The Naniboujou Fine Gauge Mittens were inspired by the fantastic dining room in the Naniboujou Lodge and Restaurant on Minnesota's beautiful North Shore of Lake Superior. Just east of Grand Marais, the lodge was built at the end of the Roaring 20s to be a luxurious retreat club with founding members like Babe Ruth and […]
Who: Keith Lesmeister in conversation with David Faldet What: an evening celebrating his new collection of short stories, Ask Me About the Money Where: Pulpit Rock Brewing When: Monday, 11/2 at 7pm Join local author and Northeast Iowa Community College professor Keith Lesmeister and Luther professor David Faldet for a conversation and Q&A session about […]
Leader: Laird Edman, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Northwestern College, IA The Lifelong Learner Seminars offer an opportunity for local alumni and friends, and area residents to enjoy academic programming at Luther College and engage in meaningful, scholarly dialogue in a college setting. The four week sessions are held Wednesdays from 9 a.m.–noon in Loyalty Hall on […]
Gruesome Playground Injuries is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting exploration of love, pain, and the marks we carry from childhood into adulthood. Tracking the lives of Kayleen and Doug through a series of out‑of‑order vignettes, the play reveals their complicated bond through moments of physical injury and emotional vulnerability—skinned knees, broken bones, broken […]
Join this class and learn all about primstavs. The primstav served as a farmer’s almanac marking religious days, changes in the seasons, and other everyday preparations. Recreate one of the primstavs in Vesterheim's collection; one is dated from 1566, or an oval primstav from 1700. A third choice is a historical primstav from the Norsk […]
Decorah Farmers Market Indoor Winter Markets Keep your local market tradition going through the winter! The Decorah Farmers Market moves indoors for four special winter markets at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds. Shop from local farmers, makers, bakers, and other vendors while stocking up on seasonal goods and finding something special to take home. It’s a […]
Create a cherished family heirloom that will bring light and joy every holiday season.Starting with a porcelain tree shape, students will apply a variety of Nordic holiday symbols such as nisse, cardamom roll, woven heart, fjord horse, waffle, straw goat, Dala horse, Lucia bun, mittens, and socks. The symbols are made using templates and spring […]
The Luther College Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert in the Center for Faith and Life at 7:30 p.m. Watch the livestream on the Music Department YouTube Channel
Jazz Orchestra will perform a concert in the Center for Faith and Life main hall at 4 p.m. Watch the livestream on the Music Department YouTube Channel
The Luther College Symphonic Band will perform a concert in the Center for Faith and Life at 7:30 p.m.. Watch the livestream on the Music Department YouTube Channel
Leader: Laird Edman, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Northwestern College, IA The Lifelong Learner Seminars offer an opportunity for local alumni and friends, and area residents to enjoy academic programming at Luther College and engage in meaningful, scholarly dialogue in a college setting. The four week sessions are held Wednesdays from 9 a.m.–noon in Loyalty Hall on […]
Vesterheim hosts a monthly bokprat (book group) where we discuss Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life. Join us in November for a discussion of Lady From the Sea by Henrik Ibsen. Written in 1888, The Lady from the Sea is Henrik Ibsen's drama about a married couple, Ellida, and Doctor Wangel. Doctor Wangel, a widower with […]
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., celebrated public intellectual and The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, will highlight concepts from his recent book, America, U.S.A: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries. As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, America, U.S.A. presents a […]
Who: Alysandra Dutton & Mathilda Zeller What: an evening celebrating their new novels, The Stolen Women and It Looks Like You in The Dark Where: Impact Coffee When: Thursday, 11/12 at 6:00pm Join authors Alysandra Dutton (The Stolen Women) and Mathilda Zeller (It Looks Like You in The Dark), for a conversation and Q&A session followed by […]
