Mind-Body Trauma Care Lab will guide a session exploring mind-body practices and mindful movements to cultivate warmth and connection on and off your bike — or whatever your mode of winter transportation may be. Props will be available. Drop-in any time. Held in-person and online. This event is a part of Zeitgeist's Winter Bike Week.
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The Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Committee is hosting a showing of the film Woman in Gold with a discussion to follow in the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Education Building Room 32.
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The Young Athletes Foundation is again partnering with Duluth-area colleges to present three Saturday Morning at the Races events, providing opportunities for children to practice healthy living during the colder months by participating in running races. Schedule Jan. 7 – Burns Wellness Commons at the College of St. Scholastica Jan. 21 – Ward Wells Fieldhouse at the University of Minnesota Duluth Feb. 4 – Marcovich Wellness Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior The series is free and open to all…
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Free – $20
This year’s Equity, Race & Ethnicity summit theme, "Decolonizing our Institutions and Communities," was born out of a desire to connect with and support efforts that are already ongoing at UMD such as the newly added liberal education requirement for Theorizing Race, Power and Justice. UMD's Commission on Equity, Race and Ethnicity has hosted this summit nearly every year since 2003 — participants include students and stuff from UMD as well as community members from the Twin Ports. This event…
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This year’s Equity, Race & Ethnicity summit theme, "Decolonizing our Institutions and Communities," was...
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The Young Athletes Foundation is again partnering with Duluth-area colleges to present three Saturday Morning at the Races events, providing opportunities for children to practice healthy living during the colder months by participating in running races. Schedule Jan. 6 – Burns Wellness Commons at the College of St. Scholastica Jan. 20 – Ward Wells Fieldhouse at the University of Minnesota Duluth Feb. 3 – Marcovich Wellness Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior The series is free and open to all…
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$32
The Kaustinen area in Finland has produced generations of pelimmanit (folk fiddlers, kantele players, pump organists, and accordionists). Several of the fiddlers were also prolific composers. This workshop discusses the most famous of these composers, and also introduces a Finnish 2/4 time polska by Otto Hotakainen, and a silia valssi by Viljami Niittykoski. The workshop is conducted by chromatic button accordionist Kip Peltoniemi, who has been a guest instructor at Sibelius Academy within the Folk Music Department. All instruments are…
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Attendees can learn how to play the five-string Kantele, a Baltic psaltery that is Finland’s national instrument. Diane Jarvi covers tuning, different fingering positions, chords and songs to sing. Instruments are available to use at the workshop. This workshop is part of the the second annual Duluth-stämman: Nordic Music and Dance Festival, which offers dances, workshops, jam circles, performances and youth activities that aim to be inclusive to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. To view the full schedule…
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Attendees can learn how to play the five-string Kantele, a Baltic psaltery that is...
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$32
Ancient runic shapes can be seen in the way the human body moves while walking, skiing, working, and dancing. The Norwegian words for movement in dancing and skiing are svikt (wave), tyngde (weight), and kraft (power). Attendees of this workshop can experience these runes and energies in the body, and see how they show up in traditional wool work, churning and bobbin braiding. Facilitators say that "experiencing these movements puts you in a timeless state." The Kvinnekraft group, otherwise known…
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Mary Londborg teaches a class on traditional harmony styles for Swedish fiddle tunes. The class includes techniques for making simple harmonies as well as more complex harmonies. Londborg has been playing harmonies with the American Swedish Institute Spelmanslag in Minneapolis since it was founded in 1985. Fiddle music has accompanied dancing for centuries in Scandinavia. Very early in the Swedish folk tradition, polskas were at the heart of Swedish fiddling and dancing, as well as walking tunes and tunes for…
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Mary Londborg teaches a class on traditional harmony styles for Swedish fiddle tunes. The...
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$32
In this workshop, attendees learn the basic structure of slängpolska. The instructors share "if you can walk, you can do this dance." During the session, Elise Peters teaches elements of the three components of the dance. This workshop is part of the the second annual Duluth-stämman: Nordic Music and Dance Festival, which offers dances, workshops, jam circles, performances and youth activities that aim to be inclusive to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. To view the full schedule and…
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In this workshop, attendees learn the basic structure of slängpolska. The instructors share "if...
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Loretta Kelley teaches an “all-levels” class in traditional Hardanger fiddle. Players with any prior experience playing folk music on the violin are welcome to join. Loretta explores the intricacies of bowing, rhythm and tone production, using simpler tunes as examples. Players who do not have a Hardanger fiddle but have a violin are welcome to sit in. Loretta will have a couple of “violin capos” to enable violinists to play along without needing to retune their violins. This workshop is…
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Loretta Kelley teaches an “all-levels” class in traditional Hardanger fiddle. Players with any prior...
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$32
This workshop features tunes that first-generation Swedish-immigrant musicians brought with them to Minnesota in the late 1800s to early 1900s. These tunes continue to be popular and played at stämma in Sweden today. Renee Vaughan is currently the Musician-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nordic Folklife. In 2022, Renee was awarded an American Scandinavian Fellowship to study with master musician Cajsa Ekstav where she learned about many of these immigrants and their tunes. This workshop is part of the the…
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$32
Kari Tauring leads a workshop on nature instruments, where attendees can hear the stories, lore and sounds of the Iron Age. "Whether vocalizing, clapping along, or blowing on a blade of grass, humans make intentional noise. In Old Norse there was no word for 'music' as we know it. What did the Norway’s Iron Age sound like, and how do we know this?" Tauring has been in Denmark and Norway studying nature instruments: bone flute, willow flute, billy goat horn,…
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Kari Tauring leads a workshop on nature instruments, where attendees can hear the stories,...
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Zosha Warpeha teaches a class on springleik, a type of tune played on flatfele in Gudbrandsdalen and surrounding regions of Norway. Characterized by a short first beat and lyrical melodies, this workshop includes an introduction to uneven 3/4 meters abd us appropriate for intermediate and advanced fiddlers, with some experience playing by ear. Other instrumentalists are also welcome to attend. This workshop is part of the the second annual Duluth-stämman: Nordic Music and Dance Festival, which offers dances, workshops, jam…
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Zosha Warpeha teaches a class on springleik, a type of tune played on flatfele...
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During this session, Carol Sersland focuses on a schottis variation called “Ringlender” from the Røros area of Norway. The class starts off with the basics to build confidence and comfort with the movements. Upon that foundation, the swinging motions will be added, and "the real fun of the dance begins." The workshop features music by master Hardanger fiddler Rachel Ulvin Jensen. Carol learned the joy of Norwegian folk dance in tradition from her immigrant father. At last year's Landskappleik (Norway's…
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