April

 

April 7th - St. Ansgar School

*Closed Event

 

April 20^th – What’s My Story? 1-3pm

Thomas Moore Church Mother/Daughter Tea – Iowa City, Iowa

*Closed Event

 

April 21st - Laura Ingalls Wilder Life Class 6:30 pm
Kirkwood Community College - Iowa City, Iowa

*Registration Required for this Class

 

April 22^nd -  Laura Ingalls Wilder: Packing Up  2 pm

Humanities Iowa - Council Bluffs, Iowa

Loess Hills Learners – Council Bluffs Public Library

Description: See Program List

 

April 22^nd – What’s My Story? 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Humanities Iowa – Council Bluffs, Iowa

Council Bluffs Public Library

Description: See Program List

 

April 28th - Following in Laura's Footsteps (Take a Wilder Vacation) 6:30 pm

Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

*Registration Required for this Class

 

May

May 3^rd – Laura Ingalls Wilder: General Program 10 am

Humanities Iowa  - Nelson Pioneer Farm

Oskaloosa, Iowa

Description: See Program List

 

May 7^th – Laura Ingalls Wilder: General Program

Linn Co. Farm Bureau Women

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

*Closed Program

Description: See Program List

 

May 7^th – Laura Ingalls Wilder: Packing Up 7 pm

Humanities Iowa - Tama Tracers

Tama County Museum in Toledo, Iowa

Description: See Program List

 

May 15^th – Laura Ingalls Wilder: General Program 1:30 pm

Humanities Iowa – Bettendorf Public Library

Bettendorf, Iowa

Description: See Program List

 

May 21st – Laura Ingalls Wilder: Packing Up 10:30 am

Humanities Iowa - Mason City Senior Festival

Mason City, Iowa

Description: See Program List

 

May 22nd  - General Laura Ingalls Wilder Program 7 pm
Humanities Iowa Program - Kirkland Public Library

Ankeney, Iowa
Description: See Program List

 

June

 

June 16^th-17^th – What’s in your lunch pail?

Country School Association of American Conference

Oxford, Ohio

*Registration Required

Description: An introductory look at my research through parent and teacher magazines and a survey of people who went to one-room schools looking at what was really taken for lunch to one-room schools and an overview in how lunch was structured and how it affected the rest of the school structure.

 

June 19^th – What’s My Story
Johnson County Historical Society – Laura Ingalls Wilder Camp

*Registration Required

 

June 26^th – Laura Ingalls Wilder: General Program

Humanities Iowa – Newton Public Library

Newton, Iowa 

Description: See Program List

 

June 28^th – Doll Program

Old Threshers – Theater Museum Building

Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

*Registration Required

Description: An in-depth look at the dolls connected with Laura Ingalls Wilder and her fandom. This will cover everything from Ashton Drake collectible dolls to Charlotte replicas to the art dolls of B. Brooks. This program will be given in conjunction with Mary Kopsieker.

 

July

 

July 7th -  Following in Laura's Footsteps (Take a Wilder Vacation) 6:30 pm

Kirkwood Community College - Iowa City, Iowa

*Registration Required for this Class

 

July 14th - Laura Ingalls Wilder Life Class 6:30 pm
Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

*Registration Required for this Class

 

July 16^th – What’s My Story? 1:15 pm
Johnson County Historical Society – Laura Ingalls Wilder Camp

*Registration Required

 

July 17th - Laura Ingalls Wilder Life Class 6:30 pm
Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

*Registration Required for this Class

 

July 26th -

Humanities Iowa Program - North Iowa Fair (Tentative)

 

September

September 1st - Laura Ingalls Wilder Remembered
West Branch, Iowa - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Sarah S. Uthoff of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Literary Society will speak on
Laura Ingalls Wilder. The Marengo Civil War Band will play a selection of
Civil War era music. The National Park Service will give guided tours of the
sites over 70 acres of restored prairie. There is no admission for the
presentations, but admission is still charged for the general exhibit. For more
information on the Presidential Library, home of the Laura Ingalls Wilder papers,
visit http://www.hoover.nara.gov/ or contact them directly for more information
about the program.

         Although I speak at this event every year, each year I specifically develop a
new program, this year's program will take off from the report on the trip down
to Mansfield. A writing lap desk like the one Laura used to write the diary that
became "On the Way Home" will be used.

 

Sept. 7th - Iowa County Historical Society 2 pm

Humanities Iowa

 

September 13 - Noon

Pepin, Wisconsin - Pepin Public Library

Laura Ingalls Wilder Days

This very special version of the program will be given as part of the
Laura Ingalls Wilder Days celebration, come and join the fun.