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Our Classes

Cooking Plant Based- Comfort Foods

$50

with Jen Slavik

Calendar Apr 10, 2026 at 5 pm

Join Jen Slavik—certified health coach and founder of Jenuine Roots Wellness—and Wendy Brown, a passionate plant-based foodie, for an engaging series of courses designed to transform the way you think about food.

Craving comfort food without the guilt? Learn how to create plant-based versions of your favorite classics—pizzas, pastas, tacos, and more. These recipes prove that comfort and health can go hand in hand.

Fused Glass Art

$45

with Lily Siu

Calendar Apr 13, 2026 at 5 pm

Glass projects featuring a multi-colored pattern achieved by fusing together variously colored canes, rods, strips, or squares of glass.

Perfect for groups.

Time: 5-8

Photoshop

$80

with Les Woodrum

Calendar Apr 13, 2026 at 5 pm

Photoshop is a photographer’s digital darkroom. Learn about the basic tools to crop,color correct, add effects to improve your photographs, combine images, make photo composites, add type, and include special effects. Also, converting your files to other formats and resizing your images will be taught. Ideal for the first-time user of Photoshop.

Would like to have a minimum of three students and a maximum of six to run this class.

Instructor: Les Woodrum

This is a 1 week course.

Monday - Thursday from 5:00pm-7:00pm

 

Beginning Excel

$95

with Judy Beaver

Calendar Apr 16, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Beginning Excel

Get started with Microsoft Excel by learning the basic features to create and edit spreadsheets. Learn how to enter data, to format data, and to create simple calculations. In addition, discover how to sort data and create basic charts.

*NOTE* Must have 4 people signed up for this class to run

Craft Recycling Class

$35

with Leslie Sconce

Calendar Apr 17, 2026 at 5:30 pm

Join Leslie for this Eco friendly and Upcycled Crafts class. Driven by environmental awareness, crafters are focusing on sustainable materials, such as recycled yarns and organic fabrics, and low waste projects like upcycling old clothes. 

Time:5:30pm

 

Food Safety Manager Certification

$150

with Chris Fitzsimmons

Calendar Apr 18, 2026 at 8 am, runs for 1 week

This one day course is designed to prepare food service employees to meet the Illinois certification requirement.

Topics include: personal hygiene, cross contamination, time and temperature, receiving and storage, food safety management systems, training hourly employees, and more

Book will be provided. Textbook: ServSafe Manager Book, 9th Edition

Certification is required every five years

Fluid Art class

$45

with Lily Siu

Calendar Apr 20, 2026 at 5:30 pm

Design your own stain glass look with fluid art paint.  

Perfect for groups.

Craft - Paint a Silk Scarf

$40

with Lily Siu

Calendar Apr 22, 2026 at 5 pm

Demos of techniques in scarf painting: batik, resist, diffused, free form. 

2 scarves provided. 

Time:5-7:30pm

 





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