Scarsdale Adult School E-News
August 2022
Fall Fitness
Fitness and Dance Classes begin soon with a mix of in-person and online options. New this term are courses in Ballet (Beginner and Intermediate (Sundays: 11502, Wednesdays: 11500, and Saturdays: 11501)), Latin Dance, and Tap Dance (Beginner, Advanced Beginner, and Intermediate), meeting in the state-of-the-art dance studio at JCC of Mid-Westchester.

Returning by popular demand are Penny Bowman and Judy Schwartzman leading Tuesday (11420 and 11424), Thursday, and Friday (11421 and 11422) sections of Movement to Music, starting the day after Labor Day.
The second full week of September is packed with new sessions of nearly all other exercise classes. Jeannine Palermo returns for Body Sculpting (Tuesdays: 11360, Wednesdays: 11409, Thursday mornings: 11364, and Thursday afternoons: 11361), Sit-and-Be-Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Tuesdays: 11359 and Thursdays: 11358), Total Body Workout, Total Body Workout with Bands, and Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength and Abs.

Heather Buyers resumes new in-person and online sections of Walk 15® (Mondays: 11413 and Tuesdays: 11414). New instructor Cynthia Glickman brings evening Zumba back into the schedule with daytime classes also in the calendar (Wednesday mornings: 11508, Wednesday evenings: 11511, and Friday mornings: 11507).

Joey Zimet offers more Postural Therapy Movement and Louise Fecher starts new sessions of Essential Yoga, Gentle Yoga (Mondays: 11429 and Fridays: 11427), and MELT Method® Hand and Foot Treatment.

Don't delay -- register today!
Catalog Additions and Scheduling Changes
Three new weekend walking tours have just been added to the catalog and are immediately open for registration. Historic Irvington and Tarrytown (11539) ventures along the Old Croton Aqueduct to take in some of Westchester's most spectacular views and the grounds of famous mansions on Sunday, September 18, 2022. The following month, explore the rich history of the Village center with its Tudor-inspired architecture on Sunday, October 2, 2022, in Development of Downtown Scarsdale (11538). Then, on Saturday, October, 15, 2022, marvel at the transformation of a marble quarry into a spectacular park with Hudson River views on a guided four-mile loop of Quarry Park on the Aqueduct (11540)

Riva Blumenfeld's Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea (11405) has been postponed to Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

All classes fill on a first-come/first-served basis. Register early to ensure your spot in all limited enrollment in-person tours. If your desired course is already full, add your name to the wait list to be contacted in the event of an opening or the scheduling of additional tours.
Classes Starting After Labor Day
All class listings are for the Eastern Time Zone. Course numbers appear in parentheses.
Week of September 4, 2022
Architecture
  • Walking Tour: Manhattan's Fabled Squares with Francis Morrone: Union Square (11292)

Art Appreciation
  • Masterpieces of Western Art: Introduction to Visual Literacy (11325)

Cooking and Baking
  • Walking Tour and Farm-to-Table Cooking Demonstration: Fable Farm in Ossining, NY (11523)

Fitness and Dance

Literature and Film
  • BookTalk with Harriet Sobol: The Netanyahus (2021) by Joshua Cohen (11392)
Week of September 11, 2022
Architecture
  • Walking Tour: Manhattan's Fabled Squares with Francis Morrone: Madison Square (11293)
  • Walking Tour: The 34th Street District — Macy’s, the Empire State Building, and Penn Station (11340)

Art Appreciation
  • Masterpieces of Western Art: The Parthenon and Architecture in Periclean Athens (11326)
  • Walking Tour: Tribeca, New York's Hottest Gallery District (11337)

Arts & Crafts
  • Knitting for All Levels (evening: 11397 and morning: 11396)
  • Watercolor Painting (11406)
  • Mixed Media (11488)

Current Events
  • Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (Tuesdays: 11457, Wednesdays: 11410, and Thursdays: 11411)
  • Supreme Court Preview (11522)
Fitness and Dance
  • Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength and Abs (11363)
  • Body Sculpting (Tuesdays: 11360, Wednesdays: 11409, Thursday mornings: 11364, and Thursday afternoons: 11361)
  • Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Tuesdays: 11359 and Thursdays: 11358)
  • Total Body Workout (11408)
  • Total Body Workout with Bands (11362)
  • Beginner Ballet (11499)
  • Intermediate Ballet (Sundays: 11502 and Wednesdays: 11500)
  • Beginner Tap Dance (11504)
  • Advanced Beginner Tap Dance (11505)
  • Intermediate Tap Dance (11506)
  • Zumba (Wednesday mornings: 11508, Wednesday evenings: 11511, and Friday mornings: 11507)
  • Walk 15® (Mondays: 11413 and Tuesdays: 11414)
  • Movement to Music (Fridays: 11421 and 11422)
  • Gentle Yoga (11427)
  • Postural Therapy Movement (11412)
  • MELT Method® Hand and Foot Treatment (11426)

Games
  • Beginner Bridge (Tuesdays: 11307 and Wednesdays: 11309)
  • Beginner Plus Bridge (11311)
  • Intermediate Bridge (11305)
  • Bridge: Competitive Bidding (11480)
  • Introduction to Duplicate Bridge (11304)
  • Bridge: Figuring Out Opponents Hand (11481)
  • Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (11315)
  • Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (11317)
  • Canasta Tournament (11454)
  • Beginner Chess (11527)
Languages
  • ESL (11512)
  • Beginner Italian (Mondays: 11382 and Tuesdays: 11534)
  • Intermediate Italian (11491)
  • Italiano Conversazioni (11383)
  • Advanced Beginner German (11490)
  • Intermediate German (11509)
  • Beginner Spanish (11469)
  • Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Spanish (11471)
  • Intermediate to Advanced Spanish (11472)
  • Advanced Conversational Spanish (11473)
Literature and Film
  • Book Discussion: Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf (11390)
  • Artistry Behind the Film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (11366)

Music Appreciation
  • Great Concertos of the Twentieth Century (11517)

Performing Arts
  • Acting and Improv (11430)

Photography
  • iPhone Photography (11474)

Writing
  • Finding Your Voice through Memoir Writing (11347)
  • Getting Started, A Writing Workshop (11461)
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Catalog of Fall Classes
All upcoming classes are listed in our Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall 2022 Catalog. New classes are added regularly.

Class times are for the Eastern Time Zone. Please check regularly for additional options to keep you engaged and learning, whether from the comforts of home or through our expanding number of in-person options.
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