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  • Examining Military Service from the Margins

    Minneapolis – Examining Military Service From the Margins

    Quatrefoil Library 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series. Facilitated by pairs of Discussion Leaders, each session will use guiding questions, and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and other factors have caused the military service of some individuals to be devalued or limited in some capacity.

    Free

  • Examining Military Service from the Margins

    Minneapolis – Examining Military Service From the Margins

    Quatrefoil Library 1220 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Veterans, active service members, and civilians are invited to contribute to the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” discussion series. Facilitated by pairs of Discussion Leaders, each session will use guiding questions, and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and other factors have caused the military service of some individuals to be devalued or limited in some capacity.

    Free

  • Many Fronts: Veterans and Community Voices - a composite image featuring a photo of man at the Memorial Garden the Minnesota State Capitol grounds and the event title.

    St. Paul – Many Fronts: Poetry and Memorials at the Capitol Mall

    Veterans Service Building 20 West 12th St, St. Paul, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours for attending. Many Fronts: Poetry and Memorials at the Capitol Mall provides participants an opportunity to reflect on the experiences and perspectives of service members, Veterans, and civilians in how we understand the nature of military conflicts, and how the public remembers and interprets the experience of war and service through memorials, monuments, and ekphrastic poetry.

    Free

  • Postponed St. Paul – Objects of War: A Storytelling Circle

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    In honor of Veterans’ Voices Month, the Minnesota Humanities Center invites you to join us for an engaging evening focused on stories of community, consolation, and courage. For Objects of War, participants are asked to bring an item connected to an experience of war and conflict — which could be dog tags, a service member’s good luck charm, or a family heirloom — and share the story of this item during the evening.

    Free

  • Red Wing – Art and War: A Conversation

    Anderson Center at Tower View 163 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN, United States

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center and Anderson Center for a moderated conversation with artists who create art addressing the representation of war and armed conflict. Artists will discuss their output, what it means to interpret experiences of warfare, and what the viewing public can learn from interaction with and discussion of these works.

    Free