St. Louis Park Community Education

A single night workshop covering the classics dances of Waltz, Foxtrot and Rumba. All designed to have you gliding together across the dance floor. Weeknights have never held such possibilities. Couples only please. Register just one person per couple.

Love the movie? Learn those fun Barbie moves to this the inspiring dance with its upbeat disco track by Dua Lipa and “Dance the Night” away. No partner needed for a night of fun.

Learn how to make basic knit stitches and how to read a pattern. You will complete a hat and learn how to make a square that can grow into a scarf, afghan, or whatever you want! Please click here for the material list.

This fun event is hosted by the St. Louis Park Senior Program. Join us for a birthday celebrations! Everyone is welcome and if your birthday month is being celebrated, your name will go into a drawing for a free gift. Enjoy treats and entertainment. See old friends, meet new ones, and have a fun filled afternoon. We invite everyone to attend and bring a friend to celebrate with us! This event is FREE and no registration is required. October 18 Entertainment: Loose Rock November 15: Veteran's Celebration with Colleen Heibler February 21: Big Stoop Band April 17: Minneapolis Aquatennial Performers June 26: Satin Dolls August 21: TBD October 16: TBD December 18: TBD

Glitter, sequins, and jewels, oh my! We will be-dazzle all the art projects we craft in this camp. We'll make tons of sparkly projects including; bracelets, glittery snow globes, and a jewelry box. We will even glitter-fy our fingernails! The kids will learn different art terms and techniques as they work with air-dry clay, Model Magic, watercolors, and more dazzling art supplies. The students are welcome to bring their own age-appropriate music to camp so they can listen to their favorite tunes while they bling it on! Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your student each day.

Grab a pint and a slice and get ready to get started on the path toward home ownership! If you have been wondering where to get started or whether it is even possible for you to own a home, this is a good first step. Here's what we'll cover: • From start to finish--the steps involved in buying your first home. • The financing process. • Down payment and closing cost assistance available to first-time homebuyers. • Whether it makes sense to buy now or later. • Your home search, putting in an offer, and strategies for being a competitive buyer in a changing market. • The roles your lender and realtor play in helping you become a homeowner. Home ownership is an incredible opportunity—and we are here to get you started! *Pizza and beverages provided by Jodi Williams and Randi Livon

All levels welcome. The YEL Teach It!…Practice It!...Play It! method keeps chess students progressing with 60+ chess lessons and thousands of puzzles as well as guided games and an end-of-week in-class tournament. Class fee includes ChessKid.com membership for the session. Battle summer brain drain...sign up today.

In this fun, hands-on class, you will be guided step-by-step in recreating this classic dish known for its diverse flavor profile. Learn to properly prepare and build the flavor profile of an authentic sweet, salty, sour and spicy Pad Thai sauce. Perfect for entertaining; WOW your friends and family with a new found signature dish at your next dinner party! You will be provided an ingredient list and a link prior to class. Join us online! This class is offered virtually and you can choose to cook along with Mimi or watch as a demonstration. You will receive an ingredient list and a link prior to class. This class is held in partnership with multiple Community Education programs.

Open to anyone wanting to work on their cigar boxes or other crafts. Bring your materials and enjoy the community at Lenox! $2/day, Non Member $1/day, Member

{YEL!} Coding Micro:Bit® Robotics For 4-8 grades Build It! Code It! Move It! all with the Micro:Bit robot and coding platform. Students will construct and code robots to move, sense their environment, participate in challenges, and more using Micro:Bit. Designed for 21st Century learners in grades 4-8. If your son or daughter is interested in robotics, sign up for Coding Micro:Bit® Robotics today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}. Micro:Bit® is not affiliated with {YEL!} nor does it endorse this program.

Collette Travel offers expertly designed, guided trips and we're partnering with the St. Louis Park Senior Program to show you the world! Join us at this travel show where we will highlight our next two trips and answer all of your questions about these trips and traveling with Collette. Pacific Northwest & California Travel dates: April 14 - 21, 2024 Registration deadline: Friday, October 13, 2023 The tour begins in Seattle, Washington, the "Emerald City", where you'll meet the group and explore the historic Pioneer Square, Pike Place Market, and take the ferry across Puget Sound to on your way to Mount St. Helens. You'll journey through the Willamette Valley, Redwood National Park, and end in San Francisco before returning home. 8 days, 11 meals Iceland's Magical Northern Lights Travel Dates: October 7 - 13, 2024 Registration Deadline: Monday, April 8, 2024 Fly to the land forged by fire and ice where steaming lava fields and massive glaciers sculpt mountains and valleys leaving thundering waterfalls and plunging fjords. The tour begins by exploring the city Reykjavik then an evening cruise in search of the aurora borealis, known as the northern lights! You'll also tour the Golden Circle, Thingvellir National Park, Lava Exhibition Center, Skogar Museum, the Blue Lagoon and more! 7 days, 11 meals Shades of Ireland Travel Dates: March 20 - 29, 2025 From history-filled Dublin to the rolling green hills and dramatic coast, experience Ireland's charms on a journey through the Emerald Isle. Alaska Discovery: Land & Cruise Travel Dates: August 13 - 24th, 2025 Traverse the Pacific Coast by land and sea aboard one of Holland America Cruise Lines' lovely ships on a breathtaking journey that takes you from Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Do you need help with your phone, laptop, iPad or any other technology? Stop by Lenox Community Center with your device and meet with a St. Louis Park High School National Honor Society student to receive help! This is a drop-in only session and you can meet with a student helper for up to one hour.

Whether writing a poem, delivering a monologue, doodling, or getting lost in a meandering conversation, creativity is all about trust, courage, saying yes to life, and following your heart! Yet, why is creativity so hard to access? Why do we fear our most authentic self and voice? Why and how do we get in our own way? What cuts us off from our creative flow, our life force? Please join us for: Creativity As An Act Of Love; heart-centered creative work-outs to explore the relationship between love and creativity, including the common blocks and obstacles to its natural flow and rhythm and how to cultivate your own heart centered creative practice. Combining intuitive painting and on-spot writing with simple creative warm-ups guaranteed to open your heart and blow your mind, this workshop will help you reconnect, remember, and befriend your inherent creativity in order to keep it close to your heart and flowing for a lifetime. Dress comfortably! This workshop takes you through a series of simple, present moment practices to revitalize, recharge, recognize, and embody your inherent creativity as a source of abundance, vitality, and love. We’ll also discuss intentional and inherent creativity and how to nourish both through practice and creativity prompts across the genres to explore on your own.

Current research shows lifestyle and diet have a big effect on HOW the brain ages. Cognitive function, which covers all aspects of perceiving, thinking and reasoning, CAN improve. And the very good news is no matter what your age there are things you can begin to do today to improve how quickly and effectively brain cells communicate with each other. We’ll discuss which ‘superfoods’ reduce the damaging effects of toxins and inflammation on the brain and which nutrients are great for memory, attention, processing information and reducing stress. You will learn simple, easy to implement strategies to help your brain stay healthy and alert. Join us online! This class will be held online using Zoom. Upon registering, you will receive information to access the class. Simply follow the provided instructions on the day and time of class and Janice will lead you through the class from the comfort of your own home! This online class is held in partnership with multiple Community Ed programs.

Launch and watch your very own rocket speed 300 feet into the air! Then it is yours to take home! Students will make and take home multiple rockets of varying difficulty throughout this session. We will use these rockets and airplanes to investigate basic aeronautical concepts including: propulsion, thrust, lift, drag and more. We will also hypothesize about travel in outer space, how to get a United States astronaut to Mars and life on Mars. Do you have the right stuff? Please visit YouthEnrichmentLeague.com for more information. NOTE: Parents will be asked to contribute two, 2 liter soda bottles (empty) for 2 different experiments. Fee includes $25 materials fee.

Everyone is born with the natural ability to access intuition. This class will help you reconnect with your inner voice. You will learn easy, practical steps that you can use in making everyday decisions. Here's what a participant had to say: "Very informative & fun! I feel like I got a lot of information. I'd recommend it to others." Join us online! This class will be held online using Zoom. Upon registering, you will receive a link to access the class. Simply click the link on the day and time of class and Victoria will lead you through the class from the comfort of your own home!

Join in an evening of self-discovery, artistic expression, and empowerment; learning the method of making and consulting SoulCollage® cards. This workshop is for anyone who wants to engage in a fun, transformative, empowering process in which you create your own personal deck of collaged cards using recycled images, your intuition and your imagination, SoulCollage® is innately satisfying for the soul, which is eager to create and express its many facets. In our time together you’ll make 2 cards, briefly learn about the four suits (based on SoulCollage® founder Seena Frost’s method) and delve into the practice of reading your cards to support and guide you in daily life. Surprise, synchronicity and the sacred will emerge from these self-created allies, mentors, and challengers.

Safeway Driving School has been graduating teen drivers in the Twin Cities area for 50 years. Safeway's focus is creating safe, responsible teen drivers. Classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons emphasize defensive driving techniques tailored for the inexperienced teen driver while targeting to influence the invincible teen attitude. All Safeway's instructors are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Class Instruction prepares the student to take the Minnesota permit test and begin the responsibility of driving. The 30 hours of classroom is structured into 10 independent lessons. If a student misses a lesson, they can make up that exact lesson number at the next session or at one of Safeway's other classroom locations. After class is completed, students who are 15 years old are eligible to take their permit test at any Minnesota exam center. The permit test is not provided during the class. Behind-the-wheel instruction includes six hours of driving in three, two-hour private lessons. All driving is done in a Safeway car on city streets, highways and freeways with a responsible, licensed Safeway instructor. Safeway recommends students take their first lesson 2-3 weeks after receiving their permit card and after 5 hours of practice driving. Students have one year after completing classroom to finish their behind-the-wheel lessons. Scheduling is offered online for 24/7 convenience. All of Safeway's cars are white with identical graphics so parents and students are confident that it is a Safeway car picking up the student for a lesson. Students can get picked up for their behind-the-wheel lesson from home, school or work. Parent involvement is required to produce safe, responsible teen drivers. It is critical that parents practice regularly with their student drivers. The state requires that students have a minimum of 50 hours of practice (15 hours at night). Parent classes are offered monthly at Safeway's nearby classrooms. Cost of the teen package is $425 and includes the classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons, and all materials. Pay in full upon registration or choose the payment plan: $255 payable to SLP Community Education upon registration and $170 (two payments of $85 each) payable to Safeway at the behind-the-wheel lessons. More questions about the curriculum or driving education? Contact Safeway at: safewaydrivingschool.com or 651-351-9150 *Minnesota Afterschool Advance Eligible* visit mnafterschool.org to apply.