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This class is designed as a complete introduction to the basics of maintaining your bicycle yourself. Learning to fix your own bike can save you money, ensure access to reliable transportation, and be a rewarding personal experience to understand how your vehicle functions. Participants aren’t expected to know anything beforehand – the only thing you need to bring is your lovely selves, your bike if you want, and a creative desire to learn!

In addition to providing technical explanations and building mechanical knowledge and confidence, this class will attempt to provide a basic overview of the role of community bike shops throughout the country and world, as we work to build sustainable transportation movements locally and globally.

Please Note we will skip Thanksgiving. So we will have three classes skip a week and finish on the first of December

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This two day workshop will serve as a basic introduction to the the medium of screenprinting with a focus on do-it-yourself methods. Day 1 we will introduce the process and prepare screens for printing and day 2 we will print. Each participant will have the opportunity to create and print their own 1-color print on paper or fabric. We believe printmaking can be a medium for anyone to speak their mind and tell their stories and we want to help you do this!

We will cover basic design, emulsion, drawing directly on the screen, equipment basics, shop setup, the printing process, inks, what you can print on, and more.

We are definitely open to participant input on class structure, though we will be cramming a ton into a short period of time so it would be great to hear from you with any questions or hopes before the actual workshop begins. We will be sending out some prep materials before the workshop and we encourage you to check these out to be more prepared for class when it starts.

IMPORTANT: Due to space constraints we are limiting sign up to only 5 people. PLEASE only sign up if you can attend both days of the workshop.

We are planning to offer these again in the future so just let us know if you're interested in future workshops and we'll keep you in the loop.

Class will meet Sunday, November 13th, 1-4pm and Monday, November 14th, 7-10pm.

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Come explore the exquisite arts of your magnificent body, invigorate and enliven your being inside and out, sexify the soul's dance from the bottoms of your feet! We will play with a wide variety of belly dancing techniques, from the grace of traditional egyptian cabaret to the depths of heart-thumping tribal to the funktastica of newfangled shenanigans. We welcome your energy and celebrate your input, this will be the most fun way to start your week. All W-T-F dance lovers are welcome, this is a body-positive space, no experience necessary! Bring your own scarf or belly-dancing belt (if there is interest, we have materials n skills for making your own!) and be prepared to shake it.

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PLEASE CALL RAY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS CLASS - 651-714-0288

RAY will cancel the class if he does not hear from anyone by Monday.

Do movies enrich us culturally or have they become an addiction because we simply don't want tell our own stories anymore and worse yet we don't even want to communicate with each-other? In this effort we will be examining such classics as the Devils General, and anti-war movie from the German point-of-view made in 1955 staring Kurt Jurgens. The Godfather, a movie in part made by Italians, it is the tragedy of the American tragedy in microcosm. There will be several other classics offered in this class, such To Have and Have Not starring Humpfrey Bogart and Lauren Bacal.

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