What You'll Find Along Nicollet at Northern Spark (hint - there's a lot!)

Baptism, photo by Adja Gildersleve. 

For many, Northern Spark is about wandering and finding uncommon art in surprising places. As you perambulate down Nicollet on June 15 & 16, here’s what you will find:

• a projected mandala for a peace embedded within the Mall’s Light Walk
• a compliment sung to you or a member of your roving crew
• a building-sized projection weaving together immigrant histories of the city
• a bicycle wheel inspired build-your-own poem station
• pianos for playing! 

If you’re a planner, make room in your wandering schedule for these timed events:

• a walking tour of Weird Nicollet  (10 pm & 12 midnight)
• jams of all kinds featuring Street Showcase musicians (10 pm & 11 pm)
• Midnight dance class! Perfect if you need a pick me up mid-way through the night.

Also on Nicollet is the tall, glass-paned Minneapolis Central Library. For the first time ever, hang out in the Library after hours at Northern Spark! You'll find:  

• a bank where you can withdraw or deposit empathy
• a radical, immersive, dance and sound experience
• 3-D projections of common edible plants flickering on the ceiling
• video works by MN artists that splice together the commonalities of oppressed peoples
• stations to add your protest story of Minneapolis
• a collection of books disapproved to appear in prisons, open and available for perusal
• an exhibition of lending art
• a multimedia a environment honoring the Boundary Waters 
• singing, singing, singing until 2 am
• a  workshop led by trans youth where you can make or collaborate on a zine
• a  dance that is a cheerful re-contextualization of the physical exchanges that will meet us all someday when we grow old
• The Night Library takes over the actual Library’s 3rd floor.