SPPS Community Education offers a variety of classes designed for adults with developmental disabilities to explore interests, meet with peers, have fun and learn new skills!
School Age Child Care
Where families learn & grow together.
1/2 Day Nature-based Pre-K
Take an entertaining tour that proves crime in the Saint Paul gangster ear wasn't just for men. Shine a spotlight on the women including: Edna Murray(the Kissing Bandit of the Karpis/Barker Gang), Nina Clifford, Kathernie Kelly(wife of Machine Gun Kelly), Ma Barker, and more. And we'll celebrate a few women on the right side of the law, too.
Cynthia Schreiner Smith is an actor/writer/filmmaker who has been conducting tours in St. Paul since 1998. In 2020 she formed her own tour company, CynCity Tours doing walking Gangsterland tours, haunted Summit Ave tours, history and haunted tours of Union Depot and much more. In 2011, she and husband Bick Smith co-produced the short documentary-style movie “Gangsterland” about the gangster history of Minnesota. She recently co-authored the book “Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang in Minnesota” which was released in 2020.
CynCity Tours
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