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SUMMARY:WALK WITH EASE
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, Wednesdays & Fridays Feb.2 – Mar.13 11:30 am – 12:30 pm \nWant to reduce pain\, improve your health and be more active? Join Walk with Ease\, a free program from the Arthritis Foundation proven to reduce pain while improving your overall health. This 6-week walking program provides education\, motivation and tips to safely make walking part of your everyday life. \nFree and open to the public. Sign up at 507-387-1666.
URL:https://greatermankato.com/event_details/walk-with-ease/
LOCATION:VINE Adult Community Center\, 421 E. Hickory St.\, Mankato\, MN\, 56001\, United States
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SUMMARY:BECHS History Book Club – Winter Series Session 2
DESCRIPTION:It Took Courage by Christopher P. Lehman\nJanuary – March 2026\n$50/Series \nLehman uncovers the story of Winston’s first forty-two years and her long struggle to obtain her freedom. She was sold away from her birth family; her husband\, a free man\, died before he could purchase her freedom. She labored in Tennessee\, Louisiana\, Kentucky\, Mississippi\, and Minnesota. For thirty-one years she was enslaved by the family of President Andrew Jackson\, who bought her for his great-niece and paid a cousin of James K. Polk to hold her in trust. Winston’s victory produced a compelling irony: a woman Jackson himself had enslaved defeated a part of his legacy in Minnesota. \nThe survival of the remarkable story of Eliza Winston’s battle for individual freedom is an important contribution to the larger understanding of what slavery meant on this continent and how it affected individual lives—in both North and South. Winston’s experience demonstrates the lengths to which a person would go to escape slavery\, attempting to work both outside and inside the flawed and inequitable laws of the time\, until finally receiving justice. If the traditional accounts relied on stereotypical depictions of Winston as “simple-minded\,” in Lehman’s skillful description\, Winston appears as a capable\, mature woman who understood her life and her values. Eliza Winston herself made the bold decision to leave behind everything she had known for an uncertain but free future. \nBECHS History Book Club Session – It Took Courage \nFebruary 21\, 11 a.m. – Special Guest Speaker Author Christopher P. Lehman \nMarch 21\, 11 a.m. – Book Discussion \nThe quarterly book club goes beyond a classic group book read and discussion. Over three months\, while participants read the book\, additional monthly sessions will include a discussion of the book’s setting and social history\, a special presentation on a related historical topic\, and will conclude with a group book discussion. \nThe BECHS History Book Club is $50\, which includes a paperback copy of the book\, admission to the speaker\, and group book discussion\, refreshments\, and a small gift for completing the activities. ($60 value!) All programs will be held at the History Center or virtually if winter weather is a concern. \nAlready have a copy of the book\, but want to come to the speaker or just the book discussion? Individual programs are $10 each.
URL:https://greatermankato.com/event_details/bechs-history-book-club-winter-series-session-2/
LOCATION:Blue Earth County Historical Society\, 424 Warren St\, Mankato\, Minnesota\, 56001
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SUMMARY:Dan the Common Man and Meatsauce Comedy Show
DESCRIPTION:You’ve listened to them on the radio for years\, now see them live for a special comedy event. Join us for a great night of tomfoolery and skullduggery with KFAN’s own Dan “The Common Man” Cole & Paul “Meatsauce” Lambert.  Doors 6:30\nVIP Meet and Greet 7:00\nShow 7:30 \nGeneral Admittance Tickets $25 \nVIP – front row seating and Meet and Greet $40 \nTickets at katoballroom.com
URL:https://greatermankato.com/event_details/dan-the-common-man-and-meatsauce-comedy-show/
LOCATION:Kato Ballroom\, 200 Chestnut St.\, Mankato\, MN\, 56001\, United States
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