los miercoles, 5-7pm

Descubrir el cáncer y sobrevivir. Ésta clasees para todos que tienen interés en cáncer. Información cómo superar del cáncer y de la depresión. Será un grupo para discutir experiencias, para aprender ideas de la cura nuestras vidas diarias... ejercició para reanimarse, medicinas naturales

Planning meetings for the Midwest French, Francophone & Francophile Festival & Convention set for September 28 and 29 are open to the public at DeLaSalle High School (Nicollet Island) from 5:00-6:30 on Feb. 2 & 16; and March 8.
Enter the school through the door at the far end of the parking lot, the one closest to down town Mpls. A sign inside will tell you what room to look for.

January 19 (Franco-Americans), or separately by appointement on Jan. 20.

Feb. 2 (...

This workshop is for those interested in healing some of the abused landscape we find ourselves in. This healing included returning land to a state more similar to the natural landscape of northern climates while serving utility to creatures who live in the urban area, particularly those of hominid ancestry (who currently have difficulty procuring energy from plants in their immediate surroundings and/or without assistance of oil-based and oppressive technologies) as well as the many...

What is Twitter, and how can you use it effectively to connect with your friends, colleagues, and - for business owners - potential customers? Go from being a novice to a power user by taking this two-hour class from Jay Gabler, associate editor of the Daily Planet, who was voted #1 best tweeter of 2011 by the readers of Vita.mn.

Tuition for this class is $10, but scholarships are available upon request. Register at TheDatabank.com:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/262/donate.asp...

Participants are invited to join Living Proof for a two-day workshop covering the fundamentals of screenprinting. We'll emphasize Do-It-Yourself methods so folks will be able to take their screenprinting skills out into their communities!

The first day, Sunday 1:00-4:00PM we will focus on designing images to print and exposing screens.
The next day, Monday 7:00-10:00PM we will be printing and sharing prints!

By the end of the workshop, participants will make their image...

The mission of this workshop series is to connect with our community and enhance our skills and knowledge about healthy food production and accessibility.

All workshops run from 12-2pm at the Minnehaha Free Space, 3458 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis MN 55406 (on the #7 bus line, near #21, #23 and light rail)

Are you interested in building more resilient, sustainable and just communities? Over three Sunday workshops, FOOD FEBRUARY will merge the theory and practice of food justice...

In this workshop we will build a self-turning compost barrel, ideal for low-maintenance composting at home. After gaining experience building a tumbling composter with the class, you will be able to take home the designs and resource list for building materials. Reduce waste and create nutrient-rich soil for your garden without the hassle of "turning!"

Whether you are just starting to homeschool your children or are just considering this option, this workshop will cover the basics and answer your specific questions about the homeschooling scene in Minnesota. We will discuss the statutory requirements, your options within those requirements, and the broad range of resources and educational philosophies that make up the homeschooling community. Bring your questions and get some answers!

This class is designed as a complete introduction to the basics of maintaining your bicycle yourself. Learning to fix your own bike can save you money, ensure access to reliable transportation, and be a rewarding personal experience to understand how your vehicle functions. Participants aren’t expected to know anything beforehand – the only thing you need to bring is your lovely selves, your bike if you want, and a creative desire to learn!

In addition to providing technical...

The purpose of this class is to build the monetary consciousness based upon the discussions from our initial workshop "Money, Society and the Spirit: Becoming Conscious About Money" and "Money, Society and the Spirit: An Introduction to Becoming Conscious About Money (Part I)"

Contact improvisation, according to wikipedia, is defined as: "a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement improvisation...one of the best-known and most characteristic forms of postmodern dance."

According to my friend Lisa, contact improvisation is "a bunch of [wierdos] rolling around on each other"

I would define contact as a way to develop, through exercises of physical and mental meditation, an...

"Carrie Daklin is mad as hell and doesn't want to take it anymore," begins a column by Ruben Rosario. Want to keep reading? You bet. That's because Rosario always writes with voice, with attitude, with a passion that grabs the reader. Journalism prof Carrie Brown-Smith writes: "Voice doesn’t HAVE TO mean less facts or more ill-informed ranting ... there’s still hard-hitting reporting, but the person behind the story isn’t completely hidden. If anything, the biases they are trying (often to...

This Class will combine chit chat about theories of social change with strictly practical efforts to support Occupy Minnesota activities at the Hennepin County Government Center and elsewhere. The basic deal will be that people who attend class are expected to do something helpful and practical for the cause that next week as well. Classes will focus on figuring out one easy thing that anyone can do that week while coordinating longer term and more comprehensive efforts that are generated...

This class is designed as a complete introduction to the basics of wheel building. We are posting this class late, but if we have sufficient interest we will start the first class with lacing rims. The second class will entail bringing the wheel up to tension and truing it radially and laterally. It is okay if you don't understand what this means we will start at the beginning. No prior knowledge is necessary, however, it will be useful to understand the basics of truing.

We will be...

This ~20 hour course is designed to provide the participants with basic first aid skills, as well as specialized skills focused on protest situations.

Skills taught are patient assessment, treatment for wounds, head/neck injuries, illnesses/allergic reactions, heat and cold concerns, chemical burns, "less lethal" weapons injuries, when to seek higher medical care, and general preparedness for changing or unpredictable situations.

Street Medicine is not only for protesters: the...

This class is designed as a complete introduction to the basics of maintaining your bicycle yourself. Learning to fix your own bike can save you money, ensure access to reliable transportation, and be a rewarding personal experience to understand how your vehicle functions. Participants aren’t expected to know anything beforehand – the only thing you need to bring is your lovely selves, your bike if you want, and a creative desire to learn!

In addition to providing technical...

Enrollment is now active. Feel free to email / tweet / +1 / blog or repost this url so we can get some more signups.

No location has been set but we have options. Before class is officially nailed down to dates I would like to have a meet up with all interested students where we can talk about locations and ideas about what people are looking for in this class. 

This is an experimental course designed to cover all aspects of...

This two day workshop will serve as a basic introduction to the the medium of screenprinting with a focus on do-it-yourself methods. Day 1 we will introduce the process and prepare screens for printing and day 2 we will print. Each participant will have the opportunity to create and print their own 1-color print on paper or fabric. We believe printmaking can be a medium for anyone to speak their mind and tell their stories and we want to help you do this!

We will cover basic design...

Apprenticeship once offered an individual the opportunity to learn a craft from masters of that craft. Nowadays, apprenticeship is difficult to come by, which is precisely why this workshop/class/school/folk festival is being created. The purpose of this workshop/class/school/folk festival is to bring together the skills of old to pass them on to others in an effort to preserve the beauty of not only the craft but the culture of the craft. If you are interested in traditional skills/...

Pre-EMS Academy is an EMT preparatory course offered by the Saint Paul EMS Academy.

The Saint Paul EMS Academy is an Emergency Medical Technician certification program that trains low-income youth (18-24 years) of Saint Paul to become EMTs. We provide all materials free of charge, free tuition, wrap-around supports, and an hourly wage for participants. The EMT curriculum is rigorous, so we have launched Pre-EMS to build the foundation needed for success in the EMS Academy.

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This workshop is sponsored by MacBike, the bike co-op at Macalester College.

This workshop is sponsored by MacBike, the bike co-op on Macalester's campus.

Expressions for Wellness & Effectiveness (EWE) Workshops Mondays 7-9 PM L'Orange Gallery Walker Community UMC, 3104 16 AV S MPLS
First and Third Mon WRITING JAMES LIVINGSTON
Second and Fourth Mon ART JANET COURT
UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER

Come explore the exquisite arts of your magnificent body, invigorate and enliven your being inside and out, sexify the soul's dance from the bottoms of your feet! We will play with a wide variety of belly dancing techniques, from the grace of traditional egyptian cabaret to the depths of heart-thumping tribal to the funktastica of newfangled shenanigans. We welcome your energy and celebrate your input, this will be the most fun way to start your week. All W-T-F dance lovers are welcome, this...

I will be providing a few of the most popular House Dance steps for beginning level students AGES:1-18years old. We will work on movements, as a workshop style and I will give time for each of you to practice and guide each student through the newly-learned step.

*House Dance Nation is a sharing space. The main purpose of House music and dance is to unite all people and make every feel comfortable to let loose and get down in an environment where all feel comfortable. We do not base...

PLEASE CALL RAY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS CLASS - 651-714-0288

RAY will cancel the class if he does not hear from anyone by Monday.

Do movies enrich us culturally or have they become an addiction because we simply don't want tell our own stories anymore and worse yet we don't even want to communicate with each-other? In this effort we will be examining such classics as the Devils General, and anti-war movie from the German point-of-view made in 1955 staring Kurt Jurgens. The...

As radicals of all kinds, we often want things to change, and work toward the change we seek in whatever ways we see fit. What are we trying to change? Is it working? Why do things change when they do? Many of us are also dedicated to continually questioning, to thinking critically, to getting to the root of the problem. Are we doing that to the extent that we could be? What have we accomplished in this generation? When have we failed?

This reading and discussion group is dedicated...

So you've been to any number of demonstrations; organized a few; burned out as an organizer in a neighborhood or in a workplace; had some confrontations with the cops and/or FBI. Now you're thinking about your life. You want to have children; you might already have some; you know you need to earn some money; and yet you don't want to slide into liberal complacency before you turn 30.

This class is designed for you! We'll look at several big topic areas: considering how social...

These workshops will provide participants with a forum to discuss & reflect on the many topics related to radical child raising. Each session will include time for creativity & artistic expression relating to the subject. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BIOLOGICAL PARENT TO PARTICIPATE, anyone who cares about youth are welcome to attend! Child care will be provided and youth are welcome. At least one workshop will include a field trip (for female-identified folks) to participate in the YO...

This intermediate class will build upon the skills taught in the Basic Bike Maintenance class and expand through overhauling an entire bicycle. It's recommended 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. In addition, they will install new cables and housing on brakes and derailleurs as needed, and lubricate/adjust all shifting systems. In full, folks attending this...

This course is for folks who care about reproductive justice and radical politics. We will talk about what makes our radical families work, and how we make decisions that support radical families--not just our own, but all forms and types of radical intentional families around the world.

The reproductive justice movement is a feminist movement to address the social and political forces that constrain family planning choices. Radical family planning is for those who are in the...

Being calm in daily life can often be the difference between performing well and performing poorly. Meditation teaches us to calm our mind, even in the face of adversity and challenges. In this class, we will learn and practice a variety of meditations. Practiced regularly, these meditations help us to cultivate oneness of mind and body and true calmness in daily life.

This will be a 6 week course with field trips (possibly not on class dates) and guest facilitators. This class will teach the basics of what you would need to know to make your organizations or actions more accessible to the Deaf & Hard-of-hearing (D/HH) on a personal level and an organizational level.

The class will include beginners' ASL (American Sign Language), as well as the Foundations of Deaf Culture.

Upon completing this class you should:

-Have the...

Over the last thirty-years we have seen a return of social conservatism within our culture, particularly within our economic policies. This has led to a growing gap between the rich and the poor, to the consolidation of wealth and power in the hands of the few, and to the erosion of the basic infrastructure within urban communities. Why? Many scholars argue that the laissez-faire values that have been resuscitated within American politics have enabled the ruling class to control media...

The instructor has an MFA in Theater with a playwriting emphasis and has produced social/political-minded work in San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Illinois. The class will emphasize techniques for effective character construction as the basis for creating a script, along with fundamental elements such as dramatic conflict, obstacles, and character arc. Specific in-class exercises will be used as well as homework assignments designed to generate material. Suggestions for creative use of...

In this class you will get the basics of running your own business - in whatever area you wish. We cover accounting skills, rules and regulations, marketing and values clarification. Because the class is small, there will be time for individual coaching and discussion

This class will be a book club held monthly during the evening. Day of the week is flexible and can be agreed upon once enough members have joined.

I'm interested in popular fiction, as well as literature and sci-fi/fantasy books. I have a special place in my heart for young adult books, especially young adult fantasy novels and series.

For the first book I suggest I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak. Once several people have joined we can agree upon a meeting time in a few...

UPDATE: The Farm of Minnesota, a CSA farm run by Dan and Donna Moe, will be the source for all of the vegetables used in class. I will be exchanging time on the farm for weekly supplies. To make suggestions for produce, visit the blog called "Source Found." Beginning on September 14th, a Wednesday, the Seward Co-Op will provide a full kitchen for our use! Until then, however, a location is yet to be found.

There are a couple of preconceived notions in the world of "Haute Cuisine." One...

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

This course focuses on basic business skills - how to set up your small business, how to keep track of incomings and outgoings; how and what deductions to take; how to create a marketing plan; what kinds of insurance do you need; and any other aspect of running a small business.

Tuesdays 12- 2pm
June 28 - July 19
Location: 2740- A Louisiana Ave. Louisiana Court

This class teaches hand stitching and sewing machine parts and basic
sewing stitching for creativity.

Phone / email for the class location: 952-933-0411 / nomracc@comcast.net

CONTACT:
1610 Hubbard Ave.
canvas651@gmail.com
651.298.4393

This summer, the Canvas will be offering two powerful, unique programs each and every Thursday evening. First, we'll be bringing back TEENS TAKING ACTION, a series filled with workshops and discussions (and food!) investigating the intersection of community, social justice and the arts, starting each Thursday at 4pm. Then at 6pm, we'll be kicking off our THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE series, a weekly event focused on...

(español abajo) This class can be bilingual. Esta clase puede ser bilingue.

WORKING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE? WHY?
See schedule below.

In this class we will discuss the values that drive us to do this work. Experience of participants and short readings will guide our dialogue. Topics for discussion will include:

solidarity: to and from whom
cultural sensitivity and guilt
empowerment and pity

Childcare will be shared among participants.

¿TRABAJAS...

The Benefits of a Yoga Practice:

-Reduces stress
-Relaxing and energizing
-Creates bodymind awareness
-Strength and flexibility
-Conscious breathing and stretching gives a sense of calm and wellbeing
-Creates receptivity to the imagination, insight, and creative ideas

Goals for the Class:

In each class I will be guiding everyone through an hour of yoga postures, breath work, and meditation so that we can all get a workout, stretch, relax,...

two friends decided to learn lojban over the summer, and they are inviting you to join them!
we plan on starting with reading the lojban reference grammar and the dictionary. later on, we'll read some of the translated lojban texts, and practice speaking when we meet.
if you don't know what lojban is, it's a logical language, constructed to be linguistically perfect. this (theoretically) makes it easy to learn. i encourage you to go here and learn more:
http://www.lojban...

Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:00pm
July 7 - Aug 18

Location: the Students Cooperative on 1721 University Avenue SE
(it's located across the street from the University of Minnesota Bell Museum)

This will be a study group centered around a few core readings: From Garrett Hardin to Elinor Ostrom.

"The commons" refers to resources that are collectively owned or shared among populations. It can include everything from natural resources and common land to software.

I will be providing a few of the most popular House Dance steps for all levels of students especially beginning-intermediate level students. This is not a typical class where I will be teaching house dance routine. We will simply work on movements, as a workshop style and I will give time for each of you to practice and guide each student through the newly-learned step.

*House Dance Nation is a sharing space. The main purpose of House music and dance is to unite all people and make...

So you're online: you have a blog, or a website. Now how do you find your audience? Whether you're looking for like-minded souls to read your writing or share recipe tips or whether you're looking to spread the reach of your organization with a more robust online presence, this class will give you valuable tips and tools to help you find your audience. Topics include:

• How can you use social media to best effect?

• Content: how much is too much?

• How much should you be...

We will read and discuss the recently published books, “Black Bloc, White Riot,” by AK Thompson, and “Anarchism and Sexuality,” edited by Jamie Heckert and Richard Cleminson. We’ll find a way to make copies available cheaply or for free....

Class time to be determined - sadly, the time interface isn't working so it's showing up wrong!

How does science fiction write American history? How does science fiction write racism, slavery, insurrection, rebellion? What is it to be a writer of color writing slavery? What is it to be a white writer writing slavery?

In Butler's Kindred, a working class African-American writer is pulled back through time to a Maryland plantation because of her connection to her white, slave-...

We'll read Marx's Capital vol. 1 as well as supplementary materials including David Harvey's 'A Companion to Marx's Capital' and Harry Cleaver's 'Reading Capital Politically' and perhaps more. This class will be very reading intensive. The details of how much we'll read every week is undecided at this point, but if we intend to finish by the end of the summer we'll have to read around 100 pages a week in addition to the supplementary material we'll be reading. Time and place also...

NOTE: THIS CLASS IS CANCELLED. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING IT IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE CONTACT THE FACILITATOR @ FLUFFYSINGLER@EARTHLINK.NET.

Are plagiarism and copyright still relevant ideas in the era of the internet when everything is available to all of us at any time? We’ll look at the traditions of avant-garde writing over the last 100 years including Dadaism and Beat poets like Tristan Tzara and William S. Burroughs with their “cut up” and collage poems, all the way up to...

This intermediate class will build upon the skills taught in the Basic Bike Maintenance class and expand through overhauling an entire bicycle. It's recommended 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. In addition, they will install new cables and housing on brakes and derailleurs as needed, and lubricate/adjust all shifting systems. In full, folks attending this...

Herbal and Community Approaches to Disasters

When disaster strikes, government response is often slow leaving
victims without help for days. Community preparedness and response is
vital. This workshop will teach you how to prepare. You will practice
some response tactics and learn to seek out recovery resources. This
is an introductory workshop that will provide learning and
preparedness resources and suggestions for further education.
Sometimes...

The intention is to guide you through this weave of artistic mediums for the purpose of opening you up and freeing your creative spirit to swim with confidence in the waters of transformation. There's no ceiling on expression in my classes. My desire is to share this outlandish process with a group of 9 to 12 people who feel the urge to be healthy, pay attention, act silly, be creative, live spontaneously, be heard, seen and create what will be your dreams desire. Yup, it's that easy! It's...

this discussion group would be ideal for people who are either trying to brush up on speaking Swahili or who haven't yet had much exposure to Swahili but are serious about learning (e.g., you have plans to travel to East Africa). for beginners, we can offer some basic materials; however, the learning curve will be sharp.

people who have taken Swahili through St. Paul community education along with a local person who has briefly lived in Tanzania have committed themselves to help form...

Come and learn about how our bodies work on the chemical level. Why do we get diabetes? Why is alcohol hard on your liver? Why is getting burned bad for my skin? I am a medical student, and am trying to bring science to populations of people who would like to learn, but may not do it otherwise. I will go in depth on a number of topics and I will get 'science-y.' For that some amount of basic chemistry or biology experience in your past would be helpful. This will be what you want to get out...

Street Medics have a long history providing emergency first aid at small protests, mass demonstrations, in the wake of natural disasters, and more. We are dedicated to providing free health care, starting with prevention and following through until patients can access definitive care. This 18 hour training will go over basic first aid skills, (such as personal protection, patient assessment, diagnosing illnesses and injuries, splinting, bandaging, etc.)self-care, ethics of first aid, and...

Esta clase está direccionada a la introducción y al mantenimiento completo de tu bicicleta. Aprendiendo arreglar tu propia bicicleta puedes ahorrar dinero, además tendrás un transporte seguro y confiable, también serás una persona capacitada que entenderá como funciona tu vehículo de trasporte. No es necesario que los participantes entiendan de mantenimiento de bicicletas antes de las clases, lo único que tienes que traer es tu persona encantadora, si quieres puedes traer también tu...

Workshop and discussion about the need for an economy based not on growth and markets but on production for community needs. Covers views of the future (possible vs. probable), the collaborative model used so successfully by large corporations, the participatory-collaborative model of Mondragon, and the work beginning now to create a "community-owned economy" here (expanding on Mondragon), with land and agriculture as its base

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...