Looking for a unique anthology of essays about food? Of course you are, and Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food, edited by Peggy Wolff, is exactly what you want. In fact, you probably want one copy for yourself and five more copies for those friends of yours who love food as much as you do.

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The Magic of Our Memories

 

A Humanities Iowa Presentation

• When: Thursday, September 21, 2017, at 2 p.m
• Toledo Public Library, 206 E. High Street, Toledo, IA
• For more information: Jenny Bledsoe

• jennyb@toledo.lib.ia.us & 641-484-3362
  
  

Iowans are a people with roots. We grow well in the black soil that blankets our state, in this land between two rivers. Here are our homes, our families, our personal memories and the genealogy that is our past and present. We’ll discuss the importance of those memories, delighting in the commonality we share. We’ll also consider the richness that emerges when we pass on to those who come after. Be ready to learn, reflect, enjoy.

Our State Fair Is a Great State Fair— But Then You Already Knew That

 

A Humanities Iowa Presentation

• When: Tuesday, September 26 at 10 a.m.
• Ottumwa Public Library, 102 W 4th St Ottumwa, IA

• For more information: Sonja Ferrell
• sferrell@ottumwapubliclibrary.org & 641-682-7563
  
  

Our State Fair Is a Great State Fair — and this presentation serves as testimony to those first wild and wonderful 150 years of an auspicious event. Published for the Iowa Sesquicentennial, this coffee-table book yields rich stories of the people who—whether they realized it or not — helped create a lasting legacy. Enjoy the tales you’ve known all your life — as well as ones you’ve never heard before. Guaranteed! Coupled with a beautiful PowerPoint presentation, this becomes a super sit-down tour. The book will be available for purchase.