Minnesota Humanities Center
  • Online – Woman Life Freedom (3 part series)

    Online – Woman Life Freedom (3 part series)

    Online

    Woman, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Women's Revolution in Transnational Context, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato, is a three-part online series. Participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture, women's rights in Iran, and the current women's revolution, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Participants must attend all three sessions.

    $30
  • Online – Woman Life Freedom (3 part series)

    Online – Woman Life Freedom (3 part series)

    Online

    Woman, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Women's Revolution in Transnational Context, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato, is a three-part online series. Participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture, women's rights in Iran, and the current women's revolution, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Participants must attend all three sessions.

    $30
  • Online – Woman Life Freedom (3 part series)

    Online – Woman Life Freedom (3 part series)

    Online

    Woman, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Women's Revolution in Transnational Context, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato, is a three-part online series. Participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture, women's rights in Iran, and the current women's revolution, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Participants must attend all three sessions.

    $30
  • St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Book Launch

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

    Join us on Wednesday, February 8, to celebrate the release of David Mura's new book, "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives", released in January of 2023 by University of Minnesota Press. Following a reading of selections from the new book, Mura will be joined by his friend and fellow writer Alexs Pate for a discussion on dismantling the myth of whiteness.

    Free
  • St. Paul – Remembering – A Black Writers’ Retreat

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

    Remembering - A Black Writers' Retreat centers around remembering as an act of joy that provides opportunities for healing and recovery in ways that forgetting does not.

    $30
  • St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: Wild Things

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

    Join us on Trans Day of Visibility for a conversation with author Lynette Reini-Grandell, author of "Wild Things: A Trans Glam Punk Rock Love Story," in a deeply personal conversation with her trans spouse, Venus de Mars.

    $10
  • St. Paul – Poetry Sparks!

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

    In celebration of National Poetry Month, join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman, at a poetry gathering just for poets. Hear about Gwen’s vision for poetry across the state, get connected to other poets, and let your creativity loose with some writing time.

    Free
  • St. Paul – Children’s Book Week Celebration

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

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a celebration on the lawn honoring Children’s Book Week, with guest author readings, book art workshops, story walks, games, crafts, book sales, and special giveaways.

    Free
  • 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 (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
  • St. Peter – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    St. Peter High School 2121 Broadway Ave, St. Peter, 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