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Please note: this certificate is currently waitlist only. Indulge your passion for baking with our popular Baking Certificate program! Over ten weeks, you’ll learn the art of baking from professional bakers and beloved community pastry chefs. Every other week, they’ll guide you through their cherished recipes, teaching you the techniques to create mouth-watering treats to...
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

NOTE: This performance is currently waitlist only. Featuring a new casting of the story to truly reflect the diversity of our community!  In this hilarious Holiday classic, two dads struggle to put on a Christmas pageant at the local community center and are faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most awful kids...
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Black Nativity

Penumbra’s gospel re-telling of the Christmas story returns! For over 30 years, Black Nativity has brought together generations of Twin Cities families for a soul stirring, foot-stomping holiday tradition like no other. Director Lou Bellamy and musical director Sanford Moore are again joined by an incredible group of actors, vocalists and dance artists. Let this...
Grades:
High School
Machadka
Shahaadooyinka Machadka
Please note: this certificate is currently waitlist only. Get cooking with our popular Cooking Certificate program! Over ten weeks, you’ll learn from Guest Chefs who are top professionals and esteemed community cooks. Every other week, they will share their recipes and teach you the skills needed to create their signature dishes, which you can take...
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I Am Betty

Betty Crocker has helped shape America’s homes, kitchens, and recipes for over a century. Surprising to many, she was not a real person! As a radio and television personality, a letter-writing confidante, and a relatable icon, “Betty” has impacted multiple generations. Enjoy last season’s runaway hit, and experience this musical treat Star Tribune called, “entertainingly provocative and,...
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Middle School
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Fanka
Musical
Into the Woods centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on...
Grades:
Middle School
High School
Fanka
Theater Experience
Featured Featured Event Series

I Am Betty

Betty Crocker has helped shape America’s homes, kitchens, and recipes for over a century. Surprising to many, she was not a real person! As a radio and television personality, a letter-writing confidante, and a relatable icon, “Betty” has impacted multiple generations. Enjoy last season’s runaway hit, and experience this musical treat Star Tribune called, “entertainingly provocative and,...
Grades:
Middle School
High School
Fanka
Theater Experience
Forget the hustle and bustle—take time to experience the wonder and joy of the holiday season as VocalEssence returns to the Northrop stage. Immerse yourself in new and familiar seasonal favorites, featuring all four inspiring VocalEssence choral ensembles—Chorus, Ensemble Singers, Singers Of This Age, and Vintage Voices—singing together. Mix in harp, brass, piano, and percussion with...
Grades:
Middle School
High School
Fanka
Musical
Into the Woods centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on...

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