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SUMMARY:Friday Farm Chores
DESCRIPTION:Come help out with some Friday Farm Chores! Work with Gibbs farm staff and volunteers to check some tasks off the list. \nRegister using this link OR email Clare@RCHS.com\nProjects are active and outdoors\, great for volunteers 12+ or family groups! Perfect for students needing to complete service hours. \nInstructions and materials are all provided. Please wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in! \nProjects may include: \n\nPainting\nPlanting\nHarvesting\nWatering\nWeeding\nOrchard care\nFence Fixing\n\n\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/friday-farm-chores-5/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Vikings in the Attic
DESCRIPTION:Vikings in the Attic: In Search of Nordic America\nwith Eric Dregni\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, October 20\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nGrowing up with Swedish and Norwegian grandparents with a dash of Danish thrown in for balance\, Eric Dregni thought Scandinavians were perfectly normal. Who doesn’t enjoy a good\, healthy salad (Jell-O packed with canned fruit\, colored marshmallows\, pretzels\, and even olives) or perhaps some cod soaked in drain cleaner as the highlights of Christmas? In Vikings in the Attic\, Dregni tracks down and explores the significant—and quite often bizarre—historic sites\, tales\, and traditions of Scandinavia’s peculiar colony in the Midwest. It’s a legacy of the unique—shots of turpentine for the common cold—but also one of poor immigrants living in sod houses while their children attend college\, the birth of the co-op movement\, and government agents spying on Scandinavian meetings hoping to nab a socialist or antiwar activist. \n \nEric Dregni is the author of 20 books including Vikings in the Attic\, Weird Minnesota\, Never Trust a Thin Cook\, Let’s Go Fishing!\, For the Love of Cod\, and Impossible Road Trip. He wrote about his 15-year experience running one of the Concordia Language Villages in You’re Sending Me Where? Dispatches from Summer Camp. As a Fulbright fellow to Norway\, he survived a dinner of rakfisk (fermented fish) thanks to 80-proof aquavit\, took the “meat bus” to Sweden for cheap salami with a busload of knitting pensioners\, and compiled the stories in In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream. \nHe is Professor of English\, Journalism\, & Italian at Concordia St. Paul and\, in the summer\, dean of the Italian Concordia Language Village\, Lago del Bosco. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three kids. \nMaking Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day. programs which focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-vikings-in-the-attic/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221011T203000
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SUMMARY:Gala For Gibbs
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society invites you to join us for the\nGala for Gibbs\nTuesday\, October 11\, 2022\, 5:15-8:30 pm\nJoin RCHS at Dove Hill to help children experience Gibbs Farm! \nGALA FOR GIBBS \nDove Hill\n260 Summit Ave\, Saint Paul MN 55102\nParking at the Cathedral of Saint Paul lot on Selby Ave.\nSchedule\n5:15: Social Hour\n6:00: Heavy hors d’oeuvres\, hosted bar\, silent auction\n7:00: Program featuring historian and author Larry Millett \nCocktail Attire\nMasks are welcomed and encouraged. \nTickets $150.00 per person\nRegistration and Silent Auction bidding site:  \nGALA FOR GIBBS \nPlease register by Tuesday\, September 27\, 2022.\nOr call 651-222-0701 ext. 226\nemail: events@rchs.com\nPlease contact us with questions. \n\n\n\n\nGala for Gibbs is a fundraising event to support the fun\, hands-on\, and one-of-a-kind educational programs Gibbs Farm provides to more than 15\,000 students in our community each year. \nGala for Gibbs will take place at Dove Hill\, a beautiful historic home in Saint Paul’s Cathedral Hill district\, on Tuesday\, October 11\, 2022. The event will benefit Gibbs Farm and includes a live auction\, silent auction and fund-a-need. Historian and author Larry Millett is the featured speaker along with a testimonial from a teacher on the positive impact that visits to Gibbs Farm has on students. \nProceeds from the Gala for Gibbs will help keep Gibbs Farm programming accessible and affordable for the children in our community. \nGibbs Farm is currently the only organization in Minnesota offering field trips that focus on the dual interpretation of pioneer and Indigenous life-ways.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gala-for-gibbs/
LOCATION:Dove Hill\, 260 Summit Ave.\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Gichigami Hearts
DESCRIPTION:Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong\nLinda Legarde Grover\nHistory Revealed Series\nMonday\, October 10\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIndigenous Peoples’ Day\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. \nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nAward-winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and Ojibwe history with stories from Misaabekong (the place of the giants) on Lake Superior \nLong before there was a Duluth\, Minnesota\, the massive outcropping that divides the city emerged from the ridge of gabbro rock running along the westward shore of Lake Superior. A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place\, the Point of Rocks. Against this backdrop—Misaabekong\, the place of the giants—the lives chronicled in Linda LeGarde Grover’s book unfold\, some in myth\, some in long-ago times\, some in an imagined present\, and some in the author’s family history\, all with a deep and tenacious bond to the land\, one another\, and the Ojibwe culture. \nLinda will also be sharing highlights from her new poetry book\, The Sky Watched\, Poems of Ojibwe Lives. \n\n\nLinda LeGarde Grover is professor emeritus of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Her books The Road Back to Sweetgrass\, Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year\, and In the Night of Memory\, all from Minnesota\, have earned numerous awards\, including the Native Writers Circle of the Americas First Book Award; Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards for Poetry\, Memoir\, and Fiction; and a Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction. Her book of stories The Dance Boots was the winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. \nMaking Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day. programs which focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-gichigami-hearts/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed
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SUMMARY:Garden Party Series- Farmhouse Tour
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm Garden Party Series\n$40 ($30 RCHS Member Price)\nA mini-fieldtrip just for adults! Each event will focus on one of our favorite topics- expect fun facts\, historical sources and a special peek into what makes our 8-acre historic site so special.\nEach event includes themed snacks\, beverages (beer\, wine and NA options) and the opportunity to get hands-on and up-close with history and nature.\nOctober 5- Farmhouse Tour\nThis is your  chance to visit the farmhouse on an adult-only tour. Start in the newly renovated Red Barn for some rustic luxury. We will serve a variety of drinks and snacks inspired by harvest preservation. You will get the chance to sample some preserves that have enjoyed  continued popularity as well as a couple mostly left to the past. Get some historical context about what seasonal eating truly meant. \nThen head into the Gibbs Farmhouse\, Ramsey County Historical Societies first and largest collection item. Hear the story of the Gibbs Family and see how we use this historic treasure to provide real history experiences to students in our community. This tour will be fun and informative for new visitors and longtime Gibbs Farm supporters\, we promise!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/garden-party-series-farmhouse-tour/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Adults Only Event,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220924T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220924T160000
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Apple Festival 2022
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date!\nOur annual Apple Festival will take place on Saturday\, September 24 from 10-4. Don’t miss the chance to celebrate fall with a visit our heritage orchard. Sample apple varieties\, explore the prairie and take part in some community seed saving with MN Seed Project. \nPlus: Music by Light of the Moon + Facepainting by Rainbow Party Arts + Apple Treats + Apple Games
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-apple-festival/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T114500
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SUMMARY:September Tree Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join a 45-minute walking tour through the Gibbs Farm site lead by Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins. Learn to identify woody plants\, and find out about Minnesota trees and how settlers and the Dakota used them. \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. As 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!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/september-tree-tour-2/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220915T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Indigenous Peoples Day
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Traditions & Celebrations\nDr. Kate Phillips\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, September 15\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe second Monday in October is a day to honor Native American people\, their histories\, and cultures. People mark the day with food\, dancing\, and songs. DR. Kate Phillips will share the history and the multiple traditions that this holiday can have\, and how it can be celebrated in all with family and friends in many ways. \nDr. Katrina Phillips is a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. She earned her BA and PhD in History from the University of Minnesota\, and she teaches Native American history and the history of the American West at Macalester College. \nMaking Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day. programs which focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-indigenous-peoples-day/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220914T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T202714Z
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SUMMARY:Garden Party Series- Orchard
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm Garden Party Series\n$40 ($30 RCHS Member Price)\nA mini-fieldtrip just for adults! Each event will focus on one of our favorite topics- expect fun facts\, historical sources and a special peek into what makes our 8-acre historic site so special.\nEach event includes themed snacks\, beverages (beer\, wine and NA options) and the opportunity to get hands-on and up-close with history and nature.\nSeptember 15- Orchard\nDon’t miss this opportunity to visit our heritage orchard! Taste some apples\, drink some cider. We have a special variety of heritage apples and some more modern U of M developed trees. Learn how apples grow and how Minnesota became a household name in the apple business.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/garden-party-series-orchard/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Adults Only Event,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220913T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220913T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
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SUMMARY:Regenerating Urban Land: Cultivating a Deeper Land Relationship
DESCRIPTION:Regenerating Urban Land: Cultivating a Deeper Land Relationship \nTuesday\, September 13\, 6:30 – 7:30 pm \n$20 \nLocation: Gibbs Farm\, 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, St. Paul MN 55113 \nInstructor: Paula Westmoreland\, Ecological Design \nRegistration Link: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/event.jsp?event=466& \nThis is the final workshop in a four-part series\, Regenerating Urban Land. This series is brought to you in partnership with Ecological Design and MSHS. \nTake this opportunity to learn strategies to cultivate a deeper connection with land in your circle of care. In this workshop\, we will share lessons\, stories\, assessment tools\, and practices to help you get to know the land more deeply\, appreciate it\, regenerate it\, and have fun in the process. \n  \nRegistration Link: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/event.jsp?event=466&
URL:https://rchs.com/event/13773/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220913T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220913T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk
DESCRIPTION:Bob Brown Exhibition Gallery Talk\nPaul Nelson\nTuesday\, September 13\, noon-1:00 pm\nLandmark Center North Gallery\nFree and open to all. \nRamsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with Landmark Center\, premieres an exhibition featuring local artist Robert Brown (1893-1954) in the North Gallery.  While there are few known details of Brown’s life\, we do know he studied briefly in Europe and New York City before settling in St. Paul\, where he worked as an artist in the 1930s and ’40s. He painted\, mostly watercolors\, in the regionalist style promoted by the Federal Art Project (FAP).  The FAP provided work and a basic income to a few thousand American artists and artisans during the Great Depression. Most of Brown’s known works are St. Paul urban scenes and landscapes. \nAdditional free programming includes a gallery talk with local historian\, Paul Nelson\, who wrote a retrospective of Brown and discovered images of many artworks that have not been seen in nearly 100 years.  Paul Nelson will talk at noon – 1pm on Tuesday\, September 13 in the North Gallery.  Time is allowed to view the artwork on display and ask questions. \nLook for the article “Bob Brown: Paint What You See” in the upcoming Summer 2022 issue of Ramsey County History magazine. \nThe exhibition is free and open to the public during public Landmark Center hours August 7th through September 25th.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gallery-talk/
LOCATION:Landmark Center\, 75 W Fifth Street \, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220908T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Shared Community: Chicano Studies
DESCRIPTION:A Shared Community: Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota\nwith Dionicio Valdes\, PhD\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, September 8\, 2022\, 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. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nDr. Valdes will take us on an examination of the birth and 20th century history of the Chicano Studies Department at the University of Minnesota\, with particular attention to the role played by the political turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s throughout the nation and in the Twin Cities.  He will focus on the creative ongoing tensions between advocates of distinct visions\, both within the academic world and within the Twin Cities community\, that created the Department and have supported it for more than half a century. \n \nProfessor Dionicio Valdes directed the U of M’s Ph.D. program in Chicano/Latino Studies and taught in it for 23 years before moving to Michigan State University.  He has been a very active and respected scholar. His publications include El Pueblo Mexicano en Detroit y Michigan: A Social History(private printing\, 1981); Al Norte: Agricultural Workers in the Great Lakes Region\, 1917-1970(University of Texas Press\, 1991); Barrios Norteños: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century (University of Chicago Press\, 2000); Mexicans in Minnesota (MinnesotaHistorical Society Press\, 2006); and Organized Agriculture and the Labor Movement Before the UFW: Puerto Rico\, Hawai’i\, and California (University of Chicago Press\, 2011). \nMaking Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day. programs which focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-shared-community-chicano-studies/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220903T100000
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SUMMARY:September Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our September 3 Volunteer Day from 10:00-1:00. \nGibbs Farm staff will lead volunteers in active outdoor projects to prepare for the end of the summer season. Projects will include: harvesting\, weeding\, light landscaping and site clean-up. \n\nRegister using this link OR email Clare@RCHS.com\n\nProjects are great for volunteers 12+ or family groups! Perfect for students needing to complete service hours.\nInstructions\, materials and snacks provided. Please wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in! Bring work gloves and a lunch if you wish!\n\n\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/september-volunteer-day/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220827T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220827T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
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SUMMARY:MN SEED's Native Plant Community Science Project - Demonstration & Processing Event
DESCRIPTION:This Program is in Partnership with MNSEED Project and Minnesota State Horticultural Society\nRegister here: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/eventRegistration.jsp?1=1&event=484&sdcdsc=sdcdsc&event=484 \nCost\n$10 (includes admission to Gibbs Farm!) \nSummary\nJoin the MNSEED Project for a native seed collection workshop.\nDescription\n\n\nMN SEED’s Native Plant Community Science Project – Demonstration & Processing Event \nSaturday\, August 27\, 9 – 11 am \nLocation: Gibbs Farm\, 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, St. Paul\, MN 55113 \nInstructors: Courtney Tchida\, Dawn Lamm\, Stephanie Hankerson \nJoin the MNSEED Project for a native seed collection workshop. We will demonstrate how to know when seeds are ready to collect\, tips for collecting\, seed cleaning\, processing\, and storage. This is a hands-on workshop where you will have the opportunity to collect a variety of seeds and take some home to plant in your own spaces.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/mn-seeds-native-plant-community-science-project-demonstration-processing-event/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220826T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220826T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
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SUMMARY:Friday Farm Chores
DESCRIPTION:Come help out with some Friday Farm Chores! Work with Gibbs farm staff and volunteers to check some tasks off the list. \nRegister using this link OR email Clare@RCHS.com\n\nProjects are active and outdoors\, great for volunteers 12+ or family groups! Perfect for students needing to complete service hours. \nInstructions and materials are all provided. Please wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in! \nProjects may include: \n\nPainting\nPlanting\nHarvesting\nWatering\nWeeding\nOrchard care\nFence Fixing\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/friday-farm-chores-2/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220822T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220822T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220525T173426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T202815Z
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SUMMARY:Garden Party Series- Heirloom Varieties
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm Garden Party Series\n$40 ($30 RCHS Member Price)\nA mini-fieldtrip just for adults! Each event will focus on one of our favorite topics- expect fun facts\, historical sources and a special peek into what makes our 8-acre historic site so special.\nEach event includes themed snacks\, beverages (beer\, wine and NA options) and the opportunity to get hands-on and up-close with history and nature.\nAugust 22- Heirloom Varieties\nHistory at the height of summer! \nAfter enjoying some seasonal snacks we will head out to our pioneer and farmhouse gardens. \nWe will touch on the ways that farming and the Twin Cities grew together\, and how market gardeners like the Gibbs family started their business. We will define some horticultural terms\, discuss plant name origins and share our favorite books and retail sources. Plus\, find out about our plant-based successes and learning opportunities (failures) and how we balance history and modern best practices.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/garden-party-series-heirloom-varieties/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220819T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220819T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220625T170013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220625T170013Z
UID:10008887-1660910400-1660921200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release\, Grasshoppers in My Bed.\n\nJoin Terry Swanson\, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed\, as she introduces Lillie at age 11 in 1877\, through 11 Grasshoppers in My Bed-inspired topics\, for 11 minutes each\, all right here on the farm where she grew up. You’ll love getting to know Lillie! Sessions are scheduled every 15 minutes beginning at 12:15.  Join in for a session or two\, or as many as you like!\n\n​Artist’s activity: Join Peggy Stern\, illustrator of Grasshoppers in My Bed\, for a 3-step journal making adventure\, based on illustrations from the book: Step 1 “Search & Draw” – a “treasure hunt” of the site\, Step 2 “Fold  & Create” – make an 8-page booklet to illustrate\, Step 3 “Dip & Write” – use a dip pen like Lillie Belle used to do. This activity is on-going throughout the day and can done at own pace.  Steps can be done individually or in order. Please allow about an hour for all 3 steps.\n\nTo order or get more information Grasshoppers in My Bed\, see the book page and order form.\n\nThe site is open from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.  Allow time to enjoy the outdoor setting and visit the gift shop! Feel free to bring a picnic lunch.  \n\n\nNote: These are the only programs/tours scheduled for this day.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/fridays-at-gibbs-farm-grasshoppers-in-my-bed-program-4/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Book Event,Children's Events,Family Events,Gibbs Events,Hands-On/Craft Event,Publishing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220818T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220505T170156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T170156Z
UID:10008866-1660849200-1660854600@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Black\, Brown & Red Power
DESCRIPTION:Black\, Brown and Red Power in the Twin Cities: Parallels\, Intersections and Self-Determination in a Liberal Haven\nDr. Jimmy Patino\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, August 18\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe Twin Cities evolved in a unique and dynamic historical conjuncture in the long 1960s as a site in which African American\, American Indian and Mexican American communities were concentrated in an otherwise overwhelmingly white state. The emergence of Black Power\, the American Indian Movement\, and the Chicano Movement parallel and overlapping in a shared urban site speaks to the socio-political context of racialized injustice within a labor friendly and liberal progressive state. This presentation explores the direct and indirect overlap of these constituent communities’ struggles against police violence\, inter-residential violence related to concentrated poverty\, and physical and cultural displacement. These dynamic movements built infrastructure to confront these shared forms of repression\, but through their particular racialized communities: The Way organization in the Black community\, Centro Cultural Chicano in the Mexican community\, and in several independent schools in the American Indian community. These institutions—also evident in the emergence of the Black Patrol\, the AIM Patrol and the Brown Berets in addressing police violence—emerged independently to address the overlapping racial capitalist context and highlighting its differential articulation. However\, there were points of convergence and direct interaction\, culminating in the struggle for ethnic studies at the University of Minnesota\, among others. \n \nJimmy Patiño is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota.  His book Raza Sí\, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego was published in 2017. He has also written on Mexican American desegregation\, African American and Latina/o/x critical thought in hip-hop culture\, and is currently writing on ideas about solidarity and anti-capitalist thought across Black\, Brown and Red Power Movements.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-black-brown-red-power/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220816T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220816T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220721T163730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T163730Z
UID:10008892-1660674600-1660678200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Regenerating Urban Land: Working with Urban Soil
DESCRIPTION:Regenerating Urban Land: Working with Urban Soil \nTuesday\, August 16\, 6:30 – 7:30 pm \n$20 \nLocation: Gibbs Farm\, 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, St. Paul MN 55113 \nInstructor: Paula Westmoreland\, Ecological Design \nRegistration link: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/event.jsp?event=465& \nThis is the third workshop in a four-part series\, Regenerating Urban Land. These classes were designed to take individually or together as a series. This series is brought to you in partnership with Ecological Design and MSHS. \nHealthy soil is alive with a diversity of organisms. A living soil delivers nutrients to plants\, increases water holding capacity\, provides habitat\, and creates the conditions for growing nutrient-dense foods and nectar-rich plants. In this workshop\, we will discuss the soil ecosystem\, the latest science in growing nutrient-dense foods\, the challenges of urban soils\, and ways to regenerate them. \n  \nRegistration link: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/event.jsp?event=465&
URL:https://rchs.com/event/regenerating-urban-land-working-with-urban-soil/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220812T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220812T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220625T165808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220625T165808Z
UID:10008886-1660305600-1660316400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release\, Grasshoppers in My Bed.\n\nJoin Terry Swanson\, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed\, as she introduces Lillie at age 11 in 1877\, through 11 Grasshoppers in My Bed-inspired topics\, for 11 minutes each\, all right here on the farm where she grew up. You’ll love getting to know Lillie! Sessions are scheduled every 15 minutes beginning at 12:15.  Join in for a session or two\, or as many as you like!\n\n​Artist’s activity: Join Peggy Stern\, illustrator of Grasshoppers in My Bed\, for a 3-step journal making adventure\, based on illustrations from the book: Step 1 “Search & Draw” – a “treasure hunt” of the site\, Step 2 “Fold  & Create” – make an 8-page booklet to illustrate\, Step 3 “Dip & Write” – use a dip pen like Lillie Belle used to do. This activity is on-going throughout the day and can done at own pace.  Steps can be done individually or in order. Please allow about an hour for all 3 steps.\n\nTo order or get more information Grasshoppers in My Bed\, see the book page and order form.\n\nThe site is open from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.  Allow time to enjoy the outdoor setting and visit the gift shop! Feel free to bring a picnic lunch.  \n\n\nNote: These are the only programs/tours scheduled for this day.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/fridays-at-gibbs-farm-grasshoppers-in-my-bed-program-3/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Book Event,Children's Events,Family Events,Gibbs Events,Hands-On/Craft Event,Publishing,Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220811T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220506T143333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220506T143333Z
UID:10008869-1660244400-1660249800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Indigenous History
DESCRIPTION:Land Acknowledgments\, Land Back\, and the 10\,000 Lakes: Indigenous History in Minnesota\nDr. Jacob Jurss\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, August 11\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nWhat do land acknowledgments and debates over land back reveal about the making of Minnesota? Increasingly popular\, land acknowledgments can be heard at the start of meetings to introductions of large sporting events\, but what does this acknowledgment signify? Whose land is being acknowledged? How did relationships to this land transform over time? What is the connection of the land back movement? Indigenous history is Minnesota history. Today within the physical boundaries of the State of Minnesota exist seven Ojibwe band reservations\, four Dakota communities\, as well as thousands of Indigenous individuals living in small towns to large urban communities. Understanding how this modern-day configuration came to be is an important element of understanding the making of Minnesota. \nFrom early interactions between Dakota and Ojibwe Native nations to recent calls for economic\, social\, and environmental justice for Indigenous communities\, Land Acknowledgments\, Land Back\, and the 10\,000 Lakes: Indigenous History in Minnesota will survey the early history of interactions between Indigenous nations through the treaty era with the United States through the contemporary moment seeking to better understand how our collective past continues to shape our future. \n \nDr. Jacob Jurss is an adjunct professor of United States and Indigenous history at the University of St. Thomas and Metropolitan State University and was a member of the St. Thomas Land Acknowledgment committee. His recently published article in The American Indian Quarterly “Relations Across the Land: Ojibwe and Dakota Interactions in the Indigenous Borderlands of the Western Great Lakes” explores the history of intertribal diplomacy and his currently book project is Bountiful Boundaries: Western Great Lakes Indigenous Borderlands and American Statecraft. \nMaking Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day. programs which focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-indigenous-history/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220806T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220806T114500
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220511T163749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T163749Z
UID:10008872-1659783600-1659786300@rchs.com
SUMMARY:August Prairie Tour
DESCRIPTION:Come and see what’s blooming on the prairie!\nJoin Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins as they lead a 45 minute tour focusing on Gibbs Farm’s restored prairie. See the effects of our mid-May controlled burn while you learn about the flowers and grasses that make up this important and rare plant community that was once so common in Minnesota. \nGibbs Farm is open to the public on Fridays from 12-3 and Saturdays this summer from 10-4. The prairie walk is included in regular Saturday admission price. As always RCHS members visit Gibbs Farm at no cost. To reserve your tour spot\, pre-pay admission online\, or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office at 651-646-8629. After the tour\, stick around for a history tour or enjoy the prairie on your own\, we suggest bringing a snack or picnic! \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/august-prairie-tour/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220806T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220806T121500
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220721T163504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T163504Z
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SUMMARY:Floral Design Basics: Bring the Outside In
DESCRIPTION:Floral Design Basics: Bring the Outside In! \n  \nSaturday\, August 6\, 10 am – 12:15 pm \n$25 MSHS members\, $30 Non-members \nLocation: Gibbs Farm\, 2097 Larpenteur Ave W\, St. Paul MN 55113 (in the red barn) \nInstructors: MSHS Judging and Exhibiting Committee \nRegistration link: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/event.jsp?event=478& \nThe MSHS Judging & Exhibiting Committee will present floral design basics in this fun drop-in style workshop. This workshop will offer a brief history of floral design and basic concepts of harmony\, rhythm\, balance\, and proportions. We’ll show that you don’t need to know all of the rules and principles of design to produce striking floral arrangements\, nor do we need to spend a fortune on expensive cut flowers. Instead\, we will show you how to use common plants growing in our yards and neighborhoods\, talk about seasonal availability\, and briefly discuss planning a cutting garden with plants that will bloom all season long. \n  \nRegistration link: https://mshs.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/mshs/event.jsp?event=478&
URL:https://rchs.com/event/floral-design-basics-bring-the-outside-in/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Hands-On/Craft Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220224T220202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T220202Z
UID:10008849-1659639600-1659645000@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Grasshoppers in My Bed
DESCRIPTION:Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs\, Minnesota Farm Girl\, 1877\nTerry Swanson and Peggy Stern\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, August 4\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nJoin author Terry Swanson and illustrator Peggy Stern as they present their new historical fiction book\, Grasshoppers in My Bed\, based on the journal of 11-year- old Lillie Gibbs of Gibbs Farm. \nIt is 1876—Christmas day—which just happens to be the eleventh birthday of Lillie Belle Gibbs. Her mother and father present her with a new journal. Now she must decide how to fill the pages. \nGrasshoppers in her bed\, a smudge pot to keep the mosquitos at bay\, the one-room schoolhouse across the road\, popping corn in the Victorian parlor\, hired hands who work on the farm half the year\, and her best friend\, Minnesota Mae Hendrickson\, all make appearances. \nUsing clues Lillie left behind through writings as a child and an adult\, this important work of historical fiction is filled with stories and illustrations detailing a year in the ordinary life of a real Minnesota farm girl from the 1870s. \nGrasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs – A Minnesota Farm Girl – 1877 is available through the Ramsey County Historical Society or other local vendors.\nRCHS Member price: $18.00\nRegular Price: $20.00\nTo order\, see the form here. \nFor more information on the book\, see the post here. \nTerry Swanson is a Minnesota historian who has specialized in public history in the Twin Cities area since 1990. She was director of collections\, education\, and programs at the American Swedish Institute from 1997 to 2005. She worked as program and site manager at Ramsey County Historical Society’s (RCHS) Gibbs Farm from 2007 to 2016. Since retiring in 2017\, she has worked as a historical consultant and with Investigate MN\, a partnership between local libraries and museums (including RCHS) designed for school-age children to boost academic achievement and help close the achievement gap. \nPeggy Stern is a former site interpreter at Gibbs Farm where\, under the direction of the then-program and site manager Terry Swanson\, she handcrafted murals and signage to enhance the venue. Their working relationship eventually developed into a collaboration for this book. Stern holds a degree in fine art from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls and has continued her art education at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and at both Minnetonka and White Bear Centers for the Arts. In addition to illustration\, her main areas of interest are drawing\, painting\, and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited at various Twin Cities locations including\, most recently\, the Northern Lights Exhibition. \nFeatured image by Peggy Stern.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-grasshoppers-in-my-bed/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event,Publishing
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220729T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220729T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220625T165704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220625T165704Z
UID:10008885-1659096000-1659106800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release\, Grasshoppers in My Bed. \nJoin Terry Swanson\, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed\, as she introduces Lillie Gibbs at age 11 in 1877\, through special tours right here on the farm where she grew up. You’re going to love getting to know Lillie! \nPeggy Stern\, artist and illustrator of Grasshoppers in My Bed joins in on the search for Lillie through craft activities inspired by illustrations in the book. \nSnacks\, drawing for a free book\, and author/illustrator book signing are included. \n\nTo order or get more information Grasshoppers in My Bed\, see the book page and order form.\n\nThe site is open from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.  Allow time to enjoy the outdoor setting and visit the gift shop! Feel free to bring a picnic lunch.  \n\n\nNote: These are the only programs/tours scheduled for this day.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/fridays-at-gibbs-farm-grasshoppers-in-my-bed-program-2/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Book Event,Children's Events,Family Events,Gibbs Events,Hands-On/Craft Event,Publishing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220729T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220729T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220504T180116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220504T180116Z
UID:10008864-1659088800-1659096000@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Friday Farm Chores
DESCRIPTION:Come help out with some Friday Farm Chores! Work with Gibbs farm staff and volunteers to check some tasks off the list. \nRegister using this link OR email Clare@RCHS.com\n\nProjects are active and outdoors\, great for volunteers 12+ or family groups! Perfect for students needing to complete service hours. \nInstructions and materials are all provided. Please wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in! \nProjects may include: \n\nPainting\nPlanting\nHarvesting\nWatering\nWeeding\nOrchard care\nFence Fixing\n\n\nRegister using this link OR email Clare@RCHS.com\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/friday-farm-chores-3/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220610T185043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T185043Z
UID:10008883-1658430000-1658435400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: The Bell Museum
DESCRIPTION:A Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum.\nDon Luce\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, July 21\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n\nSince its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities\, the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of natural history has become one of the state’s most important cultural institutions. From its conception as part of a state-mandated geological and natural history survey\, to its most recent ventures into technology\, environmental science\, and DNA sequencing\, the Bell Museum has informed\, explained\, and expanded our relationship to the natural world. Drawing on a wealth of materials unearthed during the museum’s recent move\, the gorgeously illustrated book\, A Natural Curiosity\, chronicles the remarkable discoveries and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today. \n\nTo order the book\, see University of Minnesota Press: A Natural Curiosity \nDon Luce was Bell Museum Curator of Exhibits. For more than forty years he curated most of the museum’s temporary exhibitions\, including Exploring Evolution\, The Lion’s Mane\, Wildlife Art in America\, and Audubon and the Art of Birds. He initiated the Bell’s traveling exhibitions program\, developed and expanded its natural history art collection\, and played a key role in the conception and design of the new museum’s permanent exhibit gallery\, Minnesota Journeys.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-the-bell-museum/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Online Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220628T205207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220628T205207Z
UID:10008889-1658430000-1658433600@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Minnesota Sinfonia Family Concert
DESCRIPTION:Recommended for all ages\n\n\nGibbs Farm and the Bell Museum invite you to a fun-filled evening at the corner of Larpenteur and Cleveland on Thursday\, July 21. Kick off the night with an outdoor concert from the Minnesota Sinfonia\, who will be performing at Gibbs Farm. Enjoy the sounds of “Music on the Lighter Side” with your family. This concert will include music from the movies\, Broadway\, waltzes\, tangos\, marches\, polka\, and much more!\n\n\nThe concert is from 7pm to 8pm\, but please feel free to arrive as early as 6pm and bring a picnic dinner to enjoy with your friends and family. Please bring your own seating such as lawn chairs or picnic blankets for this event. There will be limited picnic tables. Restrooms will be available.\n\nThe concert has no registration fee\, but we do request guests RSVP if they plan to attend.\nClick here to RSVP \nFollowing the concert\, stroll on over to the Bell Museum to experience Gaia\, a touring installation by UK artist Luke Jerram. At 23 feet in diameter and hanging in the museum’s Horizon Hall\, Gaia is a giant\, glowing sculpture of the Earth that features imagery from NASA’s Visible Earth Project. The Bell Museum will be open for special evening hours until 10pm on Thursday\, July 21. \nRain date:\nIn the event of inclement weather\, a rain date has been set for Monday\, July 25. Guests who RSVP will receive an email notification if the original date has to be canceled. Please note that the Bell Museum will not have evening hours on July 25\, but Gaia will be visible from outside the museum. \nSpecial Guest:\n \n\nMinnesota Sinfonia\n\n\n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/minnesota-sinfonia-family-concert/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Community Events,Family Events,Gibbs Events,Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220714T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024311
CREATED:20220610T184235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T184235Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Daybreak Woman
DESCRIPTION:Daybreak Woman\nJane Lamm Carroll\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, July 14\, 2022\, 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.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nA remarkable woman’s life spans nearly a century of peace\, invasion\, war\, exile\, return\, and astonishing change.Join us as historian Jane Lamm Carroll share her extraordinary work\, Daybreak Woman. Daybreak Woman\, also known as Jane Anderson Robertson\, was born at a trading post on the Minnesota River in 1810 and lived for ninety-two years in Minnesota\, Wisconsin\, Michigan\, Canada\, and South Dakota. The daughter of an Anglo- Canadian trader and a Scots-Dakota woman\, she witnessed seismic changes.For her first five decades\, Daybreak Woman was nurtured and respected in the multi-ethnic society that thrived for generations in the region. But in the last forty years of the nineteenth century\, this way of life was swamped and nearly annihilated as the result of Euro-American colonization and the forced exile of most Dakota and Euro-Dakota people from Minnesota after the US–Dakota War of 1862. Dakota and Euro-Dakota people struggled to reestablish their communities in the face of racial violence\, injustice\, calls for their mass extermination\, abject poverty\, disease\, starvation\, and death. Daybreak Woman and her children survived these cataclysmic events and endured to rebuild their lives as Anglo- Dakota people in an anti-Indian world.In this extraordinary biography\, historian Jane Lamm Carroll uses the life of one mixed-heritage woman and her family as a window into American society\, honoring the past’s complexity and providing insights into the present. \n\nAdvance Praise:“In this deft biography\, Jane Lamm Caroll guides us through a life rooted in the vital and expansive kinship networks that determined belonging\, opportunity\, conflict\, and resilience for Dakota and mixed-ancestry community members in nineteenth-century Mni Sota Makoce. In a journey from the height of the fur trade\, through the devastating war of 1862\, and onward to the turn of a new century\, we see the ways in which women’s labor — cultural\, spiritual\, economic\, diplomatic\, and domestic — built and rebuilt worlds of meaning that persisted despite great upheaval and change. This is a vibrant and engrossing book.”Catherine J. Denial\, author of Making Marriage: Husbands\, Wives\, and the American State in Dakota and Ojibwe Country“The research in Daybreak Woman is rich\, dense\, and inclusive\, and Jane Lamm Carroll writes a story that is highly personal and engaging. Learning about the lives of so many Dakota and Anglo-Dakota individuals and families forces readers to re-think what we thought we knew about the history of Mni Sota Makoce.”Colette Hyman\, author of Dakota Women’s Work: Creativity\, Culture\, and Exile\n\n“Daybreak Woman\, a gripping American drama\, is history made real.” CHOICE \nExcerpt in Minnesota History magazine \n\n\nJane Lamm Carroll is professor of history and women’s studies at St. Catherine University and contributing author and coeditor of Liberating Sanctuary: 100 Years of Women’s Education at the College of St. Catherine. \nAvailable November 2020 from Minnesota Historical Society \n\n$18.95 paper\, ISBN: 978-1-68134-166-8256 pages\,  6 x 9 inches\, 20 b/w photos\, notes\, index\, bibliography$9.99 e-book\, ISBN: 978-1-68134-167-5 \nMaking Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day. programs which focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-daybreak-woman/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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SUMMARY:July Prairie Tour
DESCRIPTION:Come and see what’s blooming on the prairie!\nJoin Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins as they lead a 45 minute tour focusing on Gibbs Farm’s restored prairie. See the effects of our early-May controlled burn while you learn about the flowers and grasses that make up this important and rare plant community that was once so common in Minnesota. \n  \nGibbs Farm is open to the public on Fridays 12-3 and Saturdays 10-4 this summer. The prairie walk is included in regular Saturday admission price. As always RCHS members visit Gibbs Farm at no cost. To reserve your tour spot\, pre-pay admission online\, or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office at 651-646-8629. After the tour\, stick around for a history tour or enjoy the prairie on your own\, we suggest bringing a snack or picnic!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/july-prairie-tour/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Tours
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