Minnesota Humanities Center
  • Online – The Poetics of Freedom Dreaming with Amanda Rosas

    Virtual Event

    In this online workshop for youth poets (ages 13-19), students will practice Freedom Dreaming. Freedom Dreaming brings us to a place where we can imagine the world we want to live in, where our identities thrive, where poetry can meet pain, sacrifice, joy and hope and always feel surrounded by courage and belonging.

    Free
  • St. Paul – NUESTRO NORTE Community Screening

    Landmark Center, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium 75 5th St W #224, St. Paul, United States

    Join us for a public screening of NUESTRO NORTE a cinematic portrait of five community leaders from across metro and greater Minnesota, their lived stories interwoven with symbolic fiction scenes and original musical performances.

    Free
  • Park Rapids – Protecting Manoomin (Wild Rice), Protecting Water and Everyone

    Biome Center, Itasca Biological Station 28131 University Circle, Lake Itasca, United States

    Join us for this public seminar co-presented by Zhaashiigid Nooding (Ojibwe knowledge-holder from the White Earth Nation Reservation, Red Lake Nation citizen) and Crystal Ng (settler hydrologist, professor at University of Minnesota).

    Free
  • Park Rapids – Nature Journaling

    Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, MN, United States

    Nature journaling is a meditative practice that sharpens observation of the natural world through drawing and writing. On the shores of Lake Itasca, we’ll explore life on land and in the lake - and the connections between them.

    Free
  • Edge of the Wilderness – Sketches of Minnesota

    Edge Center for the Arts 101 2nd Ave, Bigfork, MN, United States

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Edge Center for the Arts for a special return visit of the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour!

    Free
  • St. Paul – Summer on the Lawn: Children’s Puppet Show!

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

    As part of MHC's Summer on the Lawn series, Open Eye Theatre's Driveway Tour presents "Jeremy & The Giant King," an all-new, family friendly puppet show featuring two brothers, a storybook realm with many fantastic residents, and oh yes, one Giant King causing trouble!

    Free
  • Park Rapids – Wet and Wild Mississippi River Day

    Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive, Park Rapids, MN, United States

    Come explore water and life along the Mississippi River at a variety of information and activity stations. Learn about water, wildlife, plants and people that make the river home.

    Free
  • Staples – Social Studies Standards: Inquiry & Interdisciplinary Shifts

    Sourcewell 202 12th Street NE, Staples, MN, United States

    The Social Studies Standards Workshop is a two-day workshop series designed to equip K–8 teachers and school leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully implement the new social studies standards by the 2026–27 school year.

    $125
  • Little Falls – We Are Water MN

    Great River Arts 122 1st Street SE, Little Falls, MN, United States

    As the summer comes to a close and fall sets in, join We Are Water MN at Great River Arts (GRA) in Little Fall, where creativity meets community. GRA exists to enrich lives through the arts and become the art hub for the Morrison County area, playing a significant role in sustaining the community's artistic and economic vibrancy.

  • Empire – Learning from Place: Watt Munisotaram (Cambodian Temple)

    Watt Munisotaram 2925 220th St E, Empire, United States

    This Learning from Place experience invites participants to explore Watt Munisotaram, the largest Cambodian Buddhist temple in the United States, located in the countryside of Empire, Minnesota. Participants will engage with the temple as a living cultural and spiritual site, learning directly from community members, monks, and the landscape itself.

    $35
  • Montevideo – Sketches of Minnesota

    Montevideo American Legion Post #59 613 Legion Dr, Montevideo, MN, United States

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Montevideo community for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour!

    Free