Friday, August 31, 2012

October adult programs


Feasting on 10-Minute Harvest Meals
Tuesday, October 2, 6:30 to 8:30

We all want to eat well but our busy schedules often keep us from taking the time to cook healthy meals.  Understanding what ingredients to stock up on at the local farm and what to have in your refrigerator, pantry, and freezer is key to whipping up a fast, healthy, and delicious meal.  Join chef Liz Barbour to learn how to use your pantry and your local market to create and cook delicious, healthy meals in 10 minutes


The Joy of Getting things Done
Thursday, October 11 7 to 8:30 PM

Is your life running you instead of the other way around?  Do you struggle to keep up with everyday demands and challenges? The problem is often not a lack of willpower or self-discipline; it's a lack of having effective systems in place. Life coach Linda King teaches systems and strategies that can help you use time more effectively, tackle overwhelming projects and incorporate new routines in your life


Antiques Roadshow: What's my Antique worth Plus tips of the trade
Tuesday, October 16, 7 to 9 PM

Join us for our own unique Antiques Roadshow and hear what licensed auctioneer and certified appraiser Ron Wackowski has to say about the items he sees that evening.  Registrants for this program are welcome to bring ONE 'portable' small item of interest and Ron hopes to be able to offer historic and monetary value on about 25 items (as time allows) during the evening.  The items will be placed on a large table and Ron will choose what items to focus on.  Ron, who has more than 40 years of experience with the antique trade, will also provide answers to the most common questions he is asked.
 
 


Halloween Special - The Vampire in Literature and Film: A Very strange love story

Tuesday, October 23, 7 to 8:30 PM

Dr. Sue Weaver Schopf, Associate dean and director of the Master of Liberal Arts Program, Research advisor in the humanities and lecturer at the Harvard Extension School, explores the evolution of the myth of the vampire.  The vampire is everywhere in popular culture today, Although this mythic creature has occurred in diverse mythologies for thousands of years, and occupied the literary imagination of authors and audiences for over two hundred, at no other time has it been represented in such an intriguing variety of ways. With what fears and fantasies in the human psyche does it connect?