Events
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How Do We Move Through This?
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesExplore your relationship to water, community, and change through embodied learning. Developed by interdisciplinary artist and choreographer, Victoria Bradford Styrbicki, the workshop draws from her semaphore-inspired choreographic framework, in which coded gestures communicate messages that cannot always be spoken aloud. The workshop introduces attendees to the idea that water holds memory — of storms, pollution, […]
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A Gathering of Waters Open House
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesJoin us for the opening of A Gathering of Waters and meet artist Shoshana Fink while exploring an immersive installation featuring photography, sound, scent, and river-inspired textile work. Enjoy light refreshments as you experience this multi-sensory exhibition reflecting on the Mississippi River as a living presence and the waters that connect us.
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Board of Commissioners Meeting – September 2026
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesRegularly scheduled meeting of the MWMO Board of Commissioners. Agenda and meeting documents will be available within one week of meeting date. View the Board Meeting Packet Attendees are encouraged […]
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Cyanotype Workshop
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesLearn to create cyanotypes using collected Mississippi River water, plants + found objects gathered near the River’s edge. Join us for an afternoon of fun: Learning about the Mississippi River, how we’re connected to it, and how we can create with it too. While you’re here, explore Shoshana Fink’s solo exhibit, A Gathering of Waters. In […]
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Mississippi Musings October Workshop: Dynamic Systems
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesJoin us for a fun, laid-back creative evening of learning and community. Refreshments provided. Dr. Emily Fairfax, world-renown beaver expert, will be sharing about the dynamic impacts that beavers have on rivers and healthy habitats. (Dr. Fairfax was one of the scientific consultants for the hit animated film, Hoppers!) Later, musician Ben Weaver, will lead […]
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Cyanotype Workshop
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesLearn to create cyanotypes using collected Mississippi River water, plants + found objects gathered near the River’s edge. Join us for an afternoon of fun: Learning about the Mississippi River, how we’re connected to it, and how we can create with it too. While you’re here, explore Shoshana Fink’s solo exhibit, A Gathering of Waters. In […]
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MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification Training
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThis MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification Training class offers more efficient winter maintenance best practices for plowing, de-icing and anti-icing application, storage, and more. The new chloride requirements in the recently […]
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Healing Water Garden: Opening Celebration
Southside Community Health Services 1000 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesJoin us to celebrate the opening of a unique healing space supporting the health of both the Lake St community and the Mississippi River. Discover a unique garden tucked right into Lake Street. Its terraced water feature captures and cleans onsite stormwater, then reuses it to nourish native plants that support pollinators and wildlife. Flowing […]
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MPCA Smart for Parking Lots & Sidewalks Certification Training
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThis MPCA Smart Salting Certification Training is an opportunity to learn more efficient winter maintenance best practices (BMPs) while taking a comprehensive look at the many aspects for managing snow & ice […]
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Mississippi Musings November Workshop: Community & The River
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center 2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesDiscover how community power has shaped the Mississippi River’s past...and how it can shape its future. In this session, Colleen O’Connor Toberman, Director of Land Use & Planning at Friends of the Mississippi River, will trace inspiring stories of people who have helped heal the river through collective action. She’ll reveal how community organizing becomes […]