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We Have Sinners at Home! Lake Street - ROOTS, ROCK, & DEEP BLUES XII Music & Arts Festival Brings a Juke Joint to Minneapolis
If the Sinners (2025) soundtrack is on repeat in your home, this is the festival for you! This June, the Roots, Rock, & Deep Blues (RRDBXII) Festival will feature a true lineup of 22 acts from across the Mississippi to 7 stages across Lake Street!
Announcing The Great Northern’s Inaugural Festival Producer Incubator
The Great Northern’s Festival Producer Incubator is a five-month intensive program designed to equip individuals with the skills, resources, and mentorship needed to produce high-quality festivals.
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.
Friendly Winter Fashion
By Kate Lindello, Noihsaf Bazaar
How dressing for 4 pm sunsets becomes a canvas for self-expression and hopeful connection.
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.”
Dormant Love
A poem, performance piece, and chapbook by Moheb Soliman with support from Mizna, Aureole Press, and The Great Northern
Mouth // Jaida Grey Eagle + Delaney Keshena
Photos and Cyanotypes by Jaida Grey Eagle
Poem by Menomini artist Delaney Keshena
What The Winter Gives // A Twin Cities Playlist by Yasmeenah
We invited DJ and multidisciplinary artist Yasmeenah to curate a playlist that captured the unique creative potential of winter in the Twin Cities.