Classes Washington, DC

The Original Paint Nite: Unleash your inner artist Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way.  Join #TeamHappyTrees for #PaintNiteDC!   No experience required! Just follow along while our Social Painting...

The Original Paint Nite: Unleash your inner artist Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way.  Join #TeamHappyTrees for #PaintNiteDC!  No experience required! Just follow along while our Social Painting Instructor...

Full Course Name: "Plant Nite: Fairy Light Succulent Terrarium in Wine Bottle Planter" Plant Nite: Dig, drink and be merry Create and decorate a succulent arrangement or tiny terrarium. Dig in for lively hours of creativity, drinking and laughing with the group. Join us for a fun and entertaining time of planting, digging and drinking. Our garden...

Remember when feminism happened, and Georgia O’Keeffe kicked butt, and now museums and the art world totally treat male and female artists with equal value? JK JK IT’S STILL SUPER BAD! On this two-hour tour of the NGA, we get three things done: We celebrate the awesome women who ARE represented We fill you in on some women you haven’t heard...

We'll cover the fundamentals of project management, dissecting the differences between waterfall & agile project management. We'll then take a deeper dive into agile project management, highlighting best practices for proper planning and execution. By the end of the class, you'll be equipped with the techniques and know-how to manage multiple...

Design Thinking is an approach organizations use to better understand the needs of people in order to create the most innovative and intuitive products. This creative problem-solving approach stresses the importance of empathy, focuses on the experiences of end users, and integrates an iterative process as part of the final product. Great design doesn’t...

The Original Paint Nite: Unleash your inner artist Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way.  Join #TeamHappyTrees for #PaintNiteDC!   No experience required! Just follow along while our Social Painting...

This course is designed for students with little or no Bachata/Merengue dance experience. This class will teach basic fundamentals of timing, rhythm, footwork and an introduction to partner dancing helping you build a SOLID Merengue/Bachata foundation. Our goal will be to raise your awareness of timing, technique & basic body movements so you can...

Introducing more complex steps and patterns based on skills developed in the Beginning class. You will be doing different patterns with turns, cross body leads, and some styling. Continue to develop leading/following and turning skills in order to prepare you for the next step. This class is to take the fundamentals to the next level. Note: No black...

Designed to create a great foundation for the social dancer. You will learn tempo, lead and follow, foot position, alignment, and poise in several different dances. Note:  No black soled or rubber sole shoes. Shoes allowed on the dance floor are jazz shoes, practice sneakers, social shoes with leather soles, or suede. Socks are ok. Absolutely...

The Original Paint Nite: Unleash your inner artist Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way.  Join #TeamHappyTrees for #PaintNiteDC!   No experience required! Just follow along while our Social Painting...

Candle Maker: Craft your own artisanal candles Join #TeamHappyTrees for Candle It!  No experience required! At this experience, you’ll pour, dye, and scent three beautiful, custom candles guaranteed to light up your home! Make them for yourself, give as gifts, or even better, bring your friends and you’ll each have your own set. Come...

Designed to create great foundation for the social dancer. Students will gain understanding of Latin dances as well as technique like Cuban motion, body isolations, arm styling, turns, etc. Note: No black soled or rubber sole shoes. Shoes allowed on the dance floor are jazz shoes, practice sneakers, social shoes with leather soles, or suede. Socks...

A Certified ScrumMaster® is well equipped to use Scrum, an agile methodology to any project to ensure its success. Scrum’s iterative approach and ability to respond to change, makes the Scrum practice best suited for projects with rapidly altering and high emergent requirements, enabling teams to deliver usable software consistently and periodically...

This class combines the infant care with an additional hour of hands-on CPR skills and choking relief skills for Infants (birth–1 year). This is a participation course but no card is issued. In addition to Infant CPR, we will cover: Care of the circumcision and umbilical cord Bathing Comforting a crying/colicky baby Diapering Dressing Necessary...