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Hennepin Fest Artist Spotlight
Energy is building for Hennepin Fest: A Women-Led Music And Cultural Festival. Presented by Hennepin History Museum, this free community event will take place in the historic Washburn Fair Oaks Park on Saturday, May 31 from 2-7pm (see EVENTS below for more details). We're excited to introduce two of the performers who will be featured at this year's Hennepin Fest.
Connie Evingson is a jazz community mainstay, her voice gracing the stages and airwaves since the mid-80s as a part of Moore by Four. She’s just finishing her 11th solo album and credits the strong community—from local, dedicated jazz station Jazz88, to a devoted genre fan base, to regular summer festivals in St. Paul—for bolstering both jazz specifically and the arts more broadly. “The community aspect of music is really important. When you come out to hear something it’s not just entertainment, it's also to be inspired and rub shoulders with others enjoying it and finding meaning in it at the same time,” she says. “Sharing an artistic experience is fulfilling, and it is really valuable these days."
Northsider Annie Mack grew up guided by the Black collective conscious, rooted in love. Her distinct blend of blues and rock came into its own, influenced and supported by artists such as Debbie Duncan, Willie Walker, and Moses Oakland “running the jam” at Famous Dave’s. As she finishes her latest release, Wolves of Impermanence, which is about love, life, and rest, she reflects on her role in the artist community saying, “A lot of testimony comes through my music. If I’m here, you most definitely can be here. I’m giving permission to say it aloud, to give voice—literally—to the things we carry inside of us, and we maybe hide. It’s my job to step in and give voice to it."
Watch for additional artist bios in the new issue of Hennepin History magazine and in our May enewsletter.
EVENTS
Building Community by Studying the Past: A Conversation with the Historian of Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery
Susan Hunter Weir, president of the Board of Friends of Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery, will share her journey of discovery as she researches and documents the names and life stories of many of the 22,000 persons buried in Minneapolis’ oldest cemetery - shining a light on the immigrants, African Americans, women, children, pioneers, and veterans who helped build Minneapolis.
Join Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ (Blue Hummingbird Woman or Tara Perron), a Dakota and Ojibwe mother, author, and plant medicine enthusiast, and her family members for a panel presentation about their relationships with the river and Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ (Bassett Creek).
Hennepin History Museum presents Hennepin Fest, a women-led music festival celebrating the diverse history and culture of our community! This free outdoor festival features music and spoken word by local women artists, including DJ/MC Diane, Maria Isa, Annie Mack, NUNNABOVE, and Connie Evingson.
Hennepin Fest will also include a Vendor Village with local artists, artisans, and food vendors. Stay tuned for more announcements, including spoken word artists, vendors and performance schedule.
Admission: Free event! Click here to let us know you're coming.
This work is funded in part by Minnesota Humanities Center with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
A New Issue of HennepinHistory is coming out soon!
Members often tell us that when a new issue of our magazine arrives in their mailbox, they grab a cup of their favorite beverage and head to their coziest chair to read it cover to cover! Watch your mailboxes because another intriguing issue will be arriving soon - including an introduction to the artist of this striking painting!
In the new issue of Hennepin History magazine, "Seeing the Unseen: What a Nightgown Says About Civil Rights" offers an object lesson on a Bjorkman's dressing gown from the museum's permanent collection.
Copies of the new issue of our beloved magazine will be available for purchase in the Store Museum soon!
STORE FEATURE
It's spring-cleaning time at the museum: help us clean out our store inventory by enjoying a 10% discount on all store merchandise, including books, stationary and matted prints with images from our permanent collection, tote bags, bookmarks, and posters! On-line or at the museum. Members, apply your 10% membership discount on top of our spring sale discount for a really good bargain!
FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Volunteer With Us!
Becoming a volunteer is a great way to get involved with the museum! We currently have the following volunteer opportunities available:
Hennepin Fest Volunteer - Help get the word out about Hennepin Fest or lend a hand on the day of the event! Click here to learn more and express your interest.
Front Desk Volunteer - Greet museum visitors and engage in light administrative work. Email Alex.Weston@HennepinHistory.org to learn more and express your interest.
We greatly appreciate the many ways in which our community comes together to support the museum, whether through donations, partnership, volunteering, or a variety of forms of engagement.
Delightful commemoration of the 1983 production of Circle of Water Circus by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, including original puppets and banners, and footage of the original production. Learn how the power of community and artistic activism was used to educate about the ecological threat to water quality - a concern that continues today.
Faraway Home: Tibetans in Minnesota
A photo exhibit featuring the works of local photographer Tenzin Phuntsok Waleag and internationally known photographer Keri Pickett. Faraway Home explores Tibetan history, culture, and the Twin Cities community, the second largest in North American.
Photo by Tenzin Phuntsok Waleag.
In Memoriam: Residents of Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery
The oldest existing cemetery in Minneapolis became the final resting place for the average citizens of Minneapolis. In Memoriam introduces some of these individuals and asks what a cemetery can tell us about ourselves and our shared history with the deceased.
Photo courtesy of Timothy McCall.
Haunting Beauty: Relics of the Mill City
Fourteen Minneapolis cityscapes by the late artist and architect Mike Melman, who spent decades photographing aged and abandoned buildings, and then painted quiet scenes that pay homage to the relics of Minnesota's industrial past.
Nicollet Island Railroad Bridge, Minneapolis, 2017, by Mike Melman.
What's in the Curio Cabinet Today?
Curio Cabinet offers a glimpse of some of the smaller, but notable items in the museum's permanent collection. Stop in to see: All Dolled Up!
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