Events

May
26

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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May
26

Just a Jazz Jam

The stakes are low. The joy is not! Come join us for an informal, jazzy play session. Basic jazz charts and music will be provided for common jazz instruments, as well as basic instruction by local musician frankie felegy. You don't need any experience playing jazz, just a love of music and experimentation (as well as knowing generally how to play your instrument). We'll try our hand at loose soloing over basic rhythms in the same key and playing easy jazz standards. All ages and experience levels welcome, but this is geared towards beginners and enthusiasts, not Totally Serious Jazz Theory Musicians. Keep it chill! Suggested donation $10-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds).

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May
31

Clowns Against Imperialism

A free intro workshop to clowning to empower people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to develop Sacred Clown characters in response to American imperialism. Participants will be invited to develop one-acts for America’s Last Act—a funeral march for American empire taking place Sunday, May 17th as part of Smelt Parade & Sunday, June 14th in Duluth as part of a Livable Futures Prayer Walk. Learn more & register here.

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Jun
2

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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Jun
5

Heartbeats Dance Party

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

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Jun
6

Femme Frights Presents: I Saw the TV Glow

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

I Saw the TV Glow (2024) is a psychological horror film about two teenagers, Owen and Maddy, who bond over a mysterious late-night TV show called The Pink Opaque, leading them to question their own reality and identity as the show’s supernatural world seems to bleed into their lives.

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Jun
7

Clowns Against Imperialism

A free intro workshop to clowning to empower people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to develop Sacred Clown characters in response to American imperialism. Participants will be invited to develop one-acts for America’s Last Act—a funeral march for American empire taking place Sunday, May 17th as part of Smelt Parade & Sunday, June 14th in Duluth as part of a Livable Futures Prayer Walk. Learn more & register here.

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Jun
9

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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Jun
13

Resistance Folk Jam

Join your comrades in an informal song circle to share liberatory music for times of struggle. All levels of skill are welcome and appreciated (even those with no musical background). No instrument? No problem! Come to sing, listen, or play a hand instrument. $5 donation to the space suggested but not necessary. Bring songs to share with the group!

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Jun
16

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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Jun
20

Femme Frights Presents: Sugar Hill

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

Sugar Hill (1994) is a crime drama about a Harlem drug lord who tries to leave the criminal life for a new love, but is pulled back in to help his brother defend their territory from the mob.

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Jun
23

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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Jun
30

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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May
19

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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May
16

Femme Frights Presents: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) is a classic psychological horror film about two aging, former Hollywood sisters, Baby Jane Hudson and Blanche Hudson, living in a decaying mansion, where the mentally unstable Jane torments her paraplegic sister, who she blames for her own faded stardom.

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May
15

Heartbeats Dance Party

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

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May
12

Just a Jazz Jam

The stakes are low. The joy is not! Come join us for an informal, jazzy play session. Basic jazz charts and music will be provided for common jazz instruments, as well as basic instruction by local musician frankie felegy. You don't need any experience playing jazz, just a love of music and experimentation (as well as knowing generally how to play your instrument). We'll try our hand at loose soloing over basic rhythms in the same key and playing easy jazz standards. All ages and experience levels welcome, but this is geared towards beginners and enthusiasts, not Totally Serious Jazz Theory Musicians. Keep it chill! Suggested donation $10-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds).

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May
12

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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May
10

Clowns Against Imperialism

A free intro workshop to clowning to empower people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to develop Sacred Clown characters in response to American imperialism. Participants will be invited to develop one-acts for America’s Last Act—a funeral march for American empire taking place Sunday, May 17th as part of Smelt Parade & Sunday, June 14th in Duluth as part of a Livable Futures Prayer Walk. Learn more & register here.

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May
9

Resistance Folk Jam

Join your comrades in an informal song circle to share liberatory music for times of struggle. All levels of skill are welcome and appreciated (even those with no musical background). No instrument? No problem! Come to sing, listen, or play a hand instrument. $5 donation to the space suggested but not necessary. Bring songs to share with the group!

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May
5

EarthPrayers Qi Gong

Mark Jensen guides us through practices of the body, voice, and mind that facilitate personal healing and open us to deeper relationship with our living planet, Gaia. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

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May
2

Femme Frights Presents: Ginger Snaps (

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

Ginger Snaps (2000) is a Canadia horror film about two morbid, outcast teenage sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, whose bond is tested when Ginger is bitten by a werewolf and begins to transform as she starts her period, using lycanthropy as a metaphor for puberty, female sexuality, and the painful transition to womanhood.

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May
1

Heartbeats Dance Party

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

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Apr
24

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, 1hr 57min) follows warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä as she desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Rated PG.

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Apr
18

Femme Frights Presents: She-Devil on Wheels (1968)

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

She-Devils on Wheels (1968) is an American exploitation biker film about an all-female motorcycle gang called The Man-Eaters, directed and produced by Herschell Gordon Lewis.

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Apr
10

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: Pom Poko

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

Pom Poko (1984, 1hr 59min) follows a community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs who struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. Rated PG.

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Apr
4

Femme Frights Presents: The Stepford Wives (1975)

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

The Stepford Wives (1975) is an American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes. The film follows a woman who relocates with her husband and children from New York City to the Connecticut community of Stepford, where she comes to find that the women live lives of unwavering subservience to their husbands.

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Apr
3

Heartbeats Dance Party

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

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Mar
27

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: My Neighbor Totoro

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

My Neighbor Totoro (1988, 1hr 26min) follows two girls who, after moving to the country to be near their ailing mother, have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. Rated G.

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Mar
21

Femme Frights Presents: Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) is an American psychological horror film co-written and directed by John Hancock. The film depicts the nightmarish experiences of a psychologically fragile woman who comes to believe that another strange, mysterious young woman she has let into her home may actually be a vampire.

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Mar
13

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: The Secret World of Arrietty

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010, 1hr 34min) follows the Clock family—four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered. Rated G.

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Mar
7

Femme Frights Presents: Diaboliques (1955)

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

Diaboliques (1955) is a French psychological horror thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The plot focuses on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man.

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Mar
6

Heartbeats Dance Party

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

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Feb
27

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: Ponyo

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

Ponyo (2008, 1hr 41min) shows a five-year-old boy who develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess, who longs to become a human after falling in love with him. Rated G.

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Feb
21

Femme Frights Presents: Possession (1981)

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

Possession (1981) psychological horror drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy and his wife who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking for a divorce.

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Feb
14

Star Stories Storytime

A time for telling and hearing stories old and new about our wondrous more-than-human world. How & why stories, trickster tales, and mycelial myths re-enchant our animate earth and weave in teachings about being kin. Youth, elders, and everyone in between are invited to orally tell, read, and listen. Pay-what-you-can (suggested donation $5).

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Feb
13

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: Whisper of the Heart

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

Whisper of the Heart (1995, 1hr 51min) depicts a love story between a girl who loves reading books and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses. Rated G.

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Feb
8

Hospicing Modernity Workshop

A reading, writing, discussion, and practice workshop based on the book Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Together, we’ll: •  Reimagine how we learn, unlearn, and respond to crisis; •  Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for difficult and painful things; •  Understand the “5 modern-colonial Es”: Entitlements, Exceptionalism, Exaltation, Emancipation, and Enmeshment in low-intensity struggle activism; •  Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm; •  Create space for change driven neither by desperate hope nor a fear of desolate hopelessness. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $30-80). Register here.

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Feb
7

Femme Frights Presents: Persona (1966)

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

About the Film

Persona (1966) is a Swedish avant-garde psychological drama written, directed, and produced by Ingmar Bergman. The story revolves around a young nurse named Alma and her patient, well-known stage actress Elisabet Vogler, who has suddenly stopped speaking. They move to a cottage, where Alma cares for Elisabet, confides in her, and begins having trouble distinguishing herself from her patient.

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Feb
6

Heartbeats Dance Party

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

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Feb
1

Hospicing Modernity Workshop

A reading, writing, discussion, and practice workshop based on the book Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Together, we’ll: •  Reimagine how we learn, unlearn, and respond to crisis; •  Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for difficult and painful things; •  Understand the “5 modern-colonial Es”: Entitlements, Exceptionalism, Exaltation, Emancipation, and Enmeshment in low-intensity struggle activism; •  Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm; •  Create space for change driven neither by desperate hope nor a fear of desolate hopelessness. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $30-80). Register here.

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Jan
25

Hospicing Modernity Workshop

A reading, writing, discussion, and practice workshop based on the book Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Together, we’ll: •  Reimagine how we learn, unlearn, and respond to crisis; •  Expand our capacity to hold personal and collective space for difficult and painful things; •  Understand the “5 modern-colonial Es”: Entitlements, Exceptionalism, Exaltation, Emancipation, and Enmeshment in low-intensity struggle activism; •  Interrupt our satisfaction with modern-colonial desires that cause harm; •  Create space for change driven neither by desperate hope nor a fear of desolate hopelessness. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $30-80). Register here.

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Jan
23

Miyazaki Movie Club Presents: The Boy and the Heron

Calling all Studio Ghibli fans! This twice monthly film night will include most (not all) Hayao Miyazaki movies—featuring fantastical, whimsical worlds of humans, animals, and spirits colliding. Whether this is your first time or your hundredth time watching, these movies are sure to delight and inspire. For ages two to one-hundred-and-two (check the film details for age advisories). Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-10 for one, or $65-$130 for all thirteen).

About the Film

The Boy and the Heron (2023, 2hrs 4min) shows a headstrong boy who, in the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, ventures into a dreamlike world shared by the living and the dead in search of his missing stepmother. Rated PG-13.

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