May 2021
Intro to Waldorf Education: Spirit of the Lake Community School Open House
Learn about experiential education with grade school teachers, have tea and chat with current parents and learn about the mission, vision and values from the board president.
Find out more »Jul 2021
Spirit of the Lake Community School Open House
Spirit of the Lake Community School hosts an open house complete with live music, goats from Duluth Goat Yoga, Duluth Kombucha, outdoor activities, and a chance to get a taste of what Waldorf-inspired education has to offer. Their middle schoolers were recently highlighted in the Duluth News Tribune for their work in launching their handmade boat. Spirit of the Lake Community School's goal is to develop the whole child: the physical, social, emotional and creative skills support later success in…
Find out more »Feb 2022
Community Storytime: A Common Thirst
Spirit of the Lake Community School invites children and families to hear a reading of A Common Thirst by local author Gary Boelhower, local artist and illustrator Sara Brokke and local designer James Monroe. Kids can also learn about how books are made from start to finish. Masks required, in accordance with the current Duluth city ordinance.
Find out more »Apr 2022
Lakeside Spring Fling
Spirit of the Lake Community School presents this family-friend spring party of face painting, sack racing and storytelling with music, food, a silent auction, a photo booth, games and prizes. Tickets are available at eventbrite.com.
Find out more »May 2022
Nice Girls of the North Arts and Crafts Show
Nice Girls of the North is a local, woman-owned art cooperative. It hosts shows the second Saturday of every month.
Find out more »Jun 2022
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Kids’ Summer Camp
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Spirit of the Lake Community School offers weekly summer camps starting the week of June 20 through Aug. 19. The school aspires to be an accredited Waldorf school. Join Teacher Shannon for each different themed week. Groups are divided by ages 3-6 (must be potty-trained) and 7-9. A morning snack is provided; children must bring a bag lunch. Sessions run Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Email [email protected] to register and for an application.
Find out more »Aug 2022
Kindergarten Open House
Meet the teachers at Spirit of the Lake Community School and learn about its curriculum. There will be ice cream by Crank and Dasher and a big family style barbecue.
Find out more »Sep 2022
Steampunk Aerial Art Performance
An aerial show with a steampunk theme. Performers will be on Lyra (hoop), trapeze and silks.
Find out more »Nov 2022
Nice Girls of the North Arts and Crafts Show
Nice Girls of the North is a local, woman-owned art cooperative that hosts arts and crafts shows on the second Saturday of every month. Also known as the Second Saturday Marketplace, it features work by a collaborative of women artists who sell handcrafted items such as clothing and bags, original artwork, pottery, jewelry, nature photography cards and prints, Lake Superior beach glass art, cosmetics, candles, soaps, lotions, baked goods, heirloom dolls and animals, baby items and more. The artists are…
Find out more »Homeschool Classes at Spirit of the Lake Community School
Children ages 6-9 are invited to join weekly homeschool classes in woodwork, handwork and clay. Contact school to learn more and register. The weekly schedules for Nov 14-22 and Nov 28-Dec 16 include: Ages 6-7 Tuesdays 12:00 PM-12:45 PM: Handwork Tuesdays 1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Woodwork Wednesdays 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Clay Art and Sculpture Fridays 11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Clay Art and Sculpture Fridays 12:00 PM-12:45 PM: Handwork Ages 8-9 Tuesdays 11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Handwork Tuesdays 2:15 PM-3:00 PM: Woodwork Wednesdays…
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Mother Healing
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This gentle yoga and meditation series includes an opportunity to discuss a reading or teaching and share in connection with others. Sessions are offered on the first and third Saturday of each month. Register online at yourempoweredsoul.com.
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Morning Glory Parent & Child Sessions
Morning Glory is a monthly class for parents and children newly born up until 3 years old. The sessions focus on independent and imaginative play, sleep, stories and movement. Register at 218-721-4236 or email [email protected].
Find out more »Homeschool Classes at Spirit of the Lake Community School
Children ages 6-9 are invited to join weekly homeschool classes in woodwork, handwork and clay. Email discover @ slcsduluth.org to learn more and register. The weekly schedules for Nov 14-22 and Nov 28 to Dec 16 includes: Ages 6-7 Tuesdays 12:00 PM-12:45 PM: Handwork Tuesdays 1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Woodwork Wednesdays 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Clay Art and Sculpture Fridays 11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Clay Art and Sculpture Fridays 12:00 PM-12:45 PM: Handwork Ages 8-9 Tuesdays 11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Handwork Tuesdays 2:15…
Find out more »Dec 2022
Winter Solstice Celebration
Spirit of the Lake Community School honors the darkest season and the light that lives within us with its annual Winter Solstice Celebration, featuring community fellowship, a bonfire, dancing, singing, music by Terrence Smith, a reading of The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper, ornament making and more. Attendees are invited to bring their favorite style of potatoes for a potato potluck. Roasted, fried, baked, mashed, potato pancakes, sweet potato pie ... the options are endless.
Find out more »Jan 2023
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Nice Girls of the North Second Saturday Marketplace
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The Nice Girls of the North arts and crafts marketplace is full of beautiful unique work with a wide variety of beautiful handmade items for the perfect pick-me-up including jewelry, soaps and lotions, cards, home decor, hand dyed yarn and clothing, candles, baked goods, jams and so much more. The marketplace happens the second Saturday of every month.
Find out more »Oct 2023
Spirit of the Lake Apple Cider Fest
Spirit of the Lake Community School presents its Apple Cider Fest, featuring apple-cider pressing, a musical jam, outdoor fun, snacks, treats and hands-on apple-focused art projects facilitated by resident artists. Attendees are encouraged to bring a jar for cider, musical instruments, family, friends and apples/crab apples.
Find out more »Nice Girls of the North Second Saturday Marketplace
Spooky Season is upon us and Nice Girls of the North are brewing up a variety of unique work from local artists. Find a selection of beautiful handmade items for the perfect pick-me-up. Jewelry, soaps and lotions, cards, home décor, hand-dyed yarn and clothing, candles, baked goods and jams and more. Nice Girls of the North host their marketplace on the second Saturday of each month.
Find out more »Holiday Card Printing Class
Students will create their own holiday cards in an artists' studio and operating letterpress shop. The project will start with students sketching their own designs before transferring their designs to linoleum blocks and carving the designs into relief images by hand. The blocks will be printed by the students with turn-of-the-(last-last)-century letterpresses to make editions of cards suitable for holiday mailings. All operations will be guided by Shop Master, Jon Hinkel. This four session class runs every Tuesday from Oct.…
Find out more »Jan 2024
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Spirit of the Lake Homeschooler Art: Exploring Cultural and Creative Art Forms
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Alison Aune and University of Minnesota Duluth art and education students lead art lessons for children during this 12-session course. Sessions are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per class, per child ages 6-13. Children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult; the cost is $5 per adult. Register at zeffy.com. January - Painting 1/12 - Miriam Shapiro Mixed Media Pattern Painting 1/19 - Sonia Delaunay inspired Shapes & Colors Painting 1/26 -…
Find out more »Together We Stand
Together We Stand is an Aerial Arts show put on by area high schoolers that represents the mental health struggles we face in our daily lives. This fundraiser for Life House incorporates lyra, trapeze, dance, music and singing.
Find out more »After School Art Club with Growing Little Loves
After School Art Club is a child-led process art class with a bit of sensory mixed in, too. Artists explore different art and sensory offerings at their own pace, freely choosing which stations to engage in. Each artist has the opportunity to create a unique piece of process art (the focus is on the experience of creating versus the end result) with materials presented as an "art bar" (like salad bar, but with art materials). Collaborative art projects may also…
Find out more »Feb 2024
Thimbleberry Kindergarten Fridays
This class is for children ages 4-6 who might benefit from socialization and play in the environment of a Waldorf kindergarten. Students learn about themselves and their world by experiencing artistic and practical work, play, fairy tales, puppetry, music and circle games. The 12-session course is head on Fridays -- Feb. 2, 9, 16; March 1, 8, 15; April 5, 12, 26; May 3, 10, 17 -- from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The $480 cost includes snacks and supplies.…
Find out more »Zippers and Needle Felt Heart Pins
Participants in this class will create one-of-a-kind heart pins for Valentine's Day. No prior needle felting experience required. All supplies will be provided. The class is designed for ages 13 and up. Theresa Hornstein is a member of Nice Girls of the North Art Cooperative. She is experienced in teaching felting, dye work, crochet, knitting and embroidery. Reserve a spot at zeffy.com.
Find out more »Spirit of the Lake Community Arts Open House
A unique opportunity to connect with the individuals who call SOLCA home, gain insight into their artistic process and witness the diversity of artistic expressions within the community. Also happening at the building that day — the monthly Nice Girls of the North Marketplace.
Find out more »Mar 2024
Together We Stand
An aerial arts show representing the mental health struggles we all go through every day. From anxiety & depression to body image and society standards, the aerialists weave a story with movement, song and choreography.
Find out more »Sourdough Success
By the end of the course, students should be able to understand terms related to sourdough (i.e.- starter, discard, feed, stretch and fold, etc.), make their own sourdough starter and know how to properly maintain and use it, be able to find and use sourdough discard recipes, and be able to make a traditional sourdough loaf from their own sourdough starter. The Sourdough Success: 4 Part Series takes place on March 7, 14, 21, and 28. For the first class,…
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Nice Girls of the North Arts and Craft Show
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This market features unique work from local woman. Find a wide variety of handmade items ranging from jewelry, soaps, lotions, cards, home decor, hand dyed yarn, clothing, candles, baked goods, jams and more.
Find out more »Ukrainian-Style Eggs
Learn how to decorate eggs in the Ukrainian fashion. Try your hand at using a kistka to create egg designs with wax or stick to the classics and work on your egg dyeing skills — whatever you choose, it is sure to turn out EGG-cellent. All supplies are provided — this class is best for ages 13 and up. Sign-up at zeffy.com.
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Climes is a musical project led by Minnesota-based artist, Drew Anderson, whose songwriting serves to protest the inhumane and contemplate love and loss.
Find out more »After School Art Club with Growing Little Loves
After School Art Club is a child-led process art class with a bit of sensory mixed in, too. Artists explore different art and sensory offerings at their own pace, freely choosing which stations to engage in. Each artist has the opportunity to create a unique piece of process art (the focus is on the experience of creating versus the end result) with materials presented as an "art bar" (like salad bar, but with art materials). Collaborative art projects may also…
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Community Song Circle
An event every month that begins at 7:00 pm on day Third of the month, repeating until May 16, 2024
Spirit of the Lake Community School's song circle will be taught in the oral tradition, so songs will be taught by song leader, Hella Wartman, and no music or lyric sheets will be used. The group will be singing a variety of rounds, layer songs, zipper songs and call and response songs. Register for any of the song circles in this series at ziffy.com.
Find out more »Crochet Rag Rug
Rag rugs have a long history and continue the tradition of reusing fabrics in a sustainable way. Learn how to create a smooth join to connect strips of scrap fabric and crochet them into the start of a personal rag rug. Prior crochet knowledge is helpful but not required. Students should bring sharp scissors, N, P, or Q crochet hooks and scrap cotton fabrics. Sign-up at zeffy.com.
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Spirit of the Lake Homeschooler Art: Exploring Cultural and Creative Art Forms
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Alison Aune and University of Minnesota Duluth art and education students lead art lessons for children during this 12-session course. Sessions are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per class, per child ages 6-13. Children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult; the cost is $5 per adult. Register at zeffy.com. January - Painting 1/12 - Miriam Shapiro Mixed Media Pattern Painting 1/19 - Sonia Delaunay inspired Shapes & Colors Painting 1/26 -…
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Foundations of Flash Fiction
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Writer Katie Perttunen teaches writing within six weeks at Foundations of Flash Fiction. Perttunen has published two books, written for three newspapers and was the poetry editor for an online literary magazine. This class is best for ages 12 and older and is for both experienced and beginner writers. Participants will need to bring paper, writing implements and the book "Elements of Style".
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Foundations of Flash Fiction
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Writer Katie Perttunen teaches writing within six weeks at Foundations of Flash Fiction. Perttunen has published two books, written for three newspapers and was the poetry editor for an online literary magazine. This class is best for ages 12 and older and is for both experienced and beginner writers. Participants will need to bring paper, writing implements and the book "Elements of Style".
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Spirit of the Lake Homeschooler Art: Exploring Cultural and Creative Art Forms
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Alison Aune and University of Minnesota Duluth art and education students lead art lessons for children during this 12-session course. Sessions are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per class, per child ages 6-13. Children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult; the cost is $5 per adult. Register at zeffy.com. January - Painting 1/12 - Miriam Shapiro Mixed Media Pattern Painting 1/19 - Sonia Delaunay inspired Shapes & Colors Painting 1/26 -…
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Nice Girls of the North Arts and Craft Show
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This market features unique work from local woman. Find a wide variety of handmade items ranging from jewelry, soaps, lotions, cards, home decor, hand dyed yarn, clothing, candles, baked goods, jams and more.
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Foundations of Flash Fiction
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Writer Katie Perttunen teaches writing within six weeks at Foundations of Flash Fiction. Perttunen has published two books, written for three newspapers and was the poetry editor for an online literary magazine. This class is best for ages 12 and older and is for both experienced and beginner writers. Participants will need to bring paper, writing implements and the book "Elements of Style".
Find out more »An event every month that begins at 7:00 pm on day Third of the month, repeating until May 16, 2024
Community Song Circle
An event every month that begins at 7:00 pm on day Third of the month, repeating until May 16, 2024
Spirit of the Lake Community School's song circle will be taught in the oral tradition, so songs will be taught by song leader, Hella Wartman, and no music or lyric sheets will be used. The group will be singing a variety of rounds, layer songs, zipper songs and call and response songs. Register for any of the song circles in this series at ziffy.com.
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Spirit of the Lake Homeschooler Art: Exploring Cultural and Creative Art Forms
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Alison Aune and University of Minnesota Duluth art and education students lead art lessons for children during this 12-session course. Sessions are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per class, per child ages 6-13. Children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult; the cost is $5 per adult. Register at zeffy.com. January - Painting 1/12 - Miriam Shapiro Mixed Media Pattern Painting 1/19 - Sonia Delaunay inspired Shapes & Colors Painting 1/26 -…
Find out more »Transition to Life
Step onto a path of empowerment with Transition to Life. This six session course is specifically designed for individuals aged 16 and above with special needs, providing essential tools and support for navigating life's challenges with confidence on the journey towards independence. Explore essential topics such as goal setting, effective communication, insights into job searching, practical skills on budgeting, mastering basic culinary skills and uncover exciting recreational and volunteer opportunities aligned with personal interests while prioritizing safety. For more information…
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Foundations of Flash Fiction
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Writer Katie Perttunen teaches writing within six weeks at Foundations of Flash Fiction. Perttunen has published two books, written for three newspapers and was the poetry editor for an online literary magazine. This class is best for ages 12 and older and is for both experienced and beginner writers. Participants will need to bring paper, writing implements and the book "Elements of Style".
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Spirit of the Lake Homeschooler Art: Exploring Cultural and Creative Art Forms
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Alison Aune and University of Minnesota Duluth art and education students lead art lessons for children during this 12-session course. Sessions are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per class, per child ages 6-13. Children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult; the cost is $5 per adult. Register at zeffy.com. January - Painting 1/12 - Miriam Shapiro Mixed Media Pattern Painting 1/19 - Sonia Delaunay inspired Shapes & Colors Painting 1/26 -…
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