Ahead of "Soup Town Night" for the 2025 Homegrown Music Festival, the Douglas County Historical Society is welcoming everyone to share artifacts and stories about music in Superior, Wisconsin.
Alison Moffat is one of several people currently involved in a fellowship program with Wisconsin Humanities, and will be at the Historical Society from 4-6pm on Thursday, May 1st for a History Harvest; a concept to bring together community members to examine and learn about artifact driven history.
"It's not just about collecting the material culture, but also the stories," said Moffat. "It's not the same as just, 'Bring us all your cool stuff and we'll accession it and put it on display at some point'... We want to hear the stories behind it."
As a transplant to the area, Moffat says she is very excited to learn about the area's local venue history, particularly those venues long past. "A lot of these music venues in Superior, or even the bands, they kind of come and go. And experiencing music is such an ephemeral thing... It's being in a place with other people having this kind of once-in-a-lifetime experience."
The History Harvest takes place on May 1st from 4-6pm at the Douglas County Historical Society located at 1101 John Avenue in Superior.
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