History of Puppetry in the Twin Cities
Local puppeteer and historian, Jennings Mergenthal, has just completed an extensive research project focused on the history of puppetry in the Twin Cities, exploring where puppetry came from and why it […]
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St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Ghost of a Chance with Eric Roper
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHarry and Clementine Robinson were one of a handful of Black families who owned homes more than a century ago in what is now the whitest part of Minneapolis. When […]
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Highlighting the Role of A. O. Hoyt in early Linden Hills: Walking tour with Peter Sussman
Corner of Linden Hills Blvd. and Queen Ave. 4290 Queen Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAlphonzo O. Hoyt first viewed Lake Harriet in 1882 as a conductor on the steam powered Motor Line. Through 1923 he helped shape Linden Hills, initially with Henry Beard, then […]
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Highlighting the Role of A. O. Hoyt in early Linden Hills: Walking tour with Peter Sussman
Corner of Linden Hills Blvd. and Queen Ave. 4290 Queen Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAlphonzo O. Hoyt first viewed Lake Harriet in 1882 as a conductor on the steam powered Motor Line. Through 1923 he helped shape Linden Hills, initially with Henry Beard, then […]
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20th Century – Excelsior and the South Shore
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesLearn about the streetcars that connected Lake Harriet with Lake Minnetonka and more. At the turn of the century, mammoth steamboats and tourism began to leave Lake Minnetonka, and Excelsior […]
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Exploring the Knob and Kettle Landscape of Oliver Park with Peter Sussman
Linden Hills Park 3100 W. 43rd St., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThe portion of Linden Hills west of Xerxes Avenue including Linden Hills Park was platted as the Oliver Park Addition in 1885. The low-lying land south of Lake Calhoun/Bde Maka […]
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It took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesDr. Christopher P. Lehman, author of It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom, will talk about the life of enslaved woman Eliza Winston and her persistence in her pursuit of […]
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Westgate Theater and John Gaspard’s Held Over
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThe Westgate Theater opened in 1935 as a neighborhood showplace in Edina, across Sunnyside Road from the Convention Grill. For decades it survived on second‑run features, long after bigger downtown […]