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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Summer Friday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Saturday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-saturday-public-hours/2023-07-01/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Summer Friday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-summer-friday-public-hours/2023-06-30/
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Saturday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-saturday-public-hours/2023-06-24/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Summer Friday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-summer-friday-public-hours/2023-06-23/
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Nature's Crossroads
DESCRIPTION:Nature’s Crossroads: The Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota:\nA Wide-Ranging Environmental and Historical Study of the Evolution of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul Area\nWith George Vrtis and Christopher W. Wells \nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, June 22\, 2023\n7:00 pm \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library. \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Zoom Registration Link\nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe industrial and commercial development of the Twin Cities transformed the landscape\, dispossessed the original Native inhabitants\, and had consequences which reached far beyond the geographic borders of the Metro Area.  Join Chris Wells and George Vrtis as they describe the environmental history of our region.  \nMinnesota’s Twin Cities have long been powerful engines of change. From their origins in the early nineteenth century\, the Twin Cities helped drive the dispossession of the region’s Native American peoples\, turned their riverfronts into bustling industrial and commercial centers\, spread streets and homes outward to the horizon\, and reached well beyond their urban confines\, setting in motion the environmental transformation of distant hinterlands. As these processes unfolded\, residents inscribed their culture into the landscape\, complete with all its tensions\, disagreements\, contradictions\, prejudices\, and social inequalities. These stories lie at the heart of Nature’s Crossroads. The book features an interdisciplinary team of distinguished scholars who aim to open new conversations about the environmental history of the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. \nAbout the Editors \nGeorge Vrtis is an environmental historian and professor of history and environmental studies at Carleton College. He is the coeditor of Mining North America: An Environmental History since 1522. His research interests include mining and resource use\, urban environments\, and protected areas and wilderness. \nChristopher W. Wells is an environmental historian and professor of environmental studies at Macalester College. His is the author of Car Country: An Environmental History and Environmental Justice in Postwar America: A Documentary Reader. His research focuses on the ways that technology—and especially technological systems—have reshaped the American environment\, mediating and structuring people’s relationships with the natural world. \nFor more\, see:\nhttps://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/northland-outdoors/new-book-explores-minnesotas-environmental-history\nhttps://minnesotareformer.com/2023/03/08/book-excerpt-twin-cities-grew-thanks-to-dakota-ojibwe-land-connections-to-national-markets/
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SUMMARY:Early Summer Grounds and Gardens Tour
DESCRIPTION:Our first Grounds and Gardens Tour of the season. Drinks\, snacks and an evening stroll though our 8-acre site. Sample edible flowers and early veggies while learning about the agricultural and floral history of Falcon Heights. \nThis tour includes samples\, snacks and a glass of wine\, beer\, or non-alcoholic beverage. \nTickets are $25 or $20 for Ramsey County Historical Society Members \n  \nRegister Here!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/early-summer-grounds-and-gardens-tour/
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Juneteenth at Rondo Commemorative Plaza
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth in Rondo\nMonday\, June 19\, 2023\nNoon-5:00 pm\nRondo Commemorative Plaza\n820 Concordia Ave\, St. Paul\, MN \nOrganized by the Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions (RCODE). \nThe 3rd Annual Juneteenth Observance activities include entertainment\, food trucks\, and information for job applicants or those seeking additional information on skilled training opportunities starts at 12:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM. A formal Juneteenth observance and program featuring speakers\, awards\, and keynote address begins at 3:00 – 4:00 PM. \nRCODE reveres Juneteenth as a celebration of the human spirit\, respect and the hope for better days ahead and its fundamental pillar of freedom to work with the expectation to be paid. To highlight the connection between labor and Juneteenth\, we invite employers who have semi and skilled labor openings for individuals between the ages of 18-26 and who will agree to apply our criteria for meaningful employment to participate in the job fair. We will distribute their information at our celebration on June 19th\, with the goal to connect 20 or more individuals with solid leads for jobs along with five individuals applying for admission to St. Paul College for skilled training. \nDr. Marvin Dunn\, Department Chair and Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Florida International University and Founder of the Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Community Education will deliver the Keynote Address. Other speakers will be announced at the start of the program. \nStop by the RCHS booth to see learn about the many Rondo histories published in our Ramsey County History magazine\, and meet authors Frank White\, Nieeta Presley\, and others! \nThe entire community is invited to attend and this unique occasion and celebrate Juneteenth with family and friends and the City of St. Paul\, especially those interested in gainful employment opportunities. \nKeynote Speaker\nDr. Marvin Dunn is one of the most forceful voices on race relations in the United States. He was a naval officer\, commander\, and founding Chair of the Department of Psychology at FIU. He is the author of five books\, hundreds of newspaper lead stories and journal articles\, producer of two documentary films\, lecturer\, husband\, father and proud graduate of Morehouse College. His views on racial and ethnic relations in Florida and the U.S. have been widely published and broadcast on the major news outlets.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/juneteenth-at-rondo/
LOCATION:Rondo Commemorative Plaza\, 820 Concordia Ave\, Saint Paul\, MN
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Saturday Tree Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join a 45-minute walking tour through the Gibbs Farm site lead by Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins. The tour tallest trees (Burr Oak\, Black Walnut) and some of our newer additions (Tamarack and American Hazelnut)! Learn how these Minnesota trees were used for food\, medicine and shelter by the Dakota and settlers. \nGibbs Farm is open to the public on Fridays from 12-3 and Saturdays from 10-4 this summer. The Tree Tour is included in regular Saturday admission price. \nAs always RCHS\, members visit Gibbs Farm at no cost. \nTo reserve your tour spot\, pre-pay admission online\, or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office at 651-646-8629. After the Tour\, stick around to take a history tour or enjoy the prairie on your own\, we suggest bringing a camera\, snack or picnic! \n  \nRegister Here!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/saturday-tree-tour-2/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Saturday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-saturday-public-hours/2023-06-17/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Sketching with Jeanne Kosfeld
DESCRIPTION:Sketching in Irvine Park\nwith Jeanne Kosfeld\nJune 17\, 2023\, 10:00 am   –   12:00 pm\nIn Person\nOn Location at Irvine Park in Saint Paul\n \nOrganized by Wet Paint\nTickets: $32.00availble from Wet Paint\nFor tickets and more details see https://info.wetpaintart.com/event/sketching-in-irvine-park-with-jeanne-kosfeld/\n \n\nA playful\, no-fear sketching workshop where you’ll rekindle the wonder for drawing that you felt as a child.\nJeanne Kosfeld\, the illustrator for the RCHS publication\,  Neighborhood Architecture: Irvine Park – a coloring book will share her love for sketching and show you how she approaches a complex scene on location.\nYou’ll leave with a new friend — your sketchbook\, ready to give you hours of enjoyment wherever you are. \n\nBecome comfortable with basic tools and techniques to enjoy sketching anything anywhere.\nLearn to see simple shapes in complex scenes\, remembering childlike visual discovery.\nCreate energy in your drawing with playful line movement.\nGain confidence by working through a sketch from beginning to end and have fun doing it!\n\nInstructor\nJeanne Kosfeld paints and sketches primarily with waterbased media\, but her previous body of work includes newspaper design\, board game design\, creating public sculptures in ice\, organic matter\, and polymer. Growing up in a family of artists\, Jeanne started working as a newspaper illustrator. Along the way\, she taught at the University of Alaska-Anchorage where she also led the design department. For eighteen years\, Jeanne was the creative director at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul\, Minnesota. Her work appears in public & private collections. She has been honored with artist-in-residencies in Arles\, France; Mesa Verde National Park\, Colorado; Hot Springs National Park\, Arkansas; St. Croix Watershed Research Station as the Artist at Pine Needles\, Minnesota; the Western Wisconsin Land Trust at the Pine Creek Restoration Project\, Wisconsin; Whiskeytown National Recreation Area\, California; and Juneau\, Alaska at the Ernest Gruening Historic Site. Jeanne has participated in International Urban Sketchers Symposiums in Portugal and the Netherlands.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/partner-event-sketching-with-jeanne-kosfeld/
LOCATION:Irvine Park\, 251 Walnut Street\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art & Craft Workshop,Book Event
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: Friday Orchard Chores
DESCRIPTION:Help us tackle our to-do list! No experience is necessary to help us complete seasonal orchard tasks. Gibbs Farm Heritage orchard has over 30 varieties of heirloom and UMN developed apples. In order to keep our crop safe from insects without using harsh chemical pesticides we use more time intensive methods like apple bagging\, sticky traps\, fencing and organic treatments. \nProjects are great for students\, families\, small groups (scouts\, 4-H ect.) and individuals. Children under 12 should sign up with an adult. \nClick Here to Register for Friday Farm Chores \nProjects will be lead by Gibbs Farm staff and volunteers and all supplies materials and instructions. \nGibbs Farm will be open to the public after this event\, volunteers are encouraged to stay\, take a tour or visit with the animals at no admission charge. \nDay of Instructions: \n  \nVolunteers should park in the Gibbs Farm public parking lot of Cleveland Ave and enter the site through the wooden gates. \nPlease wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in. Light snacks are provided\, but feel free to bring your own. \nThere are bathrooms and a drinking fountain with water bottle filler on site.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/volunteer-friday-orchard-chores/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
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SUMMARY:ERA Celebration & Commemorative Plaque Unveiling
DESCRIPTION:Celebration & Plaque Unveiling: Honoring WWII Codebreakers and the Founding of Engineering Research Associates\nThursday\, June 15\, 2023\n3:30-5:30 pm\n1902 Minnehaha Avenue West\, St. Paul\, MN 55104 \nParking for the plaque unveiling is available at the site. \nFeatured speakers include: \n\nLowell Benson\, VIP Club\nRemarks from Norb Berg\, Control Data\, read by James McGuire\, former Vice President at Control Data\nDean Laurance\, Sperry Rand\nDon Hall\, Historian and author\nChad Roberts\, President & CEO of RCHS\nJohn Rollwagen\, CEO at Cray Research\nManny Villafaña\, Cardiac Pacemakers\, etc.\n\nIn a salute to a remarkably powerful era of entrepreneurism\, the Ramsey County Historical Society (RCHS) is celebrating the enduring economic and technological activity unleashed in the Twin Cities by Engineering Research Associates (ERA) more than 75 years ago. A commemorative plaque was installed at the company’s original site\, 1902 Minnehaha Avenue West in St. Paul\, on Thursday\, June 15\, 2023. \nERA was formed in 1946 by a group of U.S. Navy codebreakers who had been brought together to help the country and its allies win World War II. They were mathematicians\, physicists\, engineers\, and other specialists who interpreted German and Japanese electronic communications at a top-secret location in the Washington\, D.C. area. When the war ended\, the Secretary of the Navy wanted to keep them together because he saw the group as an important national resource. Getting funding proved difficult until John Parker\, a US Naval Academy (Annapolis) graduate working in corporate finance\, raised $220\,000. \nAlthough a Washington resident\, Parker was a director of St. Paul-based Northwest Airlines. He also owned a glider business at 1902 Minnehaha that was deactivated after the war. Parker moved the key employees from Washington to his empty factory in St. Paul. In doing so\, he established the Twin Cities as one of the cradles of the computer industry\, eventually making it the home for many thousands of jobs in more than 100 technology companies. \nA lineage of corporate growth emerged in 1952\, when Remington Rand bought and combined ERA and Eckert Mauchly Computer Corp. in Philadelphia to form Remington Rand UNIVAC (RRU). Four years later Sperry Corp. acquired Remington Rand and renamed the company as\nSperry Rand. Its various computer activities were consolidated into the Univac Division. In 1986\, Sperry and Burroughs Corp. merged to form Unisys\, which then operated at twenty-eight sites in the Twin Cities area. \nWilliam Norris was an early member of the codebreakers group and of ERA. In 1957\, he left RRU to found Control Data Corp.\, which became one of the world’s leading computer manufacturers and spawned dozens of spinoff companies. Seymour Cray\, an employee of ERA and later Control Data\, left Control Data in 1972 to form Cray Research\, a company that dominated the supercomputer market well into the 1980s. The successes of these companies inspired local engineers to apply their technical expertise to medical products and create dozens of medical\ndevice companies. \nBy the 1980s\, Control Data and Unisys each had more than 20\,000 employees in Minnesota. Today\, at least four Control Data descendants\, all in Bloomington\, remain in the region: Ceridian\, SkyWater Technology\, Polar Semiconductor\, and Seagate Technology Holdings. Unisys retains a service center in Eagan. \n“The plaque memorializes the ERA story\, serving as reminder of Minnesota’s place as an early founder of the region’s high-tech economy while also underscoring the importance of entrepreneurs to our community\,” said Chad Roberts\, president and CEO of RCHS. \nAmong the speakers at the event will be John Rollwagen\, who was CEO at Cray Research\, and Manny Manny Villafaña\, who left Medtronic to found Cardiac Pacemakers\, St. Jude Medical\, and a string of other medical technology firms. “It’s still true that individuals start companies from scratch and build them into big companies\,” Rollwagen said. “I still believe it can happen.” Villafana has founded and taken public seven medical technology companies and is now on his eighth startup. “We’re still the mecca of the med-tech industry\,” he said. \nThis is not the first time the Minnehaha Avenue site has earned a commemorative plaque. Lowell Benson has consistently kept the ERA story alive as the historian of the VIP Club\, which has represented retirees from ERA and its successor companies since 1980. Benson said Sperry\nput up a plaque on the site in 1986 but that it disappeared in the 1990s. \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society would like to acknowledge the work of Benson and of the University of Minnesota’s Charles Babbage Institute\, which has built up an extensive collection of documents about the computer industry in Minnesota. Erwin Tomash\, an engineer at ERA\, founded the Institute and Dr. Arthur Norberg\, who held the University’s ERA Land Grant Chair for the History of Technology\, was the Institute’s first chair. \nRCHS appreciates the generosity of Don Hall in making this event possible. Hall is the author of “Generation of Wealth: The rise of Control Data and how it inspired an era of innovation and growth in the Upper Midwest\,” published by the Nodin Press in 2014. RCHS thanks the current\nowners of the building\, Capital Partners\, for their assistance with this project. \nImage: Early ERA employees\, c. 1955\, l-r: Jack Hill\, Dr. Arnold Cohen\, Frank Mullaney\, Bob Perkins\, Arnie Hendrickson\, Bill Keye. From the Charles Babbage Institute\, University of Minnesota\, Minneapolis
URL:https://rchs.com/event/era-celebration-commemorative-plaque-unveiling/
LOCATION:1902 Minnehaha Avenue West\, St. Paul\, MN\, 1902 Minnehaha Avenue West\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Saturday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-saturday-public-hours/2023-06-10/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230607T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230607T173000
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SUMMARY:June 7 Farmhouse Tour
DESCRIPTION:Our adult-centered farmhouse tour is back! Enjoy a drink\, snacks and seasonal samples before heading into the Historic Gibbs Farmhouse with Site Director Sammy Nelson. She will share the unique story of the Gibbs family with excerpts from family correspondence and Heman’s account books. \nThis fun\, in-depth tour focuses on a fascinating time in Minnesota history and is great for history-buffs AND first time visitors. \nThis tour includes samples\, snacks and a glass of wine\, beer\, or non-alcoholic beverage. \nTickets are $25 or $20 for Ramsey County Historical Society Members \nRegister Here! \nCall the Gibbs Farm Office at 651 646 8629 with any questions
URL:https://rchs.com/event/june-7-farmhouse-tour/
CATEGORIES:Adults Only Event,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230603T100000
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SUMMARY:Art in the Hollow
DESCRIPTION:Art in the Hollow\nSwede Hollow Park\, St PaulSaturday\, June 3\, 2023 \n10:00 am-5:00 pm\nPark at the Saint Paul Brewing lot688 Minnehaha Ave E\, Saint Paul MN \nJoin us at the beautiful Swede Hollow Park for Art in the Hollow\, “best hidden art festival in Minnesota”! \nThe RCHS booth will feature: \n\n 10:00 am-Noon – Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs – Minnesota Farm Girl – 1877\, author Terry Swanson.\nNoon-2:00 pm – Irvine Park\, St. Paul: Neighborhood Architecture—a coloring book with author Dick Kronick and illustrator Jeanne Kosfeld.\n\nThe festival will have over 100 artists\, plein air painting workshop\, and more\nFor more information\, see www.artinthehollow.org
URL:https://rchs.com/event/art-in-the-hollow/
LOCATION:Swede Hollow Park\, 665 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Ages
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Saturday Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:Visit Gibbs Farm! Take a guided tour\, visit the farm animals or snap some pictures in the prairie. \nGuided tours are offered on the hour. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-saturday-public-hours/2023-06-03/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230602T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230602T120000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: Friday Farm Chores
DESCRIPTION:Help us tackle our to-do list. Friday Farm Chore volunteer days are happening though out our season\, the outdoor projects change weekly usually planting\, watering\, weeding\, light landscape and orchard projects. \nClick here to register for Friday Farm Chores \nProjects are great for students\, families\, small groups (scouts\, 4-H ect.) and individuals. Children under 12 should sign up with an adult. \n  \nNo experience necessary! Projects will be lead by Gibbs Farm staff and volunteers and all supplies materials and instructions. \n  \nDay of Instructions: \n  \nVolunteers should park in the Gibbs Farm public parking lot of Cleveland Ave and enter the site through the wooden gates. \nPlease wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in. Light snacks are provided\, but feel free to bring your own. \nThere are bathrooms and a drinking fountain with water bottle filler on site.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/volunteer-friday-farm-chores-2/2023-06-02/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Gibbs Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230531T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T161838Z
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SUMMARY:Partner Program: Justus Ramsey House
DESCRIPTION:An Archaeological Understanding of the Justus Ramsey House\nNienow Cultural Consultants: Dr. Jeremy Nienow & Dr. Fred Sutherland\nMay 31\, 2023\n7:00-8:00 pm\nWaldmann Brewery\n445 Smith Ave. N\, Saint paul\, MN 55102\nTickets: $18.00\nFor tickets go to https://eventbrite.com/e/612426061837\nFood and bar service available during program. \nJoin archaeologists from Nienow Cultural Consultants for an evening of discovery as they walk us through their recent archaeological investigation of the Justus Ramsey site. Dr. Jeremy Nienow and Project Archaeologist Dr. Fred Sutherland will discuss the archival research they completed before their work\, the events leading up and on the day of their fieldwork\, and the tantalizing analysis of the cultural materials they uncovered – with a strong focus on the individuals who lived in the home in the early 20th century. Questions will be welcomed throughout the talk with time left at the end for one-on-one discussions about the project.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/partner-program-justus-ramsey-house/
LOCATION:Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery\, 445 Smith Ave\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230527T160000
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Opening Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Gibbs Farm Opening Day 2023 \nMay 27\, 10 am-4 pm \nMeet our furry and feathered farm animals; hear about RCHS’s book Grasshoppers in My Bed\, featuring eleven-year-old Lillie Belle Gibbs and her 1877 imagined diary\, and make a related journal craft*; enjoy folksy tunes from Light of the Moon band; and stroll across the prairie\, tasting homemade ice cream and watching butterflies. Pat Bauer and Dave Geister will also be on site to share their new publication\, Making Minnesota\, and lead some hands on activities. As always\, we’ll host tours of Gibbs Historic Farmhouse\, and guests may learn about the Dakota of Cloud Man’s village by visiting our tipi and replica summer bark lodge. Guided tours are offered on the hour. \nCredit & debit card purchases preferred. Gibbs Farm is located at 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, Falcon Heights\, MN 55113.  Parking is free in our lot off Cleveland Avenue. Enter Gibbs Farm through the small white building just south of the parking lot. \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $7 for seniors\, $5 for children 4-16\, free for children 3 and under. RCHS Members visit Gibbs Farm for free! \n*Grasshoppers in My Bed craft with illustrator 10 am to 1pm. Author program from 1pm to 4pm. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-opening-day/
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230519T120000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: Friday Orchard Chores
DESCRIPTION:Help us tackle our to-do list! No experience is necessary to help us complete seasonal orchard tasks. Gibbs Farm Heritage orchard has over 30 varieties of heirloom and UMN developed apples. In order to keep our crop safe from insects without using harsh chemical pesticides we use more time intensive methods like apple bagging\, sticky traps\, fencing and organic treatments. \nProjects are great for students\, families\, small groups (scouts\, 4-H ect.) and individuals. Children under 12 should sign up with an adult. \nClick Here to Register for Friday Farm Chores \nProjects will be lead by Gibbs Farm staff and volunteers and all supplies materials and instructions. \n  \nDay of Instructions: \n  \nVolunteers should park in the Gibbs Farm public parking lot of Cleveland Ave and enter the site through the wooden gates. \nPlease wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in. Light snacks are provided\, but feel free to bring your own. \nThere are bathrooms and a drinking fountain with water bottle filler on site.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/volunteer-friday-orchard-chores-2/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Gibbs Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: The Hormel Strike of 1985-1986
DESCRIPTION:The Hormel Strike of 1985-1986: Historical Perspectives\nPeter Rachleff\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, May 18\, 2023\n7:00 pm \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library. \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Zoom Registration Link\nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn August 1985 the nation’s attention turned to Austin\, Minnesota\, where 1\,700 meatpacking workers prepared to launch a strike against the George A. Hormel Company in what was widely seen as the most significant labor-management conflict since the Professional Air Traffic Controllers’ strike of 1981\, and as a harbinger of the change in the direction of American labor relations since the election of Ronald Reagan. From coast-to-coast\, from factory floors to corporate boardrooms\, from the front pages to the drinking fountains\, it was seen as history in the making. In 1993\, the story would become the subject of Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award-winning documentary\, “American Dream.”\nHow did a small town in southern Minnesota come to occupy such a large place in our country’s labor history? What roles have meat-packing unions and the labor movement played in the Minnesota economic and political landscape? How have those roles impacted the influence of Minnesota’s labor movement on our nation’s economic and political landscape? And\, now\, thirty-seven years later\, what impact might this history have on the emergence of a new labor movement\, based in very different industries and led by workers who are very different from those meat-packing workers? \nJoin Peter Rachleff\, former Macalester College history professor\, Emeritus Co-Executive Director and co-founder of the East Side Freedom Library\, in an exploration of these and related questions. Professor Rachleff is the author of Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement (1993).
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-the-hormel-strike-of-1985-1986/
CATEGORIES:History Revealed
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T160000
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Irvine Park
DESCRIPTION:Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul\nJeanne Kosfeld & Richard Kronick\nGeorge Latimer Central Library\n\n\nSaturday\, May 13\, 2023\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm\n\nJoin the creators of RCHS’ publication\, Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul\, Jeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick at a special event at Saint Paul’s George Latimer Central Library. \nJeanne and Richard have created a unique coloring book featuring the lovely Irvine Park neighborhood. Readers may color or paint eighteen sketches of old homes while learning about the area’s history and architecture. The book’s author\, Richard Kronick\, will speak about the history of Irvine Park. If weather permits\, this will be followed by a short walk from the library to Irvine Park\, where Richard will give a 50-minute tour of the neighborhood. \nRegistration is not required for the talk\, but please register if you plan on taking the tour to Irvine Park. The tour is limited to 25 attendees. \nFor more information and to register\, see the Saint Paul Public Library website at https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/events/643b17d505a66144669ba897 \nAbout the Illustrator: Artist Jeanne Kosfeld paints primarily with water-based media\, but her large body of work also includes print and board game design and public sculpture. She started her career as a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist. Along her creative path\, she led the design department at the University of Alaska\, where she was also an adjunct faculty member. In Minnesota\, she worked as the creative director at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for eighteen years. Kosfeld has won several awards\, and her work resides in many public and private collections. She has been honored with artist-in-residences around the globe. \nAbout the Author: Richard Kronick has been a full-time freelance writer since 1985\, specializing in architecture and engineering. He is the co-author with Rick Harrison and Greg Yoko of a 2010 book on suburban planning titled Prefurbia: Reinventing the Suburbs from Disdainable to Sustainable. Kronick has written over one hundred articles and reviews on the built environment and has planned and led more than sixty architecture tours in the Twin Cities\, the Midwest\, and Italy. He is a member of the board of directors of the nonprofit Preserve Minneapolis (PM) and is editor-in-chief of PM’s MinneapolisHistorical.org\, a guide to the city’s architecture. He often lectures and teaches continuing education courses on the history of architecture and is an expert on the Prairie School architects Purcell & Elmslie. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/partner-event-irvine-park/
LOCATION:George Latimer Central Library\, 90 W 4th St\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230505T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230505T120000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: Friday Farm Chores
DESCRIPTION:Help us tackle our to-do list. Friday Farm Chore volunteer days are happening though out our season\, the outdoor projects change weekly usually planting\, watering\, weeding\, light landscape and orchard projects. \nClick here to register for Friday Farm Chores \nProjects are great for students\, families\, small groups (scouts\, 4-H ect.) and individuals. Children under 12 should sign up with an adult. \n  \nNo experience necessary! Projects will be lead by Gibbs Farm staff and volunteers and all supplies materials and instructions. \n  \nDay of Instructions: \n  \nVolunteers should park in the Gibbs Farm public parking lot of Cleveland Ave and enter the site through the wooden gates. \nPlease wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in. Light snacks are provided\, but feel free to bring your own. \nThere are bathrooms and a drinking fountain with water bottle filler on site.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/volunteer-friday-farm-chores-2/2023-05-05/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Gibbs Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T120000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer: Friday Farm Chores
DESCRIPTION:Help us tackle our to-do list. Friday Farm Chore volunteer days are happening though out our season\, the outdoor projects change weekly usually planting\, watering\, weeding\, light landscape and orchard projects. \nClick here to register for Friday Farm Chores \nProjects are great for students\, families\, small groups (scouts\, 4-H ect.) and individuals. Children under 12 should sign up with an adult. \n  \nNo experience necessary! Projects will be lead by Gibbs Farm staff and volunteers and all supplies materials and instructions. \n  \nDay of Instructions: \n  \nVolunteers should park in the Gibbs Farm public parking lot of Cleveland Ave and enter the site through the wooden gates. \nPlease wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in. Light snacks are provided\, but feel free to bring your own. \nThere are bathrooms and a drinking fountain with water bottle filler on site.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/volunteer-friday-farm-chores-2/2023-04-21/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: An Interrupted Childhood\, Part Two
DESCRIPTION:An Interrupted Childhood:\nOral Histories of Polish WWII Survivors in Minnesota\, Part Two\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, April 6\, 2023\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the Minnesota Polish Medical Society\, the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library.\n \nIn conjunction with a photographic exhibition in Landmark Center\, March 5-April 30\, 2023 \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe stories of three Polish survivors of WWII will be shared – oral histories of their experiences as refugees\, and that of other Polish immigrants to Minnesota. In conjunction with the photo exhibition\, “An Interrupted Childhood” shown at Landmark Center and at the Minnesota State Capitol\, join us and learn the stories of Maria\, Wiktor\, and Adam\, shared histories that shed light on the forgotten children of WWII. Adam Han-Gorski will be the survivor in attendance at this program. \nIf you have missed Part One of this program it will be available on the RCHS YouTube channel. \nWWII shaped the course of Polish history in the 20th century and redefined its borders. It started in September 1939 when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union jointly invaded Poland. The two invaders effectively dismembered the country. Poland suffered immense losses; nearly six million Polish citizens\, including three million Polish Jews\, were killed. \nThe stories of WWII survivors Adam\, Anatol\, Leonard\, Magdalena\, Maria\, Walter\, and Wiktor are part of the MPMS project An Interrupted Childhood: Polish WWII Survivors in Minnesota. During this phase of the Kalejdoskop Polski MN project\, we collected the oral histories and photographs of Polish Minnesotans who have been through the horrors of the war: a forced laborer in the Third Reich\, deportees to Siberia\, a Polish Army Cadet\, a Volhynia Massacre survivor\, and a Holocaust survivor. These stories represent different fates of Poles during WWII and its aftermath. The collected narratives teach us lessons of suffering\, survival\, resilience\, and gratitude are truly humbling and inspiring. \nThis two-part program and exhibition represents part two of the Kalejdoskop Polski MN project initiated in 2020 by the Minnesota Polish Medical Society that aims to document the stories of contemporary Polish immigrants and refugees who settled in Minnesota. The lead artist for Kalejdoskop Polski MN is Grzegorz Litynski\, a professional documentary photographer (www.litynski.com). This body of work forms a traveling photographic exhibition. Katarzyna Litak curates the exhibition. \nExhibition Organizer & Curator: Katarzyna Litak\, MD\, is MPMS President\, Kalejdoskop Polski\, MN project manager\, exhibition designer\, and curator. She conducted oral interviews for the project. Originally from Poland\, she continued medical training at the University of Minnesota. She is also a practicing physician. \nHistory Witness: Adam Han-Gorski was born to a Jewish family in Lwów\, Poland (now Ukraine)\, in 1940. Adam survived ghettos in Jaworów and Kraków and was saved by his Polish nanny Katarzyna. At age five\, he reunited with his parents\, who survived the Holocaust. After the war\, the family was forcibly relocated from Lwów\, which became part of the Soviet Union\, to Upper Silesia\, Poland. Later Adam lived in Israel\, Austria\, Germany\, and the United States. Adam became a renowned violinist and a concertmaster who performed with many orchestras worldwide\, including the Minnesota Orchestra. \nOral histories will be shared from:  \nMaria was born in Tiutków\, Poland (now Ukraine)\, in 1939. In June 1940\, Maria was deported with her mother and brother by Soviet Security forces (NKVD) to a work camp in Siberia when she was 18 months old. She was separated from her mother during the deportation and stayed behind with her aunt. Tiutków (Ukrainian name: Тютьків\, Tiutkiw) is a village in the Tarnopol region\, around 100 miles southwest of Lviv. It is located in Volhynia and became a part of the Soviet Union in 1945. After the war\, Maria was deported to Poland from the village where she grew up. It was now a part of the Soviet Union. She grew up behind the Iron Curtain. Therefore\, she could not reunite with her mother and brother Anatol in the United States until March 1957\, when she was 18 \nWiktor was born in Warsaw in 1938. After the Germans and the Soviets jointly invaded Poland\, Wiktor’s family moved out of Warsaw because Wiktor’s father was threatened with arrest by the Nazis. Wiktor spent the whole German occupation in a small village in eastern Poland. After the war\, the family returned to Warsaw. Wiktor became a television documentary filmmaker. In 1980\, he became involved in the Solidarity movement. After martial law was imposed in December 1981\, he lost his job and was pushed out of the country by the communists with a one-way passport. Since 1983\, Wiktor has lived with his family in Minnesota. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-an-interrupted-childhood-part-two/
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Strike!
DESCRIPTION:Strike!: Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law\nDr. William D. Green\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, March 23\, 2023\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe program will focus on Dr. Green’s new book which recreates twenty days in April 1970 when a then-illegal strike by Minneapolis’s public school teachers marked a singular moment of cultural upheaval—and forever changed the city’s politics\, labor law\, educational climate\, and the right to collective bargaining. \nWhen viewed from our turbulent times\, the Minneapolis of fifty years ago might seem serene\, but Minneapolis schoolteachers of the day remember it quite differently. It was\, author William D. Green said of their recollections\, as if they’d been through war. Since the inception of public education in Minnesota\, teachers were expected to pursue their vocation out of civic spirit\, with low wages\, no benefits\, and no job security. Strike! describes the history and circumstances leading to the teachers’ extraordinary action\, which pitted the progressive and conservative teachers’ unions against each other—and both against the all-powerful school district\, a hostile governor and state legislature\, and a draconian Minnesota law. Capturing the intense emotions and heated rivalries of the strike\, Green profiles the many actors involved\, the personal and professional stakes\, and the issues of politics\, law\, and the business of education. \nInformed by interviews\, firsthand accounts\, news reports\, and written records\, Strike! brings to life a pivotal moment not just for Minneapolis’s teachers but for the city itself\, whose government\, school system\, and culture would\, in a complex but inexorable way\, change course for good. \n \nWilliam D. Green is the M. Anita Gaye Hawthorne Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and professor of history at Augsburg University. He is author of The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota\, 1860–1876 and Degrees of Freedom: The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota\, 1865–1912 (both winners of the Hognander Minnesota History Award) and Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota\, all published by Minnesota. He is vice president of the Minnesota Historical Society. \n“At a time when teacher strikes\, education reform\, and public sector unionism are once again at the center of public debate\, we need this deeply researched and sharply narrated account of the 1970 Minneapolis teacher strike more than ever. And no one is better prepared to tell that story than the renowned historian\, professor\, and former superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools\, Bill Green.” —William P. Jones\, author of The March on Washington: Jobs\, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights  \n“Teachers’ unionism and teachers’ strikes emerged as central topics in American industrial relations in the past decade. William D. Green weaves personal experience with scholarly research to explore the roots of these developments half a century ago. The result facilitates a conversation between the past and the present\, which sheds new light on both.” —Peter Rachleff\, co-executive director\, East Side Freedom Library \n“An inspiring read that shows the hard-fought gains for schools. A frustrating read that shows how many of the problems facing schools have new names and new decorations but are at the core the same as they’ve always been. William D. Green’s book is an important and enthralling history that could not feel more relevant to today.” —Tom Rademacher\, author of It Won’t Be Easy: An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching  \nPlease check out our partner Subtext Books\, located in downtown St. Paul and online at: https://subtextbooks.com/ for these and other History Revealed titles.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-strike/
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230316T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230316T183000
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SUMMARY:Winter Crafting Event: Journal Making
DESCRIPTION:Make your very own paper journal with Grasshoppers in My Bed illustrator\, Peggy Stern. Peggy will also discuss her illustration process for the new RCHS publication. Grasshoppers books will be for sale at this event. All materials and snacks are included. This event is intended for guests 12+. All minors must be accompanied by an adult. Regular registration is $15. Ramsey County Historical Society Member registration is $12. This event will take place in the heated Red Barn at Gibbs Farm. \nWeather policy: All evening programs will be cancelled when the windchill is at -10 F or below. If there is a Winter Storm Warning or Blizzard Warning\, all  programs will be cancelled. If a public program or adult evening event is cancelled\, ticket holders will receive a full refund of their admission cost. \nRefunds will be issued for cancellations up to 24 hours in advance. \nRegister for this event. 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/winter-crafting-event-journal-making/
LOCATION:Gibbs Farm\, 2097 W Larpenteur Ave\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Hands-On/Craft Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212011
CREATED:20230125T180924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T161956Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: An Interrupted Childhood\, Part One
DESCRIPTION:An Interrupted Childhood:\nOral Histories of Polish WWII Survivors in Minnesota\, Part One\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, March 2\, 2023\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the Minnesota Polish Medical Society.\n \nIn conjunction with a photographic exhibition in Landmark Center\, March 5-April 30\, 2023 \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe stories of three Polish survivors of WWII will be shared – oral histories of their experiences as refugees\, and that of other Polish immigrants to Minnesota. In conjunction with the photo exhibition\, “An Interrupted Childhood” shown at Landmark Center and at the Minnesota State Capitol\, join us and learn the stories of Magdalena\, Walter\, and Anatol\, shared histories that shed light on the forgotten children of WWII. Adam Han-Gorski will be the survivor in attendance at this program. \nThis is part one of a two part presentation\, the second part will be on April 6\, 2023\, also on Zoom. Please join us for one or both parts of this very important program. \nAdditionally\, please join the exhibition contributors for a concert by violinist Adam Han-Gorski at the Exhibition Opening on Sunday\, March 5\, 2023\, 2:00-4:00 at Landmark Center. For more information on the opening and this concert\, please see the Landmark Center calendar at https://www.landmarkcenter.org/events/. \nWWII shaped the course of Polish history in the 20th century and redefined its borders. It started in September 1939 when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union jointly invaded Poland. The two invaders effectively dismembered the country. Poland suffered immense losses; nearly six million Polish citizens\, including three million Polish Jews\, were killed. \nThe stories of WWII survivors Adam\, Anatol\, Leonard\, Magdalena\, Maria\, Walter\, and Wiktor are part of the MPMS project An Interrupted Childhood: Polish WWII Survivors in Minnesota. During this phase of the Kalejdoskop Polski MN project\, the collected the oral histories and photographs of Polish Minnesotans who have been through the horrors of the war: a forced laborer in the Third Reich\, deportees to Siberia\, a Polish Army Cadet\, a Volhynia Massacre survivor\, and a Holocaust survivor. These stories represent different fates of Poles during WWII and its aftermath. The collected narratives teach us lessons of suffering\, survival\, resilience\, and gratitude are truly humbling and inspiring. \nThis two-part program and exhibition represents part two of the Kalejdoskop Polski MN project initiated in 2020 by the Minnesota Polish Medical Society that aims to document the stories of contemporary Polish immigrants and refugees who settled in Minnesota. The lead artist for Kalejdoskop Polski MN is Grzegorz Litynski\, a professional documentary photographer (www.litynski.com). This body of work forms a traveling photographic exhibition. Katarzyna Litak curates the exhibition. \nExhibition Organizer & Curator: Katarzyna Litak\, MD\, is MPMS President\, Kalejdoskop Polski\, MN project manager\, exhibition designer\, and curator. She conducted oral interviews for the project. Originally from Poland\, she continued medical training at the University of Minnesota. She is also a practicing physician. \nHistory Witness: Adam Han-Gorski was born to a Jewish family in Lwów\, Poland (now Ukraine)\, in 1940. Adam survived ghettos in Jaworów and Kraków and was saved by his Polish nanny Katarzyna. At age five\, he reunited with his parents\, who survived the Holocaust. After the war\, the family was forcibly relocated from Lwów\, which became part of the Soviet Union\, to Upper Silesia\, Poland. Later Adam lived in Israel\, Austria\, Germany\, and the United States. Adam became a renowned violinist and a concertmaster who performed with many orchestras worldwide\, including the Minnesota Orchestra. \nOral Histories will be shared from the following (they will not be in attendance):\nMagdalena was born in Kraków\, Poland in 1925. During WWII\, Magdalena lived in Kraków until she was arrested in a street roundup on the way home from school in 1941. Magdalena was 16 when she was sent to Germany as a forced laborer. In 1945\, after the war\, she met Eugeniusz (Eugene) Świderski\, a Polish officer who spent five years in a POW camp in Germany. They married and lived in France. In the 1950s\, the family emigrated to the United States with their daughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth Seidner\, Magdalena’s daughter\, was the history witness. \nAnatol was born in 1934 in Tiutków\, Poland (now Ukraine). In June 1940\, at age five\, he was deported with his mother and sister by the Soviet Security forces (NKVD) to a work camp in Siberia. He was released with his mother from the camp in the winter of 1941/42. On their way to the Polish army formed under General Anders\, Anatol separated from his mother and spent nine months in Soviet Russia alone. On the brink of death from starvation\, his mother found him in a Polish orphanage in Iran. With Polish troops\, he and his mother went from Iran to Lebanon before they immigrated to the United States after the war. \nWalter was born in Burdykowszczyzna\, Poland (now Belarus) in\, in 1926. In September 1939\, the Soviet Army invaded eastern Poland\, and the brutal occupation began. In February 1940\, Walter’s family was sent by NKVD to a Soviet work camp near Arkhangelsk in the Arctic Circle. Two years later\, Walter and his family were released from the work camp and journeyed to Uzbekistan to the Polish Army under General W. Anders. As a teenager\, Walter completed military training for Young Soldiers in Egypt and participated in the legendary Monte Cassino battle in 1944. After the war\, he lived in Great Britain and then emigrated to Minnesota in 1961. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-an-interrupted-childhood-part-one/
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230226T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230226T143000
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SUMMARY:MN SEED's Winter Sowing Native Plants Workshop-FULL
DESCRIPTION:This Event is Full- Check out the MN SEED Project website for more events. \nHead to the recently renovated Red Barn for MN SEED’s winter sowing workshop! \nCome join the MN SEED team and we will walk you through the ins and outs of winter sowing native seeds. You provide milk jug or salad container recyclables\, and we will show you how to transform them into mini-greenhouses in this oh so adaptable method of seed starting. We will have soil\, seeds\, tools\, and other supplies for you to create up to 3 winter sowing greenhouses to take home.. We’ll discuss some of the specific needs native seeds require like cold stratification and scarification. Additional locally grown\, adapted native seeds will also be available to take home for more winter sowing fun. \nMore details and registration information here: \nhttps://northerngardener.org/event/in-person-winter-sowing-natives-mn-seed-workshop/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/mn-seeds-winter-sowing-native-plants-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Hands-On/Craft Event
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