by doitinnorth | Jan 30, 2022 | eat/drink
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Chilaquiles with Salsa Verde and Two Over Easy Eggs and Queso Fresco & Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce!
Serving you and your family fresh, healthy, seasonal breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Nokomis area of South Minneapolis.
Heather’s Mpls Restaurant offers indoor dining, a full menu to-go or delivery.
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Askov Finlayson: The Hat That Started A Movement
by doitinnorth | Jan 30, 2022 | art/design
Studio J & Judd Sather Photography
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Stillwater welcomed 40,000 people to a first-ever World Class competition and though the weather was cold, there was a perfect snowfall during the World’s Coolest Block Party Saturday night, making the riverfront festival scene with glowing snow art, a DJ, and fire performers… quite a sight! Go visit soon, and hopefully the sculptures will stay if they are safe and don’t melt. They are located on the riverfront in
Lowell Park and access is free.
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1st place Team Jetset from CANADA🇨🇦.
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Studio J & Judd Sather Photography
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TEAM CAPTAIN: Jessie Armand
TEAM MEMBERS: Carlos Migue Ramirz Pereyra, Christopher Power
SCULPTURE TITLE: YeeHaa
SCULPTURE DESCRIPTION: It’s not our first rodeo.
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Stillwater welcomed 40,000 people to a first-ever World Class competition and though the weather was cold we had a perfect snowfall during the World’s Coolest Block Party Saturday night making the riverfront festival scene with glowing snow art, a DJ, and fire performers quite a sight!
Go visit soon and hopefully, the sculptures will stay if they are safe and don’t melt. They are located in the riverfront
Lowell Park and access is free.
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2nd place Team Pichincha from ECUADOR🇪🇨
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TEAM CAPTAIN: Milton Ramon Estrella Gavidia
TEAM MEMBERS: Robert Angeloni Tapia Montenegro, Alvaro Xavier Gonzalez Negrete
SCULPTURE TITLE: Enclosures (Envolventes)
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SCULPTURE DESCRIPTION: The planet turns over and over again; it pursues the charms of life. At each turn, it arrives with entwining and mighty movements, charged with vibrations and forces to stretch, collect and promote incoherent whirlwinds; its sensuality caresses and gives birth to androgynous (new) forms that merge into the endless nets like those who wish to escape. The work has acquired its personality, a strong character, and an identity easy to recognize. The movement and its internal drawing within the volume, transmit the spectator a personal image of a different visual journey loaded with emotions, frustrations, and constant struggle. The versatility of the materials makes the work distinctive and occupies a place in space to transcend through time, wrangling in unconventional space. That is what I see in my original work.
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3rd place Team Snow Cowboys from Minnesota, USA 🇺🇸
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TEAM CAPTAIN: Adam Turner
TEAM MEMBERS: Mike Majerus, Bryan Mulligan
SCULPTURE TITLE: One Person’s Trash
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SCULPTURE DESCRIPTION: We have a friend who passed recently. He had a company called ‘TrashGenie.’ Aside from the purpose of the company (a trash removal company), the idea of a genie coming out of trash can gives a nod to the idea that there are many people out there that are hidden behind ambiguity, anxiety or simply, different belief systems or different approaches in life other than ours. We put labels on them and 2 never dive in to get to know who they truly are. This friend of ours had a BIG personality. It didn’t resonate with some. But behind his big personality was an even bigger heart… that ultimately touched thousands of people. This sculpture is an encouragement to not write people off. Take the time. Find the treasure behind what you may initially deem as otherwise.
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People’s Choice: Team Sculptora Borealis from Wisconsin, USA 🇺🇸
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TEAM CAPTAIN: Joshua Jakubowski
TEAM MEMBERS: Robert (Bob) Lechtenberg, Michael (Mike) Lechtenberg
SCULPTURE TITLE: Harmonious Ascension
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SCULPTURE DESCRIPTION: The mighty Titan Atlas was eternally burdened to hold up the Heavens by Zeus after losing the Titanomachy against the Gods as retribution for his rebellion. As a result, Atlas had been forced to watch humanity evolve and devolve for millennia, and he has grown tired of their inability to collectively see what is truly important – the disciplines of patience, understanding, and unity. As a sign of his disappointment in humanity, Atlas is unburdening the shattered heavens from his shoulders in defiance to Zeus. However, new life rises from the ruins, and this renewal is represented by a fountain of life growing from the fragmented heavens, and the flora and fauna springing up around Atlas. The strength of humanity originates from unity, and the fall of humanity will stem from division – which outcome will you choose?
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Walker Art Center: New Cardamom Ice Bar – Minneapolis, MN
by doitinnorth | Jan 30, 2022 | people/passions
The candlelit Luminary Loppet on Saturday, February 5, is the Twin Cities’ most magical event of the season!
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City of Lakes Loppet Winter Festival: Come out to Lake of the Isles and enjoy the Luminary Loppet where you can walk, snowshoe, or ski on the candlelit trail winding across the lake. Experience 1,200 luminaries lining the trail with unique ice features such as Ice Henge, Ice Cropolis, the Pyramid, Enchanted Forest as well as Ice Music, Fire Dancers, and much more – all in the heart of Uptown.
Photo by Leslie Hale
Refreshments such as hot chocolate, cookies, and s’mores will be offered at tents across the lake. Food trucks, Surly beer, and music are located at the REI Co-op Luminary Party.
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The Luminary Loppet is also the Loppet Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year – supporting our year-round programs promoting outdoor adventure for all in the Minneapolis area.
The Luminary Loppet is part of the City of Lakes Loppet Winter Festival, which includes cross-country ski, fat-tire bike, snowshoe, and skijor races and tours, youth events, and more. The Luminary Loppet is NOT a race.
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The Great Northern Festival: The Guide
by doitinnorth | Jan 30, 2022 | shop/share
Gnarled by Nature
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“Handmade metaphysical enchantments and jewelry with nature themes, gemstone tours and sound healing.”
Anna Fitzer, Minneapolis Lapidary Artist and Author of the book, The Underworld Prophecies
Visit here to view Anna’s projects from design to finish and consider too having your own stones cut custom with: gnarledbynature.
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About
Growing up in a small town in rural Minnesota, Anna Fitzer spent much of her time outdoors playing in nature. She has throughout her life been involved in music, dance, visual art, theater, writing, and alternative spirituality. She graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish. She taught early childhood for six years in the Twin Cities area, using her language, art and music skills to entertain and educate youth. Currently, she offers stone tours, sound bowl healing sessions, and custom made gemstone jewelry where she resides with her husband, two cats and snake in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Lake Harriet Plungers & Submergents: “Harriet Magic Hole” Plunges & Swims – Minneapolis, MN
by doitinnorth | Jan 30, 2022 | events/locations
~ 136th Winter Carnival ~
The final International Competition Ice Designs are now on view thru February 6th, weather permitting!
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The Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation’s 136th Saint Paul Winter Carnival will run for 10 days – all day on weekends and evenings during the week. Now through Sunday, February 6th, the festival will attract 250,000+ people from Saint Paul and beyond to celebrate winter in Minnesota. Landmark Center, located in the heart of downtown Saint Paul, the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, and businesses throughout the city will be venues for event festivities, which include ice carving competitions, family-friendly artistic and educational activities, and much more!
The festival has expanded each year to provide new programming that reflects changing demographics of the community. Landmark Center features free entertainment activities from diverse cultures: music and dance by local artists, hands-on crafts, and food and merchandise booths from around the world.
Most events are fred, open to the public, and will take place in downtown Saint Paul, near Rice Park and Landmark Center, as well as at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
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History of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival
Since 1886, the Saint Paul Winter Carnival continues to bring family-friendly events and community pride to Saint Paul and the Twin Cities metro area.
The Saint Paul Winter Carnival is the oldest winter festival in the United States. It predates the Tournament of Roses Festival by two years.
Several Eastern newspaper correspondents kindled the start of the Winter Carnival by visiting Saint Paul in the fall of 1885 and returning home to report that Minnesota, in general, was another Siberia, unfit for human habitation.
A group of business owners decided to retaliate by creating a wintertime festival which would showcase all the beauty of Minnesota winters. They worked with the City of Montreal which already had a winter carnival in place. Due to a small pox epidemic which suspended the 1886 Montreal Festival, Saint Paul lured Alexander Hutchinson, the designer of Montreal’s ice palaces in 1883, 1884, and 1885 to blueprint Saint Paul’s first ice castle. The castle was constructed on February 1, 1886 at a cost of $5,210 with a height of 106 feet. A comparison to this first castle is the Pepsi Palace of 1992 with a cost of $1,900,000 and a height of 165 feet (a Guinness record).
As with the concept of the Montreal Festival, the legend and other activities were also adapted. Montreal’s Ice King accompanied by Queen Aurora. The Saint Paul characters in turn became King Boreas and the Queen of the Snows. The mischievous Vulcan and his red-caped Krewe were created from the Germanic tradition of the energy and disruption which springtime brings to the final days of winter.
The Winter Carnival Legend itself was initially written down by newspaper columnist Frank Madden in 1937 and has been updated and revised ever since.
Today, King Boreas and the Queen of the Snows rule over approximately 21 members of the Royal Family including Boreas’s four brothers Titan, Euros, Zephyrus and Notos along with their four princesses, the Prime Minister and up to ten Royal Guards. The culmination of the Winter Carnival is the dethroning of Boreas by the Vulcan Krewe.
The Royal Family and Vulcan Krewe are made up of volunteers that make over 400 appearances during the year to local and national festivals, nursing homes, schools and hospitals on behalf of the Winter Carnival and the City of Saint Paul.
The Saint Paul Winter Carnival is produced by the Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation and is funded by private donations and corporate contributions. The Board of Directors, supported by hundreds of corporate and individual members, employs a full time staff to help plan this community celebration.
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Thank you and credit to the Minnesota Historical Society; the Ramsey County Historical Society; archives of the Pioneer Press and “Fire and Ice” by Moira Harris for helping contribute to this collection of history! Also, thank you to Winter Carnival’s own, Tom Barrett, for helping us digitize all this history!
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How to Style the Balaclava: A Face-Framing Balaclava has become the It-Accessory for Winter
