CRE-912 ASRC-One Stroke Painting

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | One Stroke Painting | Explore one-stroke painting. This class is perfect for beginners and experienced students. Learn basic strokes like flat stroke, U-stroke, daisy stroke, bud stroke, tear drop stroke, easy petal strokes, shell strokes/wiggle strokes, leaf strokes as well as learning about the supplies needed. Discuss opportunities for marketing and sale of completed projects. Supplies needed for class will be discussed at the first session. It is recommended that students wait to purchase supplies. Attendance at the first session is highly recommended.

CRE-912 ONLN-Drawing

Section Info: Online | Drawing | Improve your drawing skills by learning basic visual tools like the rules of thumb, relational measurement, and simplified measuring systems. The course includes exercises to enhance your drawing abilities. Students can choose to draw posted images or their own selections, primarily using pencils and charcoal, with optional watercolor pastels. You'll learn to create thumbnail sketches and how to evaluate and work from photographs | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Thursdays from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. is mandatory for section 217.

CRE-912 PASD-Advanced One Stroke Paint

Section Info: Pasadena Senior Center | Advanced One Stroke Painting | This class is geared towards experienced students. Focus will be on a more in-depth exploration of strokes like flat stroke, U-strokes, Daisy strokes, bud strokes, tear drop stroke, easy petal strokes, shell strokes/wiggle strokes, leaf strokes and learn more about the supplies needed. Discuss opportunities for marketing and sale of completed projects. Supplies needed for class will be discussed at the first session. It is recommended that students wait to purchase supplies. Attendance at the first session is highly recommended.

CRE-912 SCSC-Colored Pencil

Section Info: South County | Colored Pencil | Discover the colorful potential of colored pencils, perfect for studio or travel drawing. Develop artistic skills with various colored pencil media, including professional-grade wax, oil, watercolor and pastel pencils plus related drawing materials. Explore historical styles of art including realist, impressionist, expressionist, surrealist, and abstract art. Learn color theory, composition, texture effects, and techniques to create depth. Various drawing techniques, surfaces and enhancement tools are also covered. Beginner to intermediate students welcome.

ENC-972 PASD- Cultural Infl. America F

Section Info: Pasadena | Cultural Infl. America Film- Love, Death, Afterlife | No class on May 25 | This course is specially designed for connoisseurs of film, we will watch and discuss movies from the 1930s onward that explore the themes of love, death, and the afterlife. You will see Topper, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Meet Joe Black, and many other classic movies that draw upon ancient themes like the myth of Orpheus and Euridice. This ten-week course is taught by Richard Striner, the first historian to write about this subject.

ERC-922 COSR-Conflict Res N. Ireland

Section Info: Omalley Senior Center | Conflict Resolution N. Ireland | Finding Peace: Lessons in Conflict Resolution from Northern Ireland. This interactive, six-week class is open to anyone interested in understanding effective ways to resolve conflict. We will assess community-based approaches to peacebuilding such as storytelling, dialogue, and music, using real-life examples from Northern Ireland, a place that experienced thirty years of communal violence known as "The Troubles," and has since built a lasting peace.

ERC-922 SCSC-Conflict Res N. Ireland

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Conflict Resolution N. Ireland | Finding Peace: Lessons in Conflict Resolution from Northern Ireland. This interactive, six-week class is open to anyone interested in understanding effective ways to resolve conflict. We will assess community-based approaches to peacebuilding such as storytelling, dialogue, and music, using real-life examples from Northern Ireland, a place that experienced thirty years of communal violence known as "The Troubles," and has since built a lasting peace.

HTH-926 MC-Aerobics, Strength

Section Info: Main Campus | Aerobics, Strength | No class April 14, 16, or 21 | This class improves balance, cardiovascular fitness, and strength using weights, balls, bands, bars, and a mat or chair. We begin with a warm-up and stretch, followed by low-impact aerobics to raise the heart rate. Strength and cardio segments alternate, ending with core work and stretching. Thursdays include time in the fitness center. All major muscle groups are trained for a total-body workout-set to great music.

HTH-926 ONLN-Aerobics and Strength

Section Info: Online | Aerobics and Strength | This upbeat cardio class warms the muscles and gets the blood flowing. We then stretch to elongate muscles, ligaments, tendons, and spine, focusing on correct posture by lifting from the sternum and crown of the head. Maintaining good posture helps with balance and fall prevention. Light hand weights and chair routines strengthen the upper and lower body. Each workout is unique and set to great music! | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12-1 p.m. is mandatory for section 202.

HTH-928 ONLN-Beg, Intermed Tai Chi

Section Info: Online | Beginning, Intermediate Tai Chi | No class May 25 | Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient Chinese exercise that promotes balance, circulation, flexibility, and overall health. Practicing the Yang Style short form helps improve posture, joint mobility, and body awareness through slow, centered movements. Repeated practice strengthens both mind and body, supporting cardiovascular fitness, stress reduction, and mental clarity. Ideal for those seeking improved balance, flexibility, and inner calm. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. is mandatory for section 201.

HTH-928 SCSC-Self Defense

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-928 SCSC-Self Defense

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-929 ASRC-Self Defense

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | No class May 25 | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.

HTH-929 ASRC-Tai Chi

Section Info: Arnold Senior Center | Tai Chi | No class May 25 | This course provides instruction on improving and maintaining health through education and awareness of movement and balance concepts and practices. Topics include muscle groups, fall prevention, maintaining and improving coordination, and improved balance.

HTH-929 COSR-Self Defense

Section Info: Omalley Senior Center | Senior Self Defense | No class May 25 | This course provides instruction on how to defend yourself using your body's own natural reactions, how to spot dangers and potential threats. Students will learn how to stop an attacker in his tracks by acting early and learn how and where to strike to escape quickly. Topics include using your voice as a weapon, enhancing your awareness skills, learning avoidance and de-escalation skills, and how to have a survival mindset.