Eulenspiegel Puppets Performance: Remembering Buxton

Overview

Remembering Buxton is the story of Buxton, Iowa, a coal mining town in southern Iowa in existence from about 1900 to 1925. The town was half Black and half white. A total anomaly for its time, it was 100% egalitarian, with Blacks in mine management, city government, and professional life. Its neighborhoods and facilities were integrated. It was a unique haven for a brief golden time until the mine played out. This puppet show will be performed by Eulenspiegel Puppets, Grinnell Area Summer Camp third and fourth graders, with original music by Dartanyan Brown, a renowned Des Moines musician in the Iowa Rock and Roll, Jazz, and Blues Halls of Fame. This performance is part of Grinnell College Museum of Art's summer programming and is free and open to the public.

Address & Contact

For more information, contact:

• Tilly Woodward
• (641) 269-4663
• woodward@grinnell.edu