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Boil your own bagels. Why not since there’s a class this Saturday at noon in, of all places, La Victoria Mexican Bakery in the heart of the Mission. Learn to work with a wild yeast starter culture in class creating your own sesame, onion and poppy seed bagels. Bring a covered container to carry your […]

Time on your hands? Maybe you might consider learning to toss clubs, balls, rings, even flaming knifes in the air to entertain your friends and grandchildren. Classes in beginning juggling occur regularly at SF’s Circus Center on Frederick Street. Free. They also offer lessons in acrobatics, trampolining and trapeze.

The Day of the Dead may be seven months away but you can get a head start this Saturday from 8pm -10pm and Sunday from noon to 2 in Berkeley creating your own Mexican Sacred Heart and masks. First you build your sacred Aztec artwork out of paper mache then paint it using whatever fiery […]

With luck a few hits of hemp will unleash your creativity at the Puff, Pass and Paint art class on Friday March 10 from 7 to 9. Art supplies will be provided but not the cannabis. Local ordinances are still murky about where smoking weed is legal so the organizers are taking no chances. Bring […]

The Rio Olympics may have fired you up to restart your exercise program but let’s face it, none of us are ever go to run a 5,000 meter race. Think a little less ambitiously. Like fencing. Adult classes at the Halberstadt Fencing Club, here since 1942, on South Van Ness start September 5. Novices are […]

You never thought twice about Greek food until your first meal at Kokkari. Their richly spiced Aegean cuisine was, and still is, irresistible. If you would like to try your hand at some of their signature dishes the San Francisco Cooking School is offering a class on Friday August 26 from 6-10 pm. The menu […]

Bay seniors interesting in expanding their holiday decorations beyond tinsel and pine cones might want to check out (with their grandkids) the Holiday Pinata Making Workshop on Saturday December 5 and 12 from 11 to 1 at the Mission Cultural Center in the City. Both dates are required to complete the piñata. $15.

Bay seniors with a few free hours tomorrow, Friday the 30th, might want to squeeze into the croquembouche class at the CozyMeal cooking school in the Marina. The Geezer apologizes for the late notice but this could become your holiday show-stopping recipe. It’s the classic architectural French dessert, a tower of choux puffs filled with […]