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The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1
May
2
to May 3

The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1

Using the symbology of our shared past to look forward into an uncertain future of climate change, this supergroup concert debuts the first material generated through The Meta Simulacrum, an interdisciplinary, alternate-reality digital platform designed by composer William Brittelle. The performance features newly composed songs for an electro-acoustic ensemble of dynamic musical polymaths.

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Climate Solutions Lunchtime Series: Climate Justice
Feb
4

Climate Solutions Lunchtime Series: Climate Justice

What would climate justice look like, how do we get there, and who gets to decide? One answer is that it looks like, depends on, and must include all of us. In this panel, a mix of national and local activists and organizers will share their variations on that theme, through stories of “We the People” climate action centering Indigenous, conservative, racial-justice, and civic-political philosophies and approaches.

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Climate Solutions Lunchtime Series: Future Streets
Feb
3

Climate Solutions Lunchtime Series: Future Streets

Autonomous vehicles are coming over the next ten years and will require different kinds of streets and infrastructure than we have now, with positive environmental and social impacts. The Minnesota Design Center at the University of Minnesota, supported by a National Science Foundation grant, has been exploring what our future streets may look like. Tom Fisher, Joseph Hang and Java Nyamjav share their work in a highly visual presentation.

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Le Goût d’un Pays (The Essence of a Country): drive-in viewing & director Q&A
Feb
2

Le Goût d’un Pays (The Essence of a Country): drive-in viewing & director Q&A

A drive-in viewing of Le Goût d’un Pays (The Essence of a Country) followed by a Q&A with the director and a cast member of the film. Presented by Alliance Française MSP, in partnership with Arts Midwest, MSP Film Society, Québec Government Office in Chicago and The Great Northern.

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On Being with Krista Tippett and J. Drew Lanham: radio broadcast
Jan
31

On Being with Krista Tippett and J. Drew Lanham: radio broadcast

Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, New York Times bestselling author, and National Humanities Medalist Krista Tippett interviews poet, teacher, birder and conservationist J. Drew Lanham, author of The Home Place—Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (Milkweed Editions) for a special episode in partnership with The Great Northern.

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Josh Fox: The Truth Has Changed (2021 edition)
Jan
29
to Feb 1

Josh Fox: The Truth Has Changed (2021 edition)

Tracing the arc of misinformation and propaganda in the United States from 9/11 to this year’s elections, theater maker and Emmy Award–winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker (Gasland) Josh Fox offers a riveting solo performance that confronts us with the truth about the climate crisis in a “post-truth” world.

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On Being with Krista Tippett and J. Drew Lanham: podcast episode release
Jan
28
to Feb 7

On Being with Krista Tippett and J. Drew Lanham: podcast episode release

Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, New York Times bestselling author, and National Humanities Medalist Krista Tippett interviews poet, teacher, birder and conservationist J. Drew Lanham, author of The Home Place—Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (Milkweed Editions) for a special episode in partnership with The Great Northern.

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A Conversation on Climate Science, Policy and Justice with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Jan
28

A Conversation on Climate Science, Policy and Justice with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

"The most influential Marine Biologist of our time" (Outside) and “prolific storyteller” (Vogue) Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (co-creator of the podcast How to Save a Planet) kicks off The Great Northern’s climate solutions series with a conversation on climate science, policy and justice with Minnesota Public Radio’s Dan Kraker. Copresented with Westminster Town Hall Forum.

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The Great Northern Podcast
Jan
28
to Feb 7

The Great Northern Podcast

5 original podcast episodes including conversations with Sean Sherman & Mikkel Mikkelsen; Dream the Combine; Alec Soth & Dave King; Jovan Speller & Andy DuCett; and Gabriel Cabezas, Gabriella Smith, and Nadia Sirota. Produced by Jeffy Hnilicka.

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Meal Magazine: Issue 2, Winter 2021
Jan
28
to Feb 7

Meal Magazine: Issue 2, Winter 2021

The Great Northern partners with food culture publication Meal Magazine on their second issue, featuring a commissioned story on Sean Sherman, who is leading a revitalization of Native American foodways and cuisine here in the North and beyond; and a conversation about foraging, wintertime food sourcing, and the impacts of climate change from three distinctly Northern food figures with very different backgrounds: chef Yia Vang, Mikkel-Lau Mikkelsen, and Wendy Geniusz.

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