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Spelmansstämman - August 15 in Scandia, MN

FREE - MORE

Come to Gammelgården Museum for a free family-friendly event featuring Swedish/Nordic and Japanese folk music, dance, and visual arts. Should be fun!

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North Oaks Garden Club -  Tuesday August 18 - All About Kvann Angelica

This event is open to the community
6:30-8:00 pm at the Community Room, 100 Village Center Drive, North Oaks​

All About Kvann Angelica presented by Kari Tauring

Kari Tauring, well known cultural artist and educator, will present on the plant Kvann or Norwegian mountain angelica. Kvann was a highly valued plant in Norwegian history, has many uses with considerable folklore surrounding it. Kari just returned from a kvann pilgrimage in Norway and Finland. Kari will present its history and uses with humor and a balance of scholarship and lived experience.

 

Norway House!
Nordic Dance Music Pop-up with Kari Tauring!

Thursday August 20, 5-7 in the Gallery - FREE

Featured musician is Thor “Squeezebox” Anderson. You may have heard him in Moorehead at the Scandinavian Festival or along with Hutenanny from North Field. Kari and Thor will select songs and dances from their shared repertoire. Come see what the dances will be! You can count on the Raspberry Reinlender. :)

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Kvann Project Update at Norway House

Thursday August 27, 6pm - FREE
Kari Tauring has just returned from a month-long, community supported quest for kvann Angelica archangelica through Norway and Finland. 

"It was remarkable how excited and engaged everyone became as I explained about the plant I was looking for!"

Kari will share her stories, photos, video clips of the flute she made, and the new words she gathered for Angelica archangelica and it's cousins.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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