March

Un grupo de conversación 100% en español, los participantes deberán ser capaces de mantener conversaciones de nivel intermedio a avanzado en español.
Se procurará tener un programa de temas de conversación, aunque éste estará totalmente abierto a temas propuestos por los participantes, lo que es altamente recomendable.
Dentro de los posibles temas a discutir figuran: Geografía de América Latina, la cultura latinoamericana raíces y evolución, política regional y proyección global, relaciones América Latina-Estados Unidos, literatura hispanoamericana contemporánea entre otros.

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Puedes ser la estrella en una producción de títeres!!!

En este taller, los niños van a desarollar las habilidades para contar historias, aprender sobre diferentes tipos de títeres, construir sus propios títeres, y participar en una producción bilingüe de títeres.

Los niños van a presentar el mito sobre creación de los Aztecas. Ellos también pueden crear sus propias mini-producciónes con la ayuda de la facilitadora.

Star in a puppet production!!!

In this workshop, childrens will develop storytelling skills, learn about different kinds of puppets, construct their own puppets, and participate in a biligual puppet production.

Children will present an Aztec creation myth through puppets. They will also have the opportunity to create their own mini-productions with coaching from the facilitator.

Thu, 03/24/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 04/07/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 04/28/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 05/12/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Thu, 05/19/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM

5/19 - Producción final en el GYMNACIO. Todos son invitados!!!
Final production in the Gym. All invited!!!

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Las uñas son un arte para cada mujer represental que tan eficiente somos. Hay que cuidar las manos ya que estas delatan de edád y hay que cuidar la vanidad de cada una.

El horario VERDADERO (REAL) de clases ES EL SIGUIENTE:

Sat, 03/12/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 03/19/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 03/26/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 04/02/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 04/09/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 04/16/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00
Sat, 04/30/2011 - 11:00 AM - 12:00

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Mantenimiento de vehículo basico. La teoria pero más práctica. Incluye Tune-up, Frenos, Cambio de aciete.

HORARIO:

Los Domingos a las 4 a 6 PM.

03/13
03/20
03/27
04/03
04/10
04/17
04/24

05/08

No habrá clase el 05/01 por motivo de festivál Mayday.

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El horario VERDADERO de clases ES EL SIGUIENTE:

Mar, 03/08/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 03/15/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 03/22/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 03/29/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 04/05/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 04/12/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 04/19/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 04/26/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 05/03/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar, 05/10/2011 - 6:30 - 7:30 PM

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En el transcurso de 1 hr. hacemos un calentamiento después pasamos a trabajar con bailes sociales tales como salsa, merenge, cumbia etc., así como también, danza folklorica mexicana.

Los Martes 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

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This intermediate class will build upon the skills taught in the Basic Bike Maintenance class and expand through overhauling an entire bicycle. It's recomended that students have taken the Basic class or have a similar beginning familiarity with bicycle repair. Participants will take apart, clean, and repack all bearing systems, including hubs, headsets, and bottom brackets. In addition, the will install new cables and housing on brakes and derailleurs as needed, and lubricate/adjust all shifting systems. In full, folks attending this class will learn how to perform a complete tune-up/overhaul of a bicycle. Participants will work with the same bike through the class, in order to see the complexities and intricacies of one specific bicycle. Note: All class participants will fix up SHOP BIKES during this class! Bikes fixed up will go into one of Sibley's many community programs designed to promote biking!

The class will be 4 Thursdays: Mar 3, 10, 17, & 24 from 6-8:30pm each day.

Please contact me with any questions!

Micah

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This will be a quick workshop on how to adjust your derailleurs.

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Calling all youth-workers, education rabble-rousers, social justice educators, EXCO fellows, free schoolers, home schoolers, de-schoolers, un-schoolers, re-schoolers...what is your vision for education? Share it with us!

Our intention with this class is to create a space to learn together about various forms of alternative, democratically based education. By that we mean schools or other sites of learning (EXCO, for example!) that are re-defining what it means to be educated. We mean educational spaces that are specifically centered on self-directed learning, youth governance and development of students ability to think & learn outside the classroom. We will explore schools & projects here in the Twin Cities that are intentionally structured to give students a voice in their own education. We will be structuring the course as a discussion group – a space to workshop ideas, share thoughts and revelations, and attempt to answer some of these questions together. As facilitators, we will try our best to foster a climate of curiosity and learning - you can expect us to prepare readings, share our experiences in the traditional public school setting, and lead discussion – but we are not experts, and what this class/group becomes very much depends on those who are present! In the spirit of EXCO, we invite you to join in a collective learning experiment – we will see what we can learn together.

Over the course of this group, we will work together to come to a better understanding of alternative ways of learning & "doing" school. Topics and discussions could take many different forms, and will be determined by group interest. Facilitators will provide readings/videos/topics for the first few weeks.

Questions we might explore:

What is the purpose of education, and what are the goals of “becoming educated”? To what extent does our current system achieve this aim?

What is learning and where does it happen?

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NOTE: THIS CLASS WILL START MARCH 11!!!!!

Fridays, 6:30 – 8:30pm

Knox Presbyterian Church: 1536 Minnehaha Ave W, St. Paul 55104

It’s Friday night. Your school week is over; you're done with mosque; or maybe you’re getting the kids ready for bed; or maybe it’s time to put on your hottest drag outfit because you’re going to the club.

But then you remember that first – it’s time for Dinner Theater. This is the moment where you come have the most delicious meal ever, with amazing people, while DIVING into performance as a way to explore vulnerability and creativity.

Woah.

This is a group to practice pushing at our limits – to jump into action, to role play, to sculpt each other, and in the process find energy and possibilities we couldn’t imagine before. We want to step into vulnerable places, confront insecurities, and tap into our brilliance, through acting out what’s fresh and at our edges.

No one’s an expert in this. We’ll be bringing some theater games and practices but we will all be teachers, spontaneously learning and experimenting together. Most of all we will bring our stories, our bodies, and our voices (whether spoken or otherwise), and play out the questions.

And the other important element: food! For participants that are able, we will invite you to contribute a meal to the class, and use our delicious dinners as motivation and another tool for exploring community with each other.

Some example questions:
Have you ever experienced pure joy?
Faced a situation that always makes your afraid?
Where do you see community struggling?
Are there histories and cultural stories we carry with us?
What would it mean to destroy the self?

Let’s practice communication, compassion, and a community consciousness while having fun

Love,
Rigo and Jason

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This course is a full season introduction to growing vegetables in a community garden. We will begin meeting in mid March to begin planning the garden and ordering seeds. Through the growing season, class participants will share the work and the bounty. The aim of the class is for participants to finish the season with the skills and confidence to start their own gardens next season.

Ideally, participants will be committed to being involved in the care of the garden for the entire season. Of course, a benefit of sharing a garden with a group is that the work is shared and there's always someone to cover for you if you go out of town.

This class is being hosted by the Minnehaha Avenue Community Garden. The class will benefit from being in a community garden, as we can see a very diverse set of approaches to growing vegetables in nearly identical plots of soil.

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Do you love the idea of creating Art but don't know where to start? Are you already drawing or painting and want to improve? Do you feel proficient but strive to grow? Then this is the class for you!

"How to Find Your Own Style" is a class is for those who are looking to increase their technical knowledge while learning methods to attain more creativity in their work. You will discover how to master the fundamentals and explore new directions, all while lessening the anxiety associated with them. This is an excellent class to take before you take your next workshop with any other artist!

This class will focus on instruction, demonstration and discussion. Bring your laptop or notebook so you can take notes, ask questions, understand concepts. If you'd like to bring an example of your work for critique, please do.

This class is intended for artists of all levels.
This class is intended for adult students.

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Participants in the class will learn about food,
culture, and language through cooking workshops and group
conversations.  Facilitators will share some of their own knowledge and skills, but we encourage participants to share their own knowledge of other languages and methods of cooking. The class will be very interactive and hands-on.  

People who love to eat or cook will enjoy the class. Participants who speak languages other than English are strongly encouraged to participate. However, no special skills are required to be in the class and we welcome all participants regardless of skills or experience cooking. If you would be interested in leading one of the classes, start to
think about a type of food you know how to cook and would like to
share with the class.  We'll base the class around the skills and
interests of the people who decide to participate.  We may have a few
guest cooks as well!

Participantes aprenderán de comida, cultura y lenguaje por talleres de cocinar y conversaciones de grupos. Facilitadores compartirán su propio conocimiento, pero formentamos que participantes comparten su propio experiencias en otros lenguajes, culturas y métodos de cocinar. La clase será muy interactiva y experiencial.

Personas que encantan a concinar o a comer les gustará la clase. Participantes que hablan otras idiomas aparte de inglés son fuertamente formentados a participar. Sin embargo, no habilidades especiales de cocinar son necesarios y todos participantes son acogidos. Si haya personas que les intersen a demostrar una receta para una clase, empiece a pensar sobre un tipo de comida que sabe a concinar y que le gustaría a compartir con la clase. Construiremos la clase sobre la habilidades y los intereses de los participantes. Tendremos unos concineros invitados también.

Mon, 03/07/2011 - 6:00 - 8:15 PM
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 6:00 - 8:15 PM
Mon, 03/21/2011 - 6:00 - 8:15 PM
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 6:00 - 8:15 PM
Mon, 04/04/2011 - 6:00 - 8:15 PM

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A family-friendly reading group. We will read kid's books from a critical socio-political perspective followed by loosely facilitated discussion focusing on hearing the ideas and perspectives of young people. Suggested titles include: The Lorax by Dr Seuss, The Story of Colors by Subcomandante Marcos, and The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch and Michael Marchenko.

Only children under 10 need register. Most titles will be targeted for ages 3-7 but may change based on attendees. All ages are welcome. Caregivers are encouraged but not required to attend.

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Basic Electronic theory as it relates to sound and audio. This will be a beginner class and will focus on projects.

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"Demanding the Impossible", in addition to doing just that, will also meet and discuss the book by Peter Marshall with the same name. In addition to discussing the text, we hope to also make connections from the theoretical concepts and historical developments discussed in Peter Marshall's book to the current day and even our own organizing.

The book is long (~700 pages), but is written in an approachable style and is thoroughly subdivided. The plan is to collectively edit the syllabus during the first class meeting, deciding what sections of the book we will discuss based on the interests of the class.

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Information on the book from the publisher:

"Navigating the broad 'river of anarchy', from Taoism to Situationism, from Ranters to Punk rockers, from individualists to communists, from anarcho-syndicalists to anarcha-feminists, Demanding the Impossible is an authoritative and lively study of a widely misunderstood subject. It explores the key anarchist concepts of society and the state, freedom and equality, authority and power and investigates the successes and failure of the anarchist movements throughout the world. While remaining sympathetic to anarchism, it presents a balanced and critical account. It covers not only the classic anarchist thinkers, such as Godwin, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Reclus and Emma Goldman, but also other libertarian figures, such as Nietzsche, Camus, Gandhi, Foucault and Chomsky. No other book on anarchism covers so much so incisively.

In this updated edition, a new epilogue examines the most recent developments, including 'post-anarchism' and 'anarcho-primitivism' as well as the anarchist contribution to the peace, green and 'Global Justice' movements.

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The premise of course is that our future is not only ecological but
indigenous. We will be looking at not only the Six Nations Confederacy,
but several other cultural and political powers in the western
hemisphere including the Hopi, the Ojibway, the Inca, the Maya, Aztecs
and many others. One of the goals of this course will be to not only
push the envelope but get rid of the envelope. No discussion of our
problems or potentials is possible without our indigenous center.Mondays 6-8PM

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Saturday, March 27, 10:30 am to noon
Merriam Park Library,
1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul

This workshop continues a discussion about the COA concept--its rationale and how to implement it.  What is under consideration is the beginning of a road to a 21st-century, high-tech subsistence economy, an economy that eventually can replace jobs oriented to ‘the market’ with work meaningful to a community.  

  (Each workshop stands alone; no previous attendance needed)

Presenters: Wilhelm and Leslie Reindl

Sponsored by Wilderness Connections, St. Paul
FFI alteravista@usfamily.net, 651-633-4410

Wilhelm grew up on and ran a small dairy farm in southern Germany in the 1960s; Leslie was a board member of the Minnesota Food Association in the 1990s and has been active in agricultural issues ever since.  They live in St. Paul but also own and garden on an ex-dairy farm in Wisconsin.

This class will build upon the skills taught in the Basic Bike Maintenance class and expand through overhauling an entire bicycle. Participants will take apart, clean, and repack all bearing systems, including hubs, headsets, and bottom brackets. In addition, the will install new cables and housing on brakes and derailleurs as needed, and lubricate/adjust all shifting systems. In full, folks attending this class will learn how to perform a complete tune-up/overhaul of a bicycle. Participants will work with the same bike through the class, in order to see the complexities and intricacies of one specific bicycle. Note: All class participants will fix up SHOP BIKES during this class! Bikes fixed up will go into one of Sibley's many community programs designed to promote biking!

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Clases gratis! Guarderia disponible con previa registracion

Lugar: Corcoran Park, 3334 20th Ave S, Minneapolis
Fechas: Todos los Miercoles de 6:00 A 7:00pm desde el 3 de Marzo.
Para Insripcion, mayor informcion oguarderia contactar a Jessica al 612-812-6282

EXCO Academia Comunitaria es una organizacion inspirada por el derecho de libre acceso a la Educacion, el saber a todos nos ayuda por igual, no te lo guardes, compartelo! Tienes ideas o quisieras participar contacta a maria al 612-669-1422.
 

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Want to learn how to get information out of the federal, state and local governments? Join a workshop facilitated by Twin Cities Indymedia, with special experts in the field explaining how government record works, and how to get the info out.

Tuesday March 23rd

With presentations from citizen information activist Rich Neumeister & data practices expert Don Gemberling.

Tuesday March 23
5:30-7:30pm
U of M West Bank, Blegen Hall 140
map: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/BlegH/

This class will include discovery and implementation of ways that will help you to uncover and get rid of old patterns of emotional and physical trauma.

Emotional and physical trauma do not completely disappear when an event is finished. How we remember (or think about) these traumas determines the reality that we create. The body "remembers" these traumas at a cellular level and if similar traumas arise our nervous system already has a "built in" reaction called a neural pathway. This is why we have what some call an "automatic reaction".

We will explore the use of techniques that can help us to change these automatic reactions and gain..................

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Do you want to grow radical social movements?  Do you want skills for chronicling and fighting injustice in the Twin Cities?  Do you want to add mediamaking tools to your toolbox?  Then you can be more than a citizen journalist - you can be a radical movement mediamaker.  If this could be you, then, this March: [dramatic movie voiceover voice; cut to montage] Join activists across the Twin Cities metro area in connecting movements and leveraging our power.  Three participatory class sessions will culminate in an optional fun community event at which participants can present their collective work, which will also be featured on www.tc.indymedia.org.

Because this is NOT simply a "citizen journalism" course, participants should have an interest/investment in social justice activism and a general agreement with the Indymedia mission statement and principles of unity (found below and at http://twincities.indymedia.org/page/info).

Also note that this course will go beyond completion of the final session.  We want people like you to be better equipped to continue having fun making radical media for the benefit of Twin Cities Social movements.  We want you to stay involved with telling the stories that reflect our communities.  Radical media does not bring justice by itself, but is a role all freedom fighters can and should take a turn at filling. Join us and help make it happen!

We intend for this class to be an intergenerational space committed to anti-oppression practice, including but not limited to the challenging of white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, classism, and transphobia.

About Twin Cities Indymedia:

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The term culture jamming comes from broadcasting terminology for jamming the airwaves and involves ways of making your own media to counter the media messages we see every day. We’ll look at the history of culture jamming, including the Situationists International and the Yippies from the 1960s, feminist zines from the 1980s and 1990s, to the current practice by the Yes Men and Reverend Billy.  We’ll watch movies, have discussion, and participate in some low cost/low tech (but potentially high visibility) culture jamming of our own as well as discussing some current theories of culture jamming.  Some light reading (less than 15-20 pages per week) will be given.

Class meets 7-9:30, Thursdays from March 18 - April 15th in 430 Blegen at the University of Minnesota.

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