July 22nd & 23rd, 2006

Tim Penny, senior fellow, co-directs the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum. He represented Southeastern Minnesota's First Congressional District from 1982 through 1994. He served on the U.S. House agriculture and veterans affairs committees and the Select Committee on Hunger, heading the foreign agriculture and hunger subcommittee. While in Congress, Penny founded and co-chaired the Democratic Budget Group and drafted deficit-cutting initiatives. He continues to work in the areas of federal budgeting, agricultural policy, trade issues, and rural development. He is a board member and policy chair of a budget watchdog group, the Concord Coalition, and is an advisory board member for a clean-campaign project, the Minnesota Compact. Co-author of two books, Common Cents and Payment Due, he is a regular public speaker, radio commentator, and editorial writer.Penny has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Winona State University. Email - tjpenny@mchsi.com


Great River Shakesphere Festival
Season Three. June 30 - August 6, 2006.

Join us in enchanting Winona, Minnesota for Season Three of critically acclaimed theater, wonderful live music from thrilling singers and songwriters, exciting education programs, an unparalled juried art exhibition, and more!

This is your place to rediscover the wonders of theater, art and music as you explore the Festival's many offerings and drink in the glories of summer in the splendor of the Mississippi River Valley.

The Great River Shakespeare Festival's 2006 Summer Season will feature William Shakespeare's classic tale of young love, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night, an intoxicating merry-go-round of misplaced passions, mistaken identities and comic misunderstandings.

All mainstage productions will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Winona State University. For directions, use the link below.

www.grsf.org/main/

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Directions to the Festival