Join Historic Forestville to gather natural elements from around Forestville and dye fabric. Use onion skins, black walnuts, and a number of other natural ingredients to dye skeins of fiber. Clothing comes in a variety of color from blue, purple, brown, yellow, and more. During the 19th century, natural dye was the most common practice […]
Alexander Lund is a pipestone carver from the Lower Sioux Agency who has been practicing his craft for over three years. The Little Cottonwood River runs right by Jeffers Petroglyphs as it makes its way to the Minnesota River. The Dakota place name for the Little Cottonwood River is Imni-Za-Ka-Sa-Deca meaning to split, crack or […]
Head to the lakeshore to watch museum staff process wild rice using traditional methods including parching, threshing, and winnowing the rice. See the entire process from raw to finished product during 20-minute demonstrations offered on the hour. The program begins at noon, 1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm. In the event of bad weather, […]
Join a discussion of growing and processing the flax plant for multiple uses, as well as the important role flax has played in Minnesota history. A demonstration of the various stages of manual flax preparation will follow. Led by Kora Boisvert, a teacher and nurse with an ever-growing interest in all things fiber. She has […]
Pulitzer Prize winner and National Humanities Medal recipient Isabel Wilkerson is the author of The New York Times bestsellers and critically-acclaimed Caste and National Book Critics Circle Award winner The Warmth of Other Suns. A gifted storyteller, Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention, as well as the enduring search […]
Join Quatrefoil Library and the Minnesota Historical Society in a journey back in time to the LGBTQIA+ community spaces of Downtown Minneapolis and its evolution from the 1940s to 2000! Enjoy conversations, community performances, and interactive art as participants explore the traveling exhibit, Going Out, Coming In: LGBTQ+ Spaces in Downtown Minneapolis. Experience stories of […]
Please join us for William J. Anderson’s (a.k.a A. W. Powers) reading from his Psychic Guardian Angel Series about a reluctant psychic, a missing woman, and vengeance from beyond the grave. Just in time for Halloween!
Witness the beauty and wonder of Yellowstone National Park with wildlife biologist Doug Smith. Yellowstone National Park’s two million acres of wilderness contain many stories, including one of the best case studies in wildlife conservation. Doug Smith led the project that reintroduced gray wolves to Yellowstone in the 1990s. Go behind the scenes—including never-before-seen photos […]
Every second Saturday of the month, October-April, the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum will host a virtual free, program on its Facebook page. An introduction to the Christie Home in Long Prairie. Discover the history of the site, learn about the beautiful home, and participate in a discussion about Charles’s older half sister Eva’s connection […]
Join the Dakota County Historical Society and the Sibley Historic Site for October’s Mendota After Hours: “The Montreal Fur Trade and George Bonga of 1837” George Bonga was a mixed race African and Ojibwe fur trader and translator who was born in what would become Minnesota to his African father, Pierre Bonga, and his Ojibwe […]
Mix and mingle at The Lexington with the founders and hosts of Midwest Paranormal as you enjoy a cocktail party with appetizers, an exclusive preview of the newest episode of their online paranormal investigation series featuring The Lexington, followed by a Q and A with the investigators. Midwest Paranormal will share footage and findings from […]
Join author Chris La Tray in Minneapolis for reading and conversation in celebration of his new book Becoming Little Shell. Both personal and historical, Becoming Little Shell is a testament to the power of storytelling, to family and legacy, and to finding home. Infused with candor, heart, wisdom, and an abiding love for a place […]
Join us at Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post to hear the story of how the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe remained steadfast in the face of challenges to the Treaty of 1855, which granted them thousands of acres to be their permanent home. Author Bruce White has dedicated more than four decades to […]
Please join us for our November author reading with Jeremy Norton & Ashley Shelby! Jeremy Norton will read from his book “Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response” which was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction. In this remarkable memoir, Jeremy Norton marshals twenty-two years of […]
Live program from the Lindbergh Historic House! Learn what the holiday season was like for Charles Lindbergh growing up in central Minnesota during WWI. Speaker: Site Staff
No matter if you are 22, 52, or 92, your personal stories matter. Whether they are tales of amazing accomplishments or simple accounts of ordinary events, they will speak to the heart and soul of another because your experiences are both unique and universal. Come to this storytelling workshop and start to mine your precious […]
Someone is tasked with offering a summation of a life, words of comfort, or the sentiments of the family or friends at a memorial service. Are you ready to speak to the living for the dead? In the moment of grief, in the grip of emotion, what do you say? This is a hands-on three […]
1. Savita Harjani – “Postcards from Within” Join us on November 14 at 7:30pm for a virtual conversation with Savita Harjani, author of Postcards from Within, as she shares her journey as a caregiver for her mother. This event marks National Family Caregivers Month and offers valuable lessons on caregiving. Registration closes on November 13th. […]
Join the Dakota County Historical Society and the Sibley Historic Site for November’s Mendota After Hours: “It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom” In 1860, Eliza Winston, an enslaved woman from Mississippi, escaped her enslavers while traveling through Minnesota and eventually secured her freedom through legal appeal. In his book, It Took Courage: Eliza […]
In his new book Strong Winds and Widow Makers, Steven C. Beda challenges popular narratives about the clashes between timber workers, environmentalists, and employers. Highlighting the voices of timber workers themselves, Beda reveals a complex and nuanced history of timber-working communities and their connections to the environment, a relationship colored by class, community, understandings of […]
