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Updated 8/26/2010
From the Assistant Director, Jennifer Weaver
Details of Upcoming Events.
Evening, Weekend and Special EventsSeptember 1 6 - 9 p.m: The Bar Exam: A Historic Downtown Winona Pub Walking Tour
Registration at the History Center, 160 Johnson Street, is required; and the number of participants is limited. There will be four groups each starting at a different Bar. If there are several people who wish to be in the same group, this should be noted when registering. The cost is $10 for Historical Society members and $15 for non-members. For questions or more information, visit the Winona County History Center or call 454-2723. There Will Not Be An Exam - Just A Good Time With A Little History!
September 9 at 7 p.m.: WWII Memories with Lefty Lee
The Society and the Civil War Round Table present a program with Darol "Lefty" Lee and his memories of WWII and fighting at Iwo Jima. Earning the Bronze Star for valor in combat, two Purple Hearts and nine other ribbons, Lee has many stories of his heroing time as a Marine. This program is free and open to the public.
Thursday, September 23 at 7 p.m: Story of Music, Stories from Home at the Winona County History Center.
Internationally acclaimed musician Lauren Pelon and award winning poet and essayist Gary Holthaus team up to offer a unique new program called "Story of Music, Stories from Home." Pelon plays a variety of instruments ranging from lute, lyre, and concertina, to recorders, gemshorn, and electric wind instruments. Holthaus reads from his work and that of others. Both the music and the readings offer unique perceptions of the natural world, and celebrate our sense of place, community, and home. Cost is $10 per person.
October 9 &10 Noon - 3 p.m: Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemtery Walk at Wood lawn Cemtery.
Tours start with the Trolley tour at Noon and the last group will leave the gate at 3 p.m. Admission is taken at the gate and is $7 for adults, $5 for students 13 and older and $3 for children 12 and younger. The Trestor Trolley will take a group through the cemetery at Noon and at 3 p.m. from the front gate of Woodlawn cemtery each day. Please reserve your seat by calling 507-454-2723 ext. 0 prior to the event, space is limited.
October 23 Noon - 4 p.m.: Journey Stories Exhibit Grand Opening at the Winona County History Center.
Our transportation history is more than trains, boats, buses, cars, wagons, and trucks. The development of transportation technology was largely inspired by the human drive for freedom. Journey Stories will examine the intersection between modes of travel and Americans' desire to feel free to move. Explore the exhibit and participate in the fun activies that are being planned for the afternoon. Be sure to watch the local media and our website for a schedule and more information coming soon! Members join us for a special sneek preview Friday, October 22 at 6 p.m.! Journey Stories has been made possible by the Minnesota Humanities Center. Journey Stories is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.
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.
September 1: Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker with Kim Vandersee
The presentation will focus on the man who was behind the camera, Ben Huntley. Although most who know of the
Huntleys can recall the photographs and films that featured Ben Huntley's wife, Myrtle, few have gone into
examine the contributions Ben Huntley made to the film industry in Winona. The presentation will feature Ben
Huntley's film career in Winona from roughly 1910 to 1925 and how he helped films and movie theaters gain
popularity around the Winona and surrounding areas during this time period.
September 15: Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane Sibley with David Grabitske
Learn how Sarah Jane Sibley, wife of Minnesota's first governor, used her training, skills, and relationships
to manage a complex household and lead the state's first historic preservation movement despite challenges of
distance and chronic illness in the Civil War era. Winonan Charles Berry was the state's first attorney general,
and documented one December weekend of Mrs. Sibley's hospitality. Sarah Sibley appointed Berry's wife Frances to
be one of the lady managers to raise money to preserve historic George Washington's Mount Vernon. Grabitske is a
historian who worked for the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Sibley Historic Site in Mendota.
He currently serves on the board of the Friends of the Sibley Historic Site
September 22: Food For Thought Book Chat: Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armsstrong Kalish
Kalish's memoir of her Iowa childhood, set against the backdrop of the Depression, captures a vanished way of
traditional living and a specific moment in American history in a story both illuminating and memorable. Kalish
lived with her siblings, mother and grandparents-seven in all-both in a town home and, in warmer weather,
out on a farm. From Publisher's Weekly.
October 20: Hallowe'en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All! with Nicholas Ozment
WSU English instructor and freelance writer Nicholas Ozment will present an overview of this ever-expanding
holiday in all its aspects: from the innocuous (kids in costumes, grinning Jack-o-lanterns), to the spine-tingling
fun (haunted houses, scary movies), to the darkly profound (historical archetypes and antecedents). You'll
leave with some Hallowe'en candy and a better understanding of why the holiday is more popular than ever.
October 27: Food For Thought Book Chat: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Spanning the period between the American Civil War and the end of World War I, the novel highlights the conflicts
of two generations of brothers; the first being the kind, gentle Adam Trask and his wild brother Charles.
It is a symbolic recreation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel woven into a history of California's Salinas Valley.
