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WLBC Talk Series | Bioculture: Plants & People Interacting_Narragansett food sovereignty and art
WLBC Talk Series | Bioculture: Plants & People Interacting_Narragansett food sovereignty and art
This talk series explores the ways that plants and people interact through the lens of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Biocultural Collection. The objects in this…
Soothing the “Savage Hearts of Man”: Women’s Suffrage and Rural Missouri
Soothing the “Savage Hearts of Man”: Women’s Suffrage and Rural Missouri
SOOTHING THE "SAVAGE HEARTS OF MAN": WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND RURAL MISSOURI Though often ignored by the national and eastern organizations, women’s suffrage groups in the…
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Psychology Social Hour
Psychology Social Hour
Poems from the Asylum. Anthology of harrowing and insightful poems written in 1932 by Martha “Hattie” Hedwig Nasch, patient-inmate #20864 at Minnesota’s St. Peter State…
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What’s In A Name? The Significance of Arrow Rock’s National Historic Landmark Designation
What’s In A Name? The Significance of Arrow Rock’s National Historic Landmark Designation
Introduced by Friends of Arrow Rock Preservation Consultant Marty Selby and presented by Mark Buechel, Historical Architect with the National Park Service, this noteworthy and…
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Grant Writing Workshop
Grant Writing Workshop
Grant Writing Workshop Join Ashley Beard-Fosnow and Clarice Britton on April 4, 2022 at 1pm for a Virtual Grant Writing Workshop. Get the latest updates…
Divided Loyalties during the Civil War
Divided Loyalties during the Civil War
Tony Meyers, President of the Clay County Archives and Library will discuss the various military and guerrilla groups in Clay County during the Civil War…
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Cultural Heritage Workshop
Cultural Heritage Workshop
Join Missouri Humanities in Warrenton as we explore how heritage and culture can benefit your community. Learn tips for how to evaluate your cultural heritage…
LANDING AFTER HOURS: GERMAN MISSOURIANS AT STATEHOOD
LANDING AFTER HOURS: GERMAN MISSOURIANS AT STATEHOOD
Two German Missourians were among the 41 delegates elected to the constitutional convention in 1820. What did they do at the convention and afterward? What…
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Clay County Bicentennial – Cooley Lake Art Show
Cooley Lake Art Show. Cooley Lake was a local landmark here beginning around 1821 and site of the first wedding, the last recorded hostile act…
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Queen City Quest – One Day Scavenger Hunt
Queen City Quest – One Day Scavenger Hunt
The History Museum on the Square in Springfield, MO will hold a one-day scavenger hunt. Saturday, April 9, 2022. A team of 4 is $100.00…
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Why Prairie Matters: New Relevancies of a Vanishing Landscape
Why Prairie Matters: New Relevancies of a Vanishing Landscape
WHY PRAIRIE MATTERS: NEW RELEVANCIES OF A VANISHING LANDSCAPE Prairie in Missouri once covered more than 15 million acres, and prairie soils made the state…
Why Prairie Matters: New Relevancies of a Vanishing Landscape
Why Prairie Matters: New Relevancies of a Vanishing Landscape
The Vernon County Historical Society's Spring Quarterly program will address the history of native prairie in Missouri. Prairie once covered more than 15 million acres…
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Free Concert – Independent Silver Band
Free Concert – Independent Silver Band
Celebrate President Grant's by attending a free concert on the grounds of Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. Bring a chair or blanket and picnic…
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WLBC Talk Series | Bioculture: Plants & People Interacting_Wild Roots: Harvesting and Using the Wild Forest Medicinal Plants of Appalachia
WLBC Talk Series | Bioculture: Plants & People Interacting_Wild Roots: Harvesting and Using the Wild Forest Medicinal Plants of Appalachia
This talk series explores the ways that plants and people interact through the lens of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Biocultural Collection. The objects in this…
Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks meeting
Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks meeting
Dr. Bill Meadows of Missouri State University will give a talk on the Code Talkers of WWI and WWII. The meeting will be held at…
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Easter Egg Hunt at the Mansion
Easter Egg Hunt at the Mansion
Join us for our annual Free egg hunt! The event will include Easter bunny photo opportunity, kid’s craft, tulip sale, and free petting zoo. Egg…
Indigenous Reslience
Indigenous Reslience
The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University in St. Louis supports Native and non-Native students at the Brown School as…
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5th Annual Symposium-“Humanities & Food: Sustenance and Sustainability in Our Communities”
Save the Date! Registration info and full schedule coming soon. Missouri Humanities 5th annual symposium will focus on the ways that sustainable and local food…
Think-N-Drink “A New Recipe”
Think-N-Drink “A New Recipe”
“Think-N-Drink” Kick-off Event at Mother’s Brewing Company April 20th, from 7PM-8PM (Doors Open at 6:30PM) in The Barrel House Tickets: $5, (Free for members), includes one…
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12th Annual Fault Line Film Festival
The Fault Line Film Festival at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau is an annual narrative short film competition for university and high school…
Buffalo Soldiers on the Trail Presentation
Buffalo Soldiers on the Trail Presentation
- The public is cordially invited to this special presentation about the Buffalo Soldiers sponsored by the St. Joseph Museums and the Black Archives of…
Buffalo Soldiers: From Slave to Soldier
Buffalo Soldiers: From Slave to Soldier
Buffalo Soldiers: From Slave to Soldier Two decorated Army veterans and Buffalo Soldiers co-founded what is today the 9th & 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association on…
St. Louis Kidnappings and Curious Crimes
St. Louis Kidnappings and Curious Crimes
St. Louis is the home of several high profile kidnappings including that of Dr. Isaac Kelley in 1935 and of young Bobby Greenlease in 1953.…
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WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
Enjoy blues music and delicious food options over three days in downtown Washington, MO! There are so many activities for our guests as well as…
“Peril on the High Seas” Melodrama & Spaghetti Supper
“Peril on the High Seas” Melodrama & Spaghetti Supper
Come see the Camden County Museum players perform Peril on the High Seas. Call for reservations. Buffet style Spaghetti Dinner.
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Your Story Starts With YOU (virtual event)
Your Story Starts With YOU (virtual event)
Do you have lots of ideas for stories, but don't know where to start or how to untangle your ideas to focus on the best…
Northland Ethnic Festival
Northland Ethnic Festival
Free admission to 11 am to 3:30 pm festival that includes ethnic and cultural performances, displays,and food from dozens of countries. KCMO Ethnic Enrichment Commission,…
“Peril on the High Seas” Melodrama & Spaghetti Supper
“Peril on the High Seas” Melodrama & Spaghetti Supper
Come see the Camden County Museum players perform Peril on the High Seas. Call for reservations. Buffet style Spaghetti Dinner.
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Two Hundred Years of Notorious Crimes in the Show-Me State
Two Hundred Years of Notorious Crimes in the Show-Me State
TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF NOTORIOUS CRIMES IN THE SHOW-ME STATE Historian and author James Erwin looks back over the past two hundred years of crimes…
Sincerely Yours, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sincerely Yours, Laura Ingalls Wilder
SINCERELY YOURS, LAURA INGALLS WILDER Laura Ingalls Wilder spent over sixty years of her life in Missouri, writing her famous Little House on the Prairie…
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ULYSSES GRANT’S MISSOURI
Opening day for Missouri Humanities' touring exhibit that honors the Union General and Eighteenth President during the bicentennial year of his birth. The exhibit opens…
President Grant’s 200th Birthday
President Grant’s 200th Birthday
Join us at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis to celebrate the 200th birthday of Ulysses S. Grant with a variety of…
WLBC Talk Series | Bioculture: Plants & People Interacting_”Deconstrucción” de un traje ceremonial tradicional del Amazonas: su elaboración a partir de plantas y su importancia cultural
WLBC Talk Series | Bioculture: Plants & People Interacting_”Deconstrucción” de un traje ceremonial tradicional del Amazonas: su elaboración a partir de plantas y su importancia cultural
This talk series explores the ways that plants and people interact through the lens of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Biocultural Collection. " ‘Deconstructing’ a traditional…
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Teaching American History: Social Reform 1790-1850
Teaching American History: Social Reform 1790-1850
This seminar will examine the social reform movements from the early republic through the eve of the Civil War, and how they impacted and were…
Revitalize our “Main Street of America!” – Route 66
Revitalize our “Main Street of America!” – Route 66
This event will feature a presentation about the proposed initiative, including a segment on the general history of Route 66 from Joe Sonderman of the…
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Vienna Sausage and Wine Festival
Join us for the First Annual Vienna Sausage and Wine Festival April 30th, 2022 at the Maries County Fair Grounds in Vienna. The event includes…
Capturing the Living Past
Capturing the Living Past
This oral history project is to record memories of former and current residents living in city neighborhoods alongside the Hodiamont Tracks.
Cultural Heritage Workshop: Capturing the Living Past
Cultural Heritage Workshop: Capturing the Living Past
This oral history project is for former and current residents of: Covenant Blu-Grand Center, Vandeventer, Lewis Place, Academy, Fountain Park, Visitation and West End neighborhoods.…
Bonniebrook Historical Society Open House
Bonniebrook Historical Society Open House
The public is invited to attend the free admittance annual Open House on Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 2:00AM-4:00PM. Tours of the house, fine art…