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Subtitled Light: On Dance and Description
By Emily Gastineau
Thinking through language, movement, accessibility, and darkness in response to Morgan Thorson’s Untitled Night.

Listening to Nature
By Youa Vang
A conversation with violinist/improviser Ariana Kim on attuning our senses to the natural world

Looking Up
By Jack Forinash
A special edition of the stargazing guide, with a special print-at-home zine, created expressly for The Great Northern.

Indigenous Futurism: In Conversation with Sean Sherman and Nicholas Galanin
By Kate Nelson
Two Native American luminaries discuss the importance of Indigenous wisdom and the responsibility in shaping the future.

Not Just Another Word for Kitchen
By Mecca Bos
The pursuit of home keeps K’óoben Minnesota grounded.

Lake Superior’s National Parks Are Modeling Decarbonization
By Sarah Clark, National Parks of Lakes Superior Foundation
Reporting back, one year after NPLSF announced a major climate initiative at the Great Northern Festival’s Climate Solutions Series.

How Fire Sparks Connection
By Kari Leibowitz
“There is something about gathering around flames, indoors or out, that encourages intimacy.”






Iced Bodies, Phantom Memory: An Interview with Seth Parker Woods and Spencer Topel
Seth Parker Woods & Spencer Topel interviewed by deVon Russell Gray


Guided: An Interview with Dyani White Hawk
Dyani White Hawk interviewed by Jaida Grey Eagle

Seeing the beauty of blue: Elori Saxl on memory, music and solitude
Elori Saxl interviewed by Trever Hagen

At This Table We Sing With Joy, With Sorrow
Sean Sherman is foraging ancestral knowledge to decolonize cuisine and culture
By Steve Marsh for Meal Magazine
Commissioned by The Great Northern
