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The Business of Baskets: Weaving Economic Ties Between the Bethany Indian Mission, Ho-Chunk Families, and Lutheran Ladies’ Aides in the Mid-Twentieth Century Midwest

The Business of Baskets: Weaving Economic Ties Between the Bethany Indian Mission, Ho-Chunk Families, and Lutheran Ladies’ Aides in the Mid-Twentieth Century Midwest

Dr. Anna Peterson’s presentation will explore the ways Ho-Chunk women and their families negotiated the effects the Bethany Indian Mission had on their lives and took advantage of the opportunities it presented through the making and selling of black ash basketry. While Bethany missionaries often saw this work as unnecessarily burdensome and outside of the […]

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Heartwood Trio Participatory Concert

Heartwood Trio Participatory Concert

Join Willy Clemetson, Sarina Partirdge, and Heidi Wilson for a delightful evening of music! Much of what they share will invite audience participation, so expect to be woven into the creativity of the night. Here’s a glimpse into the heart of their trio, in their own words: “The three of us met in 2019 while […]

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Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month Anishinaabe Star-Knowledge Film+Planetarium Experience

Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month Anishinaabe Star-Knowledge Film+Planetarium Experience

A multimedia evening that’ll leave you looking up! The program will start in Valders 206 with a 25-minute film entitled Living in Balance: Anishinaabe Star Knowledge. The film highlights Anishinaabe stories of constellations and moons in relation to contemporary insights about environmental changes. Teachings shared by Native Skywatchers Carl Gawboy, William Wilson, and Dr. Annette […]

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Decorah Farmers Market – Indoor Market

Decorah Farmers Market – Indoor Market

Stop by and visit the Indoor Decorah Farmers Market once or all four times this holiday season! Free entry. The Decorah Farmers Market is the best place to find local food and goods from Northeast Iowa’s small producers and artisans. Stock up on seasonal food — including locally grown produce and baked goods. Explore gifts […]

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Free Second Saturday in November

Free Second Saturday in November

Vesterheim offers free admission the second Saturday of every month. Come and enjoy the museum! Special exhibits open are listed here. There’s always something new! Free Second Saturdays are supported in part by a generous gift to the Vesterheim Annual Fund from Kari and Pete Espinosa.

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Heartwood Trio Presents “The Well Tree” Musical

Heartwood Trio Presents “The Well Tree” Musical

Join folk trio Heartwood for an all-ages, immersive, participatory journey through song and story. The Well Tree is a three-person musical, illustrated by a ‘crankie’ – an illuminated, papercut, hand-cranked scroll. It is an original ‘singing story’ about wild journeying and remembering kinship — the tale of a young woman moving beyond the fog of […]

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Contra Dance with Western Home String Ban

Contra Dance with Western Home String Ban

Come and enjoy our Saturday, November 9th  Contra Dance at a NEW LOCATION-T BOCKS UPSTAIRS  (206 W Water St, Decorah)   Dancing from 7:30-10:00 PM, with Western Home String Band playing, and Beau Farmer, calling.  No experience or partners needed. All dances taught  $7/adults, children 12 and under, Free.  Call Sue for more information 563-419-5396

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Luther College Jazz Orchestra – Rochester, Minnesota

Luther College Jazz Orchestra – Rochester, Minnesota

Experience the energy of the Luther College Jazz Orchestra in concert at Bethel Lutheran Church (810 3rd Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904).  No tickets are needed; a freewill collection will be taken to help offset travel expenses.  Conducted by Juan Tony Guzmán and showcasing some of the finest student musicians at Luther College, you’ll be […]

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Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month Speaker: Jessica Engelking

Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month Speaker: Jessica Engelking

As part of Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month, Jessica Engelking from the organization, Great Plains Action Society, will address the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR). Her talk will focus on the crisis of Native communities when relatives go missing and often are murdered. This creates tragedy for Native communities. Come learn about this issue […]

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