Stop two on the We Are Water MN 2026 tour brings us to the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, where the exhibit is hosted by Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD). CRWD is a local unit of government dedicated to protecting, managing and improving the water resources of the District, which includes parts of Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Maplewood, Roseville and Saint Paul.
Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD) invites you to the We Are Water MN Reception at our Watershed Learning Center. The We Are Water MN exhibit includes personal stories from 15 community members about their connection to water.
Join We Are Water MN and Capitol Region Watershed District for a Sidewalk Poetry Workshop in partnership with Public Art Saint Paul.
Minnesota Writers Off the Page will host an evening with Kristin Collier, author of the memoir “What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System.” Kristin will be in conversation with Jennifer Eli Bowen. Books will be available for purchase, and the evening will end with a book signing.
Join We Are Water MN and Capitol Region Watershed District for staff-led demonstrations, art-making, and free ice cream!
At the Art + Water Workshop: Aquasonos you are invited to listen together to the sounds of our watershed, from the ancient history of Como Lake to the birds of Frogtown Farm.
Registration opens May 14 OMG Studios and MHC are excited to announce the premiere of their latest film, The Making of America, to be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The premiere will include a film screening, post-screening panel discussion, and art exhibit.
African Light Book and Coffee Shop and author Teferi Tafa are pleased to announce the first annual Oromo Literature Festival, a community-centered literary event dedicated to celebrating Oromo literature, language, storytelling, and intellectual achievement.
Join us for an evening of teen poetry with Voices Forward at the Bell Museum. Voices Forward is a poetry and public humanities project for emerging poets (ages 13-19) from across Minnesota.
The inaugural Midwest Black Book Fair, which honors stories of the resistance and uplifting intersectional narratives of Blackness, is a community-engaged event that honors Black stories and invites people from across the Midwest to participate.
Minnesota is home to a vibrant and growing African diaspora representing many countries, languages, and cultural traditions. In St. Paul, Little Africa has emerged as a cultural corridor where this diversity is expressed and rooted through entrepreneurship, community leadership, art, and food.
Join us to kick off the film tour for The Making of America from OMG Studios. This event includes a film screening, panel discussion, and art showcase: Reconstruction 2.0: Allegories of a Better World.