The elegant essence of the marinera dance is portrayed here by members of Mi Perú-Minnesota during the annual International Day performance at the International School of Minnesota in Eden Prairie. Photo by Stan Waldhauser, 2024. Used with the permission of Stan Waldhauser.
Dancing from the heart to a marinera song, Peru’s national dance, at Mi Perú-Minnesota’s Peruvian Independence Day Celebration event, held at the Recreation Outdoor Center (ROC) in St. Louis Park. Photograph by Angie Garcia, ca. 2018 or 2019. Used with the permission of Alateo Photography.
The Marion Ross Performing Arts Center (originally used as a firemen’s hall and Masonic lodge) at 147 North Broadway Avenue, Albert Lea. Photograph by Titian Butash, July 30, 2024.
Mark Twain’s early morning train out of Crookston on July 30, 1895, was delayed by forty-five minutes, leaving him annoyed. He used that extra time to board a baggage truck and have his manager, J. B. Pond, push him up and down the platform.