Minnesota Humanities Center
  • St. Paul – Dialogues of War Listening Session: Southeast Asian Experience

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

    Join us for Minnesota Humanities Center's Hmong and Southeast Asian Dialogues of War Community Listening Session. In this facilitated listening session, participants will be led in a meaningful dialogue to connect with others and share their perspectives.

    Free
  • Minneapolis – Dialogues of War Listening Session: Somali Community (women focused)

    Franklin Library 1314 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Join Marian Hassan for a Community Listening Session, part of Minnesota Humanities Center's program, Dialogues of War. In this facilitated discussion, participants will be led in meaningful dialogue to connect with others and share their perspectives as relates to their experiences with war and conflict.

    Free
  • Saint Paul – MnWE 2022: “Changing the Narrative: Empowering Stories”

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

    The Minnesota Humanities Center is excited to host the 2022 Minnesota Writing & English Conference and collaborate with MnWE in exploring the theme, “Changing the Narrative: Empowering Stories.” This year’s conference will open with a Thursday morning Plenary Session sponsored by the Minnesota Humanities Center.

    $80
  • St. Paul – Telling My Story!

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

    This writing retreat is focused on the process of naming strength and finding healing through writing and is open to all members of the Black community, writers at all levels and non-writers alike.

    $30
  • ONLINE – Minnesota Writers Series: What We Hunger For

    Online

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) for readings and a discussion around the book, “What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories about Food and Family.” This book is the first text featured in MHC’s new Minnesota Writers Series, which amplifies recent publications from Minnesota authors.

    Free
  • St. Paul – The Impact of War, Writing Workshops Facilitated by Warrior Writers

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

    Join Warrior Writers for a series of workshops to address the myriad experiences of war for Veterans and non-Veterans through writing. In these workshops you'll be putting pen to paper to record feelings, memories, traumas, personal histories or whatever comes to mind in the moment.

    $10
  • St. Paul – The Impact of War, Writing Workshops Facilitated by Warrior Writers

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

    Join Warrior Writers for a series of workshops to address the myriad experiences of war for Veterans and non-Veterans through writing. In these workshops you'll be putting pen to paper to record feelings, memories, traumas, personal histories or whatever comes to mind in the moment.

    $10
  • St. Paul – Lunch and Learn: Juneteenth in Historical Context

    Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center 130 South Macalester Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    The Minnesota Humanities Center, in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, welcomes the public to a boxed lunch and learn event at Macalester College's Arts Commons on "Juneteenth in Historical Context."

    Free
  • St. Paul – Juneteenth Breakfast

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

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a Juneteenth breakfast. Musical guest Jevetta Steele will perform, followed by a talk by Angela Tate, curator of women's history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

    $10
  • Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Morning Performance)

    Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Reception and Evening Performance)

    Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free