Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

You’ve been working hard on your ukulele skills all year long for your big chance on the stage! Get ready to perform at the Mighty Uke Day festival the weekend of May 9 in Old Town Lansing. We’ll take a handful of our favorite songs and work on arranging them with dynamics, strum patterns, alternate chords, and more. The crowd will go wild! All music will be provided. Maximum 45. Instructor: Ben Hassenger

What’s So Funny is a weekly session to learn about, discuss and enjoy humor. Most weeks will focus on a theme, such as political, elder humor, etc. The goals of these sessions are to learn a little, laugh a lot. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Drop-in cost: $2 (M), $3 (NM) This group reads nonfiction on a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, history and more. Group members choose the readings together and are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the material. Everyone is welcome to join this dynamic group! The next four books are “The Ungrateful Refugee,” by Dina Nayeri; “Hidden Figures,” by Margot Lee Shetterly; “Successful Aging,” by Daniel J. Levitin; and “Songs of America,” by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw. Facilitator: Lisa Thelen

Keep up with local, national and world-wide news, including the economy, sports, politics and the arts. Your views are important. All points of view are considered. Bring us your own topics. * We are a “learning center”! * Our discussions are lively and courteous. * We bring a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the group. * Your viewpoints are welcome. Join us!

Join this lively group as they read and discuss “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout, a Pulitzer Prize winning novel. “In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge.”

Join line dancing for fun, exercise, and staying involved in a social activity. No partner needed. No experience needed. Instructor: Yvonne Curtis-Major

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Improve posture, balance and flexibility! This class is for beginners but will challenge all fitness levels using chair exercises. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

If you’ve taken Beginning Ukulele class and are ready for the next step, but don’t quite feel ready to move up to the Intermediate level, this Beginners Plus class is for you. Students should feel at ease playing C, F, G7, Am, G, D7 and Em chords along with a few strum variations. This would also be appropriate for any Intermediate Ukulele class students who feel a bit over their heads at that level. Must provide your own music stand. Maximum 30. Instructor: Liz Wright

Play this social game of numerical strategy—it will stimulate your mind! Chinese and American versions played.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

The tech labs will meet each Friday afternoon from 1–3 p.m. in the computer lab. Please call ahead to let the office know you are planning to attend. Three MSU student groups, Spartans Rebuilding Michigan, Spartan Ambassadors and Phi Sigma Theta, are helping this year, along with Llewellyn Drong, who covers the lab during university breaks.

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

This more challenging class is for those who have taken Stretch, Flex & Balance I. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

March 3 • Swing Shift Maisie, 1943, 87 min. March 10 • RIFIFI, 1955, French, 90 min. March 17 • Lucky Jordan, 1943, 90 min. March 24 • The Blue Dahlia, 1946, 110 min. March 31 • Party Girl, 1958, 99 min. April 7 • Izzy and Moe, 1985, 90 min. Facilitator: John Larson

Tai Chi is a series of continuous, connected movements sometimes called a moving meditation. It is relaxing and invigorating at the same time. Tai Chi strengthens muscles, builds bone density, reduces cholesterol, lowers blood pressure and more. It develops balance, focus and control, which will benefit you mentally as well as physically. See Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi by Wayne and Fuerst. Feel free to come in 15 minutes before class to ask questions or warm up. Maximum 15. Instructor: Linda Peet

Cardio, yoga, pilates, balance and resistance training are in this popular class! All equipment provided. No need to sign up ahead of time. AFAA Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Bill Wiseman

To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

You’ve been working hard on your ukulele skills all year long for your big chance on the stage! Get ready to perform at the Mighty Uke Day festival the weekend of May 9 in Old Town Lansing. We’ll take a handful of our favorite songs and work on arranging them with dynamics, strum patterns, alternate chords, and more. The crowd will go wild! All music will be provided. Maximum 45. Instructor: Ben Hassenger

What’s So Funny is a weekly session to learn about, discuss and enjoy humor. Most weeks will focus on a theme, such as political, elder humor, etc. The goals of these sessions are to learn a little, laugh a lot. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Drop-in cost: $2 (M), $3 (NM) This group reads nonfiction on a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, history and more. Group members choose the readings together and are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the material. Everyone is welcome to join this dynamic group! The next four books are “The Ungrateful Refugee,” by Dina Nayeri; “Hidden Figures,” by Margot Lee Shetterly; “Successful Aging,” by Daniel J. Levitin; and “Songs of America,” by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw. Facilitator: Lisa Thelen

Keep up with local, national and world-wide news, including the economy, sports, politics and the arts. Your views are important. All points of view are considered. Bring us your own topics. * We are a “learning center”! * Our discussions are lively and courteous. * We bring a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the group. * Your viewpoints are welcome. Join us!

Join this lively group as they read and discuss “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout, a Pulitzer Prize winning novel. “In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge.”

Join line dancing for fun, exercise, and staying involved in a social activity. No partner needed. No experience needed. Instructor: Yvonne Curtis-Major

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

Wood carving is made accessible and fun in this class where popular instructor, Fred Erbisch, starts you off with basic shapes already formed. The Session I project will be a relief carving of your choice of a mermaid or dove, Session II will be an in-the-round piece titled a “fish in a fish in a fish” and the last session, Session III, will feature letter openers with your choice of a beaver or unicorn. All skill levels are welcome and all tools and materials will be provided. Maximum 12. Instructor: Fred Erbisch

If you have an interest in what the world may be like in years to come, wish to share your point of view, and/or sharpen your perspective, please join in on this ongoing discussion group. The willingness to listen and consider new ideas and add to the discussion will make this a dynamic group. Topics for future meetings will depend on what the group decides. All are welcome. Maximum 12.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Improve posture, balance and flexibility! This class is for beginners but will challenge all fitness levels using chair exercises. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

This project calls for a unique technique that will create a lot of “happy accidents”. We will draw, transfer, then throw in all the color at once. This “negative painting” will draw out the subject in the foreground. $5 supply fee to instructor. Maximum 12. Instructor: Carolyn Donahue

If you’ve taken Beginning Ukulele class and are ready for the next step, but don’t quite feel ready to move up to the Intermediate level, this Beginners Plus class is for you. Students should feel at ease playing C, F, G7, Am, G, D7 and Em chords along with a few strum variations. This would also be appropriate for any Intermediate Ukulele class students who feel a bit over their heads at that level. Must provide your own music stand. Maximum 30. Instructor: Liz Wright

Play this social game of numerical strategy—it will stimulate your mind! Chinese and American versions played.

Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, by Adam Szymkowicz (Cost includes a digital copy of the script & show ticket) Each “Behind the Scenes” event has three sessions. ¦ First class (April 9): Open discussion of the play & related historical context will be led by MSU faculty or a community expert. ¦ The play: Behind the Scenes includes a ticket to the production at MSU on the day/time of your choosing. ¦ Second class (April 23): The second class will feature a post-performance “talk back” with those involved in the production. The classes will be led by a combination of MSU Department of Theatre faculty, production collaborators & Friends of MSU Theatre board members. Participants have the option of attending a performance on date of their choice. Reading of the script is optional. Play run: April 10–19 (See http://theatre.msu.edu/marian for dates & times) Play is performed in the Passant Theatre. Facilitators: Carol Bryson, Sam Austin & Joan Mattson.

This favorite game will challenge your skills of strategy. We are welcoming new players.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

The tech labs will meet each Friday afternoon from 1–3 p.m. in the computer lab. Please call ahead to let the office know you are planning to attend. Three MSU student groups, Spartans Rebuilding Michigan, Spartan Ambassadors and Phi Sigma Theta, are helping this year, along with Llewellyn Drong, who covers the lab during university breaks.

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

Enjoy gaining strength while also gaining flexibility by performing standard Yoga poses sitting in a chair or standing. Breathing will be an important part of the class as we warm up, work on gentle stretches, challenge our balance and strength and go to deeper stretches. All levels welcome. AFAA Certified Instructor: Amy Convey

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

If you are interested in pushing yourself to grow as an artist, then welcome! In this class, we will be furthering techniques learned in Beginning Drawing as well as learning new and more complicated techniques. We will explore new avenues of expression though the majority of work will still focus on direct observation. Experimental techniques and concepts will also be addressed. More emphasis will be placed on creating complex, sustained artworks by utilizing design principles (balance, unity, etc.) and self-analysis. Remember, it’s more about effort and participation, not skill level. I would love to see you continue to further your artistic skills by taking Drawing 2. Let’s set a good example to the Drawing 1 class so they can see what hard work can create! Ask for supply list when you sign up. Maximum 12. Instructor: Richard Tanner

If you love words and language, this classic game will provide hours of fun! All skill levels are welcome!

Come to the new expanded Read Aloud. We will still be reading aloud from a wide variety of materials (including any of your original work). There will also be time for expressing “what’s on your mind.” Come join us. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

This more challenging class is for those who have taken Stretch, Flex & Balance I. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

Speaking casually about death is taboo in many cultures, but death is part of life, and when we talk about it, we help normalize it. Normalizing death helps us better prepare for it. You can’t prepare for something you don’t acknowledge. By having conversations about death, you can help others feel more comfortable about death, too, so it’s not viewed as something morbid, but something absolutely worth talking about. “At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.” — From the Death Cafe website. Facilitator: Julie Dillon

To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

You’ve been working hard on your ukulele skills all year long for your big chance on the stage! Get ready to perform at the Mighty Uke Day festival the weekend of May 9 in Old Town Lansing. We’ll take a handful of our favorite songs and work on arranging them with dynamics, strum patterns, alternate chords, and more. The crowd will go wild! All music will be provided. Maximum 45. Instructor: Ben Hassenger

What’s So Funny is a weekly session to learn about, discuss and enjoy humor. Most weeks will focus on a theme, such as political, elder humor, etc. The goals of these sessions are to learn a little, laugh a lot. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Drop-in cost: $2 (M), $3 (NM) This group reads nonfiction on a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, history and more. Group members choose the readings together and are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the material. Everyone is welcome to join this dynamic group! The next four books are “The Ungrateful Refugee,” by Dina Nayeri; “Hidden Figures,” by Margot Lee Shetterly; “Successful Aging,” by Daniel J. Levitin; and “Songs of America,” by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw. Facilitator: Lisa Thelen

Sewers and non-sewers alike are welcome to help construct small bags later filled with feminine products to be distributed at over 100 local charities. Some sewing machines will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.

Keep up with local, national and world-wide news, including the economy, sports, politics and the arts. Your views are important. All points of view are considered. Bring us your own topics. * We are a “learning center”! * Our discussions are lively and courteous. * We bring a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the group. * Your viewpoints are welcome. Join us!

Join this lively group as they read and discuss “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout, a Pulitzer Prize winning novel. “In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge.”

Join line dancing for fun, exercise, and staying involved in a social activity. No partner needed. No experience needed. Instructor: Yvonne Curtis-Major

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

Enjoy gaining strength while also gaining flexibility by performing standard Yoga poses sitting in a chair or standing. Breathing will be an important part of the class as we warm up, work on gentle stretches, challenge our balance and strength and go to deeper stretches. All levels welcome. AFAA Certified Instructor: Amy Convey

Join instructor Julie as she leads participants through an indoors (and sometimes outdoors) walking course at the community center. Learn warm up and cool down stretches along with balance exercises you can add to your home walking practice. All levels welcome. No need to sign up ahead of time. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Wood carving is made accessible and fun in this class where popular instructor, Fred Erbisch, starts you off with basic shapes already formed. The Session I project will be a relief carving of your choice of a mermaid or dove, Session II will be an in-the-round piece titled a “fish in a fish in a fish” and the last session, Session III, will feature letter openers with your choice of a beaver or unicorn. All skill levels are welcome and all tools and materials will be provided. Maximum 12. Instructor: Fred Erbisch

If you have an interest in what the world may be like in years to come, wish to share your point of view, and/or sharpen your perspective, please join in on this ongoing discussion group. The willingness to listen and consider new ideas and add to the discussion will make this a dynamic group. Topics for future meetings will depend on what the group decides. All are welcome. Maximum 12.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Improve posture, balance and flexibility! This class is for beginners but will challenge all fitness levels using chair exercises. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

This project calls for a unique technique that will create a lot of “happy accidents”. We will draw, transfer, then throw in all the color at once. This “negative painting” will draw out the subject in the foreground. $5 supply fee to instructor. Maximum 12. Instructor: Carolyn Donahue

If you’ve taken Beginning Ukulele class and are ready for the next step, but don’t quite feel ready to move up to the Intermediate level, this Beginners Plus class is for you. Students should feel at ease playing C, F, G7, Am, G, D7 and Em chords along with a few strum variations. This would also be appropriate for any Intermediate Ukulele class students who feel a bit over their heads at that level. Must provide your own music stand. Maximum 30. Instructor: Liz Wright

Play this social game of numerical strategy—it will stimulate your mind! Chinese and American versions played.

Perfect for narrow spaces, these serene sculptures are a dance of opaque, translucent, and iridescent fused glass. Any color combination may be used to fit within your décor. The dimensions are 21 inches high by 2 inches wide. Some basic glass cutting techniques will be taught and used. Some examples are displayed in the art studio. Class participants will make two bands in this class. Participants must be able to cut glass on their own or be willing to learn how to do so. Maximum 6. Instructor: Kelly Arndt

Zumba — the perfect combination of fun, movement and music designed just for you. We take the “work” out of workout. Come join the fun! Maximum 29.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

We are grateful to the LCC nursing students for providing quality foot care to our community. There is a $25 charge for this service. The nursing students will soak your feet, give a relaxing foot massage and cut your toe nails. Three clinics are planned: Friday, Feb. 21; Friday, March 20; and Friday, April 17. The time is 12–2:30 p.m. (Last appointment is at 2:30 p.m.) Please call 517- 337-1113 to schedule your appointment.

The tech labs will meet each Friday afternoon from 1–3 p.m. in the computer lab. Please call ahead to let the office know you are planning to attend. Three MSU student groups, Spartans Rebuilding Michigan, Spartan Ambassadors and Phi Sigma Theta, are helping this year, along with Llewellyn Drong, who covers the lab during university breaks.

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

Maybe this is the next step to a trip to Italy! The continuing program will be set around more specific subjects including 1) At the restaurant/bar 2) Traveling: taxi, train, plane 3) Shopping 4) Being out and about. No purchase of materials is required, but please bring lined paper and a pen. Teacher Giorgio Burigana is an Italian national born in Venice. Maximum 10. Instructor: Giorgio Burigana

Back by popular demand, this seminar will introduce attendees to estate planning and its goals: wills, living trusts, probate court administration of decedents’ estates, techniques used to avoid probate, using powers of attorney to plan for disability, writing a letter of instruction to survivors and how to get started with preparing an estate plan. Presenter Theodore E. Hughes, Michigan Assistant Attorney General for Law (Ret.), is a graduate of the Detroit College of Law and has practiced in the area of estate planning. Facilitator: Theodore Hughes

Participants will read literature from Spanish-speaking countries.

Enjoy gaining strength while also gaining flexibility by performing standard Yoga poses sitting in a chair or standing. Breathing will be an important part of the class as we warm up, work on gentle stretches, challenge our balance and strength and go to deeper stretches. All levels welcome. AFAA Certified Instructor: Amy Convey

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

LinkedIn allows members to create profiles and “connections” to each other in an online social network, representing real-world professional and social relationships. This workshop will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to create, maintain, and update a profile on LinkedIn, as well and be able to navigate the professional social networking site. Attendees should bring a laptop computer or borrow one from the Prime Time office. Please let the office know if you plan to use one of our Chromebooks. Maximum 10.

Like sculpting with wire, “Imagination allows you to bend the rules of the temporal world.” (Amy Sherald). This course is a basic exploration of wire sculptural concepts and technical processes using various materials to translate ideas into three-dimensional form. We will explore the use of media and materials, extend three dimensional thinking by means of additive, subtractive, and construction approaches to sculpture, and broaden the understanding and appreciation of contemporary sculpture. Ask for supply list when you sign up. Maximum 12. Instructor: Richard Tanner

If you love words and language, this classic game will provide hours of fun! All skill levels are welcome!

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

OPEN ART STUDIO IS FOR EVERYONE Join other creative-minded folks as they work on Prime Time art class creations or venture into inspired territory of their own on Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to Noon. The atmosphere is supportive and fun. All are welcome. No charge for materials if you’re working on a project that’s part of a class you are currently enrolled in. But if you are not enrolled in a class, please pay for the materials or bring your own. (You may pay for scrap glass per pound or purchase your own supplies at Delphi.) Due to the generosity of our monthly art sponsors, we are able to cover the cost of the open art studio. Going forward, the $3 fee will be waived. Enjoy the use of the art lab and camaraderie that it generates through creative play!

Come to the new expanded Read Aloud. We will still be reading aloud from a wide variety of materials (including any of your original work). There will also be time for expressing “what’s on your mind.” Come join us. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

This more challenging class is for those who have taken Stretch, Flex & Balance I. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

This necklace is as pretty as it is artistic. Bead kit is included with a color selection. Learn a technique that you can carry forward using a variety of materials. Maximum 6. Instructor: Donna Graves

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

You’ve been working hard on your ukulele skills all year long for your big chance on the stage! Get ready to perform at the Mighty Uke Day festival the weekend of May 9 in Old Town Lansing. We’ll take a handful of our favorite songs and work on arranging them with dynamics, strum patterns, alternate chords, and more. The crowd will go wild! All music will be provided. Maximum 45. Instructor: Ben Hassenger

What’s So Funny is a weekly session to learn about, discuss and enjoy humor. Most weeks will focus on a theme, such as political, elder humor, etc. The goals of these sessions are to learn a little, laugh a lot. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Drop-in cost: $2 (M), $3 (NM) This group reads nonfiction on a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, history and more. Group members choose the readings together and are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the material. Everyone is welcome to join this dynamic group! The next four books are “The Ungrateful Refugee,” by Dina Nayeri; “Hidden Figures,” by Margot Lee Shetterly; “Successful Aging,” by Daniel J. Levitin; and “Songs of America,” by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw. Facilitator: Lisa Thelen

Keep up with local, national and world-wide news, including the economy, sports, politics and the arts. Your views are important. All points of view are considered. Bring us your own topics. * We are a “learning center”! * Our discussions are lively and courteous. * We bring a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the group. * Your viewpoints are welcome. Join us!

Join line dancing for fun, exercise, and staying involved in a social activity. No partner needed. No experience needed. Instructor: Yvonne Curtis-Major

Enjoy gaining strength while also gaining flexibility by performing standard Yoga poses sitting in a chair or standing. Breathing will be an important part of the class as we warm up, work on gentle stretches, challenge our balance and strength and go to deeper stretches. All levels welcome. AFAA Certified Instructor: Amy Convey

Join instructor Julie as she leads participants through an indoors (and sometimes outdoors) walking course at the community center. Learn warm up and cool down stretches along with balance exercises you can add to your home walking practice. All levels welcome. No need to sign up ahead of time. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Wood carving is made accessible and fun in this class where popular instructor, Fred Erbisch, starts you off with basic shapes already formed. The Session I project will be a relief carving of your choice of a mermaid or dove, Session II will be an in-the-round piece titled a “fish in a fish in a fish” and the last session, Session III, will feature letter openers with your choice of a beaver or unicorn. All skill levels are welcome and all tools and materials will be provided. Maximum 12. Instructor: Fred Erbisch

If you have an interest in what the world may be like in years to come, wish to share your point of view, and/or sharpen your perspective, please join in on this ongoing discussion group. The willingness to listen and consider new ideas and add to the discussion will make this a dynamic group. Topics for future meetings will depend on what the group decides. All are welcome. Maximum 12.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Improve posture, balance and flexibility! This class is for beginners but will challenge all fitness levels using chair exercises. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

This project calls for a unique technique that will create a lot of “happy accidents”. We will draw, transfer, then throw in all the color at once. This “negative painting” will draw out the subject in the foreground. $5 supply fee to instructor. Maximum 12. Instructor: Carolyn Donahue

If you’ve taken Beginning Ukulele class and are ready for the next step, but don’t quite feel ready to move up to the Intermediate level, this Beginners Plus class is for you. Students should feel at ease playing C, F, G7, Am, G, D7 and Em chords along with a few strum variations. This would also be appropriate for any Intermediate Ukulele class students who feel a bit over their heads at that level. Must provide your own music stand. Maximum 30. Instructor: Liz Wright

Play this social game of numerical strategy—it will stimulate your mind! Chinese and American versions played.

Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, by Adam Szymkowicz (Cost includes a digital copy of the script & show ticket) Each “Behind the Scenes” event has three sessions. ¦ First class (April 9): Open discussion of the play & related historical context will be led by MSU faculty or a community expert. ¦ The play: Behind the Scenes includes a ticket to the production at MSU on the day/time of your choosing. ¦ Second class (April 23): The second class will feature a post-performance “talk back” with those involved in the production. The classes will be led by a combination of MSU Department of Theatre faculty, production collaborators & Friends of MSU Theatre board members. Participants have the option of attending a performance on date of their choice. Reading of the script is optional. Play run: April 10–19 (See http://theatre.msu.edu/marian for dates & times) Play is performed in the Passant Theatre. Facilitators: Carol Bryson, Sam Austin & Joan Mattson.

Perfect for narrow spaces, these serene sculptures are a dance of opaque, translucent, and iridescent fused glass. Any color combination may be used to fit within your décor. The dimensions are 21 inches high by 2 inches wide. Some basic glass cutting techniques will be taught and used. Some examples are displayed in the art studio. Class participants will make two bands in this class. Participants must be able to cut glass on their own or be willing to learn how to do so. Maximum 6. Instructor: Kelly Arndt

Zumba — the perfect combination of fun, movement and music designed just for you. We take the “work” out of workout. Come join the fun! Maximum 29.

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

The tech labs will meet each Friday afternoon from 1–3 p.m. in the computer lab. Please call ahead to let the office know you are planning to attend. Three MSU student groups, Spartans Rebuilding Michigan, Spartan Ambassadors and Phi Sigma Theta, are helping this year, along with Llewellyn Drong, who covers the lab during university breaks.

Through this much-loved participatory class, you’ll shape your memories into stories and get the support of others working on their own memoirs. Have fun while accomplishing something important. Note: Potluck and Special Plenary Session (morning + afternoon) on May 15, Noon–3:30 p.m. Maximum 12. Instructor: Nancy Seubert

Cardio, yoga, pilates, balance and resistance training are in this popular class! All equipment provided. No need to sign up ahead of time. AFAA Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Bill Wiseman

Participants will read literature from Spanish-speaking countries.

Enjoy gaining strength while also gaining flexibility by performing standard Yoga poses sitting in a chair or standing. Breathing will be an important part of the class as we warm up, work on gentle stretches, challenge our balance and strength and go to deeper stretches. All levels welcome. AFAA Certified Instructor: Amy Convey

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Like sculpting with wire, “Imagination allows you to bend the rules of the temporal world.” (Amy Sherald). This course is a basic exploration of wire sculptural concepts and technical processes using various materials to translate ideas into three-dimensional form. We will explore the use of media and materials, extend three dimensional thinking by means of additive, subtractive, and construction approaches to sculpture, and broaden the understanding and appreciation of contemporary sculpture. Ask for supply list when you sign up. Maximum 12. Instructor: Richard Tanner

If you love words and language, this classic game will provide hours of fun! All skill levels are welcome!

Come to the new expanded Read Aloud. We will still be reading aloud from a wide variety of materials (including any of your original work). There will also be time for expressing “what’s on your mind.” Come join us. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

This more challenging class is for those who have taken Stretch, Flex & Balance I. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

You’ve been working hard on your ukulele skills all year long for your big chance on the stage! Get ready to perform at the Mighty Uke Day festival the weekend of May 9 in Old Town Lansing. We’ll take a handful of our favorite songs and work on arranging them with dynamics, strum patterns, alternate chords, and more. The crowd will go wild! All music will be provided. Maximum 45. Instructor: Ben Hassenger

What’s So Funny is a weekly session to learn about, discuss and enjoy humor. Most weeks will focus on a theme, such as political, elder humor, etc. The goals of these sessions are to learn a little, laugh a lot. Facilitator: Judy Wattenberg

Drop-in cost: $2 (M), $3 (NM) This group reads nonfiction on a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, history and more. Group members choose the readings together and are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the material. Everyone is welcome to join this dynamic group! The next four books are “The Ungrateful Refugee,” by Dina Nayeri; “Hidden Figures,” by Margot Lee Shetterly; “Successful Aging,” by Daniel J. Levitin; and “Songs of America,” by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw. Facilitator: Lisa Thelen

Keep up with local, national and world-wide news, including the economy, sports, politics and the arts. Your views are important. All points of view are considered. Bring us your own topics. * We are a “learning center”! * Our discussions are lively and courteous. * We bring a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the group. * Your viewpoints are welcome. Join us!

Join line dancing for fun, exercise, and staying involved in a social activity. No partner needed. No experience needed. Instructor: Yvonne Curtis-Major

Fun for all fitness levels, whether you want to strengthen your muscles, recuperate from an injury or move in a fun, friendly environment. Exercising in the water will help your flexibility, agility, balance and core. You’ll have a great workout, and you don’t even have to get your face or hair wet! No need to sign up ahead of time. Water Art Certified Instructors: Amy Convey, Carolyn Haines & Fran Loose

Improve posture, balance and flexibility! This class is for beginners but will challenge all fitness levels using chair exercises. Maximum 24. AFAA Certified Instructor: Julie Dillon

Pickleball is played on a modified court with a paddle and whiffle ball. We are a slower paced, noncompetitive, recreational alternative. Our emphasis is working on skills and having fun — not winning. Come join us and try it out.

If you’ve taken Beginning Ukulele class and are ready for the next step, but don’t quite feel ready to move up to the Intermediate level, this Beginners Plus class is for you. Students should feel at ease playing C, F, G7, Am, G, D7 and Em chords along with a few strum variations. This would also be appropriate for any Intermediate Ukulele class students who feel a bit over their heads at that level. Must provide your own music stand. Maximum 30. Instructor: Liz Wright

Play this social game of numerical strategy—it will stimulate your mind! Chinese and American versions played.