Community Education Workshop Refund Policy: If you withdraw at least one week before the first meeting, you will receive a 100% refund less a $15 processing fee. No refund is given for withdrawals made less than one week before the course starts. If BCC cancels a workshop, you will receive a 100% refund of all fees. Please allow at least three weeks for processing refunds.
2024 Workshops
Art Culinary and Hospitality Kids and Teens Professional Development Self Care
Art
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Learn how to paint a Landscape Painting with little or no experience. Discover how to create the illusion of depth and distance through scale and color adjustments while using simple brush techniques. Beginners to experienced.
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Join us for a fast-paced, low-pressure round of improvisational poetry writing exercises. Have fun and be inspired by interactive, surprising prompts and the energy of the group.
Culinary and Hospitality
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In this class we will be discussing and working with multiple forms of bread, both yeasted and sourdough, to understand how bread works.
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Join us for frosting-filled fun in a Beginner's Cake Decorating workshop, you will learn how to make your dream dessert and wow everyone for the next occasion.
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Chef Gaetano Arnone is a maestro in the art of Italian cuisine, particularly renowned for his expertise in crafting fresh pasta and imparting traditional Italian cooking techniques.
Kids and Teens
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Financial Fitness: A Teen's Guide to Budgeting, Security and Smart Money Habits
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This empowering workshop is designed to equip teenagers with essential financial skills for a successful future. Throughout the workshop, participants will explore the fundamentals of budgeting, learning how to effectively manage their finances and make informed decisions with their money.
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Calling all young chefs! Learn the basics of cooking in a safe environment. From mastering kitchen safety and wielding utensils to creating yummy meals, we'll explore the joy of food preparation together. Come hungry for knowledge and leave with the skills to whip up your favorite dishes! For ages 8 to 12 years old.
Professional Development
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This 32-hour course teaches the original Dr. Vodder method and covers: the four basic techniques of the Original Dr. Vodder Method; the practical applications for the treatments of nine body regions; and the anatomy and physiology of the lymph system and connective tissue.
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Getting Paid to Talk: An Introduction to Professional Voice Over
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From audio books to advertisements and beyond, we encounter recorded voices everywhere! In this one-night class, your instructor will take you behind-the-scenes in the voice over field for a fun and realistic look at how the voice over field really works.
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In partnership with Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative, this comprehensive workforce development workshop is designed to introduce you to the fundamental skills of being a production assistant (PA) on a film or television set.
Self Care
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Through guided meditation using hypnosis and your positive action statement, learn the techniques that will help you to begin your successful journey to weight control.
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Tai Chi and Qigong combine slow, deliberate movements, meditation and breathing that help stimulate organs, circulation, balance and alignment, and restore your energy. This is low impact for everybody no matter your fitness level.