by Marlee Baron | Jan 29, 2020 | Final Reflections
I signed up for Democracy and the Arts in DC expecting the “arts” part of the course to be pretty challenging and for the “democracy” part to be a little easier for me. I enjoy art but have never personally been very involved so my overall knowledge about arts and...
by Marlee Baron | Jan 27, 2020 | Just for Fun
Every Thursday, Amy Khlobuchar’s Senate office hosts “Minnesota Mornings” which are a chance for her constituents to come into the office and talk to her staffers and possibly meet her. We all know that Amy is super busy campaigning so we did not originally plan on...
by Marlee Baron | Jan 16, 2020 | Site Visits
We spent Monday at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage with two meetings, one about the Folkways Recording Label and the other about the Folklife Festival. Every summer since 1967 the Smithsonian has put on a roughly two week long festival on...
by Marlee Baron | Jan 6, 2020 | Introductions
Howdy all! My name is Marlee Baron and I’m a sophomore from St Paul, Minnesota. I plan on majoring in something however I do not know what that something will be, and I’m doing a concentration in family studies. Outside of school, I love the outdoors: I was a...