Ramsey County Historical Society presents

2026 Farm-to-Table Dinner at Gibbs Farm

2097 Larpenteur Ave W, Falcon Heights, MN 55113
Saturday, July 25, 2026
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

$120 per person

Catered by Chef Weston Smith and Chef Catherine Olsen of Local Effort

Music from Chris Koza

Ramsey County Historical Society members get a taste of the farm as we bid adieu to summer. A delicious three course dinner is provided by Chef Weston Smith and Chef Catherine Olsen with courses dedicated to a harvest directly from the Gibbs Farm garden.

Guests will be able to enjoy a happy hour with complimentary wine and beer in the courtyard with music provided by Chris Koza.

Local Effort

Based in Roseville, Local Effort is led by chef team Weston Smith and Catherine Olsen. They cook for small events with a special focus on locally grown and produced ingredients, especially from Minnesota or Wisconsin.

Weston makes beautiful sourdough breads, pizza, bean-to-bar chocolate, and memorable meats like duck mortadella. He’s especially interested in nutrition and well sourced ingredients in home cooking. Catherine is a Minneapolis native and a local restaurant veteran. She makes fresh handmade pastas and beautiful cakes and pastry, and has a gift for thoughtful, sincere hospitality. Local Effort makes American food with midwestern ingredients, combining restaurant techniques with a home cook’s sensibility.

Chris Koza

Chris Koza is a composer and performer based in Denver, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both solo and with his band Rogue Valley, he has supported and shared the stage with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Gordon Lightfoot, Ingrid Michaelson, The Jayhawks, Neko Case, Kathleen Edwards, Dan Wilson, and Stephen Kellogg, among others. His music appears regularly on ABC’s General Hospital, 60 Minutes, and Good Morning America, and his song, “Be Wild,” was featured in a State of Minnesota tourism campaign. His song (Rogue Valley), “The Wolves and the Ravens,” was featured in Ben Stiller’s film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Chris often performs solo with an acoustic guitar but also performs as a duo, trio, and 4-or-5 piece band.

In his writing, Chris both honors and builds on the vast genre of Americana music. For every song that sounds like it could be strummed from a boxcar clacking slowly across a grassy midwestern plain, there’s a tune sailing from a city rooftop, echoing across a valley of streets and traffic, or a melody twisting and shimmering like a dim frequency deep into the starry night.