Contact Person: Dina Vaynerman
651.292.3276
dvaynerman@landmarkcenter.org
ST.PAUL, MN- Nooks and Crannies Tour, Rose Ensembles’s Celebremos el Niño: Music of the Mexican Baroque, Gamelan Performances, Ketzal Cotalicue Aztec Dance Troupe and More!
Historic Landmark Center invites the public to join us in celebrating all things Landmark Center at Landmark Center Inside and Out on September 21, 2008 from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Admission is $3.00 for adults; children 12 and under are free.
This event will feature the beloved Nooks and Crannies Tour and a building wide celebration of arts and culture!
Nooks and Crannies Tours will be self-guided, however, volunteer tour guides will be stationed at various sites throughout the building to answer questions and provide detailed interpretation and explanation of the building. Visitors will be able to climb up to the
North
Tower
(overlooking
Sixth Street
) and photograph the spectacular scenic vistas of the city, then descend into the sub-basement and the winding tunnel system beneath the building.
Cameras are welcome, as the tour will provide architectural and amateur photographers alike a wonderful opportunity to gain access to some of the most unusual and beautiful elements and details of classic architecture in our city.
As part of the building wide celebration,
St. Paul
’s premier arts and culture organizations are inviting you to join them in celebrating all things
Landmark
Center
. The building is home to many arts and cultural organization. Programming will include special events from The Schubert Club, The Rose Ensemble, the American Association of Woodturners, COMPAS, Young Audiences of Minnesota, Ramsey County Historical Society, and
TRACES
Center
for History and Culture.
Special Programming:
Main Stage, Musser Cortile
1:30-2:15 pm COMPAS -- Ketzal Cotalicue Aztec Dance Troupe
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Young Audiences -- Pages of Music with Rolf and Carrie
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Schubert Club – Gamelan Workshop
Courtroom 317
2:00 pm Rose Ensemble -- Celebremos el Niño: Music of the Mexican Baroque
Hear the festive dances, ballads and villancicos that resounded through Mexico's great cathedrals hundreds of years ago! Brightly alive and filled with beauty, this joyful concert is anything but predictable. Features traditional percussion and strings including African drums, shakers, cowbones, viola da gamba and vihuela da mano
Activities going on throughout the day:
12:00-4:00 pm Landmark Center Scavenger Hunt from Ramsey County Historical Society, 1st floor
12:00-4:00 pm Woodturning Demonstrations, Gallery of Wood Art
12:00-4:00 pm Gift Shop Open, take a piece of Landmark Center home
12:00-4:00 pm COMPAS Magnetic Art project, 3rd Floor
12:00-4:00 pm Special Exhibit, “From Freedom’s Shadow”, 2nd Floor Galleria
Museums of Landmark Galleries open all day, 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm: AAW Gallery of Wood Art, TRACES Museum, Ramsey County Historical Society gallery, The Schubert Club’s Musical Instrument Museum and Gilman Ordway Manuscript Collection, Uncle Sam Worked Here Exhibit, and the Landmark Center Archive Gallery.
Landmark Center Inside and Out is a part of Sundays at Landmark event series, which is family-friendly, culturally diverse and sponsored by Minnesota Landmarks, the nonprofit programming and management agency for Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul.
Landmark
Center
is handicap accessible.
Landmark
Center
is located in downtown
St. Paul
at
75 West 5th Street
, facing
Rice
Park
, next to the
Ordway
Center
for the Performing Arts and The Saint Paul Hotel. For more information call 651.292.3276 or visit www.landmarkcenter.org.
