Register for your private one-hour appointment! Topics include social media, email and attachments, music apps, Microsoft Office, the internet, or saving, sending, and editing photographs. Get tips on backing up your work and virus prevention programs. Bring your laptop or use one of ours. Please bring all usernames and passwords for your computer and/or any programs (Microsoft, websites, email, etc.) that you need assistance with.

Jeanne Cassidy, MA, CPCM, PMP, has worked with computers for 30+ years in the military and aerospace industries. She enjoys sharing her extensive experience with people who want to become more familiar with existing technology.

Register for your private one-hour appointment! Topics include social media, email and attachments, music apps, Microsoft Office, the internet, or saving, sending, and editing photographs. Get tips on backing up your work and virus prevention programs. Bring your laptop or use one of ours. Please bring all usernames and passwords for your computer and/or any programs (Microsoft, websites, email, etc.) that you need assistance with.

Jeanne Cassidy, MA, CPCM, PMP, has worked with computers for 30+ years in the military and aerospace industries. She enjoys sharing her extensive experience with people who want to become more familiar with existing technology.

What is fast fashion? Examine the environmental and social impacts of fast fashion and its contribution to waste, pollution, and labor practices. Explore sustainable alternatives and consumer actions to mitigate these issues, as well as ways to properly manage textile waste. Join us to understand the true cost of fast fashion and discover how we can promote a more ethical and sustainable industry. Registration closes at 10 AM 11/18. Zoom link provided by instructor.

Beatrice Johnson, BS Ecology & Environmental Sciences from UMO, has been working in environmental sustainability since she graduated. She has found her place in teaching sustainable waste management and loves to see people taking simple steps to reduce their carbon footprint, bettering the future of the world.

Make Happy Holidays!

Make different holiday decorations at each session, including wreath ornaments, sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and popcorn/cranberry garlands that keep year after year! Use a variety of stitches and skills ranging from single and double crochets to puff and post stitches to increases, decreases and picots. Join the circle and spread some holiday cheer in your home or give these as amazing handmade gifts! All materials provided and all skill levels welcome.

Myriah Davis, owner & operator of Davis Arts, a pop-culture-based art business, has more than 20 years of crochet experience. Her goal is to share her enthusiasm for all things yarn, but especially crochet, with everyone she meets.

Understanding how a budget operates is among the most challenging areas of home budgeting. It's more involved than just keeping an accurate checkbook. Get information on how to start a budget, track it, set priorities and goals, save money, detect spending patterns, and more. Sponsored by Lighthouse Credit Union.

Matthew Sudsbury-Francois has more than seven years of experience in the banking sector. He began as a teller and advanced to his current position as branch manager at the Biddeford location.

Michael Rumo, who has 13 years of experience in the financial sector and has held a number of positions, is currently Lighthouse's regional manager.

Insights and Guidance From the Cards

The Tarot is an ancient repository of wisdom. It provides clarity and guidance on life's challenges as well as deep wisdom on our soul's path. This class, for beginners and experienced Tarot readers, will explore creative approaches to the Tarot by examining the Major and Minor Arcana cards, simple layouts and games to broaden our knowledge. This class is designed to reflect the Tarot's origins as a game but with an emphasis on nurturing individual growth. Please bring a Tarot deck (Rider Waite preferred, but bring deck you are currently using).

Margaret Jones, M.Ed., tarot reader, educator, and award-winning storyteller, facilitates seminars as a national trainer to assist individuals on their path to self-discovery. She is the author of Walking Sacred Sites: Listening to the Stories, a collection of articles about her journeys to sacred places across the world.

Discover the art of rug hooking!

Janet will guide you through each stage of this joyful, simple, and uncomplicated art form. Discover how easy it is to add rovings, hand-spun and synthetic yarns, felting techniques, and decorations once you've mastered the fundamentals. Discuss the origins and history of primitive rug hooking, how to gather and prepare materials, and where to look for design inspiration.

Kits, ranging from $41-$60 and payable to Janet in class, include a hook, instructions, binding, burlap, a hoop and a selection of one-of-a-kind heirloom and hand-dyed wools.

Review designs/kits at jconnerhookedrugs.com and email jconnerhookedrugs@gmail.com specifying your kit choice(s). No experience necessary.

Bring lunch and a sharp fabric scissors.

Janet Conner, BS in Art Education from Moore College of Art & Design, is a member of the Saco Valley Fiber Artists, and exhibits regionally and at ME Fiber Arts Center. Her hooked designs, as well as those of her students', have been highlighted in Finishing Hooked Rugs and Rug Hooking Magazine. In 2016, Janet co-authored the book Rug Hooking Traditions with James and Mercedes Hutchinson. She released Magnificent Hooked Rugs, influenced by Western art history, in 2020. She teaches both domestically and abroad.

An estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste end up in landfills each year in America. Let's keep some clothes out of the landfill by learning basic hand-mending stitches! Explore different stitch techniques and create your own cloth stitching sampler book to take home. All materials provided.

Sara Ottomano has more than 10 years of experience teaching art classes. She enjoys encouraging others to play with materials, explore sustainable artmaking practices, and create stories together.