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Bonniebrook

24 Monday Oct 2016

Posted by stevewiegenstein in History, Missouri, Ozarks

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Bonniebrook, Branson, Festivals, Rose O'Neill

I had the honor this weekend of speaking at the Festival of Painted Leaves, which is the annual fall festival at the Rose O’Neill Home and Museum north of Branson, Missouri. It’s a reconstructed version of O’Neill’s original home, Bonniebrook, which burned in 1947.

It embarrasses me to admit how little I knew of Rose O’Neill, who is best known today as the creator of the Kewpie, a cute little cartoon figure that became an immensely popular doll in the first half of the twentieth century. As I toured the museum, I realized that Rose O’Neill was much more than the Kewpie’s originator. She was an artist, illustrator, writer, and determined suffragist at a time when woman suffrage was a distinctly minority view.

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The Rose O’Neill Museum

Between sessions of the festival, I walked a few of the paths and wished I had time to walk more. It was a perfect autumn day, and with the little creek winding below, I could imagine why O’Neill always retreated to Bonniebrook from her trips to New York and overseas.

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Bonniebrook

The museum is nine miles north of Branson, just east of U.S. 65, and if you are there on a vacation, it would make a lovely afternoon respite from the traffic and franchises. I don’t believe it’s open in the winter, though, so  check out the website (see link above) and call ahead.

Trail’s End Festival

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

Posted by stevewiegenstein in Literature, Missouri, Personal, Slant of Light

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Festivals, James Bryant, Sedalia, Spofest, spoken word

Here’s a recording of me reading from Slant of Light at the Trail’s End Festival in Sedalia Friday night, courtesy of James Bryant, the organizer of SpoFest. Thanks, James, for your tireless promotion of the spoken word in and around Sedalia!

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