fifty-five poems dedicated to Orpheus, the god-like figure of ancient legends whose song enchanted the creatures, faced the anguish of loss, and sought to restore harmony to a disordered world. Rilke meant these poems to do the same for us: they invite us to turn from the hurried world of “acting without vision,” reminding us how we might inhabit our own lives with spaciousness and hope. This course will focus primarily on these poems, drawing on a newly published version by the workshop leader. It is meant for those who “desire the change,” as Rilke put it in one of these poems. Open to all—beginners and seasoned readers of Rilke—regardless of familiarity with the poet’s work.

Will run

Advanced Fiction Writing
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Advanced Fiction Writing

$115

with Steve Alcorn

Do you have a story idea but aren't sure how to begin? Do your friends say you write well, but you're not sure how to get started on that first book? Do you have a manuscript, or parts of a manuscript, and need to know how to polish it for publication?

In this course, you'll explore all the topics a writer needs to create a successful manuscript, including story structure, plot, character, dialogue, setting, suspense, conflict, action, viewpoint, tense, and even how to get published. Each lesson includes an assignment that will help you develop or polish your manuscript. You will explore the essential techniques that are often overlooked in a clear, step-by-step fashion. After completing this course, you will never look at fiction writing the same way again!

 

Beginning Conversational Spanish
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Beginning Conversational Spanish

$290

with Cristina Sempe

Designed for beginners, we will have you speaking and reading Spanish in no time. You will practice the basic building blocks of the language and common idiomatic expressions. You will know enough vocabulary and grammar for simple conversations, and you will learn how to ask and answer questions.  Whether you speak some Spanish and need a refresher or no Spanish, you will complete the course with the skills to communicate in Spanish.

CEUs/ILUs: 3.2

Length (in hours): 32

Two-Month Course, quarterly starts

Creative Writing Value Suite
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Creative Writing Value Suite

$350

with Ann Linquist

Spark your creativity and start writing with this online writing course bundle. You will learn the mechanics of writing and editing, and have your story workshopped by peers.

Digital Tools for the Beginning Memoir Writer

$39

with BoomerTECH Adventures

Everyone has a story to tell. Writing your memoir helps you reflect on the varied experiences that impacted your life and helped shape who you are today. This course looks at a variety of digital tools, available through any digital device, that make the process of memoir writing more fun and a little less daunting. You will explore several unique approaches to research, learn strategies for gathering and storing materials in one easily accessible place, and delve into ways to illustrate your memoir even if you are not an artist. Polishing your work for publication and presenting it in a public format are other video topics. You will leave the course well equipped to begin your writing adventure.





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