‘Dark Days, Hope, and the New Deal at the Grass Roots’

It’s a little late for tonight, but try to check out one of Pam Brunfelt’s programs at the Lyric Center for the Arts “First Stage” in Virginia. Pam is a great Iron Range historian who provided crucial perspective for my new book “Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range.” I’ve heard Pam talk about these topics before and this program looks fascinating.

A set of two presentations by Pam Brunfelt
April 2nd and April 9th
6:30p.m.
The First Stage
514 Chestnut St.
Virginia

The program: “Dark Days, Hope, and the New Deal at the Grass Roots” will highlight the impact of New Deal Programs at the grass roots level in Minnesota. Emphasis will be placed on the unemployment situation on the Iron Ranges, the purpose of the New Deal programs, and the ultimate economic transformation wrought by the New Deal especially on the Iron Range.

Pam Brunfelt is a historian who teaches at Vermilion Community College in Ely. She previously worked as the archivist/historian at the Otter Tail Historical Society in Fergus Falls and as the Executive Director of the Crow Wing County Historical Society in Brainerd. Her research focus has been the 1930s, the history of radicalism on the Cuyuna Iron Range, and the history of Minnesota’s Iron Ranges with a special emphasis on political history. Among her publications is “Minnesota’s Communist Mayor: Karl Emil Nygard”, Minnesota History, Fall 2002 and “Political Culture in Microcosm: Minnesota’s Iron Range” in Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics, 6th edition, 2007.

There is no charge for admission. The First Stage is located at 514 Chestnut St., Virginia. For more information go to http://lyriccenterforthearts.blogspot.com or call 741-5577.