It’s well known that lakes are a hub of activity in the summer, but did you know that Minnesota lakes are bustling with activity throughout the winter? The Art Shanty Projects is a winter festival that takes place on Bde Unna a.k.a Lake Harriet every year like clockwork. Snowfall and warming weather due to climate change called for relocation and an operation they call “Project Beach”. Artistic Director, Erin Lavelle, hosted me at the Welcome Shanty and offers you a sneak peak at into 2023’s Art Shanty Project.

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Art Shanty Projects: Weekends, January 15 – February 6, 2022, 10am – 4pm

Inspired by her own experience at the Great Northern Festival in 2022, Nina Graham bought her first pair of snow pants and began a relationship with winter. The Great Northern Festival is coming for you too. Celebrate winter culture in Minnesota with ten days of art, dance, sports, talks, family events and parties- so many parties. This event might deepen your relationship or even begin a love affair with winter inspiring you to take action to protect our Minnesota winters from climate change.

As the Outdoors Weekend Editor at the Star Tribune, Bob Timmons shares stories about all the ways in which people in the Upper Midwest have fun outside - from FKTs on the Superior Hiking Trail to “Everesting” on the Ohio Street Hill in St. Paul. We talk with him about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted activity in the BWCA and beyond, and how climate change is changing what winter recreation looks like in Minnesota. Plus, what sparked his love of the outdoors and where he likes to spend time in nature today.

Follow him on Twitter at @rltimm or @striboutdoors.

Jodi and Andy chat with Ian and Lynn about the 515 Productions documentary film Freshwater. Ian got the idea when he first spotted surfers riding the cold waves of Lake Superior. Three years later, it’s evolved into a feature-length documentary that delves into surfing, science, climate change and finding inspiration in the waves of one of the biggest lakes in the world.