Out of the Depths: Winter Stories
Mizna, City Pages’ “Best Nonprofit 2020,” is a Twin Cities-based critical platform for contemporary Arab/Southwest Asian and North African film, literature, and art. In the still and dark of winter, Mizna invites storytellers to muse on seasonality, nature's rhythms, and the things that get us through.
Marlena Myles: Innerworld Prism pop-up
Great Northern-commissioned projected digital artwork Innerworld Prism by Marlena Myles will make its way across Minneapolis & Saint Paul at surprise locations Jan 28 – Jan 31. The work is described by Myles as “the loss of Ego to regain Nature, a reverie for ourselves to cherish and explore.”
CANCELLED: U.S. Pond Hockey Championships
Since 2006, The U.S. Pond Hockey Championships have given hockey enthusiasts a premier opportunity to experience hockey the way nature intended. *Due to COVID-19 health and safety guidelines set forth by the state of Minnesota, the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships had to cancel its 2021 plans. We look forward to celebrating their return in 2022.
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.
Stokeyard Outfitters: Thermaculture Tour
Join local sauna experts for a virtual live tour of the hottest backyard saunas in North America—and beyond. Presented by Stokeyard Outfitters in partnership with the Great Northern.
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.