Events > Legacy Fund Events
|
Kitchigami Regional Library's Legacy Fund Events are funded by the Legacy Amendment which dedicates monies to preserve Minnesota arts and cultural heritage. During 2009-2010 a variety of programs will feature history, music, literature and much more. If you wish to contact our state representative, Mary Murphy, who was the author of the legislation which enacted the Legacy Amendment, please do so by email: rep.mary.murphy@house.mn , phone: 800-890-5428 or U.S. Mail: Mary Murphy, 343 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155.
Minnesota Heritage in Song concert
See and hear Minnesota history come alive with traditional songs, period instruments, and 1800s costumes. Sing along with folk musicians Loretta Simonet and Curtis Teague as you learn about Minnesota's history, and the music that helped shape our great state 150 years ago! Along with harmonies, they'll use period instruments, including banjo, celeste (a charming antique keyboard that plays bells), folk harp, mandocello, harmonica, and guitar.
This event is sponsored by the Kitchigami Regional Library through the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment Funds. Click here for performance dates and times.
Meet Minnesota Author Maud Hart Lovelace
as portrayed by a history player from the Minnesota Historical Society. Lovelace who lived from 1892-1980, grew up in Mankato. As a young girl, she kept diaries and scrapbooks that later helped her to write the Betsy-Tacy books for which she is best known. She also wrote several historical novels, including Early Candlelight, about life at Fort Snelling, and Gentlemen from England, which she wrote with her husband, Delos Lovelace.
This event is sponsored by the Kitchigami Regional Library through the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment Funds. Click here for dates and locations of this program.
Concert by Charlie Maguire
Folk singer/songwriter Charlie Maguire was a long-time regular on A Prairie Home Companion. His songs have been featured on the CBS Evening News, Car Talk, Hometime, As It Happens, and other nationally broadcast programs. From 1995-2003 Charlie was the"The Singing Ranger" of the National Park Service. Now with some 800 songs and seven albums to his credit, he still takes requests from enthusiastic coffeehouse and festival audiences coast to coast.
This event is sponsored by the Kitchigami Regional Library through the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment Funds. Click here for dates and locations.
Events coming this fall include genealogy workshops,
historic re-enactors, and more musicians and authors.
Listings coming soon!
|
|
