Collide Cabaret Series: A candlelight performances featuring intersecting love stories told through dance and music. Link here for tickets!
Directed by Renee Guittar and featuring dancers Megan Carver, Heather Brockman, Ben Siglin, Brett Pederson, Rachel Seeholzer, Regina Peluso and Javan Mngrezzo.
Collide Theatrical Dance Company is a professional theater jazz dance company who specializes in creating original narrative dance musicals with live music.
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Collide Theatrical, founded by Regina Peluso, is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to telling theatrical stories through music and dance. Our ground-breaking productions bring dance, music and theater to a modern audience!
Watch the live feed of the ice palace being built!
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Polar Fest is a festival of frozen fun held annually now through February 27th. It is created and run by an independent, all-volunteer committee of people who have learned to embrace the northern Minnesota winters. Polar Fest is affiliated with the non-profit PropelDL. We hold activities for a variety of ages and interests.
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We have a variety of activities going on throughout our festival, so you’re sure to find one you’ll enjoy! From the Polar Plunge to vintage snowmobiles to our famous Frozen Fireworks, there’s something for everyone. Here are some examples of events from years past. Visit our Event Calendar for the full schedule!
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Polar Fest is held annually in mid-February with the plunge and fireworks on the Saturday night of President’s Day weekend!
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About
Polar Fest was started in 1996 by Erika Gilsdorf, former owner of Lakeside Tavern. She loves winter and wanted to see some sort of celebration of winter by the lake and outside her restaurant. Coincidentally, at the same time, Ron Zeman, former board member for Develop DL, heard about people jumping into a hole in the lake to raise money for an organization. He took that idea to the Boys & Girls Club and the “Polar Fest Plunge” was born.
Polar Fest continued until 2002 when lack of support left Polar Fest with only its key event — the Polar Plunge, but no other activities. In 2005, a group of crazy, winter-loving citizens came together to reinvigorate and warm up Polar Fest!
Since then, Polar Fest has continued, with the pinnacle event being the Polar Fest Plunge into Little Detroit Lake, plus myriad other activities ranging from golfing on the lake to presentations by polar explorers to dances in the sand. In 2008, fireworks on the last Saturday evening were added and that has become one of the highlights of the week-long winter celebration. Now, in 2021, two epic fireworks displays will take place, one to kick off the festival, and the other to mark its end.
This quilt shop was featured in Better Homes & Gardens quilt sampler, and it’s easy to see why. There are two huge floors, each filled with enough supplies and equipment to make any quilter envious.
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If you’re a Minnesota crafter, you have plenty of options when it comes to finding the right materials. Of course, you can head to any of the nationwide big-box stores to find what you’re looking for. But you also have your pick of some truly excellent locally owned shops. For scrapbookers, the Pine City Scrapbooking Co. has everything you need. If you’re a knitter or crocheter, you might try Bonnie’s Spinning Wheel in St. Cloud. And if you enjoy just about any craft that uses fabric, you’ll love Minnesota’s largest fabric warehouse.
Those are all great places to browse. But there are still more craft stores to discover. Today, we want to introduce you to a special spot in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Quilt Haven on Main is a beautiful – and huge – quilt shop that is so great it was featured by Better Homes & Gardens. Read on below to see why this shop gets all the fanfare:
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Stop in to get all the basic materials you need. There are patterns, threads, batting, and plenty of other basic quilting materials up for grabs.
You’ll also find an enormous selection of fabric. No matter what kind of quilt you’d like to make, you’ll find fabric to fit your pattern and theme here. There are fat quarters and jelly rolls full of pre-cut, coordinating fabric.
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The selection is enormous! You’ll even find patterns for projects other than blankets, like bags, table runners, and more.
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If you’ll be in town for a while, you can even use the Quilt Haven’s upstairs workshop. Here, they hold classes and clubs where you can hone your skills or find a quilting community!
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Even if you’re not a quilter, you’ll find plenty of interest here. This quilt shop also sells fully finished quilts. These beautiful, one-of-a-kind creations would make an excellent home accent or cherished gift.
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If you have any interest in quilts or quilting, be sure to plan a visit to this wonderful quilt shop. For more information about Quilt Haven on Main, including hours, sales, and more, check out their website and Facebook page. And if you can’t get enough quilting, you might want to check out our past article about the largest quilt shop in Minnesota.
Happy Black History Month! To celebrate, on Fridays we’ll be spotlighting a local, Black-owned business that we partner with at the co-op. Here are a few ways you can celebrate throughout the month and year:
Seek out Black-owned businesses. Grab a bite at Minneapolis’ Breaking Bread Café (@breakingbreadmn), take in a show at the @PenumbraTheatre, or grab something fantastical to read at @MindsEyeComicsMN.
Support Black artists. The Rituals of Resilience exhibition at @ArtsMIA or the @MN_African_American_Heritage_ Museum are great places to start. There are also many collections of Black art you can view for free online.
Listen to and amplify Black voices, whether through books, podcasts, movies, music, or history. Seek out sources that center and amplify the Black experience. Support those voices wherever you are able, either with your own voice or your money.
Don’t stop celebrating at the end of the month. Black history is ongoing so celebrate it every day!
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Lakewinds Food Co-op
Minnesota community owned co-op specializing in local and organic foods since 1975. Bringing the farm to you!
There’s no membership required to shop at the co-op! All are welcome. When you shop at the co-op, you’re doing more than buying local, sustainable, and organic food — you’re supporting a healthy local food system. That means that local farmers are paid fairly for what they grow. We visit the farms we partner with to learn about their practices, from regenerative agriculture to rotational grazing to organic practices certified by Real Organic Project. At the co-op, we evaluate each item before it’s allowed on our shelves to ensure it meets our high product standards, so you can shop with confidence.
