New! The Good House, Part One:
From House to a Home This class is built on a simple message: You can design a beautiful home. It will take a little work, a little imagination and the help of a good architect and builder. You will learn how to create a home that expresses your way of life. One that is filled with light and joy and surrounds you with the people and things you love—a home the stirs your soul. Don’t remodel or build without taking this class.
Instructor: Will Dennehy
2 90-min. lessons
$81/$75 McLean district residents.
Materials fee: $15, make check payable to Will Dennehy. Fee is due to the instructor on the first day of class.
1801.280 W, 10/1-10/8 7:30-9 p.m.
New! The Good House, Part Two:
How to Change Your Home without Changing Your Address This class expands on The Good House, Part One. It will focus on what makes a room great and how to make a well-tailored home. We also will look closely at altering an existing space and how to inspect a house before buying it.
Instructor: Will Dennehy.
2 90-min. lessons $81/$75 McLean district residents.
Materials fee: $15, make check payable to Will Dennehy. Fee is due to the instructor on the first day of class.
1802.280 W, 10/15-10/22 7:30-9 p.m.
New! The Good House, Part Three:
Contractors and Contracts This class builds on The Good House, Parts One and Two. It focuses on understanding contracts, construction costs, working with architects and builders, developing and living with a budget and what to expect during construction.
Instructor: Will Dennehy
2 90-min. lessons
$81/$75 McLean district residents.
Materials fee: $15, make check payable to Will Dennehy. Fee is due to the instructor on first day of class.
1803.280 W, 10/29-11/5 7:30-9 p.m.
About the Instructor:
Will Dennehy received a masters degree in Architecture from Virginia Tech and has been a practicing architect and builder for nearly 30 years. His passion for residential design is expressed in his forthcoming book, The Good House and in his ongoing column, The Good House Online, which appears in many local newspapers and at www.thegoodhouseonline.com.
PERSONAL FINANCE
New! Paying for College Without Going Broke! The cost of four years of college can easily be in excess of $100,000 and is outpacing inflation. Learn specific strategies that will allow you to send your child to the college of his or her dreams without bankrupting your own retirement. Discover the truth about many preconceived notions—such as in-state schools are less expensive than private schools and parents in this area cannot qualify for financial aid because they earn too much or own significantly appreciated assets. Strategies are revealed on how to reposition assets to minimize the amount the government determines you can afford. Also, find out how to reverse the trend and use the IRS to fund college through “tax scholarships.” Most importantly, you’ll learn strategies for maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of your money.
Instructor: Brock T. Jolly, CFP®, CLU, CLTC
2 2-hr. lessons
$68/$50 McLean district residents
1775.280 Tu, 10/7-10/14 7-9 p.m.
1776,280 W, 11/5-11/12 7-9 p.m.
1777.280 Th, 1/8-1/15 7-9 p.m.
HEALTH
New! Breast Health Naturally©
Diffuse the scare of breast cancer by becoming aware of your lifestyle and nutritional and herbal support for healthier breasts. Topics include using phytoestrogens (like soy) correctly and mammography versus thermography for early detection. Also learn some massage techniques to help clear the lymphatic tissues.
Instructor: Ginger Joy, TheWellWomen®
1 1.5-hr. lesson
$42/$31 McLean district residents
1701.280 Th, 9/25 7-8:30 p.m.
New! Inhabiting Your Home/ Creating a Harmonious Space©
How do you live in your home? Are you “at home” at home? Is your home a place of comfort and security? Using some of the principals of Feng Shui, we will look at how clutter affects balance and movement of the chi (energy) in you and in your home. How space clearing can shift the energy and the imprints of previous owners so the home becomes more truly yours and allows you and your family to flourish there.
Instructor: Ginger Joy, TheWellWomen®
1 1.5-hr. lesson
$42/$31 McLean district residents
1702.280 Th, 10/2 7-8:30 p.m.
New! The Natural Medicine Chest©
This class will help you to understand supplements (vitamins, minerals, herbs, etc.) and what to look for in your local health food store or online. Learn how to make the right decision about what supplements are helpful for certain issues (viruses and bacteria, building immune system support, etc.). You can learn a simple muscle test (kinesiology) to hone in on your own personal needs. This class will help to lessen the confusion and allow you to put together a personalized and valuable “medicine” chest for you and your family.
Instructor: Ginger Joy, TheWell Women®
1 1.5-hr. lesson
$42/$31 McLean district residents
1703.280 Th, 10/9 7-8:30 p.m.
New! How to Get the Weight Off
& Keep It Off Once and For All Find out why 95 percent of all attempts to lose weight end in failure and what you can do to avoid being one of the 95 percent. Volunteer
Instructor: Dr. Mark Chalfant
1 1-hr. workshop
$10/$5 McLean district residents
1691.280 M, 12/1 7:30-8:30 p.m.
New! What Vitamins Should I Be Taking?
Ever wondered whether the vitamins you are taking are even working? Ever wonder whether it is possible to know exactly what to take? Find out about miraculous new techniques that allow you to not only tell what your body is deficient in, but also how much it needs as well. Volunteer
Instructor: Dr. Mark Chalfant
1 1-hr. workshop
$10/$5 McLean district residents
1692.280 M, 12/8 7:30-8:30 p.m.
WRITING
New! Writing Your Life History:
A Journey of Self-Discovery In this class, you will learn how to recall what occurred in your past, record it and leave a lasting unique legacy to family and friends. You will receive guidance on how to research the specifics of your past using aids for recall and suggested topics basic to every age. You will receive an abundance of assistance to help you over the hurdles. Valuable tools include memory prodders, writing hints and how to organize your material and time, all set out in your 139-page manual.
Instructor: Hilda K. Ross, Ph.D.
6 90-min. lessons
$47/$35 McLean district residents. Materials fee: $20, make check payable to Hilda Ross. Fee is due to the instructor on the first day of class.
1650.280 W,9/24-10/29 10:30-Noon
About the Instructor:
Writing Your Life History has been taught by Hilda K. Ross, Ph.D. for more than 22 years. A graduate of Indiana University (1942), New York University (1968) and the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities (1978), her published papers on aging have appeared in The Psychiatric Annuals, The Gerontologist, Community Health (Great Britain) and Aging and Geriatric Nursing.
Screenwriting Level One: Writing for Film, Movies & TV
Learn the basics of writing and selling a screenplay. McLean native Marc Lapadula is a full-time lecturer at Yale University where he runs the screenwriting program in the Film Studies Department. Marc also lectures and conducts screenwriting workshops on both graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University. He has also lectured on film and conducted screenwriting seminars at Columbia University Graduate Film School and the Smithsonian Institution. He is a consultant for film producers and New Line Films studio. Marc produced the short film, Angel Passing, starring Hume Cronyn, which was screened at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Award at the Houston International Film Festival. Most recently he co-produced the film Mentor starring Rutger Hauer.
4 3-hr. lessons
$178/$131 McLean district residents
1662.280 Su, 10/12-11/2 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Screenwriting Level Two: Writing for Film, Movies & TV Pre-requisite:
Student must complete Screenwriting, Level One before enrolling in this class. In this class, students will have the opportunity to submit a draft of their screenplay in progress or workshop sections of their script for discussion and critique in class.
Instructor: Marc Lapadula
4 3-hr. lessons
$178/$131 McLean district residents
1663.280 Su, 11/16-12/14 2:30-5:30 p.m.
No class on 12/7.