MONDAY June 28 or July 5 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Instructors: LifeQuest staff
Format: Zoom. Recorded.

New to Zoom? Want to take classes, but aren’t sure how? Join this stress-free and fun tutorial to learn and practice the skills needed to participate in online learning at LifeQuest.
Class Zoom ID# 985 5595 4867
Password: lifequest (all lowercase)

Click the Smiling Computer Image to watch the recording of the first class.

MONDAY 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Support various chefs AND scholarships for LifeQuest Members
Format:  Zoom.  Recorded.
Class fee is a $130 tax-deductible donation for LifeQuest scholarships.
Participant limit: 32

Put on your aprons and participate in this tasty and rewarding challenge to support LifeQuest and local restaurants. Each week a local chef will demonstrate how to prepare a tasty appetizer. You can replicate the recipe at home and then give it a score. The best overall winning recipe and chef will win a spotlight profile on the LifeQuest of Arkansas website and
Facebook page.
July 5 - Cypress Social
July 12 - Baja Grill
July 19 - Arkansas Heart Hospital
July 26 - Marlsgate Plantation

MONDAY  1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Facilitator:  Lynn Senn
Format:  Zoom.  Not Recorded.

Gather online with other LifeQuest creatives to draw, sketch, paint, and share your projects with others. No instruction, no experience necessary, no required medium, and no judgment! Enjoy being together to gain inspiration and support.

TUESDAY  10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Instructors:  Jay Cranford and Denver Peacock
Format: Zoom or Facebook. Recorded.

Advertising mirrors culture, and helps create it. Just as the needs and desires of the consumer change, the style of the advertisements evolves to accommodate these changes. From the copy heavy ads of the early 20th century to the increasingly experimental and image driven ads of today, both the standards and the trends in advertising are ever-changing. How will ads adapt to a market that now demands fully integrated online and social media campaigns?

TUESDAY   11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Instructor: Rick Leach
Format:  Zoom or Facebook. Recorded.

This class will review the period of time right before the Civil War: the growing regional stress between the largely anti-slavery, industrializing North and the
pro-slavery, heavily agricultural South. Such stresses included how to address the rapidly expanding
Western territories, the economic crises during the period, and the growth of increasingly faster methods of communication.

TUESDAY  12:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Instructor:  Tricia H. Spione, Instructor, Historic Arkansas Museum
Format:  Zoom or Facebook.  Recorded.

Take a tasty and educational tour through Arkansas! Each spring the Historic Arkansas Museum hosts “History Is Served: Arkansas Foodways.” Enjoy four videos from this series which explore Arkansas’ food heritage with history as the main course. We’ll focus on two iconic foods and two cultural groups within Arkansas: strawberries and tomatoes, and Arkansans who have Chinese or Italian heritage.

TUESDAY  1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Various UALR Geology Dept. faculty
Format:  Zoom, Facebook.  Recorded.
July 6 Exploring Caves in the Ozarks, John Svendsen; Let’s explore the formation, discovery, and exploration of caves. How do they form, and how are they discovered?
July 13 Groundwater: Arkansas’ Largest Water Reservoir, Laura Ruhl; Ever wonder how groundwater gets used by individuals, cities, and agriculture? We’ll learn how water infiltrates, moves, and is stored in the ground.
July 20 Mapping Hidden Rocks, Beth McMillan; How do geologists map the layers of rocks from the surface to the subsurface, and how do we know what is down there anyway?
July 27 Rare Minerals and Rocks of Magnet Cove, Corbin Cannon; What is found in Magnet Cove, and why do we have these very unusual rocks in Arkansas?

TUESDAY  1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Instructor:  Fred Silva
Format:  Zoom and Facebook. Recorded.

In today’s “cancel culture” world of politically laden messaging, let’s explore the psychology of Shakespeare and why he is just as relevant, and controversial, today as in his own time.

TUESDAY  2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Instructor:  Sandra Cone
Format:  Zoom, Facebook. Recorded.

Donatello (c.1386 – 1466) was a Renaissance
master sculptor and an influential innovator. He worked in stone, wood, clay, and bronze to
create some of the most memorable works of the early Italian Renaissance. Often Michelangelo overshadows Donatello’s earlier achievements, but after this class you might just disagree!

TUESDAY  3:00 - 3: 45 a.m.
Facilitator: Sheri Simon
Format: Zoom. Not recorded.

This is a game anyone can play! No experience necessary. We’ll gather on Zoom and after some brief introductions and rule-explaining, we’ll present various categories (movie titles, U.S. presidents, green foods, etc.) You’ll be given a letter to quickly come up with items for each category. Use your brain, meet some new friends, and join the fun!

WEDNESDAY  10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Instructor:  Alan Eastham, U.S. Ambassador, Ret.
Format:  Zoom or Facebook. Recorded.

With the global pandemic and resultant political/economic fallout, there is MUCH to talk about. Join the discussion based on current newsworthy topics, interspersed with historical themes and foreign policy theory.

WEDNESDAY  10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Instructor:  Rosemary Rogers
Format: Zoom. Not recorded. 
Participant Limit:  18
Materials Fee:  $15

Read and discuss selections of literature by classic and modern authors.

WEDNESDAY  11:00 - 11:45 p.m.
Instructor:  Dick Williams
Format:  Zoom or Facebook. Recorded.

This series explores the origins of the civil rights movement, long before the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., through the lives of eight often-controversial leaders: W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Archibald Grimke, and William Monroe Trotter.

WEDNESDAY  11:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Instructor :  Judy Langford-Brodie 
Format:  Zoom.  Not recorded.
Participant Limit:  8
Materials Fee:  $40

Are you a card maker with intermediate experience who is missing the enjoyment of creating with others?  Join us for a weekly Zoom class focusing on everyday, fun-fold and holiday cards with some 3D projects thrown in for added fun.  We will make two projects each week.  Cut cardstock, envelopes and die cuts included in class fee.  A list of other supplies needed will be emailed to you.   

WEDNESDAY  12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
Instructor:  Anne Parat
Format:  Zoom or Facebook.  Recorded.

Aimed at the true beginner, we’ll explore basic painting concepts including the color wheel and suggested supplies to begin. No artistic experience necessary, and no supplies are required. The goal is to allow those new to painting gain an understanding of the mediums before continuing on to studio classes. 

WEDNESDAY  1:00 - 1:45 p.m. July 7 & July 21
Facilitator:  Mary Sha Moriarty 
Format:  Zoom.  Not recorded.
​​​​​​​Participant Limit:  14

Bring your curiosity, open-mindedness and love for books and reading! Plan to meet every other week. We’ll send a suggested book list before class begins.

WEDNESDAY  2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Instructor:  Tom Cox 
Format:  Zoom or Facebook. Recorded. 

Summertime, and the living is getting easier! Join Tom and explore how elements essential to a thriving creative process in jazz piano and other fine arts are equally essential and available to us throughout the seasons of our lives.

THURSDAY   9:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Instructor:  Philip Martin
Format:  In-Person at Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema, 2600 Cantrell Road, Little Rock

Film critic Philip Martin shares select films that are certain to delight, challenge, and entertain you. Movie viewing is followed by lively discussion and critique. NOTE: This is an in-person, THURSDAY CLASS. Masks are suggested.

THURSDAY  11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Instructor:  Wayne Chapman
Format:  Zoom.  Not recorded.

Explore the lyrics, musicality, choreography, and
videography of selected music videos. Here are the names of a few of the representative artists we’ll
review: Sarah Brightman, Garth Brooks, Brandi
Carlile, Beyoncé, Little Big Town, Taylor Swift, and Anna Netrebko.

THURSDAY  11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Instructor:  Sylvia Amsler
Format:  Zoom or Facebook. Recorded.

Build strength, flexibility, and stability through Iyengar yoga. In this class we will use the chair as our primary prop to help support, align, and teach the body. Yoga is for everyone, regardless of age, health status, or fitness experience. Modifications will be provided so that each individual can be appropriately challenged in the asanas (poses). Experience the stable, quiet mind that results from a focus on physical posture and breath.

THURSDAY  12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Various speakers from AARP
Format:  Zoom or Facebook.  Recorded.

During this 4-week virtual series, participants will learn about the most important aspects of their financial health as they define their own financial goals, set priorities, prepare for retirement and take steps to secure their future.
July 15 - Lee Baker, presenter: Determining how much money you will need for retirement compared to how much you are on track to have saved by retirement.
July 22 - Ridge Multop, presenter: Choosing strategies to bridge the gap (if you discover that you have a gap).
July 29 - Seth Boffeli, presenter: Saving your retirement from scams and fraud.

THURSDAY  1:15 - 2:00 p.m. July 8, 15, 29 and August 5
Instructor: Ann Filiatreau
Format:  Zoom or Facebook. Recorded.

The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, meditative, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. You don't need to be artistic, good at drawing, or have any prior art experience at all, just the willingness to try! The patterns may look complicated but once they're broken down and you learn how to do them step by step, you'll see how simple and easy Zentangle really is. There are no mistakes in Zentangle! We will not meet on July 22.

THURSDAY  July 8th Only 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Facilitators:  Glen White, April Chatham-Carpenter, Mary Alice Hunt, David Childs and Jeannie Burrus
Format:  Zoom. Not Recorded.

When family relationships become casualties of our toxic political environment, members may argue, avoid each other, or cut off lifetime relationships. To preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop will offer: 
Insight into why family differences over politics are uniquely challenging
Recognition of common roles that family members play in political conversations
Strategies and skills for handling family political differences in a constructive way 
Although the focus is on family relationships, you can use lessons from this workshop with any loved one or group.

Limit 32. Format: Zoom, not recorded.

Registration is required, and a pre-workshop training is suggested, but not required, to attend.
Information will be emailed upon registration.