This week represents the last chance to register for fall classes that range from cooking, to philosophy, to financial topics, to a few different political forums.

Registration is by phone or in person at The Village Learning Place (VLP) at 2521 St. Paul Street in lower Charles Village. The VLP phone number is 410-235-2210.

Registration costs $10 and teachers are teaching for free. Catalogues of classes are available at the VLP. Classes begin in October as well as November.

Classes range from "Early Dialogues of Plato" by a Johns Hopkins University professor Ed Hopkins, which begins on a weekly Tuesday night basis starting on Oct. 10, to one-day classes in "Preparing for Home Ownership" and "Estate Planning."

"Women and Wellness is being taught for two Wednesday nights in October by PhD candidate Tracy Brown.

"Real Estate 101" is being taught for two Saturday afternoons in November by estate and trust attorney Joann Butler.

Other six-week classes include "The Class Struggle and the Road to Socialism" with Bob Kaufman, an open discussion "Philosophy Cafe," and "Films Worth Talking About," among others.

The Baltimore Free University is a project backed by the The Village Learning Place and the Johns Hopkins Center for Social Concern.