Session 23: Winter-Spring 2019
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Wednesday
23 January
2019 -
Queer Book Club: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space as one adventurous young explorer discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe.
user Instructor: Johnna Percell
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Saturday
9 February -
Writing with Serendipity: Gaining Inspiration from Found Objects
The hardest part of writing is waiting for inspiration to strike — but that’s where an indecipherable grocery list can help!
user Instructors: Sonia Booth, Stacie Marinelli
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Saturday
23 February -
Animal Sculptures of Dupont Circle
What do Party Animals, winged leopards, and woolly mammoths have in common? They’re all featured in this 3-mile walking tour.
user Instructor: Geoff Patterson
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Wednesday
27 February -
Queer Book Club: The Prince and the Dressmaker
Prince Sebastian and the brilliant dressmaker Frances star in this exuberantly romantic fairy tale of identity, young love, art, and family.
user Instructor: Johnna Percell
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Monday
11 March -
Meditation and Creativity: Leaping Beyond the Confines of the Conditioned Mind
How can meditation help us navigate uncertain situations? Eliza Barclay will introduce the practice of mindfulness meditation and lead a guided meditation session. Neuroscientist and long-time meditator Jeff Colombe will then give a talk on the science of meditation and creativity.
user Instructors: Eliza Barclay, Jeff Colombe
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Saturday
16 March -
Kitchen Ninja Skills: Fruits & Vegetables
Learn how to chop commonly used fruits and vegetables to ensure your food looks, cooks, and tastes great.
user Instructors: Olga Berman, Washington's Green Grocer
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Monday
18 March -
Queer Book Club: The Argonauts
Human meets human, falls in love, and explores the complexities and joys of (queer) family-making.
user Instructor: Johnna Percell
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Sunday
31 March -
Cooking Scrappy: Fighting Food Waste in the Kitchen
Learn (and taste!) delicious ways to incorporate typically wasted food scraps into your cooking.
user Instructors: April Thompson, Bertrand Brown-Orleans
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Wednesday
3 April -
Can I Really Buy a House in this DC Market?
Buying a house or condo in D.C. is expensive, but it may be more possible than you think.
user Instructor: Alex DeLorme and Laura Pimentel
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Wednesday
24 April -
Queer Book Club: Annie on My Mind
Two teenage girls’ friendship blossoms into love and, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, they promise to be true to each other and their feelings.
user Instructor: Johnna Percell
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Monday
29 April -
Illusions of Grandeur: Optical Illusions and What They Tell us About the Brain
Learn the bedazzling truth behind history’s most famous optical illusions, and learn how to use the power of thought to bend your reality.
user Instructor: Simon Kanter
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Saturday
11 May -
Fix Your Clothes: Hand Sewing for Total Beginners
Fight the forces of fast fashion by learning how to attach a button, darn a hole, and other basic hand sewing techniques.
user Instructor: Meg Hathaway
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Tuesday
21 May -
Introduction to Zulu
The “sky” is the limit with this primer on one of South Africa’s most widely spoken languages.
user Instructor: Ted An
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Queer Book Club: The Gang’s All Queer
Meet gang members whose gay identities complicate criminology’s portrayal and representation of gangs, gang members, and gang life.
user Instructor: Johnna Percell