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5 ways to celebrate the cold at the 2024 Great Northern Festival

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The festival runs Jan. 25 to Feb. 4 and focuses on celebrating — and protecting — the cold season.
STP-L-GreatNorthern-01_7ec0a8.jpg, Participants walk across the snow at a Learning from Place: Bdote session at the Great Northern Festival in this undated photo. The Bdote program aims
By JARED KAUFMAN | jkaufman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressBuilding atop several landmark winter events in the Twin Cities, the Great Northern Festiv

6 of the many don’t-miss events at the 2023 Great Northern Festival

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671A5911_CourtesyTheGreatNorthern.jpg, Great Northern Festival attendees sit around a fire during a previous year’s festival. In 2023, the cold-themed event will run from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5
By JARED KAUFMAN | jkaufman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe Great Northern Festival is back this year, to complement classic Twin Cities winter ev

2022 Winter Carnival: Great Northern Festival highlights winter events

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uff-7nH8.jpeg, “Slow Show,” which will be presented on Como Lake as part of the Great Northern Festival, was performed in Luma Arles, Parc des Ateliers in August 201
Great Northern Festival highlights winter eventsBy KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe St. Paul Winter Carnival is one of the e

Great Northern Festival adds 50-person dance performance on Como Lake to events

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uff-7nH8.jpeg, “Slow Show,” which will be presented on Como Lake as part of the Great Northern Festival, was performed in Luma Arles, Parc des Ateliers in August 201
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 2022 Great Northern Festival, Jan. 27-Feb. 6, already announced it will feature an ice-e
176A0395.webp, An ice-encased greenhouse will have flowers in a St. Paul alley in January. (Photo by Fadumo Ali)
The functioning ice greenhouse, titled “Conservatory,” will be located at 340 N. Sibley St., near Mears Park and will have black coneflowers, velvet p

Great Northern festival: Adding to the Twin Cities fun during Winter Carnival

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greatnorthern.webp, The Great Northern runs in conjunction with the Loppet and Winter Carnival. “Innerworld Prism” by St. Paul-based visual artist Marlena Myles will be p
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe Great Northern is a 10-day festival that starts Jan. 28 and is run in coordination with

Great Northern festival announces events — coordinated with Winter Carnival and City of Lakes Loppet

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screenshot11.png, Artist Marlena Myles’ “Innerworld Prism” will be projected on towers in several locations in the Twin Cities during The Great Northern festival. (Phot
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe Great Northern, a 10-day festival that starts Jan. 28 and is run in coordination with le

During Winter Carnival, chill with these other outdoor events

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cst-13699-crashed-ice-coleman.webp, St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman films a video of himself as he tries out his skating abilities on the Red Bull Crashed Ice course in St. Paul on Thursday
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 131st “Coolest Celebration on Earth” wraps up this weekend, with the nighttime Torchligh

Austin has South by Southwest. We’ll have the Great Northern

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Torchlight-7.jpg, The St. Paul Bouncing Team performs during the Winter Carnival Torchlight Parade, on Fifth Street in downtown St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Insp
By RICHARD CHIN | Pioneer PressVulcans, slap shots and an ice-luminary loppet will all be part of one big frozen festival spanning St. Paul and Minnea
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