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Cattail Basket – Saturday, October 4, 2025

Oct 04, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

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

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Using hand-gathered and processed natural cattail leaves, we will create a small square to round basket. The base will be woven as a square, gradually rounding the sides, using a twining technique, with a tucked rim. Everyone will create this basket first, and if there’s remaining time, we can weave a small mug coaster or…

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Community Knit Night – Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Oct 07, 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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Sourdough from Start to Finish – October 10 and 11, 2025

Oct 10, 2025 6:30PM—Oct 11, 2025 8:30PM

Christ Lutheran Church, 150 5th Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Learn the secrets of sourdough bread. This is an eight-hour class, starting Friday evening and picking up again on Saturday. Students are encouraged to come on Friday to get a sneak preview and help us start the fermentation. On Saturday, master breadmakers Bryce Johnson and Ross Safford will take you through the steps of making bread…

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West African Drumming Ensemble SINGLE SESSION – Friday, October 10, 2025

Oct 10, 2025 4:30PM—6:00PM

Christ Lutheran Church, 150 5TH ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on October 10, 2025. If you prefer to register for the full class series, the classes are at a discounted rate of $10 each.  You can find the FULL SERIES registration under the class listings for October 3, 2025. Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for…

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Community Bluegrass Jam Session (All Ages) – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 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! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you're coming. *** 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,…

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Community Open Carving Session – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 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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Stained Glass Suncatchers (Ages 12+) – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 2025 9:00AM—2:00PM

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

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Have fun learning the basic steps to making a stained-glass window and go home with a new skill and a gift or two. Students will learn how to break glass with purpose, shape glass to a pattern, and reassemble it to make something beautiful. Glass will be assembled with the copper foil method, which is a thin strip…

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Nordic Folk Art Cross Stitch – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 2025 10:30AM—1:30PM

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

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Join Scandinavian enthusiast and artist Cami Andersen to learn all you need to know about cross stitch with a folk art twist. Students will enjoy a short introduction to Scandinavian folk art and history, then complete their own floral cross stitch piece. During this class, you will receive step-by-step instructions and go home with a…

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Intro to Oil Painting – “Halloween Moon” (Ages 10+) – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM

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

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If you think you can’t paint anything other than a wall, this class is for you!  Learn the wet-on-wet technique (alla prima) made famous on PBS to create your own landscape in one session.  Instructor Kevin Klein shares tips from masters like Tom Anderson and Steve Ross, guiding you step-by-step through color mixing, composition and…

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Challenge Yourself Series: Tricks for Knitting in the Round – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 2025 9:30AM—1:30PM

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

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You will up your knitting game and become a master of illusion when you learn 3 methods for making jogless color joins for thick stripes or 2-row stripes. Plus, there’s even a mind-blowing way to make jogless single row stripes! (A little challenging, but worth it.) Learn a jogless cast on and smooth out your…

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Astrology and Oracle for Creativity – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 2025 10:30AM—1:30PM

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

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This workshop will help you look at your creativity in a new way–through the lens of astrology and oracle cards. Come with a creative project in mind, or just focus on your creativity as a whole. We’ll look at the planets in your natal chart that rule creativity, and will talk about how to see…

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Willow Bark Necklace Basket – Saturday, October 11, 2025

Oct 11, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

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

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Amaze your friends and relatives when you wear this handwoven willow bark necklace basket that you created! You will use willow bark that the instructor hand-gathered and processed, along with waxed linen and a variety of beads as embellishments for the base. The fancy rim weave is really simple once you learn the technique, but…

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Community Knit Night – Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Oct 14, 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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West African Drumming Ensemble SINGLE SESSION – Friday, October 17, 2025

Oct 17, 2025 4:30PM—6:00PM

Christ Lutheran Church, 150 5TH ST, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

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**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on October 17, 2025. If you prefer to register for the full class series, the classes are at a discounted rate of $10 each.  You can find the FULL SERIES registration under the class listings for October 3, 2025. Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for…

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Herbal Remedies: A Foraging Walk (All Ages) – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 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: Baltic-style Pickup – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

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

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Band loom weaving is easier than you may think and it is a great way to start weaving. The bands woven on an Inkle loom are versatile and very useful. This type of weaving has been around for centuries, there are endlessly fascinating weavings that can be created on an Inkle loom. In this class,…

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Intro to Welding: Create a Garden Sculpture – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 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 important. …

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Doodles: Embroidery Improv (ages 16+) – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 2025 10:00AM—3:00PM

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

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Doodling clears the mind and opens space for creativity, innovation, and calm. Learn new embroidery stitches by embroidering embellishments on vintage printed fabric. Your instructor will provide the following materials: High-Quality Embroidery Hoop Embroidery Needle Threader Water Soluble Pen Vintage printed fabric Embroidery Floss Students are asked to bring: Your class is scheduled over a…

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Community Song Circle (Intergenerational) – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 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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Community Bridge Club – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 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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Soma Slow Flow Yoga – SINGLE SESSION – Saturday, October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 2025 10:30AM—11:30AM

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

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**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on October 18, 2025. 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…

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Welcome to the Woodshop: Make a Botanical Press (Intergenerational) – Saturday, October 18

Oct 18, 2025 10:00AM—11:30AM

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

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In this intergenerational class, students will learn to use drills and handsaws safely to make a wooden botanical press for collecting leaves and flowers. We will learn about wood grain, hardwoods v.s. softwoods, and hardware. This inclusive class is ideal for nature lovers, children and grown-ups looking for something fun to do together, and people…

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