Family + kids spotlight: Glacier Fest

Ode to a treasure

May 8, 2010 at 7:23PM

Saturday: Glacier Fest celebrates the 100th anniversary of Montana's Glacier National Park, whose creation was shaped and developed by Minnesotan James J. Hill. The event features exhibits, vendors and live music by Montana's Jack Gladstone and local bluegrass band Pickin' Up Steam. A 1930s Red Jammer bus will be on display, and glacier education specialist Laura Law will be on hand to answer questions. (10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. Free. Rice Park, 5th and Washington Sts., St. Paul. See a full two-day schedule of events, including a reception and gala, at www.glacierfest.org.)

MELISSA WALKER

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