UW-Green Bay hosts the Midwest’s largest Viking Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2023 Green Bay, WI — On Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7, Vikings from near and far will gather and raise an encampment on the UW-Green Bay Viking...
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Skål! “The Viking House Saga” launches on October 4
GREEN BAY, Wis — All who love a Viking tale are invited to celebrate the book launch of “The Viking House Saga: A Journey into Experiential Archeology at UW-Green Bay”, co-authored by Professor Heidi...
Midwest Viking Festival offers another look at Vikings | Spectrum News 1
GREEN BAY, Wis. — You’ll usually find Wade Kaiser working at the Advanced Power Systems Laboratories at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. Other times, you can find him at places like The Midwest Viking Festival, demonstrating...
Midwest’s largest viking festival coming to Green Bay | Wisconsin Public Radio
UW-Green Bay hosts the Midwest’s largest Viking festival this week. One of the organizers, Heidi Sherman, shares what’s in store and why the festival celebrates Vikings. Source: Midwest’s largest viking festival coming to Green...
Attend the Midwest Viking Festival this weekend
All are invited to the annual Midwest Viking Festival at the UW-Green Bay Viking House! The festival will begin with a talk by Danish artist and author, Thomas Risom, master glass beadmaker, at the...
The Midwest’s largest viking festival finds a permanent home at UW-Green Bay
Green Bay, Wis.—On Friday and Saturday, Sep. 23 and 24, Vikings from near and far will gather and raise an encampment on the UW-Green Bay Viking House grounds (near Wood Hall) on the Green...
Major Grant Awards (to UW-Green Bay for the Midwest Viking Festival) from Wisconsin Humanities
Wisconsin Humanities has been giving grants in support of local efforts to celebrate and explore our histories and cultures for 50 years! Over those decades, there have been projects in every corner of the...
How the Yule log tradition evolved from an ancient Viking ritual w/ Prof. Heidi Sherman
UW-Green Bay’s Heidi Sherman (History) is the expert in this story by Foxweather about a Christmas Yule logs can mean different things for different people. For some, yule logs mean warm, crackling fireplaces. For...
Wisconsin’s first Viking Festival happening Saturday at UW-Green Bay
GREEN BAY – When Heidi Sherman mentioned to her cab driver she was having a Viking Festival this weekend, the response from behind the wheel was something along the lines of, “Oh, I thought...
Residents learn to dance from ‘Viking Sorceress’ during UW-Green Bay festival | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Talk about a blast from the past, on Saturday, the inaugural Viking Festival dropped anchor and set up camp at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The festival celebrates Scandinavian...
