History 21 The Podcast - 5.23 The Anoka Amphitheater

Along the banks of the Rum River just a stone’s throw from cars zipping along Ferry Street, hides Anoka’s Amphitheater. Hear about how this open-air theater came to be, its construction in 1914, and the years of concerts, plays and and community events that were performed there. The amphitheater is the next in our ongoing series on Anoka County National Register Properties.

Be sure to stay to the end to hear an update from ACHS about the museum.

Hosts Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator, and Rebecca Desens, ACHS Executive Director.

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The Anoka Amphitheater

Library Minute

This episode’s Library Minute showcases fiction with theatrical flair. Check out these titles available via your local Anoka County Library.

• Death of a Showman by Mariah Fredericks (MYSTERY FRE)

• Broadway Butterfly: a thriller by Sara DiVello (FICTION DIV)

• The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright (FICTION WRI)

• The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe (ROMANCE SHU)

• The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul (FICTION PAU)

• Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce (available on LIBBY)

• Starring Adele Astaire by Eliza Knight (FICTION KNI)

• A Showgirl’s Rules for Falling in Love by Alice Murphy (ROMANCE MUR)

• Gilded Age mysteries series by Rosemary Simpson (MYSTERY SIM)