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Learn essential life skills such as financial literacy, communication, and time management in Chicago's Life Skills classes, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools to thrive in various aspects of their personal and professional lives.

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Organic Vegetable Gardening Basics

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, IL

Learn the basic techniques and tools required to grow your own vegetables. Site selection, bed and soil preparation, seed sowing, transplanting, and harvesting techniques will be covered.  You will receive a packet of seeds to grow at home.

(127) Beginner 18 and older
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Composting 101

Chicago Botanic Garden

Want to compost, but not sure where to start? Learn tips and techniques on how to compost right in your own backyard. You’ll gain sound composting practices to ensure successful home composting. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Bird Walk: Summer Nesting Birds

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL

Join us as we look for and study the nesting birds of the Garden. We’ll spend time learning how to identify their territorial songs and how to perform a nesting bird survey.  We will start out at the Barbara Brown Nature Reserve, which has good variety of nesting birds and is a place most visitors to the Garden do not normally visit. We will also check out nesting birds of the prairies, as well as herons, shorebirds, and waterfowl. ...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Growing Using and Storing Herbs

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

This class looks at what you'll need to successfully grow a variety of herbs in a sunny place in the ground, on a patio, or on a deck. You'll learn what is needed to grow healthy plants, how and when to harvest them, how to store them, and how to use them.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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From the Drawing Board to the Border

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the expert strategies and insider tips you need to seamlessly bring your garden designs to life in this comprehensive course. Learn how to effectively plan your budget, create a shopping list, and establish a timeline for phased work. Enhance your skills in purchasing plants and collaborating with landscape professionals to ensure stunning results every step of the way.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Spring Lawn Care

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the secrets to maintaining a lush and healthy lawn while reducing pesticide use. Dive into the art of turf culture, mowing techniques, watering strategies, and effective weed and pest control methods. Get ready to transform your lawn into a vibrant oasis with this comprehensive lawn care course at the renowned Chicago Botanic Garden.

(127) Beginner 18 and older
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BJU: How To Give a Great Blow Job

G Boutique @ 2064 N Damen Ave, Illinois City, IL

The hummer, the yummer, the flicker, the tickler...  Learn these and lots more tips and techniques. Take this class and Blow him away.

(34) All levels 18 and older
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Getting Unstuck, Part 2: Career Mapping & Change

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Full Course Name: Getting Unstuck, Part 2: Career Mapping, Navigating Change & Micro-Goal Setting In the second part of this 3-part series you’ll learn career mapping techniques to do anything from make a complete career pivot, position yourself for a promotion, move across the country for a new job (or before you land a new job), or any other major professional change. You’ll walk away with clearly defined “micro-goals” and understand...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Fungal Diversity in Illinois

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Showcased in this course are the wild mushrooms of Northern Illinois, specifically those of Lake, Cook, DuPage, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties as they appear throughout the seasons. Learn defining characteristics, edibility, and idiosyncrasies of native fungi.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Fencing - Beginner's Class

Discovery Center

Fencing provides excellent mental & physical training. It helps develop coordination, dexterity & physical stamina. This course will cover basic footwork & bladework of foil fencing. Fencers will be bouting at the end of the six-week period. No athletic training is required. The program will take the student from where he/she is and develop their strength & stamina.

(282) Beginner 16 and older
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Pool Fundamentals

Discovery Center @ N Milwaukee St, Chicago, IL

Date Night is Pool Night. Looking for new, reasonably priced leisure activities? Don't burn expensive gasoline; there is a pool table within a block or two in a bar that is no longer a smoke-filled room! Learn the basics of bridge, stance and stroke as well as the rules of the most popular games and pool etiquette. Pool is a year round sport that can be learned by anyone of any age, and your instructor guarantees that you will have FUN as your game...

(282) All levels 16 and older
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$79

2 sessions

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SAVATE(duplicate)

Discovery Center @ 2855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Savate is a French style of weaponless hand and foot fighting which is related to specialties of the Asian Martial Arts. Degerberg Academy’s Savate Classes will better your kicking techniques, improve your punch-kick combinations and increase your control while and balance you up your cardio

(282) All levels 16 and older
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$79

6 sessions

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Kali/Jun Fan

Discovery Center @ 2855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

These classes focus on the Filipino Martial Arts as well as Chinese Jun-Fan. Learn Kali weapon basics and concepts, forms and wooden dummy manipulation, empty hand and pad work from Jun-Fan training. Required equipment: Ratan training sticks

(282) All levels 16 and older
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$79

6 sessions

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Learn Horseback Riding Class for Beginners

Discovery Center

Here's your chance to learn to ride or improve your riding skills. The classes are taught in spacious indoor arenas by patient, experienced instructors. The horses have good dispositions & are experienced & predictable--perfect for beginners or experienced riders.  You'll learn basic horsemanship including equipment, handling the horse on the ground, tacking, mounting & the fundamentals of control while in the saddle. Once mounted,...

(282) Beginner 16 and older
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$75

5 sessions

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Re-awakening Feminine Energy & Joy

TantraNova Institute @ 2031 W Warner Ave, Chicago, IL

At the Re-awakening Feminine Energy & Joy workshop you will learn to create and expand lasting intimacy in your life and relationship. You will unleash your full capacity for intimate connectionand joy within yourself and in your relationship that you are in or intend to create. Here is what you will get from attending our Tantra & Intimacy Workshops: Deeper intimate connection with yourself and your partner Experience fulfillment,...

(17) All levels 18 and older
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$250
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Degerberg Adult Blend

Discovery Center @ Exact location will be
, Chicago, IL

These Classes combine the best of over 300 fighting styles into one program. We incorporate a unique, practical and powerful form of self-defense elements that include: Punches, kicks, elbows, knees, ground fighting and weapons training. Learn to defend yourself and your family against any situation or attacker. Required equipment: Cup and supporter (for male)

(282) All levels 16 and older
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$79

6 sessions

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Snowboarding

Discovery Center @ 4318 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL

Snowboarding is becoming more and more popular each year. It is an exhilarating way to get a great workout in beautiful surroundings. If you have already mastered skateboarding (or surfing), you will find snowboarding relatively easy. Even if you have had no prior experience, the expert instruction provided in this class will help get you started. The trip includes roundtrip transportation (with complimentary coffee and donuts before you start out)...

(282) All levels 16 and older
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Introduction to Cannabis Cultivation

Discovery Center @ 4318 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL

This course is designed as an introduction to home organic cannabis cultivation for Illinois medical marijuana patients and caregivers. Cultivation topics will include: Cannabis growing strategies: Organic vs. Traditional Cannabis harvesting, trimming, drying, curing Cannabis strains, genetics, methods of use. Overview on legal and social issues associated with this endeavor Get a comprehensive understanding in the arts of growing cannabis...

(282) Beginner 16 and older
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Public Speaking and Presentation Skills for Introverts

General Assembly

Tired of feeling anxious when presenting yourself or your business to clients, or when hanging around all those back-slapping extroverts at cocktail parties? If so, this workshop is for you! By joining us you’ll learn: How to manage your public speaking nerves How to create the right communication mindset How to be authentic and likable in crowds How to look like you belong in the spotlight (because you do) How to tell a thoughtful and...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Public Speaking (Online)

Discovery Center @ Virtual Classroom

Unlock the power of confident and effective public speaking at Discovery Center. Overcome communication obstacles, hone your message delivery, and master the art of organizing and writing prepared speeches. Through interactive impromptu speech exercises and strategies to reduce nervousness, our experienced Speak Easy Nation instructors will guide you to speak with confidence in any workplace or social setting. Join our small-sized, focused class to rapidly acquire techniques that boost your public speaking skills and apply them to your unique situations.

(282) All levels 16 and older
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