Learn simple strategies to support your brain health and keep your mind sharp. Topics include things that contribute to brain health as we age like physical health, healthy environments, safety and security, learning and social connection, and access to quality services. This program is cosponsored by MPLS Community Education, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Sabathani Community Center.

Gathering Nourishes Community! Loaded Baked Frittata with bacon, spinach and goat cheese; Oven-Roasted Yukon Gold Breakfast Potatoes; Morning Glory Breakfast Cake with apples, carrots, blueberries and nuts; Autumn Fruits with Citrus-Cardamom Yogurt Topping Cost includes a $15 supply fee. Discounts are on tuition only. Call 612.668.4828 to register with a discount.

It’s been years since legendary singer Omara Portuondo last entered a recording studio. Once known as the “Queen of Feeling,” her voice was celebrated throughout Cuba – until she vanished from the spotlight. But when an ambitious young record producer brings her a rare opportunity, the elusive diva must finally reckon with her past. Transportation is on your own. Tickets will be mailed to you. Register online or call 612.668.4828. Meet at the Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave. TICKET SALES END October 30th

If interested, please add your name to our waitlist. We will check on hotel room availability. Join us this October to see (and photograph if you want) the spectacular fall colors around Duluth! Tour includes 4 guided photo shoots over our two-day trip. Weather permitting an optional Saturday evening shoot of the lighted aerial lift bridge. Bring your digital camera or cell phones (cell phones with advanced quality will result in better distance photos) Gil Dignen, resident Mpls Community Ed photography instructor for over 30 years, will be on the bus with us. As we head north, Gil will lead a class reviewing the settings on your phone, offer pro tips and share photo ideas. Our group will stay overnight at the Hampton Inn Canal Park. Price includes 4 Guided Photo Shoots,, Motorcoach Bus, 1 Night Lodging at Hampton Inn Canal Park, Coffee and Rolls Sat. am at Tobies in Hinkley, 2 Light Lunches, Sun am Breakfast at Hotel & Photography Guide on the bus. On Your Own: One Dinner in Canal Park area. TIME: 6:45 am Board Bus 7:00 am Bus Departs Southwest High School @ 7:00 pm @ Return to Southwest High School PICK UP LOCATION: Southwest High School - 3414 W. 47th Street, Mpls, MN 55410 NOTE: Only transfer of registration available after August 3rd. No refunds unless we can fill your spot from our waitlist. NOTE: Final payment due August 3rd. Final Payment Due: 60 Days Prior to Departure Overnight Tour Cancelation Policy: - 60 Days Prior to Departure: 100% Refund of Trip Fee less $5 Processing Fee - 59-45 Days Prior to Departure: 90% Refund of Trip Fee OR $50 admin fee if we can fill your spot (or if you find someone to fill your spot) - 44-16 Days Prior to Departure: 50% of Trip Fee OR $100 admin fee if we can fill your spot (or if you find someone to fill your spot) - 14 Days or Less: You may still transfer your reservation. No refunds. If tour is sold out, please enroll for the waitlist. We will notify you is a spot becomes available.

Celebrate Black History Month! The Black to the Future Tour is a fun and interactive experience that brings the Black to the Future comic books to life—celebrating Black history past, present, and future. Participants will explore inventions created by Black innovators while visiting local Black-owned businesses featured in the comic book. Each stop connects history to modern-day creativity and entrepreneurship, inspiring guests to imagine what’s next. Based on a series of comic books written by Mizz Mercedes, this is your chance to experience Black to the Future in real life! Tour led by Mercedes “Mizz Mercedez” Yarbrough, educator, community leader, and creator of the Black to the Future comic series, blending art, history, and innovation to make learning fun and relevant. Stops & Inventions Highlighted: 2 Scoops – Ice Cream Invention Golden Thyme Café – Home Security System Invention Walker West Music Academy – Folding Chair/Guitar Invention Final Stop: 825 ARTS – Double Dutch invention & Screening of the “Black to the Future” short film We will see the impact of Black inventors in everyday life, support local Black-owned businesses, and celebrate the power of art and education through a collective learning experience. Includes Motorcoach Bus, Our Guide-Mizz Mercedes, Samples, 2 Scoops Ice Cream, and a Black to the Future Comic Book. TIME: 11:45 am Board Bus - 825 Arts 12:00 pm Bus Departs 3:00 pm Bus Returns to 825 Arts NOTE: Only transfer of registration available after Jan 20th. 75% refund if we are able to fill your spot from the waitlist. If tour is sold out, please add your names to the waitlist. We will let you know if spots become available.

Experience the profound history of the American Civil Rights Movement on this guided bus tour from Minneapolis to Alabama.This journey takes you through three historic Alabama cities to walk in the footsteps of brave freedom fighters:Birmingham: The Crucible of the MovementBirmingham is where the campaign for equality faced fierce resistance and achieved historic turning points. 16th Street Baptist Church: Stand inside the sanctuary where four young girls lost their lives in a tragic 1963 bombing. Kelly Ingram Park: Walk the grounds where protesters faced police dogs and fire hoses during the Children's Crusade. Dynamite Hill: Visit the residential neighborhood that bore the brunt of numerous bombings by white supremacists, symbolizing fierce Black resilience. Montgomery: Heart of the StruggleMontgomery reveals the deep roots of American injustice and the power of organized resistance. The Legacy Museum: Explore powerful, multimedia exhibits that connect the era of slavery to modern mass incarceration. National Museum of Peace & Justice: Walk through the striking memorial dedicated to the victims of racial terror lynching. Dexter Ave King Memorial Baptist Church Service & Parsonage Tour: Where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived and served as pastor and helped guide the bus boycott. Rosa Parks Museum: Learn about the courage of the woman who sparked a 381-day bus boycott. Selma: March to Voting RightsSelma represents the ultimate fight for the right to vote and the cost of freedom. Edmund Pettus Bridge: Walk across the span where peaceful marchers were beaten on Bloody Sunday in 1965. National Voting Rights Museum: View artifacts, personal items, and exhibits honoring the foot soldiers of the voting rights movement. Other Tour Highlights as we travel to and from Alabama include: - National Civil Rights Museum & Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN - Lotz House - Epicenter of the catastrophic Battle of Franklin - November 30, 1864. - FAME Sound Studio - (Florence Alabama Music Enterprises) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is a legendary recording studio founded by Rick Hall in 1959.. It birthed the soulful "Muscle Shoals sound", hosting iconic artists like Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Etta James, and remains an active, historic working facility today. - Hamilton County Courthouse in Noblesville, Indiana - Famous for hosting the high-profile 1925 murder trial of KKK leader D.C. Stephenson - Old Courthouse Dred Scott Museum, St. Louis, MO - Mooresville, Alabama - a remarkably preserved 19th-century village incorporated before Alabama was a state, featuring the oldest operating post office in Alabama and an entire town listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Includes: 20 Meals (8 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches, 5 Dinners), Motor Coach Transportations, Lodging, 2 Guides on the Bus, All Admissions and a Bakery Stop Accommodations: 7 Nights at Drury Inns (last night at Drury Plaza Union Station in St. Louis), 1 Night at Hampton Inn PICK-UP LOCATIONS:First Pick-Up Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church - 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 - 7:15 am Board Coach Bus - 7:30 am Bus Departs Second Pick-Up Location: West 7th Community Center - 265 Oneida St, St Paul, MN 55102 - 8:00 am @ Return on April 15th: 8:00 PM West 7th Community Center and 8:30 pm Lake Harriet United Methodist ChurchPAYMENT INFORMATION:Single Occupancy: $3,850.00Double Occupancy: $3,275.00 per personNOTE: Deposit of $400 due with registration.. Final payment due February 7th. Final Payment Due: 60 Days Prior to Departure REFUND POLICY:Overnight Tour Cancellation Policy: - 60 Days Prior to Departure: 100% Refund of Trip Fee less $5 Processing Fee - 59-45 Days Prior to Departure: 90% Refund of Trip Fee OR $50 admin fee if we can fill your spot (or if you find someone to fill your spot) - 44-16 Days Prior to Departure: 50% of Trip Fee OR $100 admin fee if we can fill your spot (or if you find someone to fill your spot) - 14 Days or Less: You may still transfer your reservation. No refunds.

Join us as we explore holiday ethnic treasures with Dave Bredemus! We will tour the Mayowood Mansion in Rochester, Minnesota, with its English Style architecture and themed Christmas Tour. Historical stories from the Mayo holiday family traditions will be experienced. Stories and decorations from the 1900s through the mid century years at Mayowood will be presented by local guides. Decorah, Iowa, located in the Driftless Region and settled by Norwegian immigrants will be our homebase for this tour. The city will be decked out for the Christmas season for us to enjoy. We will stay at the Historic Hotel Winneshiek situated in the heart of Decorah, Iowa, and is located in a thriving downtown full of local shops, galleries and unique holiday attractions, which we will have time to visit. We will also have a private tour of the Vesterheim Norwegian Immigration Museum which will have some special holiday displays for us to enjoy along with the museum itself. We will stay for dinner in the new Versterheim Commons. An evening tour to Spillville, Iowa, is planned. This historic Czech town with his historic church called Saint Wenceslas will be a unique visit at night. We will learn about world famous composer Anton Dvořák’s visit to Spillville and the time he spent in 1893 at the church of Saint Wenceslas. We will tour Saint Wenceslas and hear local musicians play Christmas carols on the 1873 church organ, on which Dvořák played during his visit. We will end our evening in Spillville with kolache’s made from local Czech bakers. On day two, we will tour the city of Decorah, seeing historic neighborhoods, homes and parks. The bus tour of Decorah will also take us to the winter waterfall and ice cave in Decorah and see Decorah’s bald eagles, plus other historic sites in town. On the trip home, we will tour Preston, Minnesota, and have lunch at one of the favorite restaurants in Southern Minnesota, the Branding Iron. Time permitting, our last stop on our two-day tour will be in Chatfield, Minnesota, to tour the Prairie/Carnegie Library. All adults 21+ are welcome to join the tour! Price includes: Coach Bus Transportation, 1 Night Lodging at Historic Winneshiek Hotel, Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner, Vesterheim & Mayowood Tours, Organ Concert. Koloches and other scheduled admissions. NOTE: Meals on your own - 1 lunch First Pick-Up Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church - 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 - 7:15 am Board Coach Bus - 7:30 am Bus Departs Second Pick-Up Location: West 7th Community Center - 265 Oneida St, St Paul, MN 55102 - 8:00 am @ Return: 5:00 West 7th Community Center and 5:30 pm Lake Harriet United Methodist Church Deposit of $100 due with registration. NOTE: Final payment due Oct 9th. Final Payment Due: 60 Days Prior to Departure Overnight Tour Cancelation Policy: - 60 Days Prior to Departure: 100% Refund of Trip Fee less $5 Processing Fee - 59-45 Days Prior to Departure: 90% Refund of Trip Fee OR $50 admin fee if we can fill your spot (or if you find someone to fill your spot) - 44-16 Days Prior to Departure: 50% of Trip Fee OR $100 admin fee if we can fill your spot (or if you find someone to fill your spot) - 14 Days or Less: You may still transfer your reservation. No refunds. If tour is sold out, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

St. Paul is a city of 17 unique neighborhoods. This tour will visit many of them including Daytons Bluff, Swede Hollow, Lowertown, Fort Road/West 7th, Rondo, West Side and Summit Avenue, plus additional neighborhoods. During the past decades, St. Paul's neighborhoods have been working hard to re-capture their identity. On this tour we will see historical landmarks and modern structures that have shaped St. Paul's identity as we ride along with historian Dave Bredemus on a motorcoach bus. We will also learn about the urban challenges St. Paul faces as the city moves through the 21st Century. Learn about immigrants past and present. Please join us! Tour guides: Dave Bredemus and local guides. Includes: Motorcoach Bus, Guided Narration, Bakery Stop, and All Admissions. Not included: Lunch (we will find an interesting location in St. Paul where you can pick from many restaurants). 1ST PICK UP: 9:30 AM Board Bus - Lake Harriet United Methodist Church - 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 2ND PICK UP: 10 AM at West 7th Community Center - 265 Oneida St, St Paul, MN 55102 Bus Returns to 4:30 PM to West 7th Community Center and 5 PM to Lake Harriet United Methodist Church. NOTE: Only transfer of registration available after September 20th. 75% refund if we are able to fill you spot from the waitlist. If tour is sold out, please add your names to the waitlist. We will let you know if tickets become available.

Join us for a delightful day of dining and learning about Asian culture and food. We scouted around and put together a multi-Asian progressive dinner: delectable finger foods, appetizers, salads, main courses, and desserts at the most delicious and distinctive Asian restaurants. The tour will take you to the crossroads of the world presenting unique spices, international flavors, and specialty foods shaped by each country's geography, plants, agricultural customs and eating preferences. Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Kurdish, and Hmong, we will sample them all. Includes: Motorcoach Bus, Guided Narration, Bakery Stop, and All Admissions. Beverages available to purchase at each restaurant. 1ST PICK UP: 2:00 PM Board Bus - Lake Harriet United Methodist Church - 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 2ND PICK UP: 2:30 PM at West 7th Community Center - 265 Oneida St, St Paul, MN 55102 Bus Returns to 6:30 PM to West 7th Community Center and 7 PM to Lake Harriet United Methodist Church. NOTE: Only transfer of registration available after October 12th. 75% refund if we are able to fill you spot from the waitlist. If tour is full, please add your name to the wait list. We will notify you if space becomes available.

Go Behind-the-Scenes with The Texas Tenors! - Billboard #1 Recording Artists- 3-Time Emmy Award Winners- 2022 Texas Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees Minneapolis Community Ed has an exclusive opportunity to experience the Texas Tenors' pre-show sound check, Q & A with John, Marcus & JC, followed by a group photo with The Texas Tenors & The 3 Bottle Band -- all before the concert!Our day begins with VocalEssense Tenor Jared Campbell on the bus with us as we travel to St. Cloud for The Texas Tenors Concert! Jared will share insights and musical samplers to keep us entertained while we are on the road!Tour Highlights: - Short guided St. Cloud City Tour highlighting their vibrant community -Private lunch in the Yeats Room at the Olde Brick House Irish restaurant-Pre-Show Sound Check, Q & A & Group Photo with the Texas Tenors & The 3 Bottle Band-The Texas Tenors Concert at the Historic Paramount Center for the Arts The Texas Tenors are the most successful music group and third highest selling artist in the history of America's Got Talent! Since appearing on the series in 2009, JC, Marcus and John have released 5 studio albums, 3 PBS Specials, 5 DVDs, multiple singles and 2 children's books that have earned them impressive recognition including 3 Emmy Awards, The Gelett Burgess Award for Excellence in Children's Literature and the distinction of being Billboard Magazine's #10 Classical Artist in the World. The tenors' most recent albums "Outside the Lines", "Rise" and "A Collection of Broadway and American Classics" all debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts. These classically trained, versatile tenors have performed more than 2500 concerts around the world including headline shows in Las Vegas, China and a 24-city tour of the United Kingdom. Recently they were honored to be included among the top 50 acts in the world and the only vocal group from the United States invited to appear on NBC’s America’s Got Talent: The Champions, All-stars edition. You will hear music from their new #1 album along with rousing patriotic favorites and everything from Country to Classical! * ·Check out The Texas Tenors * ·Listen to The Texas Tenors' MusicPrice includes: Coach Bus Transportation, Tenor Guide Jared Campbell on the bus, Concert Tickets, Private Meet & Greet with the Texas Tenors, Lunch, and Guided City Tour.1st Pick-Up Location: West 7th Community Center - 265 Oneida St, St Paul, MN 55102 - 8:00 am Board Bus - 8:15 am Bus Departs 2nd Pick-Up Location: Lake Harriet United Methodist Church - 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 - 8:45 am Bus Departs Approximate Return: 6:00 pm Minneapolis & 6:30 pm St. PaulFun Fan Fact: Kathy Bodger, Trips & Tours Coordinator, has been a fan since The Texas Tenors made their debut on AGT in 2009, attending many concerts, and is a shirt tail relative of THE Texas Tenor, John Hagen 😀 Day Trip Cancelation Policy: 30 Days before tour - Full Refund less $5 29 Days or Less before the tour - You can transfer your registration to another person. 75% refund if we are able to fill your spot from our wait list. If tour is sold out, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

See the benefits of using plain language applied to small businesses’ communication strategies. If class is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Join us for our private tasting dinners at Bûcheron - Winner of the James Beard Foundation Best New Restaurant 2025! Chef Adam Ritter will share stories about his journey with time for a Q&A. Bûcheron, which translates to ‘lumberjack’ in French, features French-American cuisine while drawing inspiration from the skill and craftsmanship of generations of lumberjacks who worked and lived in our home state of Minnesota. In this elevated neighborhood restaurant, Bûcheron features a simple yet dynamic menu in a charming and convivial atmosphere. Note: There will be two seatings: 5-7 PM and 7:30-9:30 PM If event is sold out, please sign up on the waitlist. We will contact you if tickets becomes available. NOTE: After February 2nd. you can either transfer your registration to another guest or receive $125 refund if we are able to fill your spot from our waitlist.

9.2.26 Update!! Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this class due to a change in our instructors' work schedule. We are hoping to reschedule this class during the Winter 2027 session, possibly sooner. If you are interested in being on a contact list for this class, please send an email to maile.siemon@mpls.k12.mn.us. We are so sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you next time! Discover the joy of group rhythm! This dynamic class is perfect for anyone looking to sharpen their timing, explore new instruments, and experience the unique energy of a percussion ensemble. The class will start each week practicing essential drumstick rhythms and stick control. All will have the opportunity to rotate and play everything from snare drums to auxiliary percussion while practicing beginner ensemble pieces. Instruments may include: snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, hi-hat, temple blocks, bongos/ congas, agogo bells, timpani, wood block, triangle, glockenspiel, shaker, cowbell, tambourine, xylophone, marimba, vibes (vibraphone), bells, and chimes. Prerequisite: It is recommended students have some experience reading music and understanding basic time signatures. Please bring your own drumsticks. If class is full, please enroll in the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available. This class is priced on a sliding fee scale. Please pay the price you are able. This helps to ensure that Community Education can provide quality opportunities for all of our participants.

CLASS CANCELLED for Fall 2026

Are you ready to bring the energy, awesome cheers? Come join our cheerleading class today! This program is all about high-energy fun, friendship, and school spirit. You will do fundamentals of cheer and dance in an exciting, supportive environment designed for all skill levels. Best of all, you will get the incredible opportunity to showcase your talent and cheer live at athletic events! Don't miss out on the ultimate team experience— bring your passion, and sign up today for some serious cheerleading fun! LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!

Learn about the City of Lakes Community Land Trust (CLCLT) and permanently affordable home-ownership options in Minneapolis. The CLCLT will provide training opportunities to first-time qualifying homeowners and can provide support for unexpected home repairs or financial problems.