Thursday, August 1, 2019

Open House Coming Soon!

Mark your calendars for our CyFair Fall 2019 Open House. 

Friday, August 16, 2019
10am-Noon
Conference Center

You can come by the office now to register for classes (except AARP Driver Safety and Kroger Tasting for the Holidays which will be available at Open House). 

The catalogs are late this semester. Please open the link here to look at our draft catalog to see our great classes being offered this semester. Also, the Class-by-Date listing is available here.

The bus trip information is being finalized right now. There will be 4 trips; September to Steamboat House, October to Museum of Natural History with Geologist Nathalie Brandes, November to Quilt Show at George R. Brown, and December to the Houston Zoo lights.

We look forward to seeing all of you at the Open House!

Friday, May 10, 2019

End of Semester Party - Cancelled

All Lone Star Campuses are closed today due to weather. 
Our party has been cancelled.


Please bring your favorite finger food, savory or sweet, to share with fellow members. Drinks will be provided.
We hope to see you Friday!

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Mosaics

What a fun class and how much stuff did Linda really bring for us to use? We all created a unique stepping stone for our gardens using vintage china. Linda Gabrielson once again brought the inspiration to us would-be crafters to create something beautiful. Here are a few examples:




Tuesday, April 23, 2019

It's a Puzzle

What a fun class with Brian Taranto. He did the hard part of cutting out our puzzles, but we put together and painted some beautiful puzzle animals. You can look at some of our work below:




Marching Home - Guest Speaker Dr. Brian Jordan

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Dr. Jordan has a doctorate in history from Yale University and began his college career at Gettysburg College. On Wednesday, April 24 at 7pm, he will be discussing his book, “Marching Home — Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War”, a ground-breaking investigation which examines the fate of Union veterans who won the war but 
couldn't bear the peace. Although he is discussing Civil War veterans, his topic is relevant today and covers the struggles that veterans face as they readjust to home.

Brian Jordan, Sam Houston State University History Department
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
7:00 pm 
Main Stage Theater (ARTS Building)



Monday, April 22, 2019

Wine Tasting at Kroger

The class at our neighborhood Kroger was lots of fun. We learned from Denise Casto, wine manager, what the best selling products are in her department. Some of them were a real surprise to many of us; wine cocktails made with agave wine/nectar? We had some great cheeses to snack on provided by Kroger's cheese manager. We all learned something new in this class.




Thursday, April 18, 2019

Building with Cardboard

Jay Gavitt from the Cypress Historical Society spent a couple of classes with us showing how we can re-use/re-purpose everyday items to make buildings. The class was very educational and creative. Jay shared some information about the history of the Cypress area as he showed us some of the historical structures he made.



Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Earth Day Presentation


LSC-CF Center for Geosciences & Department of Geography invites ALL to a special event:
In conjunction with Earth Day, LSC-CF Center for Geosciences is hosting a film screening of "Chasing Coral" - an award winning film that explores environmental changes in our tropical oceans. Following the film will be a discussion led by Kelly Drinnen of NOAA. Kelly is an education and outreach specialist for the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and she will tell us about Texas' very own coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico.

Monday, April 22 (Earth Day)
3-6pm
LSC-CyFair, CASA 110

For more information:

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Visiting Ireland on a Rick Steves Tour

Mike Hilgart shared his travels with Rick Steves' Heart of Ireland Tour. He and Sharon took an eight day tour and saw many sights between Dublin and the Dingle Peninsula. His experience with the tour was very positive and they had excellent tour guides, nice accommodations and plenty of local extras planned by the Rick Steves group.

You can view his presentation here.