CLL in the News: Santa Barbara Family Life Magazine

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CLL Newsletter January 2015

January 2015

Your Happy New Year at the CLL Winter Term is off to a flying start here at the CLL!  With the first week of classes behind us, you can still register for hundreds of evening, weekday, weekend classes & workshops starting throughout the term. Don’t give up on those resolutions yet, let the CLL help you reach your goals! In this Issue:  Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions at the CLL  Get Fit in a Minute with Look & Learn  One-session Workshops  What Our Students are Saying Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions at the CLL Resolved to achieve financial or spiritual fitness?Try one of the CLL’s acclaimed self-improvement classes including:  How to Reach Your Goals - 21 Tips from a Certified Life Coach  Investing and Financial Planning for Women How to Communicate Simply, Lovingly, & Effectively Become a Savvy Traveler Practicing Mindfulness - Harmony, Health, Happiness Spaces are limited, register today!

Try something new at the CLL Important Dates: Jan. 12 – March 21: Winter Term – classes & workshops start throughout the term! Jan. 19: M.L.King, Jr. Holiday (No Classes, Offices Closed) Jan. 26 – Feb. 20: Spring Term Tuition Assistance Applications Available Feb. 13 – 16: President’s Day Weekend (No Classes, Offices Closed) March 21: Last Day of Winter Term

Get Fit in a Minute with Look & Learn! Trying to get fit in 2015?  Learn how to develop your abs with CLL instructor, Cleo Hill, with the CLL’s Look & Learn video: How to Develop Your Abs with Your Voice. Learn something new in just a minute or two with our growing collection of Look & Learn ‘how-to’ videos, featuring the CLL’s expert, professional teachers. View ALL on the CLL’s YouTube Channel.

One-Session Workshops In a time crunch? Get a jumpstart on your New Year’s Resolutions with one of our many one-time workshops. Get expert help with de-cluttering, dieting, sleeping better or looking your best: Jan. 24: Color Magic For You Jan. 24: Sleep Solutions Feb. 27: De-clutter and Sell Your Treasures on the Internet Feb. 28: When Too Much Is Not Enough: How to Understand and Control Cravings

What Our Students are Saying “I would tell all of my friends to take classes at CLL to keep learning, meet new people, and keep their brain young.” – Kim Todd, CLL Student Did you have a great experience at the CLL? We'd love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail us at infoCLL@sbcc.edu

What's New in Music at the CLL?

What's New in Music at the CLL?  Whether you’re a professional or an aspiring musician, come chart your 2015 adventure in music, starting with one of our newest hands-on classes and workshops. These classes fill fast, so be sure to register early. NEW MUSIC CLASSES FOR 2015! Here are a just a few of our brand new classes for 2015: ●    Musical Theater Workshop ●    Opera Workshop ●    California Dreamin': Sixties Music Scenes in L.A., San Francisco, and Santa Barbara To view all Music & Performing Arts classes, click here. NEW! Musical Theater Workshop 10 Thursdays, beginning January 15th  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.  Musical theater is alive and well! Release your inner musical singer in the company of others who appreciate musical theater and want to perform. Sharpen your acting and singing skills and meet new, like-minded people in an exciting, fulfilling workshop environment. Class Cost: $124 Materials Cost $10 NEW! (SATURDAY) Opera Workshop 9 Saturdays, beginning January 17th 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.  Ignite your inner star! Improve the way you sing your personal favorites and then perform them for an audience. Just bring your arias, operatic and operetta scenes. Class Cost: $60 Materials Cost: $10 NEW!  (EVENING) California Dreamin': Sixties Music Scenes in L.A., San Francisco, and Santa Barbara 3 Wednesdays, beginning January 28th 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.   Relive the musical shock wave of the groups that laid the groundwork for art rock in the mid and late sixties and helped define the free love and drug culture of the times with their psychedelic sound. Join fellow devotes and novices as we explore the roots of this innovative time. Class Cost: $55 ARE YOU A CLL” INSIDER?” Just Curious?  Get started playing the Harmonica with some breathing tips from our Look & Learn video, “Playing the Harmonica” Explore over 300 Winter Classes! Click here to browse our printed schedule.  Want to be the first to find out about new classes and special CLL ‘insider’ info? Follow @sbccCLL on Facebook and Twitter!

Back By Popular Demand Singing from the Heart: Basics of Singing Jan. 16: This introductory singing class welcomes all shower singers, car singers, chorus singers and closet singers! Register Now Hundreds of Favorite Classes Harmonica Blues: Getting Started Jan. 26: Learn to use the natural human breathing process to have fun with this instantly intuitive instrument. Register Now Something for Everyone A Virtuoso Season: A Guide to CAMA’s Current Season Feb. 9: This class will provide a preview lecture and a performance of Orchestra de la Suisse Romande at the Granada Theatre Register Now

Cleo Hill on How to Develop Your Abs with Your Voice

Look & Learn: David Campos on Playing a Harmonica

What’s New in Fine Arts at the CLL?

What’s New in Fine Arts at the CLL?  New Year’s Resolutions? We have you covered! Whether you’re a professional or an aspiring artist, come chart your 2015 adventure in art, starting with one of our newest hands-on classes and workshops. These classes fill fast, so be sure to register early. NEW ART CLASSES FOR 2015! Here are a just a few of our brand new classes for 2015: ●    Animals Alive: Drawing at the Zoo ●    Landscape Oil Painting from Photos ●    Secret Power of Words as Art To view all Arts classes, click here.  NEW!   Animals Alive: Drawing at the Zoo 9 Tuesdays, beginning January 20th10 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Looking for a new type of drawing class outside of the classroom? Drawing animals and birds is an exciting and fascinating type of portraiture, and involves unique skill sets. Enjoy meeting your class and teacher at the Santa Barbara Zoo to draw rare and exotic animals live, rather than from photography. Learn how to break down the structure of an animal with basic shapes, develop the ability to capture animals' gestures in their movement and enhance your drawings with varying forms and textures. Class Cost: $180 NEW! Landscape Oil Painting from Photos 10 Thursdays, beginning January 15th  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.  Good photographs are just the jumping off point for creating great landscape paintings. Paint with more dynamic colors by applying one of the three great color schemes. This course includes instruction and demonstration of creating an oil painting from a photo from start to finish. You will analyze your photo through drawing, color mixing and completion. You then will create paintings from your own photos, with individual hands on help and critique from the instructor. Class Cost: $100 NEW!  Secret Power of Words as Art  4 Mondays, beginning January 26th  6 p.m. – 9 p.m.  Do you love language, phrases, letters, words? We'll explore words using paint, wood, paper and mixed media to get your message out. You can use provocative paintings or some 3-D objects that merge philosophy, literature, and your own playful ideas. Discover how this unique technique and create wonderful new and exciting pieces. All skills welcome. Class Cost: $60 Materials Cost: $10 ARE YOU A CLL” INSIDER?” Got a minute? Impress your friends with a quick ‎mind trick from our Look & Learn video, “How We Read Words” Explore over 300 Winter Classes! Click here to browse our printed schedule.  Want to be the first to find out about new classes and special CLL ‘insider’ info? Follow @sbccCLL on Facebook and Twitter!

Back By Popular Demand Antiques and Art: Field Trip Don’t miss this one-day field trip to the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Register Now Hundreds of Favorite Classes Collage and Mixed Media Learn to complete collage and mixed media projects, with emphasis on the principles and elements of composition. Register Now Something for Everyone Figure Drawing Take advantage of the opportunity to draw directly from a live model. Beginners welcome! Register Now

Look & Learn: Eliesa Bollinger on How We Read Words

CLL in the News: Santa Barbara News-Press

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