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Per Spelman Had a Cow

An Interactive Music & History Program Featuring Arna Rennan

2022-10-20 16:30:00 2022-10-20 17:30:00 America/Chicago Per Spelman Had a Cow Many know the folk song about Per Spelman, who traded his only cow for a fiddle. In this music and history program musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song. Mahnomen Public Library -

Thursday, October 20
4:30pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2022-10-20 16:30:00 2022-10-20 17:30:00 America/Chicago Per Spelman Had a Cow Many know the folk song about Per Spelman, who traded his only cow for a fiddle. In this music and history program musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song. Mahnomen Public Library -

Many know the folk song about Per Spelman, who traded his only cow for a fiddle. In this music and history program musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behind the song.

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. 

Mahnomen Public Library

Phone: 218-935-2843

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Mon, Oct 06 2:00PM to 7:30PM
Tue, Oct 07 2:00PM to 7:30PM
Wed, Oct 08 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Oct 09 12:00PM to 6:00PM
Fri, Oct 10 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Oct 11 Closed
Sun, Oct 12 Closed

About the branch

The Mahnomen library is located at 203 S Main St in the same building as the City Hall. The stone building was constructed in 1937 by the WPA and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The library offers public computers, in-house use laptops, free WiFi, and all the other amenities of a Lake Agassiz Regional Library Branch.

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