Join us to kick off The Great Northern's most ambitious year yet with a "festival eve" winter village at Northeast Minneapolis' Quincy Hall.
A physically immersive and visually captivating experience designed to center Black life. Surrounded by solid ice, a thriving greenhouse garden wedged between two buildings in a downtown Saint Paul alley will flourish with hundreds of deeply hued plants.
A plethora of thermic bathing experiences presented by Stokeyard Outfitters for The Great Northern 2022.
A series of discussions engaging diverse perspectives on climate solutions in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Project Drawdown, Spotify, Westminster Town Hall Forum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, American Swedish Institute, On Being, Science Museum of Minnesota, and Climate Generation.
Experience enveloping quiet. The Great Northern invites participants into one of the quietest places on Earth—the “anechoic chamber” at Orfield Laboratories.
Cellist Seth Parker Woods and artist Spencer Topel discuss their interactive performance installation ICED BODIES with poet/performer/librettist Douglas Kearney.
Five local Latin performers reflect on their distinct Minnesota winter experiences in a comedic, tragic, and passionate variety show set on the frozen Lake Nokomis.
Health psychologist/speaker/writer Kari Leibowitz discusses concrete strategies for thriving in winter and learning to see the season as a time of joy and opportunity.
An immersive experience offered by the Minnesota Humanities Center that invites participants to visit, inhabit, and expand their understanding of Twin Cities sites with deep significance to Dakota people.
On the eve of Philip Glass’ 85th birthday, The Great Northern honors the unprecedented impact the composer has had on the musical and intellectual life of his times with a gigantic outdoor screening of his cult classic KOYAANISQATSI projected onto Minneapolis’ iconic United Crushers Mill.
