Northern Spark\xa0is a free all-night art festival that has taken place in Minneapolis and St. Paul for the past several years. It's a one-night event but since 2011, it has more than included 535 artist projects in 120 venues, and attracted 222,000 attendees.\xa0\nIn this interview, Rachel Quednau chats with Sarah Peters, the Associate Director of the Northern Spark Festival, to find out how the event got started, how it has engaged the Twin Cities community, and how other cities can replicate this amazing program.\nThe 2017 Northern Spark takes place 8:59pm, June 10 until 5:26am on June 11\xa0along the Green Line light rail route in the Twin Cities.\xa0Find more info here.\nSee photos of the event on\xa0Flickr.