The Long Arm of the Small Town is a storytelling event being held in conjunction with the Small Town Symposium & Rural Summit. Leading up to the Symposium/Summit there will be regional storytelling events that will feature a storytelling workshop and "Story Swap" where storytellers of all ages and all levels are allowed 15 minutes to share their stories that reflect this year's theme Working Better Together for the Common Good.
Storytellers from these regional events will be invited to share stories at the 2006 Symposium on Small Towns and Rural Summit, June 6 & 7, 2006 at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Regional "Long Arm" festivals will be held in the following locations:
| Forest History Center | Grand Rapids |
Sunday, May 21st |
1:00- 3:00 pm |
| Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site | Little Falls |
Tuesday, May 23rd |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
| MN Agricultural Interpretive Center (Farmamerica) | Waseca |
Thursday, May 25th |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
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| The Long Arm of the Small Town is an essay by Nobel Prize-winning novelist and Minnesota native, Sinclair Lewis. |
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Email: info@minnesotaruralpartners.org • Phone: (651) 645-9403 • Fax: (651) 646-3818