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  • Early Minnehaha Creek: the Creek, Mills, and History

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Historians Tom Balcom, Bob Frame, and Dick Kronick will present an illustrated history of the creek, including when it powered six separate mill sites and the effects when a dam […]

  • Walking Tour: Linden Hills Personalities

    Explore sites associated with individuals who shaped the character of the 1900s streetcar village, including pavilion manager A. O. Hoyt, realtor Pauline Littel, librarian Edith Frost, and grocers Robert and […]

  • Linden Hills Co-op and Its Place in the Food Co-op Movement

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Since 1976, the Co-op has demonstrated its popularity and staying power. Co-op manager Luke Schell and member Tom Lundgren will explore the history of Linden Hills' venture into the world […]

  • Southwest Streetcar Presentation

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    With vintage photos and movies, streetcar historian Aaron Isaacs will give a guided tour of the Como-Harriet streetcar that served Uptown, East Calhoun, Linden Hills, Fulton, and Edina until 1954.

  • Purcell & Elmslie: Spiritualistic Place Making

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    William Purcell and George Elmslie, acclaimed Prairie School architects, began their partnership in Minneapolis in 1909. Architectural historian Richard Kronick will explain how spiritualism — the notion that there is […]

  • Mary Allen Whedon, Pioneering Journalist, Suffragist and Business Owner ca. 1900

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Mary Allen Whedon, known professionally as M.A. Whedon, ran a Minneapolis business that employed young women and published local view postcards and educational material. Program by Peter Sussman with postcards […]

  • History of Lilac Way and the Beehive Parks

    St. Louis Park Rec Center 3700 Monterey Dr., St. Louis Park, MN, United States

    Highway 100 originated as a New Deal project in the 1930s. The idea to have small parks along the route became popular, and citizens contributed funds for lilac plants. Seven […]

  • Walking Tour of Western Linden Hills

    44th & Beard 3500 W. 44th St., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Peter Sussman will lead a tour from Zenith Avenue to France Avenue tracing the Grimes family's 1880s model community of Waveland, including the first Lake Harriet School, as well as […]

  • Lyndale Park and the Men’s and Women’s Garden Club of Minneapolis

    Roberts Bird Sanctuary parking lot 4124 Roseway Rd., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    This event was originally scheduled for August 9, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Following the 1981 tornado through southwest Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board refurbished the […]