Itasca – Loon Afternoon
Enjoy an afternoon of free, family-friendly activities at Itasca State Park and U of M Itasca Biological Station as part of the We Are Water MN exhibit.
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Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, MN, United States
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St. Paul – Summer on the Lawn: Shakespeare in Our Parks
Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United StatesClassical Actors Ensemble presents “The Tempest,” the bewitching tragicomedy about forgiveness, redemption, and growth as part of MHC's Summer on the Lawn series.
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Edina – The Declaration of Independence and Liberty, Then and Now: A Community Conversation
Edina Senior Center 5280 Grandview Square, Edina, United StatesJoin us at the Edina Senior Center for a community conversation in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding and to identify shared values as Minnesotans.
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Red Wing – Sketches of Minnesota
Red Wing Public Library 225 East Ave, Red Wing, MN, United StatesJoin the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and the Red Wing Community for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour!
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Online – Storied Objects and Ekphrasis with Lester Batiste
Virtual EventThis online workshop for youth poets (ages 13-19) will introduce students to the Ekphrastic poetic idea which will help us reflect on, harmonize, remember, and move through particular points of American history centering visual objects.
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Park Rapids – The Unseen Majority in a Drop of Water
Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, MN, United StatesAs you visit the Headwaters of the Mississippi River, stop by the nature cart to visit with this week's special guest, Dr. Beatriz Baselga-Cervera, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, and explore the hidden world of freshwater microorganisms.
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Itasca – Wellness by the Water: Yoga by the Lake
Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, MN, United StatesRelax and unwind with Yoga by the Lake, catered to all ages and levels of physical fitness! Enjoy nature while benefiting from yoga as the calming view of Lake Itasca and the towering pines overhead center you.
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Online – What We Carry Forward: From Memory Collage to Tanka with Tarik Dobbs
Virtual EventIn this generative online workshop, youth poets (ages 13-19) will write from memory, Minnesota, and the objects or images that carry personal and/or collective history.
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Online – The Poetics of Freedom Dreaming with Amanda Rosas
Virtual EventIn this online workshop for youth poets (ages 13-19), students will practice Freedom Dreaming. Freedom Dreaming brings us to a place where we can imagine the world we want to live in, where our identities thrive, where poetry can meet pain, sacrifice, joy and hope and always feel surrounded by courage and belonging.
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St. Paul – NUESTRO NORTE Community Screening
Landmark Center, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium 75 5th St W #224, St. Paul, United StatesJoin us for a public screening of NUESTRO NORTE a cinematic portrait of five community leaders from across metro and greater Minnesota, their lived stories interwoven with symbolic fiction scenes and original musical performances.
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Park Rapids – Protecting Manoomin (Wild Rice), Protecting Water and Everyone
Biome Center, Itasca Biological Station 28131 University Circle, Lake Itasca, United StatesJoin us for this public seminar co-presented by Zhaashiigid Nooding (Ojibwe knowledge-holder from the White Earth Nation Reservation, Red Lake Nation citizen) and Crystal Ng (settler hydrologist, professor at University of Minnesota).
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Park Rapids – Nature Journaling
Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, MN, United StatesNature journaling is a meditative practice that sharpens observation of the natural world through drawing and writing. On the shores of Lake Itasca, we’ll explore life on land and in the lake - and the connections between them.
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