We’ve got a super bunch of events this May. From clean up events for sites to TV events to the musical. There is a little something for everyone this month.
Pepin WI
Home at Laura’s Place – 9:00 am to 5:00pm (2nd weekend, Saturday and Sunday)
- May 11-12, 2024
Visit the Little House Wayside in Pepin, WI on these special weekends to see the cabin fully furnished and re-enactors demonstrating the arts of daily living in the 1870s. This is a cooperative activity of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Committee, and the Austin Tea Party Players.
50th Anniversary Cast Reunion Event – Villa Bellezza Winery and Vineyards in Pepin, WI – May 10-11, 2024, LaCrosse WI – May 12, 2024 (See more detail under cast reunion)
Independence KS
This year Prairie Days has been changed into a cast reunion event. There is more information under the reunion events section.
50th Anniversary Event – Independence, KS – Prairie Days-A LHOTP Cast 50th Celebration on May 31 – June 2, 2024
Burr Oak IA
- Laura’s Sack Lunch Drive-Thru Meal – May 5, 2024
A fundraising drive through featuring the Winnesheik County Cattlemen. It also includes an open house at the new school building with live music, presentations by their Little Miss Lauras, and refreshments.
Spring Valley MN
- Spring Cleaning May 4, 2024
Little House on the Prairie: The Musical
Morristown, NJ
May 11-12, 18-19, 2024
Basic Information:
http://www.spotlightkidscompany.com/tickets.html
The Greek Theatre in Morris Township
2 Convent Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
E-mail Contact Form:
http://www.spotlightkidscompany.com/contact-us.html
Sarah S. Uthoff is a nationally known Laura Ingalls Wilder authority and has presented at five of the Wilder homesites, many times at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, many conferences and numerous libraries, museums, and events around the Midwest. She is the main force behind Trundlebed Tales fighting to bring the History, Mystery, Magic, and Imagination of Laura Ingalls Wilder and other greats of children’s literature and history to life for a new generation. How can you help? Attend one of her programs, schedule one yourself, watch her videos, listen to her podcast, look at her photos, and find her on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn , SlideShare, and Academia.edu . Professionally she is a reference librarian at Kirkwood Community College and former director of the Oxford (Iowa) Public Library.