These three poet/editors will lead a presentation on the contributions of women poets to the state of Minnesota.

Listen to poems by Minnesota women poets spanning more than 150 years and discover the lives and work of these women.

Learn …

Experience the Civil War through the eyes of an interpreter dressed in 1860′s clothing.

Listen to the stories of the men who fought and the women who waited.

Taste the staple food of marching armies.

Hear the war songs of …

What do we really know about the history and traditions of quilting? So many stories have been handed down, but they don’t always hold up under a close look at history.

Find out the real stories behind what we all …

Minnesota native Bruce D. Flaig worked as an analytical chemist, a biochemistry lab technician, computer programmer, meteorologist, and carpenter before picking up his camera full time.

For twenty years, he’s professionally pursued his passion of photographing nature in all forms. …

This one-man show shines the spotlight on the history of vaudeville in Minnesota. Presenter Michael Callahan of the Nicollet County Historical Society will showcase the presence of vaudeville in Minnesota, including a live vaudevillian magic routine.

Callahan’s show is appropriate …

Jerry is impressive, unique and unforgettable. His interactive, comedic style brings audience participation to a new level. With a distinctive voice and energetic personality, Jerry positively embraces and audience with anything-can-happen clean comedy. His show is fun, tight, fast-paced, well-planned …

“Back in the mid-1990s I wrote a time travel mystery called Mr. Was. The main character, for most of the story, was a teenager. When I showed the manuscript to a friend, he said, ‘This is a Young Adult novel.’”…