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100 years on, Main Street divide endures New exhibit about Sinclair Lewis, author of the seminal novel about small-town America, opens at the Minnesota History Center.
By John Rash, Rash Report April 9, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Novel.
As a noun, an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events. As an adjective, original or striking especially in conception or style.
Combining these dictionary definitions, an insightful writer might weave a story about the era s defining issues, like a pandemic. Or race relations, religious or political demagoguery, or the deepening divide between rural and urban America.
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Sinclair Lewis Exhibit Opening at Minnesota History Center
Lewis was born in Sauk Centre in 1885 and stayed there until he graduated from high school. Lead Exhibit Developer
Patrick Coleman says after leaving to go to Yale for college he came back to the state often throughout his life.
He actually lived all over Minnesota. He lived in both St. Paul and Minneapolis. He lived in Mankato. He lived kind of famously in Duluth and wrote quite a bit of fictional Duluth into his work. And, not only that, but he came back often for vacations.
Coleman says it was the book Main Street that really launched his career.
Updated Open-Dates For Minnesota Historic Sites + Museums
The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) has announced their plans in regard to updated open-dates for a wide variety of museums and historical sites that they maintain across the state. Many of these sites have been shut down since last March when the earliest shutdown and stay-at-home orders were given due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. With COVID-numbers stabilizing and with the roll-out of vaccines, the Minnesota Historical Society is pleased to welcome back visitors to these unique tourist sites.
Some of the sites are already open. Others will start to open to visitors - in a staggered, tiered-roll out - beginning the end of May. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Historical Society is working on plans to reopen others.