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Historical Nonfiction: Research-Based Writing With Hadley Meares
COURSE DESCRIPTION Have you ever wanted to write a history of personal interest in a 1200-word, Atlas Obscura essay–type format, but didn’t know where to begin? Perhaps you’ve always wondered about the deeper story behind an old family...
Mon 10 Jun - Mon 1 Jul
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A Lockpicking Practicum With Schuyler Towne
COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will cover the anatomy of locks, the fundamentals of how to pick them, and a number of things that aren’t fundamental at all. Over the course of five sessions, we’ll familiarize ourselves with the tools i...
Wed 22 May - Wed 19 Jun
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Creating Crossword Puzzles With Brooke Husic & Natan Last
COURSE DESCRIPTION Join crossword creators Natan Last and Brooke Husic for a behind-the-scenes, step-by-step look at how a themed, American-style puzzle goes from a collection of concepts to its final presentation. Together as a class,...
Tue 10 Sep - Tue 1 Oct
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Writing Cultural Mythologies & Urban Legends With Colin Dickey
COURSE DESCRIPTION Have you always wondered how to seriously research and write about the mythical, mystical, or paranormal? While these topics still remain taboo in some writing circles, this workshop invites you to bring a journalist...
Sun 19 May - Thu 30 May
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Making Scents: Experimental Perfumery With Saskia Wilson-Brown
COURSE DESCRIPTION Led by Saskia Wilson-Brown, the founder and director of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, this course will provide an expansive overview of perfumery that introduces the technical and foundational information you'...
Sun 19 May - Tue 28 May
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All the Small Things: Crafting a Miniature Abandoned Room With Amanda Kelly
COURSE DESCRIPTION The craft of making miniatures is a centuries-old art form that stretches far beyond the realm of pastimes and hobbies. Miniatures have been used across mediums and fields from film and advertising to fine art and ev...
Tue 11 Jun - Tue 9 Jul
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Bee-licious: Taste Honey Like a Sommelier With Marina Marchese
COURSE DESCRIPTION Honey has a long journey before it lands in your jar. Starting with the local climate, the final harvest is affected by the region’s diverse botanical sources, the honeybees who visit them, and the activity of the be...
Mon 20 May - Wed 22 May
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Rites of Spring: Nature, Myth, and Legends
COURSE DESCRIPTION The flowers are blooming and we’re diving into the weeds of this glorious time of year! Step outside with us (through our screens) to explore the Nature, Myths, and Legends of spring! This course will be a three-part...
Mon 20 May - Wed 22 May
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Exploring Fantasy Writing With Kelley Skovron
COURSE DESCRIPTION Fantasy is a vast and often uninhibited genre. Its rich literary history and cultural significance lends itself to how we as humans dream and imagine. In this four-part workshop, led by acclaimed author Kelley Skovro...
Mon 3 Jun - Mon 24 Jun
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Indigenous Dishes of N. America W/ Mariah Gladstone
COURSE DESCRIPTION Join Mariah Gladstone, creator of Indigikitchen, for a four-part course covering the diversity of foods from across Turtle Island. Moving season by season, the structure of this class will highlight the earth’s natur...
Tue 4 Jun - Tue 25 Jun
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How We Dream: The Science, History & Future of Dreams With Sidarta Ribeiro
COURSE DESCRIPTION We spend years of our lives moving somewhat motionlessly through our dreams, a phenomenon that has puzzled humans since the time our Paleolithic ancestors were falling asleep, nestled in caves beneath the stars. In t...
Thu 6 Jun - Thu 13 Jun
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Shared Soul: A Culinary Journey from West & Central Africa to the American
COURSE DESCRIPTION Join James Beard Award–winning culinary historian Michael W. Twitty on a cultural journey from West and Central Africa to the American South, exploring the deep and enduring connections across the Atlantic world. Dra...
Wed 5 Jun - Wed 19 Jun
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Tree Communication With Annie Novak
COURSE DESCRIPTION Trees can’t speak, but they constantly communicate. In this three-part lecture series with Annie Novak, we’ll explore what tree communication actually means, rooting our understanding of this extraordinary natural ph...
Thu 6 Jun - Thu 20 Jun
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Thrills & Chills: Horror Story Writing With Nino Cipri
COURSE DESCRIPTION The horror genre is a funhouse mirror, offering larger-than-life reflections of a culture’s fears and insecurities. Its popularity may rise and fall, but horror is always with us. In this seminar, award-winning autho...
Sun 23 Jun - Sun 14 Jul
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An Introduction to Sensory History With Carolyn Purnell
COURSE DESCRIPTION Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling—we’re taught at an early age that these five senses are our only means of experiencing the world around us. But our sensorial world may not be so straightforward; while th...
Wed 26 Jun - Wed 17 Jul
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Shared Soul: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America w/ Michael Twitty
COURSE DESCRIPTION Join James Beard Award–winning culinary historian Michael W. Twitty on a cultural journey from West and Central Africa to the American South, exploring the deep and enduring connections across the Atlantic world. Dra...
Wed 5 Jun - Wed 19 Jun
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Playing for Keeps: Designing Keepsake Games With Shing Yin Khor
COURSE DESCRIPTION Keepsake games create space for play to take physical shape—for players to become makers, crafting a tangible object of their imagination as they play. In this course led by experience designer Shing Yin Khor, you’ll...
Mon 9 Sep - Mon 30 Sep
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Ask a Cemeterian: The Business of Burials With Dr. Elise M. Ciregna
COURSE DESCRIPTION Cemeteries are, for many of us, sites of mystery, grounds belonging to those who lived in the past. In this course led by historian Dr. Elise M. Ciregna, we’ll demystify these American landscapes of death, exploring ...
Sun 19 May - Thu 6 Jun
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Making Miniature Furniture With Amanda Kelly of Panda Miniatures
COURSE DESCRIPTION Making miniatures is no small feat; crafting tiny worlds from scratch is both an art and a science, and it draws from a long history of reflecting realities and generating new ones. In this workshop designed for begi...
Sun 19 May - Wed 19 Jun
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Writing Beyond Reality: 4 Approaches to SciFi With Dr. Alexandra Grunberg
COURSE DESCRIPTION Science fiction isn’t all spaceships and alien invasions. It’s a rich literary tradition with a fascinating history, encompassing a wide variety of subgenres that have influenced society—from space operas and apocaly...
Sun 19 May - Wed 5 Jun
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