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Updated 5/5/2010
From the Assistant Director, Jennifer Weaver
Note: These programs are going on as normal, they are not affected by the contruction!
Details of Upcoming Events.
Evening Programs and EventsMay 6: Volunteer Workshop
The WCHS is hosting a volunteer workshop to recruit new volunteers and to update our current volunteers. In preparation of opening the Laird Norton addition the Society will be offering many volunteer opportunities. Some new volunteer positions will be Gallery Docents, Museum Shop Associates and Web/Online Network monitors, just to name a few. An introductory workshop will be held Thursday, May 6 at 1 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. (they are the same) to accommodate various schedules. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at the Winona County History Center please call the Society at 507-454-2723 ext.3 for more information or to sign up for a workshop.
June 12: Chocolate, Shakespeare & Champagne
This fun summer fundraiser for the Society will be held June 12 from 7-9 p.m. at the Historic Alexander Mansion Bed & Breakfast. Meet the cast and crew of the Great River Shakespeare Festival as they mingle and perform scenes from season seven's plays. Of course various desserts featuring chocolate will be served along with bubbly champagne. $5 chances to win a gift basket featuring dinner with GRSF actors, champagne, a stay at the Alexander Mansion B & B and many other great gifts will be sold during the event. Tickets for Chocolate, Shakespeare & Champagne are $20 for members and $25 for the public and will go on sale the last week of May.
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June 24: Creating An Absence So Great
Jane Kirkpatrick will be at the Winona County History Center at 7 p.m. on June 24 to talk about the conclusion of her grandmother's journey that started with A Flickering Light. An Absence so Great is a story of talent and loss, of desire and disappointment and one young photographer's weaving of them all into a life with meaning and joy. Jessie Ann Gaebele, a photographer at the turn of the century in Winona, has a talent. She not only takes beautiful photographs but she also has a good business sense. What she longs for is to have her own studio one day; but to have it she must settle a relationship that threatens to destroy her hopes and discover what will truly fill an absence so great. This is the final book in the Portrait of the Heart Series. Jane is inter-nationally recognized for her lively presentations and well-researched stories that encourage and inspire.
July 26-28 and August 18-20: Pioneer School Day-Camp
Held in the Arches Museum of Pioneer Life one room school house, the Winona County Historical Society Pioneer School offers 1st - 8th graders a look back in time as pioneer children learning through stories, games and crafts. Two 3 - day class sessions are offered Mon-Wed. July 26-27 and Wed.-Fri. August 18-20. Class is held 9 am to Noon each day. Cost is $17 per student for WCHS members or $20 for non-members. Call 507-454-2723 ext. 3 for more information and to sign up of a session.
American Girl Club
The American Girl Club will meet June 17, 1-3 p.m.; July 29, 1-3 p.m. and August 12, 1-3 p.m. at the Winona County History Center. Crafts and topics will be announced soon! To sign your American Girl up call Jodi Brom at 507-454-2723 ext. 4.
Food For Thought Lectures
The Food for Thought lecture series takes place in the
Armory Museum’s May Murray Room. They begin at
12:05 p.m., and last approximately one hour. Attendees are
welcome to bring their own lunch. They are all free and
open to the public.
May 12: Learning to Fly: Friends of France and the Lafayette Escadrille of WWI with Matthew Lindaman
History professor and the department chair at
Winona State University, Professor Lindaman will
examine the U.S. pilots' early involvement in WWI.
Through the young Americans who flew for the
Lafayette Escadrille, American aeronautics grew in
power and knowledge, being only a decade old.
May 19: Ireland Behind the Veil: The Creation of an Irish Identity During the Irish Literary Revival with Jillian Georgieff
Jill's thesis focuses on the Irish Literary Revival, a
cultural movement that began in the decade of the 1890s,
flourished during the first decade of the 20th century, and
began petering out around the time of Irish independence in
the 1920s. A reaction to English cultural domination and the
recent political failures of the Home Rule movement, the
Literary Revival sought to reawaken Ireland's Celtic culture
and create a new, unique identity for Ireland that could unite
all of the Irish people. Jill will explore the major themes that
comprised the identity the Revivalists created, and argues that
the Revivalist writers' search for a unifying national identity
corresponded to their own personal identity issues and their
need to define themselves. Jill is a graduating History major
at Winona State University and has been an intern at WCHS
this spring and a long time volunteer.
May 26: Food For Thought Book Chat: The Turtle Catcher, by Nicole Halgel
A rural Minnesota town struggling through change
before, during and after WWI forms the background for this
emotional tale of star-crossed love, vengeance and regret.
Liesel, the only girl in a family of men, lives an isolated life
on a farm due to her secret identity as a hermaphrodite. Her
loneliness is lessened by her friendship with Lester, her mentally
challenged neighbor, but when Lester discovers Liesels
secret, Liesel incites her brothers to exact a vicious revenge
on him. - From Publishers Weekly. The author will be at the
Masonic Lodge to speak June 7 at 7 p.m. as part of the
Winona Public Library's Community Read.
June 16: The History of The Winona County Historical Society with Mark Peterson
75 years ago the Winona County Historical Society
was just getting started. Though off to a slow start because
of WWII, WCHS has been a steadily growing organization
since its formation. Peterson will share fun stories from the
Society's past and how the organization got to where it is
today.
June 23: Food For Thought Book Chat: An Absence So Great, by Jane Kirkpatrick
In this second book of a two-part series, Winonan
Jessie Ann Gaebele's personal life is at a crossroads. Jessie
gains footing in her dream to one day operate her own studio
and soon finds herself in other Midwest towns, pursuing her
profession. But even a job she loves can't keep painful memories
from seeping into her heart when the shadows of a forbidden
love threaten to darken the portrait of her life. An
Absence So Great is the conclusion to A Flickering Light,
which follows the life of Kirkpatrick's grandmother in early
1900s Winona.
