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SUMMARY:The Past and Present with Bluff Country Co-op
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Sandbar Storytelling Festival and Project Fine\, Winona County Historical Society presents a public talk on “The Past and Present with Bluff Country Co-op.” \nSince 1972\, the Bluff Country Co-op has been part of Winona’s downtown — led by grassroots efforts of community members committed to building a grocery store that opened as “Famine Foods” on Second Street. Since those early days\, the food co-op has grown from a fully volunteer-led  organization to a name change\, new location\, expanded footprint\, and the community-focused store we know today. \nLed by a volunteer board\, the Bluff Country Co-op and its 2\,000+ members serve the community through a cooperative business model and mindset. Revel in the nostalgia of this local Winona treasure with presentations by Michael Doyle\, the co-op’s first full-time employee\, Lizzy Haywood\, former General Manager\, and Heather Kitching\, current General Manager on August 13th. \nCOMING UP!\nSeptember 15 • Immigrant Stories with Project FINE
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/the-past-and-present-with-bluff-country-coop/
LOCATION:Winona County History Center\, 160 Johnson Street\, Winona\, MN\, 55987
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Sandbar Storytelling Festival: Project FINE Immigrant Stories
DESCRIPTION:Please join Sandbar Storytelling Festival at the History Center as staff from Project FINE introduces us to some of the most fascinating\, and many times heart-wrenching\, stories of immigrants from around the world who have landed in Winona. You will hear their stories\, some through language interpreters\, of how they left their home countries and came to the United States for a better and safer life for their families. \nThis event is free and open to the public. However\, the Wanek Room only holds 80 people. Arrive early to get a seat! Refreshments will be served. \nProject FINE (Focus on Integrating Newcomers through Education) has been serving refugees and immigrants in Winona County and the surrounding area since 1990.  \nSandbar Storytelling Festival presents storytelling performances which celebrate and preserve the power and pleasure of our varied cultural traditions and human experiences and promotes the art of storytelling for all ages. \n 
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/sandbar-storytelling-festival-project-fine/
LOCATION:Wanek Hall – Winona County History Center
CATEGORIES:Education Opportunities,Programs
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SUMMARY:History Buff Book Chat: The Blossom and the Firefly
DESCRIPTION:For our September History Buff Book Chat\, we will discuss The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith. \nJapan 1945. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission. He believes he is ready to die for his country . . . until he meets Hana. Hana hasn’t been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day . . . until she meets Taro. \nA song will bring them together. The war will tear them apart. Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days? \nJoin in a conversation about a different book each month from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. The Book Chat group is open to everyone. Meet in Wanek Hall on the second floor of the Winona County History Center. Feel free to bring your lunch! \nUpcoming books:\nThe Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner | October 28th \n 
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/history-buff-book-chat-the-blossom-and-the-firefly/
LOCATION:Wanek Hall – Winona County History Center
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:History Buff Book Chat: The Nature of Fragile Things
DESCRIPTION:For our September History Buff Book Chat\, we will discuss The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner. \nApril 18\, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak\, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost\, lives are shattered\, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. \nSophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat\, Martin’s silent five-year-old daughter\, but Martin’s odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn’t right. \nThen one early-spring evening\, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first\, pretty and pregnant\, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest\, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. \nThe fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake\, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and\, ultimately\, their belief that love can overcome fear. \nJoin in a conversation about a different book each month from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. The Book Chat group is open to everyone. Meet in Briarcombe Room on the second floor of the Winona County History Center. Feel free to bring your lunch! \nUpcoming books:\n 
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/history-buff-book-chat-the-nature-of-fragile-things/
LOCATION:Wanek Hall – Winona County History Center
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Victorian Ghost Stories at the Bunnell House
DESCRIPTION:In Victorian times\, ghosts were viewed with a mix of serious scientific curiosity\, spiritual devotion\, an deep cultural fascination. Rather than being mere sources of modern Halloween fright\, they occupied a space where mourning\, religious doubt\, and technological progress met\, inspiring everything from family parlor tales to formal psychological research. \nJoin Lacey Korb for Victorian Ghost Stories and their history in the Bunnell House parlor at either 2pm or 3pm. Take a self-guided tour of the house before or after the program. \nSpace is limited. Register in advance by calling 507-454-2723 ext. 0. Admission is $5\, free to members.
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/victorian-ghost-stories-bunnell-house/2026-10-30/1/
LOCATION:Bunnell House\, 36016 Old Homer Road Homer\, MN\, Homer\, Minnesota\, 55987
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Victorian Ghost Stories at the Bunnell House
DESCRIPTION:In Victorian times\, ghosts were viewed with a mix of serious scientific curiosity\, spiritual devotion\, an deep cultural fascination. Rather than being mere sources of modern Halloween fright\, they occupied a space where mourning\, religious doubt\, and technological progress met\, inspiring everything from family parlor tales to formal psychological research. \nJoin Lacey Korb for Victorian Ghost Stories and their history in the Bunnell House parlor at either 2pm or 3pm. Take a self-guided tour of the house before or after the program. \nSpace is limited. Register in advance by calling 507-454-2723 ext. 0. Admission is $5\, free to members.
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/victorian-ghost-stories-bunnell-house/2026-10-30/2/
LOCATION:Bunnell House\, 36016 Old Homer Road Homer\, MN\, Homer\, Minnesota\, 55987
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Museum Makers Class: Deck the Halls Embroidery
DESCRIPTION:This  Museum Makers “Deck the Halls” embroidery class at the Winona County History Center leads you through the process of creating a seasonal embroidery project that can become an ornament. Everything you need is provided with the class. \nSpace is limited. Register by calling 507-454-2723 ext. 0 or stopping by the History Center. Cost is $35 for members and $45 for the public.
URL:https://winonahistory.org/event/deck-the-halls-embroidery/
LOCATION:Wanek Hall – Winona County History Center
CATEGORIES:Education Opportunities,Programs
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