September Newsletter
This year I have planted my feeton this ground and am practicinggrowing up out of my legslike a tree. -Linda Lancione Moyer This is an excerpt from a poem DyAnne Korda read to her Nature Writing for Women class this past spring. It’s almost fall now and I find myself coming back to Moyer’s words. […]
August Newsletter
Many of you have joined us on our journey of crafting a 20’ Ojibwe Wiigwaasi Jiimaan (Birchbark Canoe) and many more of you have followed us on our journey, in-person and virtually. We are overjoyed to be on the precipice of paddling this beautiful canoe for the first time! We have spent 4 summers, beginning […]
July Newsletter
View this email in your browser July Newsletter Learn Something New July in Ely – is there anything better?? The town is bustling with people, lake temperatures are slowly becoming delightfully swimmable, and it’s projected to be a bountiful blueberry harvest. I would say I can’t wait to go blueberry picking, but the truth is […]
June Newsletter
View this email in your browser June Newsletter Learn Something New The Birch Bark Canoe Project kicked off this week with the first public building session this past Sunday. If you would like to participate, you can come to the Ely Folk School pocket park at 1pm on Sundays throughout the summer, registration found here. More information on […]
May Update
Thank you to everyone who came out to our spring bonfire a few weeks back. We hope you had a great time! Special thanks to the band members pictured above, it isn’t a party until there is live music. We’re looking forward to a robust summer class list with many free opportunities for folks of all ages […]
May Newsletter
View this email in your browser Gearing up for Summer The weather may not be cooperating yet, but I can feel (and almost taste) summer when looking through the summer class list. Plans to make pies, pick blueberries, make wild rice knockers, help with the birch bark canoe project, and participate in one of our newest classes, “Creating a […]
April Update
These mid-April snowstorms and blustery winds have tested my patience, but I am resolved to be resilient. The truth is I simply can’t complain. April has been a blesséd month thus far. Straddled between two extremely delightful potica classes (more on that later), was an enriching Ely Folk School instructor retreat. A promising combination of […]
April Newsletter
View this email in your browser April Newsletter Learn Something New Looking ahead at the class schedule, it is exciting to see the synergy our program coordinators are creating among classes. For example, you can learn to make feta cheese and then add it to a beautiful charcuterie board for Mother’s Day in May. A few […]
Mid-March Update
Spring is around the corner. Have you made spring break plans? The Ely Folk School is gearing up to host a week of youth classes in April. Please help spread the word and consider buying a gift certificate for someone you know to take a class. Most classes are for ages 8-18, or younger children accompanied by a parent or […]
Nobody Does Winter Better
Nobody does Winter better! The slogan for the Ely Winter Festival seems to be thrumming through the veins of everyone who lives up here in the Northwoods. The thermometer outside my home was awfully close to -40 degrees for several mornings – that one magical temperature where Fahrenheit and Celsius align, and where we’ve agreed […]