​Whether by bad luck or late decisions, HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU, a sprinkling  of limited opportunities in some of our most popular classes. But don’t delay: most of the following have minimal availability. (I’ve indicated the number of openings after listing the ages as of Sunday, Aug. 24^th.)

MOMS WHO HAVE BOYS aged 13+: This your last warning. I am about to call that girl and tell her she can’t come to the Ballroom Dance class because she has no partner. I am picking up the phone right now…I mean it…this is your last warning…You are going to regret this for the rest of your life…

See all class details and descriptions here.

10 am

Storybook Art, ages 6-10 (2)  /  Art, ages 9-14 (1)  
The Club House, ages 10-14 (2) / Interior Design, ages 11-15 (1)  
Biology, ages 13-18 (2)  /  Improvisation, ages 13-19 (3+)

11am

General Science, ages 11-16 (1)  /  PE, ages 13-19 (2)
Psychology 101, ages 14-19 (1)

Noon

New Worlds, ages 6-10 (3+)  / PE, ages 8-12 (1)  / Game Club, ages 10-14 (2)
Chicago World’s Fair ages 10-14 (3+)  /  Writing Workshop, ages 13-19 (3+)
Writing Fiction with Tolkien and Lewis ages 13-19 (1)  
Watercolor, ages 14-Adult (3+)

1pm

Story Explosion, ages 3-5 (3+) / Hands-On Science, ages 6-10 (1) 
Ballet, ages 7-13 (1)  /  Colonial Science, ages 10-14 (2)
Deck Those Halls, ages 10-14 (1)   /  Drawing ages 12-Adult (2)

2pm

Art ages 6-9 (1)  /  Sign Language, 12-adult (1)
Ballroom Dance, ages 13-19 (1 boy)  /  Making a World War, ages 14-19 (1)

3pm

Art ages 9-14 (3+) /  Car Care, ages 14-19 (2)  /  Chess, ages 7-13 (2)
Flights of Fancy, ages 6 (3+)  /  Leathercraft, ages 6 & up (1)  

Photography, ages 10-14 (1)

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Everybody loves an unexpected great deal, especially one that’s been overlooked by the wretched refuse from our teeming shore,* but snatched by one of us vigilant consumers,** whether it be from an end-of-season rack, the damaged food cart at the supermarket bakery, half-price Mondays at the Goodwill, a discarded piece of furniture on the curb, the clearance aisle of the Dollar Store*** (75 cents—who could resist!), or the Aldi Aisle of Shame (a Facebook group, no kidding:

It was in this spirit that one of our favorite summer guests would arrive at our house and ask, “Okay, what needs to be eaten?”

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*…the wretched refuse of our teeming shore:
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she / With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tosst to me, /I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Name the monument that this poem is inscribed upon. [Hint: oxidation is beautiful.]
Bonus points if you can give the title of the poem. If you know the name of the poet, keep quiet. No one likes a smart aleck.

**…snatched up by one of us vigilant consumers: Tell the truth: you wondered if it should be “we” instead of “us.” Nope: that pronoun is the object of the preposition “of” and, of course, the objective form of the first person plural pronoun is “us.” (For those of your scoring the entire sentence, “consumers” is a noun appositive of “us” and “vigilant” is an adjective modifying “consumers.”)

***…at the Dollar Store: Please understand that even I, a most reluctant and infrequent shopper, understand that the “Dollar” in this moniker is a misnomer. Rather than spew out a screed about the end of civilization, I direct you to the historic problems of currency keeping up with inflation: “Death To Pennies.”
How lucky our generation is that we have a multiplicity of modes to deplete income that we may not even possess for items that we do not need.