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FALL SEMESTER 2024


Our 2024 Fall Semester offers 19 classes of varying lengths beginning the 2nd week of September (some are 1 session; others 4, 5 or 6 weeks).

Annual membership renewal is September 1st. You can pay your membership dues when you register for Fall classes. 

Registration opens on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at 12:00 Noon.

SCHEDULE NOTE: *Most* classes begin the week of September 16; however, one class is being held the week of the 9th; and a few start later. Please check individual class dates.

Photo: Jung's Mandala, from The Red Book


Please note, courses may be recorded or photographed. Registration is an agreement to have your image and/or voice recorded for Senior College educational purposes.

Art, Music & Drama


American Architecture - Colonial to Civil War

Wednesdays

1:00 - 3:00 PM

September 25 - November 6

6 weeks

(NOTE: October 2 is skipped.)

Location: United Methodist Church

Instructor: Philip Jacks


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Drawing Through the Ages - Part II


Thursdays

9:30 -11:30 AM

October 3 - October 24

4 weeks

Location: Waterfall Arts

Instructor: Sandi Cirillo


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Illustrating Nature in Redwork Embroidery


Tuesdays

9:30 - 11:30 AM

September 17 - October 22

6 weeks

Location: First Church in Belfast - Library

Instructor: Cyrene Slegona


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Photo Forum 2 - B&W in the Digital Era


Thursdays

9:30 - 11:30 AM

September 19 - October 24

6 weeks

Location: Social Capital

Instructor: Jim Kosinski


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Storytelling


Mondays

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

September 16 - October 21

6 weeks

Location: Bell the Cat - Rosemary Room

Instructor: Stephanie Natale


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Why Journaling? Let's Make One!


4-day intensive class:

Tuesday, September 10 (full day, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM)

Wednesday, September 11 (full day, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM)

Thursday, September 12 (half day, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM)

Friday, September 13 - (half day, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM)

Location: First Church in Belfast - Parish House Fellowship Hall

Instructor: Leslie Miller


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History, Current Events & Culture


America's History with America's Music


Tuesdays

9:30 - 11:30 AM

September 24 - October 29

6 weeks

Location: United Methodist Church

Instructor: Peter Reilly


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Hot Topics for Cool Heads

This class has been cancelled and we hope to offer it again in future.


Music, War and Memory


Thursdays

9:30 - 11:30 AM

September 19 - October 17

5 weeks

Location: Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School

Instructors: Bob Rackmales, April Reed-Cox, Matthew Mainster, Josie Davis, Phillipp Ellsner


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The Case for Local News in Our U.S. Democracy


Tuesday, October 22

6:30 PM

1 session

Location: Belfast Free Library - Abbott Room

Instructor: Mica Schweitzer-Bluhm

Co-sponsored with Belfast Free Library - FREE and open to the public.


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Why They Fought - A Study of the Lives and Motivations of the Common Civil War Soldier


Mondays

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

September 16 - November 4

6 weeks: 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/28, 11/4

(NOTE: 10/14 and 10/21 are skipped)

Location: Belfast Free Library - Abbott Room

Instructor: David Urquia


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LITERATURE & LANGUAGES


Marilynne Robinson's “Reading Genesis”


Tuesdays

1:00 - 3:00 PM

September 17 - October 22

6 weeks

Held on Zoom

Instructor: Arlin Larson


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Poetry Potpourri: Poets of Belfast II


Thursdays

1:00 - 3:00 PM

September 19 - October 24

6 weeks

Location: St. Margaret’s - Parish Hall

Instructors: Kristin Frangoulis & Gerald George


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Nature & Environment


Drowning Belfast


Fridays

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

September 27 - October 25

5 weeks

Location: United Methodist Church

Instructor: Mike Hurley


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Enhancing Community in Belfast: Creative Placemaking


Tuesdays

1:00 - 3:00 PM

September 17 - October 22

6 weeks

Location: St. Margaret’s - Parish Hall

Instructor: Craig Watson


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Safe, Fun Day-Hiking


Mondays

9:30 - 11:30 AM

September 16 - October 28

6 weeks

(NOTE: October 14 is skipped)

Location: Waldo County Sheriff's Office

Instructor: Les Morse


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Personal Growth & Health


Carl Jung and the Quest for a Mature Spirituality


Mondays

1:00 - 3:00 PM

September 16 - October 21

6 weeks

Location: St. Margaret’s - Parish Hall

Instructor: Jeff Edwards


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Hunger in Waldo County and How We Can Work Together to Find a Solution


Wednesday, October 2

1:00 - 3:00 PM

1 session

Location: United Methodist Church

Instructor: Mattie Bamman


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Journeying Through the Tarot


Wednesdays

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

September 18 - October 23

6 weeks

Location: Bell the Cat - Rosemary Room

Instructor: Joanna Young


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CALENDAR OF CLASSES

Download and view/print the PDF version: Senior College Class Schedule Fall 2024.pdf



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