Imagine being a young, non-English speaking immigrant and new bride in America after growing up in Hitler’s Germany.
Annelee writes about her experiences in “War Child” and “Empty Chairs” and will share these stories with you.
Category Archives: Events
The Beat Goes On: Annelee Woodstrom September 4 – 6
The Beat Goes On: Gerald Anderson September 10 – 12
If you love Agatha Christie, we have a program for you!
Minnesota Author Gerald Anderson has a wonderful series of mystery novels set in such exotic places as Fergus Falls, Vergas, Rothsay, Bemidji and more!
Learn how Anderson came up …
The Beat Goes On: L.D. Berggaard September 13 – 14
Bergsgaard, of Lake Park, has written intriguing crime novels centered around special agent for the state crime bureau, Franklin Delano “Doc” Martini.
Bergsgaard himself is a retired special agent for the US Treasury Department and for the Minnesota Bureau of …
The Beat Goes On: Barbara Sommer September 17 – 19
Now that was hard work!
The efforts of the young men in the Depression-era Minnesota Civilian Conservation Corps advanced the conservation of Minnesota’s natural resources five decades in a few short years.
Learn about Barbara Sommer’s interviews with the men …
The Beat Goes On: Rick Crume September 24 – 26
Get your genealogy on!
Online genealogists of all abilities are encouraged to come and learn as Rick shares “The 10 Best New Web Tools of the Past 10 Years” and “The Beginners Guide to Online Genealogy.”
The Beat Goes On: Curtis & Loretta October 2-4
This entertaining multi-talented musical duo shares Minnesota musical heritage with the songs Minnesotans would have been singing in 1858 like “The Farmer is the Man,” and “Lincoln and Liberty.”
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Tuesday, October …
The Beat Goes On: Lin Enger October 8, 10, 12
Shakespearean drama in north woods Minnesota? Yes!
In a bold reinvention of “Hamlet,” Enger tells the story of a young man trying to hold his family together in a world tipped suddenly upside down.
The Beat Goes On: Lorna Landvik October 16 & 17
Landvik made her debut as a novelist with “Patty Jane’s House of Curl,” and also wrote the very popular, “Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons.” She recently self-published her sci-fi novel “Mayor of the Universe” and also works as a comedienne, …
The Beat Goes On: Dorothy Lund Nelson October 23-25
Between 1854 and 1929, more than 100,000 children were sent from New York City, via orphan trains, to new homes in rural America.
Lund Nelson, an acknowledged authority on the Orphan Train Movement and its ties to our region, will …
The Beat Goes On: Mary Shideler October 29-31
Are you ready for an adventure?
In addition to her adventures in China and Africa, Shideler kayaked over 1,000 lakes in Itasca County and its environs.
She chronicles the adventure in her book, “The Kayak Lady.”
