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(Waitlist) Build a Wooden Longbow – August 8-10, 2025

Aug 08, 2025 9:00AM—Aug 10, 2025 5:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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This course takes students through the step-by-step process of crafting a wooden longbow, bamboo-shafted arrow, and bow string. To facilitate learning about constructing a traditional bow, students start with a rough-cut stave of hickory. Bows are backed with flax-fiber linen. Each arrow includes a field point and feathers. String is made using the traditional Flemish…

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(Waitlist) Intro to Photography for Kids (Ages 9 to 14) – Saturday, August 9, 2025

Aug 09, 2025 12:00PM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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A picture is worth a thousand words! In the tradition of folk school hands-on learning, this class will empower students with a beginner’s knowledge to capture images as a true photographer. Students will be introduced to technical and aesthetic aspects of photography, providing them with the foundation to see and capture beauty around them that…

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Community Bluegrass Jam Session (All Ages) – Saturday, August 9, 2025

Aug 09, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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*** This event requires NO registration! *** An essential skill of bluegrass music is the ability to take part in informal playing situations, also known as a “jam session.” Participants arrange themselves in a circle, choose a song from a common repertoire, sing, accompany each other, and play solos. Often, they do this despite no previous…

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Community Open Carving Session – Saturday, August 9, 2025

Aug 09, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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*** This event requires NO registration! *** Calling all wood carvers! Join us in creating a local community of carvers, to share knowledge, help each other, and make friends with other woodcarving artists. Free to anyone who is interested! Local carver Brian Keogh will lead each session, offering fellowship and help with problem-solving on any…

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Advanced Beginner Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom: Cocktail Napkins – August 9, 10 & 16, 2025

Aug 09, 2025 10:00AM—Aug 10, 2025 4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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One Warp, Two Colors, Four Patterns, Sixteen Patterns – The Magic of Color and Weave In this class, you will learn how to warp a rigid heddle loom using two threads in both slots and holes. You will also learn to tie on using shoelaces, which is a great way to save on loom waste.…

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(Waitlist) Herbal Remedies: A Foraging Walk (All Ages) – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug 16, 2025 11:00AM—2:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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Join local herbalist Heather Mashuga on a leisurely walk through the woods, noticing and admiring the multitudes of wildflowers and plants. Discover how to learn to use these plant allies to provide nourishment and healing. Herbal medicine focuses on herbs to prevent and treat illness and promote health and has been used for centuries by…

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Inkle Loom Band Weaving: Turned Krokbragd – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug 16, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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In this class, students learn how to read a Turned Krokbragd chart and weave a cotton band using three groups of heddles. Unlike plain weave patterns, which utilize only 2 sheds (up and down), Krokbragd patterns utilize 3 sheds and so require additional setup and manipulation of warp threads. If you have taken Beth’s Introduction To…

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Intro to Welding: Create a Garden Sculpture – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug 16, 2025 10:00AM—2:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047

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This class will introduce you to welding as you create a stone and metal sculpture suitable for your garden or patio. TIG welding uses an inert gas and bonds metal to metal without a wire feed or rods or sticks, and is typically used for thinner materials such as pipe welding or where appearance is…

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Make Your Own Drum (Ages 12+) – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug 16, 2025 11:00AM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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Wayne Manthey is a nationally known drum maker and teacher of drum making. His approach is spiritual, honoring the animals who provided the hides and the trees who donated the wood. The healing properties of a drum are found in the elements that make it: wood and animal hide. Making a personal frame drum is…

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Community Bridge Club – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug 16, 2025 9:00AM—11:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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*** This event requires NO registration *** Join a relaxed group of bridge players to play and learn more. With bridge, you never stop learning, and this group is a great place to continue the process. Cards and score pads will be provided by group leader Joan Fogelberg. Bring your notes if you have them.  A reminder notice will…

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Community Song Circle (Intergenerational) – Saturday, August 16, 2025 – Marine Mills Folk School

Aug 16, 2025 11:00AM—12:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School 550 PINE ST MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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Lia Falls and Barbara McAfee will lead and teach simple songs, in the aural tradition (no lyric sheets or music to read). All are welcome, whether or not you think of yourself as a singer! We will sing songs that celebrate Nature, and being Human; songs that bring us together in the magic and medicine of singing…

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Mushroom Foraging with Carson (Ages 10+) – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug 16, 2025 9:00AM—12:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Join mushroom enthusiast Carson Gross for a mushroom walk and talk in the St. Croix Valley. Class will start with an overview of the basics of mushroom foraging and identification, as well as discussion of how to forage ethically and mindfully. The class will then meet at a nearby location for a mycological walk in…

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Community Bridge Club – Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Aug 26, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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*** This event requires NO registration *** Join a relaxed group of bridge players to play and learn more. With bridge, you never stop learning, and this group is a great place to continue the process. Cards and score pads will be provided by group leader Joan Fogelberg. Bring your notes if you have them.  A reminder notice will…

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Fall Class Release: August 5th for Members and August 7th to the public

Sep 01, 2025—Sep 07, 2025

We are working behind the scenes getting classes for you! On Tuesday August 5th, September/October/November fall classes will go live for registration on our website for MMFS members, then on Thursday August 7th to the public. Want to be notified when new classes are coming? Sign up HERE to receive our emails or follow us…

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Community Knit Night – Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Sep 02, 2025 5:00PM—8:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School
550 PINE ST
MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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***This event requires NO registration! ***NEW!  TWO TIME SLOTS TO CHOOSE FROM! To meet high level of interest and keep group sizes small, we are now offering two time slots to choose from for each knit night: 5:00-6:30pm  or 6:30-8:00pm Please come to whichever session fits best into your schedule. Come as you are and…

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Community Dare to Repair (All Ages) – Saturday, September 6, 2025

Sep 06, 2025 9:30AM—11:00AM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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***This event requires NO registration! Just come if you can and enjoy. Join us on a quest to rescue our goods from the landfill. On the first Saturday of the month, a community of repair-driven folks and learn how to restore items rather than throw them away. Drop in and stay for as long as…

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Geology Bike Tour – Saturday, September 6, 2025

Sep 06, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047

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Enjoy a 15-mile ride through Marine and Scandia exploring some of the geologic features of the area, with an explanation of how they were formed and how they affect life on this landscape. Bicycling offers an ideal pace to examine the landscape thoroughly, but still cover a large area. You’ll not just see these features, you’ll…

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Birches and Fall Color In Watercolor Batik- September 6, 2025

Sep 06, 2025 10:00AM—1:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON ST CROIX, MN 55047

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Watercolor Batik has become one of our most popular classes at Marine Mills Folk School.  Kim Gordon is a fantastic instructor who guides you expertly through this process.  You will not be disappointed! Try your hand at watercolor batik, a modern twist on the ancient Javanese art of batik. You will work with an image…

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Slow Flow Soma Yoga – Fall Series: September 6, 13, October 18, 25, and November 1, 2025

Sep 06, 2025 10:30AM—11:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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Soma yoga is a very gentle and slow-paced practice to decrease tension in chronically tight areas, focusing on alignment and stability when finding our classic asanas (yoga poses). This is a great practice to “reset” our bodies for improved mobility, stability, and function. Learn a series of gentle somatic movements to relieve tension in chronically tight…

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Raven Mitts (Intermediate Nordic Knitting) – Saturday, September 6, 2025

Sep 06, 2025 9:30AM—2:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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Working in the round with two colors at a time you will use the Nordic stranding technique, often called “peasant knitting,” to create your choice of charming fingerless or full mittens. You will learn Latvian braid, securing floats in both background and pattern colors, thumb gussets, and more. Class size will be small and the…

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Past | Archive

Community Bridge Club – Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Jul 29, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

(Waitlist) Anyone Can Draw! Travel Sketching – Saturday, July 26, 2025

Jul 26, 2025 9:00AM—2:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

Mushroom Foraging with Carson (Ages 10+) – Saturday, July 26, 2025

Jul 26, 2025 9:00AM—12:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

(Waitlist) Weave Kitchen Towels on a Rigid Heddle Loom (Ages 16+) Saturday, July 19 & 26, 2025

Jul 19, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

(Waitlist) Herbal Remedies: A Foraging Walk (All Ages) – Saturday, July 19, 2025

Jul 19, 2025 11:00AM—2:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

Intro to Punch Needle Rug Hooking – Saturday, July 19, 2025

Jul 19, 2025 9:00AM—1:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 PINE, ST MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047