In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment.  Learn to play piano the way professionals do-using chords.  Since this class is being held online with ZOOM you will be able to sit at your piano or keyboard at home and take this course with no pressure at all.  And since this course includes an online book and online follow up video lessons, you will be able to continue your practice and study on your own. 

An optional periodic online question and answer session is also included.  A recording of the class is included as well. The course is partly lecture/demonstration and partly hands on instruction.

Topics include:

• How chords work in a song
• How to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it
• How to form the three main types of chords
• How to handle different keys and time signatures
• How to avoid “counting”
• How to simplify over 12,000 complex chords

Have you ever wanted to learn the guitar but simply find it difficult to find the time?  In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. 

This interactive crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away.  Since this class is being held online with ZOOM, you will be able to sit at home with your guitar and take this class without any pressure at all.   And since the class includes an online book and online follow-up video lessons, you will be able to continue your practice and study on your own. 

An optional periodic online question and answer session is also included.   A recording of the class is included as well. 

Class limited to 25 students.  For ages 13+. 

Topics include:                

• How chords work in a song                
• How to form the three main types of chords                
• How to tune your guitar                
• Basic strumming patterns                
• How to buy a good guitar (things to avoid)                
• How to play along with simple tunes

Dennis Price, founder and director of Capital City Improv, brings 24 years of improv experience to this introduction class, meant to introduce students to the basic foundations of improv. No experience needed. Positive attitude is a must! Learn the techniques that help create something wonderful, right on the spot!

6 Week Series - Mondays, 6-8P

September 25th, October 2nd, 16th, 23rd, 30th & November 6th

NO CLASS Monday, October 19th, 2023.

Dennis Price has been fascinated with improvisation since he was a kid and watched his first episode of Second City TV. He saw his first Second City Improv show in 1994 and fell in love. He lived in Chicago for three years, studying improv all over the city, and in 2003 moved to Maine full time to perform and direct around the state. In 2012, Capital City Improv was born in Readfield, Maine, and Dennis and his troupe of comedians and improvisers have been performing in and around the state of Maine and beyond. He is excited to teach this Intro class for Augusta Adult Education.

http://www.capitalcityimprov.com/

During these three sessions you will learn basic accounting principles and how to applythem to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization.

For this workshop, you may sign-up for a year of QB online at no cost by using a school email account. This will be arranged by the program.

This is a live online class using ZOOM, taught by Val Landry

3 weeks, Tuesdays 830a-1130a

Sep 26 - Oct 10, 2023

Maine JobLink is a web-based job-matching and labor market information system. Maine JobLink provides job seekers, employers, and training providers with easy-to-use tools that support a wide range of activities. As a service of the public workforce system, Maine JobLink is completely free for you to use. Brenda, from the CareerCenter of Maine, will be leading this Advising Workshop Topic! 

Whether you’re an individual looking for the perfect career opportunity, an employer looking for the ideal job candidate, or a training provider who wants to get the word out about your programs, check out the tools and services on Maine JobLink and let Maine work for you. 

Although FREE to attend, we ask that your Register so that we can be prepared for the Workshop!

MaineGeneral's Harm Reduction Program leads a training and conversation on Overdose Response and Narcan Administration. The presentation will begin discussing what harm reduction means, and what opioids are, before identifying what an opioid overdose looks like. The training will then discuss steps for responding to an overdose, and close with a conversation of the Good Samaritan Law. Attendees are invited to ask any questions and/or share experiences throughout. Every attendee will be offered a Narcan kit in addition to education materials to leave the class with. 

https://www.mainegeneral.org/about-us/community-health/harm-reduction/

Participants will walk the fields and trails among among Augusta's beautiful Parks, collect nature findings, take photographs, and do some field study sketches.

They will return to the education center building to continue creating studies of their findings and photographs.

Media specific techniques including watercolor, charcoal, conte, and multi-grade pencils will be available for those wishing to learn a new skill..

Unless it's pouring rain, this workshop will take place rain or shine. A rescheduling if inclement weather is possible.

September 30th, BiCentennial Nature Park

October 21st, Bond Brook Trails

November 18th, Buker Community Center

December 30th, Buker Community Center

Studio materials will be available from the Instructor for an additional fee, based on need, costs will range $3.50-7.50/class.

Shalimar Chassé of Create Wellness KV ME has been teaching public school art for almost 30 years. She was awarded Maine State Art Educator of the Year in 2009. She grew up in Auburn and lives with her husband and their two dogs in east Augusta. Beginning in 2014, she facilitated a community arts program at the Buker Center Augusta. In 2020, BSA (Buker Studio Arts) moved to the Viles Arboretum and assumed the new name KVC (Kennebec Valley Community) Arts. This year-round program has been running for almost 10 years. Shalimar is a lover of the Maine outdoors and enjoys sharing nature and arts with the Augusta and surrounding communities. She is well versed in a breadth of media types and has a special interest in choice-based art education.

Participants will walk the fields and trails among among Augusta's beautiful Parks, collect nature findings, take photographs, and do some field study sketches.

They will return to the education center building to continue creating studies of their findings and photographs.

Media specific techniques including watercolor, charcoal, conte, and multi-grade pencils will be available for those wishing to learn a new skill..

Unless it's pouring rain, this workshop will take place rain or shine. A rescheduling if inclement weather is possible.

September 30th, BiCentennial Nature Park

Studio materials will be available from the Instructor for an additional fee, based on need, costs will range $3.50-7.50/class.

Shalimar Chassé of Create Wellness KV ME has been teaching public school art for almost 30 years. She was awarded Maine State Art Educator of the Year in 2009. She grew up in Auburn and lives with her husband and their two dogs in east Augusta. Beginning in 2014, she facilitated a community arts program at the Buker Center Augusta. In 2020, BSA (Buker Studio Arts) moved to the Viles Arboretum and assumed the new name KVC (Kennebec Valley Community) Arts. This year-round program has been running for almost 10 years. Shalimar is a lover of the Maine outdoors and enjoys sharing nature and arts with the Augusta and surrounding communities. She is well versed in a breadth of media types and has a special interest in choice-based art education.