Tag Archive: Workshop
Making Poetry
Poetry instructor Jan Chronister says: “I like to use the metaphor that writing a good poem is like making a quality piece of furniture: You can make furniture out of old used pallets, or you can make it out of fine hardwood polished to a sheen. I enjoy helping poets craft a good poem thatContinue Reading
Make your own black ash ‘Blueberry Basket’
We are very fortunate to have local basket maker and long-time basketry teacher Mark Boyce teaching our upcoming class, “Make your own black ash ‘Blueberry Basket!’” In this class, you will make a blueberry picking basket from strips of black ash that have been pounded off an ash tree. We’ll use mostly beginner techniques andContinue Reading
Tim and Andrew’s Top Circular Saw Tips
Set up your work so that the piece being cut off can fall away and not bind the saw blade Use a guide for your saw’s base plate – this could be a framing square or a homemade jig, so you can follow a straight, square line. Stabilize the material with clamps to your sawContinue Reading
Learn to play old time banjo!
Registration is open for ‘Learn to play old time banjo!’ Want to learn to start playing banjo? This class is for you! Instructor Kyle Ollah is teaching a class for folks with not much (or any) experience playing banjo. Kyle uses a sweet hand-made banjo he received from Charlie Parr, and he has a passionContinue Reading
Bike Maintenance: It’s All About The Wheels
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It’s All About The Wheels
June 23, 2016
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Description In this class we’ll explore and practice all things related to your bicycle’s wheels. Key topics that we will practice are truing your wheel (when your wheel gets a bit of wobble, this is how you get it straight again), dealing with and preventing problems with tires and tubes (like fixing flats), and finally, (more…)
Making Poetry
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Wed, Aug 3
August 3, 2016
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm -
Wed, Aug 10
August 10, 2016
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sorry, this class has been canceled. Description This is an introduction to writing poetry. We will cover the craft as well as the process of writing a meaningful piece. You will produce numerous poems during the course of the class. For students who are interested, there will be a subsequent class: ‘Creating a Chapbook,’ where (more…)
Learn to play old time banjo!
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Tuesday, July 12, 6p - 7p
July 12, 2016
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -
Wednesday, July 13, 6p - 7p
July 13, 2016
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -
Thursday, July 14, 6p - 7p
July 14, 2016
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -
Friday, July 15, 6p - 7:30p
July 15, 2016
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Description You will be in a workshop setting similar to what you might find at an old-time music festival. Our goal is to inspire you to get out to a few festivals and start playing with others! Old-Time music is the genre name given by early recordings companies to the early string band music in (more…)
