Musical Informance by Lyz Jaakola

Play Circle Theater at Memorial Union
@ 4:00 pm CST - 5:30 pm CST

Join Lyz Jaakola—Finnish American Ojibwe musician and 2025 folk-musician-in-residence—for a live informance at the Play Circle Theater at Memorial Union!

Lyz Jaakola, Nitaa-Nagamokwe (The lady who knows how to sing), will share traditional and modern Ojibwe-Anishinaabe songs and knowledge from her life-long study of Native American music, especially Anishinaabe women’s music. Using an Indigenous Informance style, weaving story, visuals and song she will be joined by her 18-year-old son to offer their 21st century American Indian perspectives.

The event will be livestreamed on the CSUMC YouTube channel.

The event is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ as part of celebrating 150 years of Scandinavian Studies on campus.