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Essentials for iPhones - Online

$45

with Edward Brazee

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 12 pm

Unlock the full potential of your iPhone with iOS 18! This comprehensive course for Mac/Apple users will provide essential knowledge and skills to master the latest iOS features and enhancements. Learn to streamline your workflow with a redesigned Control Center. Discover powerful shortcuts. Enhance your interactions with a more intelligent Siri. Explore innovative communication tools with Apple Intelligence. Capture stunning photos to unleash your creativity with upgraded photo editing tools and discover hidden camera features. Customize your iPhone and make it uniquely yours with personalized settings, widgets, and accessibility options. Finally, learn to keep your iPhone running smoothly and efficiently with expert tips and troubleshooting techniques. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, this course will provide you with the confidence and expertise to navigate the iOS 18 world with ease. Enroll today and become an iOS 18 expert! Appropriate for anyone using iOS 18 (iPhone XR, 11 through 16, and SE (2nd & 3rd generations).

For best outcomes, it is recommended that you watch the course videos on a computer/iPad and have your iPhone in hand to try out ideas as you move through the videos.

Personalized support is available via email, phone, and Zoom.

Please have a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.

Ed Brazee lead instructor.

BoomerTECH Adventures courses are developed by three Maine educators, Ed Brazee, Jill Spencer, and Chris Toy with Ed as the primary instructor. He taught at the University of Maine for 25 years and 13 years before that as a middle and high school teacher in NY and CO.

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Beginner Belly Dance

$75

with Jessy Lynn Ostara

Calendar May 21, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Enjoy a judgment-free environment that emphasizes dance and positive body image while also offering support and encouragement! While beginners practice fundamental motions and combinations, intermediates polish their understanding and experiment with layers. The tummy-toning results are a positive side effect for inspiration! Explore movement, vocabulary, musicality, and history. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water.

Jessy Lynn Ostara, a 500-hour certified yoga instructor, has years of experience teaching several movement modalities. Her concentration is in meditative belly dance, yin, hatha, and chair yoga. She is also a certified meditation teacher through ShivaShakti School of Yoga and Healing Arts.

Full Course

Estate Planning

$15

with Eleanor Dominguez, Esq.

Calendar May 21, 2025 at 6 pm

A final will and testament, a durable power of attorney, an advanced health care directive, and HIPAA authorization are legal documents that every one of us needs. But as you age, the documents you need may change based on your goals, such as avoidance of probate, asset protection, or long-term care planning. Get your questions addressed while learning the significance of planning for long-term care and what estate documents you may need to accomplish your goals.

Eleanor Dominguez, Esq., has worked at Ainsworth, Thelin, & Raftice, PA since 2014, focusing on elder law, estate planning, and estate administration. In addition, she is accredited in preparing, presenting, and prosecuting claims for veterans' benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Full Course

Floating Embroidery: Spring Bouquet

$45

with Sarah deGrandis

Calendar May 22, 2025 at 6 pm

Create a magical floating piece of embroidery featuring a spring flower bouquet! Learn basic embroidery stitches to use on tulle in a 6-inch round hoop to create a lovely piece for your home or to give as a gift. All materials provided.

Sarah deGrandis is a formally trained artist and lifelong crafter with a BFA in New Media from the ME College of Art. She is passionate about learning different crafts and using modern, fun takes on traditional techniques.

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Simple Dinner Rolls

$55

with Mary Elizabeth Bailey

Calendar May 22, 2025 at 6 pm

Who doesn't want a fresh, warm roll to go with any meal?! Don't let making bread intimidate you! Learn some simple and easy techniques and recipes to make dinner rolls at home with ease. Expect some hot, buttery, delicious rolls to enjoy at the end of class. This is a demonstration class, however, students are welcome to either watch or join us in the kitchen. Bring an apron and baggies for leftovers. Recipes provided.

Mary Bailey, pastry chef and past owner/chef of Thyme and Honey Bakery in Biddeford, is passionate about baking bread and teaching people how to incorporate homemade bread into their daily lives.

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Death with Dignity Section 2 - Live Online

Free

with Valerie Lovelace

Calendar May 22, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Maine's compassionate end-of-life care option is the subject of a great deal of confusion and false information. Although Maine's Death with Dignity Act has been in place since September 2019, most patients and medical personnel are still unaware of it. Learn how to talk about it with your doctor, how to comply with the law, or how to help a family member who might qualify.

Preregistration required, with registration closing at noon on 5/22.

Val Lovelace founded the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Maine Death with Dignity and also serves as its executive director. She spearheaded a grassroots campaign from 2014 to 2019 to pass Maine's aid-in-dying statute, the Maine Death with Dignity Act. She is committed to providing factual information regarding medical aid in dying in the United States to politicians, healthcare professionals, patients, and their families.

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Aerial Yoga Section 3

$95

with Ashley Marie Jolly

Calendar May 23, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 6 weeks

Classes in aerial yoga include flips, tricks, and inversions. By keeping the swing at hip height, it transforms into a hammock that supports you during backbends and inversions and offers a unique way to build core, arm, and leg strength. Flow and fly in your aerial swing during these 50-minute lessons, fusing the grace of yoga with the freedom of flight. Wear comfortable workout-type clothes but nothing too loose, and be prepared to go barefoot.

Ashley Jolly is certified in both barre and aerial yoga. Her main focuses are on strength, stability, and flexibility, as she finds these to be the trifecta of great fitness.

Full Course

Intro to Nature Journaling

$15

with Beverly Thorpe

Calendar May 24, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 4 weeks

All levels welcome! Engage curiosity about the natural world using drawing and discussion. The first class will be held at the Saco Learning Center and class locations to various nature-rich areas will be discussed weekly and includes Clifford Park and Blandings Park Wildlife Sanctuary. Beverly will call by 9am IF the class is moved indoors (to the Saco Learning Center) due to inclement weather. No class 6/7.

Bring a 5.5- X 8.5-inch spiral multimedia sketchbook, mechanical pencil with eraser, several gel or ballpoint pens with fine or medium points as well as a container to hold your materials when traveling to different sites. Optional: Watercolor pencil set (instructor recommends Pentel Arts Aquash water brushes available on Amazon - materials approx. $35).

Beverly Thorpe is a Maine Master Naturalist and artist working with various forms of art including metalsmithing, drawing, painting and creating artist books. She leads nature walks on local trails focused on native plants & trees, and loves to share the awe-inspiring beauty of nature with others.

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