Spring Flower Show at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory

The spring flower show will feature early spring favorites such as blue delphinium, purple foxglove, and snapdragons. Fragrant white hyacinth, Spanish bluebells, white daffodils, purple crocus, blue grape hyacinth, along with a blend of purple and red tulips will adorn this spring floral display.

With more than 12,000 tulip, hyacinth, daffodil, crocus, and muscari bulbs grown especially for the Sunken Garden, The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory’s Spring Flower Show opening next week is always one of the Twin Cities’ most colorful rites of spring.

Spring Cheese and Chocolate Weekend

It is time again for one of our most popular events of the year…our spring Cheese and Chocolate Weekend! Enjoy sampling local cheeses and wonderful chocolates between the hours of 12-5pm each day. This event gives you the chance to not only sample award winning wines, but also to explore delicious cheese and chocolate pairings during your tasting experience.

Spring Celebration

Learn more about pollinators and migratory birds! Nature crafts, guided hikes, the Friends of Sherburne Plant Sale and more.

Spring Arts and Craft Show

Spring Arts & Craft Show

Over 100 exhibits, no admission to enter and concessions are available. Have a look around and enjoy the arts and crafts.

Spoon Gathering -SOLD OUT-

Sitting in the sun on the spacious front porch of a 1915 school house meticulously restored in the traditional Norwegian style, or sitting outside in the evening around a roaring fire – always among friends. That is one way to describe the annual gathering of the spoon carvers each June in Milan.

Spirit Valley Days

West Duluth's Spirit Valley Days celebration features live entertainment, food and artisan vendors daily. Plus, the Northland's largest car show on Wednesday; Duluth's largest parade on Thursday; traditional Friday night Street Dance; Run Like an Animal 5K run/walk, Western Garden Tour, and Family Day on Saturday. All events held in the Spirit Valley area of West Duluth.

Spicer Winterfest

The 39th annual Spicer WinterFest is almost here. There are lots of great events planned between January 20th – February 11th, 2024, including the WinterFest family fun day and fireworks, the 5th annual WinterFest Dance featuring Fat City All-Stars, and so much more.

Unfortunately, due to a lack of solid ice on Green Lake, there won't be an ice castle this year. Other events cancelled due to lack of ice: Central MN Pond Racing, Spicer Speed Run, and the Ice Carving Contest.

Check out the poster or our events calendar for details on all of the other fun events.

Spicer 4th of July Celebration

Spicer's fourth of July celebration is "One of the Best in the Area." There are activities for all ages, all day long. Besides an arts and crafts fair with an amusing flea market, everyone will be enjoying a basketball tournament, kiddie parade, kids pedal pull, a competitive 12-mile running race and, of course, all the water fun you could ask for! The street dance near Pirrotta Park features Belladiva and is family friendly. On the fourth, the Grand Day parade, including over 100 participants with lots of entertainment and candy starts at 10am!

2024 Ordway Inside Out: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents Sphinx Virtuosi: Generations

Inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and Julia Alvarez, Sphinx Virtuosi brings you a program showcasing the beauty and tradition of excellence inherent in classical music created and performed by Black and Latinx composers throughout history, including Sphinx Virtuosi member and competition winner Xavier Foley. (rain date: Sunday, August 18 | 7 p.m.)

Speculative Bodies

Today we live multiple lives both online and in real life, with elastic identities that are seemingly boundless, open to fluid representation and constant reinterpretation via technology. Can the same be said of our physical bodies? Despite technology’s ever-quickening pace, we are still inextricably bound to the flesh-and-blood of the human body that we as a species have inhabited for thousands of years.