This month's Longfellow-Nokomis Messenger has a great article on the Minneapolis Monarch Festival, which will be held this year on September 10 at Lake Nokomis. Get close to monarchs during Lake Nokomis festival Sept. 10 By Tesha M. Christensen Send a monarch butterfly on its amazing journey from
Through 2011-2012Ā CCP and Larry are working in partnership with PACERS:Ā Celebrating Appalachian Communities. Throughout Appalachia there are examples of celebrations and festivals that have positive financial outcomes and improved community resilience and well-being.Ā With generous assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission,Ā PACERS will build upon
Larry's appearance on the Mary Hanson Show will be re-broadcast on Channel 6, the Metro Cable Network (MCN) on Sept. 5 at 9 PM in honor of Labor Day. The interview, "An Interview with Larry Long," will also be seen on the Minneapolis Television Network
Larry's currently in Alabama leading workshops through his not-for-profit Community Celebration of Place and its program Elder's Wisdom, Children's Song. The organization goes into schools across the United States, bringing with it elders from the community-at-large who then share their life stories and life lessons
Eight community organizations working on the tornado recovery effort in North Minneapolis were the recipients of funds from the June 12, 2011, benefit concert at the State Theatre. Larry Long, who headed the organizing committee and was instrumental in organizing both the concert and the
TWIN CITIES ā July 12, 2011 ā Eight community organizations working on the tornado recovery effort in North Minneapolis will receive funding from a June 12, 2011, benefit concert at the Hennepin Theatre Trust State Theatre on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. The event will take
Hot on the heels of a wildly successful Father's Day show at The Cedar, Larry will be joining Kevin Kling this Thursday, June 30, to kick off the Toast and Jelly Days Revisited Storytelling Festival. Kevin Kling describes his zodiac sign as āMinnesota with Iowa rising
Join Kevin Kling and Larry Long as they speak and sing about a few things that are Dad. In a Fathers Day tribute, Kevin and Larry head down the Dad side of the street, taking detours at an Uncle or two, a Grampa, or the guy
We had so much fun doing the CD release concert at Loring over the weekend. Thank you to everyone who helped out and to everyone who attended! Here is a note from Larry: Thank you all for helping to make last night one of the performing
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 the Camp Hill PACERS Chapter and Edward Bell High School will host the PACERS annual conference in Camp Hill. As usual the conference will include workshops and reports on the various projects and on the work of
On Thursday April 14, 2011, over a thousand supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality from nearly every district in the state are traveling to the Capitol to talk with legislators about their vision of making Minnesota a state where people are not
Please join OutFront Minnesota for a celebration to kick off their Lobby Day for LGBT Equality, one of the largest citizen lobbying days in the nation, connecting thousands of pro-equality Minnesotans from around the state with their legislators. With the loss of pro-LGBT majorities in
Larryās new album, Donāt Stand Still, is available locally: Electric Fetus Homestead Pickinā Parlor Roadrunner Record You can also find the album available for download at DigStation. Weāll be updating the list of places where the album is available in the coming weeks, including iTunes and Amazon. Check back!
There's a piece in today's MinnPost on Larry which talks a little about his history as well as the background on some of the songs on Don't Stand Still. You can read it here.
We are presently producing two film documentaries of the songs āTibetā and āBe Kind to All That Liveā, both written through the Eldersā Wisdom, Childrenās Song process, and featured on Donāt Stand Still. When I was thirteen years of age, my father passed
We are presently producing two film documentaries of the songs āTibetā and āBe Kind to All That Liveā, both written through the Eldersā Wisdom, Childrenās Song process, and featured on Donāt Stand Still. In 2008 Gyatsho Tshering shared his life story with