
Stories by HOTTEA
The Great Northern and Lake Street Lift have teamed up to present Stories, by Twin Cities-based installation artist Eric Rieger, also known as HOTTEA. The project, a large-scale public art piece inspired by the artist’s conversations with community members who live or work along East Lake Street, features Rieger’s signature street art style and incorporate yarn as a featured medium. The work is a celebration of the stories and experiences of all those who call this area home.

Mack Lecture: James Thornton, ClientEarth
Due to challenges caused by the wildfires in Southern California, this Mack Lecture has been postponed until April 8.
This winter, leading environmentalist and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton, comes to the Walker. An innovator of legal strategies to address climate change and environmental degradation, Thornton will discuss new ways to think about and tackle global environmental challenges. A short, moderated dialogue and Q&A follows Thornton’s presentation.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Sound Bowl Sauna
Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

Midwinter Melt
Play and explore with The Great Northern at Silverwood Park! Indoor and outdoor activities include a live show of Brains On!, kicksledding, illuminated fat tire biking, luminary trails, and campfires for making s’mores.

K’óoben Pop-up
This pop-up by food collective K'óoben brings together some of Minnesota’s most celebrated chefs and mixologists for an unforgettable culinary experience.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: German Aufguss
In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

Learning from Place: Bdote
This event is sold out.
Expand your understanding of the Twin Cities with a guided walk of sites with deep significance to Dakota people. Led by Dakota community members, participants will be encouraged to reconsider their relationship to land, water, sky, and all life—including other humans—through stories and perspectives that are often left out of our state’s history.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: German Aufguss
In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Sound Bowl Sauna
Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Family Day
Join us for a special sauna session that the entire family (5 years and up) can enjoy.

The Last of the Sea Women - Film Screening
This event is sold out.
In The Last of the Sea Women, an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Peering into what drives haenyeo young and old, this moving documentary zeroes in on their tight-knit friendships, savvy independence, and infectious sense of empowerment, unfolding into an uplifting tale of women taking on world powers to protect their beloved ocean and inspiring a new generation.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Sound Bowl Sauna (Sold Out)
This sauna session is sold out.
Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

Floresta: Soundbath
Inspired by trees’ underground communication network, composers/performers Angélica Negrón, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Raquel Acevedo Klein collaborate in an evening of live unfolding soundscapes using voices, violin, plants, flowers, bells, synths, accordion, water, found objects, and mechanical percussion. Floresta also features technology from MIDI Sprout, which will be used during the performance to translate plant biodata into music.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: German Aufguss
In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

Floresta: Soundbath
Inspired by trees’ underground communication network, composers/performers Angélica Negrón, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Raquel Acevedo Klein collaborate in an evening of live unfolding soundscapes using voices, violin, plants, flowers, bells, synths, accordion, water, found objects, and mechanical percussion. Floresta also features technology from MIDI Sprout, which will be used during the performance to translate plant biodata into music.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Poetry Reading with Michael Bazzett and Claire Wahmanholm
Join us for a unique experience during this Open Steam session, as local poets Michael Bazzett and Claire Wahmanholm share their work in a special poetry reading.

The Great Northern Ice Bar
The Great Northern and Minnesota Ice are teaming up to bring you a 50-foot ice bar with a menu curated by Steady Pour—featuring specialty drinks from Minneapolis and St. Paul mixologists, breweries, and distilleries.

Lake Street Mural Tour
Discover the stories of Minneapolis on the Lake Street Mural Tour! This tour, led by Lake Street Council, will take participants to the mural and art installations found along East Lake Street. Perfect for art lovers, history buffs, and anyone seeking a deeper connection to our city and our neighborhood, the tour offers guided insights into the inspirations behind these works of art.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: German Aufguss
In this guided sauna session, sauna guides pour essential oils onto hot stones, creating waves of soothing and aromatic steam. The session is enhanced with rhythmic towel movements, infusing the air with fragrance and intensifying the heat.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Sound Bowl Sauna
Sauna sound bowls is a new Thermaculture™ experience that combines the best practices of sauna steam aromatherapy with powerful sound bowl vibrations designed to activate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: 5k Celebration Steam
Celebrate the conclusion of the 5k winter fun with a discounted Sauna Steam!
Explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Sessions
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

The Great Northern Winter Run (5k)
The Great Northern has teamed up with Fleet Feet to present a 5k winter run. Registration is free. Participants are invited to unwind after their run with a discounted Sauna Village Session.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.

Floresta: Soundbath
Inspired by trees’ underground communication network, composers/performers Angélica Negrón, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Raquel Acevedo Klein collaborate in an evening of live unfolding soundscapes using voices, violin, plants, flowers, bells, synths, accordion, water, found objects, and mechanical percussion. Floresta also features technology from MIDI Sprout, which will be used during the performance to translate plant biodata into music.

The Great Northern Sauna Village: Open Steam Session
Visit our pop-up sauna village in the heart of Minneapolis. Our Community Steam sessions are a self-guided sauna experience. Book 60- to 90-minute sessions and explore various traditional wood-fired saunas, including barrel, backyard, and mobile units, just steps away from the Malcolm Yards food hall.