Personal/Professional Development
BOATING SAFETY & CERTIFICATION COURSE - Ron Adams, Amoskeag Sail & Power Squadron
This class, authorized by the NH Division of Safety, will enable participants to be in compliance with the NH requirement to hold a boating certificate. Any operator of a 25+ horsepower boat on NH waters is obligated to complete this type of course. Includes: mandatory and recommended equipment, NH specific rules and basic seamanship. Valuable to boaters who operate with less than 26 horsepower, including paddle boats.
Tuesdays, 5 weeks, starting March 5, $48 single/$68 couple, 6:30-8:30pm
COLONIAL/ INDIAN WARFARE IN NEW ENGLAND - Dana Brenner
Review overlooked events such as the Pequot War, King Phillip’s War, King George’s War, French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution and study the effects of these conflicts on colonial/Indian relations.
Tuesday, 6 weeks, beginning February 5, $50 6:30-8:30 pm
INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGY – Patricia Antlitz
Find out more about your ancestors who came to the U.S. from Europe during the Great Immigration (post Civil War through early 1900’s). Learn about ships’ manifest records, census records, and other less obvious ways to piece together your family history.
Mondays, 2 weeks, beginning March 11, $40 6:00-8:30 pm
INTRODUCTION TO STAND UP COMEDY! – Doug Blay
Learn from a local comic how to write and deliver a 5-minute standup set. Topics include dissecting, commenting, questioning, distorting, animating, finding a voice, do’s and don’ts, and the craft of being funny! Week 6 is a field trip to a comedy club so you’ll have the opportunity to try your stuff.
Thursdays, 6 weeks, beginning March 14, $75 6:30-8:30 pm
NATIVE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND - Dana Benner
This course will facilitate a better understanding of original inhabitants of New England from earliest times to present-day. Focus on this much-overlooked part of history through a Native American viewpoint.
Mondays, 6 weeks, beginning February 4, $50 6:30-8:30 pm
NAVIGATING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS – Gina Genest
Learn new strategies that will allow you to approach a difficult conversation with greater ease and confidence using the work of Marshall Rosenberg and nonviolent communication techniques.
Tuesdays, 4 weeks beginning April 30, $40 6:30-8:00pm
STARTING & RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS
If you dream of owning your own business and need help on how to start and market it, this course is for you. Our presenters, Attorney Dwight Sowerby, Jamie Santo, Owner of Santo Insurance and Diane Chubb, President of Legalogos, can help you make the dream a reality.
Tuesdays, 2 weeks, beginning March 12, $20 6:00-8:00 pm
WISDOM BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT – Pastor Steve Magee
This course will consider the poetry of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. Through reading and discussion explore the themes and styles of these five ancient books.
Tuesdays, 13 weeks, beginning February 5, $20 7:00-8:00 pm