History Lounge

Lounge with us!

Join local historians, authors and experts for evening conversations about the history that shapes Minnesota and its people.

• Select Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. October through May
• Free; no reservations needed
• Minnesota History Center’s Heffelfinger Lounge
• Enjoy dessert, snacks, beer and wine available from Café Minnesota during the program.

Upcoming History Lounge Events

The Assassination of Hole-in-the-Day

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 7:00pm

On June 27, 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagone-giizhig) left Crow Wing, MN for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation at White Eart. Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at least twelve Ojibwe men and fatally shot. Hole in the Day’s death was national news, and rumors of its cause were many. The murder remains unsolved.

Join Anton Treuer, Ojibwe scholar and author of the new book The Assassination of Hole in the Day (MHS Press, 2010), for an examination of the one of the state’s most infamous historical crimes, the mysteries surrounding the assassination, and the complex life and impact of the victim at its center.

Beyond F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 7:00pm

F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely considered the preeminent novelist of the Jazz Age and the best writer from Minnesota, period, but he wasn’t the only successful Minnesota author of his time. Join MHS library curator Patrick Coleman for a conversation about Minnesota Jazz Age novels from the iconic to the obscure, view rare editions of from the MHS collections, and share your opinions about which ones should make Coleman’s list of the 150 Best Minnesota Books.