On Our Minds | Season 6 | Inside Minneapolis’ giant pencil festival
4/22/2026 | 7m 32s
Inside Minneapolis’ giant pencil festival
Why does Minneapolis celebrate a giant pencil every year? In this episode of On Our Minds: Road Trip, hosts Zack and Helena head to the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” to explore one of the city’s most delightfully weird traditions: the Giant Pencil Festival on Lake of the Isles.
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Student Reporting Labs is a local public television program presented by WETA
On Our Minds | Season 6 | Inside Minneapolis’ giant pencil festival
4/22/2026 | 7m 32s
Why does Minneapolis celebrate a giant pencil every year? In this episode of On Our Minds: Road Trip, hosts Zack and Helena head to the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” to explore one of the city’s most delightfully weird traditions: the Giant Pencil Festival on Lake of the Isles.
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