Dancing and Singing at Stone Cottage

June 21, 2020
Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage
Lancaster Road (Hwy 81) and W Madison Street
Platteville, WI 53818

Post Poned! – Come to the Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage to learn some “Play Party” dances that were taught in one room school houses.   This 45 minute program will have folk dancing and the singing games that were part of one room school house education called Play Parties. This is part of the larger Make … Read more

PostPoned! History Talk: Folk Songs out of Wisconsin

May 21, 2020 · 6:30 pm–7:30 pm
Schreiner Memorial Library
113 West Elm Street
Lancaster, WI 53813

Come to the Schreiner Memorial Library’s Community Room to learn about Folk Songs out of Wisconsin. Nancy Fairchild is an arranger and composer of music with publications through Carl Fischer, New York and SaLaMa Publications in Wisconsin.  She is currently researching and arranging folk songs for voice and piano from melodies recorded in the late … Read more

Postponed! History Talk: Indian Mounds of Grant County

April 16, 2020
The National Brewery Museum
209 South Main Street
Potosi, WI 53820

This History Talk has been postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our most recent blog post for more information. New date to be determined.   Robert “Bob” Birmingham will be presenting on Indians of Wisconsin and Grant County. This free event will be held at the National Brewery Museum in Potosi, WI. Robert … Read more

“Sonny” Days Window Exhibit Opening

March 21, 2020
Grant County History Museum
135 E Maple St
Lancaster, WI 53813

The public reception has been canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See our most recent blog post for more information. The Grant County History Museum  will be revealing its new window display on Saturday, March 21. Charles “Sonny” Tiedemann’s 1928 pedal car is being donated to the museum that morning. It is a symbol … Read more