CLL in the News: SB Independent

In today's Independent, page 13!

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, August 24th

You're Invited! Saturday, August 24th, 1:00 - 3:30 pm 

1:30 Ribbon cutting & prize drawings for FREE CLL classes!

3:15 prize drawings for FREE CLL classes!

On August 24th the Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL)  invites the entire community to celebrate its Grand Opening at an exciting and interactive event. The Center for Lifelong Learning launches in fall 2013 as a new Santa Barbara City College (SBCC)  program.

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Date:            Saturday, August 24^th

Time:           1:00 - 3:30 pm (ribbon cutting 1:30 pm; prize drawings 1:30 & 3:15)

Location:     Wake Campus, 300 N. Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111

Admission:   Free

The Grand Opening Celebration will be held at the Wake Campus, 300 North Turnpike Rd, SB 93111, from 1:00-3:30 p.m. The opening ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. 

Click here for our Facebook event page!

The day’s events will include food & beverages, activities for families, live performances, hands-on demonstrations and drawings for free classes and other fun prizes. You will also have opportunity to sign up for classes on the spot.

CLL offers the community a comprehensive and vibrant program of very affordable classes, workshops and seminars for adults, families and older adults. Classes will be offered in a wide range of areas including Arts & Crafts, Computers, Culinary, Current Events, Do-it-Yourself, Fitness, Genealogy, Health, Home & Garden, Languages, Literature, Parent Education, Performing Arts, Psychology & Spirituality, and Science & Nature.

Come learn about the fall term schedule; meet CLL instructors; enjoy demonstrations and participate in mini-classes; view examples of student work; connect with other members of the community who share your interests; and enjoy high quality entertainment and refreshments.

Contact:       Judy Taggart, jltaggart@sbcc.edu, (805) 683-8289 or visit www.sbcc.edu/CLL

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

Foundation for Santa Barbara City College, Chumash Casino Resort, Nimita’s Indian Cuisine, and Erna’s Corner

THANK YOU TO OUR MEDIA SPONSORS:

Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara Independent, KDB 93.7 FM, K-LITE 101.7, Noozhawk, ParentClick

Important Registration Schedule Information

First Week of Registration: Staggered Aug. 19 - 22

The first week of registration will be staggered by subject areas across four days.

CLL Staggered Registration Schedule Fall 2013

CLL Fall 2013 Printed Schedule available online

View or download the CLL fall 2013 printed schedule:

1. Download schedule (PDF)

2. View as a "flip-though" schedule online

New CLL Classes for Fall 2013

SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning offers 500+ classes for fall, and introduces more than 50 new offerings!

CLL is also introducing classes for Spanish speakers, in health, fitness, relaxation and parenting!

Explore the community's favorite classes and these new ones in our online catalog or print schedule.

ARTS, CRAFTS, PERFORMANCE

Arts

• Beginning Oil Painting
• Botanical Illustration and Nature's Gems
• Creativity and Finding One's Authentic Voice
• Expressive Figure Drawing
• Painting the Abstract Landscape
• Stories in Art - American Art and Artists

Crafts & Hobbies:General

• Japanese Thread Balls/ Temari:  Level 1
• Weaving Lab

Crafts: Jewelry

• High Style/Low Tech Jewelry Making
• Jewelry Making with Silver Precious Metal Clay

Crafts: Sewing & Quilting

• Drop Dead Gorgeous: Costume Design and Construction for the Enthusiast
• Recycle, Repurpose and Refashion

Music & Performing Arts

• Acting for Stage and Film
• Beginning Basic Blues Guitar
• Improvisation for Beginners: Time to Have Some Fun
• They Really Like Me! How to Shine in a Public Performance

BODY, MIND, SPIRIT

Psychology & Spirituality

• Apparitions and the After-Life - A Scientific Exploration
• Creative Spiral: Spirited, Passionate, Intuitive, Real, Authentic Living
• Emotional Intelligence - What,  How & Why We Feel & Think
• Find the Love of Your Life
• Focusing: A Mindful Approach to Wellness
• Healing From Trauma
• Health, Psychological and Spiritual, and the 'Enneagram'
• Highlights of Life-Span Psychology - Create Your Own Personal Milestones
• Hiking Santa Barbara
• Indigenous Healing and Dream Interpretation in Southern Africa
• Living the Paradox of Enlightenment
• Meditation for Chronic Pain Patients
• Mobilizing Divine Love, Joy and Wisdom
• Nature, Hiking and Self-Healing - Beginning
• Nature, Hiking, and Self-Healing: Intermediate
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Healing With the Tearless Trauma Technique
• SoulCollage: An Artful Path to Inner Wisdom
• Sound Sanctuary - The Healing Nature of Sound and Music

EVENTS, FILM, WORDS

Film

• A Director's Vision - A History
• Action Sports Videography

Languages

• French through Songs and Poetry

Writing & Literature

• Publishing in the 21st Century: Marketing Your Muse

HOME, NATURE, TECHNICAL

Computers

• Facebook For Beginners: Will You Be My Friend?
• Pinterest For Beginners: Spend A Pinteresting Day With The Things You Love
• Social Media for Lifelong Learners of All Ages
• Twitter: To Tweet or Not to Tweet

Cooking

• Applicious - Cooking with Apples
• Autumn Market Vegetables
• Beautiful Holiday Food Gifts
• Canning and Preserving Demystified
• Chicken and Egg
• Chocolate Mania
• Cook Italian- the Four Seasons
• Fish, the Whole Fish and Nothing but the Fish
• Macho without Meat
• Meet, Mingle and Cook
• No More Excuses: Mastering the Thanksgiving Turkey
• Pastry Classics: Perfect Pies and Elegant Tarts
• Superb Sauces
• When Life Gives You Lemons   

ESTAS CLASES SE ENSEÑARAN EN ESPAÑOL

• Autoestima, salud y bienestar para la mujer 
• Relajación y meditación guiada
• Yoga en español: Como reducir el estrés y mejorar su salud 
• Medicina natural usando hierbas y la alimentación
• Pequeños Cantantes - Para padres con niños de 12 a 30 meses 
• Pequeños cantantes para padres con niños de 2 años y medio a 5 años 

CLL in the News: CASA

We're in today's CASA magazine on pg. 12! 

CLL Blog Special Edition: Viva la Fiesta!

Ready  to "Viva la Fiesta" all year long? Here's how, at the Center for Lifelong Learning!

Courtesy of Black Gold Cooperative Library System
"Fiesta in Santa Barbara" circa early 20th century

Fall registration starts August 19th. Here's a sneak peek at some upcoming CLL classes sure to keep you in the Fiesta spirit!

Viva la Cooking!

➜ Latin American Cuisine

Learn how to make a variety of exciting dishes from Latin America. This hands-on class will feature delicious foods from Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Brazil and Argentina. Enjoy preparing homemade dishes suchas Mexican Tamales wrapped in banana leaves, Mexican stews, Cuban-style Pork Roast, Peruvian Ceviche, Brazilian Moqueca (seafood stew with coconut milk) and Argentinean Empanadas. Students will learn different cooking techniques and explore unique ingredients and new spices. Students of all skill levels welcome.

(Course number: 606383)

Viva la Music & Dance!

Playing the Guitar for Beginners

This course teaches students simple accompaniment for songs as well as chords, rhythm techniques and left-hand and right-hand coordination.

(Course number: 301190)

➜ World Dance Workout

This exercise class uses dance styles and music from around the world including Latin, Middle Eastern, Irish, Balkan and African, giving students an energizing workout. Movements are easy to follow for both beginning and experienced dancers.

(Course number: 608617)

Viva la Language

➜ Conversational Spanish 

CLL has Conversational Spanish classes for everyone, from First Steps to Advanced, and just about every level in between! 

(Various course numbers)

Viva la Dress Up (design your own Fiesta costume)!

➜ NEW! Drop Dead Gorgeous: Costume Design and Construction for the Enthusiast

Do you love ‘Downton Abbey’ or the BBC ‘Sherlock’? Are you a Comic-Con or ‘Star Wars II’ fan? Come explore the intricacies of costume design and construction for theatre, film and TV. Or make your child’s Halloween costume wishes come true. Make your own custom dress form or bum roll. Draft, drape or adapt a commercial

pattern for your own fantastic costume, evening gown or bridal project. Information provided for a self-guided trip to the Los Angeles Garment district resources, materials and supplies.

(Course number: 603132)

¡Viva la Familia! 

Our popular Parenting Education classes include "Music Times" with 4 different sections for parents of six-month up to five-year-old children!

➜ Music Times I

For Parents Of Babies Aged 6 - 12 Months (Course number: 251293)

➜ Music Times II

For Parents of Walkers Aged 12–18 Months (Course number: 251310)

➜ Music Times III

For Parents of Children Aged 18–30 months (Course number: 251294)

➜ Music Times IV

For Parents of Children aged 2.5–5 years (Course number: 251293)

Class explores the power of rhythm, melody, tonality and beat. Students learn how music nurtures children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development while strengthening the bond between parent and child. Participants are exposed to various genres of music, play a variety of instruments, listen to stories with

dramatization and puppets, and learn songs, rhymes, sign language and finger plays in an interactive environment. Students also learn how music can be used as a tool to guide daily routines and transitions.