LauraPalooza 2012:
What Would Laura Do?
The second ever multi-day conference of its kind for fans, educators, and academics who love Laura Ingalls Wilder … Three days of research and fandom!
July 12-14, 2012
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Minnesota State University at Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
Not to be missed:
- Special performance by Alison “Nellie Oleson” Arngrim
- LIW biographer William Anderson
- Little House Cookbook author Barbara Walker
- Authors’ reception including Barbara Walker, The Wilder Life author Wendy McClure, My Life As Laura author Kelly Ferguson, and others
- The return of the National Weather Service’s Barbara Mayes Boustead and physics teacher/Laura fan Jim Hicks
- Original research and insight on Laura, her life, and her books
- Conference-ending Spelling Bee and Silent Auction
- Special post-conference field trip to Walnut Grove, Minnesota — the setting for On the Banks of Plum Creek!
Also on the schedule is a special presentation by Dean “Almanzo Wilder” Butler and Dale Cockrell of Pa’s Fiddle Recordings about the PBS Little House music special filmed last January in Nashville.
New this year! Camp Laura for kids grades K-6 (while parents are attending the conference)
Lodging options both on campus (dormitory suites; lodging package includes all meals) and off campus (special rates at local hotels; meals not included) — for details go here.
Travel by air
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport: less than two hours’ drive
To register, go here. For FAQs about the conference, go here. To ask your own question, send an email. See you in July!