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Per Spelman Had a Cow

An Interactive Music & History Program Featuring Arna Rennan

2022-10-19 09:00:00 2022-10-19 10:00:00 America/Chicago Per Spelman Had a Cow Many know the folk song about Per Spelman. In this program musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song. This program will be held at the Fertile-Beltrami Public School. Fertile Public Library -

Wednesday, October 19
9:00am - 10:00am

Add to Calendar 2022-10-19 09:00:00 2022-10-19 10:00:00 America/Chicago Per Spelman Had a Cow Many know the folk song about Per Spelman. In this program musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song. This program will be held at the Fertile-Beltrami Public School. Fertile Public Library -

Many know the folk song about Per Spelman. In this program musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song. This program will be held at the Fertile-Beltrami Public School.

Many Midwesterners know the folk song about Per Spelman, a man who traded his only cow for a fiddle. In this interactive music and history program especially suitable for elementary school children, musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song. Meet Per Spelman, a legendary traveling fiddle player and shoemaker who lived on a small farm named Kringelhaugen in Boeverdalen and had 19 children, many of whom immigrated to the Midwest. Through pictures, folk songs and stories about Per Spelman and others like him, Arna will delve into who immigrated and why, exploring questions that go deeper than poverty and lack of opportunity.  This program is offered free-of-charge thanks in part to funding from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. 

This program will be held at the Fertile-Beltrami Public School, 210 South Mill St., Fertile, MN. Attendees who are not students should check in with the main school office for directions. 

Fertile Public Library

Fertile@larl.org
Phone: 218-945-6137
Branch manager
Laura Gullickson

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Mon, Oct 06 Closed
Tue, Oct 07 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Oct 08 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Thu, Oct 09 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Oct 10 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Oct 11 Closed
Sun, Oct 12 Closed

About the branch

The Fertile Public Library is tucked inside the Duane Knutson Community Center on Mill Street across the street from the Main Street Station & Deli. The Fertile Library is a large one-room library with access to a small meeting room and auditorium that can be reserved through the city office and 24-hour access to WiFi.

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