…in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Look here.
Seven Minutes of the Musical!
This almost seven-minute video shows more of the musical than I’ve seen anywhere. Thanks, PrairieFans! My only quibble is that it doesn’t show my favorite song, “Faster,” which Almanzo and Laura sing in the cutter. But the rest is just…
Registration Now Open
We have a full slate of fabulous presenters at this year’s LauraPalooza conference. They include: * William Anderson * John Miller * Pamela Smith Hill * Wendy Corsi Staub * Dean Butler … and many others who have been conducting…
Melissa Gilbert on the Today Show
The Today Show had a nice segment on Little House on the Prairie: the Musical. Watch it here: Today Show Interview with Melissa Gilbert
The Julia A. Sears Residence Hall at MSU
We’ve encountered a lot of questions as folks are preparing to register for LauraPalooza. Registration opens Sunday. But one question many have asked as they think through their budgets and travel plans has to do with the on-campus housing option…
The Long Winter, Chapter 6: Indian Summer
The blizzard has ended and Ma is right, there is an Indian Summer. Personally, I have never experienced a blizzard before Indian Summer! I have to admit that the very first thing I did, a few years back, when I…
All of De Smet United In New Web Site Venture
Finally! Everyone in De Smet is on the same page. Or the same web page, anyway. Check out Destination Laura. It’s a new web site developed by the town of De Smet in conjunction with the traveling musical to promote…
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Mansfield Announces New Documentary
The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Rocky Ridge Review announces that the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum was partnering with Ozark Rocky Ridge Farmhouse Public Television to produce a documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder. Tentatively titled Laura Ingalls Wilder: The…
Kitty Latane Resigns from Pepin Newsletter
Kitty Latane I just got the sad news that Kitty Latane, the longtime editor of the Notes from Pepin — the official newsletter of the Laura Ingalls Wilder organization in Pepin, Wisconsin — has resigned from her position. Latane (pronounced…
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The Long Winter, Ch. 5: After the Storm
Great Auk By guest contributor Sommer Sorenson This chapter opens up on the morning after a three-day storm. It is silent, eerily so, and Laura is trying to make out why it seems so strange. With excitement she realizes the…