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28
May
2026
Decorah Rotary After Hours Meeting
May 28, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
02
Jun
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jun 02, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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09
Jun
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jun 09, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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11
Jun
2026
Decorah Rotary After Hours Meeting
Jun 11, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
16
Jun
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jun 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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23
Jun
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jun 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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25
Jun
2026
Decorah Rotary After Hours Meeting
Jun 25, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
30
Jun
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jun 30, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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07
Jul
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jul 07, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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09
Jul
2026
Decorah Rotary After Hours Meeting
Jul 09, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
14
Jul
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jul 14, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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21
Jul
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jul 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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23
Jul
2026
Decorah Rotary After Hours Meeting
Jul 23, 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
28
Jul
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Jul 28, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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28
Jul
2026
Kristen Underwood

Voices from the Grave: Reflections on Phelps Cemetery Walks

Jul 28, 2026 12:00 PM

DRC Sponsor: Shannon Duncan

Kristen Underwood will be offering her reflections on her experience directing walks at Decorah’s Phelps Cemetery in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2018, where local children and adults acted the parts of past Decorah residents while stationing themselves next to the associated gravesites. She will highlight selected histories of past residents whose names may be familiar to Decorah Rotarians.

Kristen developed scenes and monologues based on obituaries, newspaper articles, cemetery plot maps and other archived materials, and directed players to perform these in costume at the appropriate plots as groups were led from place to place through Phelps Cemetery. Last October she participated in the Porter House Museum’s After Dark lecture series where she provided a popular and theatrically inspired recapitulation of her cemetery walks.

In addition to her cemetery walks, Kristen produced walks at Luther College and along the Upper Iowa River. Her collaboration with Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum resulted in 10 original theatre pieces inspired by museum exhibits. She also produced children’s theater adaptations of works by Carroll, Kipling, Dickens, Molière and Shakespeare, as well as solo performances including Lessons from Cancer College, Women and Fiction: Virginia Woolf Speaks and Natural Shocks.

Kristen has recently retired from Luther College after serving as Director of Campus Programming, and teaching in the theatre department intermittently for over 30 years.  Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she worked as an actor in regional theatre for several years before settling in Lanesboro, MN where she co-managed the Commonweal Theatre. Upon moving to Decorah, Kristen founded Upstart Crow Theatreworks and co-founded ArtHaus with Lea Lovelace. Kristen continues to mentor speech and drama students and co-direct the fall production at Decorah High School.

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04
Aug
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Aug 04, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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11
Aug
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Aug 11, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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18
Aug
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Aug 18, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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25
Aug
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Aug 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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01
Sep
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Sep 01, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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08
Sep
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Sep 08, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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15
Sep
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Sep 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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22
Sep
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Sep 22, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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29
Sep
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Sep 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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06
Oct
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Oct 06, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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13
Oct
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Oct 13, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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20
Oct
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Oct 20, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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27
Oct
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Oct 27, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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03
Nov
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Nov 03, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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10
Nov
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Nov 10, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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17
Nov
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Nov 17, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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24
Nov
2026
DRC Regular Meeting
Nov 24, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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