Sculptures’ permanence allows future generations to study ancient archetypes of beauty or marvel at ancestors’ apparent reverence for Mr. Snuffleupagus. Stun the ages with today's Groupon: for $137, you get a six-week sculpture class at Murphy's Studio (a $275 value).
Carole Murphy, whose inventive works populate galleries across the country, helps whittle pupils’ raw creativity into confident artistry. The studio's confines brim with a joyful profusion of paintings, tools, and muses disguised as furniture as members of intimate 10-student classes—held on Mondays at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.—pursue their unique imaginative visions. Unhurriedly sculpt an easy-to-carve, porous block of aerated cement ($15; not included in Groupon) into a bust of Wallace Shawn as Carole draws upon 15 years of teaching experience to gently steer aesthetic endeavors. Student works are occasionally showcased in local galleries for their sweeping grace or surprising foray into four dimensions.
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The Groupon Guide to: Appreciating Dad
Father's Day is a time to reflect on the nice things your father does for you—such as proving that he's stronger than your friends' dads or teaching you how to get angry about a sink. Here's a guide to the selfless things dads do for us all year long:
- Giving you a cautionary talk about the birds and the bees by demanding your pet cockatoo attack a hornets' nest
- Refusing to buy you that guitar
- Instructing you on how to cry during football movies and only during football movies
- Removing your training wheels while you're not looking
- Using decades of reverse psychology to show you how much it hurts someone when you call them a failure
- The most important job of all—reminding you when Mother's Day is
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