This course is for those who have a digital camera but do not know how to use it. You’ll learn how to set up your camera as well as how to download, organize, and get your images printed. You’ll also learn how to use depth of field, lighting and composition to improve your photographs, including pictures of friends and family. If all this sounds complicated, don’t worry, we’ll keep it simple. This is a hands-on course. Please bring your camera and the camera manual to class. Enrollment is limited.

Instructor: Ray Turkin

Meet your favorite editors, columnists and writers from The Record and learn more about the current newspaper industry.

Instructors: Various speakers from The Record

This course will discuss current topics dealing with the environment and other environmental issues such as energy, pollution, climate change, sustainability and assorted topics.

Instructor: Robert Dill, BCC Faculty

This class is open to all for pleasure and fun. We will sing popular music, old standards, and show tunes. No auditions necessary, just a desire to sing. Membership in singing groups, rehearsals and engagements outside of the classroom are at the discretion of the instructor, independent of the class.

Instructor: Barbara Heitmann

How to protect assets in the event of nursing home care, including Medicaid planning and planning for admission to the Veteran’s Home. The importance and use of Powers of Attorney, Advanced Directives (Medical Powers of Attorney and Living Wills), whether to purchase long term health care insurance as well as a discusion of estate planning using Wills and Trusts, and a clear explanation of the rules concerning gifts and probate procedures. All will be presented in a clear, concise “nuts and bolts” fashion.

Instructor: Robert J. Romano, Jr., Esq.

The capitalist economic system is marked by economic boom and bust cycles. The current expansion cycle is the second longest in American history. Part five of the seven-part series covers business cycles of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries in America. Topics include J. P. Morgan, the crash of 1929, and the 2008 Great Recession. Themes including the Bear Stearns bailout, Lehman Brothers collapse, too big to fail and moral hazard will be presented.

Instructor: Rick Feingold

This AARP Driver Safety course offers the attendee an important opportunity to learn how to drive more efficiently and safely. The coarse contains up-to-date information about changes over time in ourselves, our vehicles, and our roads. The content of this course can help boost safety awareness, refresh and improve driving skills, minimize crash risk, increase confidence, prolong mobility, and maintain independence. AARP requires an additional fee, $15.00/Member of AARP; $20.00/non-member, payable by check at the beginning of class.

Instructor: Frank Biamonte

This course is designed for anyone with a reasonably good understanding of how to handle watercolor techniques. Discussions and demonstrations provide students with unlimited information regarding color mixing, wet into wet painting, dry brush and much more. Students are responsible for their own supplies. Supplies needed are: watercolor set, watercolor pad 8X10 or 9X12 rough paper, mixing tray, brushes: round #10, #8, flat #1/2.

Instructors: Barry Shiff

The value of good advice is more important than ever. Discuss how lowering your investment fees (often substantially!) can impact your returns. Learn about investment products, and how inflation can erode your retirement income. Learn ways to potentially lower your risk in the stock market, IRA issues, the proper mix and type of bonds, stocks and alternatives; long term care coverage, minimizing your estate taxes, and other financial issues. A review of some sophisticated products that offer lower risk ways to make respectable returns.

This course is given by a Principal in one of the largest independent financial planning firms in the NY/NJ area. He is a Certified Financial Planner with 28 years of experience and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY.

Instructors: David R. Chepauskas, CFP

This course is designed for anyone with a reasonably good understanding of the art of sketching using pencils. Students are responsible for their own supplies. Supplies needed: HB and/or 2B pencils, kneaded eraser, and sketch pad.

Instructors: Barry Shiff

This class will cover various topics in US History including sessions on: Manifest Destiny, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Jackson, History of Paterson, NJ , and World War I.

Instructor: Tom DeStefano

Beginners and refreshers Mahjongg players, be part of this exciting course. The mahjongg card is a necessity; learn how to play in 4 easy sessions. If you have a Mahjongg set, please bring it.

Instructor: Linda Cohen