What to do when you encounter a stumper? Rebecca Demarest offers helpful tips for tackling creative problems – and not just writers’ block! Rebecca is an award-winning author, book designer, coach, and writing instructor practiced at working with adults and kids, including in a homeschool environment. Her primary areas of expertise revolves around speculative fiction, with practice in theater, historical fiction, mystery writing, and game writing. She enjoys individual coaching, manuscript evaluation, and teaching workshops and classes for a wide range of topics for adults and kids and has worked as an instructor and course designer with organizations such as the Bureau of Fearless Ideas in Seattle, Clarion West, DigiPen, and the Museum of Popular Culture.

Date: 11-21-2023

Time: 3-4pm

Location: Room 4202 (the library)

Mary Oliver is one of America’s premier nature poets. She spent a lifetime deeply considering such topics as presence, life, loss, grace, silence, and longing – and celebrate the beauty, transformation, the wonder of nature. This 4 week class is an introduction to Mary Oliver’s expressive writing in her book “Devotions” .

Robert Stahl has been teaching Continuing Education classes at Shoreline and Seattle-area colleges for several decades. He has previously taught poetry classes on Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson, Rilke, Rumi, & Haiku poetry. He’s also taught courses on Buddhism, Taoism, & Zen.

Dates: 11/6 – 11/27 (4 Mondays)

Times: 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Fee: $99.00

Room: Online

Register here: https://www.campusce.net/shoreline/course/course.aspx?C=107&pc=4&mc=0&sc=0

Learn to use brush calligraphy lettering combined with holiday themes and flourishes to create beautiful cards, table place cards, and gifts. For beginning and returning students 15+ , and younger students are welcome with an adult. All supplies included and you will leave with cards and your own calligraphic brush pen!

Dates: Sat. 11/4 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Room 1515
Fee: $59.00 –  All supplies included!
Instructor: Kathy Barker