October
Street Medic Training
This ~20 hour course is designed to provide the participants with basic first aid skills, as well as specialized skills focused on protest situations.
Skills taught are patient assessment, treatment for wounds, head/neck injuries, illnesses/allergic reactions, heat and cold concerns, chemical burns, "less lethal" weapons injuries, when to seek higher medical care, and general preparedness for changing or unpredictable situations.
Street Medicine is not only for protesters: the course is designed to empower participants to take an active role in keeping themselves and their communities healthy and safe, while reducing their dependence on industrialized medical systems that are often inaccessible or hostile to many people.
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Everyday Revolutions Workshop Series
A workshop series focusing on topics and skills that contribute to building resilient communities and relationships based upon resistance, mutual support, well-being, and joy.
October
Sundays, 4:00 to 6:00pm
16 Protest: know your legal rights
23 DIY Soaps, Shampoo, and More
Wednesdays, 6:00 to 8:00pm
5 Stenciling
12 Mental Health (3 to 5 pm at OccupyMN)
19 Zine Making starting @ 6:30
November
Wednesdays, 6:00 to 8:00pm
2 Screen printing
9 Sewing and Fibers (tentative)
16 How to Deal with Police
Sundays, 3:00 to 5:00pm
6 Queer and Trans Issues
13 Direct Action
20 First Aid
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Commute by Bicycle Year-Round
Learn tips to ride your bicycle safely and confidently into the fall and winter. Learn how to stay warm, avoid ice, plan your route, address winter maintenance issues, and otherwise continue to use your bicycle for transportation during the long cold winter months!
This class is taught by Jason Tanzman, a staff coordinator at Sibley Bike Depot, a non-profit community bike shop focused on educating and empowering people to use bicycles for transportation.
This class will be offered twice - once on October 20, and once on October 27, 6:30-8:30pm.
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African American Patriots of the Revolutionary War
A historical look at the events leading up to and the events of the Revolutionary War. The emphasis will be placed on African-American patriots and how they helped win America's war for independence.
Arts Writing: How to Write a Review
More and more people are writing about arts events—plays, movies, art shows, books—on their blogs and in news publications like the Twin Cities Daily Planet. But how to do it well? What do readers need to know? How much should be fact, and how much should be opinion? What's a writer's relationship to the artist, and to the audience? Daily Planet arts editor Jay Gabler has published hundreds of reviews and features; in this class, he'll take you through the review-writing process from choosing a publication to attending a show and finding readers for your review. This class is free, but enrollment is limited; to register, e-mail jay@tcdailyplanet.net.
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Street Medic First Aid
This ~20 hour course is designed to provide the participants with basic first aid skills, as well as specialized skills focused on protest situations. Skills covered range from getting consent, patient assessment, treatment for wounds, head/neck injuries, broken bones, illnesses/allergic reactions, chemical burns, "less than lethal" weapons injuries, and general preparedness for stressful/dangerous/unstable situations.
Street Medicine is not only for protesters: the course is designed to empower participants to take an active role in keeping themselves and their communities healthy and safe, while reducing their dependence on industrialized medical systems that are often inaccessible or hostile to many people. Historically, Street Medics have provided volunteer first aid in a variety of situations: from the anti-FTAA protests in Miami in 2003, to New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina, to the occupation of the Capitol building in Madison, WI in the spring of 2011.
Pre-EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
Pre-EMS Academy is an EMT preparatory course offered by the Saint Paul EMS Academy.
The Saint Paul EMS Academy is an Emergency Medical Technician certification program that trains low-income youth (18-24 years) of Saint Paul to become EMTs. We provide all materials free of charge, free tuition, wrap-around supports, and an hourly wage for participants. The EMT curriculum is rigorous, so we have launched Pre-EMS to build the foundation needed for success in the EMS Academy.
Pre-EMS is an Adult Basic Education (ABE) course taught by Saint Paul Public Schools Hubbs Center. Pre-EMS is open to any individual interested in a career in EMS. Participants study the anatomy and physiology of the human body, develop vocabulary common in the EMS field, and improve reading and test-taking skills.
Class time totals 60 hours - 6 hours per week (M,W,F 8:30-10:30 AM) for 10 weeks (April 2 - June 8, 2012). Class will be taught at Station 51 in St Paul (296 West 7th St).
After completing Pre-EMS, graduates can enroll into the Summer 2012 EMS Academy, which runs June 18 - August 24, 2012.
There will not be class on Holidays.
Visit www.facebook.com/EMSAcademy or www.ehs.net/EMSAcademy for more information.
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Bike Workshop - Derailleur Adjustments
This event is sponsored by MacBike, the bike co-op at Macalester College.
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Bike Workshop - Truing Wheels
This workshop is sponsored by MacBike, the bike co-op at Macalester College.
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Bike Workshop - Bottom Brackets!
This workshop is sponsored by MacBike, the bike co-op at Macalester College.
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Queer Theory and the Hebrew Bible
One of the main projects of queer theory is to explore the contesting of the categorization of gender and sexuality and to trouble the supposedly natural categories within our culture. In recent years, queer theory has intersected in the study of the Bible and to contest the various assumptions that the biblical text makes about gender and sexuality. Queer readings of the Bible were intended to distinguish the scholarship of earlier LGBT scholars intent on arguing for the inclusion of LGBT people in the religious setting, to arguing that many of the core components of the Bible make assumptions about categories such as gender or sexuality. Queer readings instead problematize many biblical laws, narratives, or conceptions.
The purpose of this course is to build a toolbox of theoretical analysis in order to explore contesting various categories and assumptions about biblical texts. Specifically, we will focus on texts specific to the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the Bible- in Jewish tradition, known as the Torah. While we will read from various scholars who employ queer theoretical frameworks in various ways, our focus will be on employing the theory of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler. However, students are encouraged to read the texts through their own interests, contexts, and theoretical frameworks in order to more fully explore the texts.
A Note on Readings and Discussion
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Fiction Writer's Workshop
This is a bi-weekly fiction writer's workshop that will, for the most part, consist of reading the work of peers outside of class and providing feedback in a traditional workshop format. Anyone participating should be willing to read outside of class and also have be an active writer of literary fiction who can bring pieces to class as part of workshop.
Please submit a short writing sample before registering.
How to Listen to and Appreciate Classical Music
This class introduces you to the art of classical music, and teaches you a basic level of music theory and understanding. You will discover the history and why it is still so popular today. You will also engage in dialogue about music and art so that no matter your age or level of knowledge/ability, you will increase your level of musicianship.
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Having a Life and Being an Activist/Organizer
So you've been to any number of demonstrations; organized a few; burned out as an organizer in a neighborhood or in a workplace; had some confrontations with the cops and/or FBI. Now you're thinking about your life. You want to have children; you might already have some; you know you need to earn some money; and yet you don't want to slide into liberal complacency before you turn 30.
This class is designed for you! We'll look at several big topic areas: considering how social change actually happens; assessing the roles you can play in creating social change; earning a living while you're doing this; minimizing burn-out; dealing with anger, despair, and cynicism in yourself and in others; working with your privileges; and parenting or thinking about having children all the while.
Two activists who have been down this road already will lead the class. Both have participated in raising children, though in different ways. Both have been politically active for 25 years or more, though using different approaches. Both have a deep desire to help younger folks stay in the struggle.
THIS CLASS WILL MEET FOR FOUR HOURS ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH FOR EIGHT MONTHS! It is a substantial investment in yourself and your activism. We really want everyone who starts the class to finish it, and to increase the chances of that happening, we promise that it will be fun as well as practical and challenging!
Dates are as follows:
Oct. 15, 2011
Nov. 19, 2011
Dec. 17, 2011
Jan. 21, 2012
Feb. 18, 2012
Mar. 17, 2012
Apr. 21, 2012
May 19, 2012
Introduction to Marxist Theory
This course will begin by exploring the basic tenets of Marxist theory with a special emphasis on global current events using videos, readings and discussions. In the second part of the course, students will be encouraged to resurrect the historic questions that have served to both divide and develop a materialist perspective of capitalism, and how people can organize and struggle against it.
Money, Society and the Spirit: Becoming Conscious About Money
• What is the real story behind all the bad economic news?
• Why are we not richer by our burgeoning tangible wealth, instead of poorer by a snowballing financial “debt”?
• How could it be that an innocent child born in the U.S. today is already, according to the “experts,” a quarter-million dollars in “debt”? When did newborn babies borrow this money? How are they supposed to “repay” it? Is their future mortgaged before it starts? Has “original debt” replaced “original sin”?
• If every dollar in circulation is “borrowed” into existence through “loans” from private banks, where does the money to pay the “interest” come from?
• After a century of explosive growth in real economic activity, why have we not grown out of our “debt”? Is there a perverse logic built into the system that is causing us to grow into it our “debt”?
• Why in the last century have family farmers been forced off the land by financial foreclosure, or threat of foreclosure, until now those living on the farm comprise less that two-percent of the population?
• What is this “debt” burden doing in real terms to our civilization, our earth, ourselves? What is “debt” anyway? What is its effect on the psyche of generations growing up in saturation of its financial demands, ecological devastation and social disintegration?
• If I am well-educated, working hard and “playing by the rules” in the “richest country on earth,” why can I not pay my bills and/or why am I perpetually in debt?
• Has fear of financial destitution replaced fear of dying as the most dreaded eventuality in people’s lives?
• Is there hope?
These and many other monetary riddles haunt our post-modern world. Indeed, they are increasingly experienced as threatening the viability of our personal lives, the existence of civilization, and even the continuation of life on earth itself. Can we get a perspective on this? Can we turn a corner? Is there a vision on the other side?
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Winter Bike Commuting
Don't let the winter keep you off your bike. Come learn tips on how to stay warm and safe while biking this winter, as well as how to maintain your bike against problems caused by salt and corrosion.
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Winter Bike Commuting Workshop and Community Used Bike Drive
The purpose of this event is to encourage community-building and shared learning around bicycling.
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Complete Bicycle Overhaul at Sibley Bike Depot (October 2010)
This intermediate class will build upon the skills taught in the Basic Bike Maintenance class and expand through overhauling an entire bicycle. It's recomended that students have taken the Basic class or have a similar beginning familiarity with bicycle repair. Participants will take apart, clean, and repack all bearing systems, including hubs, headsets, and bottom brackets. In addition, the will install new cables and housing on brakes and derailleurs as needed, and lubricate/adjust all shifting systems. In full, folks attending this class will learn how to perform a complete tune-up/overhaul of a bicycle. Participants will work with the same bike through the class, in order to see the complexities and intricacies of one specific bicycle. Note: All class participants will fix up SHOP BIKES during this class! Bikes fixed up will go into one of Sibley's many community programs designed to promote biking!
The class will be 4 Thursdays: Oct. 28, Nov 4, 11, & 18 from 6-8:30pm each day.
Please contact me with any questions!
Alicia
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Indigenous Imperative
The premise of course is that our future is not only ecological but
indigenous. We will be looking at not only the Six Nations Confederacy,
but several other cultural and political powers in the western
hemisphere including the Hopi, the Ojibway, the Inca, the Maya, Aztecs
and many others. One of the goals of this course will be to not only
push the envelope but get rid of the envelope. No discussion of our
problems or potentials is possible without our indigenous center.
Mondays 6-8PM
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The Movies: Cultural Enrichment or Co-Dependence?
In other words, there are classic movies which add to our cultural
enrichment such as Joe Macbeth (starring John Garfield), and The
Godfather (starring Al Pacino). However, the co-dependence theme comes
up when we are no longer able or willing to tell our own stories. After
a hard day on the job or at school, all we wanna do is rent a movie so
that we can quote "unwind." This speaks to an intellectual laziness
which could end up helping to unravel a society which is already
unravelling.
Tuesdays 6-8PM
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Inmigracion: Las Politicas y la lucha Pro-Inmigrante
Ven, aprende y amplia tus conocimientos sobre inmigracion. En esta clase trataremos temas como: Los EEUU y las causas de inmigracion, las leyes migratorias que nos afectan, respuestas al dialogo anti-inmigrante, logros del movimiento inmigrante, metas de accion para el futuro, entre otros.Tambien, podras conocer a otras personas de la comunidad que tienen interes, y otras que ya luchan en el moviento pro-inmigrante.
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Hamline-Midway Wellness Workshops
This Wellness series is sponsored by the Hamline-Midway Library. First Weds. of the month, 6-7:30pm.
Nov. 3 - Nutrition
Dec. 1- Mind-Body Wellness
TBA - Cultural Wellness
Nutrition - This class will discuss the way various food choices are influenced and the impact food choices have on individual health and the environment. The latest scientific findings on food and healing and how to evaluate nutrition information will be presented. Participants will be given the opportunity to expand personal food choices, enhance understanding of eating and health and become aware of community resources.
This class will also cover food issues in the context of local and global sustainable agriculture and the importance of examining the impact of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), herbicides, pesticides and food irradiation as it relates to preserving a healthy food chain. Find out how to make healthier food choices, and where to shop for healthy, affordable food.
NOTE: The Nutrition Workshop was postponed to November. Food will be served! We'd love to see you there Wednesday night!
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Women and Trans Basic Bike Maintenance at Sibley Bike Depot (October 2010)
The class will be similar to other beginning classes at Sibley Bike Depot, but is just for self-identified women and transgendered folks. In addition to basic bike repair, we will cover bike types and fit and discuss commuting and bicycles as transportation. Come learn how to fix your bike from a female mechanic in a fun and inclusive space.
Four Tuesdays in October, the 12th, 19th, 26th, and November 2nd 5:30-7. (we'll skip election day if people want to.)
Sibley is located at 712 University in St. Paul, next to Saigon restaurant.
Our regular Women and Transgender Open Shop Night is Tuesdays from 6-9, so stay after class to keep wrenching!
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Mecanica Automotriz
Ensenanza de la mecanica como afinacion, frenos y los conocimientos basicos.
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Nutricion
Explicar el beneficio que tienen las frutas y verduras que se clasifican en Piramide de colores y porciones que debe uno de comer al dia.
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fermentation basics
The course will cover a little about the science and history behind different processes of fermentation, and each class will be devoted to making a different fermented food or drink. Some things we've made in past classes include kombucha, kimchi, hot sauce, beer, wine, ginger beer, miso, tempeh, yogurt, and kefir.
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Understanding your Personality by combining Myers-Briggs Type Indiator with Eight Archetypes
We will apply the Myers-Briggs Type Incator [MBTI] (will be administered in first class) with eight archetypes that influence our personality. MBTI is a personality inventory to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful. It answers four questions:
How do you direct your energy and attention?
How do you prefer to take in information?
How do you prefer to make decisions?
How do you orient to the outer world?
We will be examing these archetypes:
Conscious Archetypes
First - Hero or Heroine - Powerful, effortless energy
Second - Good Parent - Protective, nurturing
Third - Puer/Puella - Playful and passionate
Fourth - Anima/Animus - Inferiority complex and idealization complex
Unconscious Archetypes
Fifth - Opposing Personality - Resistance and denial
Sixth - Witch/Senex - Internal and external critic
Seventh - Trickster - Deceptive saboteur
Eighth - Demon/Daemon - Source of despair and hope
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Introduction to the Bible: Historical Context of Ancient Israelite Scripture
Should the Bible be read as a history book?
Why are there TWO creation stories in Genesis?
Did the ancient Israelites always worship one God?
Did David really kill Goliath?
What impact do the Dead Sea Scrolls have on our understanding of the Bible?
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Make Media, Make Trouble
Saturday, October 2, 2010
3-5pm
Hosmer Library (lower level)
347 East 36th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Workshop Description:
In this 2-hour participatory workshop, we will first collectively examine some movement media (that is, media created from inside social movements for the explicit purpose of furthering radical change) from various local--global struggles crossing race, age, class and gender identities. Then, we'll do some mediamaking of our own. Bring your creative mind, political passions and willingness to interact. (And, if you want, a pencil, crayons, videocamera... whatever tools might come in handy!)
Participants will leave with tricks, tactics and inspiration for 1) making media for radical social change, and 2) taking action to make another wor(l)d possible.
Printed resources will also be available for participants to take home.
Register for this workshop via EXCO and a confirmation email/phone call will be made at least one week before the date.
About the Facilitator: Jaime is a Twin Cities Indymedia collective member, writer and discontent in south Minneapolis with experience facilitating participatory media trainings/workshops. To talk or ask questions, email me: bjhokanson[at]gmail.com.
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Designing for a Changing Future: Economic Stability Through Local Interdependence
People everywhere are seeking responses to the urgent problems of today--environmental degradation, growing scarcity of resources, especially oil, and an unregulated market economy that makes fabulous wealth for some and increasing financial and economic insecurity, if not poverty, for most. One response is the new emphasis on building a local economy--food and energy production and support for local businesses--to decrease the need for oil and production of CO2 and to increase community independence. But what can "independence" really mean in a world that relies on sophisticated technology, huge corporations to provide jobs and most consumer goods, and an educational system that prepares young people only to join the global economy?
This class will analyze this concept of "community independence." It will evaluate the essential needs of any community and then construct a framework within which these needs might be addressed through personal growth, creative thinking, investment, and cooperative work. It will offer specific ideas for evaluation in terms of their contribution to community independence.
Half of class time will be devoted to class discussion of ideas presented and ideas forthcoming from class.
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The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
Students will read the Communist Manifesto, then attend the class to discuss
its contents, including relevance for today, guided by a prepared list of
discussion questions.
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Winter Bike Commuting and Maintenance
Learn techniques about how to effectively ride your bike in the winter! Winter is cold but biking through the winter is doable. Learn skills to push how much you can ride in the cold weather!
Winter is also brutal on your bicycle. The roads get slippery, the bike lanes are icy, and the salt corrodes your brakes and gears. Learn some maintenance tips for keeping your bicycle running smoothly throughout the winter.
This is a THREE WEEK class; week 1 will be focused solely on commuting tips and ideas for how to ride in the winter. Weeks 2 and 3 will be about bike maintenance and some tips on how to keep your bike running smoothly and safely during the winter.
Schedule: Thursday evenings, October 22-November 5, 6:30-9:00pm.
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Learn to Play Recorder or Flute!
This class is designed for beginner and intermediate recorder, flute or oboe players who are interested in learning the fundamentals of performance and chamber music. Students will have the opportunity to perform as soloists as well as in small chamber ensembles and large recorder choirs. No previous experience is necessary. Please bring a flute, oboe or plastic/wooden soprano recorder to the first class.
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***REGISTRATION CLOSED *** Basic Bike Maintenance at Sibley Bike Depot (October)
***REGISTRATION CLOSED*** we'll offer another class in November.
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. You aren’t expected to know anything beforehand – the only thing you need to bring is yourself, your bike if you want, and a creative desire to learn!
Participants are encouraged to attend regularly, as each week builds upon skills and theories developed in previous sessions. Participants are encouraged to bring their own bicycle to work on; however, shop bicycles will also be available for tutorial and repair.
Class Schedule: September 13-27 - Three consecutive Sunday afternoons 4:15-6:30pm
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Mindful Eating
Do you eat most meals in under 10 minutes? Do you eat without any awareness
of taste and texture? Are you ready to gain consciousness at the dinner
table?
Our society is hyper-focused on food and yet we barely pay attention to what
we are eating - finding ourselves at the computer, watching television,
driving or talking on the phone - barely concentrating on the pleasures and
of food and the sensations of eating. We leave many meals feeling unsatisfied
because we barely remember eating anything at all.
Here is your opportunity to slow down and become mindful of eating. This is
your chance to release all the negative thoughts, emotions and beliefs you've
had about food.
October 19&26 - We will experience mindful eating in the classroom with
foods the instructor brings in. Please also bring your dinner to class.
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Beginning and Intermediate Clarinet Class
This class is designed for
beginner and intermediate clarinet students. Adults returning to the
instrument after a few years respite are especially encouraged to attend.
We will play a variety of music as soloists as well as in small ensembles.
We will also perform as a clarinet choir. Please bring a clarinet to
each class, including the first class.
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Basic Acting (even if you’re not a Broadway star or even a theatre major)
We will explore several different approaches to acting, including Stanislavki, Anna Deveare Smith, and Richard Schechner’s rasaboxes. There will be brief readings and discussion in-class (no homework is required)followed by acting games and exercises to make you a better actor, public speaker, presenter, etc. No experience is necessary—just a willing attitude. Tuesdays and Thursdays for 4 weeks.
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Open Poetry Collective
We are looking to start an open creative expression environment (poetry, art, songs, creative writing, etc) We want this to naturally evolve through a consensus of the group. So far ideas are that it would generally just be a once a week gathering for folks to share what they've been working on, free of judgements and free of needing to have what you have to share "be perfect." Maybe once a month there could be a positive criticism feedback if desired of the expressor at the end of a sharing. Generally, the key concept is to have a comfortable place to share.
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Bring Out Your Bodacious: Dance with Macalester’s Hip Hop Team
Macalester’s Hip Hop Dance Team
opens up to share the excitement of hip hop dance with the greater
student body and its surrounding community! Classes will be taught by
the members of Bodacious who have been exploring hip hop through
various forms within the team and want to share their passion. Each
class will be a great workout consisting of a fun warm-up and a routine
to discover a different dimension of hip hop dance. Open to everyone –
whether you already love to dance or want to try for the first time,
come and check it out!
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Introduction to Business Terms and Concepts (Fall '09)
These four sessions will be at Macalester College on consecutive Sundays from 1-3 Pm on 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, and 11/8 in room #206 of the Campus Center. The objective is to introduce some of the basic terms and ideas that are used in modern business, both in the workplace and in the media. Business is an important part of our culture and therefore we benefit from having a grasp of the meanings of the words used. It should help in your careers and in your citizenship to be better informed in these matters. This will be a rather informal class with the notion that none of you have a solid knowledge of the world of business. You should always feel free to ask questions when topics arise that you don’t completely understand, and know that your fellow students probably have the same or similar questions. If you don’t get a satisfactory answer in class you can fill out the “student question follow-up request” form or call or email me and I will respond ASAP.
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You are a Healer!
You are a Healer! is an intro course to the basics of healing and intuitive development. This 6 week class introduces the student to hands on healing and the process of opening up intuitively. Whether you are curious about metaphysical concepts or would like to learn how to work with your own intuitive gifts to facillitate healing, this class is for you! We will learn to connect with our Higher selves, how to "tune in" to our intuition, and release any blocks that may be stopping us from hearing our inner voice. We will also cover energy, chakras, auras, angels, Spirit Guides, disincarnate entities (ghosts), orbs, shielding, psychic tools such as the Tarot and runes, automatic writing, healing with crystals and more! Each class will include an in class healing session and/or meditation.
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Interpretative Dance
Liturgical or Interpretive dance is a course that teaches spiritual emphasis
on the movements of the body as instruments of praise and worship. Liturgical
dance is a sacred dance form that has been performed in celebrations of
weddings, triumphant victories and ceremonial rituals through out history in
Israel. The dances that this course will cover however will have a more
modern day approach than the traditional Jewish dances. The dances will be
accompanied by different types of music that is spiritually uplifting and
positive in its contents .The dancers will learn to how respond with an
appropriate movement that flows out of the music. Dancers will learn a short
choreographed piece and be introduced to performing improvisational movements
as well. The dance genres that make up liturgical dance are modern, modern
jazz and some afro modern dance styles. This is an open level course and
participants are not required to have any dance experience. The class will
begin at a slow to moderate pace beginning with a warm up of floor
excercises, stretch series and charge up with some cardio exercises prior to
covering the expressive portion of the dance. Participants are asked to limit
cell phone use while in class so that optimum time can be utilized.
Participants are asked not to bring small children or observers to rehearsals
so that the learning experience may not be interrupted. comfortable and
breathable attire is suggested. jeans, mini skirts and trousers can be
restrictive to movement and flexibility.The objective of this course is to
encourage individuals who desire to express themselves through movement but
have been afraid to do so and to inspire creative movement from the heart. It
my desire that we all have fun and discover a sense of wellness in the
process !
Minimum class size: 5
Maximum class size: 14
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Citizen Journalism: Empower Yourself, Empower Your Community
Journalism takes practice, and this introduction offers ways to get started writing and assignments that will put class lessons into practice. The four sessions will include:
- a brief history and introduction to journalism beginning with the penny press to our current multimedia, multiple platform landscape; identifying and surfacing story ideas and focusing stories; finding information and triangulating sources;
- five W's; basic story structures; hard and soft ledes; review of first story;
- interviewing strategies; features, investigative reporting, enterprise stories; review of second story;
- getting in print and on-line; op-ed, letter to the editor, blog post, community reporting; review of third story; plans for future.
We will use a class blog to publish and share stories generated during the class, and will explore other options for publishing participants' writing.
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Phantoms of Desire: Repoliticizing the films of Luis Buñuel
From 1929 to 1977, Spanish film director Luis Buñuel created a body of work that
sliced through expectations about what movies could be and do. Buñuel’s films
resist easy classification, and the director himself resisted any political
labels for himself or his work. However, Buñuel’s preoccupations with
Surrealism, psychoanalysis, the Catholic Church and the absurdities of daily life placed
his work in direct opposition to many of the forces active in twentieth-century
life.
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Hatha Yoga
A class designed to explore the various dimensions of the practice of yoga and give you the skills to begin a personal home practice. Through physical poses, meditation techniques, and personal reflection, we will develop strength and flexibility of both body and mind. Come and tap into the flow of energy and grace in your life!
Contact: lizwentworth@gmail.com
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Zumba Aereobicas
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Liderazgo Transformativo
Esta clase introduce ideas y herramientas de liderazgo hacia la justicia social. Venga a conocer teoria y practica noviolenta, aspectos de facilitacion, discurso publico y educacion popular y arte publica. Para jovenes y adultos.
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Darwin and the Origin of Species
2009 is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin. The Origin of Species was published in 1859 and forever altered the human conception of the natural world and our place in it. This course will be an opportunity to read through the book that started the controversy and discuss it in detail. There will be plenty of time for examining the ideas of the original text and the controversies that have dogged the idea of evolution ever since.
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Healing through Memoir and Collage
We’ll
work on autobiographical arts in a group workshop setting. People who
want to heal themselves from trauma or illness can try healing by
getting in touch with their inner stories. This is a short workshop
series on nonfiction writing and then assembling collages that connect
the specifics of memory with physical and emotional feelings. Professor
James Pennebaker’s research has shown that this effects healing in
patients, when typical diary-writing does not. In his book, Opening Up: the Healing Power of Expressing Emotions, research shows that it’s never too late for someone to heal emotional wounds, which in turn helps people heal physically.
We'll meet on Thursdays; don't feel bad about coming late or leaving early.
First meeting: reading the research, some memoirs, and writing the inner story
Second meeting: writing exercises, exploring memoirs
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