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Sesquicentennial Events Under the Big Top
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Thursday, Aug. 21:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years opening session and series overview. Conversation One: Sesquicentennial Director Jane Leonard will discuss the origin of Minnesota, Real and Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years initiative and how it’s given focus to a number of Sesquicentennial civic engagement efforts and those of partner organizations. Conversation Two: The State We’re In: Minnesota Images and Identity, Then and Now. TPT host and political reporter Mary Lahammer will talk with several historians, including Kate Roberts, developer of the Historical Society’s MN150 Exhibit, about how Minnesota and Minnesotans have changed since the state’s Centennial in 1958. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories: Minnesota’s Black Pioneers (Twin Cities Public Television documentary screening). Friday, Aug. 22:10 a.m. Release of MAKE IT MINNESOTAN Sesquicentennial Cookbook: Come celebrate –and purchase your copy--with the cooks and chroniclers who put together recipes and memories gathered from every corner of the great state of Minnesota. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with Elisa Korenne’s Minnesota UnSung Concert exploring in music and song the lives of ordinary, “unsung” Minnesotans. Saturday, Aug. 23:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Cultural Resource Center discussions and illustrations of Native American cultures and traditions, including a drumming group from the Leech Lake Nation. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with SAMPLE NIGHT LIVE ON A STICK “Sample Night Live on a Stick”! Sample Night Live is a new Twin Cities company that showcases a dozen ten-minute previews of upcoming local arts events. Sample Night Live is at the Minnesota State Fair in celebration of the Minnesota Sesquicentennial, as a salute to Minnesota’s grand history of Vaudeville. Companies include Rince na Chroi, Irish Dancers; Jonathan Bryce, world-record holding daredevil escape artist; The Boogie Blossoms, dance company for kids; Prime Time Players, old-time radio theater; and The Megawatts, rock band. One lucky audience member will win 2 tickets to The Guthrie’s production of Arthur Miller’s A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, which opens September 13. Sunday, Aug. 24:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real and Imagined with Memories and Memorabilia from the Early Days of Minnesota’s Computer Industry, stories and artifacts from the early days of the ‘computer age’ and projections of what the future may hold. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with “MN@2058” Film screening by Sesquicentennial Fellows about Minnesotans’ visions, aspirations, and expectations for life in 2058. Monday, Aug. 25:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years About Education Conversation One: "Vanishing Grads and Minnesota’s Future." Conversation Two: “21st Century Schools: What’s Needed? State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with the Seqsui-Century Farm Presentation by the Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture. Tuesday, Aug. 26:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years About Our Environment and ‘Great Outdoors.’ Conversation One, Understanding and Protecting Our Legacy. Conversation Two, Going Green in Morris: Building Sustainable Communities. Charlie Maguire, the “singing Park Ranger,” will open the session with song and stories that remind us what we treasure—and what’s at stake—as we talk about conservation and environmental stewardship. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE discussion with staff and guests associated with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. Wednesday, Aug. 27:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years opening session and series overview. Conversation One: Sesquicentennial Director Jane Leonard will discuss the origin of Minnesota, Real and Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years initiative and how it’s given focus to a number of Sesquicentennial civic engagement efforts and those of partner organizations. Conversation Two: The State We’re In: Minnesota Images and Identity, Then and Now. TPT host and political reporter Mary Lahammer will talk with several historians, including Kate Roberts, developer of the Historical Society’s MN150 Exhibit, about how Minnesota and Minnesotans have changed since the state’s Centennial in 1958. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories: Minnesota’s Black Pioneers (Twin Cities Public Television documentary screening). Thursday, Aug. 28:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined: What Minnesotans Need to Know for the Next 50 Years About Business and Innovation Conversation One: “Sustaining a Culture of Innovation in Minnesota. Conversation Two: “Young Innovators from The Invention Crew.” Conversation Three: “Taking Care of Business: View From Main Street.” This morning will begin with a short and lively illustrated tour of Minnesota’s early computing history---and how we could have become Silicon Valley. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with folk singers “Curtis & Loretta” and tunes and songs from the new Minnesota Heritage Songbook. Friday, Aug. 29:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined: CONSTITUTION DAY-- What Does the Minnesota or Federal Constitution Mean to You? State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with Chautauqua-style historic enactments based on real characters in Minnesota legal history. Saturday, Aug. 30:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined with Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Film Festival, a screening of award winning short films about the experiences of Minnesota men and women who experienced the Great Depression and World War II era. State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories with the COUNTY LINES Minnesota Poetry Slam featuring readings by authors published in this new book of poetry. Sunday, Aug. 31:10 a.m. Minnesota, Real & Imagined celebrating Minnesota’s 150th birthday with clown scholar Professor Historificus and his astute cat, Walter Mondale, as they unravel stories behind great Minnesota inventions in Minnesota AHA! by Circus Minimus Puppetry (suitable for the pre-school set). State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. 3 p.m. Minnesota Memories: When I First Came to this Land. Songs and stories about the Minnesota immigrant experience with Ross Sutter. A well-known Minnesota folksinger, Ross has built his reputation with fresh interpretations of Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian and Northern European songs, and with his unique repertoire of children's music. Ross has toured Europe several times, most recently in the fall of 2006. He has performed on radio, television and at festivals all over the Midwest and works regularly in schools teaching the songs and folk dances that he has collected over the years. He plays an impressive array of instruments--guitar, bodhran, button accordion, dulcimer, and bones--but is best known for his singular baritone voice. Monday, Sept. 1:State Fair Chautauqua presents Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star, portraying Minnesota’s rich history in story, song and large-screen visuals. This multi-media presentation is on stage at noon, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. |
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