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Food Safety Manager Certification

$150

with Chris Fitzsimmons

Calendar Aug 22, 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

Ceramics - Hot plates

$50

with Lily Siu

Calendar Aug 22, 2026 at 2:30 pm

Bring your bestie and create beautiful pieces as Lily Siu walks you through this wonderful form of design art of ceramics!

This class will feature making Hot Plates that you will design yourself!

 

Cooking w/ Lily - Chinese Restaurant Favs

$50

with Lily Siu

Calendar Aug 28, 2026 at 5 pm

Make/Sample Fried Rice, Egg Foo Yung, Chicken Fried Rice

Are you and your group looking for a fun Friday night activity?  Lily Siu has got you covered!

Each class is $50 each and everything is provided you, just show up alone or register a group and enjoy the time of your life!

Friday nights in the Bremer Center kitchen from 5-8:30pm.

 

Craft - Paint a Silk Scarf

$45

with Lily Siu

Calendar Aug 29, 2026 at 2:30 pm

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

2 scarves provided. 

 

Fused Glass Art

$45

with Lily Siu

Calendar Sep 1, 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

Tai Chi Session 1

$35

with Daniel Hall

Calendar Sep 2, 2026 at 10:30 am, runs for 4 weeks

Daniel Hall teaches Tai Chi for the Community Education Department at DACC. He has been a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, focusing on the internal Chinese art of Tai Chi, as well as the arts of Hsing –I and Bagua. He has studied a variety of Chi-gung and Nei-gung systems and is also a certified Clear Tai Chi™ Level 1 instructor, Clear Tai Chi™ Internal Push Hands™ Level 1 Instructor andhas completed levels 1-4 of Clear Tai Chi™ (Fa Kung) Chi Healing training. As a Kinesiotherapist at the Danville VA, Dan taught Tai chi and Nei-gung for health and for stress reduction to Veterans for several years until retiring in 2020. He taught these skills to Veterans with a wide variety of physical and mental health issues, as ways of coping with the stresses and difficulties of life.

Time: 10:30am-11:30am

Session 1 Wednesdays September 2-23

Tai Chi Evening Session 1

$35

with Daniel Hall

Calendar Sep 2, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Daniel Hall teaches Tai Chi for the Community Education Department at DACC. He has been a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, focusing on the internal Chinese art of Tai Chi, as well as the arts of Hsing –I and Bagua. He has studied a variety of Chi-gung and Nei-gung systems and is also a certified Clear Tai Chi™ Level 1 instructor, Clear Tai Chi™ Internal Push Hands™ Level 1 Instructor andhas completed levels 1-4 of Clear Tai Chi™ (Fa Kung) Chi Healing training. As a Kinesiotherapist at the Danville VA, Dan taught Tai chi and Nei-gung for health and for stress reduction to Veterans for several years until retiring in 2020. He taught these skills to Veterans with a wide variety of physical and mental health issues, as ways of coping with the stresses and difficulties of life.

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm

Session 1 W September 2-23

Pushing Hands Session 1

$35

with Daniel Hall

Calendar Sep 5, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 4 weeks

Internal Push Hands is a traditional Tai Chi practice where you work cooperatively with a partner to develop relaxation, balance, and physical sensitivity  (often called "listening"). Rather than using physical force, this method is designed to help you cultivate vitality and a strong mind-body connection. Additional benefits include improved posture, reduced stress, and an enhanced ability to concentrate and focus.

Time: 9:00am - 10:00am





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