(Chelsea Update would like to thank Dick Dice for the information in this story.)
Classes offered by the Chelsea Adult Learners Institute in its 2019 Winter/Spring session provide several alternatives to the trip south that you are not going to take.
Instead, brighten things a bit with a class on Indoor Gardening or learn how to cook delicious Thai curries.
Winter also provides the perfect opportunity to ponder Shakespeare’s History and Tragedy plays, Women of the Old Testament, Origins of the Italian Renaissance or the work of Gertrude Bell in the East as she fashioned the modern states of Iraq and Jordan.
The course on Korea and another on two Far Eastern Monuments of the World might lend you an edge in a conversation about that important part of the world. And if winter is really getting you down, ALI offers two courses in music to soothe the savage winter breast…one with Scott Joplin and the other with Maurice Ravel.
If faraway places intrigue you, ALI offers a tour of Ireland and Wales, another of the Scandinavian Islands and their architecture, and yet another on the Appalachian Trail.
But if you would rather stay closer to home, a tour through two Ann Arbor neighborhoods, Historic Burns Park and the more modern Ann Arbor Hills, or even a class on the intriguing architecture of Albert Kahn in Detroit might suit your fancy. You can leave your GPS at home as you discover Fun with Maps and you might even learn something about mining in that class.
Tell your friends about all your in-house adventures, by checking out the Art of Storytelling.
And if you just can’t wait to get outside, there’s a class about Michigan’s Warblers and Owls which, even if you aren’t a bird watcher, is fascinating. You can also learn about Michigan’s Wildflowers.
And for a rich, vicarious adventure – try the class in Racing to Mackinac Island in a sailboat.
Classes meet once a week from early March until late May at sites throughout the Chelsea-Dexter area, generally for a one to three-or four-week span. Tuition fees range from $10 to $30 depending on the number of meetings and there is a $10 registration fee.
Registration is accepted throughout the semester as long as space is available.
Catalogs were mailed in mid-January and are available at several sites throughout the county.
More information is available at www.adultlearnersinstitute.org or by calling 734-292-5540.
