cheap classes

[thespian.livejournal.com]

nothing against the previous poster; but I'm wondering where all of the area's *cheap* classes are. I've seen writing classes for $400, music for $150 an hour, even 90m over at the Cambridge School for Culinary Arts costs $100.

When I lived in Toronto, I did a full day class in tofu making for $5. The local adult education schools were $50 (canadian, when it was worth 80 US cents), for 6 week classes. I myself taught free classes in computer literacy.

Now, it's not that I don't believe the classes exist. I'm sure they do, and there are places where they can be taken. But I just keep not seeing or hearing about them. So what are your favourite resources for people who can't afford classes that cost more per hourthan they themselves earn?

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[thespian.livejournal.com]

that looks neat. I actually garden, act, do about 20 craft type things, am very, very interested in cooking skills, love going to public lectures, worked at CCTV (love the video classes), I'm a web designer and graphic artist at times. I didn't really specify anything because, aside from hard science (and I love the softer sciencey stuff, I just don't have the high end math skills to understand a lot of the hard stuff), I'm actually quite interested in anything (and others above also chimed in with 'I've wondered that myself', so I was trying to be very multitasking question about it).

[nomacmac.livejournal.com]

Somerville Garden club has monthly meetings with guest speakers on a variety of topics. The Somerville Museum occasionally has classes and lectures associated with whatever exhibit is there. Last month there were some hands-on mosaic demonstrations. Check the libraries (including Cambridge and Arlington) for guest speakers and classes. AC Moore and Michaels have cheap classes on crafty-type stuff (I think most are one day things, but they also have longer term cake decorating classes)

That's all off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's more. Check the Calendar section of the Thursday Globe, and the Somerville Journal for local stuff.