We are less than a month away from LauraPalooza! Yay! We’ve been working on the last few details and we want to open up a few opportunities for attendees to get more involved. Primarily we are looking for people who…
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Volunteers Needed! | Beyond Little House
Posted in Administrivia, Announcements, LauraPalooza 2012 Tagged with: Laura Ingalls Wilder, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, Mankato MN
Alison Arngrim Tickets | Beyond Little House
Alison Arngrim Late registration has now officially closed, so now we open up things for the people who want to just attend part of the LauraPalooza event. Friday the 13th is going to be anything but unlucky for fans of…
And One More on the Way Series Resumes | Beyond Little House
When I stopped the “And One More on the Way” series of posts after the last LauraPalooza (with one bonus post in August of that year) I promised to start them up again when the next LauraPalooza countdown began. Well,…
Membership Changes | Beyond Little House
The Board of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association has been discussing memberships for some time now. Because we don’t have a long experience with membership, it’s taken some time to work out some kinks. We started with…
Posted in Administrivia, LauraPalooza 2012 Tagged with: Laura Ingalls Wilder, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, LIWLRA, LIWLRA membership
Where in Laura is That? Contest | Beyond Little House
As part of the build up to LauraPalooza we’re sponsoring a “Where in Laura is that?” photo contest. Once a day between now and the start of LauraPalooza a photo will be posted on both the BeyondLittleHouse Facebook page and…
LauraPalooza Registration Extended (With Late Fees) | Beyond Little House
As we’ve been telling you for the last few weeks, full registration for LauraPalooza 2012 will close tomorrow – Thursday, May 31. Due to some logistical limitations that remains true. However, in response to multiple requests for more time to…
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My Favorite Things, Part 3 | Beyond Little House
Once upon a time I used to consider myself a Laura Ingalls Wilder expert. I read all her books, I read an honest-to-goodness biography about her (the only one available at the time) and once, on my father’s cross-country business…
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Jim Hicks—Physics in Laura’s World | Beyond Little House
(cross-posted from Little House Travel) This is Jim Hicks. He teaches physics at a high school in Illinois. His students call him “Uncle Jim.” Jim Hicks, physics teacher, Laurafan, entertainer Besides being a physics teacher, Jim is a literary traveler.…
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Full Conference Registration Closing Down | Beyond Little House
LauraPalooza, the conference of the National Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association, will close full conference registration May 31st, 2012. After that time people may still purchase individual days on the day of the conference, if any room is…
My Favorite Things — Part 2 | Beyond Little House
Someone said to me recently: “I want to go to LauraPalooza, but I would be by myself. Would it be weird if I just showed up alone?” In other words, is traveling solo to LauraPalooza worth it? I had been…
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