Welcome to the Pawleys Island/Litchfield SC CLASS website!
CLASS (Community Learning About Special Subjects) is in its 12th year of providing adults with courses taught by talented instructors in a casual environment for the pure joy of learning. The CLASS office, along with Art Works and the Moveable Feast, is located inside the Chocolate & Coffee House at the Litchfield Exchange, two miles south of Brookgreen Gardens, just behind Applewood's.
Among the courses offered for the winter/spring 2010 are Tai Chi (beginning and continuing) with Liz Hileman and Robbie Renken, MyGroup with Lisa Rosof, Applying the Enneagram to Your Life with Carol Anderson, Reincarnation and Cleaning Your Closets with Sammye Souder, Couples Time Out Retreat at the Sea View Inn with Lee Brockington in March, Gloria Perkins' Oil Painting Workshop in March, and Fridays' Moveable Feasts, literary luncheons featuring exciting authors at area restaurants.
Each of the four terms is approximately 8 weeks long, however individual courses are scheduled for varying durations, depending on the subject's needs. To register or receive the schedule for CLASS, call 843-235-9600, stop by the Chocolate & Coffee House in the Litchfield Exchange for a copy, or click on CLASS list at the top of this page.
Art Works, CLASS and The Moveable Feast are owned and managed by Linda Ketron, who also serves as the Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Coastal Carolina University. The complete listing of Lifelong Learning courses is available at www.coastal.edu/olli, or by calling 843-349-4032.
SPAT - Self-Published Author Talks
Instructor: Local authorsDates: Jan 21, 2010 to Dec 16, 2010
Time: From 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Materials: None
Class Cost: $0.00
Is Class Open? yes
Description: Inspired by the "first ever self-published authors' book fair," SPAT will meet on the third Thursday of each month from 3:30 to 5 pm at the Chocolate & Coffee House in the Litchfield Exchange. The talks are free and open to the public (with reservations, so sufficient seating can be arranged). Come hear the trials and triumphs of writers who are "taking it to the streets." Order a chai or latte or hot chocolate and enjoy some great storytelling. Please call for reservations: 235-9600. Jan. 21 The Write Sisters, "Women's Voices, An Anthology" (nine authors) Mary Kopchains, "I Went to the Sea for Oranges" (memoir) Feb. 18 Sarah Kelly, "The Red Priest's Annina" (historical novel) Mercedes Munnerlyn, "A Lighter Side of Me" (poetry) Mar. 18 Gloria Spivey Flecker, "North of Channing Street" (novel) Georgiana Keller, "Prune Juice Cocktail: A Recipe for Aging with Grace" (humor) Apr. 15 Robert DeBurgh, "Riders of the Wind," "Winds of Fate" (adventure) Nan Turner/Darlene Eichler, "The Rose Series," "Trunk Tales" (coming of age) May 20 Jack DeGroot, "The Widow of Sea Trail" (13 romantic thrillers) Tom Rieber, "The Nine Irony" (mystery)
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The Moveable Feast Literary Luncheons
The Moveable Feast features literary luncheons with exciting authors at area restaurants on Fridays, 11 am-1 pm, $25 each (some exceptions). Your participation includes 10% off the purchase price of the featured book. Each Feast is followed by a signing at Litchfield Books from 2-4 pm.
The Next Feast...
Rick Simmons
author of "Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River" at Inlet Affairs.
"Area native Simmons relates the often overlooked stories of the upper South Carolina coast during the Civil War. As a base of operations for more than 3,000 troops early in the war and the site of more than a dozen forts, almost every inch of the coast was affected by and hotly contested during the Civil War. From the skirmishes at Fort Randall in Little River and the repeated Union naval bombardments of Murrells Inlet to the unrealized potential of the massive fortifications at Battery White and the sinking of the USS Harvest Moon in Winyah Bay, the region's colorful Civil War history is unfolded here at last."
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