Membership is required before registering for your first class of the year. Membership year is from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. This membership entitles you to take classes at any of the 17 senior colleges in Maine. As a member you will also have an opportunity to participate in occasional free classes and functions throughout the year

Join a class that is filled with readers that long to give their opinion of  their reading. We will share various genre’s of literature from the classics to best sellers.  Insights into the author’s life and  their writing is  alive and connected to life today.

This class meets the second Wednesday of the month on ZOOM from 10-11:30 starting Sept 11 and ending June 11.

BOOK TALK BOOK LIST 2024-2025

September 11, Wednesday Small Mercies by Dennis LeHane

October 9 …Wednesday Women by Kristen Hannah

November 13, Wednesday My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

December 11, Wednesday Long Island by Colin Tobin

January 8, Wednesday Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

February 12, Wednesday How To Read a Book by Monica Wood

March 12, Wednesday Travels With George by Nathaniel Philbrick

April 9, Wednesday Heaven and Earth by James McBride

May 14, Wednesday Book to be determined

June 10, Wednesday Discussion about book selection for the next year

Your story matters.  You have experiences and wisdom valuable to others.  This class will help you recall, organize, and write these episodes. Sharing our stories and experiences with others in class often leads to unexpected rewards. Enjoy the encouragement and support of writing and sharing with others in a comfortable and safe atmosphere.  New writers, unsure writers, experienced writers, all are welcome.

 Mike Davis believes everyone has a story to tell and wisdom to share.  His goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment for persons to learn together.  Throughout his career he helped lead safe, respectful experiences of listening and sharing. He treasures each story and the opportunity to bring people together in transforming relationships.

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE FIRST SESSION IN ORDER TO REGISTER FOR THE SECOND SESSION.

Session 2  Mon 1-3pm

Feb 3 - 17

Mar 3 -17 - 31

Apr 14 - 28

May 12

Your story matters.  You have experiences and wisdom valuable to others.  This class will help you recall, organize, and write these episodes. Sharing our stories and experiences with others in class often leads to unexpected rewards. Enjoy the encouragement and support of writing and sharing with others in a comfortable and safe atmosphere.  New writers, unsure writers, experienced writers, all are welcome.

 Mike Davis believes everyone has a story to tell and wisdom to share.  His goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment for persons to learn together.  Throughout his career he helped lead safe, respectful experiences of listening and sharing. He treasures each story and the opportunity to bring people together in transforming relationships.

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE THE FIRST SESSION IN ORDER TO TAKE THE SECOND SESSION.

tHURSDAY 10-12 ON zoom

Feb 6 - 20

Mar 6 - 20

Apr 3 - 17

May 1-15

The Fight Against Fascism and the Nazis, a survey of individuals who couldn’t stand by but took action for their moral beliefs: Americans, Brits, Poles, Belgians, Dutch, Italians, etc.  It looks at the many ways people found to thwart and fight the Nazis and fascist ideology.  

8 weeks

Mondays March 17 1-3pm on ZOOM

6:00 News troubling? Think the culture’s coarse? Our moral compass lost? What are our own personal core values?  How do we arrive at them? A review and discussion of how to sustain a civil society in the realm of social harmony and fairness. Contemporary issues (social welfare, addiction. parental rights, education and aging well) viewed against a consideration of the methods for ethical decision-making. Recognizing ethics dilemmas in everyday life (whether right vs. wrong or right vs. right), let’s all discover if we’re ethically fit!

Lorraine Masure, an experienced instructor, has led senior college courses across four campuses, exploring philosophies and themes expressed through the transformative power of music and lyricism. In today's world, a deeper examination of how we live—and the role of ethics—has never been more essential. Drawing from Rushworth M. Kidder’s "How Good People Make Tough Choices", this discussion offers an invaluable framework for recognizing, understanding, and resolving life’s most challenging decisions. Join us and share your own perspectives!

Eight (8) Thursday mornings, 9:30 to 11:00, April 24 to June 12.

Invitation to a ZOOM Gathering:

Caring For the Future… Youth and Elders in Dialogue for a Healthy Planet.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

This is the second pilot gathering where a small international group of youth and elders will come together to discover collective and individual paths leading to a healthy planet. 

We’ll explore what we are individually good at, what work needs to be done, and what brings us joy. 

Whatever your age, if you have a desire to find, together with others, a climate action that can be brought to life in your individual circumstances…then this gathering is for you. 

Workshop facilitators:  

Bert Cohen I have taught sustainability to students from elementary to university level for over 35 years. On an international level, I founded and co-directed the Belize-NH Teacher Program and am currently part of the founding team of Caring For the Future Community of Practice, which brings together activists from several continents to accelerate and scale the progression towards a healthy planet. 

Paul Doherty   I bring my overall 45 years of experience in education, broadcasting and ministry to my involvement in Maine’s Senior Colleges, most recently, as it might apply to sustainability and other environmental issues.  In that vein, I have taught courses in Spirituality and Sustainability, particularly as the two work together. 

Jeff Goldsmith I have been teaching about meditation since 2020 and about climate change for the past few years, before becoming a Biddeford Sustainability Commissioner last year.  I am a board certified Addiction Psychiatrist since 1981.  I taught medical students, nursing students, and doctors doing their training in addiction medicine and psychiatry for about 40 years, running the addiction psychiatry fellowships for 20 years.  

Learn and practice watercolor techniques. This course is intended for persons with little or no previous experience. Both new and returning students are welcome. A $ 5.00 material fee payable to the instructor.

Mondays: 10am to noon at York Regiion Chamber of Commerce. 

June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7 10am to 12 noon

 Maximum 8 students

InstructorJudy Gaudet has enjoyed painting, especially watercolors, for many years. She has studied art at Mass. College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and U.C. San Diegoas well as with several private instructors. She has taught watercolor classes with waiting lists at several of Maine senior colleges. So, sign up early.