Minneapolis Public Schools

This class will provide first-time cruise travelers with essential tips and insights on planning their trip, understanding cruise terminology, and making the most of onboard activities and excursions. We will also cover practical advice for packing, navigating the ship, and maximizing enjoyment while ensuring a smooth and memorable experience.

Go Fly Fishing with Derrick Hanson from "Fish the Driftless"! This five-hour course includes both dry land and on-the-water fishing. Day begins with a one-hour introduction to fly fishing where your instructor will provide an overview of the basics of fly fishing. You’ll discuss the gear, flies, and learn to tie common fishing knots. Following the class is a thirty-minute dry land casting lesson where you’ll learn and practice the basic overhead fly cast. Following the casting lesson, you’ll get fitted with waders/boots and hit the stream where you’ll have the chance to put everything you learned into practice. We provide all the equipment necessary. However, you are welcome to bring your own gear if you would like. Location: Wisconsin, 1-1:30 hr drive from Twin Cities (exact location will be communicated to students prior to event). Cost Per Person: $125 (Plus, one day WI fishing license and trout stamp @ $25) NOTE: Space is limited to 6 participants. If class is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Inspired by her travels and the culinary tradition and landscape of her ancestors, Chef Ann Ahmed invites you to join her on a culinary tour of Laos, by way of story and meal, on the enclosed, tropical inspired Rooftop at Gai Noi. This communal, family-style dining experience will feature an immersive, multi-dish, three-course menu that captures the essence and vibrancy of Laotian cuisine, and will be accompanied by conversation and story with Chef Ann. Please note that to maintain the cultural integrity and authenticity of the cuisine, we regretfully cannot accommodate any dietary restrictions or allergies. Beverages will be available for purchase. Includes dinner and gratuity. NOTE: Ann is nominated for James Beard Award - Best Chef Midwest. Gai Noi is located at 1610 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, MN 55403. If event is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Join neighborhood historian Tom Balcom as we explore the winding streets, impressive homes, and creek environment of the neighborhood originally known as Washburn Park. Learn about landmark sites such as the Washburn Water Tower, the Harry Wild Jones House, Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum (where Justice Alan Page Middle School now stands), and the Minnehaha Creek, parkway, bridges, woods, and trails. The start and end of the tour is the Washburn Library at 53rd and Lyndale. Parking is available on 53rd Street just south of the library. The tour route is 1.5 miles, involves some hilly terrain, and is not ADA accessible. If class is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

NOTE: Please add your names to our waitlist. We will let contact you if a spot opens or if we are able to add another date. Join us at Khâluna for a personal tour of Asia with Chef Ann Ahmed at the helm. In this immersive dining experience and cooking demonstration, guests will have the opportunity to explore the taste, smell, and style of food reminiscent of SE Asia; a culinary adventure transporting guests across oceans and continents alike. This experience will feature a 3-course menu composed of four small plates, four entrees, and dessert that will be shared family style at the table, emblematic of the dining style most popular in SE Asia. Chef Ann will also be leading a cooking demonstration of one of the entrees and sharing her chef tips and tricks as well as her own personal culinary journey. We can’t wait to welcome you into the kitchen! Includes dinner and gratuity. (Additional beverages are available to purchase directly from the restaurant). NOTE: Ann is nominated for James Beard Award - Best Chef Midwest. Khâluna is located at 4000 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409 If event is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Join Jan Grover, longtime Minneapolis Community Education instructor, for a 4.5-hour tour of four independent metro butcher’s shops that can help you up your grilling, smoking, and roasting games! These fine, long-established shops offer personal services, deep knowledge and experience, and hand-cut meats raised locally or regionally. No pre-cut, shrink-wrapped meats here! Each shop’s staff of butchers can custom-cut meat for you, suggest optimal techniques for cooking it, and help you become a better meat cook. Each makes a wide variety of scrumptious sausages and bacons smoked on-site. You’ll drive yourself from site to site, where we’ll meet outside each shop before exploring its meat cases, both fresh and frozen. You’ll find cuts you’ve never seen or used before because these shops cut entire sides of meat animals; the more obscure cuts are frozen after cutting because there’s less demand for them. Some of them are the best!) Because we’re touring in June, remember to bring an insulated bag to keep your purchases cold and safe. Bring your checkbook, if you have one, to save these small shops from the transaction fees that credit cards impose on them. There will be options to buy lunch (sandwiches) at our first two stops. You'll receive an extensive handout on the history and special offerings of each butcher's shop, along with recipes using their meats. We will start at the farthest meat shop and work our way back to Minneapolis. Group meets at Noon on Saturday, June 21at Hagberg's Meats located at 11325 Stillwater Blvd, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. Transportation is on your own. Group size is limited to 10. If tour is sold out, please add your name to the waitlist. We will contact you if a tickets become available.

A unique concoction of raw power, dramatic views, and hands-on fun propels you through Mill City Museum. See 19th-century flour milling machines, view vintage advertising, sit at a huge dinner table outfitted to feed a wheat harvest crew, trace the journey of wheat from farm to market, design your own cereal box, and learn about how wheat milled in Minnesota affected what people eat around the world. Admission includes an 11:00 am ticket for the Flour Tower Experience - Taking place within a freight elevator, this multimedia show travels through eight levels of the building and back through time as you experience the sights and sounds of the workers and machines that made Minneapolis the flour milling capital of the world. Includes a visit to the roof top observation deck for a panoramic view of the Mississippi River and St. Anthony Falls. Mill City Museum is an adventure for the senses. Don’t miss these signature experiences!. Mill City Museum Visitor Guide (PDF) Group meets at the front desk inside the Mill City Museum located at 704 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55401. If tour is sold out, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a tickets becomes available.