HTH-945 SCSC-Total Body Conditioning

Section Info: South County Senior Center | Total Body Conditioning | No Class May 25 | This class starts with a cardio warm-up through creative dance movements for the arms, shoulders, waist, and hips. We then focus on strict, controlled movements to maintain good form, engaging the core and toning the diaphragm and abs. Routines include lower and upper body exercises using hand weights and a chair, with leg raises and seated upper body movements to tone the torso and legs. Each workout is different, ensuring variety and fun to great music!

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.

CRE-912 SCSC-Multi-Media Drawing

Section Info: South County | Multimedia Drawing Studio Practice | Develop your artistic skills, personal style and understanding of color theory, composition, creation of depth, texture and historical styles of art covered in the introductory Colored Pencil Drawing course. Students are encouraged to continue exploring wax, oil, watercolor, pastel and other types of colored pencil combined with various drawing and painting media such as pen and ink, markers, watercolor, acrylics and other mixed media techniques for enhanced and varied effects. Intermediate to advanced students are welcome.

CRE-913 ONLN-Painting

Section Info: Online | Painting | No class May 22 | Learn to improve your painting skills with oils, watercolor, pastels or acrylic and to draw as a prerequisite to the painting. Course provides an intermediate and experienced painter with the opportunity to refine technical skills. Instructors provide lectures and individualized guidance. Previous painting experience recommended. Local art associations, art venues and sales potential will be covered. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Fridays from 10:00a.m.- 1:00p.m. is mandatory for section 206.

CRE-913 PSRC- Acrylic Painting

Section Info: Pascal Senior Center | Acrylic Painting | All levels welcome! Hone drawing, planning, and composition, then master a three step acrylic method that prevents muddy color. Demos and critiques guide you through personal or instructor provided subjects and invite bold experiments in pen, ink, collage, and mixed media. We will also survey exhibition venues and sales opportunities. Note: Supply needs are explained at Session 1- please wait to buy materials and try to attend the kickoff class.

CTT-913 Get Started Microsoft Excel

Section Info: Severn | Getting Started with Microsoft Excel | No class May 23 | Explore the basic features of Microsoft Excel. Use values and formulas, save workbooks in various formats, and print. Practice moving and copying data and working with rows and columns. Note: This class is for beginners. Students must bring their own laptop with Microsoft Excel software.

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.

HOR-903 ONLN-Beyond Basic Gardening

Section Info: Online | Beyond Basic Gardening | Build upon basic gardening skills to identify ornamental and native plants for propagation as well as indoor seed starting. Learn specific techniques for pruning trees, shrubs, and perennials. Discuss soil building, watering, mulching, and year-round care of your landscape. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. is mandatory for section 201.

HST-937 ONLN-Female Music Icons

Section Info: Online | Female Music Icons | Women of Achievement. Read and discuss "Songs She Wrote: 40 Hits by Pioneering Women of Popular Music" by Michael Garber, 2025. These women trailblazed the path for women in music today. Included are Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and Dorothy Parker. Learn about these women who created hits and enduring songs and whose creativity was often overshadowed or credits eliminated. | Note: Attendance in online class sessions Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. is mandatory for section 201.

HTH-926 COSR-Aerobics and Strength

Section Info: Omalley Senior Center | Aerobics and Strength | This class begins with 20-30 minutes of cardio movement to raise the heart rate and get blood pumping. This is followed by a mixture of conditioning training to help tone the body using a combination of hand weights, bands, small balls, and a chair to build core strength, balance, and tone. This is truly a complete body workout!