Welcome to The Canasta Connection! We are Massachusetts based mother-daughter duo Emily and Bev and we would love to teach you Canasta and American Mah Jongg. We created a highly visual curriculum where we play, play, play! We use a step-by-step approach to help you increase your confidence and master the game! We are known for our handouts and cheat sheets that break down the game. We want to make every lesson a fun, accessible, and high quality experience.
Upcoming Classes and Events
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Intro Mah Jongg and Open Play Moldova Restaurant
Newton, MA
Wednesday, May 1st 7-9pm
Intro to Mah Jongg Lesson 7-9pm
Join us for a beginner American Mah Jongg class. Perfect for first timers. Learn the tiles, the 2024 card, make a hand, and basic game play in a small group setting.
Canasta and Mah Jongg Open Play 7-9pm
Limited tables for open play, choose canasta or mahjong. Must know basic rules of Modern American Canasta or Mahjong (NMJL). Email thecanastaconnection@gmail.com to attend.
Food and drink available any time. Arrive around 6pm for time to mingle or eat before play. Let’s support Moldova Restaurant for having us.
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Beginner Canasta (6 Weeks) Arlington, MA
Beginner Canasta Class Arlington, MA
May 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 5, 12 6:30-8:30 PM
The game of Canasta is a fun, complex and addictive card game. We cover all aspects of the game, using Modern American Canasta rules. Learn the rules and strategies needed to play. Each session will include instruction and supervised play. Meet new friends or learn with your group. Either way this game offers you great brain exercise, fun, and a social experience.
Offered through Arlington Community Ed
5 spots left
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Private Classes
Canasta and Mah Jongg Classes at your home or venue of choice.
ALL LEVELS
Email thecanastaconection@gmail.com if you would like to form a class with 4+ friends or join a class as an individual. Must be located in Greater Boston or Lower Cape Cod.
Booking summer classes now. Email us to join as an individual for summer class.
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Beginner Canasta Class Newton, MA
April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Thursdays 6:15-8:15pm
The game of Canasta is a fun, complex and addictive card game. We cover all aspects of the game, using Modern American Canasta rules. Learn the rules and strategies needed to play. Each session will include instruction and supervised play. Meet new friends or learn with your group. Either way this game offers you great brain exercise, fun, and a social experience.
Offered through the JCC of Greater Boston
Open to members and non-members
Class Full
Email thecanastaconnection@gmail.com if you wanted to take the class but it filled up.
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Beginner Canasta Class Arlington, MA
May 8, 15, 22, 29, Jun 5, 12
Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 PM
The game of Canasta is a fun, complex and addictive card game. We cover all aspects of the game, using Modern American Canasta rules. Learn the rules and strategies needed to play. Each session will include instruction and supervised play. Meet new friends or learn with your group. Either way this game offers you great brain exercise, fun, and a social experience.
Offered through Arlington Community Ed
5 spots left
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Summer Beginner Canasta Greater Boston
We have one or two summer groups forming. Email thecanastaconnection@gmail.com to inquire and be added to the list. Location and time will depend on availability of who signs up.
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Canasta is a card game that originated in Uruguay in the late 1930’s. It was created to be less complex than bridge but more strategic than rummy.
Canasta is played with two decks of cards and four players in partnerships. Players pick and discard to make melds: like numbers of 3+ cards. A meld of 7 cards is called a canasta. Get as many canastas as possible. The first team to 8500 points wins.
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Mah Jongg is a Chinese tile game. Play consists of picking and discarding to get a combination of 14 tiles that matches one of the many options on a Mah Jongg card. There are three suits: bams, craks, and dots. A hand typically consists of melds, like numbers, in different patterns. The game is played with 4 people, all playing individually to be the first to get Mah Jongg. Every year the National Mah Jongg league creates a card with all the possible options for Mah Jongg- this is the American variation.
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