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SUMMARY:St. Paul - Indigenous Nations Poets: Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC)\, in partnership with Indigenous Nations Poets (IN-NA-PO) is honored to present an evening of poetry readings with this year’s IN-NA-PO fellows and visiting writers. Capping off their week-long retreat at MHC\, a group of IN-NA-PO fellows and visiting writers will share some of their original work and engage each other and the audience in conversation. Fellows taking part include Anangookwe Wolf\, Anthony Ceballos\, Bonney Hartley\, Halee Kirkwood\, Kalehua Kim\, Kinsale Drake\, Sunni Parisien\, and Tacey Atsitty. Hosting this event will be former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser\, City of Minneapolis Poet Laureate Heid E. Erdrich\, and Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman.  \nIn the spirit of nourishing our bodies and our minds\, prior to the event\, we invite you to join us for a complimentary community meal. Books will be available for purchase at the event through Birchbark Books\, and book signing will take place after event activities have ended. \nThis event is presented in partnership with Indigenous Nations Poets (IN-NA-PO)\, a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers\, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices\, and raising the visibility of all Native writers past\, present\, and future. In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages. \nAbout the event hosts:\nKimberly Blaeser\, past Wisconsin Poet Laureate and founding director of Indigenous Nations Poets\, is a poet\, photographer\, and scholar. She is the author of six poetry collections\, most recently Ancient Light (2024)\, Résister en dansant/Ikwe-niimi: Dancing Resistance (2020)\, and Copper Yearning (2019). Her photographs\, picto-poems\, and ekphrastic pieces have appeared in exhibits such as “Visualizing Sovereignty\,” and “No More Stolen Sisters.” An Anishinaabe activist and environmentalist\, she is an enrolled member of White Earth Nation and grew up on the reservation. The 2024 Mackey Chair in Creative Writing at Beloit College\, Blaeser is a Professor Emerita at UW–Milwaukee and an MFA faculty member for Institute of American Indian Arts. Her accolades include a Lifetime Achievement Award from Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas. Blaeser splits her time between her home in rural Wisconsin and a water-access cabin adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.  \nHeid E. Erdrich grew up in Wahpeton\, North Dakota and is Ojibwe enrolled at Turtle Mountain. Heid teaches\, edits\, and curates visual arts exhibitions with a focus on Native American art. Many of her seven poetry collections contain works created for collaborations with visual artists. Her poetry collection Little Big Bully\, 2020\, won a National Poetry Series award and the Bobbitt prize from The Library of Congress. Heid edited the 2018 anthology New Poets of Native Nations which won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. She is the 2024 Minneapolis Poet Laureate.  \nGwen Nell Westerman is a poet\, visual artist\, and scholar. Her roots are deep in the landscape of the tallgrass prairie and reveal themselves in her art and writing. She is an enrolled citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate\, and her father’s family is from the Heipa District. Her mother’s family is from the Flint District of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Neither of her parents spoke English when they were sent as small children to boarding schools in Oklahoma and South Dakota. Singing and writing for as long as she can remember\, Gwen understands from experience the important ways language and the land shape who we are. She was appointed as the Poet Laureate of Minnesota in 2021. \nRegistration\nThere is no cost to attend this event\, however registration is required. A complimentary light evening meal will be served at 5:30 p.m. prior to the event start at 6:00 p.m. \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/indigenous-nations-poets-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Public Programming,Public Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:Duluth - Sketches of Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:Join the Minnesota Humanities Center\, Danger Boat Productions\, and local host partners for the inaugural Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events will use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities\, promote dialogue\, bridge divides\, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment. \nBeginning with a catered meal\, these gatherings will invite audience members to share what makes their town great\, what they think people get wrong about it\, what local divisions concern them\, and what future they imagine. An improv comedy troupe will listen in on the conversations\, taking everything they heard from residents and bringing it to life on stage through entirely unscripted improv comedy theater. \nThis event is one of the first seven tour stops. A culminating performance will take place later in 2024\, sharing stories from around the state. Visit host partner and/or venue site for details and registration specific to this event. \nThe work of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to create a stronger Minnesota by increasing our understanding of the beauty\, wisdom and stories of its people. Through partnerships\, we facilitate the spaces\, like Sketches of Minnesota\, that seek to build connections and deepen understanding of ourselves and our communities in pursuit of a more just society. \nHost Partner: Zeitgeist Center for Arts \nRegistration\nThis event is free but registration is required. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. If you would like to attend the show only\, please select the 7:30pm time slot. If you would like to attend a free pre-show dinner at Zeitgeist Restaurant + Bar\, please select your desired time slot from 5:00pm-6:15pm. Approximate show runtime is 60-75 min\, including Q&A. \nRegistration Questions: jessica@zeitgeistarts.com \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/duluth-sketches-of-minnesota/
LOCATION:Zeitgeist Center for Arts\, 222 East Superior Street\, Duluth\, MN\, 55802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civic Renewal,Free,Greater Minnesota,Public Programs,Sketches of Minnesota
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ORGANIZER;CN="Trygve Throntveit":MAILTO:trygve@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:St. Paul - Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: Minnesota African American History
DESCRIPTION:K-12 educators are invited to attend this special film screening and discussion. Co-produced by OMG Studios and the Minnesota Humanities Center\, this documentary challenges our understanding of slavery\, its impact on Minnesota\, and how we reconcile our past by taking viewers on a present-day journey to Ghana\, to the quarters of Harriet and Dred Scott\, and into conversations with current and future scholars. Featuring Akwamu Traditional Area’s King Odeneho Kwafo Akoto\, III and Queen Mother Nana Afrakoma\, II\, of West Africa\, Ghana\, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III\, MN Humanities CEO Kevin Lindsey\, St. Cloud State University American Studies Chair and Minnesota Book Award Winner Dr. Christopher Lehman\, and Minnesota creative treasures T. Mychael Rambo\, Thomasina Petrus and concluding with voices of the Black Youth Healing Arts Center (BYHAC). \nFollowing the 40-minute film\, there will be a facilitated conversation on how to intentionally bring this history into classrooms. \nK-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours. \nThis year’s documentary film is brought to audiences by Ujamaa Place\, St. Paul Public Library\, and the City of St. Paul. \nRegistration\nThere is no cost to attend this event\, however registration is required. Refreshments will be provided. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org  \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/juneteenth-reckoning-with-slavery/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Juneteenth,K-12 Education,Professional Development
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eden Bart":MAILTO:eden@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:Duluth - Sketches of Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:Join the Minnesota Humanities Center\, Danger Boat Productions\, and local host partners for the inaugural Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events will use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities\, promote dialogue\, bridge divides\, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment. \nBeginning with a catered meal\, these gatherings will invite audience members to share what makes their town great\, what they think people get wrong about it\, what local divisions concern them\, and what future they imagine. An improv comedy troupe will listen in on the conversations\, taking everything they heard from residents and bringing it to life on stage through entirely unscripted improv comedy theater. \nThis event is one of the first seven tour stops. A culminating performance will take place later in 2024\, sharing stories from around the state. Visit host partner and/or venue site for details and registration specific to this event. \nThe work of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to create a stronger Minnesota by increasing our understanding of the beauty\, wisdom and stories of its people. Through partnerships\, we facilitate the spaces\, like Sketches of Minnesota\, that seek to build connections and deepen understanding of ourselves and our communities in pursuit of a more just society. \nHost Partner: Zeitgeist Center for Arts \nRegistration\nThis event is free but registration is required. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. If you would like to attend the show only\, please select the 7:30pm time slot. If you would like to attend a free pre-show dinner at Zeitgeist Restaurant + Bar\, please select your desired time slot from 5:00pm-6:15pm. Approximate show runtime is 60-75 min\, including Q&A. \nRegistration Questions: jessica@zeitgeistarts.com \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/duluth-sketches-of-minnesota-2/
LOCATION:Zeitgeist Center for Arts\, 222 East Superior Street\, Duluth\, MN\, 55802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civic Renewal,Free,Greater Minnesota,Public Programs,Sketches of Minnesota
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ORGANIZER;CN="Trygve Throntveit":MAILTO:trygve@mnhum.org
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SUMMARY:St. Paul – Shakespeare in Our Parks: Twelfth Night
DESCRIPTION:The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is delighted to host Classical Actors Ensemble during their 10th season of Shakespeare in Our Parks! Join us on the MHC lawn as we cheer\, laugh\, and swoon at this year’s production: “Twelfth Night\, or What You Will.” This romantic comedy presents the misadventures of shipwrecked twins who separately wash ashore in a distant land\, each thinking the other dead\, and soon become entangled in an unrequited love triangle of noble bon vivants. \nPicnics\, lawn chairs\, sun umbrellas\, and blankets are welcome. Note that the performance is in an open field with minimal shade. Please plan accordingly. Can’t make it on July 14? Check out Classical Actors Ensemble’s full calendar for other performances across the Twin Cities this summer. \nFrom Classical Actors Ensemble: “The Theater is a sacred place. It is a public forum where actors and audience gather to contemplate what it means to be human. Shakespeare and his contemporaries grappled with that question in some of the English language’s best poetry\, leaving behind a canon of compelling stories with universal themes that provide invigorating challenge for actors and an awe-inspiring legacy for audiences. Classical Actors Ensemble performs the plays of the English Renaissance as they were originally intended: as popular entertainment for everyone. By demonstrating why these works of art are considered classic\, we freshly prove their relevance in today’s world.” \nRegistration\nRegistration is encouraged\, but not required. There is no cost to attend. \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/shakespeare-in-our-parks-twelfth-night/
LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Public Programming,Public Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Colin Nelson-Dusek":MAILTO:colin@mnhum.org
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