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  • Online – Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series

    Online

    In this three-part discussion series, we will consider how gender and sexuality are refracted, or how their meaning and social expression are changing and moving as we think through the topics of transgender rights, book bans, and masculinity. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series will examine the controversy over sexuality and book bans, and what can be done to continue the freedom to read.

    Free

  • Online – Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series

    Online

    In this three-part discussion series, we will consider how gender and sexuality are refracted, or how their meaning and social expression are changing and moving as we think through the topics of transgender rights, book bans, and masculinity. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series will examine issues related to gender and sexuality continue to be paramount in many areas, including politics, law, health care, parenting, identity, and social justice.

    Free

  • St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

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

    Join us for the February 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome multidisciplinary artist, Maya Washington, who will discuss her film and memoir, “Through the Banks of the Red Cedar.”

    Free

  • Online – Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series

    Online

    In this three-part discussion series, we will consider how gender and sexuality are refracted, or how their meaning and social expression are changing and moving as we think through the topics of transgender rights, book bans, and masculinity. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series, will seek to pull apart the term toxic masculinity and look instead at detoxing masculinity.

    Free

  • Health Equity Breakfast Series - Language Centered Care: Through the Lens of Elder Care Services

    St. Paul – Language Centered Care: Through the Lens of Elder Care Services

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

    The Minnesota Humanities Center is excited to host the March installment of the University of St. Thomas Morrison Family College of Health Breakfast Series. This interactive session aims to highlight the critical role of language in caregiving, particularly in the context of Minnesota's culturally diverse and aging population.

    $25
  • Three women in headscarves toast one another with brightly colored tea cups.

    Canceled St. Paul – Headscarf Story Circle: Tea Gathering

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

    Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is excited to host our second year of the Headscarf Story Circle Gatherings. Join us as we gather together through the shared connection of the headscarf and its complexity.

    Free

  • Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: American Precariat

    Capri Theater 2027 W Broadway, Minneapolis, United States

    Join us for the March 2024 edition of the Minnesota Writers Series as we welcome Zeke Caligiuri, Chris Fausto, and Fong Lee, three editors of the anthology “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion,” published by Coffee House Press.

  • Rochester – Poetry Sparks! Lines, Lyrics, & Laureates

    Historic Chateau Theater 15 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN, United States

    Celebrate National Poetry Month with us! Join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman and City of Rochester Poet Laureate Jean Prokott for Poetry Sparks! Lines, Lyrics, & Laureates. At this family friendly event, Gwen and Jean will share some of their poetry, and then help you write your own.

    Free
  • Composite image featuring pictures of storefronts, and street scenes from Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside and West Bank neighborhoods.

    Minneapolis – Learning from Place: Cedar-Riverside/West Bank

    Brian Coyle Neighborhood Center 420 South 15th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 3 clock hours. Build your cultural understanding and awareness as you immerse yourself in Minneapolis’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, a community with a longstanding tradition of cultural diversity and settlement with a robust business and arts community.

    $30

  • Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: Tartarus

    Open Book 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, the Minnesota Writers Series will feature Ty Chapman and his debut poetry collection, “Tartarus,” published by Button Poetry. Join us in downtown Minneapolis at Open Book, for an afternoon of readings and discussions.

    Free

  • Composite image of storefronts, shoppers, a shop owner, and various goods sold at Hmong Marketplace in St. Paul.

    Learning from Place: Hmong St. Paul

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

    K-12 educators will receive 4 clock hours. Build your cultural understanding and awareness as you immerse yourself within St. Paul's vibrant Hmong community through an interactive, in-person experience.

    $30