INQUIRE Winter 2021 Wake Robin's Lifelong Learning Program Presented at Cup of Conversation on 12/17/20

INQUIRE
 Winter 2021
          Wake Robin’s
   Lifelong Learning Program

Presented at Cup of Conversation
          on 12/17/20

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AS WELL
AS SOME OPTIONS TO GET
OUTSIDE!

   CONTINUING OUR ROLLING
   SEMESTER:
   ADDING PROGRAMS AS
   OPPORTUNITY ARISES

      NEW ADDITIONS WILL BE
      ANNOUNCED AT VIRTUAL CUP

         NO BROCHURES OR
         REGISTRATION FORMS.

EARLY AMERICAN CIRCUS POSTERS

WITH SHELBURNE
 MUSEUM’S CHIEF
    CURATOR
KORY ROGERS

Webinar

Monday, January 25th at 2PM.
 No registration necessary.

WRITING WORKSHOP: FOUR POEMS

WITH POET,
AUTHOR, AND
 EDUCATOR
REBECCA
 STARKS

Poetry Class Syllabus:
Through the course of four weeks, participants will write four poems. Each week
we will focus on one of these elements: metaphors, turnings, lines, and fragments.
Participants will email the instructor their poems before each session, read them
aloud during class, and give and receive constructive feedback that focuses on the
sites of energy in the poem and its further possibilities. A selection of poems will be
provided a week in advance as possible models or inspiration for each poem.
Optional formal “scaffolding” suggestions (in parentheses below) will also be
provided each week for those interested in exploring form. All levels welcome.

Week 1: Metaphor (Free Verse)

Week 2: Turning (Sonnet, Sijo)

Week 3: Line (Villanelle, Triolet, Rondeau)

Week 4: Fragment (Sapphics, Haiku)

4-part class on Zoom Meeting

     Alternating Thursdays and Fridays
  1/14, 1/22, 1/28, and 2/5 from 1:30-3 PM
           Email Jena to register.

Writing a 'Legacy Letter’ Workshop

with Jay Sherwin,
founder of the
Life Reflections
Project

Writing a Legacy Letter Workshop
description:
This three-session course is designed to introduce the concept of “legacy letters”
and to encourage participants to craft their own legacy document. A legacy letter
(also called an “ethical will”) is a written personal statement, typically just a few
pages, that allows you to share your life lessons, express your values and transmit
your blessings to future generations. It also allows you to express gratitude,
request forgiveness or make amends. Writing a legacy letter requires some honest
self-reflection, but it's a rewarding experience that creates an enduring gift for
children, grandchildren, and other loved ones. The course includes discussion and
brief writing exercises; it will offer a model structure to help you complete your
own legacy document to share with family and friends.

3-part workshop on Zoom Meeting

 Thursdays – Feb. 4th, 11th, and 18th from 1:30-3 PM.
               Email Jena to register.

Wake Robin Photo challenge

20 cameras. One month.
                   Let’s see what happens.
                 What is the story of your art?
  Get disposable camera from Jena, choose a theme, take pics. Return your
     camera on Feb. 1st and work with Jena to create your ‘show’ in the
Community Center Lobby. These will be simple displays, two per week through
the spring. Photos will be displayed on white board set on easels and labeled
                               with your theme.
Email Jena if you are interested in participating - if we have more than 20 folks
                 interested, we will do a drawing for the spots.

  We are working with Green Mountain Camera in South
   Burlington to get film developed and have camera’s
                         recycled.

An opportunity to think about photography then and now, and the current
  culture of being able to erase, re-do, edit, and alter to make our photos
 immediately better. Might it be interesting to take a time machine back to
when we saw something we wanted to capture on film with no adjustments
 or fixes? Or when we used to compose an image to our liking and trust the
moment. No second-guessing or “perfecting” – rather we trust our instincts
                              and act on them.

Here is a list of themes participants can
  choose from to make their project:

         I Get by With A Little Help from My Friends
                        Strange Days
                   The Rainbow in Winter
                 The Poetry of the Pandemic
                       This is Vermont
                     30-days/30 Themes
   Goodbye 2020- Don’t let the door hit you on the way out…

            Email Jena if you would like to sign up!

Culinary Medicine

WITH WAKE ROBIN’S
DIRECTOR OF DINING
     KATE HAYS

Webinar

 Culinary Medicine – Thurs. Jan. 7th at 2 PM
Eating for Wellness – Wed. Feb. 10th at 2 PM
          No registration necessary.

Film script reading series

One script per month on Zoom

      Tuesdays starting 1/5 from 1:30-2:45 PM.
This will be a fun informal way to see what it is like to read an
   actual film script. Parts will be divided up in advance and
you’ll get the script in your mailbox, plus and email with a bit
of history on the film. We’ll read each week on Zoom. We will
       switch up roles each week. Email Jena to register.

Our first film script will be:

INTO THE WOODS

Let’s go outside and become
acquainted with our trees this winter!

Tree Finding Challenge:

  As part of Wake Robin’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2013, informative
  tree markers were placed next to 18 trees on Wake Robin’s main campus,
   but those markers are in storage for the winter. Can you locate the trees
  without the markers? Try. All of them are near the road, parking areas, or
 paths. In winter it’s hard to identify trees, but we have good maps that give
  the names of the trees and their locations. To take part, email or call Jena
 (jnecrason@wakerobin.com or 264-5107) and she will leave a packet with
                 more details/maps in your internal mailbox.

   We’ll start on January 2nd, and you’ll have the whole month of January to
find as many trees as you can. When you have completed your journey (even
if you have not found them all) hand in your map and we will have a drawing.
           Winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Daikin Farms!

NEXT STEPS:
• Copies of this presentation will be available on the Resident Portal and
  Touchtown today (12/17) at 12 PM. Paper copies are also available at the
  Community Center Front Desk.

• No registration will be necessary for any of the Webinar Lectures. Webinars
  will be announced in Cup and Zoom links will appear in Cup and on the
  Happenings Calendar.

• Some things require registration and info about that is in this presentation.

• No brochures this time around, please use this presentation as your
  program guide.

Thank you! Hope to see you at Inquire events in the coming months.

Remember that more events will be added as we go through the
Winter. New additions will be announced at Cup as they are
confirmed. Feel free to reach out to me with questions!

jnecrason@wakerobin.com or 264-5107.