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SUMMARY:Fall Color Shuttle Tour
DESCRIPTION:🚐 Fall Color Shuttle Van Tours 🍁 \n⏰This Outing: Thursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\n💸 Pricing: MDC Member: $10.00; Nonmember: $15.00\n🔗 Register Online: Click here! \nExperience the splendor of northeastern Minnesota’s fall season while learning about the area’s rich mining history! This fall color shuttle van tour takes you around the Glen Mine Pit Lake\, stopping at picturesque vistas and historic spots where your guide will tell you stories about the unique reclaimed industrial landscape that surrounds you. 🍂🌲 \nEach tour lasts an hour. There is limited walking during the stops\, so please wear sturdy shoes. Remember to charge your cell phone beforehand! You’ll want to take selfies and scenic shots to share with your friends and on social media. 📸 \n🗓️ Full Schedule: \n\nThursday\, September 24 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, September 26 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 3 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 10 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/fall-color-shuttle-tour-3/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sketches of Minnesota: Iron Range
DESCRIPTION:Join the Minnesota Humanities Center\, Danger Boat Productions\, and Iron Range community for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour at MDC! These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities\, promote dialogue\, bridge divides\, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment. \nBeginning with a free catered meal\, these gatherings invite audience members to share what makes their town great\, what they think people get wrong about it\, what local divisions concern them\, and what future they imagine. An improv comedy troupe listens in on the conversations\, takes everything they heard from residents\, and brings it to life on stage through entirely unscripted improv comedy theater. \n⭐ This event is free\, however registration is required. Register here. \n❓ Registration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \n5:00–6:00pm: Doors open / Community hour\n6:00–7:15pm: Dinner\n7:15–8:00pm: Improv show\n8:00–8:30pm: Talkback \nHost Partners: Chisholm Community Foundation and Hibbing Foundation \nThe work of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to create a stronger Minnesota by increasing our understanding of the beauty\, wisdom and stories of its people. Through partnerships\, we facilitate the spaces\, like Sketches of Minnesota\, that seek to build connections and deepen understanding of ourselves and our communities in pursuit of a more just society. \nThis event is made possible by the generous support of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. \n 
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/sketches-of-minnesota-iron-range/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Color Shuttle Tour
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This outing is now SOLD OUT\, but there are still seats left in other outings! \n\n🚐 Fall Color Shuttle Van Tours 🍁 \n⏰This Outing: Thursday\, October 3 | 11:00am\n💸 Pricing: MDC Member: $10.00; Nonmember: $15.00\n🔗 Register Online: Click here! \nExperience the splendor of northeastern Minnesota’s fall season while learning about the area’s rich mining history! This fall color shuttle van tour takes you around the Glen Mine Pit Lake\, stopping at picturesque vistas and historic spots where your guide will tell you stories about the unique reclaimed industrial landscape that surrounds you. 🍂🌲 \nEach tour lasts an hour. There is limited walking during the stops\, so please wear sturdy shoes. Remember to charge your cell phone beforehand! You’ll want to take selfies and scenic shots to share with your friends and on social media. 📸 \n🗓️ Full Schedule: \n\nThursday\, September 24 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, September 26 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 3 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 10 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/fall-color-shuttle-tour-4/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Color Shuttle Tour
DESCRIPTION:🚐 Fall Color Shuttle Van Tours 🍁 \n⏰This Outing: Thursday\, October 3 | 2:00pm\n💸 Pricing: MDC Member: $10.00; Nonmember: $15.00\n🔗 Register Online: Click here! \nExperience the splendor of northeastern Minnesota’s fall season while learning about the area’s rich mining history! This fall color shuttle van tour takes you around the Glen Mine Pit Lake\, stopping at picturesque vistas and historic spots where your guide will tell you stories about the unique reclaimed industrial landscape that surrounds you. 🍂🌲 \nEach tour lasts an hour. There is limited walking during the stops\, so please wear sturdy shoes. Remember to charge your cell phone beforehand! You’ll want to take selfies and scenic shots to share with your friends and on social media. 📸 \n🗓️ Full Schedule: \n\nThursday\, September 24 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, September 26 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 3 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 10 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/fall-color-shuttle-tour-5/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wild Roots Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:Wild Roots Learning Community \n📅 Dates: Sep. 10\, Sep. 24\, Oct. 8\, Oct. 22\, Nov. 12\, Dec. 10 (all Thursdays)\n⏰ Time: 10:00am-12:00pm (each time)\n👧 Age Range: 3-12 y/o (younger/older siblings welcome!)\n💵 Cost: $5/kid 3-and-older\n⭐ FREE for MDC Members\, kids 2-and-under\, and accompanying grown-ups \nWild Roots is a play-based learning group where kids discover the world around them through child-led exploration. This year\, we’re exploring forces—wind\, gravity\, water\, weight\, and balance. A little wild. A little wobbly. A whole lot of wonder. 🔎✨ \nPotential weekly activities include making kites\, building giant marble runs\, testing boats in MDC’s outdoor pond\, creating snow forts\, building walkable bridges\, and more. But the plan is always flexible. We bring the materials\, give starting guidance\, and provide encouragement\, but the kids’ natural curiosity\, burgeoning initiative\, and trial-and-error problem solving skills bring the activities to life. \nSessions may take place indoors or outdoors\, so please ensure you and your kids wear/bring appropriate clothing—even once snow falls! ☀️❄️ \nGrown-ups are required to supervise their kids\, but they get in free! \n🚗📍 Please use the Winter Admissions parking lot/entrance and meet up with the rest of the group in the Dining Room! \n\n🪁 Session 1 (September 10) — Kites: Designing\, building\, and racing kites to see whose creations will catch the wind. Spoiler: Not every kite flies on the first try—and that’s the best part. \n💨 Session 2 (September 24) — Pinwheels & Windsocks: Creating a field full of homemade pinwheels and windsocks. Kids get to redesign and relaunch anything that didn’t fly quite right the first time. \n⚽ Session 3 (October 8) — The Great Noodle Race: Building pool noodle tracks to race spherical objects of various sizes down a hill. What will get to the bottom first: the marble\, the whiffle ball\, the soccer ball\, or something else? \n🎃 Session 4 (October 22) — The Great Pumpkin Move: Experimenting with ramps\, ropes\, pulleys\, and more to move pumpkins from Point A to Point B without directly picking them up. Plus\, we’re bringing out a trebuchet for some messy\, projectile-launching fun! \n⛵ Session 5 (November 12) — Ore Boats: Building miniature boats\, loading them up with cargo\, and sailing them across MDC’s pond. Using foil\, foam\, cardboard\, and other tidbits\, how much “iron ore” can your creation carry before it sinks? \nMore session topics will be announced as the season goes on!
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/wild-roots-learning-community-3/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T212606Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Color Shuttle Tour
DESCRIPTION:🚐 Fall Color Shuttle Van Tours 🍁 \n⏰This Outing: Thursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\n💸 Pricing: MDC Member: $10.00; Nonmember: $15.00\n🔗 Register Online: Click here! \nExperience the splendor of northeastern Minnesota’s fall season while learning about the area’s rich mining history! This fall color shuttle van tour takes you around the Glen Mine Pit Lake\, stopping at picturesque vistas and historic spots where your guide will tell you stories about the unique reclaimed industrial landscape that surrounds you. 🍂🌲 \nEach tour lasts an hour. There is limited walking during the stops\, so please wear sturdy shoes. Remember to charge your cell phone beforehand! You’ll want to take selfies and scenic shots to share with your friends and on social media. 📸 \n🗓️ Full Schedule: \n\nThursday\, September 24 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, September 26 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 3 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 10 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/fall-color-shuttle-tour-6/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thursday Night Trivia
DESCRIPTION:📅 Date: Thursday\, October 8\n⏰ Time: 6:00-7:30pm\n📍 Place: MDC’s Dining Room\n💸 Cost: FREE! \nIt’s time for Thursday Night Trivia! Join us every other Thursday from October 2026 to April 2027 (see the full schedule below) for brain-busting fun\, chill vibes\, and hot food. It’s FREE to play\, and there’s no Museum admission fee on Thursday evenings. You can fly solo or play as a team. While the game is geared toward adults\, all questions are PG and all ages are welcome! \n**Kick off our first Thursday Night Trivia of the season with a special Minnesota Munchies experience! Arrive early from 5:30–6:00pm and be among the first 20 guests to receive FREE samples of unique Iron Range-inspired foods. Come hungry and test your knowledge this Thursday\, October 8. \nPlease park and enter in our main summer entrance\, by the bike shop.  \nThe Evening’s Timeline\n🏛️ 4:00pm: Free Museum admission starts\n🍔 4:30pm: The kitchen and bar open\n**5:30-6:00pm: Minnesota Munchies experience\n🤔 6:00pm: Trivia starts\n🎉 7:30pm: Trivia ends\n👋 8:00pm: MDC closes \nFull Schedule\nEvery other Thursday from October 2026 to April 2027\, except for December 3 (Holly Jolly) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve). \n\nOctober 8\nOctober 22\nNovember 5\nNovember 19\nDecember 17\nJanuary 14\nJanuary 28\nFebruary 11\nFebruary 25\nMarch 11\nMarch 25\nApril 8\nApril 22
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/thursday-night-trivia-15/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Color Shuttle Tour
DESCRIPTION:🚐 Fall Color Shuttle Van Tours 🍁 \n⏰This Outing: Thursday\, October 10 | 11:00am\n💸 Pricing: MDC Member: $10.00; Nonmember: $15.00\n🔗 Register Online: Click here! \nExperience the splendor of northeastern Minnesota’s fall season while learning about the area’s rich mining history! This fall color shuttle van tour takes you around the Glen Mine Pit Lake\, stopping at picturesque vistas and historic spots where your guide will tell you stories about the unique reclaimed industrial landscape that surrounds you. 🍂🌲 \nEach tour lasts an hour. There is limited walking during the stops\, so please wear sturdy shoes. Remember to charge your cell phone beforehand! You’ll want to take selfies and scenic shots to share with your friends and on social media. 📸 \n🗓️ Full Schedule: \n\n\n\nThursday\, September 24 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, September 26 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 3 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 10 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/fall-color-shuttle-tour-7/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Color Shuttle Tour
DESCRIPTION:🚐 Fall Color Shuttle Van Tours 🍁 \n⏰This Outing: Thursday\, October 10 | 2:00pm\n💸 Pricing: MDC Member: $10.00; Nonmember: $15.00\n🔗 Register Online: Click here! \nExperience the splendor of northeastern Minnesota’s fall season while learning about the area’s rich mining history! This fall color shuttle van tour takes you around the Glen Mine Pit Lake\, stopping at picturesque vistas and historic spots where your guide will tell you stories about the unique reclaimed industrial landscape that surrounds you. 🍂🌲 \nEach tour lasts an hour. There is limited walking during the stops\, so please wear sturdy shoes. Remember to charge your cell phone beforehand! You’ll want to take selfies and scenic shots to share with your friends and on social media. 📸 \n🗓️ Full Schedule: \n\nThursday\, September 24 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, September 26 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 1 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 3 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm\nThursday\, October 8 | 5:00pm\nSaturday\, October 10 | 11:00am\, 2:00pm
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/fall-color-shuttle-tour-8/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T200000
DTSTAMP:20260930T200216Z
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SUMMARY:Life Cycles of Iron in Art and the Landscape
DESCRIPTION:📅 Thursday\, October 15\, 2026\n⏰ 5:30–8:00pm\n📍 MDC’s Dining Room\n💲 FREE and open to all \nWhat happens when the iron beneath our feet becomes part of the art around us? Join MDC Museum & Research Center Director Allyse Freeman and painter\, material researcher\, and educator Elisabeth Heying for an engaging\, hands-on exploration of the many life cycles of iron in art and the landscape. \nThe evening begins with Allison MJ Collins\, a representative from CHAIR\, sharing how the arts are shaping the Iron Range\, followed by Allyse with a brief introduction to the history and landscape of the region. \nThen\, Elisabeth will take you on an experimental journey through the many forms and uses of iron in artmaking—from raw steel to iron oxide-based earth pigments. Watch a live demonstration of how natural minerals can be transformed into pigments and then made into paint! \n🎨 Hands-on activities will include: \n\nCreating oxidation drawings on steel plates\nPainting with red earth pigments from the Minnesota Iron Range\nExploring the connection between art\, science\, minerals and the landscape around us\n\nPart show-and-tell\, part cooking show\, part science lesson\, and part art class\, this unique experimental workshop invites participants to connect with the material and landscape of their home through creative experimentation. \n🍴 Complimentary appetizers included!\n🍹 Cash bar available! \nEvent Schedule \n\n5:30–6:00pm: Social hour & arrival\n6:00–6:30pm: Presentations by Allison MJ Collins and Allyse Freeman\n6:30–8:00pm: Experimental art workshop with Elisabeth Heying\n\nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/life-cycles-of-iron-in-art-and-the-landscape/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTAMP:20260925T171304Z
CREATED:20260925T171304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T171304Z
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SUMMARY:Family Discovery Day: International Archaeology Day
DESCRIPTION:🏺 Family Discovery Day: International Archaeology Day\n📅 Saturday\, October 17\n⏰ 11:00am–4:00pm\n📍 Minnesota Discovery Center\n💸 FREE Admission \nJoin us for a free day of family fun as we celebrate International Archaeology Day at the Minnesota Discovery Center\, featuring a FREE screening of Dora and the Lost City of Gold and hands-on archaeology activities for all ages! \nFrom 11:00am–2:00pm\, enjoy archaeology activity stations in Taconite Square designed for explorers of all ages: \n🥽 Experience the science of archaeology through VR technology\n🪣 Sift for buried artifacts at a dig station\n🍽️ Piece together broken plates like a real archaeologist\n🪨 Learn about flintknapping\n🏹 Try your hand at throwing an atlatl at a (cutout) bison \nThen\, from 2:00-3:45pm\, head to our theater for a FREE screening of Dora and the Lost City of Gold! Follow Dora and her friends on an adventure to save her parents and uncover the mystery of a lost Incan civilization. \n🍿 Popcorn will be available for purchase for just $1 per bag. \nWhether you’re a budding archaeologist or simply looking for a fun family outing\, there’s something for everyone to discover. Come explore\, experiment\, and uncover the past—one discovery at a time!
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/family-discovery-day-international-archaeology-day-2/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261022T120000
DTSTAMP:20261027T153406Z
CREATED:20260825T180536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T153406Z
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SUMMARY:Wild Roots Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:Wild Roots Learning Community \n📅 Dates: Sep. 10\, Sep. 24\, Oct. 8\, Oct. 22\, Nov. 12\, Dec. 10 (all Thursdays)\n⏰ Time: 10:00am-12:00pm (each time)\n👧 Age Range: 3-12 y/o (younger/older siblings welcome!)\n💵 Cost: $5/kid 3-and-older\n⭐ FREE for MDC Members\, kids 2-and-under\, and accompanying grown-ups \nWild Roots is a play-based learning group where kids discover the world around them through child-led exploration. This year\, we’re exploring forces—wind\, gravity\, water\, weight\, and balance. A little wild. A little wobbly. A whole lot of wonder. 🔎✨ \nPotential weekly activities include making kites\, building giant marble runs\, testing boats in MDC’s outdoor pond\, creating snow forts\, building walkable bridges\, and more. But the plan is always flexible. We bring the materials\, give starting guidance\, and provide encouragement\, but the kids’ natural curiosity\, burgeoning initiative\, and trial-and-error problem solving skills bring the activities to life. \nSessions may take place indoors or outdoors\, so please ensure you and your kids wear/bring appropriate clothing—even once snow falls! ☀️❄️ \nGrown-ups are required to supervise their kids\, but they get in free! \n🚗📍 Please use the Winter Admissions parking lot/entrance and meet up with the rest of the group in the Dining Room! \n\n🪁 Session 1 (September 10) — Kites: Designing\, building\, and racing kites to see whose creations will catch the wind. Spoiler: Not every kite flies on the first try—and that’s the best part. \n💨 Session 2 (September 24) — Pinwheels & Windsocks: Creating a field full of homemade pinwheels and windsocks. Kids get to redesign and relaunch anything that didn’t fly quite right the first time. \n⚽ Session 3 (October 8) — The Great Noodle Race: Building pool noodle tracks to race spherical objects of various sizes down a hill. What will get to the bottom first: the marble\, the whiffle ball\, the soccer ball\, or something else? \n🎃 Session 4 (October 22) — The Great Pumpkin Move: Experimenting with ramps\, ropes\, pulleys\, and more to move pumpkins from Point A to Point B without directly picking them up. Plus\, we’re bringing out a trebuchet for some messy\, projectile-launching fun! \n⛵ Session 5 (November 12) — Ore Boats: Building miniature boats\, loading them up with cargo\, and sailing them across MDC’s pond. Using foil\, foam\, cardboard\, and other tidbits\, how much “iron ore” can your creation carry before it sinks? \nMore session topics will be announced as the season goes on!
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/wild-roots-learning-community-4/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261022T193000
DTSTAMP:20260923T154623Z
CREATED:20260923T152940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T154623Z
UID:7148-1792692000-1792697400@www.mndiscoverycenter.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Night Trivia
DESCRIPTION:📅 Date: Thursday\, October 22\n⏰ Time: 6:00-7:30pm\n📍 Place: MDC’s Dining Room\n💸 Cost: FREE! \nIt’s time for Thursday Night Trivia! Join us every other Thursday from October 2026 to April 2027 (see the full schedule below) for brain-busting fun\, chill vibes\, and hot food. It’s FREE to play\, and there’s no Museum admission fee on Thursday evenings. You can fly solo or play as a team. While the game is geared toward adults\, all questions are PG and all ages are welcome! \nThe Evening’s Timeline\n🏛️ 4:00pm: Free Museum admission starts\n🍔 4:30pm: The kitchen and bar open\n🤔 6:00pm: Trivia starts\n🎉 7:30pm: Trivia ends\n👋 8:00pm: MDC closes \nFull Schedule\nEvery other Thursday from October 2026 to April 2027\, except for December 3 (Holly Jolly) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve). \n\nOctober 8\nOctober 22\nNovember 5\nNovember 19\nDecember 17\nJanuary 14\nJanuary 28\nFebruary 11\nFebruary 25\nMarch 11\nMarch 25\nApril 8\nApril 22
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/thursday-night-trivia-16/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261023T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261023T213000
DTSTAMP:20261017T175850Z
CREATED:20260925T164208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261017T175850Z
UID:7194-1792783800-1792791000@www.mndiscoverycenter.org
SUMMARY:Flashlight Clueseum
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Both Flashlight Clueseum games are now SOLD OUT. Thank you to everyone who signed up! We’re going to have a spooktacular time. \n\n📅 Dates: October 23 & 30\n⏰ Time: 7:30-9:30pm (both times)\n👤 Age Range: 13+\n💵 Cost: $13 for MDC Members; $15 for Nonmembers\n❗ Takes place in the dark with low lighting!\n🎟️ Click to get tickets for the Oct. 23 game! \nA murder has taken place at MDC\, and it’s up to you to solve it! You have a set of clues\, a headlamp\, and an hour to (1) find the body\, (2) uncover the murder weapon\, and (3) ascertain who committed this dastardly crime. If you like spooky atmospheres\, solving riddles\, the movie Night at the Museum\, and the boardgame Clue\, this after-hours whodunnit is for you. \nEvent Schedule\n👋 7:30pm: Check in\n🔦 8:00pm: The game is afoot!\n🤔 9:00pm: Time’s up! The mystery is revealed…\n🌛 9:30pm: Wrap up and say goodnight \nThis is an alcohol-free event. Complimentary water\, juice\, and light snacks are provided. The game takes place in the dark and has some ~spooky~ themes\, so it might not be appropriate for folks with sensory issues and children who are easily frightened. \n👻 Halloween costumes are encouraged!
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/flashlight-clueseum-2/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T200000
DTSTAMP:20260924T193319Z
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UID:7189-1793268000-1793304000@www.mndiscoverycenter.org
SUMMARY:Late Night in the Research Center
DESCRIPTION:Peer into the past with convenient extended Research Center hours on October 29\, 2026! \nDuring Late Night in the Research Center\, the RC will be open from 10:00am to 8:00pm. Our super friendly\, super knowledgeable staff will be ready and eager to help you trace your family genealogy\, investigate regional history\, find a good book to read\, and more. 🔎📚 \nLate Night happens once a month\, usually on the last Thursday (unless holidays interfere). Visiting the RC is always FREE!
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/late-night-in-the-research-center-18/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260915T202722Z
CREATED:20260908T155840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202722Z
UID:7037-1793293200-1793302200@www.mndiscoverycenter.org
SUMMARY:The Research Center Presents: Ryan Vine’s The Cave: Poetry Reading & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:The Research Center Presents: Ryan Vine’s The Cave: Poetry Reading & Book Signing \n🗓️ Date: Thursday\, October 29\n⏰ Time: 5:00-7:30pm\n📍 Place: MDC’s Theater\n💸 Cost: FREE \nOn Thursday\, October 29 from 5:00-7:30pm\, come listen to one of Minnesota’s most celebrated modern poets—Ryan Vine! \nRyan will be reading from his latest poetry collection\, The Cave\, which explores the topics of fatherhood\, generational trauma\, and the ways place and lineage connect. It has been named one of the “Best Poetry Books of 2025” by the California Review of Books and “Top 5 of 2025” by Zenith Bookstore in Duluth\, MN. \nRyan was born and raised on the backwaters of the St. Louis River in the Fond Du Lac neighborhood of western Duluth. Along with being a poet\, he is also a professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. His honors include the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award\, the Weldon Kees Award\, the Robert Watson Poetry Prize\, and more. \nHere’s the evening’s schedule: \n🥂 5:00pm: Mingling and (free!) snacks (first-come\, first-served)\n🗣️ 6:00pm: The poetry reading begins\n✒️ 6:45pm: Ryan signs books\n👋 7:30pm: We say goodnight \nTake a look at these reviews of The Cave: \n“While the poems in The Cave are thoroughly contemporary\, many of their philosophical underpinnings are as old as humanity itself. Vine’s haunting meditations on fatherhood\, for example\, are as profound and enduring as any I’ve ever read. This is manly work\, utterly masterful\, and deeply moving.” — Connie Wanek \n“These poems are as indelible as scars—and just as full of ancient wisdom. Wonders abound: the cloud inside a dog’s eye\, the way a lake holds up the sky. Ryan Vine’s poetry gives me that fully alive feeling\, up to my neck in something I don’t quite know how to swim and am glad for.” — Dobby Gibson \n“[These poems] hold the ache and tenderness of what can’t be held: the hope and fear in trying to teach our kids to see what waits beyond the horizon when we can’t see it ourselves\, of living in a world where everything we love will disappear.” — Michael Bazzett \n“These are poems that don’t let go\, by a poet who sings of human love with grit and honesty and extraordinary tenderness.” — Patrick Phillips \nDid you know that the Minnesota State Arts Board supports awesome Minnesotan authors and artists like Ryan? 👀👇 \nRyan Vine is a Fiscal Year 2026 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/the-research-center-presents-ryan-vines-the-cave-poetry-reading-book-signing/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261030T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261030T213000
DTSTAMP:20261017T175816Z
CREATED:20260925T164518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261017T175816Z
UID:7197-1793388600-1793395800@www.mndiscoverycenter.org
SUMMARY:Flashlight Clueseum
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Both Flashlight Clueseum games are now SOLD OUT. Thank you to everyone who signed up! We’re going to have a spooktacular time. \n\n📅 Dates: October 23 & 30\n⏰ Time: 7:30-9:30pm (both times)\n👤 Age Range: 13+\n💵 Cost: $13 for MDC Members; $15 for Nonmembers\n❗ Takes place in the dark with low lighting!\n🎟️ Click to get tickets for the Oct. 30 game! \nA murder has taken place at MDC\, and it’s up to you to solve it! You have a set of clues\, a headlamp\, and an hour to (1) find the body\, (2) uncover the murder weapon\, and (3) ascertain who committed this dastardly crime. If you like spooky atmospheres\, solving riddles\, the movie Night at the Museum\, and the boardgame Clue\, this after-hours whodunnit is for you. \nEvent Schedule\n👋 7:30pm: Check in\n🔦 8:00pm: The game is afoot!\n🤔 9:00pm: Time’s up! The mystery is revealed…\n🌛 9:30pm: Wrap up and say goodnight \nThis is an alcohol-free event. Complimentary water\, juice\, and light snacks are provided. The game takes place in the dark and has some ~spooky~ themes\, so it might not be appropriate for folks with sensory issues and children who are easily frightened. \n👻 Halloween costumes are encouraged!
URL:https://www.mndiscoverycenter.org/event/flashlight-clueseum-3/
LOCATION:Minnesota Discovery Center\, 1005 Discovery Drive\, Chisholm\, MN\, 55719\, United States
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