Minnesota Humanities Center
  • All the World’s a Stage: Shakespeare 101

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

    Join teaching artists from the Classical Actors Ensemble for fancy-free theater games and an introduction to Shakespeare’s world and works. The actors will guide you through family-friendly hands-on, participatory activities to tap your inner thespian.

    Free
  • Directors’ Preview: Love’s Labor’s Lost, Shakespeare, and Gender

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

    Hannah Steblay and Samantha V. Papke, directors of Classical Actors Ensemble’s performance of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost, will be joined by Shakespeare scholar Dr. Amy Muse, associate professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, to preview some of the themes the play explores, and the complexity of gender in Shakespeare’s world.

    Free
  • Shakespeare in Our Parks: Love’s Labor’s Lost

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

    The Minnesota Humanities Center is proud to host the final outdoor performance of William Shakespeare's play, "Love’s Labor’s Lost," put on by Classical Actors Ensemble as part of the Shakespeare in Our Parks program, which travels to over 15 locations across the greater Twin Cities every summer.

    Free
  • St. Paul – Educator Workshop: Black Freedom Struggles

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

    K-12 educators will receive 6 clock hours. Black Freedom Struggles will explore Black struggle as a global phenomenon with particular emphasis on historical and current movements led by Black communities.

    $75
  • Fergus Falls – We Are Water MN

    Fergus Falls Public Library 205 East Hampden Avenue, Fergus Falls, MN, United States

    The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines three ways of knowing water: personal stories, historical content, and scientific information. Visitors can explore stories both local and statewide and share their own stories of water’s importance in their life.

    Free
  • Mankato – The Legacy of 9/11: Four Perspectives

    Ostrander Auditorium - Minnesota State University - Mankato 540 W Road, Mankato, MN, United States

    This moderated discussion will examine several perspectives on 9/11, exploring reflections, memories, and personal stories of how the event has influenced each speaker's life.

    Free
  • Duluth – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    Denfeld High School 401 North 44th Avenue West, Duluth, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story is a 90-minute two-act dramatization of a traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer enslaved in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free