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Lexington 

COMMUNITY EDUCATION 

2012 

SPRING

Photograph © 2012 Rodrigo Azevedo Our 

Phillis Wheatley, Boston Women’s Memorial by Meredith Bergmann, 2003. 

Cover Story 

External, legal freedom was denied to Phillis Wheatley. 

But she sought the inner freedom that enabled her to 

write and here she makes her pedestal a desk. Within her 

pose in sculptor’s language read her struggle, indirectness, 

concentration. Read her words: “intrinsic ardor” fueled 

their climb up to the light she loved to praise. Her words, 

her letters grow on us because democracy requires that we 

continue shining light upon our past mistakes, especially the 

sin of slavery. Her triumph is the freedom that she found and 

recognized within herself. 

– Excerpt from artist Meredith Bergmann’s speech at the 

Boston Women’s Memorial Dedication Ceremony 

LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 

On Our Cover: 

Phillis Wheatley, Boston Women’s 

Memorial, 2003 by Meredith Bergmann. 

Used with permission of the artist. 

www.meredithbergmann.com 

LCE Online 

Complete course descriptions, class 

status, and registration information 

can be found online at: 

www.lexingtoncommunityed.org 

Lexington Public Schools 

Superintendent of Schools: 

Dr. Paul B. Ash 

Assistant Superintendent 

of Schools for Curriculum, 

Instruction, and Professional 

Development: 

Carol A. Pilarski 

LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Mary Ann Stewart 

Vice Chairman: Alessandro Alessandrini 

Margaret E. Coppe 

Jessie Steigerwald 

Bonnie E. Brodner 

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: 

Noah Coolidge 

Lexington Community Education 

Director: Craig Hall 

Manager of Programming: 

Andrea Paquette 

Registrar: Amy Sullivan 

Accounts Payable: Joan Taratuta 

251 Waltham Street 

Lexington, Massachusetts 02421 

Telephone [781] 862.8043 

info@lexingtoncommunityed.org 

www.lexingtoncommunityed.org 

Catalog Design: Pehlke Design 

About Lexington 

Community Education 

LCE is a self-sustaining, integral 

part of the Lexington Public School 

system that is committed to promoting 

lifelong learning. Our programs are 

open to all regardless of residency 

and are appropriate for participants 

16 years of age and over. Our Classes 

for Children are for specified ages. 

LCE provides an extensive summer 

children’s program called Lexplorations 

which offers classes for creative and 

academic enrichment. 

Table of Contents 

Around Our Town . . . . . . . . . 6 

Body/Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 

Business, Career, and 

Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Classes for Children . . . . . . 24 

Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

Creating Community . . . . . . . 7 

Daytime Classes . . . . . . . . 31 

ELL/Languages . . . . . . . . . . 18 

Exercise and Dance . . . . . . 33 

Home, Hobbies & Travel . . . 28 

Fine, Fabric and 

Graphic Arts . . . . . . . . . 14 

Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

LCE Presents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Parenting Perspectives . . . . 23 

Test Preparation/ 

College Planning . . . . . . 26 

Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 

Instructor Biographies . . . . 36 

Registration Information. . . 38 

Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 

Registration Form . . . . . . . . 39

Lexington Community Education presents 

Alone Together: 

Why We Expect More From Technology 

And Less From Each Other 

An Evening with Dr. Sherry Turkle 

Thursday, April 12, 2012 • 7:00-8:30 pm 

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington • $ 10 

Technology promises to let us do anything from 

anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we 

try to do everything everywhere. We begin to feel 

overwhelmed and depleted by the lives technology 

makes possible. We may be free to work from 

anywhere, but we are also prone to being lonely 

everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection 

leads to a new solitude. We turn to new technology 

to fill the void,but as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. 

Alone Together is the result of MIT technology and society specialist Sherry 

Turkle’s nearly fifteen-year exploration of our lives on the digital terrain. 

Based on interviews with hundreds of children and adults, it describes new, 

unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, parents, and children, and 

new instabilities in how we understand privacy and community, intimacy and 

solitude. It is a story of emotional dislocation, of risks taken unknowingly. But 

it is also a story of hope, for even in the places where digital saturation is 

greatest,there are people—especially the young—who are asking the hard 

questions about costs, about checks and balances, about returning to what is 

most sustaining about direct human connection. At the threshold of what Turkle 

calls “the robotic moment,” our devices prompt us to recall that we have human 

purposes and,perhaps, to rediscover what they are. 

The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy 

and the Boy Who Saved It 

An Evening with Ricki Lewis 

Thursday, April 26, 2012 • 7:00-8:30 pm 


On a bright September day in 2008, 8-year-old Corey 

Haas went to the Philadelphia zoo with his parents, and 

screamed. Four days earlier he had undergone gene therapy 

to cure his hereditary blindness, and now the sun was 

hurting his eyes. The Forever Fix tells Corey’s inspiring story 

against the backdrop of other children treated since the 

field was born in 1990, and those looking ahead to future 

gene therapy. The treatments pioneered on the children’s 

rare diseases will reverberate to many more common illnesses. 

Ricki Lewis grew up in New York City, earned her PhD in genetics from Indiana 

University, and has built an eclectic career in communicating science, through 

magazine articles, public lectures, and a string of popular college textbooks. Dr. 

Lewis is the author of Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications, currently 

in its 10th edition and used worldwide; co-author of two human anatomy and 

physiology textbooks; and founding author of the introductory textbook Life. 

She is author of Discovery: Windows on the Life Sciences, and the novel Stem 

Cell Symphony, about using rock music to activate stem cells in the brain to 

cure disease. She is currently a genetic counselor at CareNet Medical Group in 

Schenectady, NY and teaches Genetics online for the master’s program at the 

Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical College. 

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Lexington Community 

Education presents (continued) 

The Nature of Boys 

with Dr. Michael Thompson, 

author of Raising Cain 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 • 7:00-9:00 pm 


What’s the matter with my son?” Why is he an underachiever 

in school?” Why are boys so violent?” “Why 

won’t boys talk to adults?” Educators and parents in 

the United States are engaged in an important debate 

about the way we raise and educate boys. After twenty 

years of illuminating research on girls and debate about 

gender equity in schools, it is time to consider some of 

the risk factors that afflict the lives of boys. They are 

four times more likely than girls to be sent to a school psychologist; they are 

diagnosed with 60-80% of learning disorders. Their areas of strength, physical 

activity and visual-spatial perception, are not as important as verbal skills in the 

feminine, quiet, word-dominated environment of schools. Boys do not do as well 

in school as girls, from elementary school through college and they are at risk for 

concluding that schools don’t work for them and becoming withdrawn and bitter. 

In early adolescence most boys begin to attach their sense of status to mastery 

and achievement. They are subjected to a powerful “cullture of cruelty” which 

may require boys to adhere to a narrow ideology of masculinity: avoidance of 

feeling, avoidance of anything feminine, fear of personal weakness. The result 

may be a boy who is or appears closed and often angry. In this talk, Dr. Thompson 

gives suggestions to teachers, fathers and mothers about how to support a 

boy in the early years of school and how to help a boy remain emotionally open 

in adolescence. 

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What Color Are Your Work Boots? 

A Performance by Laura LaPointe 

Friday, May 18, 2012 • 7:00-8:30 pm 

Follen Church Society, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington • $ 10 

All she wants to do is find some meaningful work 

and pay the bills. After years of endless interviews, 

failed attempts at “real” jobs, and absurd experiences 

in short-lived unexpected employment situations, 

she’s still searching but just may have discovered 

something more valuable than a steady paycheck. Join 

Laura Lapointe on a poignant, earnest, playful artistic 

exploration of how there may be a lot more to finding good work than finding a 

good job. Anyone who has ever been unemployed, under-employed or unhappily 

employed will relate to familiar moments that reveal how amazing it is that 

any of us actually negotiate and/or succeed within this sometimes ridiculous 

process called a career. From the pangs of perceived inadequacy to the promise 

of hard-won perspective, Laura exposes the inner experiences of one in the 

job search trenches. You just might leave feeling refreshed and ready to put on 

your own work boots and set out on your unique purposeful path, regardless of 

what your job is or isn’t. A former student of retired LHS drama teacher Steven 

Bogart, Laura holds a BFA in Acting from NYU, a Master of Divinity from Andover 

Newton Theological School, and several other items and experiences of dubious 

meaning and worth. In one year she went on 40 job interviews and ended up 

working in a prison. Question and answer session to follow the performance.

Co-sponsored by the Lexington Historical Society 

Chasing Venus: 

An Evening with author Andrea Wulf 

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 • 7:30 pm 

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square • Free, pre-registration is not required 

In her latest book, Chasing Venus, Andrea Wulf tells 

the extraordinary story of the first global scientific 

collaboration, set amid warring armies, hurricanes, 

scientific endeavor and personal tragedy. On 6 June 

1761 and 3 June 1769 the planet Venus passed between 

Earth and Sun – each time visible as a small black dot 

against the burning face of the Sun for six hours. Transits 

of Venus always arrive in pairs – eight years apart – but 

then it takes more than a century before they are seen again. In the 1760s the 

world’s scientific community was electrified because the transit would allow 

them for the first time to calculate the distance between the planets in our solar 

system. This would require triangulated data to be compiled from various exact 

points dotted all around the four corners of the globe – all taken simultaneously 

during the short period of the actual Transit. Hundreds of astronomers from 

European countries and the North American colonies were dispatched across 

the world to observe the rare celestial encounter. At a time when war was 

tearing Europe and much of the rest of the world apart, they overcame political, 

geographical and intellectual boundaries. Chasing Venus is told as a race 

across the world. Rich with tales of obsession, and featuring pirates, plagues, 

astronomers and scientists including Catherine the Great and Benjamin 

Franklin, the book bursts with action, wonderful detail and scientific excitement, 

revealing the spirit of the Enlightenment and man’s quest to understand the 

world. Andrea Wulf trained as a design historian at the Royal College of Art 

in London before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of three books 

and has written for the Sunday Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and 

LA Times. She writes reviews for The Guardian, New York Times Sunday Book 

Review, Times Literary Supplement and the Mail on Sunday. 

Desert Roots: 

Journey of an Immigrant Family 

An Evening with Mitra Shavarini 

Thursday, June 14, 2012 • 7:00-8:30 pm 

Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington 

Free, but pre-registration is recommended 

Written with honesty and elegance, Shavarini has woven 

an attractive tapestry of the lives of her extended family 

within the context of Iranian history and culture, itself 

having gone through its story of upheavals and separation. 

– Shahla Haeri, Boston University 

Mitra K. Shavarini is a lecturer in Peace, Conflict, and 

Coexistence Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at 

Brandeis University. Her research focuses on women’s education in Muslim societies. 

Her work has appeared in Harvard Educational Review, Teacher’s College 

Record, International Journal of Middle East Studies, and Women’s Studies International 

Forum. Shavarini is the author of Educating Immigrants: Experiences 

of Second Generation Iranians (2004) and the coauthor of Women and Education 

in Iran and Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography (with Wendy R. Robison, 

2005). Her latest book, Desert Roots, was a personal writing project for Mitra. 

She first began writing it as a journal-like entry for her children. She wanted to 

capture some of her thoughts and emotions about her parents’ desire to return 

to their homeland, Iran. She thought, “Maybe one day Neemah or Donya will ask 

what brought their family to America. Wouldn’t it be a shame if I fail to tell them 

what we went through?” With that impetus, her family stories poured out on 

paper. Soon after, some friends encouraged her to consider writing for a broader 

audience ...that, in a nutshell, is how Desert Roots came to be. 


Around 

Our Town 

NEW! 

Lexington Patch Academy 

The Lexington Patch is a website 

dedicated to community-specific 

news and information that provides 

comprehensive local coverage for 

individuals and communities. When 

used to potential, the Patch provides 

a place where Lexingtonians can 

comment on stories, share opinions, 

post photos and announcements, 

and add events to the community 

calendar. While Patch is run 

by professional editors, writers, 

photographers and videographers 

who live in or near the communities 

they serve, it’s true purpose and aim 

is to be “for the people and by the 

people.” In this informational/demonstration 

session you will learn just 

how easy it is to participate in your 

local and online community by using 

Patch as your personal community 

connecting tool. You will learn about 

blogging, commenting, posting 

pictures and video, privacy, polls, 

event listings and much more. Join 

us and find out how you can get your 

word out around town easily with 

the Lexington Patch. 

OPAT, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Meets May 3, LHS, Room 147, Free, 

but pre-registration is required. 

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NEW! 


Home Alone 

Instructor: Officers from the 

Lexington Police Department 

Help your child feel safer and more 

secure when home alone or with 

siblings and learn telephone and 

door bell answering strategies. 

Class is designed for children ages 

9 and older. Younger children may 

attend with an accompanying adult. 

Instructors are officers from the 

Lexington Police Department. Class 

size is limited so please register early. 

K009, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm. 

Meets April 24, LHS, Room 225, free, 

but pre-registration is required. 

See Also 

Meadow Mist Farm in Lexington, see page 7. 

A Culinary Tour of H-Mart 

Instructor: Dawn Mostow Gould 

The establishment of H Mart in 

Burlington has opened up exciting 

new possibilities for your kitchen – 

if only you could read the labels! 

From soba to seaweed, miso to 

mackerel, instructor Dawn Mostow 

Gould will lead you on a tour through 

each department, focusing mainly on 

Japanese cuisine. Healthy recipes 

will be provided, so you can shop 

immediately for everything needed to 

introduce Asian food to your home. 

NHMT, 1 Saturday, 11:00 am - 12:00 

noon. Meets June 2,H-Mart, 3 Old 

Concord Road, Burlington, $15. 

Kalyani Krishnan talks about Executive Function, page 23. 

NEW! 

Meadow Mist Farm Tour 

Instructor: Meadow Mist Farm Staff 

Located in a rural corner of Lexington, 

Meadow Mist is an integrated 

small farm that raises and sells grass 

fed beef, lamb, pastured chicken 

and turkey, cage-free fresh eggs, 

and seasonal garden vegetables and 

berries. Meadow Mist uses only 

organically certified animal feeds, 

and avoids the use of any type of 

insecticide, herbicide or fungicide 

on their gardens and pastures. The 

farm relies on crop rotation, on-site 

composting, cover cropping and 

rotational grazing to build soil health. 

During this weekend morning walking 

tour you will have the chance to 

see first-hand this local micro-farm 

and homestead and learn about the 

daily activities of planting, harvesting, 

and animal care. Meadow Mist 

is a small farm and off the beaten 

path. Please review directions at 

www.meadow-mist.com before the 

tour date. 

OMMF, 1 Saturday, 10:00 am-12:00 

noon, Meets May 12 with a rain date 

of Saturday, May 19, 142 Marrett 

Road, Lexington, MA, $10.

NEW! 

Hungry for Change: Food, 

Ethics and Sustainability 

Instructors: Lynne Weygint and Cindy 

Davidson 

Our food choices affect ecosystem 

health, how harvesters and factory 

workers are treated, the health of 

farm workers, which foods are grown 

and sold, how humanely animals are 

treated, and even how much carbon 

dioxide and methane are released 

into the atmosphere. Join us for 

lively discussion and exploration 

into the interconnections of food 

systems and our relationship to and 

responsibility in these systems. This 

course challenges us to look at our 

roles not only as consumers of food, 

but also as creators – of food, of 

systems, and of the world we live 

in. Each week class participants will 

have the opportunity to dig deeper 

into the complex issues surrounding 

food, while clarifying their own 

views and values surrounding the 

topic. Discussion topics will be 

based on readings in the Northwest 

Earth Institute’s curriculum, Hungry 

for Change. A materials fee of $23 is 

payable to the instructor at the first 

class or can be purchased on-line at 

www.nwei.org 

OHFC, 6 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Begins May 3, First Parish Church, 

Free, but pre-registration is required. 

NEW! 

Invention: From Possibility 

to Product 

Instructor: Robert Hausslein, 

President of the IANE 

Do you have a new product idea, 

but don’t know what to do next? 

This evening, the president of the 

Inventors Association of New England 

will describe the various ways to 

transform ideas into salable products. 

Emphasis will be placed on simple 

low-tech ideas for consumer products, 

with comments on patenting, prototyping, 

manufacturing, and marketing. 

Representative successes and failures 

will be shown. Founded in 1977, the 

IANE is a group of inventors having a 

common interest in helping each other 

and newcomers get their inventions 

moving along the right track. 

OINV, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Meets May 17, LHS, Room 224, $10. 

Simple Ways to Protect Your 

Family and Home 

Instructor: Officers from the Lexington 

Police Department 

The local police blotter includes 

increased incidence of home break-ins 

and reports of phone scams. With 

increased technology and lifestyle 

changes many crimes have become 

more subtle and “high-tech”. Join 

officers of the Lexington Police 

Department as we discuss simple 

steps that you and your family can take 

to protect yourselves from crime in 

your home, on-line and in cyber-space. 

FCRI, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Meets April 10, LHS, Room 225, 

Free, but pre-registration is required. 

Creating 

Community 

As a self-supporting part of the 

Lexington Public Schools, LCE 

understands that “self-support” 

means “community support”. Our 

new Creating Community catalog 

section is intended to highlight 

opportunities for individuals to 

freely assist community, and in 

turn for community to freely assist 

individuals. 

NEW! 

Parents Helping Parents 

Volunteer: Parental Stress Line 

Counselor 

Parents Helping Parents is a 

nonprofit organization aimed at 

supporting parents under stress. 

Towards the goal of empowering 

parents to nurture their children and 

prevent child abuse PHP recruits 

volunteers to work as counselors 

on their Parental Stress Line (1-800- 

632-8188), their 24 hour confidential 

helpline operating since 1979. 

Volunteers are trained for crisis 

intervention and basic counseling 

techniques at PHP’s Watertown 

office. After training, calls may be 

taken at home, or on a personal cell 

phone. As PSL counselor, you will 

learn valuable counseling skills, 

meet other like-minded volunteers, 

and be able to give back to your 

community. Volunteers generally 

commit to covering four-hour shifts 

for a total 140 hours. 

PSL, applications are online at 

www.parentshelpingparents.org, 

by email at info@parentshelpingparents.org, 

or by calling Beth at 

617-926-5008 x101. 


Creating 

Community (cont.) 

Hospice Volunteer Training 

Instructor: Compassionate Care 

Hospice Staff 

Hospice volunteers can make a 

profound difference in someoneís life 

in just one-to-two hours per week, 

engaging in activities which enhance 

an individualís quality of life such 

as writing letters, playing music, 

holding hands, or even just sitting 

quietly. During this three-week 

course, you will be introduced to 

interdisciplinary team members and 

receive training in the philosophy of 

hospice, end-of-life medical issues, 

family dynamics, communication, 

grief and loss, and spiritual care. 

Please join us for this fascinating 

and introspective exploration 

into hospice and our unique and 

comforting approach to care of the 

mind, body, and spirit at the end 

of life. Light refreshments will be 

served at each class and individuals 

who successfully complete the 

training will have the opportunity 

to serve others. Volunteers 

are supervised by a volunteer 

coordinator and supported by other 

members of the patient care team. 

OHVT, 3 Mondays, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

Begins May 7, LHS, Room 223, Free, 

pre-registration required. 

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NEW! 


Lexington Open Studios 

2012: LCE Artist/Instructor 

Showcase 

Instructor: LCE Art Instructors 

LCE is proud to take part in the 

Fourth Annual Lexington Open 

Studios weekend by celebrating 

the work of our artist/teachers 

and students. On Saturday, May 

19th we will open the doors to our 

“studio” as we display the work 

of some of our fine, fabric and 

graphic arts instructors (as well as 

hearing a sampling of our music 

instructors and students) at the 

Lexington High School. We welcome 

you to stop and be inspired by the 

artistry and intellect of our excellent 

instructors. In addition to the lively 

art there will be live music and 

light refreshments throughout the 

day. For more information about 

LOS 2012 events please visit www. 

lexingtonopenstudios.org. 

TLOS, 1 Saturday 11:00 am- 5:00 

pm. The LCE Open Studio meets May 

19, Lexington High School. 

Volunteer Opportunities@LCE 

Staff: LCE and You 

As you can see, there’s a lot 

happening here at LCE! Our 

dedicated staff of four does a lot 

with a little. James Hillman’s “acorn 

theory” of the small carrying the 

blueprint of the large is proudly 

proven with us. Still, we would 

welcome some “support staff” 

assistance at our LCE Presents 

events (see pages 3-6) and our 

Willy Mason, Marylin Rea Beyer, and Tom Rush discuss The Revolutionary Spirit of American Folk Music 

last winter at LCE. 

more technically involved classes. 

If you are willing to set up tables 

and chairs, greet students, or if you 

have experience with laptops and 

projection screens/projectors, are 

a lover of learning and community, 

and if you are friendly and reliable, 

LCE may be able to use your help. 

While these are unpaid, volunteer 

opportunities, in return for your 

service you will receive a tuition 

discount of $50 for the semester you 

work (restrictions on some courses 

may apply and course credit does 

not accrue). If you are a current 

high school student (sophomore or 

higher) you can earn your required 

community service hours for the time 

spent working. 

OLCE, Space is limited. Reservations 

are taken on a first come basis. Give 

our office a call for winter openings, 

and thank you for your support! 

LABBB Collaborative: 

Working Together 

LABBB is always looking for 

prospective businesses in the 

community to develop a relationship 

with our program. We have built 

strong, lasting partnerships with 

businesses because our students 

are able to contribute to and be 

productive with the training that 

they receive from our on-site job 

coaches. Our work supervisors 

are well prepared to work with 

our students in providing quality 

services. – Patric Barbieri, LABBB 

Executive Director 

LABBB Collaborative has a 39 year 

tradition of providing quality 

services for special needs students. 

The LABBB core curriculum is 

shaped to provide a comprehensive 

blend of academics, social/ 

recreational opportunities and 

career development. LABBB has 

five member districts including: 

Lexington, Arlington, Burlington, 

Bedford, and Belmont and has 

programs operating in 14 public 

school communities serving students 

ages 3-22. LABBB’s mission is to 

give students opportunities to be 

as independent as possible and 

integrate students into public school 

communities. LABBB also has a 

school to work program that has 

been a model for students with 

special needs. As part of the rich 

curriculum at LABBB, students 

explore and work on building skills 

by spending time in business 

settings. LABBB works with 18 

community businesses and many of 

these sites have been partners with 

LABBB for over 30 years. LABBB 

has been recognized statewide, 

nationally and internationally for 

excellence in best practices for 

career programming. LABBB’s 

community-based worksites provide 

on-site LABBB staff supervision 

and unique work opportunities. 

LABBB has been able to maintain 

worksites for many years because 

of the quality of work performed by 

supervised students. 

OLAB, For more info about how your 

local business can collaborate, assist 

and be assisted by LABBB students, 

please visit www.labbb.com, or call 

339-222-5615.

LexMedia Series: Getting Involved 

in Community Access Television 

LexMedia Classes 

Pre-registration and a registration fee of $10 (payable to LCE) is required 

for LexMedia classes. Students must take the LexMedia Orientation class 

before they can take other classes.LexMedia requests that students must 

either work, live or go to school in Lexington to be eligible to take their 

classes. LexMedia is located at the Avalon Lexington Hills residential 

development, 54 Concord Avenue, Lexington. Detailed directions to the 

studio can be found at www.lexmedia.org 

LexMedia Orientation 

The orientation class explains 

who we are, what we do and how 

people can take part. The 45-minute 

session will include a walk though 

of studios A, and K, the control 

room, master control, and the edit 

classroom. We will give an overview 

of: how to produce and get content 

on the air, borrow and return 

LexMedia production equipment, 

take part in on-going productions 

and so much more. The orientation 

class is the prerequisite to all other 

LexMedia classes. 

D001, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-7:45 pm. 

Meets April 3, LexMedia Studios, 

$10. 

D002, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-7:45 pm. 

Meets May 1, LexMedia Studios, 

$10. 

D003, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-7:45 pm. 

Meets June 5, LexMedia Studios, 

$10. 

Introduction to 

Field Production Class 

This class will introduce members 

to the Mini DV /HDV camcorders 

LexMedia has to offer, the Panasonic 

PV GS500, the Canon GL2 and the 

Sony HDR-HC7. We will cover basic 

on-location production techniques 

including: Camera set up and 

adjustments, site evaluation, tripod 

use, hand-held camera techniques, 

shot composition, camera 

movement, audio considerations 

and lighting. We will work through 

typical filming scenarios to prepare 

members for their own productions. 

This class will allow the new 

LexMedia member to use our 

portable equipment. Prerequisite: 

LexMedia Orientation. 

D004, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:20 pm. Meets 

April 10, LexMedia Studios, $10. 

D005, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Meets May 8, LexMedia Studios, $10. 

D006, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets 

June 12, LexMedia Studios, $10. 

Digital Editing Class 

The class will introduce our members 

to Adobe Premier Pro and Final Cut X 

editing software. You will learn the 

basics of digital video editing. Topics 

include: Setting up and organizing 

your project files, capturing digital 

video, basic editing techniques, b-roll 

selection and building sequences, 

and finalizing your program for 

playback on a DVD. Prerequisite: 


D008, (Premier Pro) 1 Wednesday, 

7:00-8:30 pm. Meets April 11, 

LexMedia Studios, $10. 

D007, (Final Cut X) 1 Wednesday, 

7:00-8:30 pm. Meets May 9, 

Lex Media Studios, $10. 

D009, (Final Cut Pro 7) 1 Wednesday, 

7:00-8:30 pm. Meets June 6, 

Lex Media Studios, $10. 

See Also 

Studio Production Class 

This two-hour course is designed 

to teach members how to work 

as production crew in a multicamera 

studio shoot. Topics 

include: an explanation of basic 

crew requirements and job titles, 

set-up of studio cameras and 

tripods, audio and lighting, and an 

introduction to the video switcher 

and graphic generator. We’ll also 

cover basic directing techniques. 

At the conclusion, members are 

encouraged to join a production crew 

and take part in current LexMedia 

productions. The class location 

may be moved to meet at an actual 

studio production. Prerequisite: 


D014, Meets once per month. For 

information regarding upcoming 

dates please contact Mark McMinn 

at mark@lexmedia.org 

Ukelele and Bluegrass Guitar Jam with Tony Watt, page 13. 


Humanities 

NEW! 

Acting Workshop 

Instructor: Bob Gautreau 

This workshop is for those with 

little to some acting experience who 

are looking to enhance their acting 

skill and increase their repertoire or 

resume. Using fun improvisational 

exercises we will explore character 

development, short scene studies, 

and subtext and sensory memori zation. 

We will select, cast, rehearse 

and perform comedic scenes to 

perform at the end of the semester. 

Some suggested authors include 

Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna, 

Jules Pfieiffer, Woody Allen and Neil 

Simon. This class is appropriate for 

those 18 years of age or older. 

HTRC, 6 Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 

pm. Begins April 7, LHS, Room 140, 

$120/Seniors $100. 

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See Also 

Chinese Landscape Painting, page 16. 


Each term our humanities section offers a range of political, philosophical, literary 

and cultural courses that honor the idea and ideals of a liberal arts education. 

Introductory Astronomy 

Instructor: Pedro Lilienfeld 

This introductory course is intended 

to provide a basic understanding of 

our place in the universe in light of 

the latest scientific observations and 

discoveries. The course is directed 

toward those who have an interest 

in science, are curious about some 

of the concepts and phenomena 

mentioned in the media, and want 

to acquire a reasonably complete 

overview of this exciting field. 

Join us for a fascinating look at 

how humanity has understood the 

universe from ancient Babylon to the 

21st century. Minimal to no math 

familiarity is expected. 

HINA, 4 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Begins May 9, LHS, Room 220, $80/ 

Seniors $60. 

NEW! 

Walt Whitman 

Instructor: Stephen Collins 

This lively six week seminar will 

delve deeply into the life and work 

of American’s beloved poet Walt 

Whitman. The impact of his writing 

is still felt today. Whitman found 

inspiration in the everyday life of 

America; he saw and wrote of “a 

teeming nation of nations”. He wanted 

to help Americans understand their 

past, experience their present, and 

anticipate their future. “The United 

States themselves are essentially 

the greatest poem,” he said, adding, 

“Past and present and future are not 

disjoined but joined.” The first class 

will focus not only on a biographical 

sketch of his life, but also a discussion 

concerning the major forces that 

influenced him. Whitman wrote, “The 

greatest poet forms the consistence of 

what is to be from what has been and 

is. We will study a number of smaller 

poems, including “A Noiseless Patient 

Spider” and “Miracles”. We will also 

study “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, “Out 

of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking”, and 

look at large portions of “Songs of 

Myself”. At least one class will be 

devoted to the Civil War Poems from 

Drum Taps. If students wish to read a 

biography, Walt Whitman, a Cultural 

Biography by David S. Reynolds is 

recommended. 

HWAL, 6 Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 

am. Begins May 3, Lexington Senior 

Center, $65/Seniors $35. 

NEW! 

Jane Austen’s Pride and 

Prejudice: Character and 

Conflict 

Instructor: Tracy Marks 

Whether you have read Pride and 

Prejudice or watched any of the 

film versions, you are likely to 

enjoy Jane Austen’s ironic humor 

and appreciate how her characters 

struggle with obstacles in love. 

This mini-course will begin with 

an introduction to life in Georgian 

and Regency England, particularly 

in regard to family, romance and 

marriage. Our focus, however, will 

be on reading and discussing Pride 

and Prejudice, as well as viewing 

and comparing brief excerpts from 

several of the film versions. We 

will pay special attention to how 

the main characters, Elizabeth and 

Darcy, gain self-awareness as a 

result of conflict. Please read the 

first 15 chapters before the first 

class. Recommended edition: The 

Annotated Pride and Prejudice. 

HJAN, 3 Fridays, 12:30-2:30 pm. 

Begins April 13, Lexington Senior 

Center, $65/Seniors $35.

Introductory Astronomy instructor Pedro Lilienfeld. See page 10. 

NEW! 

A Mythological Look At 

How the World Began 

Instructor: Dr. Michael Fiveash 

The capacity to imagine the 

beginning of the world gave ancient 

cultures the occasion – in myth and 

ritual – both to celebrate the sacred 

past and to (re)forge powerful (and 

sometimes dangerous) connections 

with it. In this class we will explore 

three mythical accounts of origins 

and beginnings: the start of human 

history in the Epic of Gilgamesh, 

the first return of a young god to 

the land of his birth, in the Bacchae 

of Euripides, and the origins of 

human civilization in the gift of a 

rebellious divinity in the Prometheus 

of Aeschylus. We will also sample 

some comparative material drawn 

from the cultures of the ancient Near 

East and native North America. 

HHWB, 6 Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 


$120/Seniors $100. 

NEW! 

An Appreciation of 

Chinese Painting 

Instructor: Son Mey Chiu 

Chinese calligraphy and painting is 

revered as the highest form of art in 

Chinese culture. Through the viewing 

of a selection of masterpieces 

in Chinese art history, important 

elements of Chinese painting will be 

highlighted including the connection 

between painting and calligraphy, 

the connection to literature and 

philosophy, physical likeness and 

spiritual representation, space 

and composition, tradition and 

innovation, discipline and freedom. 

The session will end in a painting 

demonstration showing the usage of 

brush, ink and color in the rendition 

of a Chinese painting. 

AAPP, 1 Saturday, 10:00 am-12:00 

noon, Meets May 5, LHS, Room 

210, $25. 

NEW! 

The World of Symbols 

Instructor: Michelle Snyder 

Mythology, folklore, legends, 

and fairy tales are full of familiar 

characters like the sphinx, dragons, 

unicorns, Cyclopes, Medusa, 

mermaids, and the Green Man. In 

this multimedia course our focus 

will be on these and other classic, 

symbolic, and archetypal images. 

We will examine their historic 

context, and determine their origins. 

There will also be a sprinkling of 

geography, astronomy, history, and 

archeology. This course will increase 

your understanding of the ancient 

past through the stories these 

images have to tell. The instructor 

is a published author and local 

columnist with 35 years of teaching 

experience. An optional book will be 

available for purchase for $30. 

HART, 2 Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 


Seniors $25. 

NEW! 

Stand Up Comedy Workshop 


Many people tell you that you’re 

funny and you belong onstage, but 

you haven’t got the slightest idea 

of how to write or perform stand 

up comedy. This class will help 

you develop your personality or 

“persona”, strengthen your comedy 

writing skills and emphasize your 

hysterical delivery through basic 

exercises you will do in class and at 

home. You’ll experience the joys of 

set-ups, punch lines, puns,parodies 

and of course.....timing. Our goal is 

to come up with five to ten minutes 

of material to be presented at the 

end of the semester. Once the show 

biz bug tickles your funny bone, you’ll 

be hooked on comedy forever. This 

class is appropriate for those 18 

years of age or older. 

HSTC, 8 Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm. 

Begins April 3, LHS, Room 222, 

$150/Seniors $130. 

NEW! 

Improv Comedy Workshop 


Do you enjoy “Whose Line Is It 

Anyway?” and wondered how 

they made it up on the spot? This 

class will enhance the creative 

mind and increase performance, 

communication and cooperation 

skills through simple agreement 

exercises with an emphasis on 

comedy. You’ll learn contrasts and 

comparisons and contacts, conflicts 

and conclusions through various 

games and exercises. You’ll also 

learn how to create while you speak 

and stay connected to a focus. We 

will perform mostly two or three 

person scenes as well as group 

scenes. If you can’t decide which 

comedy course to take first, this 

is definitely the one. This class is 

appropriate for those 18 years of age 

or older. 

HICW, 8 Tuesdays, 8:00-10:00 pm. 


$150/Seniors $130. 


NEW! 

Opera Previews 

Instructor: David Collins 

This spring the Metropolitan 

Opera is presenting two HD 

opera presentations, Manon by 

Jules Massenet and La Traviata 

by Giuseppe Verdi. Both operas 

deal with a courtesan’s desire for 

true love. Manon traces the life 

of a young, exuberant girl who 

finds honest love as she dies. 

Massenet weaves a magical spell 

of melodious music with colorfully 

drawn characters. Verdi, in La 

Traviata, presents a real human 

character who suffers for her lover’s 

welfare. He uses soul-searching 

melodies to express the feelings of 

his characters. We will also discuss 

Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice staged 

by Boston Baroque and Poulenc’s 

The Dialogues of the Carmelites 

presented by Boston University. We 

will use audio and video to enjoy 

these operas. 

HOPE, 2 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. 

Begins April 3, LHS, Room 240, $50/ 

Seniors $40. 

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NEW! 


The Operas of Richard Strauss 

Instructor: David Collins 

Richard Strauss (1864- 1949) 

inherited the mantel of Wagner and 

lived well into the post-romantic era. 

Early in his career he was known 

as an excellent conductor as well 

as the composer of Tone Poems for 

the orchestra. From 1892 he began 

to write the first of his 15 operas, 

the most famous of which is Der 

Rosenkavlier. During our meetings, 

we will sample 6 of his operas and 

end with his vocal masterpiece, Four 

Last Songs. Audio and video sources 

will be used during these classes. 

HSTR, 3 Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $55. 

The Art of Mindful Living, taught by John Bell, page 32. 

Music 

Performance 

Private Music Instrument 

Lessons for Every Age and 

Level 

LCE provides excellent, convenient, 

and reasonably priced individual 

music lessons with highly qualified 

professional musician teachers for 

all interested students and adults. 

The following instruments are 

available for individual study: 

Voice, Sitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, 

Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, 

Upright (double) Bass, Bass 

Guitar, French Horn, Trumpet, 

Trombone, Baritone Horn 

(Euphonium) Tuba, Percussion 

(Drums), Electric and Acoustic 

Guitar, Violin or Viola. Lessons are 

held in the afternoon and evening 

at Lexington High School. Each 

semester contains approximately 

16 lessons. Students must arrange 

convenient weekly lesson times with 

the instructor. The fee is $54 per 

hour of instruction. One may choose 

a 30 minute, 45 minute, or 60 minute 

course of lessons. To register: Call 

the LCE office and we will put you in 

touch with our music teaching staff. 

Saturday morning lessons are also 

available. 

Master musician Peter Sulski leads the 

Instrumental Camerata, page 13. 

Our community is truly in tune with why music matters. LCE is proud to have 

some of the finest private music teachers in the greater Boston area on staff. We 

welcome you to try your hand in the language of music within our outstanding 

school of “sound” teachers. 

Music Spotlight: Flutist, Yulia 

Musayelyan 

Yulia Musayelyan is a 

flutist and composer 

from Moscow, Russia. 

A versatile performer 

in classical and jazz 

idioms, she is the founder of New 

Music Collective, dedicated to 

performing new original chamber 

music. In addition to chamber 

collaborations, Yulia actively 

performs with Jazz and Latin music 

projects. In 2009, she released her 

quartet’s debut album, entitled 

Caminos. She performs regularly 

with the Marta Gomez Group, 

Fernando Huergo Quintet, MOZIK, 

and Manhattan Camerata, among 

others. Yulia has toured the US,UK, 

Europe, Central and South America 

with various musical projects. She 

holds degrees from Manhattan 

School of Music and New York 

University. For more information, 

please visit www.yuliamusayelyan. 

com

NEW! 

Ukulele and 

Bluegrass Guitar Jam 

Instructor: Tony Watt 

The Slow Jam Class is open to all 

bluegrass instruments, both rhythm 

(backup) and lead (soloing), and to 

ukuleles, and is geared towards 

beginner and intermediate musicians 

who are interested in learning how 

to play with other musicians. We 

will focus on the basics of bluegrass 

jamming such as keeping time, 

non-verbal communication and jam 

etiquette. The primary goal is to 

provide the students with the skills 

and experience needed to participate 

in bluegrass jams. There are no 

prerequisite songs, and you don’t 

need to be able to play leads on 

your instrument, sing, or read music. 

Students should be able to play 

melodies and/or backup parts (i.e. 

guitarists should be able to switch 

between chords comfortably). Limit 

to 10. 

MBLU, 5 Mondays, Meets every 

other week. Begins April 16 and 

meets 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, and 6/14. 

$100/Seniors $90. 

Instrumental Camerata 

for Adults 

Instructor: Peter Sulski 

This class is designed for adults 

with a wide range of skills who are 

interested in playing chamber music 

together. We will explore different 

pieces from the classical repertoire, 

and address both the technical and 

musical components of ensemble 

playing. Whether you are a recent 

beginner or someone who has taken 

an extended break from playing but 

would like to resume (and need a 

motivational program to help!), this 

is sure to be a rewarding experience, 

collectively and individually. The 

class is open to violinists, violists, 

cellists, bassists, oboist, flutists, and 

bassoonists who are comfortable 

with basic note-reading, and are 

playing at a “late beginner” level or 

higher (please contact instructor with 

any questions or concerns regarding 

playing ability). Depending on the 

interest of the group the last class 

can end with a performance for 

family and friends. For more info on 

Peter visit, http://petersulski.com/ 

projects.html 

MSTE, 8 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Begins April 2, LHS Room 241, $175/ 

Seniors $135. 

Writing 

Whether your writing is saved on an iPad or scribbled on a coffee shop napkin, 

LCE’s expert writing staff will surely inspire your muse and help get your word out. 

Poetry Writing Workshop 

Instructor: Tom Daley 

Poetry is not only dream and vision; 

it is the skeleton architecture of our 

lives. It lays the foundation for a 

future of change, a bridge across our 

fears of what has never been before. 

– Audre Lourde 

Poetry writing, largely, is a solitary 

endeavor. This workshop will provide 

the opportunity for poets, both 

beginning and practiced, to share their 

work with other poets in a collegial 

and supportive environment. We 

will concentrate on sharpening the 

impact of your poems through careful 

consideration of their strengths and 

their limitations. Optional take-home 

writing exercises will give you the 

opportunity to explore the myriad forms 

poetry can take. Bring 10 copies of a 

recent poem (no more than two pages 

long) to the first session. 

WPWW, 8 Wednesdays, 6:15-8:15 


$150/Seniors $115. 

Memoir Writing 


Memory is not an instrument for 

exploring the past but its theatre. 

—Walter Benjamin 

Summon incidents and characters 

from your past to the stage of your 

memory through writing prompts 

designed to create a personal 

literature. Let your unique life 

experiences help to create poems, 

short stories, song lyrics, flash fiction, 

personal essays, riddles or even the 

beginning of a book-length memoir. 

Whether you intend to share your 

written remembrances with family 

and friends or a broader audience, you 

will find this a collegial and supportive 

workshop in which weekly exercises 

will help you to transform the rich 

material of your life into unique works 

of art. The instructor, a published poet 

who teaches poetry writing and leads 

workshops on the creative process, 

will offer suggestions for getting your 

work published, either privately or in 

journals. 

WMEM, 8 Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00 


$185/Seniors $140. 

W2ME, 6 Fridays,12:00 noon -1:30 

pm. Begins May 4, Lexington Senior 

Center, 1475 Massachusetts Avenue, 

Lexington. $140/Seniors $105. 


Fiction Writing Workshop 

Instructor: Lauren Doolan 

This workshop is open to all types of 

fiction writing: short stories, novellas 

and novels. If you’re just starting to 

write or would like some feedback 

on something you’ve been working 

on, then this course is for you. 

Your writing will be discussed in a 

constructive environment, and we’ll 

critique character, plot, dialogue 

and setting. We’ll talk about how to 

continue with your work and how 

to stay motivated to write. We’ll 

also look at published fiction and 

experiment with writing exercises. 

WFWW, 6 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 

pm. Begins April 25, LHS Room 224, 

$120/Seniors $100. 

Writing Children’s Books for 

New and Returning Students 

Instructor: Jane Sutton, published 

children’s book author 

Taught by a Lexington author of 

seven published books, this class 

on writing for children will work on 

character development, plot, and 

descriptive writing. This course is 

open to students who took Writing 

Children’s Books as well as to 

new students with some previous 

writing experience. Participants are 

encouraged to work in the genre(s) 

of their interest and to share and 

critique their manuscripts and 

submission cover letters. 

WCB2, 5 Tuesdays, 7:15-9:15 pm. 

Begins April 10 and meets 4/24, 5/8, 

5/22 and 6/5. LHS, Room 230, $100/ 

Seniors $75. 

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NEW! 


This spring Tom Daley teaches Memoir, Strategies 

for Getting Published, and Poetry, see below. 

Self-Publishing and Promoting 

Your Book Using Social Media 

Instructor: Jack B. Rochester 

Self-publishing offers writers more 

and better opportunities than 

traditional publishing: faster into print, 

higher royalties, and no rejection 

letters. Today, agents and publishers 

often read successful self-published 

books to find the next blockbuster. The 

Introductory Workshop is intended 

to help authors understand the selfpublishing 

process and how to use 

social media to promote their book. 

Participants will learn about options 

from small presses to e-books, the 

importance of Amazon, why you 

must promote your book, strategies 

for getting your book into stores, and 

how to use social media for marketing 

and promotion. The Advanced 

Workshop will delve more deeply 

into manuscript preparation for self, 

or independent publishing and how to 

market and promote after publication. 

This workshop will cover the three 

types of editing your manuscript 

must have, what to do to prepare 

your manuscript for publishing 

(and what you should expect the 

publisher to do), how to choose the 

best independent publisher, further 

promotional strategies, and what you 

can expect from your book publishing 

experience. 

WSPP, 2 Saturdays, 9:00 am -12:00 

noon. Begins April 28, LHS Room 

220, $60/Seniors $40. 

WSP2, 1 Saturday, 9:00 am -12:00 

noon. Meets May 19, LHS Room 220, 

$30/Seniors $25. 

NEW! 

Strategies for Getting 

Published in Journals, 

Magazines and Online: 

A Workshop for Creative 

Writers 


Have you written poetry, fiction, 

or creative non-fiction and are you 

looking for a broader audience 

for your work? This workshop will 

offer successful techniques for 

finding the right journal, magazine, 

or online venue for your creative 

output. We will discuss issues such 

as developing a relationship with 

an editor, the right kind of cover 

letter, the timing of your submission, 

the pros and cons of contests, how 

to use the web to maximize your 

exposure, simultaneous submissions, 

and how to attract the attention 

of agents. The instructor’s work 

has been published in numerous 

journals, including Harvard Review, 

Barrow Street, Poetry Ireland 

Review, Prairie Schooner, 32 Poems, 

Diagram, Salamander, Archipelago, 

Perihelion, Asheville Poetry Review, 

Del Sol Review, Southern Humanities 

Review, and Studio Potter. 

W011, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 pm. 

Begins May 4, LHS Room 222, $30/ 

Seniors $25. 


Graphic Art 

Calligraphy 

Instructor: Alma Bella Solis 

Students will learn writing the 

Uncial-Foundational script, and 

Gothic script of western calligraphy 

in this 12-hour course, depending on 

the speed and familiarity curve of 

the students. They will be introduced 

to the other known 8 scripts i. 

e. Versals, Italics, Foundational, 

Uncial, Carolingian, Batarde, Roman 

Capitals, Copperplate. Spacing 

between letters, between words, 

and between sentences; angle in 

nib usage; history of calligraphy; 

and terminology will be taught in 

calligraphy. Students will write their 

favorite poem, or quotation, or any 

text of their choice. Mastery of this 

timeless art of beautiful writing is 

achieved by the student’s interest, 

his/her innate penmanship skills in 

both print and long hand, a steady 

hand, constant practice, and usage. 

ACAL, 6 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


Seniors $90.

In his book The Art Spirit, American painter Robert Henri writes, “To apprehend 

beauty is to work for it”. LCE invites you to work, apprehend, enjoy and ultimately 

add to the beauty of the world through our many art offerings. 

Fundamentals of Drawing 

Instructor: Peter Hines 

It’s not necessary to travel to exotic 

places or pick an unusual subject 

to create art that is fresh and new. 

Exciting art can be created almost 

anywhere, and inspired by almost 

any subject, through overcoming the 

visual prejudices we have developed 

that make many things we see every 

day almost invisible. In this drawing 

class for beginning and intermediate 

students, we will emphasize 

observation and description of items 

that are present in our own homes 

and our neighborhood. We will 

consider issues including form and 

line, shading and shadows, shape 

and proportion, and composition and 

perspective. Students will receive 

individual attention in a relaxed and 

friendly setting. Please call LCE for 

supply info. 

AFOD, 7 Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am, 

Begins April 10, Cary Library Learning 

Center, $120/Seniors $90. 

NEW! 

Springtime Sketching 

Instructor: Peter Hines 

What better way to savor the 

exhilarating changes of spring than 

by drawing and painting outdoors? 

Our class will begin with a short 

lesson on technique in the Learning 

Center at Cary Library and then 

continue with drawing or sketching 

outside. Bring your pastels, oils, 

or watercolors, and join us as we 

sketch the scenery around Cary 

Library. This class is appropriate for 

artists of all levels. You will improve 

your observation skills and art 

skills. We will be outside, so wear 

comfortable clothes, and bring a 

folding chair if you like. 

ASSK, 6 Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 

am, Begins April 25, Cary Library 

Learning Center, $105/Seniors $80. 

Acrylic Painting for 

Every Level 

Instructor: Judi Sunday 

Join us for informative, relaxed 

evenings of acrylic painting. We 

will study color and design and 

experiment with mixing color and 

painting techniques. We will create a 

variety of subjects including still life, 

landscape, abstract and figurative. 

A supply list will be sent upon 

registration. For more info regarding 

the teacher and her work please visit 

www.judisunday.com 

AAPB, 7 Thursdays, 6:45-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $120. 

Pastel and Charcoal 

Instructor: Alma Bella Solis 

Students will produce their own 

compositions as they interpret 

art subjects using either charcoal 

pencils/chalks or, dry pastel chalks/ 

pencils or the combination of 

both. Instructor-selected subjects 

will range from still life to human 

figures. Drawing methods in outline, 

contour, shading, blending, detailing, 

and connectedness are taught 

using perspective, proportion, and 

following the ten offices of the eye: 

darkness, light, body and color, figure 

and scenery, distance and nearness, 

movement and repose. 

ACHR, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 

pm. Begins April 4, LHS Room 210, 

$120//Seniors $100. 

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Evening Watercolor 

Instructor: Paula Beaulieu 

Come learn to reconnect with and 

express your own innate creativity in a 

supportive atmosphere. Discover the 

fun of experimenting with watercolors 

in a six-week class for beginners 

who have never held a brush in their 

hands and for intermediate students 

who have had some exposure to 

the medium. Emphasis will be on 

learning to play with and explore 

light, color, value, texture, and how 

to create various techniques while 

releasing the creative side of you. A 

list of materials can be found on our 

website. 

ANYW, 7 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Begins April 2, Room 211, $190/ 

Seniors $145. 

Using Color to Create Happiness in Your Home, page 29. 



Graphic Art (cont.) 

NEW! 

Chinese Landscape Painting 

Instructor: Son Mey Chiu 

Many scholars consider Landscape 

Painting (mountain water painting) 

as the highest form of Chinese 

Painting. In this course, students 

will explore the various brush 

conventions, both traditional and 

modern, to depict simple elements 

of nature such as rocks, mountains, 

foliage and trees. Techniques in 

using water and ink and then colors 

will be experimented. Simple 

compositions of Chinese landscapes 

will be also introduced. Towards the 

end of the course students will use 

what they have learned to create 

their favorite landscape in the 

Chinese painting style. Supplies for 

this class may be purchased directly 

from the instructor. Please bring 

the materials/supplies fee of $50 

to class to be paid directly to the 

instructor. 

ALAN, 4 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Begins May 8, LHS Room 210, $65/ 

Seniors $50. 

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NEW! 


Pottery on the Wheel 

Instructor: Erin Mahoney-Patterson 

This class will focus on wheelworking 

techniques, starting with 

basic techniques and including 

larger forms and altered forms. 

Projects will incorporate textured 

surfaces and attaching handles to 

wheel-thrown work. Beginners are 

welcome, and intermediate students 

as well. Each project will allow for 

personal expression and creativity. 

APOT, 6 Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 


$199 (materials fee is included in 

tuition). 

Mosaic Art and Design 

Instructor: Suzanne Owayda and 

Betsy Rodman 

In this four-week, hands-on class 

you will create a beautiful 8” by 

10” mosaic art panel while learning 

the history of the ancient art of 

mosaics. Instruction will cover 

design techniques, color, materials, 

adhesives, mosaic bases, tools, and 

cutting techniques. For information 

about the studio and directions see 

www.mosaicoasis.com. 

AMOS, 4 Wednesdays, 10:00 am- 

1:00 pm. Begins April 4. Meets at the 

Mosaic Oasis Studio & Supply, 1189 

B Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, 

$130. 

Digital Photography 

Instructor: Mark Regillo 

Maximize your skill with your digital 

camera. Bring your digital camera to 

class and learn how a computerized 

camera works, tips on digital storage 

media, and how to print. We will 

cover the basics of composing a 

good photograph, how to use manual 

settings, and how to email photos. 

We will also show you how to edit 

and manipulate your photos with 

basic photo software. Prerequisite: 

basic knowledge of computers and 

Windows operating systems. Must 

be comfortable opening and closing 

files and folders. 

ADPH, 4 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 

pm. Begins May 2, LHS, Room 226, 


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LCE Gift Certificates are available! 

Give our office a call to 

place your order: 781.862.8043 

NEW! 

Photography: 

The Basics and Beyond 

Instructor: Scott Metzger 

Great photographs are created 

through the right mixture of angle, 

light, subject, story, and spirit. 

In order to capture all of these 

ingredients in the snap of a shutter, 

a photographer needs the skill set 

to assess, frame, and shoot in a 

fraction of a second. In this class 

we will stock our photographic “tool 

box” through studying the essential 

elements of taking a great picture. 

We will explore documentary, 

lighting, the rule of thirds, 

camera and computer processing 

equipment, and composition. We 

will also examine ways to manage 

work flow and the particulars of 

portrait, landscape and commercial 

photography. By the end of the class, 

students will feel more comfortable 

with their ability to make a stronger, 

more engaging photograph. Please 

bring your camera to class. 

APBB, 4 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 


$80/Seniors 60.

Knitting 

Instructor: Pat Heggie 

This class for beginning and 

intermediate knitters will enhance 

your enjoyment of this creative, 

enjoyable, and relaxing hobby that 

can provide beautiful and cozy 

wearable items for you or for others. 

The instructor will provide individual 

help as needed, using the American 

knitting style. Bring either your 

current project or a skein of worsted 

weight yarn and a pair of #8 needles. 

AWKN, 9 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 


$155/Seniors $115. 

ATKN, 9 Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


$155/Seniors $115. 

Quilting and Beyond 

Instructor: Cathy Berry 

Is there a quilt you would like to 

make? Do you have a project that 

you would like to finish? Have you 

ever seen a quilt that just strikes your 

fancy but you think too difficult? Come 

join our class and learn the basics and 

beyond with all the company of fellow 

quilting and appliqué enthusiasts 

which will keep you going through 

the time consuming but creative and 

rewarding process of starting, making 

and finishing your own special quilt. 

Optional field trips to quilt and fabric 

shops will be discussed in class. 

AQ&M, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00 

pm. Begins April 4 and meets 4/25, 

5/2, 5/16, 5/23, and 6/3, LHS, Room 

143, $115/Seniors $90. 

This spring Paula Beaulieu teaches Evening Watercolor for adults (page 15) and a series of art classes for 

children (page 24). 

Open Sewing Skills Studio 

Instructor: Therese Quinn 

Have a sewing project that has been 

sitting unfinished in a closet for 

months? Is there a sewing project 

that you would like to try but would 

like some assistance with it? Or do 

you just want some more experience 

using your sewing machine? Come 

to this class with your unfinished 

project or wish list and get going! 

Instructor will provide support for 

projects like: making a garment using 

a pattern, making a pieced quilt, 

creating new pillows for your home. 

If you do not yet have a project for 

your sewing machine in mind, come 

to the first class and practice sewing 

skills on some simple projects while 

we design a project to your liking. 

A044, 6 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Begins April 23, LHS Room 214, 

$110/Seniors $95. 

For All Sewing Classes 

Please bring your own sewing 

machine to class. LCE machines 

are available for $5 for each 

evening of in-class use. Fee is 

payable with registration. 

NEW! 

Metalsmithing: Beginning 

and Advanced 

Instructor: Karenna Maraj 

Come and learn to make beautiful 

jewelry with an introduction to 

metalsmithing techniques! In the 

Beginning class you will be guided 

the first day on basic techniques; 

how to solder, saw, file, hammer, 

make jump rings and findings. The 

next two sessions will be spent 

using your new skills to make 

a bracelets, rings, earrings and 

pendants. Use stamps, set stones 

and learn wire wrapping, just to 

name a few examples. Silver is 

available for a small additional fee. 

While this class is geared toward 

beginners, students with some 

previous experience will work on 

perfecting skills and learning new 

techniques. In the Advanced class 

you will make funky jewelry while 

learning new techniques! You will 

add texture to metal with fabric and 

paper, use patina to make the metal 

different colors and finally you will 

use a jeweler’s saw to pierce out 

unique designs. Silver is available 

for a small additional fee. Come 

and perfect your skills and learn 

new techniques. Most materials are 

included. Each class is limited to six 

students. 

AITM, (Beginning) 3 Wednesdays, 

6:30-8:30 pm. Begins April 4, 

Karenna Maraj Jewelry Collection, 

95 Trapelo Road, Belmont, $90. 

A2TM, (Advanced) 3 Wednesdays, 

6:30-8:30 pm. Begins May 2, 

Karenna Maraj Jewelry Collection, 

95 Trapelo Road, Belmont, $90. 

Crocheted Wire Necklace 

Instructor: Sue Bullock 

Create a stunning multi-strand 

necklace. You’ll learn the technique 

to make this one-of-a-kind necklace 

using a crochet hook, craft wire, and 

a variety of beads. You’ll be able to 

wear your new necklace home from 

class, or save it to give as a gift! No 

previous experience with crocheting 

or making jewelry is needed, and all 

supplies will be provided. Materials 

fee of $15 is payable to instructor. 

ACRO, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 

Meets April 23, LHS Room 212, $30/ 

Seniors $25. 

Floating Necklace 

Instructor: Sue Bullock 

Create a floating necklace in either 

a single strand or multiple strands. 

The multiple strands can be either 

intertwined or tiered. Using silvercolored 

jewelry craft wire, beads, 

and sterling silver crimp tubes you 

will learn how to create one of 

these popular necklaces. We will 

be using Swarovski crystals and 

Swarovski pearls in these necklaces. 

No experience necessary. All 

supplies and tools will be provided. 

Materials fee of $15 is payable to 

the instructor. 

AFLT, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Meets May 8, LHS Room 212, $25/ 

Seniors $20. 


NEW! 

Meet the Rivoli’s 

Instructor: Life’s A Bead Staff 

Looking to add pizazz to your plain 

old chain? This is truly a stunning 

pendant! You will learn how to make 

a lovely bezel to capture a sparkling 

Swarovski Rivoli. PERQUISITE: Bead 

stitching experience necessary. A 

materials fee of $18 is payable to 

instructor. 

ARIV, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Meets May 21, LHS Room, 212, $25. 

NEW! 

“Button It Up” Wrist Watch 


We will be making a watch with a 

wrist band made of buttons instead 

of beads. With the warmer weather 

on the horizon, show off that wrist! 

Start a new trend in your social 

circle! Kit: $35 payable to instructor 

at class. 

ABUT, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Meets April 9, LHS, Room 212, $25. 

NEW! 

Long Pearl Necklace with a 

Knotted Center and Earrings 


This is a classic style necklace 

inspired by the TV series Downton 

Abbey. Learn to string beautiful 

lustrous glass peals with beading 

thread and adding bead tips with a 

clasp. We’ll then put a pair of Drop 

Pearl Earring to match! It will be long 

enough so that we can make a knot 

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in the center of the necklace to add 

to that classy look. A materials fee of 

$35 is payable to instructor. 

AKNT, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


NEW! 

Pearl Necklace with an 

Antique Button Center and 

Earring Set 


One more classic style inspired by 

the TV series Downton Abbey. This 

necklace is made with beautiful 

pearls that will compliment a 

fabulous button featured in the 

center. You will also make a pair 

of drop pearl earrings to match. A 

materials fee of $35 is payable to 

instructor. 

APRL, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


NEW! 

Jet Glass Bracelet and 

Earring Set 

Instructor: Life’s a Bead Staff 

This is another classic style inspired 

by the TV series Downton Abbey. 

The bracelet is made with jet black 

faceted glass beads and brass 

components that you will link 

together. Add to that a pair of jet 

black drop earrings to complete 

the set! A materials fee of $24 is 

payable to instructor. 

AJET, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


ELL / 

Languages 

No matter where you travel in the world, communication is the key to success. 

Our courses are taught by instructors who both speak well and teach well in 

multiple languages. 

Beginning English 

Instructor: Marian Ahearn 

If you, or someone you know, are 

a new speaker of English, this 

course can help you master the 

basics of this difficult language. 

This course is for those who have 

little or no knowledge of English. 

We will review the alphabet and 

work on spelling, pronunciation 

and vocabulary. Letters, words 

and simple sentence structure 

will be discussed. Basic grammar 

will include simple present and 

present progressive tenses. We 

will use a textbook, worksheets 

and audio tapes, and we will 

practice pronunciation, listening 

and conversation skills in class. This 

class will help you to understand, 

speak, and write American English 

in a friendly classroom setting. 

The cost of the textbook will be 

discussed at the first class. 

LBGE, 9 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Begins April 3, LHS Room 234 $135/ 

Seniors $105. 

Advanced Beginning English 

Instructor: Marian Ahearn 

This course is for those who 

have studied some basic English, 

but who need to improve their 

grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation 

and conversation skills. Grammar 

topics will include parts of speech, 

review of simple present, present 

progressive, past and future tenses, 

and subject and object pronouns. 

We will use worksheets and 

audio tapes, and we will practice 

pronunciation, listening and 

conversation skills in class. This 

class will help you to understand 

speak, and write American English in 

a friendly classroom setting. 

LABE, 9 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


$135/Seniors $105. 

Intermediate English 

Instructor: Arlayne Peterson 

This course is intended for students 

who can already speak, read, write, 

and understand basic English and 

want to focus on conversation 

practice. We will review grammar 

including verbs and prepositions 

as well as working on practical 

exercises to improve everyday 

conversation. 

LINE, 9 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


$135/Seniors $105.

English Conversation 

Instructor: Tom Peterson 

Have you studied English or perhaps 

traveled or lived in an English 

speaking country, yet still feel 

uncomfortable when Americans use 

informal English? In this class you 

will learn to understand and make 

yourself understood dealing with 

schools, landlords, neighbors and 

government officials. Your confidence 

will grow as we converse about 

daily life, family, children, friends, 

shopping, travel and what to see and 

do in the Boston area. 

LCOE, 9 Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. 

Begins April 3, Follen Church, $135/ 

Seniors $105. 

Beginning Spanish 

Instructor: Pilar G. Cabrera, Ph.D. 

Students will work in groups as they 

listen, read, and write Spanish and 

draw from the learning resources 

gained through life experience. 

Vocabulary and grammar will be 

studied with a variety of language 

learning techniques. In addition, 

an appreciation of culture will 

be enhanced through readings in 

English and discussion questions. A 

$10 material fee is payable to the 

instructor. 

LBGS, 8 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 

pm. Begins April 4 , LHS, Room 226, 

$120/Seniors $90. 

Spanish II 

Instructor: Angelita Garcia, Ph.D. 

Spanish is an easy and enjoyable 

language to learn. As its influence 

spreads in professional and personal 

settings, it has also become an 

increasingly useful language to 

understand. This class (for those 

who have a basic knowledge of 

Spanish) will engage and teach 

students through conversation, 

pronunciation, conversation, roleplay, 

acting out “the everyday” 

and special situations when the 

use of the Spanish language is 

needed. Students will learn how to 

construct phrases, ask and answer 

questions, write short, weekly 

compositions to be shared in class, 

and acquire increased confidence 

in mastering the Spanish language, 

along with acquiring a “taste” for its 

Hispanic-American cultures in their 

varied manifestations: Gastronomy, 

traditions, music, education, 

economies, social issues, sports, etc. 

LHCC, 8 Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 


$120/Seniors $90. 

Spanish Conversation 

Instructor: Anthony Marques 

Sustain and enhance your Spanish 

speaking ability. You will love this 

interactive, funny, high-energy class. 

Students need to have at least two 

years of Spanish study, and must 

be comfortable translating the 

following: Si Ud. quiere practicar 

español al completo, únase a 

nosotros. La clase será en español 

solamente. Después de un breve 

repaso de los principios básicos, 

tendremos presentaciones hechas 

voluntariamente por los estudiantes, 

y también tendremos discusiones 

culturales, turísticas, y alimenticias, 

sólo limitado por la imaginación y 

habilidad del presentador. 

LSCO, 9 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


$135/Seniors $105. 

Conversational French 

Instructor: Patrick Moreno 

Parlez-vous Francis? Join fellow 

Francophiles in this easy-going 

French Conversation class. This 

class welcomes those who speak 

French or those who had French in 

college or high school and want to 

refresh their skills. The instructor 

will provide guidance to students in 

their conversations as they explore 

more difficult vocabulary and subject 

matter. A materials fee of $20 is 

payable to the instructor for text. 

LFRE, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


Seniors $90. 

Understanding French 

Language through Film 

Instructor: Karen Girondel 

Through film we are transported 

to another place, another time 

and another life. Film provides 

language learners with a rich 

audio-visual context, along with 

dynamic vocabulary, idiomatic 

expressions, authentic dialogue, in 

addition to cultural and historical 

references. This course will feature 

presentation of vocabulary and some 

key grammatical structures which 

students will practice in the context 

of the film, as well as open-ended 

exercises, activities, discussions, 

and role-playing designed to help 

them improve their proficiency. 

Listening and speaking skills will 

be emphasized in this class rather 

than reading and writing. This 

course is for you if you know some 

basic French, understand some of 

what you hear when spoken at at 

normal rate of speed and want the 

opportunity to speak in a context that 

will encourage increased vocabulary 

and grammatical accuracy without 

lists of words and tedious written 

exercises. 

LFIL, 9 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. Begins 

April 3, LHS, Room 166, $135/ 

Seniors $105. 


Italian 

Instructor: Sonia Parravano 

In this class, students will have 

opportunities to develop skills in 

grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, 

spelling, and conversation. In the 

Beginning Level students will 

learn the Italian sound system 

and the rudiments of vocabulary 

and grammar necessary for basic 

communication and become 

increasingly competent in listening, 

reading, writing, speaking, 

grammar and culture. This course 

is built around readings, class 

discussion, videos, and active class 

participation. Memorization and 

mechanical practice is required. 

Textbook will be discussed at first 

class. The Advanced Beginner 

course is for those who have 

completed Beginning Italian or its 

equivalent. Grammar and vocabulary 

will build upon what was covered 

in Beginning Italian with a focus 

on speaking skills. Intermediate 

Italian is appropriate for those 

who have completed Advanced 

Beginner, are comfortable in an 

immersion environment, and 

confident using vocabulary and 

grammar. Intermediate II is 

appropriate for those who have 

completed Intermediate I and have 

strong grammar skills. Students in 

Intermediate II will be immersed in 

a large variety of communicationdriven 

activities. 

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LBIT, (Beginning), 9 Thursdays, 

6:30-7:45 pm. Begins April 5, LHS 

Room 233, $85/Seniors $65. 

LIAB, (Advanced Beginning), 

9 Thursdays, 7:45-9:00 pm. Begins April 

5, LHS Room 233, $85/Seniors $65. 

LIIT, (Intermediate), 9 Wednesdays, 


LHS Room 233, $100/Seniors $75. 

L2IT, (Intermediate II), 9 Wednesdays, 


LHS Room 233, $100/Seniors $75. 

Beginning Hindi 

Instructor: Rita Pandey, Ph.D. 

This fun, friendly course proposes 

to introduce the most widely 

spoken language of South Asia to 

students who have little or no prior 

knowledge of Hindi. Students will be 

introduced to the Devanagari writing 

system, however, emphasis will 

be on speaking skills and listening 

comprehension. Hindi songs from 

contemporary Indian cinema will 

enhance the conventional teaching 

materials. Along with the language, 

students will have exposure to Indian 

culture through discussion about 

festivals and holidays. 

LHIN, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


$115/Seniors $90. 

NEW! 

Beginning Korean 

Instructor: Yong-Min Kwak, Ph.D 

The class is to learn Korean 

(Hangeul) that was invented 500 

years ago and has only been used 

for 100 years. Hangeul is made of 

phonetic letters just like English. 

However, unlike English, each 

syllable that is composed of a word 

is made of exactly one consonant 

and one vowel with/without 

additional consonant. Hangeul, 

composed of 19 consonants and 21 

vowels, can depict any sound with 

one of 21 vowels. Therefore, any 

vowel written will be pronounced 

the same sound regardless whoever 

reads it. This class is designed for 

students who want to learn Korean 

characters, pronunciation, vocabulary 

and basic grammar. Specifically, 

Korean grammar will be taught 

while being compared to that of 

English. Also, students will have 

an opportunity to learn Korean’s 

Confucianism culture (etiquette) 

through Korean verb inflection. 

LKOR, 7 Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


$105/Seniors $80. 

Beginning Japanese 

Instructor: Shoko Goodman 

Hoping to avoid “tourist’s 

awkwardness” on your next trip 

to Japan? Do you need Japanese 

for business, or just want to get 

more out of your favorite Japanese 

entertainment genres? Learn 

vocabulary, pronunciation, basic 

conversation and beginner writing 

as well as some of the customs of 

this fascinating culture. In addition to 

textbook work, we’ll have some fun 

role-playing real-life scenarios. 

LJAP, 8 Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 



Advanced Beginning 

Mandarin 

Instructor: Mary Luo, Ph.D. 

This course is a continuation of 

the Beginning Mandarin course or 

for those with a basic knowledge 

of Mandarin. It provides students 

more comprehensive practice on 

basic sentence patterns. There will 

be increased opportunity to build 

vocabulary and enhance speaking 

and listening skills, in particular, 

with an emphasis on developing 

communication skills in order to 

carry out conversations on a range 

of topics related to daily life. This 

course will be taught in a mix of 

English and Mandarin, utilizing the 

pinyin phonetic system as well as 

Chinese simplified characters. 

LAMA, 9 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $105.

LCE instructor Sonia Parravano teaches Italian Cooking and Language, page 28. 

NEW! 

Beginning Russian 

Instructor: Ludmila Tkachova 

While the Russian language has 

brought forth some of the world’s 

greatest literature, philosophy and 

art into being one doesn’t have to 

be a budding Tolstoy or Dostoevsky 

to enjoy learning this sophisticated 

language. In this class you will learn 

the building basics of the language 

and move toward learning grammar, 

vocabulary and pronunciation for 

common words and phrases. Course 

materials/textbook will be discussed 

at the first class. 

LRUS, 8 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 

Begins April 10, LHS, Room 100D, 

$115/Seniors $90. 

Computers 

Introduction to Computers 

Instructor: Kristen Butler 

Have you never used a computer... 

or feel that you really need to learn 

the basics? Learn the lingo and 

the fundamentals of a computer. In 

this hands-on class, learn how to 

use a mouse, keyboard, pull-down 

menus, find and save files, basic file 

management, how to print, and how 

to shut down. Class is taught in a 

Macintosh lab; skills learned can be 

applied to a Windows PC. Class will 

include a brief overview on what to 

look for when you buy a computer. 

CINT, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 


Organizing Your Computer 


Learn how to organize your files 

and folders, manage the “My 

Documents” folder, and how to back 

up your information. Students must 

be familiar with the basics of how to 

use a computer. 

CORG, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

May 9, LHS, Room 221, $35. 

From buying a new computer and editing digital photos, to creating your own 

webpage, you are sure to find something to match your ability and interest. 


Microsoft Word 


Learn how to use this powerful word 

processing program to write your 

papers, create flyers, write your 

resume, modify document setups, 

change margins, change fonts, and 

other information. Students must be 

familiar with the basics of how to 


CWOR, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

April 11, LHS, Room 221, $35. 


Microsoft Excel 


Learn how to use a spreadsheet 

application and create graphs using 

the data in your spreadsheets. Learn 

how to use multiple worksheets 

and share the data between the 

worksheets. MS Excel is a great tool 

for tracking numbers. 

CWEX, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets April 25, LHS Room 221, $35. 

CINX, 1 Thursday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 


Introduction to PowerPoint 


Learn how to use a presentation 

package that will allow you to 

create slide presentations using 

text, charts, pictures, and graphics. 

Instead of using overheads 

PowerPoint allows you to create 

interesting, colorful, and interactive 

presentations. Students must be 



CIPO, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 


Intermediate Word 


Learn how to use this powerful 

word processor to create your own 

letterhead, your own fax cover sheet, 

create footnotes and endnotes, use 

styles, make a table of contents and 

more. Students must be familiar 

with the basics of how to use a word 

processor. 

CINW, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

May 16, LHS, Room 221, $35. 


Intermediate Excel 


Learn how to import and link files, 

set up databases and mail merge, 

create your own labels, modify 

charts, define macros and more. 

Students must be familiar with the 

basics of how to use Excel. 

CIEX, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 


Intermediate PowerPoint 


Learn how to create slide masters, 

tables, create custom shows, 

insert photos, add sound, animated 

graphics and more. Students must 

be familiar with the basics of how to 

use PowerPoint. 

CNPO, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 


Intermediate Word II 


Learn how to thoroughly use mail 

merge to make labels, letters, name 

tags and more. Students must be 


use a word processor. 

CIWT, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets June 6, LHS, Room 221, $35. 

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Intermediate Excel II 


Learn how to set up databases to 

use mail merge, explore the different 

formulas, create pivot tables and 

define macros. Students must be 


use Excel. 

CEXX, 1 Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets June 13, LHS, Room 221, $35. 

Register for classes with 

Kristen Butler and SAVE! 

• Sign up for 3 computer classes 

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NEW! 


Adobe Photoshop 

Instructor: Damian Barneschi 

In this class students will learn how 

to use Photoshop as both a tool to 

alter digital images as well as a 

means of creating finished pieces of 

original artwork. The course begins 

with an explanation of Photoshop 

tools and soon has students using 

these tools to manipulate images. 

Students will then learn how to 

use Photoshop to improve digital 

photos. For this purpose, students 

are encouraged to work from their 

own image bank, but images will 

be provided if necessary. Finally, 

students will use the their acquired 

knowledge to create original 

pieces of artwork, including a print 

advertisement and a photo collage. 

CAPS, 6 Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


$180/Seniors $135. 

See Also 

Website Planning and 

Design: Dreamweaver 

Instructor: Ben Vivante 

With its implementation of HTML 

and JavaScript elements, as 

well as its website management 

capabilities, Dreamweaver is 

powerful, multifaceted, and easy to 

use. Using Dreamweaver’s object 

palette, students will learn how to 

create links, tables, forms, layers, 

and more. With the behaviors 

palette, students will learn how to 

create rollovers, pop-up windows, 

drag-able layers, and more. This 

class begins with the basics of 

importing text and ready-made 

graphics. Students will ultimately 

use Dreamweaver’s site window to 

create a website. Experience with 

Photoshop, Fire- works, or website 

design is helpful. 

CWVR, 6 Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


$120/Seniors $100. 

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and 

Less from Each Other, page 3.

NEW! 

Interactive White Boards: 

3 Essential Questions 

Instructors: Karen Girondel and 

Michael Fiveash 

Is it more tedious than it’s worth? 

How is it not a glorified overhead 

projector? How is this better for you 

and your students? 

In answering these questions we 

will demonstrate techniques to help 

you use this exciting technology to 

help your students engage visually 

with the content of your lessons. In 

addition, we will demonstrate more 

effective ways of accomplishing 

more mundane tasks such as 

displaying objectives, a daily agenda, 

etc. This presentation – in so far as 

it seeks to present IWB technology 

as a “neutral medium” – will be 

relevant to all content areas. 

CWHB, 1 Thursday, 3:45-4:45 pm. 

Meets April 26th. LHS, Room 147. Free, 

but pre-registration recommended. 

NEW! 

Creating Web Sites 

Using Drupal 

Instructor: Staff at Complex IT, LLC 

This course will introduce you to 

Drupal, the popular open-source 

content management system. You 

will learn how to use Drupal to 

install and build your own website, 

without needing to know HTML or 

any other programming language. 

You will learn how to customize the 

Kalyani Krishnan explains Executive Function 

processes, see below. 

look and feel of your website, and 

add content, including calendars, 

forms, blogs, and articles. This class 

is appropriate for PC or Mac users. 

CDRU, 5 Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 

am. Begins May 2, Meets at 

Complex IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington 

Center. $225. 

C2DR, 5 Fridays, 9:30-11:30 am. 

Begins May 18, Meets at Complex 

IT, 9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. 

$225. 

NEW! 

Technology Tools for 

Job Seekers 


This class focuses on how to best 

use current technologies to conduct a 

comprehensive job search campaign. 

In today’s economy, it’s vital to have 

an online presence that showcases 

your skills and experience and that 

recruiters can easily find. We will 

create or update your on-line career 

presence by exploring job boards, 

networking sites such as LinkedIn 

and Facebook, and corporate career 

centers. Appropriate for both Mac 

and Windows users. 

CJOB, 3 Mondays, 9:00-11:00 am. 

Begins May 7, Meets at Complex 


$125. 

C2JB, 3 Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00 am. 

Begins June 5, Meets at Complex 


$125. 

NEW! 

The iPad: An Introduction 


Are you thinking about getting 

an iPad, or did you just get one? 

Would you like to learn the basics of 

using one? This class will provide a 

general introduction, including: iPad 

models and features; swiping and 

gestures; built-in applications, such 

as Mail, Safari, Contacts, Address 

Book, and the App Store. Also learn 

about which tasks are ideally suited 

to the iPad and which are better 

suited to a traditional computer. 

Bring your iPad if you have one, or 

just follow along as we demonstrate 

the iPad’s features on our big screen. 

CPAD, 1 Thursday, 9:00 am-12:00 

noon. April 12, Meets at Complex IT, 

9 Meriam St., Lexington Center. $40. 

C2PD, 1 Thursday, 9:00 am-12:00 

noon. May 10, Meets at Complex IT, 


C3PD, 1 Thursday, 9:00 am-12:00 

noon. June 14, Meets at Complex IT, 


See Also 

Estate Planning for Parents, 

page 31. 

Parenting 

Perspectives 

Music educator Shinichi Suzuki 

states, “Children learn to smile from 

their parents.” Each term our parenting 

perspectives offers courses 

and talks that are geared toward 

living happily and healthy in family, 

in community. 

NEW! 

Executive Function: Parenting 

Your Scattered Child 

Instructor, Kalyani Krishnan, M.A. 

This presentation will provide 

parents with comprehensive 

information about executive function 

processes as they affect their 

children’s behavior and learning. The 

presentation will include definitions 

and descriptions of the executive 

function processes and include a 

discussion of how these processes 

influence children’s success in 

school and at home. Ms. Krishnan 

will describe effective approaches 

to parenting children with executive 

function weaknesses and present 

a selection of research-based, tried 

and true strategies. There will 

be time set aside at the end for 

questions and answers. Please feel 

free to write down your concerns, 

particular situations that arise in 

your family, and questions that you 

have and hand them to the speaker 

when you arrive. 

PEXF, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Begins April 26, LHS, Room 100D, $10. 


How To Negotiate (Or Not) 

With Your Teen 

Instructor: Dr. Nicolas Rofougaran 

Are you often left wondering 

whether your once-sweet child has 

been mysteriously replaced by a 

fiendish teenage look-alike? Do you 

feel like you have been left to live 

with a stubborn stranger who is 

nearly impossible to talk and relate 

to? While we all know that the 

process of teenage individuation 

isn’t easy, communication and 

compromise is an essential key to 

healthy family living and can be 

accomplished even with difficult 

teens. In this class you will explore 

the art of negotiation and learn 

ways to convey your interests and 

positions with bargaining power. By 

the end of the class you will be on 

your way to living beyond demands, 

and creating, evaluating, and 

choosing the best options for win/ 

win outcomes with your teen. 

FTEE, 4 Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $60. 

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NEW! 


Raising Money Saavy Kids 

Instructor: Sylvia Han 

This class for parents and 

grandparents offers insights on how 

to guide your kids toward greater 

financial responsibility and better 

fiscal habits -- important building 

blocks for achieving financial 

independence and carrying wealth 

forward. Learn the benefits of 

teaching kids about money and steps 

you can take to introduce concepts 

such as budgeting, saving, earning 

money, investing, and debt. 

PMON, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 


See Also 

Home Alone, page 4. 

Classes 

for Children 

Each summer LCE’s Lexplorations program offers wonderful creative experiences 

that are anticipated and warmly remembered throughout the regular school year. 

Our Courses for Children section aims to offer that same low-stress environment 

filled with opportunities for enrichment and fun. 

NEW! 

Land of Invention (ages 6 

through 10) 


Travel to a special place where 

new fun inventions are always 

popping up, and you’re the inventor. 

Kids have actually invented many 

things that we use today like the 

Popsicle, Trampoline, Kiddies Stool, 

and even Braille for people who are 

blind. Stretch your imagination as 

you create a 3-D invention, like a 

miniature water slide that actually 

works, or a new toy, or way of 

traveling around your town, country, 

or the world. Maybe you’ll invent 

something that makes life easier for 

you and your family or something 

that will help people. It could be big 

in size or something really tiny. The 

possibilities are endless. We’ll use 

lots of different art materials. Join us 

for the fun. 

KINV, 1 Thursday, 3:45-5:45 pm. 

Meets May 3, LHS Room 211, $25. 

NEW! 

Create Your Own Amusement 

Park (ages 6 through 10) 


Have an afternoon of fun using 

your imagination to create the 

amusement park of your dreams. 

Be the designer, architect, engineer 

as you work with a variety of art 

materials to create a 3-D bird’s 

eye view. What kind of rides will 

it have? What will make yours 

different than any that exists? Are 

there certain things you need to 

include in your design? What will 

you call it? Local artist and art 

educator, Paula Beaulieu MEd, 

will assist you with your ideas. 

Then, take home your completed 

amusement park. 

KAMU, 1 Monday, 3:45-5:45 pm. 

Meets April 30, LHS Room 211, $25.

Manners for Middle Schoolers 

Instructor: Marianne Cohen, 

Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting 

While commonly considered a 

superficial frill of a bygone era, 

etiquette is, in fact, an essential life 

skill. Students will learn how to handle 

a variety of school and social situations 

with poise and confidence. This is an 

interactive program designed to be 

both educational and entertaining. 

Students will have the opportunity to 

practice what they learn in class. We 

will cover topics including basic table 

manners, the A, B, C’s of Etiquette 

(Attire, Behavior & Communication), 

introductions, telephone manners 

and thank you notes. 

KMMS, 1 Wednesday, 3:45- 5:15 pm. 

Meets May 23, LHS Room 100D, $35. 

Fashion Design 101 

Instructor: Shubhra Chandra 

Are you interested in fashion? Do 

you want to learn how designers 

create fashion illustrations to 

translate their ideas into sketches? 

From sketches to a garment? The 

class will give you a glimpse into the 

world of Project Runway. Live model 

sketching, illustration techniques 

and taking one of the sketches into 

fabric draping on a dress form. We 

will also be creating “”mood”” or 

inspiration boards for Fall seasons 

using fabric swatches, magazine 

cuttings and anything else that 

inspires the fashionista in you. 

KFAS, 8 Fridays, 3:45-5:15 pm. Begins 

April 13, LHS Room 210, $120. 

Marianne Cohen teaches Manners for Middle 

Schoolers, page 25. 

Mindfulness and Meditation 

for Grades 6-8 

Instructor: Mary Ann Christine 

Burnside 

Got stress? Join this weekly 

after-school group for Grades 6-8 

to learn about mindfulness, which 

is a special way of paying attention 

that can help you deal with stress 

and with everything else. In a small 

group, you’ll learn to notice your 

thoughts and feelings in the present 

moment. And you can use what 

you learn here any time and place, 

especially when you start to feel like 

things are overwhelming or are out 

of control. Together, we’ll practice 

formal mindfulness through yoga 

and movement, and eating, sitting 

and standing meditations. We’ll 

also learn informal practices that 

help us stop worrying about what 

might happen and focus on what’s 

happening now instead, which 

is good because now is the only 

moment we can do anything about. 

In the course of the 6 weeks, your 

mindfulness practice can help you 

find balance, have more confidence, 

and learn be nicer to yourself and to 

others. A materials fee of $20 to be 

paid directly to the instructor. Sign 

up and bring a friend! 

KMIN, 6 Tuesdays, 3:45-5:15 pm. 

Begins April 24, Clarke Middle 

School, Room 104, $90. 

Robotics Whizards for New 

and Returning Students 

Instructor: Children’s Technology 

Workshop 

If your kids like LEGOs, they’ll 

love robotics! Students use 

LEGO Mindstorms materials to 

construct motorized, programmed 

devices, making everything from 

an amusement park swing ride and 

swinging gymnast, to pneumatic 

claws and motorcycles! Design 

drawings, carefully prepared by 

engineers, ensure that the models 

are functional and leave room for 

creativity. During construction, 

instructors will introduce design 

challenges, discuss real-life robots, 

and teach participants about proper 

design and application of structural 

elements. Once built, projects will 

be motorized and programmed on a 

computer using a LEGO programming 

language. At the end of the program 

students will receive a digital photo 

show of their projects. LEGO models 

will not be taken home. 

KROB, (Grades 2-4) 6 Wednesdays, 


Room 166, $199. 

K2RO, (Grades 5-8) 6 Wednesdays, 


Room 166, $199. 

Babysitter’s Training with 

American Heart Association 

Heartsaver First Aid, CPR/AED 

Instructor: Alice Wadley 

Participants will gain the knowledge 

and skills necessary to safely 

and responsibly care for children 

and infants. This training will 

help participants to develop 

leadership skills; learn how to 

develop a babysitting business, 

keep themselves and others safe 

and help children behave and 

learn about basic child care. In 

addition, participants will learn to 

recognize and respond appropriately 

to cardiac, breathing and first aid 

emergencies until more advanced 

medical personnel arrive. Students 

who successfully complete this 

course will receive an Adult, Child 

and Infant CPR/AED and First Aid 

certification valid for two years and 

a Babysitter’s Training certification 

with no expiration. Course curriculum 

is appropriate for students ages 

11-15. 

KBTR, 2 Thursdays, 4:00-7:30 pm. 

Begins April 5, LHS, Room 164, $140. 


Test Prep 

In Control: 

Crash Prevention Training 

In Control: Crash Prevention Training 

offers students from Lexington 

High School and their families an 

opportunity to learn the skills that 

can not safely be taught on public 

road ways. Learn how to handle 

panic stops, turning into the skid, 

tailgating, and emergency lane 

changes, as well as the latest 

techniques for maintaining safe 

habits. This 4.5 hour class will teach 

you how to handle mistakes made 

not only by you, but also by others. 

Car crashes account for almost 

50% of teen deaths and training 

has been shown to be the answer. 

Visit www. driveincontrol.com/ 

lexingtonhighschool to learn about 

the discount on the class, available 

insurance discounts for graduates, 

and how much fun learning to handle 

Massachusetts roads can be in a 

closed course environment. 

Driver Education 

Instructor: Lexington Driving School 

A complete driver’s education 

program (classroom and behind-thewheel 

lessons) is available through 

LCE. Students must be at least 15.9 

years old to begin the program. New 

classes will begin in April, May and 

June. Please call LCE for details 

and dates. The cost for the course 

is $525. 

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Kaplan Test Preparation 

Kaplan Test Prep and 

Admissions 

has been chosen by Lexington 

Community Education’s bid 

process as the sole provider 

of non LPS staff taught test 

prep courses. Kaplan has 

revolutionized the way students 

prepare for Test Day. Kaplan 

teachers will continue to teach 

the proven methods, strategies, 

and content that will increase 

students scores. In addition, 

students will have access to a 

new, innovative technology called 

Smart Track, an online guide to 

a wide array of learning tools. 

Kaplan teachers personalize the 

prep by meeting students at their 

skill level and engaging them in 

just right content that will get 

them the most points on Test 

Day. Kaplan offers unmatched 

expertise and guaranteed results. 

KAPLAN Complete Classroom 

Course for the SAT 

$499 or 3 easy installments 

of $166! 

Prepare for the June SAT with 

Kaplan’s 10-session course, including 

18 hours of instruction, 4 full-length 

practice tests, and Kaplan’s print and 

online study materials. Tests are 4 

hours long and instructional sessions 

are 3 hours long. 

Mindy Pollack Fusi helps students with College Essay Writing, page 27. 

CLASSES AT LEXINGTON HIGH 

SCHOOL 

In preparation for the 

June 2nd SAT: 

SAKL12732: 10 Sessions, Saturdays 

and Wednesdays from 4/7/12 to 

5/23/12. 

Saturdays sessions meet from 9:00 

am - 1:30 pm. Wednesday sessions 

meet from 6:00 pm -9:00 pm. 

In preparation for the 

June 9th SAT: 

ACKA12203: 10 Sessions, Saturdays 

and Wednesdays from 4/25/12 to 

6/04/12. 

Saturdays sessions meet from 9:00 

am - 1:30 pm. Wednesday sessions 

meet from 6:00 pm -9:00 pm. 

For the full course schedules, 

more information, or to enroll 

in a Kaplan program please 

visit www.kaptest.com or call 

1-800-KAP-TEST. 

See Also 

KAPLAN College Prep 

Advantage Program 

$999 or 3 installments of $333! 

Get the most complete test prep 

and college admissions program 

available with comprehensive 

prep for every admissions test you 

take, plus step-by-step guidance 

throughout the college application 

process. With College Prep 

Advantage, Kaplan’s got you 

covered. 

Note Taking and Test Taking 

for 9th Graders 

Instructor: Karen Mechem 

Efficient note taking results in 

effective test taking. Students will 

survey a chapter, analyze questions 

before they read, and learn to 

read looking for cause-effect and 

comparison-contrast thinking 

patterns. They will then take notes 

that turn into study guides for tests 

and practice answering open-ended 

and multiple choice questions. 

Students need to bring their ninth 

grade history textbook. 

PNOT, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


Self-Publishing and Promoting Your Book Using Social 

Media, page 14.

College Essay Writing 

Instructor: Mindy Pollack Fusi 

Are you a high school student who 

will need to write your essay(s) for 

college applications? Have an idea 

for a topic...or no idea at all? When 

you write, do you tend to stare at 

a blank page, or at the few lines 

you’ve managed to crank out, and 

have no clue what to put down next? 

Relax! Writing the essay(s) can 

actually be fun, and simple--and we 

will discuss Do’s and Don’ts. You will 

learn tips to finally get started and 

complete your essay in advance of 

those nasty deadlines. Each student 

will get a few minutes one-on-one 

at the end of class. Class size limited 

to eight. 

PESD, 1 Tuesday, 4:30-6:30 pm. 


PESW, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm. 


PEST, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets June 7, LHS Room 225, $30. 

Maximize Your Financial Aid 

Instructor: College Funding Advisors 

This one-night workshop is a must 

for all parents of college-bound high 

school students, including freshmen 

and sophomores. We will demystify 

the college financial aid process 

and teach you how to access the 

more than $90 billion in financial aid 

dollars that are available to even 

high income families and business 

owners. The strategies presented 

will help you protect your assets by 

maximizing your eligibility for aid, 

effectively lowering your college 

costs. You will learn the optimum 

time (before junior year) to get the 

strategies in place, and why if you 

wait until the financial aid deadline 

to file your forms, you miss out on 

the full amount of aid you qualify 

for. You will also learn how to 

protect the equity in your home and 

enhance your retirement savings 

as you educate your child. Bring a 

calculator and a basic knowledge of 

your income, taxes, and assets. A 

free, comprehensive analysis will be 

provided for those attending class. 

For adults only. 

PMFA, 1 Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


Cooking 

NEW! 

Secrets of Barbecue 

Instructor: Dave Schaefer 

Real barbecue is wood-smoked: 

we’re not talking burgers and dogs 

here. We’ll learn the right cuts of 

meat, sauces, and seasonings to 

prepare world-class barbecue. We’ll 

discuss Memphis Style Spareribs, 

Carolina Style Pulled Pork, and 

Texas Beef Brisket, as well as BBQ’d 

poultry. Learn about the preparation 

of these meats and if time permits, 

some of the many Southern side 

dishes that complement them. This 

class will be mostly lecture and 

demo. (Real barbecue takes many 

hours to prepare, so we won’t be 

doing the actual, entire process.) 

BBQ chef David Schaefer will teach 

the essentials for making the real 

thing. Handouts will be provided; 

a $15.00 food fee is included in 

the tuition to cover the cost of this 

satisfying, authentic feast. 

FBBQ, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 


NEW! 

Asian Market Tour with 

Helen Chen 

Instructor: Helen Chen 

Asian markets with their myriad of 

fresh and packaged food products 

can be confusing, overwhelming and 

sometimes intimidating. Join Helen 

Chen, as she guides you through 

the aisles of HMart in Burlington, 

Massachusetts. You’ll learn about 

Asian ingredients from an expert . 

Understand the wide variety of fresh 

produce, tofu products, seafood 

and dry goods from rice to noodles 

, spices to sauces. Helen will 

provide useful and valuable tips and 

information on Asian foods; how 

to shop for them, cook with them, 

and about some popular time-saving 

convenience products. She will also 

suggest recommended brands. 

FMTC, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-9:00 pm 

(includes time for potential shopping 

until store closing at 9:00). Meets 

May 22, H-Mart, 3 Old Concord Road, 

Burlington, $50 for tour/$80 for tour 

and cooking class on page 28. 


Master Chef Helen Chen leads LCE class at LexMedia. See below. 

NEW! 

Asian Market Cooking 

Class with Helen Chen 

Instructor: Helen Chen 

Learn (and taste) how to make 

delectable and easy Asian dishes 

from ingredients available from 

HMart and other Asian markets. 

Helen Chen, Asian culinary expert, 

cook book author, educator and 

creator of “Helen’s Asian Kitchen,” 

will share and demonstrate some 

authentic homestyle dishes that 

are easy enough for quick weekday 

meals with family or weekend 

parties with friends. You’’ll learn 

useful Asian cutting techniques with 

the Chinese knife, how to make 

perfect fool-proof rice, stir fry with 

heart-healthy oils, and properly use 

the bamboo steamer. The menu 

will include Green Tea Jasmine Rice 

with Sesame Seeds, Bean Sprouts 

with Garlic Chives and 5-Spice 

Pressed Tofu, Beef with Chinese 

Broccoli and Lotus Root, Peking Fish 

Soup, Steamed Asian Eggplant with 

Garlic Ginger Vinaigrette. Menu is 

subject to change depending upon 

availability of ingredients. 

FAMC, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 

Meets May 23, LexMedia Studio 

Kitchen, 54 Concord Avenue (Avalon 

Lexington Hills), $50 for class/$80 

for cooking class and store tour on 

page 27. 

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NEW! 


Popular, Fun and 

Delicious Indian Food 

Instructor: Sandhya Nadkarni 

Love samosas, mango lassi and 

more? Then this is the class for you! 

Learn how to make your favorite 

Indian foods at home in a simple 

step by step method. You will 

learn how to make the authentic 

tasting potato and peas filling for 

the samosas and then get hands on 

training on how to wrap the filling 

in the distinctive triangular shape. 

All made with quick and easy pastry 

options.You will also know the right 

ingredients to make a delicious 

and cooling mango lassi (mango 

smoothie). Additionally you will 

learn the ingredients and tempering 

technique to make a seviya upama, 

a scrumptious Indian noodle dish. 

Armed with make –ahead and other 

tips from this class, you will feel 

confident making these popular 

dishes for your friends and family at 

home. A food fee of $25 is payable 

to the instructor. 

FPFI, 1 Tuesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets May 1, LexMedia Studio 


Lexington Hills), $30. 

NEW! 

Italian Cooking and Language 

Instructor: Sonia Parravano 

Italy is famous for combining a 

passion for food, family and friends 

in day to day life. In this Italian 

Cooking and Language course, 

you’ll learn up close and hands-on 

from Sonia Parravano, an Italian 

native and experienced cook, in an 

environment that is highly social, 

supportive, fun and inspiring. From 

a variety of pastas, risottos, and 

sweets, you’ll learn to cook a vast 

range of classic Italian plates. Along 

the way, you will be introduced 

to useful cooking vocabulary, and 

Italian cooking traditions. (An 

important objective of this course, 

along with learning cooking skills, 

is to deepen your knowledge of 

beginner Italian.) Wow your friends 

and family with the skills you will 

acquire in this course. What are 

you waiting for? Buon Appetito! 

Materials fee of $30.00 payable to 

instructor at first class. 

NCOO, 6 Mondays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Begins April 23, LexMedia Studio 


Lexington Hills), $90/Seniors $60. 

Home, Hobbies, 

and Travel 

Are You Ready to 

Move to Boston? 

Instructor: Andrew Friedland 

A move into the city – Back Bay, 

South End, Beacon Hill, etc. – may 

represent a major lifestyle change 

that could imply certain difficult 

tradeoffs. This course explores the 

benefits, obstacles and choices you 

might encounter in this journey. 

Taught by a Realtor who lived in 

Newton and made the move many 

years ago, Andrew frequently 

assists couples and individuals who 

are pursuing this move with his 

very patient coaching style. Topics 

covered include what you will fin 

different with city-living, how to 

approach the potentially daunting 

task in adjusting to a smaller 

home as well as the mechanics of 

searching for and selecting your new 

home. 

FBOS, 1 Monday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 

Meets April 23, LHS, Room 222, $25/ 

Seniors $20.

Planning Your 

European Vacation 

Instructor: Willem Nijenberg 

Learn how to book the best products 

and services: air hotels, rail, car, 

ferry, and sightseeing from an expert 

with 35 years experience! You 

can make your trip more enjoyable 

and save time by wisely planning 

it in advance. Become aware of 

the many discounts in Europe and 

avoid missed opportunities. For 

individual and escorted travel as well 

as cruises in Europe. Participants 

receive 2 months free access to a 

Europe Travel Reference web site. 

FEUR, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets May 8, LHS, Room 225, $25/ 

Seniors $20. 

NEW! 

The Process of Selling a Home 

Instructor: Jeremy Richman 

Get tips on successfully selling your 

home in today’s economic landscape 

and hear the latest intelligence on 

the local real estate market. Learn 

how to prepare your home for sale, 

what turns buyers on and off, and 

how to select a realtor vs. sell the 

house yourself. 

BSHO, 1 Thursday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $25. 

The Process of 

Purchasing a Home 

Instructor: Jeremy Richman 

Learn in detail the latest information 

about buying a home so you can feel 

confident, informed, knowledgeable 

and in control from the start to 

the finish of the largest purchase 

you may ever make. Learn about: 

determining your ”real ideal” 

home; qualify a home; assessed 

vs. appraised vs. zillow valuations; 

making offers and negotiating to 

yes for less; home inspections; 

protecting your deposits; choosing 

an attorney, home inspector and 

mortgage agent; buying short-sales 

and bank-owned properties; and 

how to choose, hire and work with 

a real estate agent to represent you 

as your ”buyer’s agent”. Included 

are worksheets and forms and a 

copy of the 40-page handbook The 

Homebuyer’s Companion written by 

the instructor. 

BHOM, 1 Tuesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $25. 

NEW! 

Interior Design Workshop 

Instructor: Linda Stimson 

Would you like to try your hand at 

combining color, pattern and style 

using world class fabrics from 

The Boston Design Center? Linda 

Stimson, Allied Member, ASID, will 

guide you through an experiential fun 

evening. The discussion will focus 

on how to combine color, scale and 

durability to make winning rooms. 

We will combine paint colors, 

carpets and wall coverings and 

fabrics to create your own unique 

look. 

FINT, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


Seniors $20. 

See Also 

Open Sewing Skills Studio, 

page 17. 

NEW! 

Using Color to Create 

Happiness in Your Home 

Instructor: Linda Stimson 

Do you want to spark conversation 

in your dining room and enhance 

the taste of your meals? Are you 

yearning for a peaceful, regenerative 

space for sleep or meditation? Join 

Linda Stimson, Allied Member of 

ASID, as she demonstrates how to 

create various moods in your home 

with artfully combined selections 

of colors including fabric samples 

from the Boston Design Center. 

Discuss lighting, various fabrics 

durability and eco-minded materials 

for healthy homes. Learn techniques 

to make your home a safe place to 

‘Age in Place’. Please bring your 

own samples and floor plans and 

Linda will answer your decorating 

questions as time allows. 

FCOL, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets May 1, LHS, Room 229, $25/ 

Seniors $20. 


Genealogy 101 

Instructor: Philip Hermann 

Interested in researching your 

family and spending time with 

other family genealogists? Join 

us in Genealogy 101. No prior 

genealogical knowledge or skills 

are necessary for this course. The 

workshop will include lectures and 

hands-on activities supplemented 

by computer images. The first 

evening will focus on Collecting, 

Organizing and Protecting your family 

Information. The second evening we 

will discuss how to use the computer 

for research including information 

on the best web portals and 

advanced search techniques. Our last 

evening will include discussions on 

understanding and using the Federal 

and other censuses as a source for 

information. 

HGEN, 3 Mondays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Begins April 2, LHS, Room 226, $45/ 

Seniors $35. 

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See Also 

NEW! 


Marie Leonard leads You Can Fix It Too, see below. 

Preserving The Past 

Before It’s Too Late 

Instructor: Philip Hermann 

Technology is quickly changing the 

way we preserve our family records. 

The audio, video and photographic 

records of the past are quickly 

being replaced by digital recordings 

and images. Now is the time to 

look at your ancestral records to 

determine what is valuable for 

future generations. We all have 

family treasures that are stored 

improperly and are constantly being 

attack by chemical, physical and 

biological factors. This workshop 

will look at family records in terms 

of technology, storage, and making 

digital reproduction. Come for two 

hours so that nothing of your history 

is lost in the future. 

HGE2, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


Desert Roots: Journey of an Immigrant Family, page 5. 

You Can Fix It Too: 

Simple Home Repair 

Instructor: Marie Leonard 

Spend an evening with professional 

“Handywoman” and author 

Marie Leonard and learn how to 

successfully complete many of the 

projects on your own “to do” list. 

Marie will introduce you to a basic 

tool kit, explaining how to use the 

most common tools you’ll need to 

fix everything in your home. Learn 

how to use a drill and how to install 

the right wall anchors for hanging 

curtain rods, towel bars, and more. 

See what is inside your toilet tank 

and how simple it is to fix without 

calling a plumber. Take a faucet 

apart and discover the basics of how 

to repair or replace it. Learn how to 

patch holes in a a wall and use a 

caulking gun. Marie will also spend 

as much time as possible answering 

your specific questions. This course 

is perfect for anyone who is ready 

to get the information and practical 

advice they need to successfully 

take on and complete basic home 

improvement and repair projects. 

Materials fee of $16, payable to the 

instructor, includes a signed copy 

of Marie’s recently published book, 

Marie’s Home Improvement Guide. 

FFIX, 1 Wednesday, 6:30–9:00 pm. 


Turkey: Fascinating, Fabulous, 

Ancient and Modern 

Instructor: Sally Peabody 

Turkey is easy to access and enjoy. 

Fabled Istanbul is one of Europe’s top 

travel destinations on its own or as 

a gateway to this wonderful country. 

Vibrant, richly layered, Istanbul 

and Turkey’s culture,landscapes, 

history, architecture, and cuisine 

are endlessly evocative. Two other 

top areas beyond Istanbul will also 

be covered. First,the Aegean Coast 

home to ancient Ephesus and other 

superb Greek and Roman ruins. 

Second, the fairy tale landscapes of 

Cappadocia replete with 5th century 

underground cities and churches 

hewn from limestone canyons. A 

materials fee of $4 is payable to the 

instructor in class. 

FTRK, 1 Thursday, 6:30-8:00 pm. 

Meets June 7, LHS Room 222, $25/ 

Seniors $20.

Daytime 

Classes 

Meadow Mist Farm Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

LCE/Lexington Open Studios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

Walt Whitman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 

An Appreciation of Chinese Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

Memoir Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 

Self-Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 

Fundamentals of Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Springtime Sketching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Mosaic Art and Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 

English Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 

Web Sites Using Drupal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 

Technology Tools for Job Seekers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 

Intro to iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 

Land of Invention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 

Amusement Park Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

Manners of Middle Schoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Fashion Design 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

Robotics Whizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

Babysitter’s Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

College Essay Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 

Beginning Yoga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 

Yoga for Everyone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 

Yoga with a Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 

Iyengar Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 

Dance Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 

LCE lecture at The Depot. 

Business 

and Career 

Our financial courses are not intended to substitute for individual financial 

counseling or advice. Neither LCE or the Lexington Public Schools may give 

specific advice on personal investments. 

Estate Planning for Parents 

Instructor: Shani Rea Collymore 

Parents of young children need a will 

more than anyone else, but are least 

likely to have one. It is important to 

protect minor children by appointing 

a guardian of your choice, not one 

chosen by the Probate Court, and to 

protect your children’s inheritance 

by creating a trust for their benefit. 

This class will provide an overview 

of estate planning and probate 

administration in Massachusetts, 

including the pitfalls of not having a 

will. Learn about various estateplanning 

vehicles such as health care 

proxies, durable powers of attorney, 

living wills, wills, pour-over wills, 

and various trusts. 

FWIL, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


ETFs: Diversifying your Portfolio 

at a Low Cost 

Instructor: George Gagliardi 

Exchange Traded Funds, known as 

ETFs, have been around since 1989, 

but it has only been recently that 

they have attracted the attention 

of the average investor. With over 

1,000 different ETFs available and 

nearly $1 trillion in assets, ETFs are 

clearly an investment option that is 

now a mainstream alternative for 

investors who traditionally invested 

primarily in mutual funds and index 

funds. However, there is a broad 

range of differences among ETFs, 

and it is important to understand 

them before investing in them. 

We will go over the differences 

between ETFs and mutual funds, the 

characteristics of ETFs, the various 

types of ETFs available, and which 

ones are appropriate for different 

investing styles and objectives. 

FETF, 1 Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 pm. 

Meets May 16, LHS Room 230, $25. 


NEW! 

Financial Life Planning for 

What Really Matters 

Instructor: Peter Hoffman, CFP 

Many of us know that we need a 

financial plan, but where do we 

begin? Surprisingly, the answer is 

not with our finances! The answer 

begins with our personal notions and 

dreams of freedom, what a life filled 

with security and satisfaction means 

to us. A financial plan focused on 

achieving personal freedom is full 

of energy, excitement, and a strong 

will to implement and achieve. But, 

before building (or re-building) our 

financial plan we must first discover 

- or re-discover - the life we are 

passionate about. Through lecture, 

exercises and discussion we will 

look at ways to merge life longings 

with a financial plan and gain tips to 

avoid pitfalls along the way. 

FFPM, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 


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NEW! 


Mind 

and Body 

Avoiding Caregiver Burnout: 

Living More Fully While 

Caregiving 

Instructor: Paula Solomon 

Trying to balance caregiving for 

a loved one with caring for other 

family members, self-care and/or 

career demands? Trying to be patient 

and enjoy your time with your loved 

one but just hurrying to “get things 

done”? In this class, taught by a 

former elder care resource specialist 

who was both a long-distance 

and local caregiver for more than 

ten years, you will look at options 

for creating a new paradigm for 

caregivers. By finding individualized 

ways to balance self-care with 

caregiving, you can be a better 

caregiver for the long run. Improving 

your ability to find this balance can 

enable you to be with your loved 

one with a “full heart”, rather than 

with the “half-hearted” struggle 

to just get tasks done that is often 

the result of physical and emotional 

depletion. 

FCAR, 2 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 


Seniors $20 

Robert and Christine return to LCE with a new course, see page 33. 

LCE seeks to offer opportunities that promote learning about holistic health and 

living well. In this section you’ll find everything from courses on meditation to 

alternative understandings of nutrition. 

An Introduction to Meditation 

Instructor: Dr. Susan McCombs 

Meditation can reduce stress and 

boost energy and is a surprisingly 

easy skill to learn. Come join us for 

this one- night workshop to learn 

the basics of meditation. With a 

little practice, you will discover that 

meditation can help you manage the 

stress in your life, and increase your 

overall sense of well-being. Please 

note; any alcohol consumption prior 

to class will significantly reduce the 

effectiveness of these techniques. 

Dr. Susan McCombs is a boardcertified 

clinical hypnotherapist. 

M008, 1 Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm. 


The Art of Mindful Living: The 

Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh 

Instructor: John Bell 

Drawing from the Buddhist 

meditation practices of Vietnamese 

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, you’ll 

learn ways to slow down, relax 

the body, calm the mind, focus the 

attention, listen deeply, and cultivate 

love and compassion. The sessions 

will include meditation practices, 

personal sharing, and basic 

teachings of the Buddha. Instructor 

is an ordained dharma teacher in the 

tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich 

Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings is a 

recommended text. 

MHAN, 6 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. 

Begins May 2. LHS Room 244, $90/ 

Seniors $70. 

Practical Shamanism 

101 and 102 

Instructor: Julie Hannon 

Shamans believe that a luminous 

energy field surrounds the physical 

body, and which holds a record of 

all our emotional, physical, and 

spiritual trauma. The luminous 

energy field is a blueprint that 

determines how we will heal, how 

we will live and how we might die. 

In Shamanism101, we will discuss 

the healing practices employed for 

10,000 years by the Shamans of the 

Americas. The ancient practices 

are presented in a scientific and 

practical system of energy healing 

that allows us to discover states of 

exceptional health and well-being, 

as well the opportunity for conscious 

participation in our future evolution. 

In Shamanism 102 we will explore 

the topic of journeying, and how 

shamans use journeying to work with 

the invisible/non-ordinary reality. 

You will be introduced to the basic 

concepts of journeying and have 

an opportunity to go on a guided 

journey. People with no journeying 

experience are more than welcome! 

It is suggested that you take 

Practical Shamanism prior to taking 

this class, and it is not required. 

MSHA, (101), 1 Wednesday, 7:00- 

9:00 pm. Meets May 23, LHS, Room 

226, $25/Seniors $20. 

M2SH, (102), 1 Wednesday, 7:00- 

9:00 pm. Meets May 30, LHS, Room 

226, $25/Seniors $20.

NEW! 

Turtle Island: 

The Story of America 

Instructors: Robert Gerzon, Author & 

Holistic Psychotherapist. Christine 

Gerzon, Educator & Life Coach 

Did you ever wonder how the history 

of America might be told by a Native 

American Elder? Are you curious 

about the indigenous wisdom that 

was lost when the Native cultures 

were destroyed? Join us for a 

wide-ranging exploration of the 

lost world of Turtle Island and its 

surprising relevance for our lives 

today. The presenters will share how 

the study and practice of indigenous 

consciousness has changed their own 

lives. Native Americans still live here 

on the land they call Turtle Island. 

Their legacy may hold the missing key 

to America’s current identity crisis and 

our historic destiny. 

MTUR, 1 Monday, 7:00-9:00 pm. 

Meets May 7, LHS, Room 100D, $10. 

See Also 

Exercise and 

Dance 

NEW! 

An Introduction to Tai Chi 

Instructor: Virginia Payne 

Originally one of the ancient Chinese 

martial arts, Tai Chi is practiced 

today by students primarily as a 

method of exercise that cultivates 

physical and mental harmony in 

movements. Scientific studies 

show that Tai Chi improves and 

possibly prevents chronic conditions 

such as arthritis, heart disease 

and diabetes (Tai Chi is reported 

to ease Fibromyalgia according 

to a study published in The New 

England Journal of Medicine). In 

fact, practicing Tai Chi regularly 

helps reduce stress, improve 

balance, improve coordination 

and strengthens immune systems, 

and develop body awareness and 

confidence. 

EVTI, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm. 

Begins April 4, Clarke Middle School, 


A Mythological Look At How the World Began with Dr. Fiveash, 

page 11. 

From the thrills of Tango to the spills of Aikido, to a host of courses in Yoga and 

Pilates, our Exercise and Dance classes provide many low-impact, affordable, 

and fun ways to help you get in shape and stay that way. 

Aikido for Beginning and 

Continuing Students 

Instructor: Ted Goodman 

Aikido is a uniquely non-aggressive 

martial art that teaches practical 

self-defense without the need to 

punch, kick or attack. It also holds 

the distinction of being the only 

martial art prerequisite for the Tokyo 

Metropolitan Police Department. 

Through its beautifully circular flow, 

Aikido blends with and redirects 

the momentum of an attack to 

defeat the attacker. (If you push, I 

pull. If you pull, I push.) See why 

“a grab is a gift” and feel the 

power of its takedowns, throws 

and immobilizations. Besides the 

physical benefits of relaxed stretches 

and fluid movements, Psychological 

Aikido’s non-confrontational 

approach to conflict resolution is 

an extra reward in sidestepping 

the stress and strain of daily life 

in the office, behind the wheel and 

at home. Practices are conducted 

in pairs as partners (never as 

opponents) and always at your own 

pace. Karate or judo uniforms are 

appropriate but any loose clothing 

can be worn in class. 

EAIK, Mondays and Wednesdays for 

15 Sessions, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins 

April 9, LHS, Room 140, $185/ 

Seniors $140. 

Beginning Yoga 

Instructor: Helen Theodosiou 

Join us for an introductory hatha 

yoga class whether you have never 

done yoga before, are a beginner 

or would like to enhance your yoga 

practice. We will pay attention to 

breathing to focus the mind and 

body. We will engage in a full 

range of yoga poses to develop 

flexibility, strength and stamina as 

well as expand our repertoire of 

movement. This practice will invite 

you to alleviate stress, recharge 

and return to daily activities with 

renewed energy and vitality. Creating 

an overall sense of balance and 

well being, we will practice with 

joy, patience and humor. Wear 

comfortable clothes and bring a mat. 

EYOM, 8 Mondays, 10:45-11:45 am. 

Begins April 2, First Parish Church, 

$105/Seniors $80. 


Exercise and 

Dance (cont.) 

Yoga for Everyone 

Instructor: Linda Del Monte 

Students of all ages, levels, and 

abilities can enjoy this style of yoga, 

known as a “celebration of the 

heart”. This is yoga that combines a 

Kripalu (heart centered) and Iyengar 

style (detail oriented), where you 

work from inside the body, where 

your pose will originate, and move 

to the outside of the body. We will 

work on finding balance, distributing 

weight equally and aligning the 

body in a therapeutic way that will 

keep you “safe” while practicing. 

Gain strength and flexibility while 

finding the connection of body, mind 

and spirit. Yoga mat required. Wear 

comfortable, loose fitting clothing, 

and bare feet. 

EYFE, 10 Wednesdays, 9:30-10:45 

am. Begins April 4, Hancock Church 

$150/Seniors $115. 

Yoga with a Chair 

Instructor: Susanne Sandberg 

If you cannot get down on the floor 

to exercise but want to stay fit, try 

this Hatha Yoga class that uses a 

chair for balance. You do not need 

to lie down to get the benefits of 

yoga, including stretching, flexibility, 

balance and strength. Learn yogic 

breathing, postures and meditation. 

Wear loose clothing and bring a bath 

towel. You’ll feel stronger, healthier 

and more relaxed after every class! 

ECHR, 8 Mondays, 9:00-10:15 am. 

Begins April 2, First Parish Church, 

$120/Seniors $90. 

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Virginia Payne teaches Tai Chi at LCE, see page 33. 

NEW! 

Maximize Your Workouts: 

Warm-Up and Cool-Down 

Instructor: Mike Gloor, licensed 

athletic trainer 

Stretching and cooling down are integral 

parts of every workout. These 

often overlooked and misunderstood 

principles provide numerous benefits 

when done correctly. This class 

will provide an overview of various 

stretching techniques and their 

benefits. You will be guided through 

a short, but thorough series of exercises 

to use as you warm up and cool 

down before and after workouts. 

All of the stretches and techniques 

covered can be tailored to your 

specific health and functional needs. 

If you have one, please bring a yoga 

mat and stretching aid (stretch band 

or towel) to class. 

EWAC, 1 Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM. 


NEW! 

Kripalu Yoga 

Instructor: Janet Farnsworth 

These one hour sessions empower 

us to discover and listen to our 

inner wisdom through increased 

awareness of body, mind, and spirit. 

Class structure emphasizes inquiry, 

inner and outer alignment, and skill 

building through the use of classical 

asanas (posture) and pranayama 

(breath awareness). Meaning 

”compassion”, ”kripalu” yoga is for 

everyone; all bodies and levels of 

fitness are welcome. Please bring 

any mats, blankets or props, and 

wear comfortable clothing. 

EKRI, 9 Thursdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. 


$110/Seniors $85. 

Hatha Yoga 

Instructor: Asha Ramesh 

Stretch and strengthen without 

competition or performance anxiety 

in this basic Hatha Yoga class. 

Class will include standing,sitting, 

and supine poses with a focus on 

breath. Postures are basic, without 

compromising on the wellness they 

deliver. The format changes from 

one week to another, allowing for 

variation and multiplicity in poses. 

The yoga you take home will allow 

customization to suit your mood and 

needs. Dress comfortably and bring 

your own mat. 

EHYO, 9 Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 

pm. Begins April 4, Diamond Middle 

School Cafeteria, $110/ Seniors $85. 

Iyengar Yoga 

Instructor: Mary Ellen Wixted 

Tired? Stiff? Start a weekly exercise 

program and watch your energy 

and suppleness increase. Using 

stretching, balance, aerobic exercise 

and beginning yoga poses, you 

will get stronger and reduce your 

stress level with every lesson. Wear 

comfortable clothes. All exercise 

props, including a yoga mat, are 

provided for you. If you have physical 

problems, please check with your 

physician prior to registering for this 

program. The Intermediate class 

is for those ready to take the next 

step towards deepening your asana 

practice. This class is designed for 

students with at least one year 

of experience in the practice of 

yoga postures (asana) and who 

are ready to explore poses which 

require greater concentration and 

endurance, both mentally, physically 

and emotionally. Students will 

prepare for and practice shoulderstand, 

headstand and handstand, 

among other inversions (alternatives 

will be provided if necessary). 

EYEN, (Beginning), 9 Tuesdays, 9:15- 

10:45 am. Begins April 3, Hancock 

Church, $165/Seniors $125. 

EIIY, (Intermediate), 9 Tuesdays, 

11:00 am-12:30 pm. Begins April 3, 

Hancock Church, $165/Seniors $125.

Lexplorations is LCE’s summer academic and creative 

enrichment program for children and is open to 

all regardless of town residency. With week-long 

programming for grades K-12, small class sizes, and an 

expert teaching staff made up primarily of Lexington Public 

School teachers. Lexplorations is considered a rewarding 

summer destination by students and parents alike. 

Some of our programs fill very quickly so if participation 

in a particular program is of special importance to you 

Children’s Summer Program 

For Academic and Creative Enrichment 

or your child we recommend that you register as soon as 

possible to prevent disappointment. 

Don’t forget that Lexplorations now offers early 

morning drop-off and after-school care. 


251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421 

LexingtonCommunityEd.org • 781.862.8043

Tango Instructors Martha and Pracha Eamranond, see below. 

Argentine Tango 

Instructors: Martha Castano and 

Pracha Eamranond 

This intensive course of Argentine 

tango will introduce the most 

important elements of tango dance 

for beginners who are new to this 

genre and solidify the foundations 

of tango for those with previous 

experience. Each week will build 

sequentially, reviewing material 

from past weeks and expanding a 

vocabulary to maximize enjoyment 

on the dance floor. We will explore 

the unique and virtually unlimited 

possibilities of tango music and 

movement. You will discover why 

tango is considered the best social 

dance in the world. Get ready for an 

exciting adventure that may change 

how you think about dancing and its 

relationship to people and life. 

ETAN, 6 Thursdays, 7:00-8:00 pm. 

Begins April 5, Clarke Middle School 

Cafeteria, $100/Seniors $80. 

Dance Fitness 

Instructor: Janet Farnsworth 

This dance class is geared for every 

level of fitness. Each session will 

begin and end with gentle stretching, 

and a careful warm-up and cool 

down. We will learn various dances 

from different traditions -- African, 

Afro-Carribean, jazz, show and 

classical -- while staying rooted in 

the belief that we are our own best 

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teachers. This is a non-evaluative, 

open and accepting environment 

for anyone who likes to move to 

music! The instructor has a strong 

background of improvisational 

movement, and we will also explore 

freestyle dance and do some 

barefoot boogie. 

EBAB, 9 Thursdays, 9:15-10:15 am. 

Begins April 5, Hancock Church, 

$115/Seniors $85. 

Zumba: Ditch the Workout, 

Join the Party! 

Instructor: Ami Stix 

Let’s face it, working out can be 

healthy, rewarding and beneficial. 

Working out can be lots of things, 

but it’s never been known to be an 

exhilarating experience…until now! 

Zumba® is a dynamic, exciting, and 

effective fitness system. Routines 

feature an interval approach 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 a Zumba® class! You 

don’t need to know how to dance. 

Just enjoy the music and follow 

along. 

EZUM, 8 Mondays, 7:00-8:00 pm. 

Begins April 2, Harrington School, 

$120/Seniors $90. 

Our 

Instructors 

Catherine A. Berry has been quilting 

and teaching traditional quilt techniques 

for 18 years. 

Marian Ahearn has worked with 

students at English at Large in Medford, 

Project Literacy in Watertown, and is 

currently with Jewish Vocations Services 

in Boston. 

Damian Barneschi has taught art 

classes and workshops and is an LHS art 

teacher. 

Paula Beaulieu is a certified art teacher 

and educator, and has been a painter for 

over 25 years. For further info visit, www. 

connectwithyourcreativity.com 

John Bell is Vice President for 

Leadership Development and the Academy 

for Transformation. He is an ordained 

dharma teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s 

lineage. 

Mary Ann Christie Burnside, Ed.D., 

founder and executive director of 

Hearts and Minds, is a Harvard-trained 

developmental psychologist, experienced 

educator, and relational coach. 

Kristen Butler has been a computer 

teacher, repair technician, network 

designer, and computer consultant for over 

22 years. 

Sue Bullock is an accomplished beader 

and craftsperson. Her work can be seen at 

www.beadwired8.etsy.com. 

Martha Castano and Pracha 

Eamranond have studied extensively 

with many of the tango masters while 

living in Argentina. 

They founded the Harvard Tango Club in 

2005 and continue to teach and perform 

throughout New England. 

Children’s Technology Workshop is 

focused on the development and delivery 

of applied- technology curriculum. 

Son-Mey Chiu, Ed.D. Harvard University, 

is a professional Chinese painter. She 

has taught at the Mass College of Art 

and Design, Decordova Museum, Harvard 

Graduate School of Education and other 

New England institutions. 

Marianne Cohen leads workshops 

manners and etiquette with Mannersmith 

Etiquette Consulting. 

College Funding Advisors provides 

financial aid information to the Boston 

area. 

Stephen Collins has been teaching 

seminars on Whitman, Hardy, 

Shakespeare, Frost, and contemporary 

poetry across the country. For more info 

visit www.unlaunchedvoices.com. 

David Collins was Opera Boston’s 

resident lecturer for 8 years. He has been 

presenting classes in opera appreciation 

since 1976 and began attending opera 

performances in 1963. 

Shani Rea Collymore is an attorney in 

private practice in Lexington, focusing on 

estate planning. 

Complex IT, LLC, of Lexington is 

committed to providing friendly, 

trustworthy computer help. www. 

complexitllc.com 

Tom Daley, a published poet, tutors 

poets, and has extensive poetry workshop 

experience. 

Linda Del Monte is a Kripalu- certified 

yoga teacher who has been teaching for 

over 10 years, and practicing for almost 

30. 

Lauren Doolan earned her M.F.A. in 

fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence 

College and her B.A. in writing, literature, 

and publishing from Emerson College. 

Janet Farnsworth has extensive dance 

experience in Boston, Chicago and New 

York and received her Yoga certificate at 

the Kripalu Institute. 

Michael Fiveash is a recently retired 

LHS teacher of Latin, Ancient Greek and 

Mythology. 

Andrew Friedland is a leading Realtor 

with Gibson, Sotheby’s International 

Realty in Back Bay who returned to city 

living years ago after raising a family in 

the Boston suburbs.

Author Jane Sutton teaches Writing Children’s 

Books, page 14. 

George Gagliardi is a financial advisor 

at Coromandel Wealth Management in 

Lexington. 

Angelita Garcia is a native speaker and 

scholar of Spanish history and culture. 

Bob Gautreau is a versatile entertainer 

has performed and taught stand up, 

sketch, improv and musical comedy to 

enthusiastic audiences around the world. 

Christine Gerzon is an educator, 

nationally-recognized workshop leader, 

life coach, parent coach and relationship 

coach. An expert in parenting, school and 

family issues, she has been interviewed 

on CNN. 

Robert Gerzon, author of the highly 

acclaimed Finding Serenity in the Age of 

Anxiety, is a pioneer in the mind-bodyspirit 

approach to personal growth and 

healing. 

Karen Girondel is a recently retired LHS 

teacher of French language and culture. 

Shoko Goodman is a bilingual Japanese- 

American who spends her summers 

in Japan. She has worked with local 

elementary school programs as a student 

translator and has experience tutoring 

Japanese foreign exchange students. 

Ted Goodman has been a black belt 

since 1987, and has been teaching Aikido 

since 1993. 

Mike Gloor, LATC is a certified athletic 

trainer of the Lexington Public Schools. 

Julie Hannon is a senior staff with The 

Four Winds Society. 

Sylvia Han, CFA has over 15 years 

of experience in the financial services 

industry and provides comprehensive 

financial advice to individuals. 

Pat Heggie has been teaching knitting for 

18 years and currently works and teaches 

at Another Yarn in Winchester. 

Philip Hermann is experienced in 

genealogical and historical research and 

has a B.U. certification in genealogy. 

Peter Hines has a BFA from University of 

PA and has taught art for many years. 

Peter Hoffman is a Certified Financial 

Planner (CFP ® ) professional. He is also 

one of a select group of Life Planners who 

has attained the exclusive Registered Life 

Planner® (RLP®) designation from the 

Kinder Institute of Life Planning. 

Marie Leonard is owner of her own 

home improvement business. Her book is 

Marie’s Home Improvement Guide. 

Pedro Lilienfeld is an Atmospheric 

Sciences Consultant. 

Mary Luo, Ph.D. has taught her native 

language for years to both adults and 

children. 

Karenna Maraj is a professional jewelry 

artist who studied metalsmithing at RISD 

and has taught locally for many years. 

Karenna Maraj Jewelry Collection is both 

a gallery showcasing local artists and a 

classroom/studio space. 

Tracy Marks has an M.A. in the 

teaching of English and has taught Adobe 

Photoshop in schools around the Greater 

Boston area. 

Tony Marques has been speaking 

Spanish for most of his life and has been 

teaching since 1989. 

Dr. Susan McCombs, is a boardcertified 

clinical hypnotherapist. 

Scott Metzger is an award-winning 

Lexington based photographer. For more 

info visit, www.metzgerstudios.com 

Pat Moreno has over 25 years teaching 

experience and a lifetime love of French 

and Italian. 

Sandhya Nadkami has been passionate 

about cooking for over 28 years. She is 

currently working on putting together her 

first cook book. 

Rita Pandey received her Ph.D. in 

Sanskrit and Philosophy from Banaras 

Hindu University and has taught Hindi 

at M.I.T. 

Sonia Parravano is currently teaching 

Italian at Dante Alighieri in Cambridge. 

Sally Peabody writes about Paris and 

French culture, she designs and leads 

acclaimed custom tours, and arranges 

for her clients’ access to the people and 

places that best fit their interests, budget 

and travel style. 

Erin Patterson is a pottery teacher at 

LHS with a BFA from Mass. College of Art. 

Arlayne Peterson has a Masters Degree 

in Education and has taught ELL at LCE for 

many years. 

Tom Peterson is a former professor of 

international business law and a certified 

ESL instructor. 

Mindy Pollack Fusi runs 

CollegeApplicationEssayCoach.com, based 

in Bedford. 

Therese Quinn teaches the art of sewing 

in community education centers around 

the greater Boston area. 

Asha Ramesh is a certified yoga teacher 

from The Yoga Studio in Boston and a 200 

hour registered Hatha yoga teacher. 

Mark Regillo has been a serious 

photographer for over 20 years and is 

passionate about digital photography. 

Jack B. Rochester is a professional 

writer and editor who has worked in 

nearly every aspect of publishing since 

1974. His latest book is “Wild Blue 

Yonder.” 

Dr. Nicolas Rofougaran has taught at 

Harvard Extension School and Bentley 

University. 

Alma Bella Solis is an art instructor, 

artist, writer, and poet. 

David Schaefer is chef and owner of 

Stump Jumper BBQ Catering in Concord. 

Michelle Snyder is a published author 

and local columnist. 

Ami Stix is a licensed Zumba instructor 

and a trained dancer. 

Linda L. Stimson founded Inner Visions 

Interiors based on the passionate belief 

that great interior design can nurture the 

spirit and bring ease and comfort to your 

lifestyle. Linda is fluent in architecture, 

interior space planning, furniture 

construction and fabric specification. 

Peter Sulski is currently on the faculty 

as teacher of violin/viola/ chamber music 

at Clark University and College of the 

Holy Cross. 

Judi Sunday’s art work has been shown 

in collections worldwide. Visit www. 

judisunday.com 

Jane Sutton is a Lexington resident and 

published author. 

Paula Solomon has been helping clients 

improve their lives for more than twentyfive 

years as a Life Coach, licensed 

psychotherapist, and an Employee 

Assistance Professional. 

Helen Theodosiou has an MA in 

Expressive Arts Therapies and is a 

certified (200-hour) yoga instructor. 

Ben Vivante is the webmaster for the 

Town of Brookline and owns his own web 

consulting company. 

Alice Wadley is a Red Cross certified 

teacher. 

Tony Watt is an award-winning flat 

picking guitarist. 

Mary Ellen Wixted is a graduate of 

the two year Iyengar Teaching Training 

Program. 

Virginia Payne has been practicing the 

traditional Yang style Tai Chi long form for 

the past 21 years, and has been teaching 

Tai Chi for many years at the Chinese 

Language School in Lexington on Sundays. 


Important 

Information 

HOW TO REGISTER 

By Phone: Pay with a Visa or 

Mastercard. Call 781. 862.8043. 

Please have the course code, your 

card number, expiration date, and V 

code ready when you call. 

By Mail: Use registration form 

on the back page or download a 

form from our website. Enclose a 

check made payable to: Lexington 

Community Education, or provide 

your Visa or Mastercard number. 

Please do not email credit card 

information. 

Walk-In: The LCE office, located in 

the main office at Lexington High 

School, is open from 10 am - 9 pm, 

M-TH and 10 am - 3 pm Fridays, 

when school is in session. We have 

limited hours between semesters. 

By FAX: Completed registration 

forms may be faxed to the LCE office 

at 781.861.2440. 

Discounts and Scholarships 

Our classes are open to everyone, 

regardless of residency. Reduced 

tuition is available to Seniors (65 

years of age and over), and also to 

employees of the Town of Lexington 

for most, but not all, of our classes. 

Limited scholarship assistance is 

available for Lexington residents; 

please call to request an application. 

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No-School Dates 

There will be no day or evening 

classes held on Friday, April 16, or 

during the week of April 16-20 due 

to school vacation, and Monday, 

May 28th. Whenever Lexington High 

School is closed, there are no LCE 

classes at LHS. When Lexington 

Public Schools are closed due to 

weather, LCE is also closed. You 

may call LCE at 781.862.8043 for 

a recorded announcement. Public 

School closings may be found online 

at http://lps.lexingtonma.org/snow 

Cancellation and Refund Policy 

Refunds will be issued for all 

class cancellations or for medical 

emergencies. If you withdraw from 

a class at least two business days 

before the start of your class you 

may request a refund, minus a $10 

processing fee. If you choose to 

receive a credit toward another 

course, the processing fee will not 

be applied. Please note that refund 

checks can take four to six weeks 

to process. Special series lectures 

are non-refundable. No refunds or 

credits are given for changes in 

instructors, or locations. If you are 

dissatisfied with a class, please call 

us immediately. 

For programs sponsored by the town Recreation Department, 

contact them at Lexington town hall: 

Lexington Recreation Department: (781) 862-0500 Ext. 262 

Directions To 

Sites in Lexington 

Lexington High School 


LHS is located near the corner of 

Waltham St. and Worthen Rd. Enter 

through new main entrance via 

parking lot on Worthen Road. Most 

classes are on the 2nd floor of main 

building. Our office is in the LHS 

main office on the first floor, past 

the gym. 

Clarke Middle School 

17 Stedman Road 

off Waltham Street 

Diamond Middle School 

99 Hancock Street 

Please enter front door only from 

Hancock Street entrance. 

Cary Library 

1874 Massachusetts Avenue 

From Lexington Center, go north on 

Mass Ave, then turn left on Muzzey 

Street. Then turn right on Raymond, 

then right on Clarke Street. The 

Library parking lot is on the right. 

The Learning Center and the Meeting 

Room are on the lower level. 

First Parish Church 

7 Harrington Road 

Steepled white church facing town 

Green in Lexington Center. Park 

behind church building in big lot. 

Parish Hall is upstairs. Parker Hall 

is downstairs. 

Follen Church 


Located in East Lexington next to the 

East Lexington branch library. Enter 

through side door at rear of building. 

Classroom is on 2nd floor. 

Hancock Church 


The stone church facing the Battle 

Green. 

Harrington School 

328 Lowell Street 

LCE complies with equal opportunity 

legislation (chapter 622 and Title 

IX). We are committed to serving 

the needs and interests of the 

community—adults, seniors, and 

children. 

Any information and/or advice, either 

expressed or implied, in any LCE 

class, is solely that of the instructor. 

LCE assumes no responsibility 

for the course content. Courses 

are designed for education and 

enjoyment, and are not intended to 

serve as the basis and/or rationale 

for any decision on the part of the 

participants. 

Contact Info 




Phone: (781) 862-8043 

Fax: (781) 861-2440 

info@lexingtoncommunityed.org 

www.lexingtoncommunityed.org

Spring 2012 REGISTRATION FORM | Lexington Community Education 

Last Name _____________________________________________________ First Name __________________________________________________ 

Street Address ___________________________________________________ Town or City ______________________________ ZIP ________________ 

Home Phone ____________________________________________________ Work Phone _________________________________________________ 

E-Mail _________________________________________________________ Birthdate (seniors only) _________________________________________ 

Name of Class Course Code** Start Date Amount 

**Each course code is listed with each course title. Thank you. NO CONFIRMATION WILL BE SENT! 

*Write one check for the TOTAL amount and mail to: Lexington Community Education, 251 Waltham St., Lexington, MA 02421 

† V-code is the last 3 digits of the number above your signature on the back of your card. 

Please charge the following credit card n VISA n MasterCard Amount to charge: $_________________ 

Account Number Expiration Date V Code † 

nnnn nnnn nnnn nnnn nn nn nnn 

MONTH YEAR 

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 

Name as it appears on card Signature 

Spring 2012 REGISTRATION FORM | Lexington Community Education 

Last Name _____________________________________________________ First Name __________________________________________________ 

Street Address ___________________________________________________ Town or City ______________________________ ZIP ________________ 

Home Phone ____________________________________________________ Work Phone _________________________________________________ 

E-Mail _________________________________________________________ Birthdate (seniors only) _________________________________________ 

Name of Class Course Code** Start Date Amount 

**Each course code is listed with each course title. Thank you. NO CONFIRMATION WILL BE SENT! 

*Write one check for the TOTAL amount and mail to: Lexington Community Education, 251 Waltham St., Lexington, MA 02421 

† V-code is the last 3 digits of the number above your signature on the back of your card. 

Please charge the following credit card n VISA n MasterCard Amount to charge: $_________________ 

Account Number Expiration Date V Code † 

nnnn nnnn nnnn nnnn nn nn nnn 

MONTH YEAR 

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 

Name as it appears on card Signature 

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 

REC’D ______________ 

ENTERED ____________ 

CK# _______________ 

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 

REC’D ______________ 

ENTERED ____________ 

CK# _______________ 



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