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Arlington Community Education Launches Fall 2025 Term
Hundreds of classes for adult, youth, & families are now registering
Arlington Community Education (ACE) fall registration is now open. Catalogs are arriving in Arlington mailboxes, featuring hundreds of classes for adults, youth, and families. The catalog is also available online at ArlingtonCommunityEd.org. The term runs from late September through mid-December.
This fall, ACE is offering more than 325 adult classes, with a mix of in-person, outdoor, and online options. Evening classes will be held at Arlington High School and at Gibbs School, and daytime offerings will take place at the Community Center and other locations around town.
Cook up sushi, gnocchi, Korean fried chicken, holiday cookies, and comfort food classics with new Food & Drink classes. Visit historic houses, learn how to fix your bike, sing, act, write songs for guitar, or explore Beethoven’s symphonies. Get creative with embroidery, origami, figure drawing, mixed media, sewing, beading, candle-making, and more.
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New Writing & Literature classes include creative writing, personal narrative, holiday memoir, and an exploration of Mary Oliver’s poems about animals. Get moving with expressive dance, salsa, and LaBlast Fitness, or learn how to belay on the new climbing wall at AHS. Learn how to use AI, speak in public, retire wisely, and make your home more peaceful and nurturing or safer as you age. Choose from a dozen languages, including new options in German and Korean.
More than 130 ACE Kids enrichment classes will be held after school at all elementary and middle schools, including a number of new hands-on art and STEM options. Youth offerings continue into the evenings with new Game Night and Martial Arts for Teens, as well as over a dozen family classes for adults and children to enjoy together. Try turning Halloween candy into sugar sculptures, making a holiday wreath, learning about Korean culture and cuisine, baking delicious hand pies, or taking a yoga class together.
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The fall 2025 catalog features artwork by ACE cover art contest winner Ashley Loc. A Boston-based mixed media artist, Loc explores the intersection of ecology, memory, and spiritual symbolism. Her work centers on moths—creatures often viewed as omens or ancestors in many cultures—and reflects on their ecological significance amid climate change. In Cabinet of Curiosities, delicate pressed flowers like cosmos, chrysanthemums, and crocosmias form dramatic, moth-like shapes. See more of her work at www.ashleyloc.com.
“This season’s cover is a celebration of transformation and resilience—fitting themes for both lifelong learning and Ashley Loc’s stunning artwork,” said Jen Rothenberg, Director of Arlington Community Education. “Just as her moths invite reflection on beauty, biodiversity, and hope, our classes offer opportunities for growth, creativity, and connection.”
If you do not receive a printed catalog in the mail and would like one, copies are available in news bins near the Capitol Theater and Trader Joe’s. You can also view the entire catalog and register at ArlingtonCommunityEd.org, as well as join the ACE email list to get information on course offerings. Many classes fill quickly, and under-enrolled classes are canceled, so register early.
For more information, visit ArlingtonCommunityEd.org or email CommunityEd@arlington.k12.ma.us.
Arlington Community Education is a self-funded program of the Arlington Public Schools. ACE provides affordable education and enrichment for residents of Arlington and surrounding communities.
