Explore lighting, sound, and stage elements for a live musical. Students learn technical theatre basics through hands-on work. Culminating in two big public performances, Wedensday, August 5 and Thursday, August 6. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of providing a class. Families are asked to pay the class fee or pick a price that they can pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you register for summer programs!

It’s showtime for our youngest stars! Explore musical theater through fun songs, dance moves, and mini performances. Build confidence, rhythm, and teamwork while having a blast on (and off) the stage. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of providing a class. Families are asked to pay the class fee or pick a price that they can pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you register for summer programs!

Enjoy the outdoors in this intro to camping, complete with bonfire and smores. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall. A lunch is available to all students. Please select this option when you register. To ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The class fee is the average cost of providing a class. Families are asked to pay the class fee or pick a price that they can pay. When families participate as they are able, at all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining. Thank you for your consideration as you register for summer programs!

Come out and enjoy exploring the land, and our native plant relatives from a Dakota perspective.This plant walk will be lead by Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ. Please remember to dress comfortably and wear comfortable walking shoes. Although the walk is only an hour long, please remember to bring water. Together we will share, learn, and honor our sacred plant nation. Our walk will be 1-1.5 miles. Meet at Crosby Farm Park located at 2400 Crosby Farm Trail, Saint Paul, MN. NOTE: Subject to weather conditions. If necessary, we will reschedule the walk. If class is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Join Luke and Linda Black Elk for a fun and informative plant walk around beautiful Loring Park to highlight the edible and medicinal plants growing all around us! Chef Luke Black Elk will be making some snacks featuring tasty foraged vegetables and all-Indigenous ingredients. Meet near Gai Noi Restaurant at 10:45pm and come ready to walk! Don’t forget your water bottle and comfortable shoes! Group meets at Loring Park near Gai Noi. If tour is sold out, please sign up on the waitlist. We will contact you if a tickets become available.

Join us for a 5-course private tasting dinner at Owamni's new location inside the Guthrie Theater. Our unique dining event will take place in the Guthrie Theater's Amber Box 9th-floor observation deck cantilevering 15 feet from the building. Featuring amber-tinted glass, it provides 360-degree views of the Mississippi River, Stone Arch Bridge, and downtown. 5:30-6 pm. Social gathering time 6:-6:15 pm. Speaker Introductions 6:15-6:30 pm. First courses served We are privileged to have 3 Indigenous food experts joining us: Tim Clemons of Ironwood Foraging Linda Black Elk, Education Manager at Indigenous Food Labs. Luke Black Elk (Tetowan Lakota, Itazipco Band) renowned chef, food sovereignty activist, and teacher of traditional plant uses, gardening, food preservation, and foraging. Private events at Owamni are special because the culinary team curates a menu specifically for our group based on seasonality of ingredients, sourcing and any dietary preferences. Most of the items that are served are exclusive to our group and are not served in the upstairs dining room on the regular menu. "At Owamni, we like to use foods that are from this region, such as bison, venison, rabbit, wild rice, and corn. Foods we do not use in our establishment are wheat flour, dairy, refined sugars, or any foods that are not native to North America. Not only is this a clean and healthy way to eat, it is also a learning experience about how our Ancestors ate before we were colonized. One of the main parts of the mission at Owamni is the revitalization of our culture and our Indigenous food practices and how we can show our guests what it feels like to eat a full meal and leave feeling energized and whole." Includes dinner and gratuity. (House red /white wine and iced tea available to purchase directly from restaurant). NOTE: Registration for this event is only available through Minneapolis Community Education. (Please do not call Owamni or the Guthrie Theater.) Owamni is now located inside the Guthrie Theater: 818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55415. NOTE: $195 reflects pricing based on the new location. If event is sold out, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Do you love art and nature? This creative camp blends both as you use found materials and art supplies to create nature-inspired artwork and detailed dioramas. Through hands-on projects and playful challenges, explore building, designing, and storytelling inspired by the world around you. Students should be 4 years old by the date the class starts. Grades are the year your student will be entering in the fall. Please select this option when you register. Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our summer programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. If you need further financial assistance, please contact the lead coordinator of the Super Summer Program at Sanford at lissa.gordon@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-4922.