Upcoming Class Details
Kink Tank
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Kink Tank is a sex-positive/sex-radical discussion, reading, viewing, and knowledge-sharing/skillshare group. We're interested in approaching sex, sexuality, and sexual content (i.e. porn, erotica, etc.) in an open yet critical way as well as creating a safe, respectful, healthy, all-inclusive environment that discusses and analyzes sexuality and sexual expression with a queer and feminist discourse in mind. We are seeking to be a non-judgmental group that is defined or shaped by its participants. It can look like whatever we want it to be, from serious analysis to good old fashion F-U-N (and likely lots of overlap). We come from a sense of urgency felt around embracing sexuality in a society where one is encultured to feel shame and guilt in what satisfies or interests one sexually. Discussions may vary from asking the question: “what is sexuality and why,” to an analysis of the differences between indie versus DIY versus realcore porn, to learning and knowledge-sharing about Radical Consent models. Topics can and should be proposed and determined by participants. Kink Tank is a support group of sorts created to dispel taboo and love our bodies, ourselves, and each other. Yay for consensual sexuality!!!
Please check the Free school website, or the Kink Tank myspace page at www.myspace.com/kinktankdenver for the topic for each week's class. Please note that Kink Tank is a Safer Space; due to the nature of some discussion topics, and what is involved with creating a Safer Space for all participants around some sensitive topics, some weeks we will be closing the door no later than 15 minutes after class time - so in other words, try to be on time!
Led by Owen []. Sunday every other week at 6PM - Sugar Mountain (2670 E. 13th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Sunday, August 1st - 6PM [RSVP]
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Kink Tank is a sex-positive/sex-radical discussion, reading, viewing, and knowledge-sharing/skillshare group. We're interested in approaching sex, sexuality, and sexual content (i.e. porn, erotica, etc.) in an open yet critical way as well as creating a safe, respectful, healthy, all-inclusive environment that discusses and analyzes sexuality and sexual expression with a queer and feminist discourse in mind. We are seeking to be a non-judgmental group that is defined or shaped by its participants. It can look like whatever we want it to be, from serious analysis to good old fashion F-U-N (and likely lots of overlap). We come from a sense of urgency felt around embracing sexuality in a society where one is encultured to feel shame and guilt in what satisfies or interests one sexually. Discussions may vary from asking the question: “what is sexuality and why,” to an analysis of the differences between indie versus DIY versus realcore porn, to learning and knowledge-sharing about Radical Consent models. Topics can and should be proposed and determined by participants. Kink Tank is a support group of sorts created to dispel taboo and love our bodies, ourselves, and each other. Yay for consensual sexuality!!!Please check the Free school website, or the Kink Tank myspace page at www.myspace.com/kinktankdenver for the topic for each week's class. Please note that Kink Tank is a Safer Space; due to the nature of some discussion topics, and what is involved with creating a Safer Space for all participants around some sensitive topics, some weeks we will be closing the door no later than 15 minutes after class time - so in other words, try to be on time!
Led by Owen []. Sunday every other week at 6PM - Sugar Mountain (2670 E. 13th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Sunday, August 1st - 6PM [RSVP]
Figure Drawing
I love drawing the human figure. I believe it is the best way to gain confidence in your abilities as an artist, develop hand eye coordination and learn about how amazing our bodies really are. Come and share a safe and respectful drawing space where everyone who is conffortable will take a turn as the model. Yes, this even includes me. Learning about how to distribute your weight as a model feeds back into your drawing. Lets help each other become better artists and learn more about ourselves in the process.
Led by Pippin Frisbie-Calder []. Sundays at 7PM - Post-Pony Palace (3205 Josephine St.) [map]
Next class: Sunday, August 1st - 7PM [RSVP] - 1 confirmed participant
Led by Pippin Frisbie-Calder []. Sundays at 7PM - Post-Pony Palace (3205 Josephine St.) [map]
Next class: Sunday, August 1st - 7PM [RSVP] - 1 confirmed participant
Capoeira Angola
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... is the traditional form derived from African dances & martial arts, which nurtured 400 years in Bahia, Brazil by slaves & former slaves, indigenous peoples, sailors, and revolutionaries.
It is a game with a complex set of formalities and a nearly endless vocabulary of movements, creating a physical conversation between two individuals with music!
Open to all ages & levels of health.
Wear shoes & clothes for movement!
ALTERNATIVE MEETING PLACE (in case of inclement weather) will be posted at the Google Group (link beside class title).
Led by Tovio Roberts []. Mondays at 4PM - City Park [map]
Next class: Monday, August 2nd - 4PM [RSVP]
It is a game with a complex set of formalities and a nearly endless vocabulary of movements, creating a physical conversation between two individuals with music!
Open to all ages & levels of health.
Wear shoes & clothes for movement!
ALTERNATIVE MEETING PLACE (in case of inclement weather) will be posted at the Google Group (link beside class title).
Led by Tovio Roberts []. Mondays at 4PM - City Park [map]
Next class: Monday, August 2nd - 4PM [RSVP]
Vegan! Vegan! Vegan! (Baking, Meal Planning, and More)
I love food. I want you to love food, too. I would like to use this class as an opportunity to share my experiences in the kitchen with you, and demonstrate that cooking and baking without animal ingredients is easy and fun. Making stuff from scratch, simple recipes that allow for substituting ingredients and improvisational cooking, food lore and history… whatever you want to learn more about, I probably want to learn more about it, too. Let’s learn together! “Let’s feed our hunger for knowledge about vegan cooking.” – Jimmy Bacon
Led by Randa Duffy []. Mondays at 4PM - Post-Pony Palace (3205 Josephine St.) [map]
Next class: Monday, August 2nd - 4PM [RSVP] - 1 confirmed participant
Led by Randa Duffy []. Mondays at 4PM - Post-Pony Palace (3205 Josephine St.) [map]
Next class: Monday, August 2nd - 4PM [RSVP] - 1 confirmed participant
Pastry-Making
Learn how to make baklava, eclairs, soufflés and croissants. Learn the
theory behind why certain pastries are flaky or tender, or what makes a pastry chewy.
Led by Abel Feltes []. Mondays at 6PM - Abel's Abode (1243 Vine St. - #3) [map]
Next class: Monday, August 2nd - 6PM [RSVP]
theory behind why certain pastries are flaky or tender, or what makes a pastry chewy.
Led by Abel Feltes []. Mondays at 6PM - Abel's Abode (1243 Vine St. - #3) [map]
Next class: Monday, August 2nd - 6PM [RSVP]
Go Club
The game of go is among the oldest games in the world. The rules are simple, yet the game has many layers of complexity. It is a beautiful game and quite fun.
Come to Pablo's on Thursdays and learn how to play. Come and have some fun getting to know this game better.
Led by Abel Feltes []. Tuesdays at 5PM - Pablo's Coffee (630 E. 6th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Tuesday, August 3rd - 5PM [RSVP]
Come to Pablo's on Thursdays and learn how to play. Come and have some fun getting to know this game better.
Led by Abel Feltes []. Tuesdays at 5PM - Pablo's Coffee (630 E. 6th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Tuesday, August 3rd - 5PM [RSVP]
History of Mathematics
Learn how to write numbers in ancient languages like Egyptian, Babylonian, Mayan, Greek, etc. And learn how these ancient cultures perceived mathematics and where math comes from. Learn about the lives of famous mathematicians who may or may not have been driven mad by their exploration of mathematics. Have fun nerding-out math-style.
We'll be studying different topics each week, so you don't need to have attended the prior class to understand. No prior math knowledge or experience is required to enjoy the class.
Led by Abel Feltes []. Tuesdays at 6PM - Abel's Abode (1243 Vine St. - #3) [map]
Next class: Tuesday, August 3rd - 6PM [RSVP]
We'll be studying different topics each week, so you don't need to have attended the prior class to understand. No prior math knowledge or experience is required to enjoy the class.
Led by Abel Feltes []. Tuesdays at 6PM - Abel's Abode (1243 Vine St. - #3) [map]
Next class: Tuesday, August 3rd - 6PM [RSVP]
Orienteering
This class is for anyone who cherishes wild places and wants to deepen their understanding of these places by using map/compassing skills. This class is also great for those interested in wilderness survival and forest defense.
We will talk about and study the topographic map and compass. We will discuss how they can be used to help outdoor enthusiasts prepare for trips/expeditions. We will also use topographic maps and compasses on field trips in the mountains of Colorado (transportation provided) this will allow students to get a first hand experience of how these maps help us understand and interpret the wilderness setting. Students should have a love for the outdoors and be willing to hike on and off trails during all day field trips.
NOTE: basic materials will be provided such as maps and compasses.
Class meetings at Sunken Gardens Park: July 7, July 14, July 21, July 28.
Field trips: Aug 4, Aug, 11, Aug 18.
Student Limit 8.
Led by Nathan Crites-Herren []. Wednesdays at 1PM, until August 18th - Sunken Gardens Park [map]
Next class: Wednesday, August 4th - 1PM [RSVP]
We will talk about and study the topographic map and compass. We will discuss how they can be used to help outdoor enthusiasts prepare for trips/expeditions. We will also use topographic maps and compasses on field trips in the mountains of Colorado (transportation provided) this will allow students to get a first hand experience of how these maps help us understand and interpret the wilderness setting. Students should have a love for the outdoors and be willing to hike on and off trails during all day field trips.
NOTE: basic materials will be provided such as maps and compasses.
Class meetings at Sunken Gardens Park: July 7, July 14, July 21, July 28.
Field trips: Aug 4, Aug, 11, Aug 18.
Student Limit 8.
Led by Nathan Crites-Herren []. Wednesdays at 1PM, until August 18th - Sunken Gardens Park [map]
Next class: Wednesday, August 4th - 1PM [RSVP]
Modern American Documentaries
07/07 Jesus Camp (2006)
Welcome to the “Kids On Fire” (real name) church camp in Devils Lake, North Dakota. It's the summer getaway for 9-13 year old kids to learn about the evils of liberalism, the imminence of the apocalypse, the lessons of Creationism, and how to shake, cry and scream in the name of Jesus. Here we will view first hand the self-proclaimed “indoctrination” techniques of Becky Fischer, the camp's plump and angry Evangelical leader, whose methods she describes as being influenced by the fundamental Islamic militant camps of the Middle East. Only instead of training these children for a battle of flesh and violence, Fischer is preparing these kids for a battle of the mind, culture and soul.
“I can go into a children's playground and lead them to the lord in no time at all,” Fischer boasts, “and moments later they will be having visions and hearing the voice of God.”
With stunning and provocative footage, “Jesus Camp” provides us with a fly-on-the-wall perspective of one of the most radical and isolated child brainwashing centers in America. The filmmakers, though thorough and wholly entertaining, take no position on the issue of child soldering during the movie; unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock's subjective muckraking, this documentary simply presents you with a hyperreal world of religion and politics and lets you decide for yourself what to make of it all. It's a testament to the excellence of this film that people on all sides of the issue love it; liberals adore it as an investigative tour of a hysterical fundamentalist world, and Christian conservatives love it as a vehicle for their urgent gospel.
In this class we will watch the film, and follow it with a group discussion lead by Josiah M Hesse, a refugee of the Evangelical movement, who is open to discuss matters of theology, politics, and the naïve soil of a child's mind.
07/14 Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (2005)
07/21 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S Thompson (2008)
Several attempts have been made to document and present the story of this feverishly intense man of sex, drugs and sentences, but it wasn't until Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room") came along and got all the footage, music and wide-eyed stories together in one film that finally we had a proper look at the greatest American writer of a generation.
Leaping around through footage of his campaign for Sheriff, narrations by Johnny Depp, and interviews with close friends like Jimmy Carter, Pat Buchanan and former Hells Angels, “Gonzo . . .” is a rhythmic presentation of one mans quest to observe and comment on a period of cyclonic chaos in American history.
Mostly covering the golden years of 1965—1975, “Gonzo” gives us an intimate and entertaining glance at the life that lead to such unforgettable books as “Hells Angels,” “Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas,” and “Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail.” Anyone familiar with these texts has surely been infected with an itchy curiosity about the man that pried open our eyes to such wild visions. And this documentary is surely the unequivocal champion biography of H.S. Thompson, chronicling his mad fast ride through presidential politics, outlaw bikers, and a Dyonisian lifestyle of drugs and alcohol that mirrors the 60's age of hedonism to varying degrees of pleasure and pain.
In this class we will watch the film, and follow it with a group discussion of the hippy movement, the roles and responsibilities of journalists in society, and the effect of mood altering chemicals on the creative mind.
07/28 The King Of Kong (2007)
08/04 This Divided State (2005)
08/11 PBS Presents: [Alfred] Kinsey (2005)
Led by Josiah Hesse []. Wednesdays at 7PM - Sugar Mountain (2670 E. 13th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Wednesday, August 4th - 7PM [RSVP]
Welcome to the “Kids On Fire” (real name) church camp in Devils Lake, North Dakota. It's the summer getaway for 9-13 year old kids to learn about the evils of liberalism, the imminence of the apocalypse, the lessons of Creationism, and how to shake, cry and scream in the name of Jesus. Here we will view first hand the self-proclaimed “indoctrination” techniques of Becky Fischer, the camp's plump and angry Evangelical leader, whose methods she describes as being influenced by the fundamental Islamic militant camps of the Middle East. Only instead of training these children for a battle of flesh and violence, Fischer is preparing these kids for a battle of the mind, culture and soul.
“I can go into a children's playground and lead them to the lord in no time at all,” Fischer boasts, “and moments later they will be having visions and hearing the voice of God.”
With stunning and provocative footage, “Jesus Camp” provides us with a fly-on-the-wall perspective of one of the most radical and isolated child brainwashing centers in America. The filmmakers, though thorough and wholly entertaining, take no position on the issue of child soldering during the movie; unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock's subjective muckraking, this documentary simply presents you with a hyperreal world of religion and politics and lets you decide for yourself what to make of it all. It's a testament to the excellence of this film that people on all sides of the issue love it; liberals adore it as an investigative tour of a hysterical fundamentalist world, and Christian conservatives love it as a vehicle for their urgent gospel.
In this class we will watch the film, and follow it with a group discussion lead by Josiah M Hesse, a refugee of the Evangelical movement, who is open to discuss matters of theology, politics, and the naïve soil of a child's mind.
07/14 Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (2005)
07/21 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S Thompson (2008)
Several attempts have been made to document and present the story of this feverishly intense man of sex, drugs and sentences, but it wasn't until Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room") came along and got all the footage, music and wide-eyed stories together in one film that finally we had a proper look at the greatest American writer of a generation.
Leaping around through footage of his campaign for Sheriff, narrations by Johnny Depp, and interviews with close friends like Jimmy Carter, Pat Buchanan and former Hells Angels, “Gonzo . . .” is a rhythmic presentation of one mans quest to observe and comment on a period of cyclonic chaos in American history.
Mostly covering the golden years of 1965—1975, “Gonzo” gives us an intimate and entertaining glance at the life that lead to such unforgettable books as “Hells Angels,” “Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas,” and “Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail.” Anyone familiar with these texts has surely been infected with an itchy curiosity about the man that pried open our eyes to such wild visions. And this documentary is surely the unequivocal champion biography of H.S. Thompson, chronicling his mad fast ride through presidential politics, outlaw bikers, and a Dyonisian lifestyle of drugs and alcohol that mirrors the 60's age of hedonism to varying degrees of pleasure and pain.
In this class we will watch the film, and follow it with a group discussion of the hippy movement, the roles and responsibilities of journalists in society, and the effect of mood altering chemicals on the creative mind.
07/28 The King Of Kong (2007)
08/04 This Divided State (2005)
08/11 PBS Presents: [Alfred] Kinsey (2005)
Led by Josiah Hesse []. Wednesdays at 7PM - Sugar Mountain (2670 E. 13th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Wednesday, August 4th - 7PM [RSVP]
Spanish Conversation Hour
For speakers of all skill levels: come work on your skills, and practice through conversation - light on grammar, punctuation, and other instruction.
Perfect for those whose goal is PRACTICE in a laid-back and fun setting! Join in!
Led by Owen []. Wednesdays at 8PM - Pablo's Coffee (630 E. 6th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Wednesday, August 4th - 8PM [RSVP]
Perfect for those whose goal is PRACTICE in a laid-back and fun setting! Join in!
Led by Owen []. Wednesdays at 8PM - Pablo's Coffee (630 E. 6th Ave.) [map]
Next class: Wednesday, August 4th - 8PM [RSVP]
Science, Sexuality, and Colonialism: A History
We have heard it before: in 1492 Columbus "discovered" America. Of course you can't "discover" a land where millions of people already lived. What isn't discussed as much is how science uses the same language as colonialism -- the "discovery" of a continent, or growing "cultures" of bacteria in a "colony." Or how America's "dis-cover"edness is gendered and sexualized. In this class we will learn some of the seldom-taught histories of science, sexuality, and colonialism.
Pre-class potluck from 6-7PM. Class begins at 7.
Led by Saffo []. Thursday every other week at 6PM - Abel's Abode (1243 Vine St. - #3) [map]
Next class: Thursday, August 12th - 6PM [RSVP]
Pre-class potluck from 6-7PM. Class begins at 7.
Led by Saffo []. Thursday every other week at 6PM - Abel's Abode (1243 Vine St. - #3) [map]
Next class: Thursday, August 12th - 6PM [RSVP]
Classes available by appointment
The following classes are offered on the basis of interest.
If you'd like to attend one of them, just contact the class' leader to arrange a meeting time that works for you both.
Penny Whistle
Penny-whistle is a portable, affordable, easy-to-learn instrument, commonly used in Irish/Celtic music. Ideal for traveling + busking, they cost $7 tops - please bring one of your own.
Either group or one-on-one setting. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Owen [].
Either group or one-on-one setting. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Owen [].
Teaching & Workshop Facilitation
Teaching or planning a Free School class or workshop? ? I
am available for one-on-one help with planning and facilitating a class. Learn about planning backwards, differentiated instruction, and brainstorm creative ways of using class time. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Saffo [].
am available for one-on-one help with planning and facilitating a class. Learn about planning backwards, differentiated instruction, and brainstorm creative ways of using class time. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Saffo [].
Tree Touring
Take a walking tour throughout the capital hill neighborhood climbing all of the most fun trees. This class will involve me showing folks some really terrific trees that I've found throughout the neighborhood that can be climbed without equipment. I can give some pointers on how to get into tricky trees and at least as importantly, how to climb down from tricky trees.
Though, it is necessary that you are physically able to climb trees and that you don't extend past your own comfort level. Bringing safety equipment like a helmet is encouraged. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Abel Feltes [].
Though, it is necessary that you are physically able to climb trees and that you don't extend past your own comfort level. Bringing safety equipment like a helmet is encouraged. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Abel Feltes [].
Urban Nature Walks
Come learn about plants that grow wild right inside the city, or anything else we
choose to learn about from each other that is nature-related. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Owen [].
choose to learn about from each other that is nature-related. Please RSVP for location.
Contact Owen [].
