Location: Minnesota
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Bare Feet and Banjos Meet at Woolsock, a Winter Festival
January 9, 2025
This old-time music and dance festival is set in the chilly woods of northeast Minnesota. The weekend is a celebration of winter triumph, collective joy, and movement.
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Meet Paul Summers, The Native Musician Putting Mission Over Money
January 6, 2025
Through his Native American rock band, Paul Summers rejected commercial success in order to reach younger generations with messages of cultural acceptance and reconciliation instead.
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Need a Mental Health Boost? Talking Hot Dog is Here
December 19, 2024
A Minnesota-based comic book artist is sharing colorful stories about battling anxiety and other mental health gremlins.
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Small Midwest Town is Home to the Oldest Rural LGBTQ+ Pride Event
November 26, 2024
Pride in the Park began as a casual picnic organized by a local support group in 2005 in Pine City, Minnesota. Now, the annual event has attendees from eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
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Game Time: Reviving the Ojibwe Way with Dice and Cards
November 19, 2024
Minnesota-based Nashke Native Games is breathing new life into dying languages, in the classroom and beyond.
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A Rural Opera House Faces its Biggest Challenge Yet
November 4, 2024
Minnesota’s oldest operating theater is racing to raise $4 million to save its historic stage.
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Meet the World Capital for All Things Halloween
October 31, 2024
In Anoka, Minnesota, Halloween is more than a day—it's a month-long celebration over 100 years in the making.
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More than Cabbage—This Kimchi Festival is Rooted in Adoptee Sovereignty
October 2, 2024
Minnesota-based nonprofit and service organization Adoptee Hub is helping Korean adoptees build connections to their culture—and each other.
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Small Batch Spirits from the Far North
September 17, 2024
Far North Spirits has transformed a northern Minnesota family farm into a pioneering distillery that’s making a name for single variety whiskeys.
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Canning and Preserving: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future
September 10, 2024
Three recipes to stock your shelves with food, memories, and tradition.