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Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song Featured in The Circle

Larry Long and Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song are featured on the front page of The Circle, March 2013. Ā The article talks about honoring Anishinabe Ojibwe elder Pat Bellanger on February 12th at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis. Read the article:Ā EWCS HONORS PAT BELLANGER WITH SONG For more

Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song Featured in Longfellow Messenger

Larry Long and Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song are featured on the front page of this month's Longfellow Nokomis Messenger. The article talks about Larry's work in schools as well as the upcoming celebrations at both Hiawatha School and Sanford Middle School. Read the article: Hiawatha students

Nellie Now Playing at the History Theatre

From the History Theatre's website: With Labor organizations and Unions under attack on the political battlefield, now is the perfect time to reflect on the life of one of Minnesota's most important labor activists and civil rights leaders! Nellie had played an important part in Hubert

Martin Luther King Day Celebration

The Martin Luther King Day Celebration will celebrate Inaugural of the President , the election of the 113 new members to Congress, the new members to Senate and the House of Representatives, and the defeat of the two state amendments. Will include Food, cash bar. Entertainment,

Okemah Waltz to Become Official Okemah Town Song

On November 15, 2012, the Okemah city council voted to make the song Okemah Waltz the official city song. Speaking before the council voted, Larry McKinney, who worked with Larry back in 1988, spoke about his first conversations with Larry, who was looking to come

Larry on Fresh Air with Dale Connelly

Larry joined Dale Connelly in the KFAI studio this Wednesday to talk about his song, Water In the Rain, which honors the 38 Dakota men who were hanged on December 26, 1862, following the US-Dakota War of 1862. To listen to the interview and hear

Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song 2012-2013

ā€œCreating Intergenerational and multicultural opportunities for all students to prosper.ā€ Larry Long will be honoring over fifty elders with students in communities throughout the United States this school year of 2012-2013. Ā Alan Lomax, one of the great American field collectors of folk music of the 20th

Bring a Vet Home Brings You Hang Dynasty and Larry Long

Hang Dynasty - (Members & former members of Steve Miller Band) and special guest star- Larry Long "America's Troubadour" perform this year at A Taste of Rochester! 100% of Hang Dynasty Concert Ticket Sales go to support our Veterans and Military Visit the website here.

Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert Sept. 3

Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert with Larry Long, Charlie McGuire, and Pop Wagner Minnesota State Fair Sponsored by the Minnesota AFL-CIO Time: 11:30-12:30 p.m. ā€œSTICKING TO THE UNIONā€ WOODY GUTHRIE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION w/ POP WAGNER, LARRY LONG & CHARLIE MAGUIRE Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am Where: MN AFL CIO Labor

Minneapolis Monarch Festival shaping up nicely.

Minneapolis Monarch Festival 10 AM – 4 PM Lake Nokomis Naturescape Gardens, Minneapolis, Minnesota www.monarchfestival.org The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association,Community Celebration of Place and Monarchs in the Classroomare proud to present the 2012 Minneapolis Monarch Festival, on Saturday, September 8, 10 am – 4

Sing out for Earth Day Video available online

This was a huge project brought together by Hali Hammer. Ā Like any great idea - she threw the seeds of Woody Guthrie to the wind - and those seeds took root throughout the nation and world at the same, in the same key, and with

Larry’s tribute to Olen Edwards

A tribute to Olen Edwards was published in the Okemah News Leader in conjunction with the recent Woodyfest celebration. You can read the article here.

Okemah may adopt ‘Waltz’ as town song

The Okfuskee County Historical Society in Woody Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma are considering making the Okemah Waltz, which Larry wrote with children from Okemah in 1986-87 for their first hometown celebration of Woody, their official town song! Download the chord chart.

Woody fest in the news!

Woody Guthrie fans descended on Okemah Friday to listen to folk music and honor the historic icon at the 15th annual Woody Guthrie Festival. The event falls on what would have been Guthrie's 100th birthday Saturday. For the full article and video, click here.

Larry to perform at Tibetan cultural gathering

If you are in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 1, Sunday, please come to this remarkable cultural gathering in celebration and support of our friends from Tibet. Larry will be performing with the Pavarotti of gospel music, Robert Robinson. Visit this link for more information.