Categories: Lecture & Discussion

On your way back from Walnut Grove, stop at the Harkin Store to see what Laura and her family would have purchased at Oleson Mercantile. The Harkin Store, which was open in the 1870s when Laura lived in Walnut Grove, has 40 percent of the original merchandise still on the shelves. Explore the store and meet costumed interpreters who will share a unique bit of history. Old-fashioned egg coffee, lemonade, and samples of “store goods” will be available.

Admission to the program is included with your site admission of $6 adults, $5 seniors, college students, and veterans & active military, $4 children ages 5-17 and Free for children age 4 and under and Nicollet County and Minnesota Historical Society members.

Questions? Contact the Harkin Store at 507-354-8666 or visit nchsmn.org

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

Spend the day at Gustavus Adolphus College learning about the changing climate in Minnesota. In addition to an opening overview of the science, speakers will address the issue through the lens of vegetation changes, public policy initiatives, and individual action. The day will conclude with a closing dinner and an optional walking tour of the Linnaeus Arboretum.

Featured Speakers

An amazing group of Minnesota experts has been assembled as speakers for the Symposium.

• Dr. Mark Seeley is a Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water, and Climate and a regular commentator on Minnesota Public Radio
• Dr. Lee Frelich is the Director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Forest Ecology and Institute on the Environment
• Joe Sullivan, JD, is the Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Energy Resources at the Minnesota Department of Commerce
• J. Drake Hamilton is the Science Policy Director at Fresh Energy
• Dr. Jim Dontje is the Director of the Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation at Gustavus Adolphus College

Ticket Information

$25 per person including dinner for Linnaeus Symposium Members (Join now if you are not a member). $40 per person for non-members

To order, visit https://gustavus.edu/events/Linnaeus/, call 507-933-7520, or send a check to Linnaeus Arboretum, 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, MN 56082.

For more information, visit https://gustavus.edu/events/Linnaeus/ or email marketing@gustavus.edu.

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

What are treaties, and why should we care about them today? Martin Case, the author of The Relentless Business of Treaties will talk about how making treaties for land cessions with Native American nations transformed human relationships to the land and became a profitable family business.

Martin Case, freelance researcher and writer, was a key participant in the development of “Why Treaties Matter”, a collaboration of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and the Smithsonian Institute

Admission to the program is free for NCHS members and $3 for the general public.

Call 507-934-2160 with questions.

Celebrate a Scottish “Christmas in July” in honor of Alexander Harkin’s native country. Visitors can sample Scottish goodies and admire the decorations, including a trimmed tree set up in the gift shop. Visit the general store, play checkers and relax on the front porch.

Admission to the program is included with your site admission of $6 adults, $5 seniors, college students, and veterans & active military, $4 children ages 5-17 and Free for children age 4 and under and Nicollet County and Minnesota Historical Society members.

Questions? Contact the Harkin Store at 507-354-8666 or visit nchsmn.org

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

Hear a preview of the upcoming Nobel Conference titled, Climate Changed: Facing our Future. The conference asks questions such as what tools are available, what research efforts we require, and what kind of people do we need to be to conceptualize and address global climate change. Jim Dontje, director of the Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation, will provide an overview of the featured speakers and key topics that will be covered in the conference, which occurs the last week of September. Lecture by Jim Dontje, Director of the Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation, Gustavus Adolphus College.

This event is free and open to the public.

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

Join us for a FREE guided tour of the 2019 CityArt Walking Sculpture Tour, featuring 26 sculptures from artists across the U.S. Our fabulous sculpture walk docent will lead you through City Center Mankato and North Mankato and provide fun facts on the artists and inspiration behind each artwork.

Bring a water bottle, comfortable shoes and camera to tag yourself (#cityartkato) with these beautiful sculptures!

The tour starts at 500 S. Front Street at sculpture #1.

For more information contact 507-387-1008 or email info@twinriversarts.org.

The Southern MN Poets Society (SMPS) is a group of poetry-loving and poetry-generating people.

We enjoy hearing poetry read and experiencing it as performance and some of our members write and perform in the Mankato area. We range from non-poets who just enjoy learning to accomplished and nationally-recognized poets. Everyone is welcome!

We meet at the Emy Frentz Guild (523 S. 2nd Street, Mankato, MN).

The Second Saturday of each month is our brown bag lunch meeting at the Emy Frentz Guild  (Twin Rivers Council for the Arts). Everyone is welcome!

• 12:30 pm lunch
• 1:00 pm program

For more information about SMPS, contact Susan Stevens Chambers, SMPS President, (507) 278-2400 or info@southernmnpoets.org.

About SMPS

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

WEEKLY DROP-IN CRITIQUE FOR WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS For all levels, all genres, 16+. Every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. in the Fiber Room (lower level of the Arts Center).

Facilitator: Ann Rosenquist

Fee. Free.

Got writer’s block? Got a brilliant idea but you’re afraid it might be a terrible idea? Bring it. Come give & receive feedback, motivation, & practical guidance guaranteed to help you move forward with your creative pursuits.

Newcomers welcome. Participants may use their time to share excerpts of work in progress, ideas, or challenges. Meeting time is spent giving & receiving feedback, with strict adherence to time limits. No registration required.

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

Join us for a FREE guided tour of the 2019 CityArt Walking Sculpture Tour, featuring 26 sculptures from artists across the U.S. Our fabulous sculpture walk docent will lead you through City Center Mankato and North Mankato and provide fun facts on the artists and inspiration behind each artwork.

Bring a water bottle, comfortable shoes and camera to tag yourself (#cityartkato) with these beautiful sculptures!

The tour starts at 500 S. Front Street at sculpture #1.

For more information contact 507-387-1008 or email info@twinriversarts.org.

The Southern MN Poets Society (SMPS) is a group of poetry-loving and poetry-generating people.

We enjoy hearing poetry read and experiencing it as performance and some of our members write and perform in the Mankato area. We range from non-poets who just enjoy learning to accomplished and nationally-recognized poets. Everyone is welcome!

We meet at the Emy Frentz Guild (523 S. 2nd Street, Mankato, MN).

The Second Saturday of each month is our brown bag lunch meeting at the Emy Frentz Guild  (Twin Rivers Council for the Arts). Everyone is welcome!

• 12:30 pm lunch
• 1:00 pm program

For more information about SMPS, contact Susan Stevens Chambers, SMPS President, (507) 278-2400 or info@southernmnpoets.org.

About SMPS

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

The Southern MN Poets Society (SMPS) is a group of poetry-loving and poetry-generating people.

We enjoy hearing poetry read and experiencing it as performance and some of our members write and perform in the Mankato area. We range from non-poets who just enjoy learning to accomplished and nationally-recognized poets. Everyone is welcome!

We meet at the Emy Frentz Guild (523 S. 2nd Street, Mankato, MN).

The Second Saturday of each month is our brown bag lunch meeting at the Emy Frentz Guild  (Twin Rivers Council for the Arts). Everyone is welcome!

• 12:30 pm lunch
• 1:00 pm program

For more information about SMPS, contact Susan Stevens Chambers, SMPS President, (507) 278-2400 or info@southernmnpoets.org.

About SMPS

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.

The Southern MN Poets Society (SMPS) is a group of poetry-loving and poetry-generating people.

We enjoy hearing poetry read and experiencing it as performance and some of our members write and perform in the Mankato area. We range from non-poets who just enjoy learning to accomplished and nationally-recognized poets. Everyone is welcome!

We meet at the Emy Frentz Guild (523 S. 2nd Street, Mankato, MN).

The Second Saturday of each month is our brown bag lunch meeting at the Emy Frentz Guild  (Twin Rivers Council for the Arts). Everyone is welcome!

• 12:30 pm lunch
• 1:00 pm program

For more information about SMPS, contact Susan Stevens Chambers, SMPS President, (507) 278-2400 or info@southernmnpoets.org.

About SMPS

Writer’s Quarry is about mining for ideas. It’s about the pursuit of trying on new forms or new text or new characters and seeing what happens next.

Writer’s Quarry meets twice a month. Our main objective is to workshop manuscripts. Carey McLaughlin and Beth Olmanson are local writers who take turns leading the workshop.

The group reads manuscripts–essays, blog posts, chapters of fiction, text for picture books, poetry–before we meet. We come prepared with constructive, yet positive feedback. We may also spend part of any given workshop writing together. Time will be devoted to responding to a prompt or a theme for the evening.

Open to the public.