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Events > Legacy Fund Events
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| Kitchigami Regional Library's Legacy Fund Events are funded by the Legacy Amendment which dedicates monies to preserve Minnesota arts and cultural heritage. During 2011-2013 a variety of programs will feature history, music, literature and much more. See below:
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Patrick Mader - multigenerational author - June 2013
Patrick "Packy" Mader grew up with six brothers and sisters on a dairy farm near St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. Relating positive messages with a rural setting is Packy's primary aim in his multigenerational books. Opa & Oma Together was published in October 2005 and reprinted in 2006 and again in 2008. It received one of only seven Honorable Mention Awards in the Children's Picture Books category of the Writer's Digest's Self-Published Book Awards. Oma Finds a Miracle was launched in 2007 and received notable endorsements from Douglas Wood, author of Old Turtle, and Dr. David Walsh, founder and president of National Institute on Media and Family. The success of these two books led to publication of a third book, Big Brother Has Wheels in 2009. With this book, Packy continues to celebrate heartwarming, inspirational, and intergenerational stories with rural traditions. Programs will focus on different age groups at different library sites in the region.
This event is made possible with funding from the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment, Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. Click here for dates and locations of this program.
Monkey Mind Pirates Yoga Party - presented by Z Puppets Rosenschnaz - July 2013
Monkey Mind Pirates tells the tale of a sea captain's quest of the legendary Waters of Calm. As the captain sets sail, he confronts stressors common to children - each represented by a different puppet, an unruly Monkey Mind Pirate (anxiety, for example, is represented by the puppet Lady Bronte). These pirates wreak havoc aboard the ship - until the captain discovers some basic principles of yoga, which help him manage stress and regain peace. Along the way there's plenty of humor, music and family-friendly fun. Led by Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, a puppetry company based in Minneapolis, Monkey Mind Pirates is one of seven different shows that tour. Chris Griffith and Shari Aronson, founders and directors of Z Puppets, are a pair of teacher/puppeteers, along with their three-piece band of musicians/actors and a 14-foot-tall pirate ship (a stage prop for the show), have traveled all over the state to work with kids for this and similar programs. One of the main purposes of the program is to give kids and families a language with which to talk about life's stresses, as well as tools to help them quiet down, listen, and observe what's going on around them. Yoga with kids is different than yoga with adult as it's "much less about sitting still." The kids will be squirmy, but as long as they're having fun, they'll remember what they've learned.
This event is made possible with funding from the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment, Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. Click here for dates and locations of this program.
Rhonda Laurie & Jazz Trio - Happy Days Are Here Again - September 2013
Rhonda Laurie & Jazz Trio present Happy Days Are Here Again. This program was part of the History Center of Minnesota's Minnesota's Greatest Generation exhibit held last summer-fall. Kitchigami Regional Library is now hosting this jazz program as part of Legacy Programs 2013-14. Rhonda Laurie, a Twin Cities-based vocalist, teacher and former paralegal spent childhood summers in the Catskills where her grandfather performed vaudeville shows. She got another taste of musical theater performing and directing high school productions. Then there was that detour working as a paralegal on Wall Street, a career she finally abandoned after years of trying to squeeze her music into her "free time." Now in Minnesota, she found her way into the Twin Cities jazz scene where she has become an increasingly popular and steady presence, both as a vocalist and music business instructor.
This event is made possible with funding from the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment, Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. Click here for dates and locations of this program.
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