North Country Characters - Sutter Brothers

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$223
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2017
End Date
October 2017
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Lyon
Murray
Redwood
Lyon
Murray
Redwood
Project Overview

Ross and Bart Sutter, also known as the Sutter Brothers, entertain the audience with a blend of humor, poetry and music. Their North Country Characters program highlights the people and culture of northern Minnesota. (A portion of this program paid with 2016 funds.)

Project Details

19 participated

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2015 Chapter 2--S.F. No. 1, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 5
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$223
Other Funds Leveraged
$45
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Attendees will learn about Minnesota culture through humor, music and poetry. We are excited to partner with the Tracy Multi-Purpose Center on this program and it is our hope that it will expose library patrons to the services of the center and vice-versa. Participant evaluations and anecdotal responses will be collected.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This program helped the library establish a Multi-Purpose Center that I believe will continue in the future. We have already discussed co-hosting similar programs again. We were able to draw new people that usually do not attend library events and it is hoped that this will benefit us in the future. Anecdotal responses included, 'I enjoyed the program - they told stories of their growing up years and the Swedish songs were awesome.' 'The fellows were great, their lessons of journaling, music, stories of local color and songs.' 'Very entertaining - great music and poetry. Very personable gentlemen.'

Source of Additional Funds

Tracy Multi-Purpose Center (venue) $25.00, Staff time/volunteer $20.00

Project Manager
First Name
Jim
Last Name
Trojanowski
Organization Name
Plum Creek Library System
Street Address
290 S. Lake Street, P.O. Box 697
City
Worthington
State
MN
Zip Code
56187
Phone
507-376-5803
Email
jtrojanowski@plumcreeklibrary.net
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200