It's Back to School time at Growing Explorers Learning Center! Join us for our Enrollment Open House on Wednesday, August 28th from 4:30-6:30pm.
We offer a play-based learning curriculum that stimulates the natural curiosity in each child and helps them develop a love of learning. Our programs create safe and loving learning environments where children grow in all areas of development: social, emotional, cognitive, and physical. Read more about Enrollment Open House
Rasaboxes: Tuesday, October 15, 6-8:30 PM, Ages 16+, $99 (early bird special $79, ends on September 1st 2019)
Curious about this contemporary directing technique? This class is geared toward experienced directors who would like to add new techniques to their tool kit. Actors who are curious about Rasaboxes are also welcome to come and explore. Taught by Kristin N. Fox, MFA in the Merrill Black Box Theater. Read more about Rasaboxes: Directing Master Class
Staging for Theatrical Production: Tuesday, September 10, 6-8:30 PM, Ages 16+, $99 (early bird special $79, ends on September 1st 2019)
A workshop covering the basics of staging, composition and blocking for proscenium, thrust, arena, and immersion. Taught by Barbe Marshall Hansen, MFA in the Merrill Black Box Theater. Read more about Staging for Theatrical Production: Directing Master Class
Looking for high quality education for your kids that exercises their creativity? Send them to MAC’s multidisciplinary arts camp! It’s a great opportunity for them to test out a wide variety of arts disciplines with skilled, experienced teaching artists. Offer your kids a chance to check out new skills in music, dance, visual art, and acting. Aftercare available!
Tap for Musical Theater: Thursdays September 5-October 10, 8:15-9:15 PM, $96
Attn: Cross-trainers! If you’re looking for a great workout that doesn’t seem like a workout, come tap with MAC! This class is for people who have taken some tap in the past and have a basic vocabulary. Beginners/Early Intermediates who are interested in putting their skills to use are welcome here. Brush up on your steps through combination work. Read more about Tap for Musical Theater Classes
Intro to Tap: Thursdays, September 5-October 10, 7-8 PM, $96
Zumba not doing it for you? Take a tap class and sweat without realizing it! For the true beginner! Break down the pieces of tap dance at an easy pace and start to put together some of the basics. Read more about Intro to Tap Dance Classes
Looking for high quality education for your kids that exercises their creativity? Send them to MAC’s multidisciplinary arts camp! It’s a great opportunity for them to test out a wide variety of arts disciplines with skilled, experienced teaching artists. Offer your kids a chance to check out new skills in music, dance, visual art, and acting. Aftercare available! Read more about MEA Arts Sampler Camp
Woodbury Days, the city's biggest and most beloved summer festival, returns to Ojibway Park at the end of the month for its 41st year. Organizers report that, last year, almost 300 businesses participated in the event and more than 30,000 people attended. Check online for a detailed schedule of events, but don’t miss some perennial favorites: the business fair, the bingo tent, the petting zoo, the Taste of Woodbury, the beer tent…you get the idea. Party on, Woodbury. We’ll see you at the park! Read more about Woodbury Days
Preserve, cultivate and celebrate the rich Irish heritage along the Mississippi River by delving into authentic dishes, listening to live music and watching Irish dancers perform. All proceeds go to the Minnesota Irish cultural community and the supporting new immigrant groups through the help of the Legacy Fund. Read more about Irish Fair in St. Paul
Rock out with the Shaw Brothers or grab your kids for a pontoon ride. Read more about Lakefront Days in Prior Lake
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