Fall 2017

Discover Something Different Trucksploration to die for Photography: Fall Colors Mosaicos: Espejos Decorativos Zumba for Families Window Repair Aquatics for 3-5 yr. olds New Discoveries Can’t-miss classes this season Life & Learning Healing Power of Music Learn how music can be used to 1 relieve stress, anxiety and improve 2 Whether you want to brush up on existing knowledge medical or mental health situations. PAGE 44 Paint Our Feathered or delve into new territory, we can help you expand Friends and Their Nests your awareness of everything from finances to Create an original acrylic painting of a sparrow or robin documentary films and so much more. in its nest and learn how to use feathers as brushes. PAGES 63 Play it By Ear Exercise your musical ear while strumming on 3 your ukulele, guitar, mandolin or banjo. 4 PAGE 44 Golf 1 & 2 Keep your golf skills sharp by practicing your swing, putt and chip. Yoga: Fitness, Fusion, PAGES 55 5 Gentle, Hatha,

Inside This Issue This Inside Kundalini and more Discover the right class to find your own personal Zen. PAGES 56-58

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Inside This Issue… Arts & Entertainment Adults 55+ (continued) Arts & Crafts...... 33 Defensive Driving 55+...... 63 Life & Learning Dance...... 41 Elder Enrichment & Armchair Travel..... 64 Academic Enrichment...... 4 Music & Performance...... 43 55+ Fitness/Health Talks...... 65 Business & Consumer/Real Estate...... 6 Photography...... 45 55+ Trips & Tours...... 68 Computers & Technology...... 12 Personal Development...... 14 Health & Fitness Youth & Family Trips, Tours & Special Events...... 15 Aquatics...... 48 Family/Parenting/Teens...... 71 Exercise & Fitness...... 49 Youth & Family Swimming...... 75 Hobbies & Skills Health & Wellness...... 53 Cooking...... 18 Sports & Recreation...... 55 Additional Information Hobby & Leisure...... 23 Yoga & Mind/Body...... 56 Class Locations...... 77 Home & Garden...... 26 Registration Forms & Information...... 78 Languages...... 28 Adults 55+ Adventures in Learning...... 60 There are no classes November 22-25 Creative Activities...... 62 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

2 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com LifeLife & & Learning Learning ...... Whether you want to brush up on existing knowledge Whether you want to brush up on existing knowledge or delve into new territory, we can help you expand or delve into new territory, we can help you expand your awareness of everything from finances to your awareness of everything from finances to documentary films and so much more. documentary films and so much more. NEW Be-Bop to Hip-Hop Jazz is America’s gift to the world. Take a journey of discovery from 1945 to 1999, when Traditional jazz evolved into Modern jazz; how it mingled with Rock and R&B to develop Fusion and Acid; and how Avant Garde jazz merged with Urban Hip-Hop to become the Doo-Bop sound. The course is based around the career of Miles Davis whose career has spanned all the aforementioned eras and was a vibrant force in the development and progression of jazz. Leave class with a jazz library of your own taste and a working knowledge of jazz’s progression through America. South 8 Thursdays Academic Enrichment Oct 5-Dec 7 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $59 NEW Abstraction in Art African American Explore Cubism, Expressionism, Art History: NEW Introduction Post-Impressionism, and Surrealism. Neon 66, The Aftermath to Design View images and discuss the artists of the Watts Riot of 1965 Review the Elements of Art (line, who created and worked in those We will examine the work from the shape, value, texture and space) styles. We will also discuss what art practices of Noah Purifoy, Melvin and the Principles of Organization Abstraction is and why it is important. Edwards and others including work (such as balance, focal points and eye Washburn 1 Wednesday created for the 66 Signs of Neon art movement), which help the artist Nov 1 6:00 pm-8:00 pm show. 66 Signs of Neon was designed arrange the Elements into a unified $19 by artists to bring members of the composition. This information forms Los Angeles community to Watts to the basis for all other art and design African American better understand not only the social coursework. Art History: Life & Learning Life issues but the beauty of the artistic Washburn 1 Wednesday Early Photographers spirit that resided there. The artists, Nov 8 6:00 pm-8:30 pm We will begin by looking at the work all working as part of the California $19 of photographers in 1840 at the Assemblage Movement, created dawn of the medium in the United artwork from the rubble of the riot’s Math Refresher States and continue through the aftermath. Fun for Adults early 20th century looking at eight Has it been years since you last Henry 1 Monday attempted “long division” without studio practices from various parts Nov 20 6:30 pm-8:30 pm of the country. Most of the names $19 using a calculator? Have you forgotten may seem obscure today, but during most of what you learned in earlier their lifetimes many achieved American Indian years? Math skills can quickly leave national prominence. Some of the History and Culture us when we are no longer using them. photographer’s we will cover include: Examine stereotypes, cultural Join us for a fun series of learning or Jules Lion, James P. Ball, Harry areas, linguistic areas, ways of life, re-learning math basics including Shepherd among others. Please join traditional and modern government, math terminology, multiplication, us for this fascinating review of pre-Columbian cultures and division, fractions, percentages, and history. civilizations, and more. Receive an more! Henry 1 Monday overview of history since 1492, and Pratt 6 Tuesdays Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm discuss the Columbian Exchange, Oct 3-Nov 7 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $19 famous Native people, arts, dance $49 and music. South 7 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Find us on Twitter! twitter.com/mplscommunityed $55

4 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Native Americans in Film View and discuss old films (some Writing Rev Your Writing Engine stereotypical and some well- No matter what your writing genre, balanced), ground breakers, or even (maybe especially) if you’ve Hollywood films, and movies made never written before, there is no such by Indian producers and directors. thing as too much inspiration. This Watch a different film each week (two class is geared for creative exploration selected by instructor, the remainder and mining word gems, not academics voted by students). or critiquing. Each week we will dive Southwest 6 Tuesdays into prompts and exercises that Oct 10-Nov 14 6:30 pm-8:30 pm get your pen moving, widen your $49 approach to writing, and inspire you to say more in new ways. Popcorn, Peanuts Henry 6 Mondays and Preemies Oct 23-Nov 27 6:30 pm-8:00 pm In 1905, Wonderland Park offered the $39 public the chance to do everything from ride one of the world’s finest Writing: Creating Picture carousels to witness amazing, death- Books for Children defying acts. The park, located on Discover how to plot your story, create 31st and East Lake St, also featured vivid settings, find a unique point prematurely born infants on of view and write vibrant dialogue display in electric incubators. Leave that will help you develop a dynamic this presentation with a deeper Creative Writing:

picture book. Leave class with a rough Life & Learning understanding of America’s love Developing a Writing Habit Develop your writing habit in this draft. Bring a notebook and your affair with electricity, and the amazing favorite picture book. attractions it generated. fun, creative writing class. Explore your creativity through a variety of Southwest 5 Tuesdays 1 Tuesday South writing prompts. Be inspired to write Oct 10-Nov 14 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 3 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $45 $19 in a supportive creative environment. Take steps to becoming the writer you Understanding Peace: want to be. Open to creative writers Peace Education Program on all levels. Bring paper, a pen and a Which Class Level Come nurture the seed of peace laptop, if you have one. within us and in our lives while Should I Take? Northeast 6 Mondays Community Education classes furthering the conversation. This Oct 2-Nov 6 6:45 pm-8:45 pm are organized by levels, peace education class presented $49 1 through 5. through DVDs focuses on our inner resources and does not represent any NEW Memoir and If you are new to a subject or religion or philosophy and is open to Narrative Writing 2 it has been a number of years If you’ve started writing all who are interested. Participants since you last studied, start autobiographical stories, essays, a of past classes are welcome to attend with a class followed by “1.” memoir, or performance material and and may bring a friend. There are new If you’ve taken a Community are looking for motivation, dedicated inspirational videos plus the course Education class recently, time and some great writing tools, this offers a stimulating environment for proceed to the next level. interaction. is the class for you. We’ll discuss and try out one component of narrative 8 Mondays Classes do not follow a Roosevelt writing each class period (voice, Oct 2-Nov 20 7:00 pm-8:30 pm standard curriculum, so a Free dialogue, scenic action, mood) but Level 2 class at one site may will spend the majority of the time differ from Level 2 at another. writing and discussing our work. If you have questions,please Register now and make sure Bring a notebook and pen or a laptop you get into your favorite call the class site directly classes! computer. (See page 77 for list of sites). We’re online at Jefferson 6 Tuesdays www.mplscommunityed.com. Oct 10-Nov 21 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $55 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 5 Writing: Creative Writing for Enjoyment Spark your creativity and imagination through exercises that will inspire you to become more well rounded in your writing while having fun too. You will walk away with good tips whether you are a serious writer or write just for pleasure. Southwest 6 Mondays Oct 2-Nov 6 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $49

Writing: E-Books— How to Write & Publish Share your unique voice and style with the world. Select your topic and genre before learning about formatting, Business & Consumer book covers, illustrations, venues for selling, creating a marketing plan and 90 Minutes with an Estate NEW Estate Planning where to go for support. Work won’t Planning Attorney for Second Marriages be critiqued in class. Discuss your estate planning With over half the marriages in questions in an open forum — from today’s world ending in divorce, it is Southwest 7 Mondays Oct 2-Nov 27 6:00 pm-7:30 pm birth to death, marriage to divorce, imperative to get educated and plan $45 children to step-children, rich to what’s best for your estate. Lives poor, probate to non-probate, self- change, and without proper planning Writing Our Stories employed to unemployed, and more. your goals will not be achieved. Explore in a supportive, positive A financial advisor will be available to The plan has to be tailored to your environment. Participate in playful answer your financial questions. situation. Learn how to position exercises and learn from a wide Lake Harriet 1 Wednesday your assets to make everyone in variety of writing prompts. The class Nov 29 6:30 pm-8:00 pm your family happy, including the ex- is not critique-based, and all ages are $19 spouse. Bring your questions.

Life & Learning Life welcome. Lake Harriet 1 Monday Waite Park 6 Saturdays Are You Ready to Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Oct 7-Nov 11 10:00 am-12:00 pm Start a Small Business? $19 $55 Find out what it takes to create a business plan and start a small Finance: Empowerment NEW Writing: Voice, business in the Twin Cities. Offered in for Women Tense and Story Structure cooperation with the Small Business We’re told it’s impolite to talk about If you’re a writer (at any level) who Administration and SCORE. money, but “finance” and “budgeting” enjoys playing with story craft, here’s Roosevelt 1 Monday don’t have to be taboo words. Learn a chance to dig into three important Oct 30 6:45 pm-8:45 pm simple formulas to help manage your but oft-overlooked ingredients. We’ll $19 money and feel secure about where look at the characteristics of first, you are and where you want to be. second and third-person narration; Avoiding Probate Pratt 1 Tuesday the mood and energy created by and Preserving Assets Oct 24 6:30 pm-8:30 pm verb tense; and we’ll learn some of Learn about a living trust and how it $19 the alternatives to keeping a plotline can be used to avoid probate while allowing you to retain control of your South 1 Thursday chronological. This class includes Nov 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm writing time, exercises, sharing and assets. Learn other ways to avoid $19 critique. probate and plan for the preservation 4 Wednesdays of assets in case of future nursing Jefferson There are no classes Nov 1-Nov 22 6:30 pm-8:30 pm home costs. $45 Southwest 1 Monday November 22-24 Oct 23 7:00 pm-9:00 pm for the Thanksgiving holiday. $19

6 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Finance: Money for Two Practice financial communication skills with your partner. Acquire tools to build a better financial relationship, discover financial resources, create an action plan and explore how you prioritize financial decisions. Registration is per person. Southwest 2 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 16 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $25

Finance: Health Care for Seniors How to Own and Operate Smart Money Decisions What are the government programs Learn how to set priorities in your a Bed & Breakfast for senior health care? What are spending plan, why your credit report Learn from an experienced parts A, B, C, & D and how do they matters, how to save for short and long professional about the pros and cons work? When do I sign up? How does term, and how to whittle away debt. of bed and breakfasts, the lifestyle the Affordable Health Care Act affect around them and the business side of Southwest 2 Mondays coverage? How are medications running your own. Oct 30-Nov 13 7:00 pm-9:00 pm covered? Bring your questions and $25 South 1 Thursday answers will be provided Oct 26 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Henry 1 Monday $19 Oct 16 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Free Immigration: Moving Life & Learning Forward into Action How to Become a Deepen your understanding of the Community Education United States’ immigration system Teacher and the key immigration issues today Learn how you can get paid to share in a class led by an attorney from your passion with others when you Legal Aid. Get the facts (and counter teach with Community Education. common myths) about refugees and Finance: This class is free, but registration is immigrants in Minnesota, and learn Strategies for Women required. about volunteer opportunities in your Many women will face life-changing Southwest 1 Thursday community. All levels of knowledge financial decisions. Understand Oct 12 7:00 pm-8:00 pm welcome. Register online or by calling your options regarding setting goals, Free 612-668-2219. Class held at Northeast Social Security, protection, estate and Library, 2200 Central Ave. NE, Mpls 1 Wednesday retirement strategies, and how to stay Henry 55418. Nov 1 7:00 pm-8:00 pm informed. Free Northeast Library 2 Wednesdays Washburn 1 Wednesday Nov 8 & 15 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Oct 11 6:00 pm-7:30 pm How to Keep the Cabin Free $19 in the Family Division of an estate can lead to bitter Income Taxes Health Care Directives battles between siblings and impact and Retirement Complete and execute a health care relationships forever. Learn how to Retirement is a time of transition directive during class, and learn why keep your cabin, farm or business in from one stage to another. Learn more you should plan ahead for making the family without a family conflict. about tax considerations such as tax health care decisions you may be diversification, taxation of capital 1 Wednesday unable to make when the time comes. Lake Harriet gains and Social Security, health care Oct 18 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Washburn 1 Monday $19 insurance subsidies, and the financial Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm impact of the losing a partner during Free retirement. Roosevelt 1 Monday Find us on Twitter! Roosevelt 1 Monday Nov 6 6:30-8:00 pm twitter.com/mplscommunityed Oct 23 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Free $19 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 7 Long Term Care Insurance: Medicare Part D: Open Savvy Social Security Protect Your Family and Enrollment and Extra Help Planning Your Assets Recognize why it is important to After hearing for years that Social Do you fear outliving your assets? Do review your Medicare Prescription Security is going broke, it may soon you want to pass on an inheritance drug plan each year. We highlight be your turn to collect. Join us to find to your loved one? Explore issues how Part D works and explain Extra out about special considerations for relating to longevity, caregivers, Help programs for people with lower those born before 1954 and recent retirement and more in order to incomes. legislation that has caused some determine whether long-term care Waite Park 1 Tuesday Social Security strategies to expire insurance is right for you. Nov 28 6:30 pm-7:30 pm this year. Free Waite Park 1 Tuesday Southwest 1 Wednesday Oct 17 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Nov 1 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Free NEW Online Banking $19 & Bill Paying Social Security: Medicare ABC’s & D The basics of online banking and Strategize to Maximize Get prepared to make Medicare bill paying covering the difference Social Security can be very complex. decisions when you turn 65. Learn between push and pull bill pay, We will take you through the choices about premiums, co-insurance and security and financial management and help ensure the decision you deductibles, when and how to enroll, tools. Plenty of time for Q&A so bring make are ones best for your situation. supplemental insurance policies, and your specific questions. Medicare Part D. Roosevelt 1 Monday Southwest 1 Monday Nov 6 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Southwest 1 Thursday Nov 20 6:00 pm-8:00 pm $19 Oct 19 7:00 pm-8:30 pm $19 Free NEW Planning a Understanding Medicare: Washburn 1 Monday An Overview Wallet-Friendly Wedding Get prepared to make Medicare Nov 6 6:30 pm-8:30 pm You’re engaged, now how do you start Free decisions when you turn 65. Learn planning that dream wedding on a about premiums, co-insurance and 1 Monday strict budget? From picking the right Roosevelt deductibles, when and how to enroll, Oct 2 6:30-8:00 pm date, to the perfect location. Vendor supplemental insurance policies, and Free selection and scheduling tips that Medicare Part D. can save you hundreds. We’ll cover Medicare Part D: Open online resources and sites to get your Waite Park 1 Tuesday Oct 24 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Life & Learning Life Enrollment and Extra Help wedding creativity flowing. You’ll It is important to review your Free quickly see how “most expensive” Medicare prescription drug plan each does not equate to “the best” in the year during the Open Enrollment wedding world. Will: Prepare Your Own period from October 15-December Receive everything you need to 7. The Medicare.gov website allows Southwest 2 Tuesdays prepare a simple will. Come with the Nov 28-Dec 5 6:30 pm-8:30 pm individuals to make health insurance knowledge of who you want to receive $25 comparisons and change to the most your belongings, serve as executor, cost-effective part D plan, based on NEW Project Management and be guardian of your minor the prescription drugs they are taking. Introduction children. Spouses need to register This presentation will explain how Most people manage projects at separately and prepare separate wills. Part D works and how to determine work. Learn the basics of the project Not intended for business owners. the best plan for you. Co-sponsored management discipline to help you Bring a blue pen. No discounts. by the Minnesota Board on Aging. manage projects effectively and Edison 1 Wednesday Class held at Prospect Park Methodist efficiently. This class highlights Oct 25 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Church, 22 Orlin Ave. SE, Mpls. tools and strategies you can use to $45 Prospect Park United Methodist get consensus about what you will Roosevelt 1 Wednesday Church 1 Thursday accomplish, break down that work Nov 1 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Oct 26 10:00 am-11:00 am into logical tasks, arrange the tasks $45 Free so you aren’t redoing work or wasting Roosevelt 1 Wednesday time, and deliver high-quality results. Nov 15 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Southwest 3 Wednesdays $45 Oct 18-Nov 1 7:00 pm-8:30 pm $29

8 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Clases de Enriquecimiento Adultos en Español

Español para NeDA Taller de Finanzas Hispanohablantes ¡Tome control de su dinero, conozca Si usted ya habla y piensa en español todos los créditos de impuestos, pero quiere perfeccionar su gramática, mejore su puntaje de crédito, salga de su escritura y los matices del idioma, sus deudas and ahorro para su futuro! ¡esta clase es para usted! La clase se Green Central 1 Lunes-Jueves llevará a cabo totalmente en español Sep 25-Sep 28 6:00 pm-8:30 pm y se dirige a hispanohablantes nativos Gratis y a estudiantes avanzados del idioma. Andersen 1 Lunes-Jueves Washburn 8 Tuesdays Nov 13-Nov 16 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Aprendamos Oct 3-Nov 28 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Gratis Computación y Domine $55 la Tablet iPad NeDA Taller Primeros Aprende como usar la Tablet iPad Nuevo Introducción a la Compradores de Casa donde contará con ua guía básica de su meditación en español “Homestretch” uso. Tambien, aprende computacion La meditación consiste en aprender La compra de una casa podría ser básica Windows 7, Internet, correro cómo superar la preocupación de la mayor inversión que usted haga. electrónico, dominio del teclado y manera que podamos ver claro lo El taller le guiará los pasos para más. que está sucediendo en nuestra entender el proceso por completo Andersen 12 Lunes experiencia en el presente. De este donde recibirá un certificado. Oct 2-Dec 18 5:30 pm-7:30 pm modo encontramos mayor claridad, Life & Learning $35 confianza, e integridad. Al enfocarnos El Lugar Será Determinado 1 Sábado a estar simplemente conscientes, Nov 11 8:00 am-5:00 pm Centro Deportivo aprendemos a despegarnos de $40 Usa maquinas cardiovasculares y de nuestras reacciones habituales y pesas en un centro deportivo. Después empezamos a tener una relación más Tejido con Agujas y de una orientación, los participantes amistosa y compasiva con nuestra Gancho LOCREA pueden asistir y hacer ejercicio experiencia, con nosotros mismos, y Paso a paso desde lo más básico que durante las horas designadas. con los demás. te permitirán crear bellos proyectos Andersen 12 Martes South 7 Martes de tejido para ti y tu familia. Oct 3-Dec 19 5:30 pm-7:00 pm Oct 2-Dec 11 5:30 pm-6:30 pm Andersen 12 Lunes $25 Gratis Oct 2-Dec 18 5:30 pm-7:30 pm Andersen 11 Jueves $25 Oct 5-Dec 21 5:30 pm-7:00 pm Nuevo Mosaicos: $25 Espejos Decorativos Cree algo hermoso e interesante, y Andersen 9 Sábados obtenga un sentido de logro a través Oct 7-Dec 16 9:00 am-10:30 am del arte mosaico. Desarrolle una (No hay clases Oct. 21st or Nov. 25th) $19 comprensión práctica y teórica de las técnicas del mosaico, y aprenda Costura sobre los materiales, la base, los ¡Seguir mejorando sus habilidades y adhesivos, las herramientas y los aprender nuevas técnicas! El objetivo últimos retoques. Esta clase se general del curso es desarrollar las llevará a cabo totalmente en español. destrezas básicas del estudiante a La instructora cobrará $15 por la través de proyectos que resumen los compra de materiales al principio de fundamentos en la costura. Las clases la primera clase. incluyen identificación y cuidado de Washburn 2 Miércoles las herramientas, equipo y materiales. Oct 4-Oct 11 6:00 pm-7:30 pm $25 Andersen 12 Martes Oct 3-Dec 19 5:30 pm-7:30 pm $25 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 9 Essential Guide to Buying Your Home Want to get the best deal on your home? Learn how to access government grants, and obtain first time buyer programs. Learn how to avoid the lemons and save thousands. Avoid the three mistakes most people make when buying a home. Instructor will walk you through step by step the best process for going about maximizing your money and having the lifestyle you want. Anwatin 1 Monday Oct 2-Oct 30 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $25

Jefferson 1 Thursday Oct 12 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $25 Duplex & Real Estate Pratt 1 Wednesday Multi-Unit Housing Oct 25 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Learn how to complete a rental $25 CLCLT: An Affordable property worksheet, understand the Home Ownership Option tax benefits of owning real estate, and Edison 1 Wednesday Learn about the City of Lakes discuss the pros and cons of owning Nov 8 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $25 Community Land Trust (CLCLT) rental property. Receive a copy of and permanently affordable home- “Rich Dad, Poor Dad’s Guide to Real Home Buying: ownership options in Minneapolis. Estate Investing.” Foreclosures, Shorts Sales & Hud Homes The CLCLT will provide a variety Lake Harriet 1 Wednesday of training opportunities and other Nov 8 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Discover the advantages and services to first-time homeowners $19 disadvantages of buying HUD and can provide crucial support if homes, foreclosures and short sales. Life & Learning Life you face unexpected home repairs or NEW Duplexes: Understand the current market so financial problems. Purchasing for a First-Time you can make a smart investment in today’s market. We will go from Henry 1 Wednesday Home or Investment Oct 11 6:30 pm-8:00 pm If you’ve thought about owning a start to finish through the process Free duplex and having someone else of the transaction and teach you the contribute to the mortgage, listen importance of the negotiations to get Duplex: to an experienced investor, landlord you the best deal possible. You will be Buying as an Investment and Realtor share strategies for provided with up to date information Do you want to diversify your analyzing, acquiring and managing and will be able to identify the top 10 investment portfolio or have someone rental property. best deals out there. else make your mortgage payment? Jefferson 1 Wednesday Waite Park 1 Wednesday This class will cover the tax benefits Oct 4 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Oct 11 6:30 pm-8:00 pm of owning rental property, how to Free Free evaluate an investment property, protect yourself as a landlord. Whether you are considering purchasing a single family rental, duplex, or multifamily housing this class will leave you wanting more. Edison 1 Thursday Nov 2 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $19

10 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Smart Home Buying: What Every Home Buyer Needs to Know Learn about what to look for when buying a home, best times to buy, price ranges and costs, financing, loan qualifying, purchase agreements, tax advantages and how to evaluate house structures. Discover how to turn a hot market to your advantage. Roosevelt 1 Wednesday Oct 4 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $19

Investing in Selling a Home Lake Harriet 1 Monday Rental Properties for More Money Oct 23 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Learn the benefits of owning Let’s talk numbers. Learn four ways $25 residential rental property, including to attract buyers, 10 techniques for things to consider when purchasing staging your home, 21 cost-effective NEW Selling your first property and financial home improvements, 12 purchase Your Parents’ Home analysis to determine if the property agreement traps and the No. 1 secret Whether it is due to the loss of a parent is the right choice for you. that could return thousands of dollars or a parent needing to move to a Southwest 2 Mondays to you. different care setting, knowing where Oct 2-Oct 9 6:30 pm-8:30 pm to begin in selling a parent’s home Roosevelt 1 Monday $25 Life & Learning Oct 9 7:00 pm-9:00 pm can be overwhelming. Questions $19 about renovations, what to do about Managing Rental personal property, preparing a home Properties Lake Harriet 1 Monday for sale and finding a Realtor will be Learn about many of the legal aspects a Oct 16 6:30 pm-9:00 pm answered. real estate investor must understand, $25 Pratt 1 Wednesday and receive advice on managing your Nov 15 6:30 pm-8:30 pm property safely and profitably. $19 Southwest 5 Mondays Oct 16-Nov. 13th 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $45 Ed2Go Online Classes NEW Mortgage Financing Learn anytime, anywhere—on your schedule! An In-Depth Look at the Newest Programs Topics include: Discover the newest mortgage • Accounting & Finance financing options available today. Down payments starting with 0 • Business, Law & Legal down, forgivable first time home • Design & Composition buyer grants, less-than-perfect credit • Health Care & Medical programs, and home improvement purchase loans. Take an in-depth • Languages & Arts look at the monthly payments and • Computer Applications compare the different down payment • Personal Development options to determine what may be • Writing & Publishing best for you. Lake Harriet 1 Monday Nov 9 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Log on and start learning today! Free www.ed2go.com/mplscommed

Henry 1 Wednesday Have questions about Ed2Go? Contact Steve Alexander Nov 15 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at 612.668.3854 or email [email protected] Free mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 11 Computer Programming: HTML Create your own web pages using HTML mark up language. Learn the layout of a web page and how to hand code a page in HTML. Bring a laptop with a browser and editor. An editor such as Notepad is fine. Email walt@ wpattinson.com with questions. Southwest 5 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 30 6:00 pm-8:30 pm $65

NEW Facebook Advanced Facebook adds features continuously and you may have missed some of the key features and security updates. Learn how to “unfollow” someone but Computers & Technology remain their “friend”, how to set up specific people or groups to be first in Android App Cloud Technologies your feed, how to find and join groups, Development for the Small Business navigate the marketplace, how to buy Develop, install and take home your Learn about common systems for and sell and how to post pictures or own Android app. This class provides startups to input, manage and track other media. Plenty of time for Q&A, a fun, easy way to learn a valuable, in- financial data, leads, customers and bring your questions, tablet, phone demand technical skill - no previous marketing campaigns. Instructor or laptop to update your profile in programming experience is required. will present an overview of the real time. Students age 12 and up welcome. technologies (QuickBooks Online, Southwest 1 Monday Prerequisites: Comfortable with Customer Relationship Management Nov 13 6:00 pm-8:00 pm keyboard typing and computer file (CRM) tools (e.g. Salesforce.com), $19 management; please bring your own WordPress and e-mail marketing) PC/Windows or Apple Mac laptop. and how they work, perform a live Garage Band

Life & Learning Life Please note: no class 10/18. demonstration that ties systems Learn how to use Garage Band and Washburn 6 Wednesdays together, and conduct a student Q&A. Digital Audio workspaces (DAW). Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Washburn 2 Tuesdays Gain the skills to compose your own $59 Oct 10-Oct 17 6:30 pm-8:30 pm music using Garage Band, and be able $29 to transfer to different programs. Build Your Own Anwatin 5 Mondays Website Workshop Computer Basics Oct 2-Oct 30 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Come with an idea, and leave with a A summary of key terms and their $55 responsive and functional website. meaning, setting up e-mail, using The Wix website creation platform the internet, privacy and security, Google Analytics 1 allows you to edit your website downloading, uploading, exploring Learn the dynamics of online by simply dragging and dropping social media, saving and finding files. marketing and website traffic features. Create a domain name Plenty of time for Q&A so bring your statistics through Google Analytics, for your website and bring a flash questions and laptop. one of the premier tools for analyzing drive to upload pictures, logos or Southwest 3 Mondays web traffic data. graphics. All are welcome, age 12 and Oct 16-Oct 30 6:00 pm-8:00 pm South 2 Thursdays up (under 18 with a friendly adult.) $59 Oct 5-Oct 12 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Computer keyboard skills required, $35 no programming or website design experience needed. Use our desktop computer or bring your own laptop. Register now and make sure you get into your favorite classes! We’re online at www.mplscommunityed.com. Henry 1 Wednesday Oct 25 6:15 pm-8:45 pm $19

12 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com NEW iPhone Microsoft Access Microsoft Word 2 & iPad Advanced Database 2 Students will further build on the We will cover apps, the Apps Store, Expand your knowledge of Microsoft skills acquired in the Microsoft Word music (Pandora and iTunes), Photos Access 2010. Create advanced queries, 1. Students will learn formatting (photo stream, albums, collections, create forms with subforms and longer documents; using headers/ memories), Safari (bookmarks, grouping levels, and add search footers; formatting tables and charts; reading lists and news feeds), home capability to forms. Import data into using mail merge and more. MAC monitoring, Apple Pay. Plenty of an Access table and troubleshoot computers available for use or bring time for Q&A so bring your specific import errors. your own laptop. Other materials: $7 questions. Bring your fully charged Washburn 1 Tuesday workbook fee to be paid to instructor. iPhone or iPad and your Apple ID and Nov 28 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Prerequisite: Microsoft Word 1 or be Password. $25 familiar with the basic functions of Southwest 2 Wednesdays Word. Oct 18-Oct 25 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Microsoft Excel 1 Jefferson 1 Tuesday $29 Learn how to use formulas, charts Dec 5 6:30 pm-8:30 pm and basic functions of Excel for $19 iPhone & iPad Basics work, school or home. Prerequisite: You have the device, now what? In A beginning computer class or NEW Social Media this class we will cover organizing equivalent. Introduction your icons, battery-saving tips, setting Southwest 2 Wednesdays What is the difference and purpose up your email, setting up iCloud and Oct 18-Oct 25 6:00 pm-8:00 pm of Snapchat, Facebook, LinkedIn, backups, hidden short cut menus $29 Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram? (screen lock, do not disturb, news How are they best used for your feed, AirPlay and AirDrop), taking and personal and business needs? Bring Microsoft Excel 3: Life & Learning finding photos. Plenty of time for Q&A Advanced your laptop, tablet or smart phone and so bring your specific questions. Bring Go beyond the basics when you make real time updates. your fully charged iPhone or iPad and tackle formulas and filtering, learn Southwest 1 Wednesday your Apple ID and Password. VLOOKUPs and pivot tables, and Nov 8 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Southwest 1 Wednesday become a wiz at Formula Wizard. $19 Oct 4 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Bring your own Mac or PC laptop. $25 Southwest 2 Mondays Social Media Marketing Nov 6-Nov 13 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Businesses, Organizations iPhone/iPad Basics $25 and Individuals Learn how to access and manage apps, Understand how both minor and emails, phone contacts, photos and Microsoft Word 1 major brands are successfully more. Bring your questions. Please This class teaches students the using Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, have your device out of the box and basic concepts required to produce Youtube, LinkedIn and Google+, and powered on before class. professional-looking business learn how to create a strategic digital South 2 Thursdays documents. Students will learn marketing plan that works for your Oct 5-Oct 12 6:00 pm-9:00 pm valuable skills to create, edit and business. A Wi-Fi-enabled laptop, $29 format various types of documents. notebook, folder and smart phone are How to navigate the Ribbon; enter and recommended for the class. edit text; format lists and paragraphs; Microsoft Access Roosevelt 1 Wednesday Database 1 work with resume templates and Nov 8 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Gain basic knowledge of Microsoft more. MAC computers available $29 Access 2010 database management for use, students are encouraged to system. Create queries and forms. bring their laptops. Other materials: Washburn 1 Tuesday $7 workbook fee to be paid to Nov 21 6:00 pm-8:30 pm instructor. Prerequisite: Experience $25 with a computer in a Windows- based environment. Jefferson 1 Wednesday Find us on Twitter! Nov 8 6:30 pm-8:30 pm twitter.com/mplscommunityed $19

mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 13 Web Page Design: MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS! HTML/CSS Create a layout in HTML and CSS Wanda N. Walker earned her MSW with page headers, menus, text and from the University of Cincinnati and pictures. Learn how to link to other has been working in the non-profit pages and websites by hand-coding field for 28 years. Her passion for HTML and CSS. Computers are seeing people gain new knowledge provided, but you are encouraged to change their lives fuels her to teach to bring your laptop. Pre-requisite: fun and energetic personal devel- Thorough knowledge of computers opment courses. She also conducts and the Internet. a variety of personalized training for non-profits including staff and board South 2 Tuesdays Oct 3-Oct 10 6:00 pm-9:00 pm development. She is teaching “5 $39 Steps to Finishing the Year Strong”.

WordPress 1 Discover the basics of designing, editing and maintaining your WordPress website or blog. Gain the skills to edit your website quickly Personal Development and easily, whether for business or personal use. Bring a laptop. 5 Steps to Finishing Enneagram: Introduction, Experience with HTML/CSS highly the Year Strong Relationships & Conflict As the year comes to an end, you might Have you been in conflict with recommended before taking this be feeling some kind of way about not someone or questioned why they course. reaching all the big goals you set out act a certain way? Are your needs South 2 Tuesdays to accomplish back in January. If in social/personal/professional Oct 24-Oct 31 6:00 pm-9:00 pm you’ve been beating yourself up about settings not being met? The first class $39 being an under-achiever this year, this session will explore the Enneagram, workshop will give you a simple way a unique personality indicator that WordPress 2 to get back on track. believes authentic living is integral Further develop your website from to effective communication and WordPress 1. Learn to use themes, Roosevelt 1 Wednesday personal satisfaction. The second widgets and menus, as well as how Oct 18 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Life & Learning Life $19 session of class will focus on personal to leverage Jetpack, utilize anti- and professional relationships, the spam techniques like Akismet, and third will focus on conflict resolution customize your site or theme with A New Career: How to and goal setting. CSS. Pre-requisite: Experience with Discover Your Ideal Work Stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed WordPress HTML/CSS is highly Lake Harriet 3 Mondays by work? Get answers to your career recommended before taking this Nov 6-Nov 20 6:30 pm-8:30 pm questions and begin working on a $29 class. proven, four-step process that will South 2 Tuesdays lead to a rewarding, fulfilling work life. Interviewing Nov 7-Nov 14 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 Southwest 1 Tuesday with Confidence Oct 10 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Working isn’t just about getting a $19 job, it’s about getting the right job. Learn how to create an effective Astrology resume, avoid common job interview Discover the ancient tool of astrology pitfalls and transition from job to to gain insight into your personality career. Effectively represent your past and life. See your chart used to experience for future success. Bring a illustrate astrological concepts and notebook, resume or draft resume and bring home a copy of your chart. A $5 writing utensils. supply fee will be collected. Lucy Craft Laney 2 Tuesdays Lake Harriet 2 Mondays Oct 17-Oct 24 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Oct 16-Oct 23 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $25 $25

14 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Interviewing Skills Bring your resume and learn how to talk about your work history and interests so tricky questions don’t trip you up mid-interview. Find out what’s effective for you and listen to how others answer the same questions. Learn how to draft responses, what to look for in job postings and what to highlight when interviewing. Southwest 1 Monday Oct 23 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $19

Resume Writing Skills Easily tailor your resume to specific job openings after you learn how to determine what employers are looking for and how to best highlight your Walking Tours work experience. Learn techniques Artists & Performers Minnesota Inventors for formatting, proofreading and Walking Tour: Walking Tour: polishing a resume. Lakewood Cemetery Lakewood Cemetery Southwest 1 Tuesday Lakewood Cemetery serves as the Celebrate the innovate spirit of Twin Oct 17 7:00 pm-9:00 pm final resting place for artists of all Cities inventors with this walking Life & Learning $19 kinds, from painters to musicians, tour of Lakewood Cemetery. Stop dancers to architects, and performers at the graves of famous and lesser- The Art of to art philanthropists. Learn about known Minnesotans, and learn how Public Speaking Minneapolis’s long creative history- groundbreaking inventions like Overcome humanity’s biggest fear: -from the earliest days of the city up scotch tape, skyscrapers, and lifeboats public speaking. Enhance your career to recent history--on this mile-long benefited the state, country, and opportunities and gain confidence in walking tour. Wear comfortable world. Wear comfortable shoes, and holding conversations with one to shoes, and be prepared to see some be prepared to see some beautiful fall 1,000 people. beautiful fall colors in Lakewood’s colors in Lakewood’s wooded grounds. South 4 Tuesdays wooded grounds. Register online or Register online or call 612.668.2743. Oct 3-Oct 31 6:00 pm-8:00 pm call 612.668.2743. $35 1 Sunday 1:00 pm-2:30 pm 1 Sunday 4:00 pm-5:30 pm Oct 8 $2

Writing Your Oct 22 $2 Mpls Pioneers & Soldiers Legacy Letter Ensure that your great-grandchildren Minneapolis Institute Cemetery Walking Tour Get a historic overview of and hear and others you leave behind know of Art Tours: stories about the fascinating people who you were. Don’t put off what A Celebration of African buried in Minneapolis Pioneers could be a treasured part of your American Art in History & Soldiers (formerly Layman’s) legacy. Join the celebration of African American art. Using various Cemetery, the oldest existing 1 Tuesday South media, artists have documented cemetery in Minneapolis and one Nov 7 6:00 pm-8:00 pm of the few cemeteries in Minnesota $19 the African American experience. Discover and explore their important listed in the National Register of contributions, from self-taught artist Historic Sites. Register online or call William Edmondson to contemporary 612.668.4326. artist Nick Cave. Register online or Minneapolis Pioneers & Soldiers call 612.668.1306. Cemetery 1 Saturday Oct 28 10:00 am-12:00 pm Minneapolis Institute $19 of Art 1 Thursday Nov 9 6:30 pm-7:30 pm $5 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 15 Trips, Tours & Special Events Tour: The Somali Museum of Minnesota Join us for a guided tour of the award-winning Somali Museum of Minnesota in South Minneapolis. The museum reaches out to all ages and people of all backgrounds in their mission to preserve, celebrate, and cultivate a new future for Somali culture. Our guide will take you through the life of the nomadic people including the typical dwellings; hand- carved artifacts, tools, and vessels; weavings; traditional arts, and more. Pre-registration required through Pratt Community Education. The group will meet at the Somali Museum at 1516 E. Lake Street (Bloomington Ave. & E. Lake Street). Free parking is available and the museum is also located near two Metro Transit bus Namekagon River Canoe & Kayak Trip 2018 lines. Join us for a great weekend canoeing or kayaking the Namekagon Pratt 1 Saturday River, one of Wisconsin’s most scenic canoeing rivers. Oct 28 10:00 am-11:00 am $9 Adults/$7 Children Transport yourself to Jack’s Canoe Campground Friday afternoon/or night, set up camp and enjoy a special late night snack. After breakfast Saturday, pack a lunch and paddle about 13 miles of the river before enjoying a gourmet dinner. Canoe or kayak the remainder of the way back to Jack’s on Sunday with only your lunch and water in tow.

Life & Learning Life The trip fee is based on two people per canoe or one person per kayak. If you sign up, you must attend an informational meeting from 7–8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 at Southwest.

Cost is $110 per person and includes all meals, canoe/kayak rental, shuttle service to/from the drop points, two nights camping fees and communal supplies.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from Jack’s Campground in Trego, WI (a 1.5 hour drive). Trucksploration Southwest 1 Fri/Sat/Sun June 22-24 $110 Join us for a one-day event that allows children of all ages to climb on, learn about and explore their Southwest Family Halloween Party favorite big trucks and vehicles. Sit Put on your most friendly costume and join us for our annual Family Halloween behind the wheel of a fire engine, Party in the new Southwest commons. Activities include carnival games, a raffle ambulance, big rig, construction truck for door prizes, a bingo hall, magic shows, puppet shows, treats and prizes. The and more. Talk with a police officer or puppet and magic shows are free, and the carnival games are 25 cents each. firefighter as you meet the personnel Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $3 per person, and food who protect and serve the Twin Cities. shelf donations are requested. Fire helmets will be given to the first Southwest 1 Friday Oct 27 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $3 150 children. Lake Harriet 1 Saturday Sep 23 12:00 pm-3:00 pm Free 16 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Hobbies & Skills Hobbies...... &. . . .Skills . . . . You have the drive to explore the unknown, but what does that mean? Want to speak a new tongue? Tickle You have your the family’s drive totaste explore buds? the Turn unknown, your home but whatinto does a DIY that dream? mean? WantWe’ve to got speak dozens a new of skills tongue? Ticklefor youryou to family’s tackle, tasteand we buds? can’t Turn wait your to see home into a DIY dream?which We’ve you choose. got dozens of skills for you to tackle, and we can’t wait to see which you choose. Caribbean Classics Bring the Caribbean up north and explore exotic dishes, such as red beans and rice, voodoo stew, jerk and curry chicken, pineapple- pecan upside-down cake and more. Your registration will cover the cost of any supplies. Discounts are on tuition only. Call the site directly for discounts. Roosevelt 1 Monday Nov 6 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 Northeast 1 Thursday Nov 16 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Cooking Buche de Noel: $39 Christmas Yule Log Cake NEW Baking History: Learn how to make a traditional Caribbean Street Food Upper Peninsula Buche de Noel, or yule log, to decorate Start the evening with a non-alcoholic and Iron Range Pasties your holiday table. The instructor piña colada before beginning Learn about the pasties that figure will demonstrate making a genoise your imaginary walk through the into many family histories or are cake from scratch and show you how Caribbean. Explore foods such as adopted because of their tastiness, to frost it with whipped chocolate spicy pies, shrimp with portability, and versatility. Our baking ganache. You will have an opportunity mango butter dipping sauce, curry adventure will take you through the to help decorate the yule log. A $12 shrimp and gingerbread bites. A $15 process of making flaky pasty dough, a supply fee will be collected. Bring a supply fee will be collected. small container to take home a cake variety of fillings, and the opportunity Southwest 1 Monday to bake small pasties for eating on the sample. This class will be held at Nov 6 5:45 pm-8:45 pm spot or taking home. Bring an apron, Windom South Recreation Center, $29 an appetite, your chef’s knife, and 5843 Wentworth Ave. Register online a small cardboard box for bringing or call 612.668.3450. Cast Iron Cookery home your pasties. A $12 supply fee Windom South Recreation Create tastier sears, superior will be collected. Call 612.668.3330 Center 1 Monday pan sauces, lighter and crustier

Hobbies & Skills Hobbies for more information. Nov 27 6:00 pm-9:00 pm cornbreads, better pizzas, and $25 Anthony 1 Monday extraordinary scones in old-fashioned Nov 13 6:00 pm-9:00 pm cast iron pans. Learn how to season $29 Cajun & Creole Classics and care for cast iron and how and Heat things up with Cajun and Creole when to look for new and old pieces. Beginning Bread dishes, including items such as Bring your cast iron skillet. A $12 Do you wish you knew how to make Gumbo, Catfish Po-Boys, Tamarind- supply fee will be collected. glazed , Sweet Potatoes, Bananas those wonderful bakery breads your Southwest 1 Thursday Foster, Banana Biscuits and other grandmother once made? Here’s your Nov 16 5:45 pm-8:45 pm chance. Learn to make whole wheat, tasty dishes. Your registration $29 rye and white bread. will cover the cost of any supplies. Discounts are on tuition only. Call the Southwest 1 Tuesday Oct 24 5:45 pm-8:45 pm site directly for discounts. $29 Roosevelt 1 Monday Oct 23 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Breakfast Breads $39 Prepare popular morning treats to Southwest 1 Monday make your kitchen smell great. We Oct 30 5:45 pm-8:45 pm explore techniques that work. A $7 $39 supply fee will be collected. Northeast 1 Thursday 1 Monday Anwatin Nov 9 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:15 pm $39 $29

18 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS! Dong Ada was born in Wuhan, Southern China. Her mom was an excellent cook and Ada spent a lot of time helping her in the kitchen. She left Wuhan for Beijing, where she would spend a decade. In Beijing she started cooking for herself. Cooking became a passion for her and she also found it was a great stress reliever. On the weekends you could Fearless Pressure Cooking often find Ada’s friends at her Cooking 101: Transform the way you eat with home, talking, drinking, laugh- the stovetop pressure cooker—it’s ing, eating at the dinner table. Six Weeks to More Joyful, Improvisatory Home Cooking economical (the tastiest are the inexpensive cuts), and it’s so fast that In 2009 she started a box lunch Enhance your confidence using you can put Chinese red-braised pork service called “Ada’s Home amazing ingredients from the farmers’ Cooking” - she would prepare market, or at your favorite grocer’s. over rice on the table 12 minutes after 30-40 lunches a day by herself! Focus on basic techniques that will you put it on the burner. Pressure Today as a mom with two help you improvise dishes, bolstered cookers have safety features today children she enjoys cooking by new knife skills, building soups by that they lacked 50, even 25 years for her family and dreams of layers, pan frying and searing, stir- ago, and you’ll learn what they are and having a stand at a local frying, braising, high-temperature how to use contemporary pressure farmer’s market. roasting, and pizza making. Learn the cookers safely by cooking a multi-

basics of food safety and storage, use course meal in class. This class covers Hobbies & Skills of spices and herbs, and kitchen tools stovetop pressure cookers only. If you NEW Chinese Dumplings that make prepping food faster, more have a stovetop cooker, bring it to The Chinese is a savory effective, and fun. Extensive handouts class. Extensive handout provided. A entrée traditionally served during each week. $56 food fee covers the $12 supply fee will be collected. Chinese New Year. Learn to prepare certified organic food you use and eat Anthony 1 Monday pan-fried dumplings using local in class each week. Call 612.668.3330 Nov 27 6:00 pm-9:00 pm and organic ingredients. These are for more information. $29 authentic, healthy, and easy to make. Anthony 6 Mondays A $10 supply fee will be collected. Oct 2-Nov 6 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Feasting in a Recession: $95 Nutritious, Affordable Meals Lake Harriet 1 Monday This class is especially designed for Nov 20 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $29 NEW Dumplings students and young families who want to Die For to ditch unhealthy and expensive Chinese : - Your teacher grew up eating take-out or processed food and learn Sticky Rice Dumplings San Francisco , and the how to cook delicious, nutritious and ZongZi is a traditional Chinese food dumplings you’ll make in this three- affordable meals. In this one-night made of sticky rice stuffed with hour class will put the ones you buy session, we will cook an entire three- different fillings and wrapped in here in town in the shade. Learn to course meal (including dessert.), bamboo leaves. Learn to make and make terrifically tasty pot stickers, learn how to make our own salad cook ZongZi and a coconut milk tapioca-pearl bombs, momo-shaped dressing and desserts, and cut up tapioca pearl dessert. We will cook water dumplings and play with pork, a whole chicken. In addition, the in groups, gathering ingredients and chicken, and fillings. Bring your handout will provide an equipment all taking part in prep work. Finally, chef’s knife and a small box for taking and shopping guide along with weekly we will eat the ZongZi and dessert home any dumplings you don’t eat in menu suggestions. A $10 supply fee together. A $15 supply fee will be class. Extensive handout provided. A will be collected. This class will be held collected. $10 supply fee will be collected. at Windom South Recreation Center, 5843 Wentworth Ave. Register online Southwest 1 Tuesday Southwest 1 Wednesday Oct 17 6:15 pm-8:45 pm Nov 29 5:45 pm-8:45 pm or call 612.668.3450. $25 $29 Windom South Recreation Center 1 Monday Oct 23 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $25 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 19 NEW Flavors of the East Moroccan cuisine is influenced by Morocco’s interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries. It is a mix of Mediterranean, Arabic, Andalusian and most importantly berber cuisine with a tiny European and Subsaharian influence. We will explore these flavors as we prepare traditional Moroccan salad, Moroccan quinoa salad, chicken with preserved lemon saffron and olives, beef tajine with caramelized pear and cinnamon, coucous royal with chicken and caramelized red , and fried egg rolls with fruits, rose water and menthe. A $15 supply fee will be collected. Southwest 1 Wednesday Nov 8 5:45 pm-8:45 pm $29

French Crepes There are restaurants (“creperies”) in France that only serve crepe dinners, Eat Local Minnesota especially in Brittany. In this class, Join local chef Andrea Bolger as she creates tantalizing seasonal flavors you will see how to prepare a crepe with local produce for your culinary appetite. Then, cook up a fabulous dinner, starting with a savory crepe, meal to enjoy together. Your registration will cover the cost of any supplies. and finishing with a dessert crepe Join us for all 3 classes and receive $10 off the price of tuition. Discounts on like the classic Crepe Suzette or a tuition only, call 612.668.4828 to register. simple butter-and-sugar crepe. You will then have a chance to make

Hobbies & Skills Hobbies your own. A $10 supply fee will be End of Summer Vegetables collected. This class will be held at Roasted Carrot Salad with Honey & Almonds; September Quinoa Salad; Windom South Recreation Center, Corn, Sweet Onion & Zucchini Sauté with Fresh Mint; Sweet Corn Cake 5843 Wentworth Ave. Register online with Blueberry Lavender Compote. Your registration will cover the cost or call 612.668.3450. of any supplies Windom South Recreation Center 1 Tuesday Oct 3 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 Roosevelt 1 Monday Nov 13 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Apples $25 Confetti Kale Slaw; Smokey Apple & Butternut Soup; Cranberry Apple Nut Torte; Apple Galette (A galette is a rustic open-faced pie.) Your registration Funk of Fermentation will cover the cost of any supplies. Learn the basics of fermentation before you cut, mix and blend 1 Tuesday Oct 10 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 Roosevelt ingredients to take home your own ferments. The class will put special Pumpkin emphasis on medicinal herb ferments Breakfast Bowl: Pumpkin-Spiced Brown Rice with Ricotta; Pumpkin Maple like beet kvass, herbal elixirs, Dip (to serve with fresh apple slices); Tunisian Pumpkin Soup; 5 Spice kombucha, krauts and fire cider. A Pumpkin Cake. Your registration will cover the cost of any supplies. $10 supply fee will be collected. Roosevelt 1 Tuesday Oct 24 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 Justice Page 1 Tuesday Oct 17 6:00 pm-8:00 pm $19

20 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Kitchen Knife Skills - Quinoa Seasonal What’s all the fuss about? Once you Using the proper knife and technique taste quinoa, you’ll understand. during food prep will save time and Receive outstanding recipes for minimize food waste. In this class salads, desserts, breads and more, all for both beginners and returning incorporating quinoa, a gluten-free students, Chef Jen will overview complete protein. A $9 supply fee will knife selection, care, maintenance be collected. and use. You’ll practice proper grip, Lake Harriet 1 Monday mechanics and food cuts on a variety Perfect Fruit Pies Learn to make flaky, ultra-tasty Nov 6 6:00 pm-9:00 pm of seasonally available vegetables butter, butter/lard, or butter/ $25 Then we’ll enjoy eating together. shortening crusts and memorable A $10 supply fee will be collected. fruit fillings in one easy lesson. You’ll Risotto Justice Page 1 Monday leave class with either a small pie Learn to use arborio and roma rice Nov 6 6:00 pm-8:30 pm you’ve baked yourself or one that with confidence in preparing four $25 you can freeze or refrigerate for later delicious risottos: pumpkin, sage, baking. We’ll cover it all: proportions and red chilies risotto; onion risotto Natural Fermentation with sun-dried tomatoes; parma ham Learn how to ferment vegetables from of fat to flour, thickeners, sweeteners, and sweet risotto; and roasted your garden and the Farmer’s Market, fruit combinations, fluting and pork, parsnip, and apple risotto. A $8 and discuss the nutritional benefits of decorations, the virtues of metal, supply fee will be collected. eating fermented foods and drinks. Pyrex, and ceramic pans. Extensive Sample vegetables, sauerkraut, salsa handout provided. A $10 supply fee Southwest 1 Thursday and whatever the season brings. A $5 will be collected. Nov 9 5:45 pm-8:45 pm

$29 Hobbies & Skills supply fee will be collected. Southwest 1 Wednesday Oct 4 5:45 pm-8:45 pm Justice Page 1 Tuesday $29 NEW Salad Dressing Nov 7 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $19 From Scratch NEW Pie Dough Making Learn how to make 5 different Norwegian Lefse Discover how to make a buttery ‘melt salad dressings from scratch and Just in time for the holidays, learn in your mouth’ fruit pie. Eliminate the benefits of making your own to make this traditional Norwegian fear and frustration over working dressing as opposed to store bought. flatbread. Bring a container to take with butter and flour. You’ll master You’ll prepare a buttermilk ranch, a lefse home and your electric lefse the basics of pie dough working with blue and a lemon vinaigrette griddle if you have one. A $5 supply a French rolling pin that’s yours to dressing as well as two others. A $5 fee will be collected. take home after class. Take home an supply fee will be collected. 8” double-crust apple pie to bake and South 1 Tuesday Lake Harriet 1 Wednesday proudly share. A $20 supply fee will Nov 14 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Oct 11 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $25 be collected. $25 Lake Harriet 1 Wednesday Pasta: Make Your Own Oct 11 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Sambusas and Learn how to make fresh and tasty $25 Somali Rice pasta from scratch. Leave class Watch how to make and then sample 1 Wednesday knowing how to adjust ingredient Lake Harriet simple sambusas that you can make Nov 8 6:30 pm-8:30 pm ratios to achieve the ideal texture and $25 at home, and traditional Somali rice. how to use your current kitchen tools Chef Shakir Farah will demonstrate to turn pasta dough into multiple Portable Foods & Meals: these basic Somali recipes while shapes (including fettucine, lasagna, Dried Foods for the Pantry sharing his love of exploring foods bowtie, orechiette and others). We’ll & The Road of all cultures, and thoughts on how conclude class with a quick family- Learn about proper tools, techniques food can be used as a medium for style meal. A $10 supply fee will be and recipes so you have plenty of promoting peace and bringing people collected. meals, snacks and ingredients on hand together. A $5 supply fee will be Justice Page 1 Monday for travel, hiking, or emergencies. A collected. Oct 30 6:00 pm-8:30 pm $10 supply fee will be collected. Pratt 1 Saturday $25 Southwest 1 Monday Nov 18 10:00 am-11:00 am Oct 23 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $19 $19 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 21 Sourdough bread Sourdough is a bread made from the natural occurring yeast and bacteria in flour. In traditional sourdough recipes, you’ll find three ingredients: sourdough starter (which consists of flour and water), salt and flour. There is no yeast, no milk, no oils and no sweeteners. It’s about as natural as you get when it comes to bread. Anwatin 1 Monday Sep 18 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $19

Southern Chinese Cooking Prepare a variety of common Chinese family dishes using local and organic ingredients that are authentic, healthy and easy to make. A $30 supply fee will be collected. Southwest 3 Wednesdays Oct 18-Nov 1 6:00 pm-8:45 pm Shop Local, Eat Global Series $55 Join Chef Andrea Bolger as she introduces you to global fare you can access right here in town. Learn about how to choose the right ingredients and Stews where to find them. Then, cook up a fabulous meal to enjoy together. Your Learn to cook three tasty, nutritious registration will cover the cost of any supplies. Receive a $10 discount stews to keep you cozy on autumn when you register for all three classes. For the discount, call 612.668.4828. nights: chicken with dumplings, boeuf bourguignon, and a fish stew that will really hook you. A $10 supply fee will Shop Local, Eat Global: Italy be collected. Crostini with White Bean Basil Spread; Tricolore Chopped Salad with Lake Harriet 1 Monday Hobbies & Skills Hobbies radicchio, Tuscan kale & endive; Polenta-Stuffed Peppers; Tiramisu Oct 16 6:00 pm-9:00 pm (Italian for “pick-me-up”) coffee-flavored creamy dessert. Your $25 registration will cover the cost of any supplies. Discounts are on tuition only. Call 612.668.4828 for discounts. Wine Introduction Roosevelt 1 Tuesday Oct 31 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 & Tasting Join us in learning about the fascinating history of wine. We will Shop Local, Eat Global: Spain Spanish Tortilla (a baked egg & potato dish) w/ Pepper Salad; have two classroom teachings at Albondigas Soup (albondigas are dumplings cooked in a saffron broth); Southwest H.S. followed by a field Spanish-style Fresh Orange Salad; Flourless Lemon Almond Cake. Your trip where you’ll sample wines, and registration will cover the cost of any supplies. Discounts are on tuition further discuss tannins, tear drops, only. Call 612.668.4828 for discounts. and ponder, where did wine come from? What disease almost ended its Roosevelt 1 Tuesday Nov 14 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 evolution and varietals? A $12 field trip fee will be collected. Shop Local, Eat Global: India For French Wine Curried Squash Roti (a turnover with highly seasoned filling); Indian Southwest 3 Mondays Stuffed Eggplant with Spinach Raita (a cooling yogurt-based sauce); Oct 23-Nov 6 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Halvai Spiced Carrot Cake (halvai ~ Indian sweet maker). Your registration $29 will cover the cost of any supplies. Discounts are on tuition only. Call 612.668.4828 for discounts. For Italian Wine Southwest 3 Mondays 1 Tuesday Nov 21 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 Roosevelt Oct 2-Oct 16 7:30 pm-9:00 pm $29 22 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Hobbies & Leisure Astrology Bring your chart to life with the complexity of the sun, moon and planets. Explore major life themes, cycles and your personal weather map. Receive a hard copy of your chart. South 4 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 2 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $35

Astrology: The Dance Between Saturn and the Moon For those who already speak the language of signs, planets and houses, explore the role of transiting Saturn and the progressed Moon in your astrology chart. Once you learn the Automotive Maintenance NEW Car Care Basics significance of these two planetary Basics Learn useful skills every car owner bodies, you will be able to zero in on Identify and learn the functions should know from checking your Hobbies & Skills current as well as past or future events and maintenance of different motor oil to switching out an air filter and in your life. vehicle parts. Become familiar under changing a tire. You will look at your the hood of your own car (weather and other students’ cars to gain 4 Thursdays South hands-on experience. Plan to park Nov 9-Dec 7 7:00 pm-9:00 pm permitting). $35 Southwest 6 Wednesdays in a space reserved in the 49th Street Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-8:30 pm parking lot. $59 Lake Harriet 1 Monday Oct 9 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Bicycle Maintenance $19 and Repair Gain confidence in diagnosing and Lake Harriet 1 Monday tackling the most common issues Oct 23 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $19 that confront a bike mechanic. Learn about subjects like proper flat tire repair, adjustment and minor repair of brakes and shifting systems, basic bicycle fitting concepts and Astronomy for more. Bring your bike for hands-on City Dwellers instruction. Make your own star wheel and identify bright stars and constellations. Washburn 3 Tuesdays Learn exotic star legends and stories, Oct 3-Oct 17 6:00 pm-8:30 pm $35 astronomy vacations, amazing exo- planets, coming 2018 sky events, Roosevelt 2 Tuesdays Medieval Viking navigation secrets Oct 3-Oct 10 7:00 pm-8:30 pm (sun stones), your True Sun Sign, $25 buying a family telescope, wonderful Roosevelt 2 Tuesdays free local star parties. Includes free Oct 24-Oct 31 7:00 pm-8:30 pm bonus trip to beautiful Eagle Lake $25 Observatory. Southwest 4 Tuesdays Find us on Twitter! Oct 10-Oct 31 7:00 pm-8:30 pm twitter.com/mplscommunityed $45 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 23 Dog Treats and Natural Remedies Discover fun and simple dog snacks you can easily make at home. Create natural remedies for things like chapped paws and itchy skin. Leave class with a dog treat and anti-itch spray. A $5 supply fee will be collected. Lake Harriet 1 Wednesday Oct 18 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $25

Training for You & Your Dog Emperors, Dragons, Dog Obedience 1 Dog Obedience 2 and Smugglers: Teach your dog to be a well- Continue working on the behaviors The Epic Story of Tea mannered family pet when you learn we taught in Obedience 1 while People have been consuming tea to modify their behaviors and help making them more challenging for thousands of years, and we have them obey basic rules. Dogs must be and adding new behaviors working been telling stories about it just as at least 6 months old. Do not bring toward mastering the 10 behaviors long. Whether they involved gods your dog on the first night. Handlers needed to pass the AKC Canine and beasts or pirates and rebellions, must be at least 10 years old. Good Citizen test using dog & family there have always been action-packed Northeast 7 Wednesdays friendly clicker training methods. stories surrounding tea. Come spend Oct 4-Nov 15 7:00 pm-8:00 pm The entire family is welcome, a morning with us drinking teas that $39 children must be accompanied inspired our imaginations, and learn by an adult. Instructor will need all about how tea helped shape the Dog Obedience 1: to see the dog’s current Rabies, world. 6 Months + Bordetella, and DHLP vaccination Pratt 1 Saturday Teach your dog foundation skills certificates on the first night of Oct 14 10:00 am-11:30 am for life using dog & family friendly class. Pre-requisite: Obedience 1 $19 clicker training methods. Teach your or Puppy training class. One dog dog to: Sit, Down, Loose Leash Walk, per adult. Film Appreciation Come, Sit for Greeting, Drop it,

Hobbies & Skills Hobbies Southwest 6 Wednesdays The Films of Quentin Tarantino Leave it, and a couple of fun & useful Oct 4-Nov 15 8:00 pm-8:45 pm Examine the films of visionary tricks. The entire family is welcome, $35 director Quentin Tarantino and children must be accompanied by discuss what narrative, technical, an adult. Instructor will need to see Northeast 6 Wednesdays Oct 11-Nov 15 8:00 pm-9:00 pm and thematic elements are present the dog’s current Rabies, Bordetella, $35 in Tarantino’s unique style. Films will and DHLP vaccination certificates contain violence. on the first night of class. One dog Puppy Socialization Lake Harriet 6 Wednesdays per adult. to 6 Months Oct 11-Nov 15 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Southwest 6 Wednesdays Socialize your puppy and teach $49 Oct 4-Nov 15 7:00 pm-7:45 pm them foundation skills for life with $35 your family using dog & family friendly clicker training methods. The entire family is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult. Instructor will need to see the dog’s current Rabies (if they’re old enough), Bordetella, and DHLP vaccination certificates on the first night of class. One dog per adult. Southwest 4 Thursdays Oct 5-Oct 26 8:00 pm-8:45 pm $25

24 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Turntable Set-Up, Upkeep and Maintenance From the latest releases to collectibles, vinyl is back. Learn the turntable jargon, basic setup, installation, upkeep and get hands-on experience balancing a tonearm. Watch a vintage turntable get back into action and find out if your old just needs a new needle or an overhaul. Jim has been collecting and dealing vinyl and repairing turntables for twenty years so you can leave with the knowledge you need to get back into vinyl with confidence. Genealogy Packing for the Henry 1 Monday Are you contemplating starting a Everyday Traveler Nov 6 6:30 pm-8:30 pm family tree, or have you inherited a Do you over pack? If so, learn $19 shoe box full of pictures and family packing tips for getting through newspaper articles, obituaries, and airport security hassle-free. Bag Wood Shop: wedding notices? Beginners and selection examples will be shared, and Open Wood Shop intermediate are welcome to research clothing choices will be discussed for In a fully-equipped wood shop, work your family tree and locate resources maximizing space. A variety of packing on projects of your choice or consider available on the Internet as well as methods will be demonstrated. ideas suggested by the instructor. Hobbies & Skills Class fee includes sandpaper, glue, local facilities that collect family and Southwest 1 Monday historic data. We will explore free Nov 13 6:00 pm-8:00 pm drill bits, dowel pins and other resources as well as subscription $19 materials. Some storage space is services. available for projects. Waite Park 2 Mondays NEW Plan Your Southwest 8 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 9 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Dream Vacation Oct 2-Nov 20 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $29 Turn your travel daydreams into a real $85 plan in this interactive class. Leave Southwest 8 Thursdays If Your Walls Could Talk: with a worksheet mapping out action Oct 5-Nov 30 6:30 pm-9:00 pm How to Research Your steps to make your dream vacation $85 House History a reality. A portion of the class will Hear researcher and house historian include photos and stories from the Woodworking: Level 1 Kathy Kullberg share her secrets for facilitator’s own travels, including Learn the basics of woodworking and tracking down all aspects of your tips, ideas and group discussions to fabrication techniques. Gain practical house history from the architects spark your imagination. knowledge by making a simple step and builders, past residents, period Southwest 2 Thursdays stool. We will cover the safe use of photographs and more. Oct 5-Oct 12 6:30 pm-8:00 pm all shop equipment, hand and small Roosevelt 1 Monday $25 power tools. Demonstrations on Oct 16 7:00 pm-9:00 pm different tools will be given each week. $19 Reupholstery A $15 fee for materials is payable to The reupholstery class is full. Call the instructor on the first night of Minnehaha Stamp Club 612.668.1306 to be added to a wait list. class Explore the interesting hobby of Edison 9 Wednesdays Northeast 7 Tuesdays stamp collecting, see some new and Oct 4-Dec 13 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 3-Nov 21 6:00 pm-8:30 pm unique finds, and search for stamps $159 $75 in the club’s digging boxes. New and veteran postage stamp collectors are Edison 9 Thursdays Southwest 8 Wednesdays Oct 5-Dec 14 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 4-Dec 6 7:00 pm-9:00 pm welcome. $159 $69 Southwest 1 Thursday Oct 12 & Nov 6 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Southwest 8 Thursdays $5 Find us on Facebook! Oct 5-Nov 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm facebook.com/MplsCommEd $69 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 25 Home & Garden Kitchen & Bath Remodeling: Electrical Projects Selecting Cabinets,Countertops at Home Flooring & Backsplash Learn basic electrical home repair Create a mindful kitchen or bathroom by installing and testing your own by incorporating products with practice circuits in class. We’ll cover beauty, durability and value. Discuss outlets, gfci, lights, switches and the budget and materials needed for a 3-way switches. By learning how to fantastic experience in tailoring your install devices such as outlets and cabinets, countertops, flooring and switches you’ll be able to replace backsplash to your taste and needs. malfunctioning devices in your NOTE: Class meets at the Mindful own home. An $8 supply fee will be Kitchen (Cabinet Expressions) collected. Showroom at 8901 Lyndale Ave. S. in Lucy Craft Laney 2 Tuesdays Bloomington. Register online or call Oct 17-Oct 24 6:00 pm-8:00 pm 612.668.3100. $25 Mindful Kitchens 1 Wednesday Nov 8 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Hardwood Floors: $19 Refinish Unlock the hidden beauty of your Sidewalk & Step hardwood floors. Participate in this Repair or Replacement hands-on class and receive step-by- It’s never too late to repair broken step instructions on how to prepare, steps, pour a new sidewalk or patch sand and refinish the hardwood floors Beyond HGTV: a driveway. Learn about types of in your home. Class is held at J & F cement, see proper mixing techniques How to Plan a Successful Reddy Rents, 3320 Republic Ave. S., Remodeling Project and discover how to make patch St. Louis Park. A $19 supply fee will repairs to cement surfaces. Discover the basics of how to be collected. Register online or call 1 Mon & Wed successfully plan your room, whole 612.668.3100. Lake Harriet house, addition, or other remodeling Oct 9-Oct 11 6:00 pm-8:00 pm project. Learn how to make selections, Reddy Rents 1 Saturday $25 Nov 11 10:00 am-11:30 am choose contractors and make other $5 Hobbies & Skills Hobbies important considerations. Following Stucco Repair and Refinishing a presentation, get answers to your Ice Dams questions about your specific project. Demonstrations along with excellent Ever wonder what causes ice dams? advice will provide you with the cure Southwest 1 Tuesday Explore solutions that address the for repairing cracks and small holes Oct 24 6:00 pm-8:30 pm root causes of ice dams and will $19 in stucco that inevitably appear over make your home dramatically more winter. Instructor Chuck Bankey has Pratt 1 Saturday comfortable. Registration is required. repaired stucco homes for over 20 Nov 11 9:00 am-11:30 am South 1 Tuesday years. $25 Nov 7 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Free Lake Harriet 1 Wednesday Oct 25 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Electrical Circuits $19 Learn about different types of wire, Interior Design 101: circuit breakers, light switches and Planning Your Project The Basics of Window wall receptacles and how to replace Learn how the interior design process them. A hands-on application will Replacement can create beautifully updated rooms. Want to make sure you really improve allow you to wire up three different Discover how space and floor planning your windows rather than throw your circuits and test them. Bring a help you design rooms that function money away? This workshop will common household pliers, a flat tip well. The class will highlight the use of cover the basics of window science screwdriver and a cross tip (Phillips) focal points, color and backgrounds. and options for window replacement. screwdriver. Southwest 1 Thursday South 1 Tuesday Nov 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Southwest 2 Wednesdays Oct 10 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $19 Nov 8-Nov 15 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Free. Must register. $29

26 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Window Repair Garden Save money by learning how to take apart and fix sticky, drafty, cracked or broken windows. Topics covered include sash cord replacement, glazing, the five points of draftiness for windows and more. Henry 1 Wednesday Oct 18 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $19 Fall Lawn and Garden Spring Bulbs and Flowers Care Made Easy During our long winter we yearn for Compost: Free Fertilizer Learn what you can do in the fall to longer days and a colorful landscape. for your Thriving Garden help your lawn and garden be even Spring blooms take us from the dreary What can you do with all those leaves better next year. The timing of when to colors that awaken spring in us. in your yard? Working with nature, you do certain things is important to Explore colors, heights, textures and you can turn ordinary household assure a healthier and happier lawn drama of spring blooming bulbs. Add waste into nourishment for your and garden the following growing spring ephemerals (plants lasting beautiful plants. We will cover the season. Tips and short cuts will be a very short time) that produce several methods of composting, offered; handouts included. beautiful foliage and provide nectar reusing water, mulching, and creative Lucy Craft Laney 1 Tuesday for early pollinators before summer approaches to have a healthy thriving Oct 3 6:00 pm-8:00 pm perennials come out. Learn how to garden. $19 choose, plant, and care for the plants of the spring garden. Henry 1 Wednesday

Oct 11 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Gardening: Fall into Roosevelt 1 Wednesday Hobbies & Skills $19 Spring Bulb Planting Oct 4 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Plant those spring blooming bulbs $19 Cool Planet Family like tulips and daffodils in the fall for a Lives Here beautiful display next spring. Discover Spring Flowering Bulbs Become a “deeper shade of green” major and minor bulbs you may not Fall’s the time to plant those beautiful by looking at your household energy know about. Learn how to protect spring-flowering bulbs. Learn from a consumption, waste reduction habits, your bulbs from critters this fall and Master Gardener how to plant many personal fitness and active citizenship next spring. Bloom time and planting types and enjoy slides of spring- to live a more sustainable, healthy and will be discussed. Handouts will be flowering favorites. fit life. Develop a family action plan shared. All levels are welcome. Pratt 1 Wednesday and create a kill-a-watt report to bring Lucy Craft Laney 1 Tuesday Oct 11 7:00 pm-8:30 pm for discussion at the second class. Oct 10 6:00 pm-8:00 pm $19 Family members are encouraged to $19 attend. Fee is per family. (Formerly Year-Round Indoor titled Green Living for Everyone.) Preparing Your Salad Gardening Learn the method behind indoor Southwest 2 Mondays Garden for Winter Oct 9-Oct 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Explore what can be done in the fall gardening, and start your own seed $25/Family to have a better garden next year. trays. Plant five trays (broccoli, Now is a great time to plant bulbs, radishes, sunflowers, peas and Southwest 2 Mondays perennials, shrubs, and trees. Learn buckwheat) to take home. A $2 supply Nov 13-Nov 20 6:30 pm-8:30 pm fee will be collected. $25/Family proper planting techniques, how to divide perennials to increase the Pratt 1 Monday number of plants you’ll have, what Oct 16 7:00 pm-8:15 pm Fall Yard and Garden Care to do to increase the chances of your $19 Learn all about the tasks and plants making it through winter, and guidelines for preparing your lawn Jefferson 1 Wednesday how you can minimize the incidence and gardens in the fall for a better Nov 1 7:00 pm-8:15 pm of disease. The air is cooler, the soil growing season the next year. $19 moister, and it’s more fun to prepare Pratt 1 Monday your garden this fall. Lake Harriet 1 Monday Oct 16 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Nov 6 7:00 pm-8:15 pm $19 Lake Harriet 1 Monday $19 Oct 16 7:00 pm-8:30 pm $19 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 27 French 4: Advanced Languages Vous aimez parler francais? This Arabic 1 is an advanced conversation class Learn to read, write and speak conducted entirely in French. You the Arabic letters in addition to will help choose weekly topics of simple words and phrases in the conversation. Practice your French Arabic language. Gain practical in a relaxed, non-threatening conversational skills you can use to atmosphere. communicate when visiting countries Southwest 8 Thursdays around the Middle East. Bring a Oct 5-Nov 30 7:30 pm-9:00 pm notebook and something to write $55 with. French 1 Learn basic French phrases and NEW French Films Justice Page 8 Tuesdays grammar, with emphasis on Oct 3-Nov 21 5:30 pm-7:00 pm conversation and pronunciation, & Conversation: $55 while exploring French culture Conflict & Memory View French-language films that along the way. Also, discover Chinese 1: Mandarin explore themes of war, conflict and key grammatical concepts, basic Learn the basics of the Chinese collective and individual memory. vocabulary, verb conjugation, and language: greetings, days of the week, Then, build your fluency and sentence structure and formation. and common phrases. We will also vocabulary by discussing them in explore Chinese culture. Northeast 7 Tuesdays French. This class will be conducted Oct 3-Nov 14 6:00 pm-7:20 pm 7 Wednesdays entirely in French and is intended Lake Harriet $45 Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-7:30 pm for students with intermediate or $49 Southwest 8 Wednesdays advanced levels of proficiency. Films Oct 4-Dec 6 7:00 pm-8:30 pm will be shown in French with English NEW Chinese 2: $55 subtitles and will include Caché, La Mandarin for Travelers Bataille d’Alger, Persepolis, La Haine, Learn more travel terms and French 1.5 Hiroshima mon amour and La Jetée. everyday conversational Mandarin Dust off your skills with reviews Please note: no class 11/22. such as ordering at a restaurant, of être, avoir, and regular er verbs, vocabulary and pronunciation. The Washburn 6 Wednesdays shopping, airport terms, booking a Oct 25-Dec 6 6:00 pm-8:30 pm hotel, etc. Practice simple everyday class introduces additional useful $65 verbs and vocabulary over two Hobbies & Skills Hobbies conversation that will help you get around while visiting places where sessions. One session covers regular French for Travelers Mandarin is spoken. and irregular ir verbs, faire, vouloir If you’ve dreamt of visiting Paris but and related vocabulary. The next Lake Harriet 7 Wednesdays are nervous you won’t understand Oct 4-Nov 15 7:35 pm-9:00 pm session covers regular and irregular the language, join us to learn $49 re verbs, aller, savoir, connaître and introductions, everyday phrases, related vocabulary. Prerequisite: directions to make your way through Chinese: Modern Chinese French 1 or other experience. Exercise the city and more. Participate in Chinese language has become your joie de vivre. engaging activities, practice basic popular worldwide. Come to learn Northeast 7 Mondays reading and writing skills, and learn the functional language of modern Oct 2-Nov 13 6:00 pm-7:20 pm useful phrases to have successful Chinese in a lively way. Mandarin $45 conversations in French-speaking Chinese and culture will be introduced countries. Please note: no Class in this class. Everyone, with different French 2 October 30. levels of Chinese background, is Continue to build confidence in your French language skills by Lake Harriet 6 Mondays welcome to attend this specially Oct 9-Nov 20 7:00 pm-9:00 pm increasing your vocabulary, speaking, designed class. $55 and writing skills, and improving Southwest 5 Tuesdays your understanding of the language. Oct 10-Nov 7 6:00 pm-7:30 pm There are no classes $39 Prerequisite: French 1 or other experience. November 22-24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Find us on Twitter! Northeast 7 Tuesdays twitter.com/mplscommunityed Oct 3-Nov 14 7:30 pm-8:50 pm $45

28 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com German 1 Japanese 1 Focus on the essentials of the German Learn the basics of conversational language and outfit yourself with Japanese, including greetings, useful German expressions for numbers and practical conversational traveling abroad. The class will cover skills useful when traveling to Japan. the grammar basics and important Lake Harriet 8 Mondays aspects of German culture. Oct 2-Nov 20 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Lake Harriet 7 Mondays $55 Oct 2-Nov 20 6:00 pm-7:15 pm No class October 23rd Japanese 2 $45 Continue developing your language skills from Japanese 1. Explore 8 Tuesdays Southwest simple sentences, conjugating verbs Oct 10-Nov 28 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Italian 1 $55 Learn Italian pronunciation and and counting, and discuss Japanese concentrate on speaking skills. Get culture. Henry 8 Mondays an introduction to verbs, verb tenses, Lake Harriet 8 Mondays Oct 16-Dec 4 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 2-Nov 20 7:30 pm-9:00 pm $69 sentence formation, vocabulary and more. Become familiar with common $55 phrases useful for travel. German 2 Japanese Culture Expand your knowledge of the Pratt 6 Tuesdays German language as you learn about Oct 3-Nov 21 6:30 pm-7:30 pm and Language Explore Japanese culture, history vocabulary, culture and grammar. $35 through greeting, furoshiki (cloth

Pre-requisite: German 1 or other Hobbies & Skills Washburn 7 Mondays wrapping), origami, calligraphy, ink experience. No class October 23rd. Oct 9-Nov 20 6:00 pm-7:30 pm painting, mizuhiki (paper strings), $49 Lake Harriet 7 Mondays tea ceremony, and cooking (artistic Oct 2-Nov 20 7:30 pm-8:45 pm Italian 2 candy). A $15 supply fee will be $45 This class will be a continuation of collected. Italian 1. Students will build upon the German Conversation vocabulary and sentence structure Southwest 7 Tuesdays Oct 10-Nov 21 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Hallo Deutschland. Join us to learn skills learned previously. Students $49 German grammar and vocabulary must either have taken Italian 1 or through easy conversation about have some prior experience with the present-day life in Germany. Receive Portuguese 1 Italian language. Una-se-nos in this Portuguese class German cake recipes and enjoy real Washburn 7 Mondays for beginners. Learn basic grammar, cake as an added treat. Oct 9-Nov 20 7:45 pm-9:00 pm expressions, listening skills and Henry 8 Wednesdays $45 travel vocabulary. Both European and Oct 11-Dec 6 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Brazilian Portuguese will be covered. $69 Italian 3 Whether you want to study Italian Southwest 8 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 30 6:00 pm-7:30 pm for work, travel, or the joy of learning NEW German for Travelers $55 Learn key phrases for finding your more about this beautiful language, way around, ordering a meal, dealing this intermediate level class will with transportation, and shopping. Russian 1 help you reach toward greater Participate in role-playing activities, Practice listening comprehension so proficiency. The class will build upon problem-solving exercises and you can understand the answers to the prerequisite level 1 & 2 classes, and small group discussions in an effort your questions. include future and conditional tenses to learn basic Russian grammar, Southwest 8 Tuesdays so you can talk about hypotheticals pronunciation and writing skills. Oct 10-Nov 28 7:30 pm-9:00 pm and plans for the future. Please $55 contact us at 612.668.1100 or Jan. Southwest 8 Tuesdays Oct 10-Nov 28 7:00 pm-8:30 pm [email protected] for questions $55 on the skills needed to participate in Find us on Facebook! the level 3 class. facebook.com/MplsCommEd Pratt 6 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 7:45 pm-8:45 pm $35 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 29 Sign Language 1: ASL Meet Our Instructors! Gain basic exposure to the American Leonard Lang, Ph. D Bio Sign Language vocabulary, numbers, “For 20 years, career coach Leonard Lang, alphabet and ASL syntax, as well as Ph.D., has been helping people to get unstuck the deaf culture. and create rewarding careers—teaching Lake Harriet 7 Thursdays classes during much of that time for Southwest Oct 5-Nov 16 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Community Education. He has also been a $49 keynote speaker on career development and is the author of Guide to Lifework: Working Sign Language 2: ASL with Integrity and Heart.” This class is a continuation of Sign “The interactions between class members of Language 1. You will use the book different generations and backgrounds, the “El Deafo” by C. Beel and other smart questions, and the chance to see people’s multimedia sources to learn about faces light up after seeing new ways to pursue deaf history and culture, and learn career decisions makes teaching at Southwest how to sign basic phrases. The always lively and fun.” – Leonard Lang instructor is deaf; bring paper and a pen to ask questions. Leonard teaches A New Career: How to Discover Washburn 8 Mondays Your Ideal Work. See page 14 for details. Oct 2-Nov 20 6:00 pm-7:00 pm $39 Spanish 1 Spanish 1.5: Refresher Sign Language 2: ASL Learn beginning conversational Practice your Spanish vocabulary, Build on the skills and vocabulary from Spanish skills along with speaking and pronunciation, and ASL 1. Learn practical application and pronunciation, grammar, reading, receive detailed instruction on gain new vocabulary. Continue to writing and listening skills. Spanish 1 grammatical concepts. develop your understanding of deaf Washburn 8 Mondays Prerequisite: A basic understanding culture and of grammatical structures Oct 2-Nov 20 6:30 pm-8:00 pm of Spanish grammar and vocabulary. through receptive and expressive $55 Roosevelt 8 Mondays language activities. Oct 2-Nov 20 7:30 pm-8:50 pm Roosevelt 8 Mondays 7 Wednesdays $55 Lake Harriet Oct 2-Nov 20 6:00 pm-7:20 pm Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-7:30 pm $55 $49 Spanish 2 Hobbies & Skills Hobbies Southwest 8 Wednesdays Continue to build confidence in your Somali Language Oct 4-Dec 6 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Spanish language skills by learning & Culture $55 the preterite and irregular verbs. Also, Learn basic Somali phrases and Lake Harriet 7 Wednesdays increase your vocabulary, speaking grammar while expanding your Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-7:30 pm and writing skills. Prerequisite: Be knowledge and awareness of the $49 able to conjugate regular ar/er/ir Somali culture and community. One of verbs. No class Oct 17 at Roosevelt. the main goals of this Somali cultural Jefferson 7 Wednesdays Oct 4-Nov 22 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Roosevelt 7 Tuesdays training course is to help educators $69 Oct 3-Nov 21 6:00 pm-7:20 pm to become more culturally aware $49 of themselves and sensitive to the South 7 Thursdays Somali populations with whom they Oct 5-Nov 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Jefferson 7 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 6:30 pm-8:30 pm are working. Cultural competence is $59 $69 a lifelong process; consider this one Jefferson 7 Thursdays small step in that journey. Oct 5-Nov 23 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Lake Harriet 7 Wednesdays Oct 4-Nov 15 7:35 pm-9:00 pm Pratt 6 Saturdays $69 $49 Oct 7-Nov 11 9:30 am-10:45 am Southwest 8 Tuesdays $39 Oct 10-Nov 28 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Edison 6 Wednesdays Oct 4-Nov 15 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Pratt 6 Saturdays $55 $55 Oct 7-Nov 11 11:00 am-12:15 pm There are no classes $39 November 22-24 Southwest 8 Tuesdays Oct 10-Nov 28 7:30 pm-9:00 pm for the Thanksgiving holiday. $55

30 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Spanish 3: Conversation NEW Spanish Spanish Refresher Engage in structured conversations Conversations: Latin Workshop: Por & Para to increase your fluency in Spanish. American Culture & History Revisit the most commonly used Touch up your grammar, tenses, Do you have proficiency in the preposition in Spanish: Por & Para. vocabulary and sentence structure, Spanish language? This course will You’re not alone if you struggle with and continue working on your improve your fluency while we review these preposition. This class will help listening, reading and writing skills. and discuss the history and culture of improve your understanding of Por No class on Oct 17 at Roosevelt. Latin America. Students will engage & Para. The class meets four days in Roosevelt 7 Tuesdays in a rich curriculum while practicing one week. Oct 3-Nov 21 7:30 pm-8:50 pm their conversation and inquiry skills Jefferson 1 Mon-Thu $49 as well as developing a more advanced Dec 11-Dec 14 6:30 pm-8:30 pm level of proficiency and extended $45 Southwest 8 Tuesdays Oct 10-Nov 28 6:00 pm-7:30 pm vocabulary. Please note: no class 10/18 $55 or 11/22. Spanish Refresher Spanish 4 Washburn 8 Wednesdays Workshop: Ser & Estar Read literature and newspapers in Oct 4-Dec 6 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Revisit the most commonly used Spanish, and hold conversations to $55 phrases in Spanish: ser and estar. enhance your fluency. You’re not alone if you struggle with these verbs. The class meets four days Southwest 8 Wednesdays Spanish Films Oct 4-Dec 6 7:30 pm-9:00 pm & Conversation in one week. $55 View contemporary films from Jefferson 1 Mon-Thu Spanish-speaking countries followed Dec 4-Dec 7 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Spanish 4: Conversation by a discussion of the films in Spanish. $45 Build on your Spanish 3 skills through Films have English subtitles, but Hobbies & Skills conversation. Improve upon your some parts may be shown without Spanish: Advanced grammar, tenses, vocabulary and them to challenge your listening for Spanish Speakers sentence structure, while you refine and comprehension skills. Class Si usted ya habla y piensa en español your listening, reading and writing discussion will be almost entirely in pero quiere perfeccionar su gramática, skills. Spanish. su escritura y los matices del idioma, ¡esta clase es para usted! La clase se Washburn 6 Mondays Edison 6 Thursdays llevará a cabo totalmente en español Oct 5-Nov 16 7:35 pm-9:05 pm Oct 9-Nov 13 6:00 pm-8:00 pm $45 $55 y se dirige a hispanohablantes nativos y a estudiantes avanzados del idioma. Spanish Conversations Spanish for Travelers Washburn 8 Tuesdays Entire class will be spoken in Spanish. Learn key phrases for finding your Oct 3-Nov 28 6:30 pm-8:00 pm We will discuss specific topics such as way around, ordering a meal, dealing $55 human rights, immigration, arts and with transportation, and shopping. folklore, Latin America celebration Practice listening comprehension so NEW Traveling in Italy and rights and more. This class will you can understand the answers to Discover that there is more to see in be a guided class and students are your questions. Italy than Rome, Florence and Venice. Learn about cultural events and encourage to use their Spanish in a Southwest 8 Tuesdays conversational way and grammar Oct 10-Nov 28 7:30 pm-9:00 pm recreational activities that you can do construction of the subjunctive. $55 while traveling in Italy. You will also learn a few basic language structures Jefferson 7 Mondays to help you navigate while you are Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Spanish Lessons $69 for Teachers in Italy. Students are encouraged to All four modalities of language will bring a notebook or laptop for taking be practiced: verbal, written, reading notes. and auditory Spanish opportunities. Washburn 1 Tuesday Register now and make sure Students from the Spanish immersion Oct 10 6:00 pm-7:30 pm you get into your favorite $19 classes! program will be invited to team up with teachers for one on one speaking We’re online at activities. www.mplscommunityed.com Anwatin 5 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 30 4:15 pm-5:15 pm $35 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 31 Arts & Entertainment ArtsCreativity & comes Entertainment in many forms, so go ahead, pick your passion. Whether that’s dancing, painting, singing, Creativity crafting comes or in capturing many forms, lifelong so go memories ahead, pick youron film, passion. we’ll Whetherprovide the that’s outlet dancing, you need painting, to singing,let crafting your inner or capturing artist shine lifelong through. memories on film, we’ll provide the outlet you need to let your inner artist shine through. Arts & Crafts Beginning Sewing: Brush Calligraphy Gift Bags Exploration Learn how to operate a sewing Discover more than a dozen machine and to make reusable fabric techniques that will enable you gift bags for the holidays. These to add a personal touch to photo eco-friendly bags can be made lined albums, party invitations, envelopes, or unlined. Skills learned include: planners, calendars and holiday gifts following a basic pattern, hemming, through the art of calligraphy. Explore top stitching, and getting comfortable alphabet doodling as we create hand using a sewing machine. Students lettering. A $12 supply fee will be are encouraged to bring their own collected. machines to class or call 612-668- Lake Harriet 2 Mondays Art of Bookmaking 1590 and leave a message if they need This introductory class will give you Oct 9-Oct 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm a machine provided. $5 material fee $25 the basics needed to create a variety payable to instructor covers pattern, of books. Beginning with use of tools cloth, thread and trim. Calligraphy and simple binding techniques, you Learn the art of beautiful lettering will learn how to create individual Trick or Treat Bags as you study informal Italic to create Waite Park 1 Wednesday books from a single piece of paper, cards, invitations and gifts. A $20

Oct 25 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Arts & Entertainment accordions, hard cover, journal supply fee will be collected. style books and more. Register at $19 South 7 Thursdays www.articulture.org with the code Waite Park 1 Wednesday Oct 5-Nov 30 6:45 pm-8:45 pm “ComEd” to receive the $68 member Oct 25 7:45 pm-9:15 pm $55 rate. Materials fee $11 payable on day $19 of class. Class held at Articulture, 2613 Calligraphy Fusion Franklin Ave. E. Call 612-729-5151 Holiday Gift Bags Waite Park 1 Thursday Discover more than a dozen with questions. Nov 16 6:00 pm-7:30 pm techniques that will enable you to Articulture 4 Mondays $19 add a personal touch to photo albums, Oct 9-Oct 30 7:00 pm-9:30 pm party invitations, and holiday gifts Waite Park 1 Thursday Nov 16 7:45 pm-9:15 pm through the art of calligraphy. Explore Art of Shoe Making $19 alphabet doodling as we create hand We take hundreds or even thousands lettering. Instructor will collect a $12 of steps in our daily lives. How about Bookbinding supply fee the first night of class. doing it with simple comfort and a Explore the parts of a book and how Washburn 2 Wednesdays flair of personal style. Each person to build them before creating five Oct 25-Nov 1 6:00 pm-8:00 pm will make one pair of individually of your own books from scratch. $25 sized earth friendly shoes of new and Investigate the uses and utility of the upcycled leather. Stitching, altering, artist’s sketchbook, which can serve Calligraphy: Chinese layering, embroidery, dye/paint and as a planner, diary, scrapbook, journal Come appreciate the beauty of other possible design elements will and more. A $24 supply fee will be Chinese culture as you learn a few be presented for creating a look that collected. basic brush strokes of calligraphy, the highest form of Chinese art. is uniquely yours. Register at www. Lake Harriet 2 Mondays articulture.org with code “ComEd” Nov 20-Nov 27 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Instructor collects an $8 supply fee. to receive $68 member rate. Materials $25 Southwest 5 Tuesdays fee of $25 payable first day of class. Oct 10-Nov 7 7:30 pm-9:00 pm 2 Tuesdays Call 612-729-5151 with questions. Washburn $39 Nov 28-Dec 5 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Class held at Articulture, 2613 $25 Franklin Ave. E. There are no classes Articulture 4 Thursdays November 22-24 Oct 5-Oct 26 7:00 pm-9:30 pm Find us on Facebook! for the Thanksgiving holiday. facebook.com/MplsCommEd mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 33 Crochet 1 & 2 Drawing: Zentangle Learn basic crochet stitches and Basics pattern reading. Bring cotton or other Looking for a way to unwind from yarn (size 4) with an H, I, or J hook to stress, focus your thoughts, or explore make a washcloth or scarf. Bring your your creative side? In this class, pictures, patterns, ideas and thinking with the Zentangle method, create caps for a larger project goal. beautiful images by drawing repetitive Washburn 6 Mondays patterns created one stroke at a time. Oct 9-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm No artistic experience needed. Great $55 warm up for experienced artists. A $10 supply fee will be collected. Crochet: The Art Anwatin 6 Mondays of Crocheting Oct 2-Nov 6 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Learn how to create items, from oven $45 pads to hats or your own choice of projects. Southwest 1 Monday Oct 4 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Anwatin 5 Mondays $25 Oct 2-Oct 30 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $35 Gel Plate Printing 1 Try a fun, quick method of making Cross Stitch colorful prints with gel plate printing. for the Holidays Prints can be used as backgrounds Cross stitching is fun and easy to on paper art, or fabric can be printed Casting & Molding learn. It is relaxing and rewarding and used in mixed media projects. Explore an easy, step-by-step process to see a design emerge from a blank Learn to use a brayer to roll paint to replicate small-scale items with piece of cloth. Learn all the how-to onto the gel plate, use stencils and basic casting techniques. You can basics as well as tips to make a small other materials to enhance, then lay cast anything for a variety of uses like gift or ornament. If you can count, you paper over and pull a print. Bring a chocolates, baking decorations, soap, can cross stitch. Open to all levels of gel plate (Gelli Arts or Gel Press) and jewelry, sculptures, models and much experience. A $10 supply fee will be rubber brayer to class if you already more. Expand your creativity. NOTE: collected. own them or use the instructor’s. A Depending on choice of materials Southwest 1 Tuesday $10 supply fee will be collected. used for casting there may be an up- Nov 28 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Southwest 1 Monday graded materials fee. $19 Nov 13 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Arts & Entertainment Southwest 7 Tuesdays $25 Oct 10-Nov 21 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Drawing 1 $65 Discover how to express yourself NEW Gel Plate Printing 2 through drawing as you explore line Continue working with creative Chair Caning quality, compositional arrangement, and fun gel printing. Learn some Restore the beauty of your chair shading and highlighting. Bring a additional techniques and build on while learning the heritage art of sketchbook and either pens, pencils what you learned in the first Gel hand caning. Bring your own piece, or colored pencils. Printing class. Open studio time to and learn the traditional seven-step Lake Harriet 8 Mondays experiment with techniques. Gel method or challenge yourself with a Oct 16-Dec 4 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Plate Printing 1 class or previous more intricate pattern. Instructions $55 experience with gel printing highly also available for machine-caned recommended before taking this pieces, rush and Danish cord seats. class. Bring a gel plate (Gelli Arts or A $15 supply fee will be collected for Gel Press) and rubber brayer to class hand caned seats. Instructor has a if you already own them or use the few chairs available to purchase if instructor’s. A $10 supply fee will be you need one. Email kathybodger@ collected for all additional supplies gmail.com. you will need. Southwest 6 Mondays Oct 9-Nov 13 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Southwest 1 Monday $55 Oct 23 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $25

34 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Jewelry Making: Silver Clay Japanese Calligraphy Learn the basics of silver metal and Culture clay to make one-of-a-kind jewelry. at Homewood Studios Design, incorporate surface textures and complete three to four pieces Studio Workshop of your choice, such as pendants This workshop is designed for Henna or earrings. Additional clay is students who have previously taken Learn to mix, design and apply henna. available for purchase. Register at Level 1 and/or Level 2 Calligraphy Study the history of this ancient art www.articulture.org with the code classes and wish to continue and learn some advanced design “ComEd” to receive the $62 member working on various projects with techniques. Henna application will tuition rate. First workshop day is guidance from the instructor. Class be on third day of class. A $5 supply mandatory. Materials fee $50 payable is held at Homewood Studios, 2400 fee will be collected. first day of class. Class is held at Plymouth Ave. N. Register online or Southwest 3 Tuesdays Articulture, 2613 Franklin Ave. E.. call 612.668.2219. Oct 10-Oct 24 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Call 612.729.5151 with questions. 4 Tuesdays 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $35 Articulture 3 Sundays Oct 3-Oct 24 $45 Oct 22-Nov 5 5:30 pm-8:30 pm Henna: Basic Level 1 Learn the history of natural henna Immerse yourself in Japanese and its uses today. Mix henna, learn NEW Jewelry Making: Rivet Pendants culture by learning Shuji, an how to release dye, roll, fill cones, and authentic Japanese calligraphy

Cold connection is a term that refers Arts & Entertainment practice. Take some natural henna and learn other aspects of the home. to the process of joining together two pieces of metal without the use Japanese language, including Waite Park 1 Tuesday of heat. A cold connection provides a pronunciations, meanings and Oct 10 6:30 pm-9:00 pm beautiful, yet raw look, which can be pictography. Download the $25 used in several ways. Learn to create supply list online at http://bit.ly/ Waite Park 1 Tuesday this pendant with cold connections JapaneseCalligraphyMCE and Dec 5 6:30 pm-9:00 pm by joining metal blanks together. A $6 purchase supplies in advance. Class $25 supply fee will be collected. is held at Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave. N. Register online or South 1 Thursday Holiday Greeting Cards Oct 5 6:30 pm-8:30 pm call 612.668.2219. Impress your family with handmade $19 4 Thursdays 1:00 pm-3:00 pm holiday greeting cards. Hand-craft 12 Oct 5-Oct 26 $45 holiday cards (two each of six designs) NEW Jewelry Making: using the latest paper-crafting Tree of Life Pendant Level 2 techniques, including photopolymer Create a beautiful pendant of a This class is a continuation of stamping, die cutting, dry embossing, tree while learning wire wrapping Japanese Calligraphy 1. Students and adding color with alcohol-based techniques. Short supply list will choose an individual project/ markers. A $10 supply fee will be to purchase will be sent out after goal at the beginning and complete collected. registering. it in the last class. The projects South 1 Thursday range from pursuing a traditional South 1 Tuesday Dec 14 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Nov 14 6:30 pm-8:30 pm way of writing to creating more $25 $19 contemporary artwork using other art forms. The textbook, “Simple Infusing Olive Oil Art of Japanese Calligraphy,” Learn how to infuse olive oil and by Yoko Takenami is required vinegar with your favorite flavors, at the first class. Class is held and create a project in class. Bring one at Homewood Studios, 2400 large or several small glass jars and Plymouth Ave. N. Register online enough olive or grapeseed oil to fill or call 612.668.2219. them. A $6 supply fee will be collected 4 Thursdays 3:00 pm-4:30 pm in class by the instructor. Oct 5-Oct 26 $39 Edison 1 Wednesday Nov 29 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $19 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 35 Knitting Basics Learn to knit the basics: cast on, knit four basic types of stitches, read a pattern, and cast off. Bring needles (size 8) and an approximately 120- yard skein or ball of worsted weight cotton yarn. Make sure all skeins are wound and ready to work. Second class meets from 7:00-7:45 pm. Southwest 2 Thursdays Nov 2-Nov 9 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $25

Knitting: Pet Sweater NEW Drop Spindling Knitting 1: Learn how to cast on, measure for a pattern, read patterns and charts, Learn to spin sheep fleece into yummy Scarves and Hats yarn on a drop spindle. We will cover If you’re new to knitting or need a cast off, seam pieces together, pick washing raw wool, simple carding, refresher, join us to learn skills such up stitches, work in the round, spinning, plying, and setting twist. as long-tail cast on, knit stitch, purl and finish the work. Leave with a Offered for adults as well as children stitch, gauge, basic pattern reading, homemade sweater for your furry ages 10 who register with a parent. A and yarn and needle selection. Bring friend. Bring needles—size 10 1/2 $20 supply fee will be collected, which US 7 or 8 needles (circulars 24” to 32” straight or 16” circular —and a set of 10 includes a sturdy, well-balanced or straight) and worsted yarn. 1/2 double point needles, along with wooden spindle, and plenty of wool approximately 400 yards of worsted Roosevelt 3 Mondays weight yarn. Make sure all skeins are fleece and roving to work with beyond Oct 2-Oct 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm wound and ready to work. class. $35 3 Thursdays Pratt 2 Saturdays Southwest Nov 4-Nov 11 10:00 am-12:00 pm Knitting 1.5: Oct 19-Nov 2 7:00 pm-7:45 pm $25 $25 Mittens for Beginners Keep those hands warm with a pair Knit & Chat of hand-knit mittens. Gain the skills NEW Mixed Media Enjoy a relaxing night with fellow to knit in the round, make a thumb Art Journaling crafters. Start a new project or finish gusset, use a stitch holder and pick up Explore brush calligraphy and other an old one. For beginners or experts. and knit. Prerequisite: be able to purl, hand lettering techniques, collage, Arts & Entertainment The instructor has over 30 years of cast on and knit in the round on double beginning sketching skills, travel teaching experience. Registration is pointed needles. Visit the website or and nature journaling. Create a required. Class fee is by donation. call for pre-class homework and the second artist journal as a final project for documenting winter holiday Waite Park 13 Wednesdays supply list. Sep 20-Dec 20 6:30 pm-8:30 pm adventures. A $27 supply fee will be Roosevelt 3 Mondays collected. Donation Oct 30-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $35 Lake Harriet 2 Mondays NEW Fair Isle Knit Hat Oct 30 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Expand your knitting repertoire, Knitting 2+: $25 amaze your friends and use up all Dog Sweaters those leftover balls of yarn. Learn to Expand your knitting skills when you cast on and knit in the round using fit and design a dog sweater. Learn two colors, and learn to design and about measuring and shaping, knitting read a simple Fair Isle pattern. The with two colors, and modifying a class will cover gauge, yarn choices, design to fit your pattern in order to color combinations, and when and keep your pup cozy all winter. how to fix mistakes. Needles, patterns Roosevelt 3 Wednesdays and wool yarn are provided. A $20 Nov 1-Nov 15 6:30 pm-8:30 pm supply fee will be collected. $35 Pratt 3 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $35

36 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com NEW Mosaics: House Numbers Create something beautiful and interesting, and achieve a sense of accomplishment through mosaic art. Gain a practical and theoretical understanding of the techniques of mosaics, and learn about the materials, foundation, adhesives, tools, and finishing touches. A $15 supply fee will be collected. Washburn 2 Mondays Nov 6-Nov 13 6:00 pm-7:30 pm $25

Origami Fusion Create geometric origami projects, cards, earrings and animals using NEW Mixed Media Mono Printing large and small unique, colorful Journal Explore techniques for mono plate papers. Learn where to purchase good Make a beautiful 6 x 14” mixed media printing. Create gorgeous, color paper and where to meet monthly journal based on new sizzix journal exploding books/journals after all with other origami lovers. Supply fee Arts & Entertainment die. Embellish the cover to make your of the play with paint and textures. of $5 payable to instructor the first journal unique. Instructor will have All materials provided, however you night of class. examples of spring, fall, and Holiday are encouraged to bring your own Southwest 8 Wednesdays covers you can use for inspiration. textures (stamps, doilies, leaves, etc) Oct 4-Dec 6 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Use your journal as an art journal, to test as well. A $24 supply fee will $55 writing journal, scrapbook or for be collected. Painting: any purpose you can imagine. Bring Lake Harriet 2 Mondays Acrylic Painting 1 embellishments of your choice to add Nov 6-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Learn the fundamental techniques to the cover (optional). A $10 supply $25 of acrylic painting. Explore various fee will be collected. painting materials, brush techniques Southwest 1 Wednesday NEW Mosaics: and basic concepts through exercises Nov 8 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Flower Pots in still-life and landscape forms. Plus, $25 Create something beautiful and learn to stretch your own canvas. interesting, and achieve a sense of Approximately $25 for supplies. Modern Weaving: accomplishment through mosaic Southwest 6 Tuesdays Make Your Own Woven art. Gain a practical and theoretical Oct 10-Nov 14 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Wall Hanging understanding of the techniques $55 Learn the basics of frame loom of mosaics, and learn about the weaving, start and finish your own materials, foundation, adhesives, NEW Painting: Acrylic woven wall hanging, and take your tools, and finishing touches. A $15 Paints and Media loom home so that you can continue supply fee will be collected. Have fun with acrylic paints and media. Students will learn how to your new craft. You will explore Washburn 2 Mondays different fibers and techniques for Oct 23-Oct 30 6:00 pm-7:30 pm use different materials, methods and weaving to help you execute your $25 techniques for enhancing their acrylic creative vision. Class fee includes paintings. There will be studio time a $45 material fee that covers all during class to practice your new materials, including a loom kit and skills. Students bring their paint and tools that you will take home. Find us on Facebook! supplies (list to be provided prior to facebook.com/MplsCommEd class start). Northeast 1 Tue & Thu Oct 10-Oct 12 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Washburn 8 Mondays $70 Oct 2-Nov 20 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $69 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 37 Painting: Watercolor 1 & 2 Bring your own watercolor supplies and enjoy a relaxed atmosphere to focus on your individual projects. The class will include some instruction and demonstration and is open to all skill levels. Roosevelt 6 Wednesdays Oct 11-Nov 15 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $55 Painting: Watercolor 2 Learn new watercolor techniques and different materials, including Pottery 1 Yupo paper with watercolor inks, Introduction to methods of hand collaging, masking methods, color building, throwing pots on the wheel, mixes, and abstraction. Instructor will glazing and firing. Limited wheel demonstrate techniques and help you Painting: Watercolors time. No open studio time. Bring Watch demonstrations before explore your own way of using this an old hand towel. Price includes a practicing individual watercolor flexible medium. This will culminate supply fee and three basic glazes. projects with instructor support. in a final painting to be framed. Waite Park 7 Mondays Bring a student watercolor set, Lake Harriet 4 Wednesdays Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm watercolor paper pad, brush, plastic Nov 1-Nov 29 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $85 $39 container, and photos and objects you Waite Park 7 Tuesdays would like to paint. Pastels Oct 3-Nov 14 12:30 pm-2:30 pm Edison 6 Wednesdays Explore an attractive, popular $85 Oct 4-Nov 15 6:30 pm-8:30 pm painting medium, the direct $55 application of colorful sticks on Pottery: Wheel 1 paper. It feels like drawing but looks Learn how to properly throw pots and Painting: Watercolor like a painting. Learn about color, a glaze projects. Pick up your finished All Levels variety of techniques, planning and glazed pieces several weeks after the Learn about color, basic visual composition. Bring a photo of what last class. Fee includes 25 pounds elements and composition through you want to paint. Also bring 12-30 of stoneware clay, glazes, tools and group and individual instruction. pastels (soft and hard), a couple of firing. Arts & Entertainment Critiques and discussions provide pastel pencils, 2-3 paper stumps, Southwest 7 Mondays added insight on ways to improve kneaded eraser, and eight 8 1/2-by-11 Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-9:00 pm your art. Advanced students can learn sheets of paper such as Mi Tiennes, $95 portrait painting. Pan Pastels, or sanded. All levels of South 7 Tuesdays Southwest 7 Tuesdays experience are welcome. Oct 3-Nov 28 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Oct 10-Nov 21 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $95 Lake Harriet 4 Mondays $65 Oct 30-Nov 20 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Southwest 7 Wednesdays $39 Painting: Watercolor 1 Oct 4-Nov 29 6:30 pm-9:00 pm Explore your creativity while learning $95 watercolor fundamentals such as mixing colors, washes, wet-dry Pottery: Wheel 2 Improve your throwing techniques approaches, and texture with the as you develop your art. Fee includes help of instructor demonstrations 25 pounds of stoneware clay, glazes, and one-on-one coaching. Bring a tools and firing. watercolor set (Prang or similar), pencil, water container, paper towels, South 7 Thursdays and #140 good quality paper to class. Oct 5-Nov 30 6:00 pm-8:30 pm $95 Lake Harriet 4 Wednesdays Oct 4-Oct 25 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Find us on Twitter! Southwest 7 Tuesdays $39 twitter.com/mplscommunityed Oct 10-Nov 21 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $95

38 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Stained Glass 1 Learn to cut glass using a number of techniques, use special tools designed for stained glass artists and construct a small panel using a copper foil technique. Students should visit Glass Endeavors ahead of the first class to pick out a pattern and glass for their project. Materials for the class are about $80. In addition, high quality tool kit is available from Glass Endeavors at a discounted rate of $111 for students. Class is held at Glass Endeavors, 2716 E. 31st St. Call 612.721.9553 for more information. Roosevelt 4 Saturdays Oct 7-Oct 28 10:30 am-1:00 pm Sewing 1 Sewing: Slipcovers $49 Learn to thread your machine and sew Protect new furniture or make old a teacher-selected project, regardless furniture look new again by sewing Stained Glass 1 of your experience level. Bring your slipcovers properly and inexpensively. Learn the basic techniques of own sewing machine if you prefer. Project supplies can be purchased in making stained glass projects. Bring a notebook and pen. Arts & Entertainment Southwest 6 Mondays class. Oct 2-Nov 6 6:15 pm-9:00 pm Southwest 8 Wednesdays Northeast 6 Mondays $65 Oct 4-Dec 6 5:00 pm-6:15 pm Oct 9-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $49 $55 Southwest 4 Tuesdays Oct 10-Oct 31 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Stained Glass: $55 Sewing: Windowshades Learn how to make insulated Roman, Panel Lampshades Austrian, balloon and cloud shades You will learn about design, Sewing Workshop construction and techniques for Learn to sew or improve your skills for special needs. Get help selecting successful panel lamp building. Come while receiving guidance completing fabrics and designing shades that are in prior to the first class to purchase your own personal project. Choose best for your project. a book of lamp designs and glass so what you want to learn, make, Southwest 8 Wednesdays that you’re ready to cut the first day and work at your own pace with Oct 4-Dec 6 6:15 pm-7:30 pm of class. Beginning Stained Glass personalized one-on-one help and $49 is required. No discounts. Class is advice on your projects. Bring your held at Glass Endeavors, 2716 E. own sewing machine if you prefer. Register now and make sure 31st St. Call 612.721.9553 for more Southwest 6 Thursdays you get into your favorite information. Oct 5-Nov 9 6:15 pm-9:00 pm classes! $65 We’re online at Glass Endeavors 4 Tuesdays www.mplscommunityed.com Oct 3-Oct 24 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Southwest 4 Tuesdays $39 Nov 7-Nov 28 6:00 pm-9:00 pm $55

Sewing: Draperies Learn how to design drapes, select fabrics and construct all parts of the drape. Learn about ordering drapery supplies and how to prevent potential problems. Purchase project supplies in class. Southwest 8 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 6 7:30 pm-9:00 pm $55 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 39 Traditional Spoon Carving Learn about green woodworking, Arts & Crafts Homemade a centuries old Scandinavian craft, while creating a functionally lovely carved spoon. Basic carving grips, Soap Making: safety and instruction for tool All-Natural Homemade maintenance will be covered Leave Bar Soap class with the basic knowledge you Experience the fusion of essential need to continue pursuing the craft. oils and soothing coconut the old- Register at www.articulture.org with fashioned, cold process lye soap the code “ComEd” to receive the $68 way. Wear old clothing with long member tuition rate. Materials fee sleeves, long pants, toe-covered of $45, payable first day of class, will shoes, eye protection (glasses include carving kit purchase. Class is acceptable) and rubber gloves. held at Articulture, 2613 Franklin Ave. The second night of class is 6 to E.. Call 612.729.5151 with questions. 8 p.m. A $10 supply fee will be collected. Articulture 4 Mondays Nov 6-Nov 27 7:00 pm-9:30 pm Pratt 1 Mon & Wed Nov 6-8 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Wood Carving $35 Discover this ancient craft and create Lake Harriet 1 Mon & Wed beautiful pieces. Learn how to design Lip Balm: All-Natural Nov 13-15 6:00 pm-9:00 pm your own pattern or use existing Homemade $35 patterns, choose wood, sharpen tools, Know exactly what you’re putting carve simple figures, and put on many on your lips with homemade, all- Soap Making: finishing touches. Dress for mess. A $5 natural lip balms. A $6 supply fee Laundry Soap supply fee will be collected. will be collected. Make homemade laundry soap South 5 Tuesdays Edison 1 Thursday that can brighten, remove stains Oct 3-Nov 7 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Nov 16 6:30 pm-9:00 pm and resist fading as well as $45 $25 commercial laundry soaps for only pennies per load. The soap Zentangle: Natural Bath Gifts is mild enough for those with Basics and Advanced in a Jar allergies. Bring a 2- to 6-cup Zentangle is an organized and easy-to- Create great skin-healing and covered container. A $1 supply Arts & Entertainment learn approach to drawing that uses natural bath products you can gift fee will be collected. repeating patterns to create abstract in a jar. Experiment with several Lake Harriet 1 Monday designs. The first night will cover recipes, and make two gift-in- Oct 9 6:30 pm-8:30 pm basics. The second night will focus a-jar projects of your choice to $19 on advanced skill. These elements take home. A $6 supply fee will be will be taught through special design collected. Tinctures: projects such as mandalas, cards, book Pratt 1 Tuesday Home Remedies covers, mobiles, and origami boxes. A Nov 21 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Tinctures preserve and $6 supply fee will be collected. $25 concentrate the properties of Lake Harriet 2 Wednesdays herbs to aid in sleep, digestion, Oct 11-Oct 18 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Natural Lotions alertness and more. Start making $25 & Body Products a four-ounce tincture to bring Create your own lotions, facial home. A $10 supply fee will be toners and more. Make a take- collected in class. home project and receive handouts Edison 1 Thursday to create more skin specialties Nov 30 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at home. A $6 supply fee will be $19 collected. Lake Harriet 1 Monday Nov 20 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $25

40 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Dance

Appalachian Clogging 1 Ballroom Dance 3 Belly Dance 3 Learn basic clogging steps, listening Continue your dancing pleasure As advanced students, combine skills, how to improvise with as you learn more complex step technique conditioning with ethnic, foot percussion and more. Wear patterns in the swing, foxtrot, cha- fusion and other styles of Middle comfortable, smooth-soled shoes cha, tango, waltz, rumba and samba. Eastern dance. Finger cymbals are (leather is best) to slide on wood Prerequisite: Know four to five step required, and other props may be floors. Please, no tap shoes. patterns in each dance. used. Pratt 6 Mondays Southwest 7 Wednesdays Pratt 8 Tuesdays Oct 2-Nov 6 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Oct 4-Nov 29 7:45 pm-9:00 pm Oct 3-Nov 28 7:45 pm-8:45 pm $35 $49 $45

Appalachian Clogging 2 Belly Dance 1 Dances for Get exercise and have fun expanding Improve flexibility, creativity, Wedding Receptions your experience with clogging. control and grace in a comfortable Gain a useful set of moves that can Prerequisite: One previous clogging atmosphere. Wear workout or dance translate across dances, and learn class. Wear comfortable, smooth- clothes. Dance barefoot or wear soft essentials for the waltz, salsa dancing, soled shoes (leather is best) to slide sandals or ballet slippers. Bring a scarf club dancing and more. Register with on wood floors. Please, no tap shoes. to accent hip movements. a partner. Please note: no class 10/18. Pratt 6 Mondays Lake Harriet 9 Wednesdays 6 Tuesdays

Northeast Arts & Entertainment Oct 2-Nov 6 7:45 pm-9:00 pm Oct 4-Dec 6 8:15 pm-9:15 pm Oct 3-Nov 7 6:30 pm-7:30 pm $45 $49 $35

Edison 8 Thursdays Washburn 5 Wednesdays Ballet Oct 5-Nov 30 7:45 pm-9:00 pm Perform warm-ups, basic positions, Oct 4-Nov 8 7:00 pm-8:30 pm $49 $45 and work on center combinations. Receive individual corrections for Pratt 7 Saturdays alignment and positioning. Wear Oct 7-Nov 18 11:00 am-12:15 pm Flamenco Dance: comfortable workout or dance $49 Sevillanas Join regionally renowned Flamenco clothes. Southwest 6 Wednesdays dancer Sachiko Nishiuchi and learn Edison 6 Wednesdays Oct 18-Nov 29 7:30 pm-9:00 pm this fun, vivacious and energetic $45 Oct 25-Dec 6 6:15 pm-7:30 pm dance. It’s so enjoyable you will hardly $45 notice that you are also getting a Ballroom Dance 1 Belly Dance 2 workout. Learn a dance repertoire that will give Advance your Belly Dance skills. you confidence on the dance floor. Improve flexibility, creativity, Roosevelt 6 Wednesdays Dancing is fun, exciting, and provides control and grace in a comfortable Oct 4-Nov 8 7:15 pm-8:15 pm $35 health and social benefits. Class atmosphere. Wear workout or dance covers the Swing, Foxtrot, Waltz, clothes. Dance barefoot or wear soft sandals or ballet slippers. Bring a scarf Hip Hop Cardio Rumba, Cha Cha, Tango, and Samba. Hip Hop Cardio is a fun, upbeat, to accent hip movements. Students Southwest 7 Thursdays and easy to follow dance workout. should have taken Belly Dance 1 or Oct 5-Nov 16 7:45 pm-9:00 pm Students will learn energetic routines have prior Belly Dance experience. $49 that can be modified for all ability Pratt 8 Tuesdays levels. Bring a water bottle, towel Ballroom Dance 2 Oct 3-Nov 28 6:30 pm-7:30 pm and comfortable workout attire. No Increase your confidence as you learn $45 previous dance skills are necessary, additional step patterns and styling in Edison 8 Thursdays just come ready to have fun with this the swing, foxtrot, waltz, tango, cha Oct 5-Nov 30 6:10 pm-7:40 pm exciting workout. cha, rumba and samba. Prerequisite: $55 Know two to three basic steps in each Northeast 6 Thursdays dance. Oct 5-Nov 9 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Find us on Twitter! $35 Southwest 7 Mondays twitter.com/mplscommunityed Oct 2-Nov 13 7:45 pm-9:00 pm $49 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 41 Salsa Dance 1 Tap Dance 1 Add some spice to your dance life Get introduced to basic steps and tap when you learn salsa’s basic rhythm routines suitable for beginners. Tap and step and turn combinations. You shoes preferred. will also receive an introduction to Pratt 6 Saturdays the popular Latin dance Bachata. You Oct 7-Nov 11 10:15 am-11:15 am may register solo or with a partner. $35

Justice Page 8 Tuesdays Southwest 7 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 7:30 pm-8:30 pm Oct 10-Nov 21 7:00 pm-8:00 pm $45 $39

Salsa Dance 1 Tap Dance 1.5 Latin Dance 1 Add some spice to your dance life when Expand your knowledge of tap by Dance the merengue, bachata, cha- you learn the salsa’s basic rhythm and adding steps and combinations to cha-cha, salsa and cumbia, and get step and turn combinations. Please improve your technique, articulation familiar with the footwork styles and register with a partner. and rhythm. music for each dance. Pratt 6 Wednesdays Southwest 7 Tuesdays Southwest 8 Tuesdays Oct 4-Nov 8 8:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 10-Nov 21 8:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 10-Dec 5 6:15 pm-7:30 pm $35 $39 $55 Swing Dance 1 Tap Dance 2 Latin Dance: Bachata Learn the one-step and three-step Expand your knowledge of tap by Discover the steps involved in the swings and their many patterns and adding steps and combinations to bachata, a romantic dance that often turns, and burn calories as you’re improve your technique, articulation means it’s party time. having fun. You may register solo or and rhythm. Tap shoes preferred. Southwest 4 Tuesdays with a partner. Pratt 6 Saturdays Nov 7-Nov 28 7:30 pm-8:30 pm Justice Page 8 Tuesdays Oct 7-Nov 11 11:30 am-12:30 pm $25 Oct 3-Nov 21 6:20 pm-7:20 pm $35 $45 Modern Dance Beginning Modern Dance combines Zydeco Dance Swing Dance 1 Introducing Zydeco, the southwest basic movement and technique with Learn the one-step and three-step Louisiana dance that’s heating up exercise and dance history. Students swings and their many patterns and dance floors across the country. will find that this class allows for more turns, all while burning calories. Socialize and get your groove on with personal expression and body care Arts & Entertainment Southwest 7 Thursdays this high-energy dance that is sure to than other dance disciplines. This Oct 5-Nov 16 6:30 pm-7:30 pm get your heart pumping and your feet class is open to all skill levels and ages. $39 moving. Wear leather-soled shoes and Plan to wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle. bare feet. Swing Dance 2 Master additional steps and sequences Pratt 3 Tuesdays Edison 6 Wednesdays Oct 3-Oct 17 8:05 pm-9:05 pm in one- and three-step swing dances. Oct 25-Dec 6 7:35 pm-8:50 pm $25 $45 Prerequisite: Know at least four to five patterns in swing. Modern Dance: Beginning Southwest 7 Mondays Achieve mind/body focus, relieve Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-7:30 pm stress and feel energized while $39 understanding how to move with ease. Learn positions, terminology and Swing Dance: movement associated with modern West Coast Swing dance. Wear comfortable clothes that Have great fun with the flexibility of allow you to see the line of your body. this swing dance’s various spins and No class Oct 17. counts, all while burning off calories. Roosevelt 7 Tuesdays Southwest 7 Wednesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 7:15 pm-8:45 pm Oct 4-Nov 29 6:30 pm-7:30 pm $55 $39

42 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Guitar 1 Learn chords, scales and basic guitar technique so you can start playing your favorite songs. Bring an acoustic guitar and a pick. Anwatin 5 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 30 6:30 pm-7:45 pm $35

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Edison 8 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 6 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Music & Performance $39 NEW Acting 1 Blues Harp 1 Immerse yourself in the art and Learn to bend notes and play 12 & 16 Guitar 2 technique of acting, emphasizing the bar blues tunes. You’ll be introduced Pick up where you left off in Guitar basics—script and character analysis, to the greats like John Sebastian, 1, and learn how to play with more vocal and physical techniques, and the Sonny Terry and Minneapolis favorite finesse. The instructor will teach Arts & Entertainment importance of connecting with acting Tony Glover. Bring a 10-hole diatonic beginning barre chords, alternate- partners. You will perform partnered harmonica in the key of C, a notebook thumb picking, common chord scenes from Neil Simon’s Barefoot in and a recorder. progressions, and basic blues. the Park as you seek to apply these Southwest 6 Mondays Edison 8 Wednesdays basics to rehearsing and performing. Oct 2-Nov 6 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Oct 4-Dec 6 7:35 pm-8:35 pm $39 Lake Harriet 4 Wednesdays $45 Oct 25-Nov 15 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Southwest 7 Tuesdays $39 Community Band Oct 10-Nov 21 8:00 pm-8:45 pm Join the Northeast Community $39 Advanced Guitar Band to play marches, show tunes Harmonica Quick Start Workshop and other classic selections. To learn Get an overview of the standard 10- Use intermediate music theory to more, email [email protected]. To hole diatonic harmonica, how it is bring your guitar skills up another register, call 612.275.2996. used to play a melody, and how to use notch. We will focus on scale patterns, Edison 8 Thursdays “cross-harp” technique for playing chart reading, solo-ing and comping. Oct 5-Dec 7 7:00 pm-9:30 pm blues styles. Bring a 10-hole diatonic Class is intended for intermediate to Free harmonica in the key of C. more advanced guitarists. Pratt 3 Wednesdays Roosevelt 6 Wednesdays Community Choir: Oct 25-Nov 8 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 4-Nov 8 6:30 pm-7:20 pm Prospect Park $35 $35 Sing in a fun, relaxed environment with the Prospect Park Community Improv 1 Banjo 1: 5-String Choir, a mixed choir that sings Learn the basics of improvisational Learn the basics of playing the everything from classical to pop to comedy including how to think three finger picking or Scruggs style international music. Rehearsals on your feet, speak confidently in bluegrass technique made famous in are held at Prospect Park United public, work effectively in a team and classic movies like Bonnie and Clyde Methodist Church. Register at how to let go and have fun. Please and The Beverly Hillbillies. Bring rehearsal for $55. Call 612.929.5364 wear closed-toed shoes and bring a a 5-string banjo, two metal finger for more information. notebook if you’d like to take notes. picks, one plastic thumb pick and a Prospect Park United Methodist No previous experience is necessary. flash drive. Church 14 Tuesdays Henry 8 Wednesdays Roosevelt 6 Mondays Sep 12-Dec 12 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 11-Dec 6 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 2-Nov 6 6:30 pm-7:30 pm $55 at rehearsal $59 $35 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 43 Jam-Band Songwriting 101 NEW The Healing Take your talent to the next level. Get An original song is an amazing form Power of Music together with other local amateur of self-expression. The biggest Music has been utilized as a tool for musicians, plug in, and work toward component of successful song writing healing for thousands of years. Learn performing and recording. Explore is to believe you can do it. Learn how how music can be used to relieve exercises in a small group dynamic to pick a theme, write lyrics, format, stress and anxiety, stabilize vital and learn to collaborate musically chord progression and editing. Come signs, ease the symptoms of dementia, on guitar, bass, drums, piano/keys, equipped to write in your favorite soothe an anxious pet and help in a tambourine etc. Class is hosted format-Ipad, computer or pen and variety of medical or mental health and facilitated by Jason Fladager, paper. No class Oct 17. situations. No previous musical founding member of the Big Wu, a Roosevelt 6 Tuesdays experience or talent is necessary. staple in the twin cities music scene Oct 3-Nov 14 7:45 pm-8:45 pm Southwest 3 Wednesdays and promoter and music coach for up $35 Nov 1-Nov 15 7:00 pm-8:30 pm and coming local talent. $29 Roosevelt 6 Wednesdays Sound Recording Oct 4-Nov 8 7:30 pm-9:00 pm and Production Uke and More $59 Get hands-on experience mixing, Saturday Jam recording and editing music/sound. Bring your uke, banjo, guitar, Northside Singers Add vocals and blend in sound effects harmonica or voice and gather around Love to sing? Treat yourself to a such as piano, drums, trumpet etc. the coffee pot to share songs and joyful hour a week singing pop, gospel Keyboards and Mac computers with tunes. Practice your skills, share and Christmas music with friends Garage Band will be used. No class music and get helpful tips in a casual and neighbors. Laugh, make lasting on Oct 17. atmosphere. relationships and get the chance to Roosevelt 6 Tuesdays Pratt 6 Saturdays perform during the holiday season. Oct 3-Nov 14 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Oct 7-Nov 11 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Arts & Entertainment The ability to read music or prior $45 $45 choir experience is not necessary -- just bring your love of singing. We NEW That’s Funny! Ukulele 1 strive to create a warm and inviting Improv & Comedy Sketch Learn three simple cords that can atmosphere for singers of all ages and This energetic class will help you accompany hundreds of songs and abilities. A $55 staff and materials fee develop confidence and hone your create endless entertainment for you will be collected. comedic timing and writing skills. and your friends. Bring your ukulele. Activities will include comedy Henry 8 Mondays improvisation, sketch writing, Pratt 3 Wednesdays Oct 16-Dec 4 7:30 pm-8:45 pm Oct 4-Oct 18 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $5 workshops of hilarious scripts, and $35 much more. Novice and experienced Play it by Ear jokers welcome. We’ll laugh together, South 3 Tuesdays Whether it’s ukulele, guitar, support one another and shout, Nov 7-Nov 21 7:00 pm-9:00 pm mandolin or banjo, strumming an “That’s funny!” Please note: no class $29 accompaniment by ear is easy and 10/18 or 11/22. Ukulele 2 Take your ukulele skills to the next fun. Learn just a few essential chords 8 Wednesdays Justice Page level with a variety of new techniques, and when to play them, all in an Oct 4-Dec 6 6:00 pm-7:30 pm atmosphere where making mistakes $55 including minor chords. Bring your is encouraged. Bring your instrument. ukulele. Prerequisite: Ukulele 1 or other experience. South 4 Thursdays Oct 26-Nov 16 7:00 pm-9:00 pm South 3 Tuesdays $35 Nov 28-Dec 12 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $29 44 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Photography

Demystifying Digital SLR 2 Your Digital Camera Start understanding the advanced Understand the technical basics features of your digital SLR camera, of digital photography including including shutter speed, ASA/ shutter speeds, apertures, exposure, ISO settings, aperture control and focal length, ISO, motion and depth more. You must have a camera with of field, mega pixels. Learn how to interchangeable lenses. control your camera to get the desired Edison 3 Thursdays effect. Students must provide their Nov 16-Dec 7 6:30 pm-8:30 pm own digital camera. Register online $45 or call 612.668.4828. Class held at Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth NEW Fall Colors Ave. N. Take this opportunity to learn about Astrophotography Homewood all the settings on your camera that If you love night photography, stars Studios 4 Mondays will help improve your full-color and adventure, join us to take your Nov 6-Nov 27 6:00 pm-8:00 pm photos. We will cover advanced skills to the next level. Discover $45 camera settings the use of filters and how to take and create stunning the steps necessary to take starting star and Milky Way images. Receive Digital SLR 1 fall photos. Improve the composition and tips for your next photography Lake Harriet Arts & Entertainment adventure and understand programs quality of your photographs as you Bandshell 1 Saturday that help you plan the how, when learn the fundamentals of digital Oct 14 1:00 pm-4:00 pm and where for an astrophotography SLR photography, including ASA/ $35 shoot. Pre-requisite: DSLR 1 or a ISO, f-stops, speed settings and strong understanding of your camera accessories. If you have a camera Flash Workshop settings. Oct 26th class is held at with interchangeable lenses, please Community Ed, in partnership with Carmen Anders’ Photo Studio, 77 13th bring it. Classes at West Photo are at West Photo, offer you the chance Ave NE, #205. Register online or call 21 University Ave NE. Register online to participate in a hands-on flash 612.668.4828. or call 612.668.2828 for West Photo photography course. Here you will classes. No class on Nov 22. receive practical instruction, time to Roosevelt 2 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 9 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Southwest 4 Tuesdays test your skills, and also use top-of- $35 Nov 7-Nov 28 7:00 pm-9:00 pm the-line camera accessories so that $45 you get the perfect photo. This class is Carmen Anders’ perfect if you have taken a CE Digital Photo Studio 2 Thursdays Jefferson 4 Thursdays SLR 1 or 2 class. Please bring your Oct 26-Nov 2 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 5-Oct 26 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $35 $39 camera, manual and flash, if you own one, to ALL classes. 3 Thursdays Edison Jefferson 3 Thursdays Creative Art Photography Oct 26-Nov 9 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Create your own masterpieces while Nov 30-Dec 14 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $45 exploring the fascinating world of $45 long exposures and light painting. West Photo 1 Saturday Focus on studio projects to create Oct 28 10:00 am-4:00 pm Lightroom 1 dramatic art photography. Bring your $45 Learn the ins and outs of Lightroom digital SLR camera and a tripod. A set and operation including Import/ Roosevelt 4 Wednesdays Export, Photo Organization, shutter release is helpful, but not Nov 1-Nov 29 7:00 pm-9:00 pm necessary. Class held at 77 13th Ave. $55 Workflow Development. This class NE, #205. Register online or call is instructional, but feel free to bring West Photo 1 Saturday 612.668.4828. your laptop or tablet and work along Nov 18 10:00 am-4:00 pm in class. Carmen Anders’ Photo Studio $45 4 Mondays Southwest 3 Thursdays Nov 13-Dec 4 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 5-Oct 19 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $55 Find us on Twitter! $35 twitter.com/mplscommunityed mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 45 Lightroom 2 Photography NEW The Art of Take Lightroom to the next level as a Business Posing for Photography by creating Smart collections and If you’re thinking about starting a Practice effective posing of yourself Collection sets. Discover the powerful business in photography, join us to and others, learn to coach subjects effect when Lightroom and Photoshop find out about legal requirements for into the pose you desire and identify are combined. Create and publish you starting a photography business in common posing mistakes. Get tips images in a few easy steps. This class Minnesota. Topics covered include on using composition techniques is instructional, but feel free to bring copyright, registration, sales tax and and posing skills in tandem to create your laptop or tablet and work along other related issues. Class held at 21 beautiful portraits. Bring your DSLR in class. University Ave NE. Register online camera. Class is held at 77 13th Ave. Southwest 3 Thursdays or call 612.668.2828. NE, #205. Register online or call Nov 2-Nov 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm West Photo 1 Saturday 612.668.4828. $35 Oct 21 10:00 am-2:00 pm Carmen Anders’ $35 Photo Studio 3 Mondays NEW Night Photography Oct 16-Oct 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Workshop Shooting at the Best $45 Exploring the Bridges Locations in Minneapolis of Minneapolis Discover the best locations around NEW The Art of This three week night photography Minneapolis to shoot great pictures, Posing for Photography workshop will provide the including new locations recently An in-depth look at portrait opportunity to experience the night added to this popular class. Learn tips photography. We will cover how to colors of area bridges while also and tricks for each site, and get hands- pose your subject alone or in groups to offering interesting shots of the on experience outdoors on location. achieve stunning portraits. Subjects Minneapolis skyline. The class will Please remember to bring your tripod covered will include use of lenses, meet at a different location each week if you have one. Southwest class will depth of field, lighting and polishing and is intended for those who have an meet at the school before going on techniques. Meet at Gil Dignen’s DSLR camera with interchangeable location elsewhere. Photography Studio, 77 13th Ave. NE, #205. Register online or call lenses. Prerequisite: Digital SLR1 Roosevelt 4 Wednesdays or a strong understanding of your Oct 4-Oct 25 7:00 pm-9:00 pm 612.668.2740. camera settings. Workshops held $55 Gil Dignen’s at 35W Bridge - October 3, 7-9 pm, Photo Studio 3 Thursdays Southwest 4 Mondays Lowry Bridge - October 17, 7-9 pm, Nov 2-Nov 16 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Nov 5-Nov 27 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $45 Hennepin Ave Bridge - October 24, $55 6:30-8:30 pm.

Arts & Entertainment NEW Understanding Jefferson 3 Tuesdays Seeing Like Your Digital Camera Oct 3-Oct 24 7:00 pm-9:00 pm a Photographer Understand the functions of your $29 This class is open to everyone digital camera and how they affect with a focus on seeing differently your photos. Night Star Trails and connecting with your own Southwest 3 Mondays When you join our class you’ll receive self-expression. Improve your both classroom instruction as well Oct 16-Oct 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm composition and visualization skills $35 as hands-on experience. You’ll focus through discussions, demonstrations, on proper camera settings and work assignments, visual exercises and Using Photoshop inside a mock planetarium. You’ll critiques. Students must provide also take your skills on location for a Elements their own digital camera or even an Uncover the basics of photo night-time photo shoot (that location iPhone would work. Register online manipulation in the Elements is TBD by class). or call 612.668.4828. Class held at program to give marginal photos the Jefferson 1 Tuesday Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth “Hollywood touch.” Learn to crop, Oct 17 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Ave. N. add or remove objects, convert photos $25 Homewood from color to black and white, and S 4 Mondays There are no classes tudios more. Make your own holiday cards Oct 9-Oct 30 6:00 pm-8:00 pm as a final project. Bring a flash drive. November 22-24 $45 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Southwest 4 Tuesdays Oct 10-Oct 31 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $45

46 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Health & Fitness Health...... &. . . Fitness...... What exactly makes a healthy lifestyle? An hour of intense cardio? A home free of What exactly makes a healthy lifestyle? hormone disruptors? A stress-relieving massage? An hour of intense cardio? A home free of Lucky for you, you don’t have to choose. Our classes hormone disruptors? A stress-relieving massage? run the gamut to keep you at the top of your game Lucky for you, you don’t have to choose. Our classes in every aspect of healthy living. run the gamut to keep you at the top of your game in every aspect of healthy living. Aquatics at Northeast Participants with shoulder length hair must wear a swim cap. A cleansing shower is required before entering the pool. Shower shoes are recommended. Times listed are “in water” times. Please arrive 10 minutes early to change. Call 612.668.3100 for more information.

Adult Lap Swim Swim laps for fitness or enjoyment. Register for full session, sorry no drop-ins. Cost is per swimmer; registration is for any lap swim night within the specified dates at the location stated. 7 Mon, Tu & Fri Oct 2-Nov 14 7:30 pm-8:30 pm $39

Family Swim Enjoy open swim time with your family. Children must be Aquatics at Dowling accompanied by adults at all times. Swim Diapers must The Dowling pool is a warm, therapeutic pool. A cleansing be worn if appropriate. Price is per person; payment must shower is required. Shower shoes are recommended. be made for each adult and child attending. Times listed are “in water” times. Locker room door will 4 Mondays Oct 2-Oct 23 6:15 pm-7:15 pm $5 open 10 minutes before class. Park in back lot and enter 6 Fridays Oct 6-Nov 10 6:15 pm-7:15 pm $9 at door #21. Call 612.668.3100 for more information. Swimnastics Adult Open Therapeutic Session Exercise in a pool to increase your flexibility while toning Enjoy a session of self directed exercising and stretching and slimming. Swimnastics is great for achy backs and in a warm therapeutic pool. Water weights & noodles muscles. Shower shoes are recommended. available. 7 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 14 6:30 pm-7:15 pm $45 7 Fridays Oct 6-Nov 17 5:45 pm-6:30 pm $39 7 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 16 6:30 pm-7:15 pm $45 7 Fridays Oct 6-Nov 17 6:45 pm-7:30 pm $39 7 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 16 7:15 pm-8:00 pm $45 Adult Water Exercise Health & Fitness Health Exercise and stretch for 45 minutes in a warm therapeutic Women Only Swim: Beginner pool with an experienced instructor. No senior discounts. 6-13 yrs Learn basic swimming skills, bubble blowing, floating, 6 Wednesdays Sep 6-Oct 11 4:25 pm-5:15 pm $39 front crawl and more. 6 Wednesdays Sep 6-Oct 11 5:20 pm-6:10 pm $39 6 Saturdays Oct 7-Nov 18 9:30am-10:15 am $35 6 Mondays Sep 11-Oct 16 4:25 pm-5:15 pm $39 6 Mondays Sep 11-Oct 16 5:20 pm-6:10 pm $39 8 Mondays Oct 23-Dec 11 4:25 pm-5:15 pm $55 Women Only Swim: Beginner 8 Mondays Oct 23-Dec 11 5:20 pm-6:10 pm $55 14yrs - Adult 7 Wednesdays Oct 25-Dec 13 4:25 pm-5:15 pm $45 Learn basic swimming skills, bubble blowing, floating, front crawl and more. 7 Wednesdays Oct 25-Dec 13 5:20 pm-6:10 pm $45 6 Saturdays Oct 7-Nov 18 10:30 am-11:15 am $35 Family Swim Enjoy the warm Dowling pool during this open swim time with your family. The class is designed for infants and children up to 9 years old and their caregivers. Price is per person. Payment must be made for adults and children. 6 Mondays Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-7:15 pm $19 6 Wednesdays Oct 4-Nov 15 6:30 pm-7:15 pm $19

48 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Aquatics at Southwest The pool is located on the 46th St. & Beard Ave. S. side of Southwest High. Enter through Door #1 or #15. Call 612.668.3100 for more information.

Adult Lap Swim Swim laps for fitness or enjoyment. Register for full session, sorry no drop ins. Cost is per swimmer; registration is for any lap swim night within the specified dates. 4 Mon, Tu & Thu 7:30 pm-8:45 pm Oct 2-Oct 26 $25

6 Sat 12:00-1:30 pm Mon/Tu/Th 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Nov 2-Dec 16 $65 Exercise & Fitness Aerobics: Barre Tone Adult Intro to Water Skills Combine the grace of ballet with the This class is for students who aren’t Low Impact Aerobics This user friendly, low impact aerobics efficiency of a gym workout through yet comfortable in the water. class has easy to follow choreography barre tone. Concentrate on alignment,

8:30-9 pm $45 per 6 session class that will raise your metabolism and placement, posture, flexibility and Health & Fitness 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 burn fat. Work on abdomen and glutes coordination to strengthen and 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 lengthen your muscles. Bring a yoga 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 with strength training for upper body and back support. Senior discount mat. Adult Stroke available. Pratt 8 Tuesdays Development Waite Park 9 Mondays Oct 3-Nov 28 7:10 pm-7:55 pm This class is for students who are Oct 2-Nov 27 5:45 pm-6:45 pm $45 $49 comfortable in the water and able to Edison 8 Thursdays “doggy” paddle. Waite Park 9 Wednesdays Oct 5-Dec 7 6:30 pm-7:30 pm 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 Oct 4-Nov 29 5:45 pm-6:45 pm $45 8:30 pm-9:00 pm $45 $49 NEW Beachbody Fitness 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 Waite Park 9 Saturdays Students will not only get a great 8:30 pm-9:00 pm $45 Oct 7-Dec 2 8:30 am-9:30 am workout, they will learn also learn $49 strategies in setting up a successful 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 workout routine and proper nutrition. 8:30 pm-9:00 pm $45 Barre This class includes barre, weights and Roosevelt 6 Mondays core intervals, designed to sculpt and Oct 2-Nov 6 6:00 pm-7:15 pm Adult Stroke Refinement $45 Improve your front crawl and all other tone the entire body. Come prepared strokes. You should be comfortable to sweat. Please bring light hand Southwest 6 Thursdays submerging completely underwater, weights, your yoga mat, and water. Oct 5-Nov 9 7:30 pm-9:00 pm know basic strokes, be comfortable No class Oct 17. $45 in the deep end and be able to float Roosevelt 7 Tuesdays for 1 min. Oct 3-Nov 21 6:00 pm-7:00 pm $39 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 8:30 pm-9:00 pm $45 Safety Disclaimer: 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 There is an inherent risk of accident and injury in any activity. It is the 8:30 pm-9:00 pm $45 responsibility of the participant to be aware that there are assumed risks in participation. Minneapolis Public Schools (SSD #1) assumes no responsibility 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 for injuries received during activities. Any changes in participants’ activity level 8:30 pm-9:00 pm $45 should be done under the approval and direction of their physician or health care provider. mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 49 Fitness Center Use cardio and weight machines in a fitness-center setting. After orientation, you can come in to work out at any time during the hours listed. Andersen 12 Tuesdays Oct 3-Dec 19 5:30 pm-7:00 pm $25

Andersen 11 Thursdays Oct 5-Dec 21 5:30 pm-7:00 pm $25

Andersen 9 Saturdays Oct 7-Dec 16 9:00 am-10:30 am $19 Gutbusters - Stretch and Balance Improve strength, balance and flexibility through intensive body- comprehensive exercises, balance and Bodyshaping/ Bootcamp Circuits stretch work. Bring a yoga mat and Bodybuilding Combine strength and balance wear clothes that allow you to move Enjoy a high-energy workout with exercises with short cardio blasts for comfortably. fun and lively music. Bodyshaping an awesome workout. Please note: no Northeast 7 Wednesdays is a system of strength training and Wednesday class 10/18 or 11/22. Oct 4-Nov 15 7:00 pm-8:15 pm flexibility exercises that combines Washburn 10 Mondays $49 the best elements from free weights Oct 2-Dec 4 6:15 pm-7:15 pm to yoga. Bring indoor athletic shoes $85 NEW Hip Hop and a water bottle. Washburn 8 Wednesdays Cardio Fitness Pratt 8 Mondays Oct 4-Dec 6 6:15 pm-7:15 pm Hip Hop Cardio is a fun, upbeat, Oct 2-Nov 27 8:00 am-9:15 am $69 and easy-to-follow dance workout. $55 Students will learn energetic routines Health & Fitness Health Booty and Core that can be modified for all ability South 9 Tuesdays levels. Bring a water bottle, towel Oct 3-Dec 5 6:45 pm-7:45 pm This class includes cardio and toning $49 intervals, designed to strengthen and comfortable workout attire. No the core, glutes and thighs. Come previous dance skills are necessary, Pratt 8 Wednesdays prepared to sweat. Please bring light just come ready to have fun with this Oct 4-Nov 29 8:00 am-9:15 am hand weights, your yoga mat, and exciting workout. $55 water. Washburn 10 Mondays Pratt 8 Wednesdays Roosevelt 7 Wednesdays Oct 2-Dec 4 7:30 pm-8:30 pm Oct 4-Nov 29 6:30 pm-7:45 pm Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-7:00 pm $55 $55 $39 Lucy Craft Laney 8 Tuesdays South 9 Thursdays Oct 10-Nov 28 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Oct 5-Dec 7 6:45 pm-7:45 pm Fit Strike Sculpt $39 $49 This high intensity, low impact class will include non contact kickboxing Pratt 8 Fridays and sculpting intervals, designed to Oct 6-Dec 1 8:00 am-9:15 am strengthen and tone the entire body $55 with a cardio punch. Come prepared Pratt 8 Saturdays to sweat. Please bring light hand Oct 7-Dec 2 8:45 am-10:00 am weights, your yoga mat, and water. $55 Roosevelt 7 Wednesdays Oct 4-Nov 15 7:15 pm-8:15 pm $39

50 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Jump Rope for Fitness Pilates 2 Gain agility, speed, coordination, and Test your conditioning with balance; burn fat; and achieve overall strengthening and stretching fitness by jumping rope. Learn the exercises, and make your torso fundamental techniques of jumping the power center of the body. Pre- rope to build a fun and fast workout requisite: Pilates 1. Wear comfortable routine for your entire body. With clothes, and bring a mat and water proper technique, jumping rope is a bottle. dynamic, low-impact activity. A $5 Washburn 10 Tuesdays jump rope fee will be collected. Oct 3-Dec 5 7:15 pm-8:30 pm Southwest 8 Thursdays $65 Oct 5-Nov 30 7:30 pm-8:30 pm Mat Pilates 2 Lake Harriet 10 Wednesdays $39 Now that you’ve learned the basics of Oct 4-Dec 13 6:15 pm-7:15 pm Pilates, challenge yourself to this new, $55 Kung Fu Funk calorie burning, next-level course. This mid level intensity, low impact Test your flexibility and endurance Pilates Yoga Power Sculpt class will include basic Kung Fu as you stretch and pump your way to Use Pilates principles to raise (with a funky twist), weights and core a stronger you. Bring your own mat. your heart rate and work out at an intervals designed to strengthen and Jefferson 4 Thursdays intermediate level. The class will tone the entire body with a cardio Oct 5-Nov 2 6:00 pm-7:00 pm use small stability balls (provided) punch. Be ready to break a sweat. $25 and resistance Thera-Bands, which Please bring light hand weights, your students may purchase from the yoga mat, and water. No class Oct 17. Nia instructor for $5. Prerequisite:

Learn this fitness practice that Health & Fitness Roosevelt 7 Tuesdays experience with Pilates and yoga. Oct 3-Nov 21 7:15 pm-8:15 pm combines the best of dance, martial Washburn 10 Mondays $39 arts and yoga. More dance party than Oct 2-Dec 4 7:15 pm-8:30 pm workout, Nia builds strength, agility, $65 Martial Arts: Indonesian and confidence, and is a great form of Learn the fundamentals of self- conditioning. Qigong 18 Movements defense and various styles of martial Lake Harriet 10 Mondays Learn the 18 movements of qigong, arts. Stretching exercises, kicks, Oct 2-Dec 4 6:30 pm-7:30 pm including warm-ups that will open the punches, blocks, grabs, meditation, $55 joints, incorporate healing sounds, stick fighting and up-close techniques Lake Harriet 9 Wednesdays and gather energy from heaven and will be taught. Wear loose clothing. Oct 4-Dec 6 6:30 pm-7:30 pm earth. Class may be held outdoors Southwest 7 Mondays $49 when the Fall weather is beautiful. Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Wear comfortable clothes and avoid $49 Pilates 1 a heavy meal before class. Improve your posture, balance and Pratt 4 Wednesdays Mat Pilates 1 flexibility with this unique method of Oct 4-Oct 25 6:15 pm-7:15 pm Improve your flexibility, build body conditioning. Build strength in $29 strength, and develop control and your abdomen, lower back and hips, endurance in the whole human body. and focus on making your torso the Rock, Soul & Rhythm Pilates puts emphasis on alignment, power center of your body. breathing, developing a strong core, Dance Fitness Washburn 10 Mondays This high-energy dance fitness class and improving coordination and Oct 2-Dec 4 6:00 pm-7:00 pm offers a cardio and muscle-toning balance. Wear comfortable clothes $55 workout set to classic recordings and and bring a mat. new remixes of soul, funk, R&B, hip- Washburn 10 Tuesdays Jefferson 4 Tuesdays Oct 3-Dec 5 6:00 pm-7:00 pm hop, and rock favorites. The moves are Oct 3-Oct 24 6:00 pm-7:00 pm $55 hot, but easy to follow, and guaranteed $25 to make you sweat AND smile. Pratt 8 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 28 6:15 pm-7:00 pm Roosevelt 8 Mondays Find us on Facebook! $45 Oct 2-Nov 20 7:30 pm-8:30 pm facebook.com/MplsCommEd $45 Lake Harriet 10 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 13 7:30 pm-8:30 pm $55 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 51 Weight Room Workout with Ray Workout in the updated South High weight room with Principal Ray Aponte. Follow routines or workout solo. You’ll have access to kettlebells, free weights, squat racks and other gym equipment. South 11 Mondays Oct 2-Dec 11 7:00 pm-8:15 pm $ 55

South 9 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 13 7:00 pm-8:15 pm $55 Weight Training Learn weight training techniques The Alexander Technique is over 120 years old, and instructors and develop a personal weight complete three years of training training program. Work with a trainer to be AmSAT certified. Please on Tuesdays and by yourself on bring a mat. Thursdays. Northeast 7 Tue & Thu Alexander Oct 3-Nov 16 7:00 pm-8:15 pm Technique 1 $49 Explore the Alexander Technique, an educational NEW Zumba: discipline that will help you Basic + Toning coordinate your whole self Tai Chi Wu Form This Zumba class infuses mostly Known as the “moving mediation,” efficiently in all activities: high-intensity dance fitness Wu Ta’i Chi is a series of slow, walking, climbing stairs, driving, choreographies with two to three controlled movements that develop biking, athletics, playing an lower intensity songs. Basic Zumba strength, balance, posture and calm. instrument, gardening, or and Zumba Toning formats are It is especially good for healing joint working at the computer. Enjoy combined to provide a unique and and back pain and releasing stress. finding balance and improving

Health & Fitness Health specialized Zumba experience. Jefferson 6 Wednesdays alignment in stillness and in Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Jefferson 7 Tuesdays action. $45 Oct 3-Nov 21 7:00 pm-8:00 pm $49 Lake Harriet 7 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 16 5:00 pm-6:00 pm Walking for Fitness $35 Don’t let rainy weather stop you from Zumba: Exercise walking. Enjoy this easy exercise to Latin Music Maximize fat burning and total NEW Alexander indoors instead. Walking can lower body toning through the interval blood pressure, cholesterol, risk of Technique 2 and resistance training that Zumba Explore the Alexander stroke and risk of injury. It can also provides. The dance workout Technique on a deeper level improve your sense of well-being and combines moves from salsa, cumbia, among your peers. Continue happiness. merengue and more. Bring a small building your skills with Roosevelt 8 Mon-Wed towel and water bottle. American Society of Alexander Oct 2-Nov 21 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Technique certified instructor Free Lake Harriet 10 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 13 7:00 pm-8:00 pm Lisa First. Please wear Northeast 9 Mon-Thu $55 loose, comfortable clothing.. Oct 2-Nov 30 5:45 pm-6:45 pm Prerequisite: Alexander Free Southwest 7 Tuesdays Technique 1 with Lisa First. Oct 10-Nov 21 7:00 pm-8:00 pm Henry 8 Mon & Wed $39 Lake Harriet 7 Thursdays Oct 11-Dec 6 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Oct 5-Nov 16 6:10 pm-7:10 pm Free Washburn 10 Tuesdays $35 Oct 3-Dec 5 7:00 pm-8:00 pm $55

52 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Health, Wellness & Safety

CPR: Adult, Infant and Child with AED Training and First Aid Receive a two-year American Heart Association certification card when you complete this HeartSaver course covering CPR, first aid and how to use an AED. No discounts. Register CPR & AED Training online or call 612.668.4828. with First Aid Learn CPR, choking management, Sibley Park 1 Saturday Oct 14 10:30 am-4:00 pm and the use of barrier devices for $80 adult, child, and infant victims, as well as how to use an AED in this First Aid Essential Oils 101 HeartSaver course from the American Learn critical skills of managing Learn the buzz about essential oils. Heart Association. an emergency, including how to Find out how to support healthy Justice Page 1 Thursday treat bleeding, sprains, broken body systems, regain healthy and Nov 2 12:00 pm-5:30 pm bones, shock, diabetic emergencies, natural energy levels, and enhance $75 seizures, stroke and other first aid overall wellness. emergencies. Bring your current Health & Fitness Justice Page 1 Tuesday CPR: Adult, Infant & Child CPR card to class. Receive a Oct 24 6:30 pm-8:30 pm with AED Training certificate of completion at the $19 Receive a certificate of completion end of class. Optional instructional when you finish this HeartSaver books ($15) will be available for Essential Oils: Holiday course covering CPR, choking purchase. Register for both CPR and Make & Take management and how to use an AED. first aid classes at Roosevelt for a Spread some holiday cheer with A $6 supply fee will be collected. reduced price. Class is held at Sibley all-natural products made with Register for both CPR and first aid Park, 1900 E. 40th St. No discounts. essential oils. Join us for holiday classes at Southwest for a reduced Register online or call 612.668.4828. music and treats as we make natural price. Sibley Park 1 Saturday DIY products for yourself or those Southwest 1 Monday Oct 14 1:00 pm-4:00 pm on your holiday shopping list. The Oct 9 5:15 pm-9:15 pm $45 instructor will collect a $16 supply $45 fee on the night of class. First Aid: American Southwest 1 Monday Justice Page 1 Tuesday Nov 13 5:15 pm-9:15 pm Heart Association Nov 28 6:00 pm-8:30 pm $45 Learn to handle medical, injury $19 and environmental emergencies, CPR: Adult, Infant and including choking, shock, stroke, Sleep: How Night Can Child with AED Training seizures, allergic and diabetic Change Your Day Receive a certificate of completion reactions, bleeding, wounds, burns, Sleep is a widely overlooked when you finish this HeartSaver fractures and sprains, bites, cold- component of our overall health course covering CPR, choking and heat-related problems, and and well-being. Learn tips and management and how to use an AED. poisoning. Receive a certificate of tricks for better quality and quantity A $5 supply fee will be collected. completion at the end of class. A $6 sleep and diagnose signs of a sleep Register for both CPR and first aid supply fee will be collected. Register disorder. Bring your sleep questions classes at Roosevelt for a reduced for both CPR and first aid classes for too. Class will be held at Van Cleve price. Class is held at Sibley Park, 1900 a $10 discount. Call 612.668.3100 to Park, 901 15th Ave SE. E. 40th St. No discounts. Register register with the discount. Pratt 1 Thursday online or call 612.668.4828. Southwest 1 Monday Nov 2 10:00 am-11:00 am Sibley Park 1 Saturday Nov 6 5:15 pm-9:15 pm Free Oct 14 10:30 am-1:00 pm $45 $55 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 53 Caring for the Caregiver NEW Self Defense for Learn about available resources to Women Workshop help provide care and services geared Sargent Toni Weinbeck of the toward supporting your needs as Brooklyn Park Police Department a caregiver. Resources highlighted will teach personal awareness skills include caregiver consultation, for women. This workshop is part respite/adult day programs, support of a two-part series co-sponsored groups, and education. Co-sponsored by Reviving Sisterhood whose by the Metropolitan Area Agency on mission is to amplify the voice and Aging. Class held at Prospect Park power of Muslim women through Massage for Couples Methodist Church, 22 Orlin Ave. SE. leadership development, community Learn simple massage techniques Mpls. engagement, and philanthropy. A that encourage relaxation, calm Prospect Park United Methodist light supper will be served. To register, the mind and accelerate healing. Church 1 Thursday go to www.revivingsisterhood.org. Wear comfortable clothes. Bring Nov 30 10:00 am-11:00 am Class fee of $5 covers light supper and two sheets and a pillowcase, Free instructor. lotion or oil. You must register Pratt 1 Monday with a partner. Cost is per person. Emergency Self-Defense Oct 9 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Gain basic skills and knowledge to $5 Southwest 2 Tuesdays defend yourself against an attack or Oct 16-23 6:00 pm-9:00 pm home invasion. Learn how to properly $35 NEW Self Defense defend yourself without becoming for Women Workshop II injured in the process, and discuss Sargent Toni Weinbeck of the Self Massage for optional household defense items. Stress Reduction Brooklyn Park Police Department Learn how to personally relieve Lake Harriet 1 Monday will review personal awareness the pain and tension in your Nov 13 6:30 pm-8:30 pm skills and teach physical defense $19 shoulders and arms using simple techniques for women. While the techniques that encourage class is appropriate for all women, Krav Maga it will also include information on relaxation, calm the mind and Feel the confidence that comes with accelerate healing. Your own how Muslim women can respond knowing how to defend yourself to threats to religious attire such as touch has the power to comfort, in any situation. Learn a variety of re-balance and release stress on grabbing a hijab from behind. Light combatives (punching, kicking, etc.), supper will be served. Co-sponsored Health & Fitness Health physical, emotional and spiritual as well as techniques for defending levels. Wear comfortable clothes. by Reviving Sisterhood. To register, against common attacks on the street go to www.revivingsisterhood.org. Henry 1 Monday and in domestic situations (chokes, Oct 16 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Class fee of $5 covers light supper guns, knives, etc.). Wear comfortable and instructor. $19 clothes and athletic shoes, and bring a water bottle. Pratt 1 Monday Shoulder Massage Nov 6 6:00 pm-9:00 pm for Couples Henry 4 Wednesdays $5 Learn simple techniques that Oct 25-Nov 15 7:30 pm-8:45 pm $29 encourage relaxation, calm the Women’s and Girls’ mind and accelerate healing, not Self Defense Workshop to mention relieve shoulder and Attend this demonstration workshop neck pain, tension headaches, that promotes community wellness tight jaws, carpal tunnel syndrome and security. Wear comfortable and tension due to mouse use. clothes and tennis shoes if you want to Wear comfortable clothes. One practice the skills. Ages 13 and older. person should register but both Southwest 1 Tuesday should attend; the fee covers Oct 24 7:30 pm-8:45 pm both people. Free Henry 2 Mondays Southwest 1 Wednesday Oct 23-30 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Oct 25 7:30 pm-8:45 pm $39 Free

54 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Volleyball Competitive Co-Ed Join competitive, co-ed volleyball. You must be able to demonstrate your ability to pass, set, hit and serve. Prerequisite: Solid volleyball skills. Southwest 8 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 6 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $39

Adult Co-ed Sports & Recreation Join others for an enjoyable, exhilarating night of full-court Badminton Golf 1 & 2 volleyball. Review the rules and strokes and Practice putting, chipping, pitching play a game of singles or doubles in and full-length shots to improve your Lake Harriet 12 Mondays this non-competitive class where you golf skills. Learn about golf history, Oct 2-Dec 18 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $30 form your own groups. types of clubs, rules and etiquette. Southwest 8 Mondays Bring #3, #5, #7 and #9 irons and a putter. Adult Co-ed Oct 2-Nov 20 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Recreational $39 Roosevelt 6 Mondays No instruction is provided in Health & Fitness Oct 2-Nov 6 6:00 pm-7:00 pm this co-ed recreational volleyball Badminton: Adult Co-ed $35 After a brief review of the rules and class. Class is held at Wenonah Pickleball School, 5625 23rd Ave. S. strokes, play a game of singles or Join us for a sport that’s gaining Prerequisite: Some volleyball doubles. Improve all aspects of your popularity all around the world. knowledge. Drop-in cost is $3 at game, including serves, hits and net- A combination of badminton and the door. Register online or call play. tennis, pickleball is easy to learn and 612.668.4828. Washburn 6 Mondays fun to play for all skill levels. This Oct 2-Nov 6 7:00 pm-9:00 pm class typically fills in the first day of Wenonah 8 Thursdays $30 registration. Oct 5-Dec 7 6:30 pm-8:30 pm $25 Anthony 10 Mondays Basketball Oct 2-Dec 4 7:00 pm-8:45 pm Power Plus Enjoy a friendly, non-competitive, $49 half-court basketball game for co-ed Join in on competitive co-ed adults. Play four-on-four or five-on- Southwest 8 Wednesdays volleyball for players with solid five, without coaches or referees. Oct 4-Nov 29 7:00 pm-9:00 pm BB (advanced/former club or D3 $39 players) skill levels. You must be Southwest 8 Tuesdays able to demonstrate your abilities Oct 3-Nov 21 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Southwest 8 Thursdays at an open gym if signing up for the $39 Oct 5-Nov 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $39 first time. Consistent volleyball Floorball fundamentals (passing, setting, Join the Northeast Floorball group Ping Pong serving, offense and defense) for pick-up games of this fun, safe, Ping pong, or table tennis, is one of are required. The instructor will energetic type of floor hockey. To the fastest-growing sports in the contact you upon registration learn more, contact Minneapolis world—it’s even in the Olympics. We and will assist in finding other Floorball on Facebook. There is no will play in the round robin format opportunities if the class isn’t an online registration. while having fun and staying fit in appropriate fit. this fast-paced workout. Previous Northeast 10 Mondays Jefferson 10 Tuesdays Oct 2-Dec 4 7:00 pm-9:00 pm experience required. Must bring your Oct 3-Dec 12 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $3 own paddles. $29 Northeast 8 Thursdays Southwest 7 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 30 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Oct 5-Nov 16 7:00 pm-9:00 pm $3 $35 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 55 Yoga & Mind-Body Practices

Tai Chi Minnesota Style: Minne-soh-Tai Chi Try out this easy and fun form of Tai Chi that “borrows’ from Yang and Sun style movements, and most importantly, incorporates a Minnesota touch. Bring your own hot dish (metaphorically speaking). Includes qigong (breathing) exercises. Waite Park 4 Mondays Oct 23-Nov 20 6:30 pm-7:30 pm $29

Yoga Practice gentle yoga movements and breathing techniques. You will Baguazhang 1 Tai Chi Chuan improve your balance, strength, and Baguazhang is a centering and Learn how to relax into health in 10 mobility all in a relaxed and quiet balancing style of movement/martial minutes a day with Tai Chi Chuan. environment. Bring a pillow, blanket, arts is similar to Tai Chi, but focused Hale 8 Thursdays or yoga block to help with poses and more on circular motions. This class is Oct 5-Dec 14 6:00 pm-7:00 pm positions. Bring a yoga mat if you have self-limiting; non-athletes and senior $45 one or we can provide one. citizens are encouraged to participate. Anwatin 5 Mondays Dynamic & static limbering & Tai Chi Chuan 1: Oct 2-Oct 30 6:30 pm-8:00 pm flexibility exercises will serve as a Yang Style $45 preparation for circle walking. Enjoy a way of “moving without Jefferson 6 Thursdays moving” with Tai Chi, a less stressful Yoga: Barre Oct 5-Nov 16 6:00 pm-7:30 pm form of exercise for health and well- Yoga Barre consists of small, low- $39 being. Benefits include relaxation, impact movements performed to coordination, better circulation, upbeat music. It combines elements Meditation Sampler flexibility and strength. Wear of ballet, Pilates, and yoga, using your Health & Fitness Health Discover how to reduce stress, build comfortable clothes. body weight and/or light free weights your immune system and support Lake Harriet 6 Mondays as resistance. Increase flexibility, your general health and wellness Oct 2-Nov 6 6:15 pm-7:15 pm cardio fitness, core strength and lean through meditation. Get introduced $35 muscle while emphasizing the mind- to a variety of techniques, including body connection. meditation on the breath, loving Tai Chi for Better Health Henry 8 Mondays kindness meditation, mantra This gentle program improves mental Oct 16-Dec 4 7:30 pm-8:30 pm meditation and more. and physical capacity, as well as $45 Pratt 4 Wednesdays relaxation, balance, and flexibility. It is Oct 4-Oct 25 7:30 pm-8:30 pm suitable for most physical conditions Yoga: Chakra Yoga $29 and can be done sitting or standing. There are seven major psychic centers Wear loose clothing and flat bottom in the body that process energy. Qi Gong: Spring Forest shoes. No class 10/17. Explore these seven centers to learn Techniques 1 Roosevelt 7 Tuesdays their purpose, what supports their Relax, balance your energy and bring Oct 3-Nov 21 6:00 pm-7:00 pm healthy function and what can block more harmony into your life with Qi $39 them. Gong. Learn active exercises and a Southwest 7 Wednesdays wonderful meditation for balance and Oct 4-Nov 29 6:30 pm-7:30 pm healing. Wear comfortable clothes. There are no classes $39 Southwest 4 Tuesdays November 22-24 Oct 24-Nov 14 6:30 pm-8:00 pm for the Thanksgiving holiday. $35

56 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Yoga: Gentle 1 Focus on slow movements through seated, standing and restorative poses that include proper alignment, breathing and relaxation techniques. Experience the benefits of yoga through calmness of the mind, improved balance, strength, circulation and mobility. Wear comfortable clothes, bring a mat if you own one, and refrain from eating before class. Washburn 10 Mondays Oct 2-Dec 4 7:30 pm-8:30 pm $55

Dowling 8 Mondays Oct 2-Nov 20 6:00 pm-6:55 pm $46

Northeast 6 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 9 7:15 pm-8:30 pm $45

South 6 Thursdays

Yoga: Beginning Fitness Yoga: For Stress Oct 5-Nov 16 7:30 pm-8:30 pm Health & Fitness Explore basic breathing techniques Reduction $35 and develop strength, balance and Reduce stress, manage your moods, flexibility in this introduction to gain more focus and cultivate a sense Yoga: Gentle 2 fitness yoga. Wear comfortable of relaxation in your everyday life. Continue to develop your yoga clothes, bring a mat if you own one, Use gentle movement and postures, practice. Prerequisite: Gentle Yoga 1 and refrain from eating before class. breath awareness, guided meditation or other experience. Bring a mat. Please note: no class 10/18 or 11/22. and deep relaxation techniques. Bring Dowling 8 Mondays Washburn 8 Wednesdays a mat and blanket, and refrain from Oct 2-Nov 20 7:05 pm-8:00 pm Oct 4-Dec 6 4:30 pm-5:30 pm eating before class. $46 $45 Lake Harriet 6 Mondays Oct 2-Nov 6 7:05 pm-8:05 pm Yoga: Hatha Yoga: Fitness $35 Find a deeper connection for your Increase your strength, improve body, mind and spirit by using breath your flexibility and practice balance, Yoga: Fusion to guide the body. The class focuses relaxation, and breathing techniques This is a fusion class of Hatha Yoga on alignment, flexibility and strength. through yoga exercises. Must be asanas, cardio fitness, creative Bring a mat and blanket. able to comfortably transition from movement, Ecstatic Dance, Dowling 8 Mondays standing to seated position. Wear Kundalini Yoga kriyas and pranayama Oct 2-Nov 20 6:00 pm-7:15 pm comfortable clothes, and refrain from (breathing techniques). Each week $50 eating before class. the movement piece will be different, Lake Harriet 6 Mondays Northeast 7 Tuesdays as will the pranayama. The class will Oct 2-Nov 6 6:00 pm-7:00 pm Oct 3-Nov 14 6:15 pm-7:15 pm progress with warm up, movement, $35 $39 and then pranayama, meditation, and deep relaxation. South 7 Tuesdays Washburn 8 Wednesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 6:00 pm-7:00 pm Please note: no class 10/18 or 11/22. Pratt 8 Tuesdays $39 Oct 4-Dec 6 6:00 pm-7:15 pm Oct 3-Dec 5 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $55 $59 Southwest 7 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 16 6:00 pm-7:15 pm $49 South 6 Thursdays Find us on Facebook! Oct 5-Nov 16 6:00 pm-7:00 pm facebook.com/MplsCommEd $35 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 57 Yoga: Kundalini Yoga: Restorative Kundalini Yoga is one of the oldest Release as much tension as possible styles of yoga and will help you in your body with restorative yoga, a maintain a healthy body weight, proactive form of strengthening that improve flexibility, while also allows you to stretch beyond your energizing and relaxing you. The muscles and into your ligaments. calming effect of yoga and meditation Southwest 7 Mondays also support a focused and balanced Oct 2-Nov 13 6:30 pm-7:30 pm mind as well as stress reduction. $39 Edison 8 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 6 7:15 pm-8:15 pm Yoga: Vinyasa $45 Experience vinyasa yoga, the practice of linking flowing postures with Pratt 8 Saturdays deliberate breath. Balance, full Oct 7-Dec 2 10:30 am-12:00 pm range of motion and flexibility are $59 emphasized to break up congestion in the body, restore energy and maintain Yoga: Prenatal health. Bring a mat. Prepare your body and mind for the Yoga: Hatha Gentle birthing process. Maintain flexibility, Lake Harriet 6 Wednesdays If you have physical limitations or vitality, strength of body and calmness Oct 4-Nov 8 7:05 pm-8:05 pm $35 are new to yoga, enjoy a class that of mind during and after pregnancy. focuses on gentle techniques that Wear loose clothing and bring a mat. Pratt 5 Tuesdays accommodate all bodies. Work on Please note: no Wednesday class 10/18 Oct 24-Nov 28 8:05 pm-9:00 pm form, breathing and relaxation. Wear or 11/22. $35 comfortable clothes and bring a mat. Washburn 8 Wednesdays Yoga: Yin Roosevelt 7 Wednesdays Oct 4-Dec 6 5:00 pm-6:15 pm Experience yin yoga, a meditative Oct 4-Nov 15 6:00 pm-7:15 pm $55 practice rooted in ancient Chinese $49 medicine and philosophy. This highly Edison 8 Wednesdays therapeutic style of yoga is designed to Yoga: Hatha - All Levels Oct 4-Dec 6 6:00 pm-7:00 pm improve the immune system, increase $45 Focus on strength, stamina, balance, circulation, improve flexibility and flexibility and proper alignment Hale 8 Thursdays promote a strong sense of vitality. in this hatha yoga class that unites Oct 5-Dec 14 6:00 pm-7:15 pm

Health & Fitness Health Postures are all practiced on the floor pranayama (breath) and asanas (yoga $55 and are held for two to five minutes. postures). Wear comfortable clothes, 6 Thursdays Bring a mat. bring a mat and blanket, and refrain Northeast Oct 5-Nov 9 6:00 pm-7:15 pm Lake Harriet 6 Wednesdays from eating before class. $45 Oct 4-Nov 8 6:00 pm-7:00 pm Southwest 7 Tuesdays $35 Oct 10-Nov 21 5:30 pm-6:45 pm $49 Midnight-to-Dawn Metro Bike Tour #40 NEW Yoga: Intermediate Flow Saturday, June 30, 2018 This class is for yoga students familiar Insomniacs and bicycling lovers unite. Enjoy with basic poses and the vinyasa flow a 42- or 28-mile ride through the metro on the sequence (chaturanga/upward-facing “Midsummer’s Night Dream-of-a-Ride.” Make dog/downward-facing dog). More stops at late-night shops like Mel-O-Glaze Bakery time will be spent introducing and and the Grand Ol’ Creamery or bike straight working with a variety of standing through the night to the sunrise finish. A gourmet asanas, arm balances, and inversions. breakfast cooked hot on-the-spot will follow the We will dedicate the last 15 minutes to ride. Registration deadline is June 8, 2018. Cost breathing and meditation techniques. is $20 and includes breakfast and t-shirt. All cancellations must be made by June 8, 2018. Washburn 10 Mondays Oct 2-Dec 4 6:00 pm-7:15 pm $65 Southwest 1 Saturday Jun 30 11:00 pm-11:59 pm $20

58 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Adults 55+ ...... If you’ve got free time you’re looking to fill, look no further. Take on tai chi, experience the globe through the eyes of another, and hit the town for a night out at the theater. Adventures in Learning Classes in this section are priced at the senior rate. UCare discounts may be applied to these classes. Joy in Learning Join us for a discussion and Adults of all ages are welcome to participate. presentation on various topics of interest. Topics for the Fall will include presentations on Sri Lanka, Book Club local history, and a holiday gathering. Please join us for an open invitation This class is co-sponsored by Pratt to be a part of a book club that cares. Community Education and Southeast Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of Seniors. Meets one Wednesday of every month. Call 612.668.1590 for each month at Prospect Park United more information and for the book Methodist Church, 22 SE Orlin Ave of the month. $2 donation at the (across the street from Pratt School). door goes toward Waite Park student Register online or call 612.668.1100. scholarships. Prospect Park United Methodist Waite Park 4 Mondays Church 1 Wednesday Sep 18-Dec 18 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Oct 25 12:00 pm-1:30 pm $2 at the door Bingo for Fun Free Gather with others to enjoy an afternoon of entertainment, Bingo Exploring Poetry Prospect Park United Methodist playing and an opportunity to make (Re)discover the joy of poetry. Bring Church 1 Wednesday new friends. Prizes for Bingo are your favorite poems to share, and Nov 15 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Free offered, but there will be no cash learn about various poems and prizes. Light refreshments will be poets through audio and visual Prospect Park United Methodist served. Come for the Bingo, stay for presentations. Church 1 Wednesday the fun. Event co-hosted by Senior Pratt 6 Tuesdays Dec 20 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Community Services and Mpls Park Oct 3-Nov 14 10:00 am-11:00 am Free and Recreation. $2 at door. Register $29 online or call 612.668.2219. Held Language and Culture: at Creekview Recreation Center, NEW Fifty Plus Travel— A Lens to View the Adults 55+ Adults 5001 Humboldt Ave. N. Sharing the Wisdom Natural World Travel is high on many people’s The way we view the world and

Creekview Recreation perceive nature is affected by the Center 1 Friday retirement list. How do you decide Nov 3 1:00 pm-3:00 pm where, when and how to go? What language we speak and the cultural $2 at door resources are available on the web? values we hold. Unique words from Whether you are experienced and different languages can give new Bingo Social widely travelled or will be new to the meaning to concepts we have not yet Enjoy time with friends and light world outside your backyard, talking considered or understood. Learn new refreshments as you play lively games with others is a valuable resource that words from around our planet and of Bingo. Prizes will be awarded. $2 should not be overlooked. This class leave class with a new way to view fee collected at the door. Class held at will provide some basics on using our world. Reservations required by McRae Park, 906 E. 47th St. Register internet travel sites and tour groups, October 13. $5. Ages 18+. Register online or call 612.668.3767. as well as encouraging group input on online or call 612.668.4828. Class held McRae Park 1 Thursday personal travel experiences to share at West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Sep 28 11:00 am-12:30 pm the wisdom. Center, 10360 West River Road, $2 at the door Southwest 1 Thursday Brooklyn Park 55444. Oct 5 6:00 pm-8:00 pm McRae Park 1 Thursday West Coon Rapids Dam $19 Oct 26 11:00 am-12:30 pm Visitor Center 1 Wednesday $2 at the door Oct 18 10:00 am-12:00 pm $5 McRae Park 1 Thursday Nov 30 11:00 am-12:30 pm There are no classes November 22-24 $2 at the door for the Thanksgiving holiday.

60 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Foreign Policy Issues Discussion Through the nationwide Great Decisions program, learn more about vital foreign policy issues facing our country.

The sessions feature lectures and lively discussions with local college professors and other guest speakers. Topics include “U.S. Foreign Policy and Petroleum,” “Latin America’s Political Pendulum,” “Prospects for Afghanistan and Pakistan,” and “Nuclear Security.” Lunch & A Classic Movie Shakespeare - Enjoy a lunch buffet at Pepito’s A Study Guide Co-sponsored by Friends of the followed by a classic movie. See the Renaissance drama has famously been Washburn Library, Friends of the 1956 Hitchcock drama The Man Who defined as consisting of love, blood, Nokomis Library, Friends of the Knew Too Much, Nov. 16; the 1972 and rhetoric. Two of the greatest Minneapolis Central Library and comedy What’s Up Doc?, Oct. 19th; examples of this will be produced by Walker Place. Orson Wells’ 1941 drama Citizen local theaters this fall: “Romeo and Kane, Dec. 21st; and the 1963 Mystery/ Register online or call

Juliet” (Guthrie) and “Hamlet” (Park Adults 55+ Thriller Charade, Sept. 21st. Register Square). Please join us for discussions 612.668.4828. Four sections online or call 612.668.3767. Cost is on two Thursdays, October 12 and offered: (Note, Washburn and $12.95 plus tax, tip and beverage. 19, respectively. Class is free, but you Nokomis programs have two Please pay your fee at Pepito’s. Special must register by calling 612.668.3767. topics each - Nuclear Security and Bonus, You can bring a friend for free. Class held at Nokomis Community Afghanistan & Pakistan talks are Meet at Pepito’s Parkway Theater, Library, 5100 34th Ave. S. at Nokomis, Latin America and Petroleum talks are at Washburn 4814 Chicago Ave. S. at 11 a.m. Nokomis Library 2 Thursdays Library). Hale 4 Thursdays Oct 12-Oct 19 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Sept 21-Dec 21 11:00 am-2:30 pm Free $12.95 at the door Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall NEW Streetcar Era 4 Tuesdays Oct 3-31 Minnehaha Falls - of the Twin Cities 10:00 am-11:30 am Free A Rowdy History Find out the story of the Twin City Minnehaha Falls is one of Rapid Transit Company from its Walker Place, Minneapolis’ most famous landmarks earliest days, through its heyday in the 3701 Bryant Ave S. but in the early 20th century it was years before and immediately after 4 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 2 the site of mayhem, scandal and World War 1. Discover the reasons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Free neighborhood battles. Join Karen it eventually surrendered to the Cooper, local historian, as she shares automobile. Transit historian, John Nokomis Library, the history of the falls that includes Diers, will discuss the geography of 5100 34th Ave S 2 Fridays Nov 10-17 sideshows, illegal saloons, dance the Twin Cities streetcar system 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Free halls and carnivals. Learn how the as well as its history, operations, falls changed from a rural wonder economics and the rebirth of the Washburn Library, to a rowdy tourist attraction to a light rail. Co-sponsored by Van Cleve 5244 Lyndale Ave S. family-friendly neighborhood park. Seniors. Class will be held at Van Cleve 2 Fridays Dec 1-15 Class held at Nokomis Library, 5100 Park, 901 15th Ave SE. Register online 10:00-11:30 am Free S 34th Ave. Register online or call or call 612.668.1100. 612.668.3767. Van Cleve Park 1 Thursday Nokomis Library 1 Thursday Oct 5 10:00 am-11:15 am Nov 2 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Free Free mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 61 Minneapolis Southside Singers If you are over 55 and like to sing, you are invited to join this chorus, which has more than 50 members. Their repertoire includes music from the ‘30s and ‘40s, patriotic music, show tunes, spirituals, dance numbers and vaudeville-style skits. New members are always welcome. This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the MN State Legislature. For more information, call 612.729.4984. Rehearsals held Creative Activities at Trinity Lutheran Church of Creative Gel Printing Drawing: Minnehaha Falls, 5212 41st Ave. S. Try a fun, quick method of making Zentangle & Leather Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha colorful prints with gel plate printing. Create leather masterpieces like Falls 15 Mondays Prints can be used as backgrounds bracelets or key chain fobs by Sep 11-Dec 18 1:00 pm-3:00 pm on paper art, or fabric can be printed drawing Zentangle patterns on top $20/year and used in mixed media projects. of beautifully painted leather items. Combine this class with the Mixed Zentangle patterns are easy to learn Mixed Media Art Journal Media Art Journal class in the and draw and are fun and relaxing. with Zentangles Use a variety of papers, including afternoon for a full day workshop of Combine class with Zentangle: papers you printed in the Creative fun. Bring a sack lunch. All supplies Creating Gifts class in the afternoon Gel printing class, to create a simple provided for $5 supply fee. Register and have a full rewarding day of mixed media journal. Start adorning online or call 612.668.2219. Class held art making. Bring a sack lunch; $5 pages with your personal creations at Creekview Recreation Center, 5001 supply fee. Register online or call and journaling during class. Learn a Humboldt Ave. N. 612.668.2219. Class held at Creekview few new Zentangle patterns to draw in Recreation Center, 5001 Humboldt Adults 55+ Adults Creekview Recreation Center your journal. All supplies provided for 1 Monday Ave. N. Oct 16 10:00 am-12:00 pm $5 supply fee. Register online or call Creekview Recreation Center $19 612.668.2219. Class held at Creekview 1 Monday Recreation Center, 5001 Humboldt Nov 13 10:00 am-12:00 pm Drawing: Creating $19 Ave. N. Zentangle Gifts Creekview Recreation Center Use your own hand-drawn beautiful Make a Holiday 1 Monday repetitive zentangle patterns on Pop Up Card Oct 16 12:30 pm-2:30 pm personal and home decor 3D items Join us to learn the basic skills $19 like purses, pendants, wood boxes, needed to create your own fabulous place mats, or pumpkins. Create holiday pop up card. You will learn the excellent gifts for the upcoming necessary tips, tricks and techniques holidays. $5 supply fee. Register to make cards that will impress your online or call 612.668.2219. Class held friends and they will not believe that at Creekview Recreation Center, 5001 you made it yourself. All supplies Humboldt Ave. N. will be furnished to make a great Creekview Recreation Center Thanksgiving card. This is only the 1 Monday beginning to a wonderful skill to allow Nov 13 12:30 pm-2:30 pm you to continue to make these unique $19 cards. Class held at at Bethel Church, 4120 17th Ave. S. Register online or call 612.668.3767. Bethel Church 1 Tuesday Nov 14 10:00 am-11:30 am $15 62 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Painting: Paint Our Feathered Friends Defensive Driving and Their Nests Create a beautiful original acrylic painting of a sparrow or robin Defensive Driving: in its nest. Delve into creating a 4-Hour Refresher Class lightweight canvas using sheeting Review your driving skills, and gesso, learning brush strokes and understand current laws and gain the adventure of using feathers as tips on defensive driving. After brushes. Even if you haven’t painted the initial eight-hour course, you before come and have fun with the only need this four-hour course step by step instructions. All levels every three years to renew the welcome, supplies provided. $15 10-percent discount on your auto material fee collected at first class. insurance. A discount certificate is Class held Bethel Church, 4120 given upon completion. 17th Ave. S. Register online or call 1 Wednesday 612.668.3767. Henry Nov 1 4:30 pm-8:30 pm Bethel Church 4 Tuesdays $20 Oct 3-Oct 24 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $40 Defensive Driving: Northeast 1 Saturday 8-Hour Initial Class Oct 21 10:00 am-2:00 pm Photography: Intro Review your driving skills, learn $20 to Flash Photography current laws and get tips on Pratt 1 Saturday Enjoy honing your skills as you receive driving safely. After completing Dec 2 9:00 am-1:00 pm practical instruction, and use of top- the course, receive a certificate $20 of-the-line camera accessories to get for a 10-percent discount on auto Adults 55+ Roosevelt 1 Wednesday the perfect photo. This class is perfect insurance. There will be a break; Oct 18 4:10 pm-8:10 pm if you have taken a CE Digital SLR 1 bring a snack if you wish. $20 or 2 class. Please bring your camera, manual and flash, if you own one, to Edison 1 Wed/Thu Roosevelt 1 Monday all classes. Additional flashes available Nov 15-16 5:00 pm-9:00 pm Nov 13 4:10 pm-8:10 pm $20 for in-class use. Register online or $25 call 612-668-4828. Class held at West Henry 1 Mon & Wed Southwest 1 Wednesday Photo, 21 University Ave. N.E. Nov 6-8 4:30 pm-8:30 pm Nov 15 5:00 pm-9:00 pm $20 West Photo 3 Wednesdays $25 Nov 1-Nov 15 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Roosevelt 2 Wednesdays Waite Park 1 Tuesday $35 Oct 11-18 4:10 pm-8:10 pm Sep 19 10:00 am-2:30 pm $25 $20 Photography: Shooting Southwest 2 Wednesdays Waite Park 1 Thursday Fall Colors in Minneapolis Oct 12 10:00 am-2:30 pm Venture outdoors to shoot photos Nov 1-8 5:00 pm-9:00 pm $20 of peak fall colors in Minneapolis at $25 various parks and lakes. This class Waite Park 1 Tue & Thu Washburn 1 Monday is designed for those with a digital Nov 14-16 10:00 am-2:30 pm Oct 16 4:00 pm-8:00 pm camera with interchangeable lenses. $25 $20 Register online or call 612.668.4828. Washburn 2 Mondays Washburn 1 Monday First class held at West Photo, 21 Oct 9-16 4:00 pm-8:00 pm Nov 20 4:00 pm-8:00 pm University Ave. N.E. $25 $20 West Photo 4 Wednesdays Oct 4-Oct 25 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $39

Find us on Facebook! facebook.com/MplsCommEd mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 63 Elder Enrichment Catholic Eldercare Main Street Armchair Travel Lodge, 909 Main St. N.E. Northeast Minneapolis Gustavus Adolphus To register, call 612.362.2450. Lutheran Church 27th & Johnson Street NE (across the street from the fire station), St. Paul’s Historic Fellowship Hall, downstairs. Pre-register by calling 612.668.1590. Irving Park Suggested donation of $2 at the door. Within sight of downtown and only a block off West Seventh Street, Irvine Park is one of St. Paul’s oldest Ireland & Canada Join Howard Root as he shares slides showing traditional sights of Ireland neighborhoods. Located near the as well as hidden sights in Northern Ireland. Then, it’s on to Saskatchewan Alexander Justice Page House and built in western Canada and then Quebec in the East. Find out the connection around a lovely park, its old houses between these locations and what Howard discovered on his journey to tell an interesting story of settlement, connect with his family roots. development, change and historic preservation. Gustavus 1 Tuesday Oct 24 1:00 pm-2:30 pm 1 Monday Sep 11 China 1:30 pm-3:00 pm Free The birthplace of Taoism, soccer, Tai Chi, gun powder, and the magnetic compass, China is a dynamic and ever changing country that also Poetry: Classics in English celebrates its countless traditions and rich history. Come explore the A classic poem may be thought of as Great Wall, Eastern China, and some of the recent cultural and political one widely recognized for artistic or changes that have occurred since the 1990’s. historical significance, one that has Gustavus 1 Tuesday Nov 28 1:00 pm-2:30 pm withstood the test of time. Professor Lawrence Moe will discuss what makes a poem classic, with an emphasis on South Minneapolis Hosmer Community Library joyful appreciation. 36th St. & 4th Ave. S. Pre-register by calling 612.668.2740. 1 Monday Oct 2 Suggested donation of $2 at the door. 1:30 pm-3:00 pm Free Going back to Cambodia

Adults 55+ Adults Mike served in the military in the Vietnam War and was in Cambodia in 1936 Berlin Olympics: 1970. He has been back to explore Cambodia three times in the last ten The Nazi Games years. Come hear him share his experiences through pictures and stories. The 1936 Olympic Games are notorious for the tightly controlled image the Hosmer Library 1 Tuesday Oct 17 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Nazis presented to the world. But these Games also became a blueprint for Roman Empire Visit some of the cities of the Roman Empire. Walk through the Vatican future Games that is followed to the City, St. Peters Basilica, Sistine Chapel. See the sites of the First Olympic present day. Take a look at the history Games from 8th Century B.C. Visit the city of Ephesus see Library of of the Olympics and the complicated Celsus. Take a trip to the top of Mount Vesuvius. legacy of the 1936 Games. Hosmer Library 1 Tuesday Nov 21 1:00 pm-2:30 pm 1 Monday Nov 6 1:30 pm-3:00 pm Free Van Cleve Park Preparing the Way: Brugge, Belgium… The Venice of the West Advent of Art Enjoy the beautiful medieval city of Brugge, Belgium, often referred to as Using the texts assigned for the Advent the “Venice of the West.” View the 13th century buildings, miraculously season, this presentation highlights untouched by World Wars I and II, still standing along the canals that lead the New Testament fulfillment of Old to the sea. Learn about the Belgium ABCDs of Art, Beer, Chocolates, and Testament promises and prophecy. Diamonds. Co-sponsored by Van Cleve Seniors and Pratt Community See the stories of the Annunciation, the Education. Class held at Van Cleve Park, 901 15th Ave. SE. Visitation, and John the Baptist in this Register online or call 612.668.1100. richly illustrated lecture. Van Cleve Park 1 Thursday Dec 7 10:00 am-11:00 am 1 Monday Dec 4 1:30 pm-3:00 pm Free

64 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Head to Toe Fitness Enjoy doing exercises designed to improve your strength, coordination, balance, flexibility, and endurance. This evidence-based program is the best prescription for maintaining independence through the senior years. The certified instructor offers exercise options while seated or standing; use of some equipment in class. Attend either/both sessions each week. Pre-registration required online or by calling 612.668.2219. Class is held at CommonBond -Shingle Creek Commons, 4600 Humboldt Ave. N. Shingle Creek Commons 10 Tue & Thu Oct 10-Dec 14 1:00 pm-2:00 pm $19

Lifelong Fitness Take part in easy chair aerobics and Fitness Alexander Technique low-impact exercises to help improve for Seniors your posture, bone density, balance Get introduced to the Alexander and joint mobility. Register online or Adults 55+ Stretch and Balance Technique, an educational discipline call 612.668.1100. Gain flexibility, strength and that will help you coordinate your better balance through low-impact Pratt 8 Tuesdays whole body efficiently in everything conditioning and stretches. This Oct 3-Nov 28 8:30 am-9:30 am you do: walking and climbing stairs, $34 is a mixed level class. Individual driving the car, gardening, or working attention is provided, and is not for Pratt 8 Thursdays at the computer. The moves you those needing private lessons or Oct 5-Nov 30 8:30 am-9:30 am do should alleviate neck, back and one-on-one therapy. Students must $34 hip pain. Register online or call demonstrate an ability to follow 612.668.2740. Class held at Kenwood directions, while working at their Apartments, 700 Douglas Ave. personal level within the structure Safety Disclaimer: of the class. Movements are done Kenwood standing and on the floor. Please bring Apartments 6 Saturdays There is an inherent risk Oct 7-Nov 18 3:30 pm-4:30 pm a floor/yoga mat. Students should of accident and injury $19 have medical knowledge of what they in any activity. It is the can and cannot do. Senior discount Fun & Fitness 55+ responsibility of the available. Enjoy fun, simple routines that participant to be aware that Waite Park 7 Wednesdays combine aerobic conditioning there are assumed risks in Oct 4-Nov 15 1:00 pm-2:00 pm with strengthening and stretching participation. Minneapolis $39 exercises to increase your flexibility, Public Schools (SSD #1) range of motion and heart health. assumes no responsibility Register online or call 612.668.3100. for injuries received during Class is held at Linden Hills Park, 3100 activities. Any changes in W. 43rd St. No classes on October 31 & participants’ activity level November 23rd. should be done under the approval and direction of Linden Hills Park 8 Tue/Thu their physician or health care Oct 4-Nov 30 1:00 pm-2:00 pm No class Nov 7 $40 provider.

mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 65 NEW Yoga: Chair Yoga Learn gentle yoga sequences that will strengthen major muscle groups, increase respiratory function, release tension and relax your mind and body. Must be able to comfortably transition from standing to seated position. Wear comfortable clothes, and refrain from eating before class. Mats are available. Class is held at Fuller Park, 4800 Grand Ave. S. Register online or call 612.668.3450. Tai Chi Tai Chi Advanced Fuller Park 8 Tuesdays Improve flexibility and balance Continue to improve flexibility and Oct 3-Nov 21 12:00 pm-1:00 pm using Tai Chi, a program originally balance using Tai Chi, a program $35 developed for people with arthritis. originally developed for people with Fuller Park 8 Thursdays Learn a 12-movement form to gain arthritis. Build on 12-movement form Oct 5-Nov 30 12:00 pm-1:00 pm better control of your health and to gain better control of your health $35 improve your quality of life. Wear and improve your quality of life. Wear loose clothing and closed-toe shoes loose clothing and closed-toe shoes Yoga: Gentle 1 that grip the floor. Class held at Fuller that grip the floor. Prerequisite: Tai Focus on slow movements through Park, 4800 Grand Ave. S. Register Chi 1 or previous experience with Tai seated, standing and restorative online or call 612.668.3450. Chi. Class is held at Fuller Park, 4800 poses that include proper alignment, Fuller Park 8 Thursdays Grand Ave. S. Register online or call breathing and relaxation techniques. Oct 5-Nov 30 9:45 am-10:45 am 612.668.3450. Wear comfortable clothes. Bring a mat $29 Fuller Park 8 Thursdays if you have one. Oct 5-Nov 30 8:45 am-9:45 am Lake Nokomis Community Center, Tai Chi & Qi Gong 1 Free 2401 E. Minnehaha Ave Pkwy. Improve flexibility and balance Tai Chi Easy Register online or call 612.668.3767. using sun-style Tai Chi and Qi Gong Find out why Tai Chi is called “moving 6 Tuesdays Oct 17-Nov 21 exercises. Learn a 12-movement form meditation” in these 60-minute 3:15 pm-4:15 pm $25 Adults 55+ Adults to gain better control of your health classes that vary between sitting, and improve your quality of life. Class standing and slow (tai chi) walking. Bracket Park, 2728 S 39th Ave. Register online or call 612.668.3767. will be held at Van Cleve Park, 901 Class held at Our Lady of Peace, 5426 10 Thursdays Oct 5-Dec 14 15th Ave SE. Register online or call 12th Ave S. Call 612-668-3767 for 12:00-1:00 pm $45 612.668.1100. more information. Van Cleve Park 6 Fridays Our Lady Fuller Park, 4800 Grand Ave. S. Oct 6-Nov 10 10:30 am-12:00 pm of Peace 6 Mondays Register online or call 612.668.3450. $25 Oct 2-Nov 20 9:45 am-10:45 am 8 Tuesdays Oct 3-Nov 21 $25 1:00 pm-2:00 pm $35 Tai Chi & Qi Gong 2 8 Thursdays Oct 5-Nov 30 Build upon what you’ve learned Tai Chi for Health 1:00 pm-2:00 pm $35 of sun-style Tai Chi and Qi Gong Improve flexibility and balance exercises. Prerequisite: Tai Chi & using Tai Chi, a holistic approach to Qi Gong 1 or instructor permission. harmonizing body, mind and spirit. Class will be held at Van Cleve Park, Learn a simple 12 movement form to 901 15th Ave SE. Register online or gain better control of your health and call 612.668.1100. improve your quality of life. Register Van Cleve Park 6 Fridays online or call 612.668.2219. Class held Oct 6-Nov 10 9:00 am-10:15 am at Creekview Recreation Center, 5001 Free Humboldt Ave. N. Creekview Recreation Center 8 Mondays Oct 9-Nov 27 10:30 am-11:30 am $29

66 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Wellness Talks Senior Social & Health Talks at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 2730 E. 31st St, 2nd floor Community Room The event is co-sponsored by Longfellow Healthy Seniors, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Minneapolis Community Education. Blood pressure screenings available from 11:30 am-noon To register, call 612.668.3767

The Future for Medicare, Understanding Loss Medicaid and the & Grief as We Age Shingle Creek Affordable Care Act Tuesday, Nov 21 Tuesday, Sept 19 As we grow older we can experience Commons We face a crisis in health care. While various losses such as mobility, vision, Shingle Creek Commons- more Americans are covered by independence, control, and death of CommonBond Communities health insurance, the individual loved ones. This presentation will 4600 Humboldt Ave. N. insurance market remains in flux focus on understanding the grief Cost is $1 at the door and Congress may end programs like To register, call 612.668.2219. process as we age, as well as finding Medicare and Medicaid. Hear the healthy ways to deal with our grief Sleep: How Your Night discussion to find out what you can and losses. How we adjust and cope Can Change Your Day do. Presented by Tom Beer, President with losses can have a profound of the Minneapolis Regional Retiree Thursday, Oct 12 effect on our lives-both physically Sleep, considered the “Third Pillar Council, AFL-CIO. and emotionally. Presented by Tony of Health” behind diet and exercise, 10:00 am-11:30 am $1 at the door Del Percio, Grief Counselor with

is a widely overlooked component Bradshaw Funeral And Cremation Adults 55+ of our overall health and well- Healthy Teeth, Services. being. It is common knowledge Healthy You 10:00 am-11:30 am $1 at the door that the quantity and quality of Tuesday, Oct 17 our sleep has a direct impact on The health of your teeth and mouth Annual Holiday Party our health, energy levels and can affect the health of the whole Tuesday, Dec 19 productivity, yet our community body. Discover how your teeth change Celebrate the season alongside old is continually operating at sub-par as you age and what you can do to friends and new with a live musical levels due to their constant fatigue. keep your mouth happy and healthy. performance, lunch and door prizes. Learn more in this fascinating Presented by Leah Kinney, a dental 10:00 am-11:30 am $1 at the door and educational discussion with hygienist and oral health educator at Sarah Moe, Board Certified Sleep Delta Dental of Minnesota. Specialist. 10:00 am-11:30 am $1 at the door Bethel Church 10:30 am-11:30 am Nokomis Healthy Seniors at Bethel Church, 4120 17th Ave. S. Health and Wealth: $2 at door. What’s the Connection? Thursday, Nov 9 Building Your Some people say that good health Immune System is the greatest wealth. Join us to Discounts are limited Thursday, Oct 5 Join us to discuss the important discuss some economic factors to one discount per year affecting our health and the role that vitamins and minerals for UCare for Seniors play in our daily diet. Review decisions we make regarding our members. well-being. As we consider areas fruits and vegetables that contain great immune support of concern, we will offer options This is a result of guidelines to redirect your personal plan issued by the Centers for power and adopt healthy habits for health and wealth resulting in Medicare & Medicaid Services, that strengthen your resistant greater personal success. the federal agency that regulates to germs, bacteria and other this and other Medicare irritants. Register online or call 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Advantage plans nationwide. 612.668.2219. 11 am-12 pm

mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 67 Trips, Tours & Events 55+

Exploring - House of Worship Tours St Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church Beavers of the River Mississippi River Geology Come and explore some of Wednesday, Sept 6 Saturday, Sept 16 Minneapolis’ most significant Beavers and humans are the only Twin Cities life is strongly influenced houses of worship. We will visit two creatures in Minnesota that by the geology of the Mississippi River. these sacred spaces to learn significantly alter their environment Join us to learn about the geological about their members impact to suit their own needs. Discover history of the area, how the river has on our community, how they how these ‘animal architects’ shape revealed our ancient past, and how came to exist in Minneapolis and the history of Minnesota and change this specific combination of geology important information about the landscape. And, learn how river has played a role in shaping the Twin their architectural features beavers differ from their lake- Cities. Reservations required by and history. Tour will include dwelling counterparts. Hike the park October 12th. $5. Ages: 16+. Register coffee/treats and presentation with a naturalist to find signs of these online or call 612.668.4828. Class held followed by a guided walking tour amazing creatures. Reservations at West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor of the sacred art, icons and sacred required by September 1. Ages: 16+. Center, 10360 West River Road, spaces in the church. Register Register online or call 612.668.4828. Brooklyn Park. online or call 612.668.4828. Meet Class held at West Coon Rapids Dam West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Visitor Center, 10360 West River 10:00 am-12:00 pm $5

Adults 55+ Adults Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S. Road, Brooklyn Park 55444. Thursday, Oct 19, West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center Enjoying Life Lunch Club 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $10 10:00 am-12:00 pm $5 Wednesday, Oct 4 Explore local restaurants, meet new The Basilica of St Mary Be a Visitor in people and enjoy eating out around Come and explore some of Your Own City town. The group meets the first Minneapolis’ most significant Sept 13 & Oct 24 Wednesday of each month; lunch houses of worship. We will visit Explore all that Minneapolis has and tip is at your own cost. Take these sacred spaces to learn to offer with the director of the turns planning where to lunch the about their members impact new Minneapolis Visitor Center as next month. Register online or call on our community, how they he spotlights the many activities 612.668.2219. October lunch will be at came to exist in Minneapolis and available to local residents and Black Forest Inn, 1 E 26th St. important information about visitors alike. Also, hear more about Black Forest Inn their architectural features where Minneapolis is headed in the 11:00 am-1:00 pm and history. Tour will include next 10 years. Register online or call Pay lunch/tip on your own coffee/treats and presentation 612.668.4828. Class held at Nokomis followed by a guided walking tour Square, 5015 35th Ave S. 55417. of the sacred art, icons and sacred spaces in the church. Register Nokomis Square, 5015 35th Ave S Wednesday, Sep 13 1:30 pm-2:30 pm online or call 612.668.4828. $1 at the door Meet at The Basilica of St. Mary, 88 17th St. N. Register online or call 612.668.2219. Kenwood Apartments, Thursday, Nov 9 825 Summit Av Mpls 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $10 Tuesday, Oct 24 1:30 pm-2:30 pm $1 at door

68 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Stories of the Mississippi Nokomis Healthy Senior Friday, Nov 17 Holiday Party The Mississippi River is an integral Thursday, Dec 14 part of Twin Cities life, and it Join with friends to celebrate the has some amazing stories to tell. holidays with live entertainment, a Learn about our history though the hot lunch and a visit from Santa. A stories of loggers, soldiers at Fort $5 per person donation at the door is Barn Quilt and Winery Snelling, the railroad moguls, and suggested. Co- sponsored by Nokomis Tour of Carver County more. Reservations required by Healthy Seniors and Minneapolis Saturday, Oct 14 November 14th. Register online or call Community Ed Space is limited so Explore amazing works of art known 612.668.4828. Class held at West Coon reserve your spot by calling Nokomis as barn quilts which are quilt patterns, Rapids Dam Visitor Center, 10360 Healthy Seniors at 612-729-5499. drawn to scale and painted on wooden West River Road, Brooklyn Park. Class held at at Bethel Church, 4120 panels and then hung on exterior walls West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center 17th Ave. S. of historic barns. Enjoy viewing the 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $5 Bethel Church 10:00 am-1:00 pm beautiful countryside, dairy and horse $5 donation at the door farms, historic barns, granaries and Waitress at the vintage machinery. Learn about the Orpheum Theatre The Phantom of the history of Carver County, the farms, Sunday, Nov 26 Opera at the Orpheum and the story behind their choice Jenna-a waitress and expert pie Thursday, Dec 21 of quilt patterns. Other attractions maker, dreams of a way out of her This spectacular new production of include local stops at an organic small town and loveless marriage. the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic farmer’s market, enjoying a box lunch A baking contest in a nearby county boasts exciting new special effects, and ending with a winery taste-testing and the town’s new doctor may offer staging and choreography. The and orchard visit. Bus pick-ups at two her a chance at a fresh start, while beloved story and thrilling score- Adults 55+ locations: Parker Skyview Highrise her fellow waitresses offer their own with songs like Music of the Night, and Windom School. Price includes recipes for happiness. But Jenna must All I Ask of You, and Masquerade-will coach bus transportation, lunch, summon the strength and courage to be performed by a cast and orchestra guided tour, wine tasting, tax and rebuild her own life. This uplifting of 52. Transportation is on your own. gratuity. Registration deadline is Oct. musical celebrates friendship, Tickets will be mailed to you. Register 7. Register online or call 612.668.4828. motherhood, and the magic of a well- online or call 612.668.4828. Meet at Bus Pick-Up made pie. Transportation is on your the Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin 8:00 am-3:30 pm $62 own. Tickets will be mailed to you. Ave. Register online or call 612.668.4828. 2:00 pm-4:30 pm $51 Watch on the Rhine Meet at the Orpheum Theatre, 910 at the Guthrie Theater Hennepin Ave. Blithe Spirit Wednesday, Oct 18 6:30 pm-9:00 pm $47 at the Guthrie Theatre Set in 1940, Fanny Farrelly is expecting Wednesday, Dec 27 the arrival of her daughter and family Lake Nokomis It’s summertime in Kent and Charles who have fled Europe due to a role in Community Center Condomine is working on his latest the anti-Nazi resistance movement. Annual Holiday Party novel. As part of his research he and When a Romanian houseguest who Thursday, Dec 7 his wife host a séance with eccentric is a Nazi supporter discovers this, Come to a holiday party that promises medium, Madame Arcati, and invite he threatens to expose them. This to be a warm addition to a winter’s their friends to play along. But the is a timely examination of moral day. Delight in an afternoon of evening takes a supernatural turn obligation, sacrifice and what it means Holiday Bingo and entertainment at when Charles’ deceased first wife to be American. Transportation Nokomis Park. Light refreshments is conjured up and doesn’t plan to is on your own. Tickets will be will be served. Register online or leave. Lighthearted and endearing, mailed to you. Register online or call call 612.668.3767. Event held at Lake this classic is sure to tickle your 612.668.4828. Meet at the Guthrie Nokomis Community Center, 2401 E. goosebumps. Transportation is on Theater, 818 2nd St. S. Minnehaha Parkway. your own. Tickets will be mailed 1:00 pm-3:30 pm $26 Lake Nokomis Community Center to you. Register online or call 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $2 at the door 612.668.4828. Meet at the Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd St. S. 1:00 pm-3:30 pm $26 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 69 Youth & Family Youth...... & . . .Family ...... Whether you’re in the pool, at a park or having fun with a shared passion, thisWhether is family you’re bonding in the time pool, at at its a parkfinest. or having fun with a shared passion, this is family bonding time at its finest. Cooking with Family: Pasta - Make Your Own Learn how to make fresh and tasty Youth & Family pasta from scratch as a family. Leave class knowing how to adjust ingredient ratios to achieve the ideal texture and how to use your current kitchen tools Whether you’re in the pool, at a park to turn pasta dough into multiple shapes (including fettucine, lasagna, or having fun with a shared passion, bowtie, orechiette and others). We’ll enjoy eating family-style and you’ll this is family bonding time at its finest. leave with some new cooking ideas for future meals. There will be a $10 supply fee for each adult and a $5 Astronomy for Families- supply fee for each youth collected Family Parent/Guardian + 1 Child, before class begins. Grades 3-5 Barton 1 Thursday Art Sprouts Have you ever looked up into the Oct 12 5:30 pm-7:30 pm Age 1 night sky and wondered what was out $25 Geared towards the youngest of there? Wondered about the planets artists, this class cultivates cognitive in our solar system and what lies Dance & Music development, fine motor skills, and beyond our Milky Way galaxy? Why for Parents & Tots - Ages 2-3 creative thinking. Little minds and do we have seasons on Earth and Bring your child and explore the

hands will be kept busy with visual why the moon’s appearance changes? ways you can move your body to Youth & Family play, storytelling, and more. Register Join us on a journey through our musical rhythms. The class will help at www.articulture.org with code universe in this interactive, hands-on develop coordination, motor skills “ComEd” to receive $36 member Astronomy class where we’ll explore and imagination. Class is held at rate. Class held at Articulture, 2613 these questions and more. Activities Linden Hills Park at 43rd and Xerxes. Franklin Ave. E. Call 612-729-5151 include creating a basic telescope, Register online or call 612.668.3330. with questions. Astronomy-themed art projects, Linden Hills Park 7 Saturdays Articulture 3 Wednesdays experimenting with light, exploring Oct 7-Nov 18 12:00 pm-12:30 pm Nov 1-Nov 15 8:30 am-9:30 am our moon and the constellations, $35 $36 and even becoming citizen scientists to help real astronomers with their Ballet, Hip Hop & Modern Art Together research. Dance Foundations Ages 3-4 Waite Park 8 Saturdays & Imagination This is the third level of age- Oct 14-Dec 9 10:00 am-11:30 am Ages 4 1/2 - 6 appropriate curriculum that $59 Use your imagination and a range of encourages creative young minds dance movements, including ballet, and active hands. Participants will Cooking with Family: hip hop and modern dance. The class increase knowledge of basic art Curry Creations ends with a performance. Class is concepts and terminology. Register Get hands-on with your family and held at Linden Hills Park at 43rd at www.articulture.org with code awaken your palate in this Indian- and Xerxes. Register online or call “ComEd” to receive $54 member inspired class. Learn the basics of how 612.668.3330. rate. Class held at Articulture, 2613 to create a custom curry spice blend Linden Hills Park 7 Saturdays Franklin Ave. E. Call 612-729-5151 from scratch. Learn how to make Oct 7-Nov 18 1:10 pm-1:50 pm with questions. sauces with your curry spice to add to $35 Articulture 3 Wednesdays grains, starches and vegetables. We’ll Nov 1-Nov 15 11:00 am-12:30 pm enjoy eating family-style and you’ll $54 leave with some new cooking ideas for future meals. A $10 supply fee per adult and $5 per child supply fee will Find us on Twitter! be collected before class. twitter.com/mplscommunityed Barton 1 Tuesday Oct 24 5:30 pm-7:30 pm $25 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 71 My Preschooler and Me: Nature For Curious Kids: Insect Investigations Fall Leaves Discover nature with your preschooler Make a play date with nature and through activities, crafts and outdoor your little one. This month go on a exploration. This month get to know hike through the beautiful fall leaves, all our little bug friends by learning see if you can name the colors, and about their bodies and finding them even play in the fallen leaves. Stay for in the field. Reservations required by an hour or all morning. Reservations Monday prior. $5/child; Ages 3-5 plus are required by the Tuesday prior. adult. Register online or by calling Cost is $5; both child and adult pay. 612-668-4828. Meet at West Coon Children 1 and younger are free. Ages: Creative Dance, Rapids Dam Visitor Center, 10360 0-6 with adult. Register online or call Movement & Stories West River Road, Brooklyn Park. 612.668.4828. Class held at West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center, 10360 Ages 3 - 4 1/2 West Coon Rapids Dam Get a great introduction to dance, Visitor Center 1 Tuesday West River Road, Brooklyn Park. movement and imagination as you Sep 12 10:00 am-11:30 am West Coon Rapids Dam $5 and your child explore all the ways Visitor Center 1 Thursday you can move your bodies. Class is Oct 12 9:30 am-12:00 pm $5 held at Linden Hills Park at 43rd My Preschooler and Me: and Xerxes. Register online or call Squirrels and Chipmunks Discover nature with your preschooler 612.668.3330. Nature for Curious Kids: through activities, crafts, and outdoor Birds of a Feather Linden Hills Park 7 Saturdays exploration. This month learn all Make a playdate with nature and your Oct 7-Nov 18 12:35 pm-1:05 pm about those furry critters who like to little one. This month learn all about $35 visit the bird feeders and climb trees; the birds that stay all winter and the you might even spot one. Reservations birds that migrate, see a feather up Family Movie Night Enjoy a classic movie and socialize required by Monday prior. $5/child; close, and help feed the birds. Stay for with your family and friends. Pizza, Ages 3-5 plus adult. Register online or an hour or all morning. Reservations popcorn, and refreshments will be by calling 612-668-4828. Meet at West are required by the Tuesday prior. served for a small fee. Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center, Cost is $5; both child and adult pay. 10360 West River Road, Brooklyn Ages: 0-6. Children 1 and younger Barton 1 Tuesday Park. are free. Register online or call Sep 19 5:30 pm-7:30 pm Youth & Family Youth Donation at door West Coon Rapids Dam 612.668.4828. Class held at West Coon Visitor Center 1 Tuesday Rapids Dam Visitor Center, 10360 Barton 1 Tuesday Oct 17 10:00 am-11:30 am West River Road, Brooklyn Park. Oct 17 5:30 pm-7:30 pm $5 West Coon Rapids Dam Donation at door Visitor Center 1 Thursday Nature for Curious Kids: Nov 16 9:30 am-12:00 pm My Preschooler and Me: Fish and Friends $5 Gobble and Honk Make a playdate with nature and your Discover nature with your preschooler little one. This month learn all about Northeast 4H through activities, crafts, and outdoor the critters that live in the Mississippi Join the Urban 4H club at Northeast, exploration. This month learn about River. Stay for an hour or all morning. where you can work with members the birds that stay around for the Reservations are required by the on fun projects and go on field trips. winter, and the ones that leave, and Tuesday prior. Cost is $5; both child The club meets two Monday evenings learn about the tastiest bird: the and adult pay. Children under 1 and per month during the school year. To turkey. Reservations required by younger are free. Ages: 0-6. Register learn more, call Lilly at 612-782-0646 Monday prior. $5/child; Ages 3-5 plus online or call 612.668.4828. . Class or Jennifer at 612-788-0062. adult. Register online or by calling held at West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Northeast 5 Mondays 612-668-4828. Meet at West Coon Center, 10360 West River Road, Oct 9-Dec 11 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Rapids Dam Visitor Center, 10360 Brooklyn Park. Free West River Road, Brooklyn Park. West Coon Rapids Dam West Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center 1 Thursday Visitor Center 1 Tuesday Sep 14 9:30 am-12:00 pm Find us on Facebook! Nov 14 10:00 am-11:30 am $5 facebook.com/MplsCommEd $5

72 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Stage Craft: Direct! Write! Perform! Under careful guidance, participants will have an opportunity to create their own performance piece. Through discussion and improvisation, we’ll explore themes that are meaningful in their lives and related to their community, to justice or social causes. Everyone will have a chance to write, choreograph, direct, act, and/or sing if they so choose. Linking humor and passion, this class is for everyone in your family. So come get loose, silly, and inspired, and make a difference with art! Barton 8 Tuesdays Oct 3-Dec 5 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Parenting $39 Wee Grow Art-Age 2 NEW College Planning Strategies Young artists explore the world of This free 90-minute workshop is designed to help parents and their students visual arts by learning basic concepts avoid costly mistakes that can arise throughout the college admission and and terminology through 2- and selection process. We’ll cover basic facts about financial aid; steps that 3-dimensional art projects. Classes parents and students can take to help save money by using admission and Youth & Family foster cognitive development, small academic strategies; and, discovering funding sources to help pay for their motor skills, and creative thinking. child’s college education and other ways to help minimize out-of-pocket Register at www.articulture.org with expenses. code “ComEd” to receive $36 member Southwest 1 Monday Oct 2 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Free rate. Class held at Articulture, 2613 Franklin Ave. E. Call 612-729-5151 NEW Conducting a Financially Aware College Search with questions. This class is for parents of students researching and applying to college. The first meeting will focus on conventional wisdom and best practices Articulture 3 Wednesdays Nov 1-Nov 15 9:45 am-10:45 am around financing a college education. The second meeting will focus on how colleges themselves make decisions around financial aid and their rationale Zumba for Families for doing so. Instead of relying on general, broad examples, attendees will Zumba is an energetic danced- conduct customized searches based on personal lists of prospective colleges. based workout perfect for kids and Washburn 2 Wednesdays Oct 4-Oct 11 6:00 pm-7:30 pm $25 adults of all fitness levels! Zumba helps develop a healthy lifestyle and Preparing for College: Insider Tips incorporate fitness as part of your A must for parents of college bound students, who will not want to miss family’s lives by making fitness fun. hearing a local expert provide strategies to help families navigate the Classes incorporate key development complicated college process and save tens of thousands of dollars. Planning elements like confidence, self-esteem, ahead and developing a strategy for the college process is crucial to finding memory, creativity and coordination. the right fit and avoiding unmanageable debt. Class will cover common This unique 1-hour class is a perfect mistakes families make in selecting a college, myths about financial aid, and way to work-out with your child and how to significantly reduce your cost. build a relationship based on health Waite Park 1 Monday Sep 25 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Free and fun! Please wear supportive shoes and bring a water bottle. The Single Parent Support Group Barton 9 Tuesdays Participate in an informal, therapeutic support group around the world Oct 3-Dec 12 6:00 pm-7:00 pm of single parenting. Discuss topics like financial success in a one-parent $39 household, being healthy while single parenting, dating while parenting, and co-parenting with the absent parent. Child care provided on-site. Lake Harriet 9 Thursdays Oct 5-Dec 14 6:30 pm-7:30 pm South 10 Tuesdays Oct 3-Dec 12 6:30 pm-8:00 pm $45 $39 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 73 Teens Driver’s Education Classroom Training Receive classroom instruction on driving. The class is open to students age 14 and older. Upon completion, students will receive a yellow card. Behind-the-wheel training is arranged and paid for separately with your choice of provider. Washburn 2 weeks Mon-Fri Sep 18-Sep 29 3:30 pm-6:30 pm $125 Youth Southwest 4 Mon-Thu Oct 4-Oct 25 3:15 pm-6:15 pm Creative Movement $125 Grades K-2 Roosevelt 3 Mon-Fri Come join Ms. Meera for creative Oct 23-Nov 9 3:15 pm-5:45 pm movement with a ballet foundation. $125 This class will teach students the Southwest 3 Mon-Thu building blocks to dance from ACT Preparation Nov 27-Dec 12 3:15 pm-6:15 pm beginning ballet steps to learning Course $125 how to move to different types of Prepare for the ACT college music. During class students will entrance exam by learning test- Washburn 2 weeks Mon-Fri stretch, practice combinations, learn Nov 27-Dec 8 3:30 pm-6:30 pm taking strategies and the structure $125 routines and do their own freestyle. of the exam. Focus on mathematics, The students will have fun exercising, reading comprehension, principles Edison 3 Mon-Thu learning and making new friends! of grammar and science reasoning. Nov 27-Dec 12 3:00 pm-6:00 pm $125 Hale 5 Thursdays Each course meets for 12 hours

Youth & Family Youth Oct 5-Nov 16 6:15 pm-7:15 pm and is offered in cooperation with $35 Advantage Educational Programs. Red Cross Babysitting Please note: no Tuesday class 11/21. Training Release Day Fun South 4 Thursdays Ages 11+ at Barton Sep 21-Oct 12 5:45 pm-8:45 pm Learn leadership, safety, basic When MPS release days roll around, $140 child development, safe play, rescue breathing and first aid. we offer entertaining ways for your South 4 Thursdays child to spend their day. Students Nov 9-Dec 7 5:45 pm-8:45 pm Receive a certificate of completion, spend the morning doing activities $140 textbook and CD. like cooking, yoga, art, gym games Hale 3 Thursdays and more, and spend the afternoon Washburn 4 Tuesdays Oct 5-Oct 26 5:30 pm-7:30 pm Sep 19-Oct 10 5:45 pm-8:45 pm $75 on a field trip. Community Partners $140 also come in for special events and Barton 1 Wednesday theme days. Participants should Washburn 4 Tuesdays Oct 18 9:00 am-3:00 pm bring a lunch. Register online or call Nov 7-Dec 5 5:45 pm-8:45 pm $75 612.668.3585. $140 Barton 1 Thursday 8:00 am-4:30 pm $45 per day Southwest 4 Mondays Nov 2 9:00 am-3:00 pm Sep 18-Oct 9 5:45 pm-8:45 pm Wednesday, Oct 18 $75 $140 Thursday, Oct 19 Barton 1 Friday Southwest 4 Mondays Friday, Oct 20 Nov 3 9:00 am-3:00 pm Nov 6-Dec 4 5:45 pm-8:45 pm $75 Thursday, Nov 2 $140 Friday, Nov 3

74 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Youth & Family Swimming at Southwest Swimming: Parent & Child Ages 3-4 Learn support techniques for moving your child through the water. Learn water entry, bubble blowing, front kicking, back floating and underwater exploration. One adult per child. Bring your child’s favorite bath toy. Child must be potty trained. Fee covers both parent & child. Swimming 1: Introduction Swimming 4: to Water Skills Ages 5+ Stroke Improvement 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 Participants will learn about To complete this level, participants 7:30-8:00 pm $45 entering and exiting the water; how will need to swim underwater three 6 Saturdays Nov 4-Dec 16 to submerge their mouth, nose, and body lengths; survival float on their 12:00-12:30 pm $45 eyes while blowing bubbles; how to front and back for one minute in deep float on their front and back with water; do the front and back glide two support; and more. body lengths; tread water for one 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 minute; swim on their front and back Swimming 7:30-8:00 pm $45 25 yards; and do the breaststroke, butterfly, and elementary backstroke at Northeast 6 Saturdays Nov 4-Dec 9 15 yards. 12:00-12:30 pm $45 Swimming 1: Introduction Youth & Family 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 to Water Skills Ages 5+ 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 8:00-8:30 pm $45 7:30-8:00 pm $45 Participants will learn about 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 entering and exiting the water; how Swimming 2: Fundamental 7:30-8:00 pm $45 to submerge their mouth, nose, and Aquatic Skills Ages 5+ eyes while blowing bubbles; how to Participants will learn about entering Swimming 5: float on their front and back with the water by stepping or jumping from Stroke Refinement support; and more. To complete this level, participants the side; submerging their entire head 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 in water for 10 sec; back float 30 sec; will need to shallow dive from the 6:30-7:00 pm $45 and more. side; glide two body lengths and begin any front stroke; swim underwater 15 Swimming 2: 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 yards; do tuck and pike surface dives; 8:00-8:30 pm $45 Fundamental Aquatics Skills survival float on their front and back Ages 5+ 6 Saturdays Nov 4-Dec 16 two minutes; tread water with two 12:30-1:00 pm $45 Participants will learn about different kicks two minutes; front entering the water by stepping or 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 crawl and back crawl 50 yards; and jumping from the side; submerging 7:30-8:00 pm $45 butterfly, breaststroke, elementary their entire head in water for 10 sec; backstroke, and sidestroke 25 yards. back float 30 sec; and more. Swimming 3: Stroke 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 Development Ages 5+ 8:00-8:30 pm $45 Participants will learn about jumping 7:00-7:30 pm $45 into deep water from the side; rotary Swimming 6: Swimming Stroke breathing; treading in deep water for 1 and Skill Proficiency Swimming 3: min; back float 1 min; and more. Participants must have completed Development Ages 5+ the Level 5 requirements. This class Participants will learn about 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 jumping into deep water from the 8:00-8:30 pm $45 refines strokes in order to swim with more ease, efficiency, power and side; rotary breathing; treading in 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 smoothness for longer distances. deep water for 1 min; back float 1 7:30-8:00 pm $45 min; and more. 6 Tuesdays Nov 7-Dec 12 6 Thursdays Nov 2-Dec 14 8:00-8:30 pm $45 6 Mondays Nov 6-Dec 11 8:00-8:30 pm $45 7:30-8:00 pm $45 6 Saturdays Nov 4-Dec 16 12:30-1:00 pm $45 mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 75 Energize your mind. Activate your body. Teaching Teaching Spark your spirit. Build community.

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76 FALL 2017 Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment mplscommunityed.com Community Education Adult Enrichment Class Locations

1. Andersen 2727 10th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55407 612.668.4215 [email protected] 8 2. Anthony 5757 Irving Ave. S. 17 11 Minneapolis, MN 55419 12 612.668.3330 [email protected] 6 3. Anwatin 256 Upton Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55405 612.668.2478 [email protected] 3

4. Barton 4237 Colfax Ave. S. 13 Minneapolis, MN 55409 612.668.3585 9 1 [email protected] 15

5. Dowling Class Locations 3900 W. River Pkwy. Minneapolis, MN 55406 Call Roosevelt at 612.668.4828. 14 16 4 5 6. Edison 10 18 700 22nd Ave. NE Minneapolis, MN 55418 612.668.1306 7 [email protected] 2

7. Hale 1220 E. 54th St. Minneapolis, MN 55417 11. Lucy Laney 15. South 612.668.3767 3333 Penn Ave. N. 3131 19th Ave. S. [email protected] Minneapolis, MN 55412 Minneapolis, MN 55407 612.668.2219 612.668.4326 8. Henry [email protected] [email protected] 4320 Newton Ave. N. Minneapolis, MN 55412 12. Northeast 16. Southwest 612.668.1922 2955 Hayes St. NE 3414 W. 47th St. [email protected] Minneapolis, MN 55418 Minneapolis, MN 55410 612.668.1515 612.668.3100 9. Jefferson [email protected] [email protected] 1200 W. 26th St. Minneapolis, MN 55405 13. Pratt 17. Waite Park 612.668.2740 66 Malcolm Ave. SE 1800 34th Ave. NE [email protected] Minneapolis, MN 55414 Minneapolis, MN 55418 612.668.1100 612.668.1590 10. Lake Harriet [email protected] [email protected] 4912 Vincent Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55410 14. Roosevelt 18. Washburn/Justice Page 612.668.3330 4029 28th Ave. S. 201 W. 49th St. / 1 W. 49th St. [email protected] Minneapolis, MN 55406 Minneapolis, MN 55419 612.668.4828 612.668.3450 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 77 Four Easy Ways to Register... 1. Online 3. In Person Using your credit card to pay, go If you wish to register in person, to mplscommunityed.com. We simply call sites for office hours. accept Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Online registration begins 4. By Mail Date XX. Mail-in registration is available now. Mail your registration form, check 2. By Phone or money order, payable to Special Credit card payments are accepted School District #1 to the site offering during business hours. We accept the class; see page XX for a list of sites. Discover, MasterCard and Visa.

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Discounts To receive a discount on a class, call the site offering the class. If you are 62 or older, receive Social Security Assistance, Unemployment Compensation, Education for Every Generation or MFIP, you can receive a 25% Learning has no age limit. Wherever you’re at in life, discount on many classes. there’s a Community Education program to suit you. Discounts are not given on supply costs and are not Our Commitment to Quality applicable to classes noted, Minneapolis Community Education takes pride in offering high “no discounts.” quality programming that meets the needs of all learners. We recruit knowledgeable and engaging instructors who care about building community in their classes. If for any reason you are not happy with the quality of one of our Community Education programs, classes or activities, we want to know about it. Please call the coordinating site UCare discounts: (page 77) to share your feedback and we will be glad to work with If you are a UCare member, you you to make things right. may be eligible for up to a $15 CE Information discount on most classes. You must have UCare insurance and Minneapolis Kids Adult Enrichment include your UCare ID number 612.668.3890 612.668.3939 when registering. Some restrictions Providing care to youth in Providing recreation, enrichment may apply. If you are a UCare for grades K–6 before and after and academic programs to adults Seniors or EssentiaCare member, school, on release days, and of all ages and interests. you are eligible for one $15 during the summer. discount per calendar year. Lifelong Learning 55+ If you are a UCare Choices or Youth Development 612.668.4828 Fairview Choices member, you 612.668.3939 Enriching the lives of adults are ineligible for a discount. Giving youth in grades K–12 ages 55 and older through the chance to build self-esteem educational, social and and increase their citizenship, intergenerational opportunities. Refunds academic, and career skills Refunds (minus a $5 processing through positive life experiences. Access Services fee) are given if you call and 612.668.3950 cancel at least three business After School Programs Providing accommodations days before a class. Full refunds 612.668.3939 needed by adults and children are given if we cancel a class. Offering enrichment, recreation with disabilities for effective and academic programs to participation in Community Weather youth in grades K–8. Education programs. Community Education may be Summer Programs Adult Education closed in inclement weather. 612.668.3939 612.668.3800 If you have questions about Providing day and evening Offering GED preparation and closings, please call the class enrichment, recreation and testing, College and Work site or visit . mpls.k12.mn.us academic programs to youth Readiness programs, and math, in grades K–12. reading, writing, English learning, Find us on Twitter! and citizenship classes. twitter.com/mplscommunityed For other adult and youth programs, visit minneapolisparks.org mplscommunityed.com Minneapolis Community Education Adult Enrichment FALL 2017 79 Minneapolis Community Education Davis Center, 1250 West Broadway Ave. NON-PROFIT ORG. Minneapolis, MN 55411 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 93079

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Student Representative Gabriel Spinks Shop Local, Eat Global Series One of the many fun and convenient classes offered by Mpls Community Education Superintendent of Schools Ed Graff Maybe you’re looking for a chance to focus on yourself or to make new friends; an opportunity to master your current skills or tackle entirely new ones; a Executive Director of reason to exercise your body or exercise your brain. Community Education Jack Tamble Whatever it is, we’ve got you covered.

More than 700 classes are Special School District No. 1 Minneapolis Public Schools available this fall. Minneapolis, MN Most classes start the week of October 2 An Equal Opportunity School District Registration begins Aug 29 at mplscommunityed.com FALL 2017