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Hi All, Everyone who knows me knows that I love the winter. The season of rest surrounded by billions of crystals if the snow is good. I love the Jul season with its extremes of light and dark, ice and fire, need for company and desire for isolation. I have been celebrating Winter Solstice with performance ritual as Kari Tauring and Friends since 1999! Join us December 21 at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater for this year's celebration. About Winter in the Northlands - On the Pri

The Runes: A Pandemic Journey at Norway House, MN -  Eventbrite Link Stretch into the Younger Futhark - 6 Sessions for 16 Runes - 10:00 - 11:30 am Kari Tauring leads runic stretches that can be vigorous or simple. Following her work book, “The Runes: A Pandemic Journey: Moving into the Younger Futhark," Kari will lead breathing and stretching to the rune shape, name, and poetic lines from both Icelandic and Norwegian medieval poetry. Come to one or all! ​November 22 (Fe, Ur,

Kari, Carol, and Art with Wendy Graham, Music and Dance Programs Coordinator. John C. Campbell Folk School has Danish roots. We honored the Centenial through sharing our favorite Danish dances that we practice here in Minneapolis. Wendy Graham presented an archival copy of their Song and Dance book and - yes - these dances are in there! Additionally, Wendy had learned many of these as a youth in Denmark and Kentucky - it was goosebumps. Contra and square dance traditions ar

North Carolina Bound! I am so honored to be traveling to John Campbell Folk School with Norwegian tradition bearing friends Carol...

Hello All! I have had such a good time, so far, in my travels this fall. First of all, the Iron Age Festival at the University of...

I will be co-hosting a retreat this August centered on the Norse goddess Frigg. Her name means Beloved. She is called the Mother Goddess...

Here is the Bronze Age Coat and the birch bark lur at New York Mills, MN Kari Tauring, February 23, 2025 Going down the root in Völva...

Hi All! You may already know that I have a Patreon page. There is one main project I need support with. First is a new recording. In the...

It is retro and so new again. In this first post I am thinking about the Winter Side of the Primstav. We have just "flipped the lefse...