Lincoln-Sudbury Adult & Community Education

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote of Shakespeare: “He is inconceivably wise. With this wisdom of life is the equal endowment of imaginative and of lyric power. An omnipresent humanity coordinates all his faculties. He is strong, as nature is strong.” In three lecture-discussion sessions we will explore the thoughts and admonitions left for us by these two authors. We will evaluate which of their practical ideas are useful and which are outdated in our own life experience.

Once your manuscript is finished, comes the next and often hardest step, getting your work published. This hour-long course with Leta Serafim will outline the various options available from writing query letters to agents and publishers to signing on with self-publishing companies like Ingram-Sparks. She will provide an overview of the industry today and give you her recommendations as to how best to negotiate this every changing field and avoid the expensive mistakes many first-time authors make.

Hosted by the non-profit Sudbury Historical Society (SHS) this lecture teaches attendees about the first 50 years of Sudbury’s settlement, and the tensions this created with the Indigenous people who lived on the land. We take a look at the broader context of how New England came to thrive versus the other colonies, and how this happened through the Puritan ethos of hard work, piety, and community. The course will consist of a lecture and a tour of the Sudbury Historical Society’s History Center and Museum.

This introductory course is for both sail and power boaters and includes instruction on safety afloat, legal responsibilities, aids to navigation, rules of the road, charts and compass, engines, knots, weather, boat handling, radio procedures, and navigation electronics. Completion certificate helps reduce boat insurance fees. Families are welcome. Children age 12 and older are encouraged to attend with a parent at a reduced rate. Course materials are $60 and are paid directly to the USCG in class. No Discounts.

Coastal Piloting, or the Weekend Navigation Seminar, is advanced instruction for those who have already completed a basic boating course. It covers aids to navigation, the earth and its coordinates, Mercator projection, piloting, correcting compass errors, dead reckoning, tides and currents, radio navigation and more. Course materials are $60 and are paid directly to the USCG in class. No Discounts.