Send announcements to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102, e-mail to loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com or fax to 703-917-0991. Deadline is two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call Jennifer Lesinski at 703-917-6454.
This free listing is reserved for activities and events that are open to the public at no or minimal cost.
Lunchtime yoga, Mondays, from 1:15-2 p.m. and Wednesdays, noon-12:45 p.m., through July. $13/class for session or $15 drop-in. Anahata Center for Yoga & Wellness, 112 South St., S.E., Leesburg. 703-771-0006 or www.experienceanahatayoga.com.
Wendy Lane, flutist, will offer a flute class for beginners at her Sterling music studio, Mondays, from 7-8 p.m. for the remainder of the summer. No charge. E-mail Blane4@verizon.net or 703-404-3103. Instruments may be provided by the teacher. Beginners only but other lessons are given privately.
The Loudoun County Cooperative Extension Office will offer the Good Gardeners Short Course consisting of six, four-hour sessions Ñ four in the evenings and two Saturday mornings, Aug. 9, 11, 23, and 25, 6-10 p.m., and Aug. 13 and 27, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost for the entire six sessions is $250 or attend individual sessions for $50 per session. Topics include botany, soils and fertilizers, composting, insects and disease, turf, woody and herbaceous plants, fruits and vegetables, pruning ornamentals, protecting water quality, basic landscape design, and designing an integrated pest management plan for the home landscape. Sessions will be taught by Extension personnel and Master Gardener volunteers. Registration fees will cover materials, refreshments and will also be used in support of other Master Gardener community educational activities.
Gentle yoga, Tuesdays, July 12-Sept. 27, from 6:30-7:45 p.m., the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Cost for 12 sessions $103.50 for members, $115.50 for nonmembers. Instructor, Lin Wagener, R.Y.T. Call 703-430-2397.
The Loudoun County Extension Office will sponsor "So You are Considering a Small or Part-Time Farm," July 21, 7-9 p.m., at the office. This program is geared to anyone who has recently purchased or plan to purchase acreage and are considering beginning a small or part-time farm. To register, call 703-777-0373 or e-mail cchilds@vt.edu.
Loudoun County Extension is offering a ServSafe Sanitation Program to restaurant food managers or others involved in the handling and preparation of food, Sept. 13 and 20, at 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Loudoun Extension Office in Leesburg. $104 cost covers text, examination and certification. Call 703-777-0373.
Prenatal Education. Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, presents workshops for expectant parents. Admission is free, but registration is required. Call 703-779-2694.
'Handwriting without Tears.' The Sterling Annex Community Center, 1115 W. Church Road, Sterling, offers classes for children ages 4-6 to help them focus on the beginning techniques for handwriting in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Call 703-430-6673.
Tiny Tots Classes for Twos. Katydid Inc. at Ashburn Ice House. Activities, songs, crafts for 2- to 3-year-olds and their parents. Weekly themes. Choose Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. Call 703-481-9444 or e-mail KTdidInc@aol.com.
English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for adults are offered by Hogar Hispano of Catholic Charities in Falls Church, Reston and Sterling. Cost is $40 for seven weeks of classes. Call 703-534-9805 Ext. 222. Se habla espanol.
Free English as a Second Language (ESL) courses will be held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7:30-9 p.m. ESL courses are located 22066 Circle Drive, Sterling, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The Growing Stage Theatre Company. Classes and workshops for all ages. Visit www.growingstage.org, or call 540-338-5367.