Send announcements or events, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or e-mail <a href="mailto:loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com">loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com</a>. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged.
A tai chi workshop with Steven LaForce will be held Sundays, Jan. 4, 11, 18 and 25, 3 p.m., at Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls. Learn the ancient Chinese form of mind, body and spirit exercise. Register at library.loudoun.gov.
Babygarten, a program for infants and their parents/caregivers, will be offered at local libraries. Babygarten will be held at the Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn, Jan. 7, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, Jan. 5, 10:30 a.m. or Jan. 6, 2 p.m.; Rust Library, 34D Catoctin Circle, Leesburg, Jan. 5, 11 a.m.; Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St., Sterling, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. Each session lasts for six weeks. Registration required; register at library.loudoun.gov.
Learn how to measure, mix and more in a basic cooking class Wednesday, Jan. 14 and Feb. 11, 10:15-11:15 a.m., at Douglass Community Center, 405 E. Market St., Leesburg. Cost: $10. Contact Jaime Cox at 703-771-5913 or jaime.cox@loudoun.gov.
ESL English Conversation Groups will be offered Tuesdays, 7 p.m., at the Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn, and Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, and Wednesdays, at 7 p.m., at the Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St., Sterling. Visit library.loudoun.gov.
Yoga classes at the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Ten-week sessions are Mondays, Jan. 5-March 23, 10:30 a.m.-noon; Tuesdays, Jan. 6-March 10, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $90 members, $100 nonmembers. Call Erik Onate, 703-430-2397.
Computer application I — record keeping, organizing and computing — at the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Familiarity with keyboard desirable. Two-part class: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 10:30 a.m.-noon and Friday, Jan. 9, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $21 members, $23 nonmembers. Call 703-430-2397.
Windows XP/Vista at the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Two-part class: Thursday, Jan. 8, 9 a.m.-noon and Thursday, Jan. 15, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $42 members, $44 nonmembers. Call Erik Onate, 703-430-2397.
Finding Foundation Support for Your Education, a free Foundation Center course open to the public, is Friday Jan. 9, from 4-5 p.m., at the George Washington University Virginia Campus Library, 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn. This one-hour class explores finding financial support for college. To register, call 703-726-8230 or e-mail the library at Virginia@gwu.edu, or visit www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu for a link to the Foundation Center courses.
Sterling United Methodist Church, 304 E. Church Road, Sterling, invites the community to take part in the Crown Financial study, an 11-week workshop intended to assist people achieve better money management goals. The workshop starts Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $45 individual; $55 couple. Call 703-430-6455 or visit www.sterlingumc.org to register.
Computer application II — word processing — at the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Two-part class: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 10:30 a.m.-noon and Wednesday, Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $21 members, $23 nonmembers. Call 703-430-2397.
Internet at the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling, Thursday, Jan. 22, 9 a.m.-noon and Wednesday, Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $21 members, $23 nonmembers. Call Erik Onate, 703-430-2397.