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Community Bridge Club – Saturday, March 15, 2025

Mar 15, 2025 9:00AM—11:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

*** 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 Yoga Practice – SINGLE SESSION Saturday, March 15, 2025

Mar 15, 2025 10:30AM—11:30AM

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

**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on March 15, 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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West African Drumming Ensemble SINGLE SESSION – Friday, March 14, 2025

Mar 14, 2025 4:30PM—6:00PM

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

**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on March 14, 2025. Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for djembe and kpanlogo drums, bells, shakers, and stick drums; create full textures of rhythms in traditional West African genres, and how the layers of rhythms work together to create a conversation. This ensemble meets on…

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Community Knit Night – Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Mar 11, 2025 5:00PM—8:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, MN 55047

***This event requires NO registration! ***HOT OFF THE PRESS!  NOW 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…

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Community Bluegrass Jam Session (All Ages) – Saturday, March 8, 2025

Mar 08, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM

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

***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, March 8, 2025

Mar 08, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

***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 project…

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Cool Trash: Make Your Own Material – Saturday, March 8, 2025

Mar 08, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM

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

Learn how to (safely!) transform plastic waste into art, material for sewing, and more!  Participants will make beautiful material pieces to take home.  There are so many possibilities for using this handmade material work of art.  Here are a just a few ideas: Frame it for wall art Easily use a sewing machine to create…

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Wet-on-Wet Oil Painting: Northern Lights – Saturday, March 8, 2025

Mar 08, 2025 10:30AM—2:00PM

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

If you think you can’t paint anything other than a wall, this class is for you! You will paint a painting wet-on-wet style (aka alla prima) just like Bill Alexander and his students did on PBS. In this class, instructor Kevin Klein will share what he learned directly from Tom Anderson, Buck Paulson, and Steve Ross.…

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Soma Yoga Practice – SINGLE SESSION Saturday, March 8, 2025

Mar 08, 2025 10:30AM—11:30AM

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

**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on March 8, 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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West African Drumming Ensemble FULL SERIES (Ages 12+) Fridays, Mar 7, 14, 21, 28, Apr 4, 11, 25

Mar 07, 2025 4:30PM—6:00PM

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

**Please note – this registration page is for the full 7 class series.  If you register for the full series, the classes are at a discounted rate of $10 each.  Alternatively, you have the option of registering for single sessions under the specific dates on the website for $15/class. Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for…

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West African Drumming Ensemble SINGLE SESSION – Friday, March 7, 2025

Mar 07, 2025 4:30PM—6:00PM

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

**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on March 7, 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 March 7. Expand knowledge of hand-drumming techniques for djembe…

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(Waitlist) Walking into the Woods with Rosie Peters: A Poetry Cohort 2025 (14 sessions)

Mar 06, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

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

  Bravely embark on a poetry venture led by author, activist, and storyteller Rosetta “Rosie” Peters. Limited to 12 participants, the cohort will commit to a six-month process of figuratively and metaphorically “walking into the woods” together, exploring grief, trauma, our inner lives, and more through poetry. Sherman Alexie said, “Vulnerability is contagious.” Rosie’s body…

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Community Knit Night – Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Mar 04, 2025 5:00PM—8:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! ***HOT OFF THE PRESS!  NOW 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…

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Family Day at MMFS – Saturday, March 1, 2025

Mar 01, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

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

**Online registration has closed but we invite you to attend- we can register you at the door!** We invite you and the young people in your life to come to the second Marine Mills Folk School Family Day 2025! Experience folk school education via hands-on traditional arts and crafts and exposure to new skills and…

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Community Dare to Repair (All Ages) – Saturday, March 1, 2025

Mar 01, 2025 9:30AM—11:00AM

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

***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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Community Circular Sock Machine Crank-in – Saturday, March 1, 2025

Mar 01, 2025 9:30AM—3:30PM

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

We have Deb and Pete Oswald hosting a monthly Sock Machine Crank-in gathering at Marine Mills Folk School. MMFS invites all you “Crankers” to the Folk School beginning at 9:30 and running until 3:30.  This will be a time for gathering like-minded Circular Sock Machine (CSM) devotees who can share knowledge, demonstrate various techniques, and…

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Soma Yoga Practice – SINGLE SESSION Saturday, March 1, 2025

Mar 01, 2025 10:30AM—11:30AM

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

**Please note – you are registering for a SINGLE SESSION on March 1, 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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Soma Yoga Practice – Feb/March Series: Feb 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2025

Feb 22, 2025 10:30AM—11:30AM

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

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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Rescheduled – Community Bridge Club (All Ages) April 9, 2024

Apr 09, 2024 6:30PM—8:00PM

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

***Bridge Club has been rescheduled due to the weather cancellation on March 26. Please register if you plan to attend Bridge Club so the host knows you’re coming. *** Community Bridge Club is ongoing and welcomes players with minimal to experienced knowledge of the game. There is no official instruction, however, everyone is friendly, helpful to one another…

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Happy Spring Break from MMFS! March 30 & March 31, 2024

Mar 30, 2024 8:00AM—Mar 31, 2024 12:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School

Marine Mills Folk School will be closed for Spring Break March 30 & 31, 2024.    We can be contacted by emailing us at info@marinemillsfolkschool.org or call 612-314-6295 and leave a message!

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Community West African Drumming (All Ages) March 28, 2024

Mar 28, 2024 6:00PM—7:00PM

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

***Registration is not required for this event. However, if you plan to come, please register so we know how many people to expect.  Join host Janice Hunton for a hands-on experience with West-African drumming. Learn about hand-drumming technique for djembe and kpanlogo drums, discover traditional West-African rhythms and how the layers of rhythms work together to create a…

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West African Drumming Ensemble (Ages 10+) March 28, 2024 (Session 3 of 7)

Mar 28, 2024 7:00PM—8:30PM

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

*If you are interested in joining the ensemble, please email info@marinemillsfolkschool.org for more information.  Expand knowledge of hand-drumming technique for djembe and kpanlogo drums, bells, shakers, and stick drums; create full textures of rhythms in traditional West-African genres, and how the layers of rhythms work together to create a conversation. When you sign up for…

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