New sessions of Games are slated to begin in the next few weeks. Different classes for different skill levels allow you to learn and improve while connecting with fellow SAS students to continue the fun after class is over.

Learn the timeless game of bridge, improve your play, and then enjoy recreational games with a touch of organized learning and helpful tips at SAS.

Robert Rebelein joins the faculty this season to introduce novices to Beginner Bridge (Course 13828) starting Monday, January 26, 2025 and Bridge: Supervised Play for Novice Players (Course 13827) starting Friday, January 23, 2026.

New instructor Melissa Baker will teach Advanced Beginner Bridge (Course 13825) starting Tuesday, January 13, 2026. and Bridge: Supervised Play for Experienced Players (Course 13826) starting Friday, January 16, 2026.

Rich Laufer returns this winter to lead several sections of Bridge: Supervised Play on Monday mornings (Course 13824) or Wednesday evenings (Course 13823), both beginning the week of January 11, 2026.

Jamie Meadow and Sheryl Itkin return in the new year for multiple sections of canasta. Beginner Canasta meets Monday mornings (Course 13716), Tuesday evenings (Course 13718), or Thursday mornings (Course 13717).

Those with some experience can meet others at Canasta: Supervised Play, Tips, and Strategy on Monday mornings (Course 13723), Tuesday evenings (Course 13724), or Thursday afternoons (Course 13722).

All new canasta sessions begin the week of January 11, 2026.

Sara Farnsworth and Anne Wiesel will lead more mah jongg classes in the new year. For those seeking to learn this exceedingly popular game, Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series meets on Monday mornings (Course 13686), Wednesday mornings (Course 13684), Wednesday evenings (Course 13762), or Friday mornings (Course 13688).

Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play sessions are on Monday afternoons (Course 13691), Tuesday mornings (Course 13764), or Wednesday afternoons (Course 13690).

The next set of mah jongg classes all start the week of January 11, 2026.

Take a chance and try a new game in 2026!

Week of December 28, 2025

No classes are scheduled to meet this week. Our office is closed through January 4, 2026. Online registration is open 24/7.

Enjoy the holiday break and remember to register for classes that begin in early January!

Week of January 4, 2026

Art Appreciation

• Artistic Rivalry: Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro (13588)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• iPhone Beyond the Basics I (13767)

Fitness and Dance

• Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength, and Abs (13746)
• Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Tuesday afternoon online: 13747; Thursday morning online: 13749; Thursday morning in person: 13750)
• Body Sculpting (Thursday morning in person: 13748; Thursday afternoon online: 13751)
• Postural Therapy Movement (13778)
• Mat Pilates (13700)
• Total Body Workout with Bands (13752)

Hobbies and Edutainment

• iPhone Photography: Beyond the Basics (13771)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Devils (1872), the Hopeful and the Wicked (13678)
• Book Discussion: Heart of a Stranger (2025) by Angela Buchdahl (Friday morning in person: 13788; Friday afternoon online: 13787)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Studio Museum in Harlem (13777)

Week of January 11, 2026

Art Appreciation

• Women Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot (13811)

Arts & Crafts

• Express Yourself Through Collage (13818)
• Landscape Painting with Oil Pastels (13673)
• Painting Landscapes and Still Lifes with Soft Pastels (13674)
• Painting the Landscape with Watercolors (13671)
• Watercolor Painting (13672)
• Vibrant Strokes of Pastel Drawing (13683)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• Introduction to AI and ChatGPT (Wednesday morning: 13704; Thursday evening: 13705)

Current Events and Politics

• Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (Tuesday mornings in person: 13679; Wednesday mornings online: 13731;Thursday mornings online: 13732)
• Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality (13728)

Fitness and Dance

• Mat Pilates (13699)
• Walk 15® (Monday mornings online: 13697; Tuesday mornings in person: 13698)
• Essential Yoga (13695)
• Gentle Yoga (13696)
• Movement to Music (Tuesday mornings in person: 13754; Tuesday mornings online: 13755; Thursday mornings online: 13757; Friday mornings in person: 13756)
• Conditioning for Racket Sports (13753)
• Introduction to Chair Yoga (13772)

Games

• Advanced Beginner Bridge (13825)
• Bridge: Supervised Play (Monday mornings: 13824; Wednesday evenings: 13823)
• Bridge: Supervised Play for Experienced Players (13826)
• Beginner Canasta (Monday mornings: 13716; Tuesday evenings: 13718; Thursday mornings: 13717)
• Canasta: Supervised Play, Tips, and Strategy (Monday mornings: 13723; Tuesday evenings: 13724; Thursday afternoons: 13722)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (Monday mornings: 13686; Wednesday mornings: 13684; Wednesday evenings: 13762; Friday mornings: 13688)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (Monday afternoons: 13691; Tuesday mornings: 13764; Wednesday afternoons: 13690)

Hobbies and Edutainment

• iPhone Photo Features (13766)

Languages

• Beginner Spanish (Wednesday mornings online: 13740; Wednesday afternoons online: 13742)
• Beginner Spanish II (13744)
• Advanced Beginner Spanish (13739)
• Intermediate Spanish (13738)
• Intermediate to Advanced Spanish (13736)
• Basic Conversational Spanish (13741)
• Conversational Spanish (13730)
• Intermediate Conversational Spanish (13735)
• Advanced Conversational Spanish (13737)
• Conversational French (13734)
• Beginner Italian (13819)
• Conversational Italian (13820)
• Intermediate German (13821)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Short Stories by Women About Women (13765)
• Book Chat with Anna Katsavos: My Friends (2025) by Fredrik Backman (13680)

Performing Arts

• Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students (13809)
• Joy of Singing (Tuesday evenings: 13807; Wednesday afternoons: 13808)
• Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners (13810)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at the Met Cloisters (13781)
• Walking Tour: Grand Central Terminal (13619)

All upcoming classes through end of March 2026 will be listed in the Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall/Winter 2025-26 Catalog. New classes and changes are added in real time.

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 expansive number of in-person options.