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Join CourseHorse for our one-hour special virtual trivia night! Test your knowledge across a wide range of topics including music, movies, pop culture, history, sports, frozen foods, dog breeds, Seinfeld characters, ice cream flavors and many other surprises... How this will work: This will take place live over a Zoom conference. You will either...

The Los Angeles Center of Photography is thrilled to produce an ongoing series on the history of photography. The series, typically offered the second Friday of each month, will be divided into the genres of photography. This year features street photography, still life, landscape, documentary, and more. Schedule: Friday, February 12, 3 pm, PST – Street...

Join us for an online workshop that explores the exhibition Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art, currently on view at the Museum through January 9, 2002. The exhibition includes objects looted from Jewish collections during the World War II, including works by such renowned artists as Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Franz...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Study theories and principles that have shaped the design of landscapes from antiquity to the present. Explore Eastern and Western garden traditions. Survey all types of gardens and landscapes, including corporate and public spaces, through visual presentations,...

Oak, elm, and beech once dominated midwestern forests. Discover ways humans, birds, animals, and insects have used and treasured these revered trees. Explore native habitat, historic uses, appearance in folklore, and contemporary species and cultivars available in the Chicago area today. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Perfume can be traced back thousands of years to an Ancient Egyptian tradition, beloved by Cleopatra. Discover the history of perfume and the therapeutic benefits of essential oils in this hands-on workshop! Learn scent-blending techniques and how to identify...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia, will discuss the biology of these potent fungi, their cultural history, and contemporary...

The practice of microdosing - consuming small "sub perceptual" amounts of psychedelic substances to regulate mood, increase productivity and enhance creativity - has exploded in popularity in just a few years. People are now microdosing in order to address conditions such as anxiety, depression and OCD, among other things but there is still a lot...

Polarity Immersion: Certificate Training Module Towards Becoming A Craniosacral Practitioner This course provides an immersive introduction to the history, theory and the polarity style of bodywork developed by Dr. Randolph Stone (1890-1981). An osteopath, chiropractor and naturopath, he sought to integrate Eastern and Western approaches to healing...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Embark on a historical odyssey that uncovers the botany behind how yams, heterotrophic eukaryotic fungi, potatoes, and sugar cane played pivotal roles in human history—from helping to save the world from dire illness to sending humans into space to making modern...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Botanical Latin is essential for anyone with a serious interest in identifying plants. But, contrary to popular belief, mastering Latin plant names need not be intimidating or boring. Review the rules of taxonomy, Latin grammar, and pronunciation, and learn the...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Take a deep dive into a hands-on approach to herbal medicine. We'll cover the medicinal properties and uses of close to 100 local or easy-to-source healing plants, from nervines that calm to cardiotonics that stimulate circulation. Herbalist Karine Gordineer will...

Spring Lecture Series: Dangerous Curves Ahead: French Art Nouveau The Art Nouveau era in France appeared at the end of the 19th century in a swirling world of societal changes.  The style is characterized by sinuous curves and organic forms with nature as the ultimate source book, particularly the plant world as well as insects and birds that...

Humor-writing: Tragedy and Time with Elissa Bassist To paraphrase Joan Rivers: Your own suffering has the potential to be very funny. And to poorly paraphrase a lot of writers: Art is the opportunity to turn the worst things that have happened to you into some of the funniest. Rendering darkness lighter is hard to do, yet there are a lot of ways...

Medical Intuition for Healing Workshop: Self-Healing Techniques for Health Practitioners and Laypersons Join us for this exciting introduction to Medical Intuition! Do you often feel “bombarded” by the energy of clients, patients, co-workers and more? Does all of your caring energy go to helping others, leaving you with less time or attention...