The Hennepin History Museum on Sunday hosted "Storytelling: Keys to Homes In Our Hearts," which invited participants to tell stories about objects of personal significance. The storytellers included Peuo Tuy, top, Connie Edberg, bottom left, and Nima Abdirahman, right, and Sarah Cooper-Evans, who told about how their families grew closer because their sons played soccer together. Another performance is schedule for Friday.
Nima Abdirahman & Sarah Cooper-Evans, left, took turns telling the story of how their families because closer all because their sons attended the same school and played soccer together. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Peuo Tuy, accompanied by a photo of her parents, Rom Tuy and Ngem Chea, told how her father, after spending time in a Buddhist monastery, returned like a goddess. "My father was like this chant to me," she said. "Love peace, and happiness, embedded in my heart." ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com The Hennepin History Museum hosed a sold-out event called "Keys to Homes In Our Hearts; Keepsake Stories Told by Our Neighbors." It was an object-based storytelling project coached by Maren Hinderlie in which 11 people shared stories from their lives, centered on an object of personal significance as the taking off point for the story. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
![Connie Edberg, told a story about how as a young girl from the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and separated from her family, she found the lid of a glass chicken dish that to this day reminds her of her inner child. As a young girl she used to mold sand with it that she called her masterpiece. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com The Hennepin History Museum hosed a sold-out event called "Keys to Homes In Our Hearts; Keepsake Stories Told by Our Neighbors." It was an object-based sto](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/7QA3NIGQRTFPCCYGICLRQML6QU.jpg?&w=1080)
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