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Fall Colors Celebration 2024

October 20 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Welcome Center
Free - no RSVP required
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Celebrate the beauty of autumn at Lakewood at our Fall Colors Celebration. This open-house style event invites the whole community to enjoy live music, participate in nature-inspired art activities, and sip warm apple cider as you explore our grounds.

Activities

Cider and cookies

Swing through the Welcome Center to fill a cup with warm apple cider and pick up a free cookie (while supplies last). Enjoy your treats as you visit the event’s activity stations or wander through Lakewood’s 250-acre haven in the city.

Live music by Luftl | 10am – 1:30pm

Luftl (Sarina Partridge and Sarah Larsson of Minneapolis, MN) sings rich vocal arrangements of Yiddish, Sephardic and Eastern European folk songs. Singing in the tradition of lineages of women’s group singing, the duo lifts up the complex harmonies of these musical traditions entwined in the simple joys of singing together. In performance, Luftl offers translation and storytelling of all the songs they sing, illuminating the real life struggles and longing embedded in the lyrics of the songs. Journeying through Bosnian ballad songs, Yiddish lullabies, Hebrew devotional and festival tunes, and Ladino songs of longing and loss, the duo makes connections between their own journeys learning this music and the ways that music has traveled with communities of people across borders and time. Luftl invites audiences to draw connections to their own families’ stories of immigration, heritage, and roots, and uses music as the key to unlock doors of understanding.

Visitors walking through Lakewood

Walking Tour – Legacy Trees of Lakewood

10:30 and noon, meet at the Welcome Center’s front door

Join Lakewood’s volunteer guides to walk a loop that introduces you to the arboretum. Topics include tree diversity, benefits, identification, and, of course, their beauty. The walking route is about 3/4 mile on paved roads and turf grass and lasts about 60-70 minutes. 

Natural Inks

Led by artist Kim Boustead

Explore a spectrum of colors—each with their own charm—produced with natural pigments from local plants. Create a painted postcard or a unique work of art to take home as a memento.

Conversations with Backyard Phenology

Hosted by the Backyard Phenology collective

What does fall look, sound, and feel like to you, in the places you visit every day? Share what you’ve noticed with artists, scientists, and scholars by stepping inside the Climate Chaser, a mobile camper and hub for conversation. 

Workspace with scissors, crayons, glue, and hand-made booklets

Seed Heroes

Imagine what it’s like to be a tree seed, setting out on a fall adventure. Cut and paste elements to create a story about a seed as it encounters a world full of creatures, people, changing seasons, and new places where it could set down roots.

Self-guided activities

In addition to guided tours and artist-led projects taking place near the Welcome Center, some activities encourage exploration at your own pace, either on your own or with a small group.

Visit the Memorial Chapel

Enter Lakewood’s historic Memorial Chapel, the centerpiece of the cemetery, and marvel at its intricately mosaiced interior that has enchanted visitors since 1910. 

Living Memory Tree

Pick up a ribbon in the Welcome Center that you can tie to the Living Memory Tree, across the street from the Memorial Chapel. 

Focus on the Seasons photography contest

Today is the last day to participate in Lakewood’s Focus on the Seasons photography contest. Visit the Welcome Center for a flyer with details and inspiring prompts for your photographic foray. 

Owl feather resting on the grass

Self-guided history tour & nature quest

Hosts in the Welcome Center can provide maps of the grounds, including a self-guided tour brochure with over 60 points of interest, from community memorials to well-known individuals who are laid to rest at Lakewood.

Spark wonder about biodiversity at Lakewood by grabbing a Nature Quest sheet, filled with clues you can look for throughout our tree-filled landscape.

Location

This event takes place in and around Lakewood’s new Welcome Center. Directional signs will be posted.

Parking and Transportation

Driving Directions

Parking is available on any of the roads inside Lakewood’s gates unless otherwise noted with a no parking sign. Handicap parking will be available near the Welcome Center. Lakewood does not have an onsite parking lot – it is street parking only. This means you may have to park a short distance away and walk. We strongly encourage carpooling and public transportation.

Bus Directions

Metro Transit lines 6 and 23 stop directly outside of Lakewood’s gates, a short walk to the Welcome Center.

Bike Directions

Please lock bikes at the rack near the main entrance gates and walk to the Welcome Center. Do not lock bikes to trees or signs, leave bicycles unlocked on the grounds., or leave shared bikes or scooters overnight.

FAQs

Can I bring my dog to this event?

Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed at Lakewood unless they are identifiable service dogs.

Is there a minimum age requirement to participate?

No, all ages are welcome. This is a great event for the whole family!

How can I contact the organizer with questions?

We’d love to hear from you! Email us at events@lakewoodcemetery.org or call 612-540-5165.

Photography notice: To help us promote Lakewood and our events and offerings, guests may be photographed. By attending, you consent to appear in this documentation and its future use by Lakewood. We do our best to select photos without recognizable faces. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let staff know upon arrival.

Questions?

Call the Lakewood events line at 612-540-5165 or email events@lakewoodcemetery.org

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