Minneapolis Public Schools

Learn basic hand sewing techniques including several stitches to do your own mending: stitch up a rip, sew on a button, put on a hook and eye, place a patch or darn those holes. Come as you are – all learning materials are provided. Once the class is full, join the waiting list. When we have enough people waiting, we will open a second section of this class.

An introductory class for the home owner who wants to understand how electricity works in the home and do simple repairs themselves. The instructor will discuss safety procedures when working with and around electricity. Students will learn about the different types of wire, circuit breakers, light switches, and wall receptacles and how to replace them. Information will be presented on tools needed and testing devices, their uses, and how to test circuits.

If you long to create beautiful, tasty hearth and Pullman pan loaves, here’s the class for you! Join a circle of bread-loving bakers and Jan, a bread baker since 1968, in your quest for sourdough perfection! Class consists for 4 in-class sessions, with a week break between weeks 2 and 3 so you can bake up a storm at home. You’ll acquire a community of fellow bread-baking enthusiasts and a solid grounding in the basics of bread making: grain berries and flours; bolted and whole-grain; gluten and its development; baker’s percentages and scaling; home milling; working with those dark horses, rye and pentosan; maintaining and reinvigorating starters; using commercial yeast; stages of building bread dough: autolyse, fermenting, retarding, shaping, scoring, baking; free-form bread baking equipment: baking vessels, domestic hearth stones, stand mixers, Brotforms, &c: resources on bread history, techniques, global bread traditions. Some materials provided but you'll be given a list items for you to bring to class and use at home as well. Expect to spend $50-$60 for these additional items if you do not have already. These include: bench knife bowl scraper 2-L round Cambros with lids, or equivalents (available at best prices @ Costo Business Ctr—two-pack of 2-L Cambros is currently $12.99) digital scale round banetton or wicker basket with liner or flour-sack cotton towel Danish dough whisk or (for home) stand mixer baking vessel: Lodge Combo Cooker or baking stone plus cover straight-sided .5L and .25L Weck jars for starter parchment paper (for home) bottom-heat source: heating pad, seed-starting pad, Raisenne, or other mild heat source for fermenting dough USA Pans or Chefmate 9” Pullman pan (if making Pullman bread interests you) lame (I recommend Breadtopia’s $11.99 lame) If class is full, please enroll for the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available or we are able to add additional sections.

Improve your coordination, musicality and core strength and flexibility while learning intermediate steps of belly dance. Materials fee is used to purchase a set of 2 1/4 inch finger symbols to keep. If you already have cymbals, please select the price option without the materials fee. This class is priced on a sliding fee scale. Please pay the price you are able. This helps to ensure that Community Education can provide quality opportunities for all of our participants.

Fresh Strawberry Coffeecake; Cocoa Brown Rice Bowls with Berries and Struesel; Rhubarb-Raspberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuits; Peanut Butter Blackberry Bars accented with a sprinkle of flaky salt. Cost includes a $15 supply fee. Discounts are on tuition only. Call 612.668.4828 to register with a discount.

This is a non-separating class (child and parent together for entire class). We’d like to welcome families from Afghanistan who have newly arrived to Minnesota! Our class provides families with a space to connect and share with each other their experiences and ideas on parenting. Together with our ECFE teacher, you and your child will have the opportunity to play and learn in an enriching early childhood classroom that centers your unique experiences. ECFE classes are priced on a sliding fee schedule based on family income. Please choose the fee that best fits your family budget. A 10% surcharge will be applied to fees for Non-Minneapolis residents.

This is a separating class (child and parent spend time together and apart). We’d like to welcome families from Afghanistan who have newly arrived to Minnesota! Our class provides families with a space to connect and share with each other their experiences and ideas on parenting. Together with our ECFE teacher, you and your child will have the opportunity to play and learn in an enriching early childhood classroom that centers your unique experiences. ECFE classes are priced on a sliding fee schedule based on family income. Please choose the fee that best fits your family budget. A 10% surcharge will be applied to fees for Non-Minneapolis residents.