Special Opportunity Off-Site Classes
#104 -Fairy Tales, Monsters & The Genetic Imagination: A Tour At The Frist Center on Thursday, March 8. Explore this contemporary art exhibit with Mark Scala, chief curator at The Frist Center. A must for those who love contemporary art and those who seek to understand it.
#905 -A Tour of The Delgado Guitars Workshop with Manuel Delgado on Friday, March 9. Join master luthier Manuel Delgado as he personally leads you through his workshop and reveals the secrets of crafting exquisite musical instruments.
#901 - Geocaching For Beginners on Thursday, March 1 and Saturday March 3rd. Learn the basics behind this fascinating new hobby! Enthusiasts Leslie Hudson and Gail Plucker will lead you through the how-tos of this high tech game of hide and seek.
Home, Garden and Personal Style
# 312 -Secrets of Style on Thursday, March 1. Style yourself chic with this new class from an expert shopper! Get a preview of Spring 2012 fashion trends from stylist Amanda Sears. Amanda will teach you how to dress to flatter your body type, incorporate trends into your existing wardrobe and make age-appropriate choices. Each student may bring one piece of clothing to get suggestions on how to style it.
# 317 Feng Shui Basics on Thursday, March 1. Molly Spessard will lead this class exploring the ancient art of Feng Shui. Students will reflect upon their lives and how their home and work environments effect mood and productivity. The class will inspire students to remove basic clutter and anchor themselves in both the home and workplace.
# 506 -Foodscapes: Creative Food Solutions as Part of Your Landscape Design on Thursday, March 8. Here’s your chance to learn how to turn your own garden into an artistically designed foodscape. Taught by Jeremy Lekich, the course will demonstrate how foodscaping provides healthy, fresh food that’s nutritious, tasty and exceeds even “organic” standards. Lekich has designed foodscapes from South Dakota to South France to South Nashville.
Cooking Classes With A Few Spots Remaining
# 405 -Cake Decorating with Fondant on March 14. Give your cakes a professional, immaculate look by learning the proper way to use fondant icing. Professional pastry chef Jennifer Penson will teach participants how to roll fondant onto an iced cake and make decorations such as flowers, ribbons and swags.
# 407 - The Wonders of Wood Maturation: From White Dog to Brown Liquor on Wednesday, March 7. Learn to appreciate the complex, and satisfying taste of aged whiskey. Chris Chamberlain, Nashville Scene’s wine and spirits writer and Kim Totzke, expert mixologist and Culinary Operations Manager at Provence, will teach you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about barrel aging of spirits. They will guide you through a tasting of several whiskeys at different levels of aging, while discussing how the magical interaction between oak and alcohol adds flavor, color and maturity to the base spirit.
# 431 - Culinary Feast of the Seven Fish on March 1. The Feast of the Seven Fishes, or The Vigil, takes place on Christmas Eve and consists of seven seafood dishes. Darryl Dinning, chef and owner of Panache Catering, will focus on sustainable seafood choices using recipes that are quite easy to prepare including sardine crostinis, oysters on the half-shell with Thai mignonette, Nicoise tuna skewers, and Cioppino. The class will enjoy the chef’s dishes, paired with wines and topped off with a chocolate zucchini cake.
Check out the 400's section in our catalog for additional cooking classes with spots still open!
Get Crafty With These Terrific Classes
# 711 -Felted Wool Bags on March 1 & 8. Under the gifted eye of artist Dorren Robinson students will knit felted wool creations using the continental style of knitting. In class one of this two-part course, Dorren will teach students the continental style on circular needles, a much faster method than traditional knitting. She will also give instructions on washing wool sweaters prior to class two. When students return, they will transform these washed sweaters into one-of-a-kind bags, fingerless gloves, and more! Students need to bring 2 old 100% wool sweaters to the 2nd class.
# 715 -Origami Boxes on February 28. If you are familiar with the traditional Japanese art of origami and have basic folding skills, you are ready to take the next steps into the world of origami. Let instructors Malachi Brown and Joelle Key guide you through techniques to advance your paper folding skills and dynamic range. Origami artists Malachi and Joelle will help you move beyond the basic, traditional crane and inspire you to create a new level of beautiful shapes and figures. Age 12 and up.
# 724 -Beginning Knitting on Tuesday, March 6. Want to join the knitting craze? Join accomplished knitter and USN alumnae Elizabeth Stelling Bills to learn the ins and outs of knitting. Basic materials will be provided (needles and yarn) and Elizabeth will help you learn the first steps toward this popular hobby. Learn how to cast on, the knit stitch and the purl stitch and get advice on what types of projects are best for beginning knitters.