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ENG236 Writing Your Short Story or Novel
8 sessions,16 hours
Learn the elements of storytelling and how they work together to
form a cohesive, well-written and meaningful story. Each session will
analyze samples of one of a group of elements to determine their
individual purposes and their relationship to the story.
Instructor: Judy Kelly is an award winning published author. Her
novel, That Ever Died So Young, was a finalist in the Somerset Literary
and Contemporary Fiction Award 2014. Her newest novel, Blessings
and Curses, came out in December 2017. She has presented at the
Fiction Writers Institute in Hagerstown and at Montgomery College.
Judy taught writing through the continuing education program at
George Mason University. She facilitates three writing groups and
spends time as a Beta reader for a wide variety of writers and genres.
She is also an instructor at Montgomery College where she teaches
speech, reading, and English.
5-Digit Number: 17083
Thu, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., 1/31 – 3/21
Location: Student Center/H261
Tuition: $50.00 Fee: $129.00 Total: $179.00
MD residents age 60+ pay fee only
HOM102 Iris Paper Folding
1 session, 2 hours
Iris Paper Folding is a wonderful technique that looks difficult but is
fairly easy to master. It makes gorgeous greetings cards and can be
incorporated into scrapbooking and other crafts. All materials are
included in the course fee and directions are provided to you so you
can create additional projects on your own.
Instructor: Kathy Barylski is a life-long crafter, beginning at age five
with cross-stitch and expanding to crochet, sewing, string art, and
many more crafts. Kathy loves to teach crafts to adults and youth, as a
Girl Scout Trainer and continuing education instructor.
5-Digit Number: 17075
Thu, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., 2/7
Location: Visual & Performing Arts Center/F118
Fee: $29.00
Evening Offering
NEW ILR888 Raise Your Wine IQ
3 sessions, 4.5 hours
Ever wonder why someone “swirls and sniffs,” or what wines to serve
at your dinner or cocktail party? This course is designed to help
you enhance your knowledge and enjoyment of wine. After a brief
history of wine, you will learn how wine is made today. Learn how
to taste wine and how to identify what it is about a wine that you
like. Through tastings, you will learn to identify the characteristic
components of fine wine. Putting your wine knowledge to work will
include the basic principles of wine and food pairing, buying, storing,
serving and evaluating wine. Optional homework assignments will
be suggested. Please Note: As the sense of smell is a major factor
in tasting wine, please refrain from wearing any scented lotions,
perfumes, aftershaves, etc.
Instructor: Jackie Rogers (see page 16 for bio)
5-Digit Number: 17126
Thu, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., 4/4 – 4/18
Location: Spin the Bottle in downtown Frederick
Fee: $62.00
NEW ILR593 Meditating with the Masters:
Their Lives, Their Practices, Their
Impacts
4 sessions, 6 hours
Ever wonder about meditation and some of its leading teachers?
How did their lives influence their practices and impact our culture?
Explore and experience diverse meditation practices via Jon Kabat-
Zinn, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Thich Nhat Hahn. Evaluate
which practice relates best to your needs and goals.
Instructor: With a background in higher education, Larry Neumark
holds a B.A. (History major, Sociology minor), a Master’s in Theology
and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. A longtime contemplative
person, seeker and student of life, he believes that the exploration,
experience and practice of meditation and mindfulness can lead to
greater self-awareness, compassion for others, and peace.
5-Digit Number: 17250
Thu, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 4/4 – 4/25
Location: Conference Center/E106
Tuition: $20.00 Fee: $54.00 Total: $74.00
MD residents age 60+ pay fee only
THURSDAY SPRING 2019 •
THURSDAY COURSES
Travel to Greece with ILR!
See page 33 for details.