Flock Around and Find Out with Fire in the Village on the third Wednesday of the month for People Power Print Potluck!

Bring a dish to share if you like, a piece of fabric or clothing to print on, or just come as you are! We'll share a meal and will try fun and easy printmaking projects.

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) PG-13

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/

• Free to attend!

• Free will donations for popcorn & beverages!

Bring a camp chair or pillow to get cozy on our big rug. We will have comfy chairs for elders & others who require seating.

Explore. Experiment. Express. Jam!

First & third Monday of each month!

We have guitars, keys, percussion and a writing space ready for you to explore your musical side. Beginners and pros alike are welcome to jam!

Yoga and tea can seem sissy, but THIS yoga and THIS tea is for badass women, you see. Women need to rejuvinate, cuz they tire from carryin the weight. Men, don't feel left out, tend to the homefire while your partner is out.

• This is a free gathering, registration is required to ensure a comfortable amount of space for everyone attending.

As space is limited, please let us know via email contact@fireinthevillage.org if you are unable to make it after registering so we may offer the opening to others.

Flock Around and Find Out with Fire in the Village on the third Wednesday of the month for People Powered Print Potluck!

Bring a dish to share if you like, a piece of fabric or clothing to print on, or just come as you are! We'll share a meal and will try fun and easy printmaking projects.

Keith Secola and Gary Farmer make a surprise stop in Room 203!

Secola is a Native American Music Award winner; Keith Secola is an icon and ambassador of Native music. He is one of the most influential artists in the field today. Rising from the grassroots of North America, he is a songwriter of the people. Critics have dubbed him as the Native versions of both Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. NDN Kars (Indian cars), his most popular song is considered the contemporary Native American anthem, achieving legendary status and earning him a well deserved cult following. It has been the number one requested song on tribal radio since the 1992. In 2011, he joined the ranks of Jimmy Hendrix, Hank Williams, Crystal Gale, and Richie Valens, and was inducted into the Native Music Hall of Fame.

Gary Farmer is an actor, musician and producer. A prominent and respected figure in Indigenous film, having received three Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male in films Powwow Highway (1989), Dead Man (1995), and Smoke Signals (1998). Recent credits include series regular on Resident Alien for NBC Universal/SyFy Network, Reservation Dogs for FX/Hulu, The English for BBC/Amazon (September 2022). As a musician, he leads Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers, winning Best Americana Album at the 2023 New Mexico Music Awards.

6pm- Doors (Indian tacos with Keith and Gary before the show!)

7pm- Show

Free & kid-friendly event.

We are currently at capacity. Please submit the form below if you would like to join our waitlist!

The Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from New Mexico, must band together after losing their star player if they want to keep their quest for a state championship alive.

Directed and co-written by Navajo filmmaker Sydney Freeland along with "Reservation Dogs" creator Sterlin Harjo. The film, produced by NBA star LeBron James' SpringHill Company, is inspired by Michael Powell’s non-fiction book Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation. It focuses on a Navajo high school team, the Chuska Warriors, aiming for a state championship.

• Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15181360/

• Free to attend

• Free will donations for popcorn & beverages!

Come relax and enjoy some time hanging out with a creative community.

WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY FOR THIS GATHERING!

Yoga and tea can seem sissy, but THIS yoga and THIS tea is for badass women, you see. Women need to rejuvinate, cuz they tire from carryin the weight. Men, don't feel left out, tend to the homefire while your partner is out.

• This is a free gathering, registration is required to ensure a comfortable amount of space for everyone attending.

As space is limited, please let us know via email contact@fireinthevillage.org if you are unable to make it after registering so we may offer the opening to others.

Join us for a livingroom music & poetry show!

Poet / storyteller Rosetta "Rosie" Peters and composer / musician JG Everest return to Grand Rapids for a special performance of their live poetry + music storytelling collaboration, featuring brand new material, as well as pieces from their acclaimed 2022 chapbook album, The Hummingbirds Dance. The combination of Peter's heartfelt and powerful stories and poetry, combined with Everest's cinematic and ethereal musical accompaniment is a transportive, transcendent alchemy that inspires and connects us all more deeply to our human experience. 

Local writers from our 'Paper in Fire' community writing circle will open the show, sharing poetry, spoken word, and more! To sign-up to read, email shanai@fireinthevillage.org

Soup, bread, and other potluck goodies will be served - bring something to share if you like! 

PERFORMER BIOS

Rosetta “Rosie” Peters is a Minnesota-based poet, author, public speaker, storyteller, and activist. She is excited to be a part of the revitalization of her ancestral language, Dakota, which is currently being taught at the University of Minnesota. She is of Yankton, Crow Creek, and Oglala descent. Rosetta hopes to learn the language and pass it on to future generations. She is a single mother of six beautiful children, four daughters and two sons. You can learn more about her on her website and hear poetry from her chapbook album with JG Everest, The Hummingbird's Dance on Bandcamp.

Composer / Musician / transdisciplinary artist JG Everest was born and raised in Imnížaska, Mni Sota Makoče (St Paul, MN) and is currently based in Minneapolis. He has been collaborating closely with poet / storyteller Rosetta Peters since 2017, releasing their debut "chapbook album", The Hummingbird's Dance, in 2022. He is a founding member of musical ensembles Lateduster, BLACKFISH, Roma di Luna, Sans Le Systeme, and Gold Minefield, and was music director and lead collaborator with acclaimed dance company Emily Johnson / Catalyst for over a decade, awarded a NY “Bessie” award for The Thank-you Bar in 2012. In 2016 he founded Wavelets Creative, a community arts organization focused on bringing transformative and collaborative arts experiences to our communities. He is a 2019 McKnight Composers Fellow. Learn more on his website jgeverest.com.

Rosetta “Rosie” Peters is a Minnesota-based poet, author, public speaker, storyteller, and activist. She is excited to be a part of the revitalization of her ancestral language, Dakota, which is currently being taught at the University of Minnesota. She is of Yankton, Crow Creek, and Oglala descent. Rosetta hopes to learn the language and pass it on to future generations.

Creative Writing Workshop

This workshop will take place at MacRostie Art Center in the Giinawind Creative Space!

Join us for a free creative writing and zine workshop in collaboration with MacRostie Art Center.

Visiting poet Rosetta ‘Rosie’ Peters will share poetry and prompts that focus on the heart and what it needs to heal. Writers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome.

-Free

-Feb. 24th

-5pm-8pm

Participants from this workshop have an opportunity to share their writing on February 25th and open a livingroom concert for Rosetta ‘Rosie’ Peters and JG Everest in Room 203 at the Old Central School.

https://www.fireinthevillage.org/events/rosetta-rosie-peters-jg-everest

Miletići: New Music From The Old Country

Tickets $20 suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds!

Miletići: New Music From The Old Country is Sam Miltich's newest musical project. The name Miletići is the plural of Sam and Matthew Miltich's traditional Croatian last name Miletic' and the name of the village where Matthew's father was raised as a child.

This new ensemble focuses on music from Dalmatia, The Balkans, and the broader Eastern and Central European region. The band draws their repertoire from traditional Tamburica (Tamburitza) and Romani Cocek music from the Balkans, Klapa music from Dalmatia, and Jewish Klezmer and traditional Slavic folk songs from Central and Eastern Europe.

The band is composed of Sam Miltich as the leader playing both guitar, tambura, and singing vocals, Matthew Miltich on upright bass and vocals, Mark Kreitzer on mandolin and guitar, and Tony Balluff on clarinet. What sets this ensemble apart from other traditional folk ensembles is that all of the band members are full time jazz musicians. Miletici puts new twists on old music by infusing the band's love of improvisation into traditional music. You might hear traditional Dalmatian Klapa music played with a latin-jazz groove, Klezmer songs played in an American-swing rhythm, or open improvised solo sections on a Romani Cocek from Macedonia. It is this spirit of improvisational exploration that truly sets this ensemble apart.

We hope you will join us and enjoy a new modern take on traditional classics from the eastern half of Europe.

Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on to the hot club jazz scene in his teens, joining Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam's fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small towns on the Iron Range to New York's Lincoln Center. In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club, Sam frequently performs solo and has recorded and performed with many of the Twin Cities' top jazz artists. His website is sammiltichmusic.com

Flock Around and Find Out with Fire in the Village on the third Wednesday of the month for People Power Print Potluck!

Bring a dish to share if you like, a piece of fabric or clothing to print on, or just come as you are! We'll share a meal and will try fun and easy printmaking projects.

• Free to attend!

• Free will donations for popcorn & beverages!

Bring a camp chair or pillow to get cozy on our big rug.

We’ll have comfy chairs for elders & others who require seating.

Join visiting poet Rosetta “Rosie” Peters for this free Saturday morning writing workshop! Rosie will share poetry and prompts that focus on the heart and what it needs to heal. Writers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. After the workshop, stick around for a potluck lunch and sharing space with Fire in the Village and friends.

We have reached capacity for this gathering!

Yoga and tea can seem sissy, but THIS yoga and THIS tea is for badass women, you see. Women need to rejuvinate, cuz they tire from carryin the weight. Men, don't feel left out, tend to the homefire while your partner is out.

We are throwing a pop up benefit concert for Save the Boundary Waters! Free will donations, all ages welcome!

We have an epic lineup of musicians supporting the cause:

12:30-1:30 Ditty Wish
2:00-3:00 Annie Humphrey
3:30-4:30 Austin Lunn of Panopticon featuring Andy Klockow
5:00-6:00 McKeon Hugh Roberts featuring Jed LaPlant
7:00-9:00 Tattletale

Twisted Sisters Pretzel Co will be serving freshly baked pretzels all day.

Fire in the Village will bring their mobile printmaking station from 12pm-2pm- bring items you'd like to have printed on!

Klockow Brewing Company will donate a portion of the day's proceeds to Save the Boundary Waters.

See how you can help here if you can't make it: https://www.savetheboundarywaters.org/action-center

Flock Around and Find Out with Fire in the Village on the third Wednesday of the month for People Powered Print Potluck!

Bring a dish to share if you like, a piece of fabric or clothing to print on, or just come as you are! We'll share a meal and will try fun and easy printmaking projects.

Bring a camp chair or pillow to get cozy on our big rug.

We’ll have comfy chairs for elders & others who require seating.

Flock Around and Find Out with Fire in the Village on the third Wednesday of the month for People Powered Print Potluck!

Bring a dish to share if you like, a piece of fabric or clothing to print on, or just come as you are! We'll share a meal and will try fun and easy printmaking projects.

Join Fire in the Village for First Friday Art Walk in Room 203!

This month ... We'll have a '20 Below Art Sale' ... Art and other handcrafted and upcycled gifts for $20 bucks or less!

Always be brave!