BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Minnesota Humanities Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Minnesota Humanities Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mnhum.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Minnesota Humanities Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240805T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240805T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240711T222536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240711T222536Z UID:10000430-1722873600-1722877200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Resistance\, Resilience & Reimagination Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join teachers of color and American Indian teachers from across the state in a year-long program designed to engage participants in navigating education systems with resistance\, resilience\, and reimagination. A partnership between Intermediate School District 917\, Metro State University\, and MHC\, this PELSB (Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board) funded program provides free of cost and paid stipend opportunities for participants. \nRegister for one of four information sessions to learn more about this opportunity for teachers of color and American Indian teachers. \n\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/resistance-resilience-reimagination-information-session-4/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Educator Institute,K-12 Education,Online,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/event_resistance_resilience_reimagination_info.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240805T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240805T130000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240711T222516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240711T222516Z UID:10000431-1722859200-1722862800@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Resistance\, Resilience & Reimagination Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join teachers of color and American Indian teachers from across the state in a year-long program designed to engage participants in navigating education systems with resistance\, resilience\, and reimagination. A partnership between Intermediate School District 917\, Metro State University\, and MHC\, this PELSB (Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board) funded program provides free of cost and paid stipend opportunities for participants. \nRegister for one of four information sessions to learn more about this opportunity for teachers of color and American Indian teachers. \n\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/resistance-resilience-reimagination-information-session-3/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Educator Institute,K-12 Education,Online,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/event_resistance_resilience_reimagination_info.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240722T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240722T180000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240711T222514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240711T222514Z UID:10000433-1721667600-1721671200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Resistance\, Resilience & Reimagination Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join teachers of color and American Indian teachers from across the state in a year-long program designed to engage participants in navigating education systems with resistance\, resilience\, and reimagination. A partnership between Intermediate School District 917\, Metro State University\, and MHC\, this PELSB (Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board) funded program provides free of cost and paid stipend opportunities for participants. \nRegister for one of four information sessions to learn more about this opportunity for teachers of color and American Indian teachers. \n\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/resistance-resilience-reimagination-information-session-2/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Educator Institute,K-12 Education,Online,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/event_resistance_resilience_reimagination_info.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240722T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240722T170000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240711T222507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240711T222507Z UID:10000435-1721664000-1721667600@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Resistance\, Resilience & Reimagination Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join teachers of color and American Indian teachers from across the state in a year-long program designed to engage participants in navigating education systems with resistance\, resilience\, and reimagination. A partnership between Intermediate School District 917\, Metro State University\, and MHC\, this PELSB (Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board) funded program provides free of cost and paid stipend opportunities for participants. \nRegister for one of four information sessions to learn more about this opportunity for teachers of color and American Indian teachers. \n\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\nMonday July 22\, 2024\, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.\nMonday August 5\, 2024\, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/resistance-resilience-reimagination-information-session-1/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Educator Institute,K-12 Education,Online,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/event_resistance_resilience_reimagination_info.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240628T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240628T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240523T192112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T135212Z UID:10000426-1719595800-1719604800@www.mnhum.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/event_innapo_poetry_reading.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240523T192104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240607T175657Z UID:10000425-1719423000-1719432000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - An Evening of Haiku and Anishinaabe Song with Kimberly Blaeser\, Gordon Henry\, Jr.\, and Gerald Vizenor. DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special evening of poetry and music with esteemed poets and writers\, Kimberly Blaeser\, Gordon Henry\, Jr.\, and Gerald Vizenor. Our guests will share haiku\, Anishinaabe dream songs\, music\, as well as conversation with one another and the audience on their work and inspirations. In the spirit of nourishing our bodies and our minds\, prior to the event\, we invite you to join us for a complimentary community meal\, during which we will be joined by special musical guest\, Phil Fried. \nBooks by Blaeser\, Henry\, and Vizenor 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 our guests:\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). Blaeser edited Traces in Blood\, Bone\, and Stone: Contemporary Ojibwe Poetry\, wrote the monograph Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition on the work of fellow White Earth writer\, and served as contributing editor for When the Light of the World Was Subdued\, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020). Her poetry is widely anthologized and 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. She serves on the Poetry Coalition of the Academy of American Poets\, and as Vice President of Letters for Wisconsin Academy of Sciences\, Arts\, and Letters. 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. \nAn Anishinaabe poet and novelist\, Gordon Henry\, Jr. is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation of Minnesota. He is the author of the poetry collection Spirit Matters: White Clay\, Red Exits\, Distant Other (2022)\, a mixed-genre collection The Failure of Certain Charms and Other Disparate (2007)\, a chapbook Outside White Earth (1986)\, and the novel The Light People (1994) which won an American Book Award. He co-published an educational reader The Ojibway (2004) with George Cornell\, and his poetry\, fiction\, and essays have appeared in various journal and anthologies in the U. S. and Europe including in New Poets of Native Nations (2018)\, When the Light of the World Was Subdued\, Our Songs Came Through (2020)\, and Living Nations\, Living Words (2021). A past Professor in the English Department at Michigan State University\, he also served for many years as Senior Editor of the American Indian Studies Series at Michigan State University Press\, and held a Fulbright Lectureship in Spain. Gordon now lives in Empire\, Michigan. \nGerald Vizenor is Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. He is a citizen of the White Earth Nation in Minnesota\, and has published more than forty books\, novels\, literary and cultural studies\, and poetry. Native Provenance: The Betrayal of Cultural Creativity\, a collection of essays\, is his most recent publication. Vizenor has received many awards including the American Book Award for Griever: An American Monkey King in China\, the Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award\, and the Mark Twain Award from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. \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/haiku-and-anishinaabe-song/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/event_innapo_haiku.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240428T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240428T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240322T140747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T165335Z UID:10000409-1714312800-1714320000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Minneapolis – Minnesota Writers Series: Tartarus DESCRIPTION: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. Ty will be in conversation with Sun Yung Shin to reflect on the origins and themes of the collection and why he decided to take up the poetic form. \nBoth Ty and Sun Yung will be available for book signing and further conversation after the event. “Tartarus” will be available for purchase at the event through Strive Publishing and Bookstore. \nThis event is presented in partnership with The Loft Literary Center\, a haven for readers and writers\, and where both Ty and Sun Yung were recently named Lit!Commons Experts. \nAbout the Collection\nBetween three sections of Basquiat-inspired vignettes\, “Tartarus” offers the reader an unflinching look into Chapman’s emerging understanding of his relationship to Black masculinity through familial ties\, the oscillation between nihilism and hope\, and the ever present tensions felt moving through a state which sees the existence of your body as an inherent danger. \nAbout our Guests\nTy Chapman is an author and poet based in Minnesota. He is the author of “Sarah Rising” (Beaming 2022); “Looking for Happy\,” a Minnesota Book Award finalist (Beaming 2023); “Stokes\,” written with John Coy (Lerner 2024); “James Finds the Beat” (Free Spirit 2024); and “Tartarus” (Button Poetry 2024). Ty is a 2024 Cave Canem fellow; a 2022 Center for Arts + Social Justice Fellow; a Mirrors & Windows fellow; and a Mentor Series fellow. He holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults through Vermont College of Fine Arts. \n신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul\, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet\, writer\, and cultural worker. She is the editor of “What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories on Food and Family” (2021) and of “A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota\,” author of poetry collections “The Wet Hex” (winner of the Midland Authors Society Award for Poetry and finalist for a Minnesota Book Award) “Unbearable Splendor” (finalist for the 2017 PEN USA Literary Award for Poetry\, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for poetry); “Rough\, and Savage”; and “Skirt Full of Black” (winner of the 2007 Asian American Literary Award for poetry)\, co-editor of “Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption\,” and author of bilingual illustrated book for children “Cooper’s Lesson” and picture book “Where We Come From\,” co-written with Diane Wilson\, Shannon Gibney\, and John Coy. Her forthcoming picture book\, “Revolutions are Made of Love: Grace Lee Boggs and James Boggs\,” co-written with Mélina Mangal\, will be published in 2025. \nRegistration\nThis free event will be in-person at Open Book; registration is required. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/minnesota-writers-series-tartarus/ LOCATION:The Loft at Open Book\, 1011 Washington Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55415\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/event_mws_tartarus.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240413T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240413T130000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240312T170646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240315T160738Z UID:10000408-1713006000-1713013200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Rochester - Poetry Sparks! Lines\, Lyrics\, & Laureates DESCRIPTION: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. Contribute to community poetry\, visit our creative writing stations\, write a poem to give away on poem in your pocket day\, and take a chance on mystery poems. Don’t miss this opportunity to create poetry with the Laureates\, and have fun while diving into the joy of poetic expression! \nThis event is presented in partnership with Southeast MN Poets\, supporting poets of all ages and stages in their careers. The Southeast MN Poets foster growth\, experience\, and understanding of the art of poetry through writing\, reading\, and discussion. \nAbout the Laureates\nGwen Nell Westerman is Minnesota’s current Poet Laureate\, and was appointed in 2021. An enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate Nation\, Gwen is the first Native poet to hold the role of Laureate for Minnesota. She teaches English and Humanities at Minnesota State University\, Mankato\, and in addition to her 2013 poetry collection “Follow the Blackbirds\,” recently published the collection “Songs\, Blood Deep”\, which has been shortlisted for the 2024 MN Book Awards. \nJean Prokott’s poetry collection “The Second Longest Day of the Year” won the Howling Bird Press Book Prize (Howling Bird Press). She is the author of the chapbook “The Birthday Effect” (Black Sunflowers Press)\, is a recipient of the AWP Intro Journals Award\, and of the John Calvin Rezmerski Memorial Grand Prize with the League of Minnesota Poets. She has poetry and nonfiction published in Verse Daily\, Rattle\, and Arts & Letters\, among other journals. Prokott is the Poet Laureate of Rochester\, Minnesota. \nRegistration\nRegistration is not required for this free event. Families\, kids\, all ages welcome. Poetry reading will begin at 11:00 a.m. Participants are invited to drop in any time between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/rochester-poetry-sparks-lines-lyrics-laureates/ LOCATION:Historic Chateau Theater\, 15 1st Street Southwest\, Rochester\, MN\, 55902\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Greater Minnesota,Kid Friendly,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/event_poet_laureate_poetry_sparks.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240327T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20240227T202202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T144437Z UID:10000406-1711562400-1711569600@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Minneapolis - Minnesota Writers Series: American Precariat DESCRIPTION: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. Through readings and discussions\, the editors will share the genesis of the anthology\, and the importance of bringing to light the stories of those society deems invisible and chooses to exclude. The editors will be joined by Mike Alberti\, executive director of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop\, who will moderate the discussion. \nZeke\, Chris\, and Fong will be available for book signing and further conversation after the event. “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion” will be available for purchase from Subtext Books at the event. \nThis event will take place at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis and is presented in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW)\, which connects incarcerated individuals to arts and educational programming and fosters a creative community of writers both within and outside of prisons and correctional facilities. \nAbout the Book\nThis groundbreaking anthology of essays edited by incarcerated writers takes a sharp look at the complexity and fluidity of class and caste systems in the United States. Featuring accounts that include gig work as a delivery driver\, homelessness among trans youth\, and life with immense student loan debt\, in addition to transcripts of insightful discussions between the editors\, “American Precariat” demonstrates how various and often invisible extreme instability can be. With the understanding that widespread recognition of collective precarity is an urgent concern\, the anthology situates each individual portrait within societal structures of exclusion\, scarcity\, and criminality. \nAbout the Editors\nZeke Caligiuri is a writer and activist from South Minneapolis. He is the author of “This is Where I Am\,” published by University of Minnesota Press. He has won multiple awards through the PEN Prison Writing Contest and is the co-founder of the Stillwater Writer’s Collective\, the first all-prisoner created and facilitated collective in the country. He is a contributor to “The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting a Writer’s Life in Prison” as well as “School\, Not Jail: How Educators Can Disrupt School Pushout and Mass Incarceration.” He is directly impacted by over two decades of incarceration and is now currently the re-entry education coordinator for the Minnesota Justice Research Center re-investing in the humanization of those still stuck within the captivity business. \nChris Fausto Cabrera is a multi-genre artist\, writer & activist recently released from incarceration after 21 years. His work has appeared in: The Colorado Review\, The Antioch Review\, Puerto del Sol\, The Woodward Review\, among others. “The Parameters of Our Cage\,” his prose epistle project with photographer Alec Soth is released through MACK books. His latest project is “American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion” where he serves as an editor\, published by Coffee House Press. Cabrera co-founded The Stillwater Writers Collective\, partnered with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. He works closely with Until We Are All Free and We Are All Criminals to bring attention to the multifaceted ways justice impacts people. \nFong Lee is a Saint-Paul-based artist and We Are All Criminal’s first Storytelling Fellow. Fong spent nearly 18 years inside Minnesota State prisons; he is a celebrated poet\, with publications through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and Asian American Writers Workshop\, a beloved painter\, and a published photographer. Fong is a restorative justice practitioner and the Storytelling Curator with The Legal Revolution. Fong and his family immigrated to the U.S. as Hmong refugees when Fong was a child\, after his family was displaced from their home in Laos. His experience and expertise with incarceration and displacement enable him to make We Are All Criminals all the more dynamic\, including strengthening the collaborations between inside and outside artistic partners. \nAbout the Moderator\nMike Alberti has been an administrator for MPWW since 2016\, when he graduated from the University of Minnesota with his MFA in Creative Writing. Mike’s fiction has been published in many venues\, and his first book\, “Some People Let You Down\,” won the 2020 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. He was born and raised in Albuquerque\, New Mexico and now lives in Minneapolis. In addition to his work with MPWW\, he teaches at Century College. \nRegistration\nThis event is free but registration is required. K-12 Educators will receive 1 clock hour upon completion of the event. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/american-precariat/ LOCATION:Capri Theater\, 2027 W Broadway\, Minneapolis\, 55411\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event_american_precariat.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240227T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20231220T202344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231220T202344Z UID:10000338-1709056800-1709064000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series DESCRIPTION:Session 3: Detoxing Masculinity\nIssues related to gender and sexuality continue to be paramount in many areas\, including politics\, law\, health care\, parenting\, identity\, and social justice. 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 book bans\, transgender rights\, and masculinity. \nMany experts agree that the men and boys of the United States are not ok. By many measures they are falling behind and many of the impacts are less widely talked about. 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. Hamline Professor Ryan Jerome LeCount will talk about masculinity and its social expression\, particularly in the area of politics and social change in Minnesota and the United States. He will be joined by author Jeremy Norton\, who recently published Trauma Sponges\, a first-hand account of his experience working as an EMT in the emergency response sector\, and what it means for a male-dominated industry to be both full of bravura heroics and deal with intense trauma on a daily basis. \nWhat you can expect from this series: \n\nScholars\, experts\, community members\, and authors will share what the landscape looks like nationally and in Minnesota\, as well as talk about their personal experiences and perspectives. \nEach session will have a resource list of articles\, books\, and organizations to help you gain a deeper understanding of the issues at hand.\nEngage in small and large group discussions as well as exploring ways to effect change and take action.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration is required. There is no cost to attend; sign up for one or all three sessions. Each session will take place virtually; a zoom link will be sent closer to the date of the session. \nEducators can receive CEU’s for attending. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/gender-and-sexuality-session-three/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Online,Online,Professional Development,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/event_refraction_gender_sexuality.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20231220T202246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231220T202246Z UID:10000336-1708452000-1708459200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series DESCRIPTION:Session 2: Transgender Justice\nIssues related to gender and sexuality continue to be paramount in many areas\, including politics\, law\, health care\, parenting\, identity\, and social justice. 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 book bans\, transgender rights\, and masculinity. \nIn this session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series\, our speakers will help to set the stage on the current landscape of transgender rights and issues nationally\, and what is happening specifically within Minnesota. Brittany Stewart from Gender Justice\, a Minnesota based organization advancing gender equity through the law\, will be joined by Máel Embser-Herbert\, professor emeritus\, U.S. Army Veteran and an editor of With Honor and Integrity: Transgender Troops in Their Own Words\, which shares personal stories from transgender people fighting for their right to serve in the U.S. military. \nWhat you can expect from this series: \n\nScholars\, experts\, community members\, and authors will share what the landscape looks like nationally and in Minnesota\, as well as talk about their personal experiences and perspectives. \nEach session will have a resource list of articles\, books\, and organizations to help you gain a deeper understanding of the issues at hand.\nEngage in small and large group discussions as well as exploring ways to effect change and take action.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration is required. There is no cost to attend; sign up for one or all three sessions. Each session will take place virtually; a zoom link will be sent closer to the date of the session. \nEducators can receive CEU’s for attending. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/gender-sexuality-session-two/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Online,Online,Professional Development,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/event_refraction_gender_sexuality.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20231220T202205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T224407Z UID:10000335-1707847200-1707854400@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series DESCRIPTION:Session 1: Book Bans and the Freedom to Read\nIssues related to gender and sexuality continue to be paramount in many areas\, including politics\, law\, health care\, parenting\, identity\, and social justice. 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 book bans\, transgender rights\, and masculinity. \nBooks continue to be banned or challenged across the nation\, and Minnesota is not exempt in that respect. Book bans have risen by a third over the past year in public schools\, and many of these bans are targeting LGBTQ+ characters\, themes\, and intersectional identities. This session of Refraction: A Gender and Sexuality Discussion Series will examine the controversy over sexuality and book bans and provide an opportunity to hear directly from authors whose work has been challenged. Quatrefoil Library\, a library and queer gathering space in the Twin Cities\, will be in conversation with J.J. Austrian\, author of Worm Loves Worm\, Trung Le Nguyen\, author of The Magic Fish\, and Junauda Petrus\, author of The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. \nWhat you can expect from this series: \n\nScholars\, experts\, community members\, and authors will share what the landscape looks like nationally and in Minnesota\, as well as talk about their personal experiences and perspectives. \nEach session will have a resource list of articles\, books\, and organizations to help you gain a deeper understanding of the issues at hand.\nEngage in small and large group discussions as well as exploring ways to effect change and take action.\n\nRegistration\nRegistration is required. There is no cost to attend; sign up for one or all three sessions. Each session will take place virtually; a zoom link will be sent closer to the date of the session. \nEducators can receive CEU’s for attending. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/gender-sexuality-session-one/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Online,Online,Professional Development,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/event_refraction_gender_sexuality.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231207T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20231109T210002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T131603Z UID:10000389-1701972000-1701979200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul & Online - Minnesota Writers Series: Trauma Sponges DESCRIPTION:The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Jeremy Norton\, author of “Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response” for a hybrid in-person and virtual event. Norton will use excerpts from his new book\, published by University of Minnesota Press\, to spark conversations with his co-panelists\, Jeanelle Austin from the George Floyd Global Memorial\, and attorney and police-reform activist Abigail Cerra. The three will explore topics ranging from racial inequality to mental health to toxic masculinity for a conversation titled\, “Witness and Testify: Towards a More Just Community.” \nThe Minnesota Writers Series is thankful for partners doing similarly aligned work supporting a diversity of Minnesota voices\, like our community partner for this event\, the MN Black Authors Expo: Leading\, promoting and showcasing MN Black Authors. \nAbout the book:\nIn this remarkable memoir\, Jeremy Norton marshals twenty-two years of professional experience to offer\, with compassion and critique\, an extraordinary portrayal of emergency responders. Trauma Sponges captures in arresting detail the personal and social toll the job exacts\, as well as the unique perspective afforded by sustained direct encounters with the sick\, the dying\, and the dead. \n“While many bear witness to injustice and decide that silence best serves their privilege\, some use their privilege to dismantle the inequities that created the disparities in the first place. Jeremy Norton is the latter.”\n—Dr. Michele Harper\, author of The Beauty in Breaking \nAbout the author:\nJeremy Norton has been a firefighter/EMT with the Minneapolis Fire Department since 2000; he was promoted to captain in 2007 and heads Station 17 in south Minneapolis. Born and raised in Washington\, D.C.\, he received a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree in creative writing from Boston University. After teaching high school in Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, Norton moved to Minneapolis\, where he taught creative writing at the Loft Literary Center before joining the MFD. \nRegistration\nThis event is free but registration is required. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-trauma-sponges/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Online,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mn_writers_series_trauma_sponges.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230831T204229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T131552Z UID:10000382-1700161200-1700168400@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Red Wing - Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX DESCRIPTION:The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Sheri Brenden\, author of “Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX” in a conversation with her sister\, Peg Brenden\, one of the St. Cloud student athletes behind the groundbreaking 1972 federal court case that took on the unequal system of school athletics nationwide. The event will take place in coordination with our partners at Anderson Center at Tower View\, as part of their Books in the Barn series. \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing following the reading\, courtesy of Fair Trade Books. \nRegistration is required for this in-person event in Red Wing. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/break-point-title-ix/ LOCATION:Anderson Center at Tower View\, 163 Tower View Drive\, Red Wing\, MN\, 55066\, United States CATEGORIES:Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/event_mn_writers_series_break_point.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231104T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231104T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230906T193334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231101T175709Z UID:10000385-1699119000-1699128000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Poetry Sparks! Book Discussion and Open Mic with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate\, Gwen Nell Westerman DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-part event\, a book launch of Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman’s new collection\, “Songs\, Blood Deep”\, followed by an Open Mic! Poet and author Heid Erdrich will engage Gwen in conversation about her new collection\, and what the role of the Poet Laureate has meant for her. Their discussion will be followed by an all-ages Open Mic emceed by former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate\, Chavah Gabrielle. Hear Gwen\, Heid\, and Chavah read some of their work\, and then take the stage yourself to read or perform! \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing after the Open Mic. This event is free\, however registration is required; a light dinner will be provided. If you would like to read a poem during the open mic\, email Corey China at corey@mnhum.org to be added to the program! \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nSOLD OUT – REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/poetry-sparks-open-mic-night/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Free,Kid Friendly,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/event_open_mic_book_discussion.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231021T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231021T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230629T142428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T132222Z UID:10000373-1697909400-1697916600@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Veterans Voices Month Celebration DESCRIPTION:October is Veterans Voices Month in Minnesota. Veterans and civilians are invited to gather at Minnesota Humanities Center for a dinner and poetry reading honoring the experiences of those serving the U.S. military from the margins\, including women\, immigrants\, LGBTQ individuals\, Black\, and American Indian service members among others. This event will kick off the MHC’s upcoming NEH-funded series\, “Examining Military Service From the Margins.” Following dinner and a sneak peek into MHC’s plans to diversify how we think of military history and service\, U.S. Army Veteran poet Jessi M. Atherton\, who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom\, will read from her new collection\, The Time War Takes. This free event is part of the Minnesota Writers Series and Many Fronts: Veteran and Community Voices initiatives. \nSCHEDULE:\n5:30-6:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony and Remarks\n6:00 p.m. Dinner\n6:30-7:30 p.m. Poetry reading and discussion \nRegistration\nWhen registering\, please note whether you plan to attend both the dinner and poetry reading\, or just one or the other. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/veterans-voices-month-celebration/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Many Fronts,Public Programming,Veterans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/event_mws_time_war_takes.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230901T195851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T134121Z UID:10000383-1697220000-1697227200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Are you a young person (13-19 years of age) who writes poetry or aspires to start writing poetry? Do you want to connect with other youth writers? Then join us for the Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman\, and former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate\, Chavah Gabrielle. During this virtual session\, you’ll have a chance to work with Gwen and Chavah to create a new piece of writing\, or workshop a piece you’ve been developing. You’ll also get a chance to read aloud and practice performing some poetry. We hope that once you’ve perfected your piece\, you’ll sign up for the Youth Voices Open Mic evening on November 4th. Grab a friend and pen some lines with the Laureates! \nThis event is free however registration is required; participants must 13-19 years of age*. \n(We are also holding an in-person session on October 6\, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Sign up for one or both!) \n*Youth is ages 13-19 as defined by the National Youth Poet Laureate organization. URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/online-poetry-sparks-youth-writing-workshop/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Kid Friendly,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Online,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/event_youth_writing_workshop.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231006T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231006T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230906T193338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T193338Z UID:10000386-1696613400-1696622400@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Are you a young person (13-19 years of age) who writes poetry or aspires to start writing poetry? Do you want to connect with other youth writers? Then join us for the Poetry Sparks! Youth Writing Workshop with Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman\, and former St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate Chavah Gabrielle. During this in-person session\, you’ll have a chance to work with Gwen and Chavah to create a new piece of writing\, or workshop a piece you’ve been developing. You’ll also get a chance to read aloud and practice performing some poetry. We hope that once you’ve perfected your piece\, you’ll sign up for the Youth Voices Open Mic evening on November 4th. Grab a friend and pen some lines with the Laureates! \nThis event is free however registration is required; a light dinner will be provided; participants must 13-19 years of age*. \n(We are also holding a virtual option on October 13\, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. over Zoom – sign up for one or both!) \n*Youth is ages 13-19 as defined by the National Youth Poet Laureate organization. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/poetry-sparks-youth-writing-workshop/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Kid Friendly,Minnesota's Poet Laureate,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/event_youth_writing_workshop.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230724T165828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T131543Z UID:10000376-1695920400-1695927600@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Cloud - Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX DESCRIPTION:The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Sheri Brenden\, author of “Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX” in a conversation with her sister\, Peg Brenden\, one of the St. Cloud student athletes behind the groundbreaking 1972 federal court case that took on the unequal system of school athletics nationwide. The event will take place in the former high school gym\, now converted into St. Cloud city council chambers. Mayor Dave Kleis will provide a welcome. Co-sponsored by the Minnesota Coalition of Women in Athletic Leadership and the Stearns County Museum. Registration is required for this in-person event. \nCan’t make it to the St. Cloud event for Break Point? Join the Brenden sisters in Red Wing in November in conjunction with the Anderson Center at Tower View’s Books in the Barn series. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nRegister Now URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-break-point/ LOCATION:St. Cloud City Hall\, 1201 7th Street South\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56301\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Greater Minnesota,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/event_mn_writers_series_break_point.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230805T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230805T150000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230628T182118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250721T203804Z UID:10000371-1691240400-1691247600@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Minnesota Writers Series: Rose McGee Children's Book Release DESCRIPTION:Minnesota Humanities Center\, in partnership with Minnesota Historical Society Press\, is pleased to host the launch of Rose McGee’s new children’s book\, “Can’t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama!” The author and the book’s illustrator\, Christopheraaron Deanes\, will read from the book and participate in a moderated discussion around themes related to food and family. Freddie Bell\, KMOJ radio personality and Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee\, will moderate the discussion. The author and illustrator will be available for a book signing and discussion at a reception following the event. Books will be available for purchase from Black Garnet Books. Part of the Minnesota Writers Series. \nAbout the Book\nIn Rose McGee’s charming picture book (3-7 age range)\, young Marie and Landon think that their grandmother\, “Mama\,” makes the best sweet potato pies ever. The twins sometimes wonder if there might be some magic involved. Neighbors dealing with bad news or struggling with loss stop by for a slice. Sharing the pies—their sweet aroma\, their familiar texture—in Mama’s warm home brings them comfort. The twins marvel at the neighbors’ transformation. Maybe\, the twins realize\, the magic isn’t in the pies. Maybe it’s in their mama. \nAbout the Author and Illustrator\nRose McGee’s touching story expands on her own work building community and relationships through her “baketivism” as the leader of the nonprofit Sweet Potato Comfort Pie. She is a well-known facilitator\, the playwright behind “Kumbayah: The Juneteenth Story\,” one of Minnesota’s 50 Over 50\, and a 2019 Bush Fellow. Her work has been featured in the national PBS documentary\, “A Few Good Pie Places\,” and in the TEDx Talk\, “The Power of Pie.” \nChristopheraaron Deanes is an artist and educator working to build creative equitable spaces that support and engage communities. As an artist\, Christopheraaron is represented in local galleries and has created metal enamel sculptures as well as murals sited throughout the Twin Cities. As an educator\, he works in the administration offices at Fridley Public Schools and with communities of color around Minneapolis and St. Paul. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife\, Cara\, and five amazing children. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-rose-mcgee-childrens-book-release/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Kid Friendly,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/event_mn_writers_rose_mcgee.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230712T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230712T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230216T145313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T131521Z UID:10000289-1689183000-1689190200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Duluth - Minnesota Writers Series: The Sky Watched DESCRIPTION:Author and poet Linda LeGarde Grover will be joining the Minnesota Writers Series for a special event in Duluth. In addition to reading selections from her recently re-released collection\, The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives (University of Minnesota Press\, 2022)\, Grover will also join in conversation with Dr. Jill M. Doerfler\, head of American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth\, about the joys and complexities of leading a life devoted to writing and poetry\, and the ways in which poetry has connected her further to her Native culture. In celebration of poets at all stages of their writing journey\, during the second half of the event\, members of the audience will be invited to share their own poetry as time allows. Co-sponsored by the American Indian Community Housing Organization\, also the host site for this event. \nAbout the book: The Sky Watched is a collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community\, from creation myth to this day\, updated with new poems. The collection gives poetic voice\, in English and Ojibwe\, those assembled here—voices of history\, of memory and experience\, of children and elders\, Indian boarding school students\, tribal storytellers\, and the Manidoog\, the unseen beings who surround our lives—come together to create a collective memoir in poetry as expansive and particular as the starry sky. \nAbout the author: Linda LeGarde Grover is professor emerita of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Her books The Road Back to Sweetgrass\, Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year\, In the Night of Memory\, and Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong\, all from Minnesota\, have earned numerous awards\, including the Native Writers Circle of the Americas First Book Award; Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards for poetry\, memoir\, and fiction; and a Minnesota Book Award for memoir and creative nonfiction. Her book of stories The Dance Boots received the Flannery O’Connor Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. \nAbout the moderator: Jill Doerfler is a professor and department head of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her primary area of scholarly interest is American Indian identity with a focus on Anishinaabe citizenship. \nRegistration\nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-sky-watched/ LOCATION:American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO)\, 202 West 2nd Street\, Duluth\, MN\, 55802\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Greater Minnesota,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/event_mn_writers_series_sky_watched.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T180000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230329T153105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T173003Z UID:10000352-1682089200-1682100000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Poetry Sparks! DESCRIPTION:In celebration of National Poetry Month\, join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman\, at a poetry gathering just for poets. Hear about Gwen’s vision for poetry across the state\, get connected to other poets\, and let your creativity loose with some writing time. Stay after for a casual group meal\, and we’ll send you home feeling inspired\, centered\, and reinvigorated. We’ll provide the pens and the paper – bring yourself and come Spark! poetry connection and creativity with us! \n3:00 p.m. Event start\n6:00 p.m. Event close/Dinner served \nRegistration\nThis event is free but registration is required. Dinner after the event will be provided. Please note that this event is for poets only. \nCOVID-19 Policy: to help keep our artists safe\, all audience members are required to be masked inside the venue during the event regardless of vaccination status. Masks will not be required after the event while dinner is being served. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org | MHC Cancellation Policy \nRegistration for this event has closed. \nWant to know more about Minnesota’s Poet Laureate?\nLearn more about Gwen Nell Westerman and the history of Minnesota’s Poet Laureate.\n \nLearn More URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/poetry-sparks/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/event_poetry_sparks.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230331T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230331T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20230208T214811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T131511Z UID:10000282-1680289200-1680296400@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Minnesota Writers Series: Wild Things DESCRIPTION:Join us on Trans Day of Visibility for a conversation with author Lynette Reini-Grandell\, author of “Wild Things: A Trans Glam Punk Rock Love Story\,” in a deeply personal conversation with her trans spouse\, Venus de Mars. The two will discuss the themes and stories in the book\, which follows the two through the art\, literary\, and indie rock worlds of Minneapolis and New York in the 1990s and early 2000s as they learn\, change\, and grow together\, navigating the transition\, the communities they found\, and the hostility they faced. Part of the Minnesota Writers Series. Sponsored by RECLAIM\, whose mission is to increase access to mental health care so queer and trans youth may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms. \nAbout the Author\nLynette Reini-Grandell is the author of “Wild Verge” (Holy Cow! Press\, 2018)\, “Approaching the Gate” (Holy Cow! Press\, 2014)\, and the forthcoming memoir\, “Wild Things: A Trans Glam Punk Rock Love Story” (Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2023). Other work has appeared in Alligator Juniper\, The Understanding between Foxes and Light\, Poetry Motel\, Revolver\, Poetry City U.S.A.\, and Seminary Ridge Review\, among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart and received grants for her work from the Finlandia Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She performs with the Bosso Poetry Company and the jazz/poetry collective Sonoglyph. Her work is often inspired by Finnish folk culture and song\, and she frequently collaborates with Nordic Roots artists in multimedia performances. She lives in Minneapolis on the ancestral homeland of the Dakota people. \nRegistration\nIf cost is a barrier\, please contact Jessica Rust at jessica@mnhum.org before registering. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org | MHC Cancellation Policy \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-wild-things/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/event_mn_writers_series_wild_things.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T153000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20220504T053020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230210T201020Z UID:10000255-1676106000-1676129400@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Latine Hxstory and the Xican@ Pop-Up Book Movement DESCRIPTION:This workshop will introduce teachers to the Xican@ Pop-Up Book (XPUB) movement that was developed by Dr. Elias Serna and John Avalos Rios as a response to the dismantling of the Mexican American Studies (MAS) Department in Tucson\, Arizona. Participants will learn about the hxstorical significance of the XPUB movement in teaching hxstory in US schools that improves academics for Latine students\, as well as associated controversies. In group discussion and hands-on activities\, teachers will learn about incorporating the XPUB framework to teach Latine history and topics that are important to the community but are often left out of school curriculum\, such as the 1968 East L.A. Walkouts\, and the landmark case Mendez v. Westminster. Participants will also have an opportunity to explore how to use the pop-up book framework broadly in their classroom to transform curriculum and increase student engagement. \nScholar definitions: \n*Hxstory is used to acknowledge the untold hxstories and the collective push to reclaim the lost\n**The Xican@ Pop Up book (XPUB) Framework was designed to teach history and stories from students and community perspectives\n***Latine is used instead of the Spanish use of masculine “o\,” to include people of all genders \nScholar and Teacher Kleber Ortiz\, Latino immigrant from Ecuador\, is an instructor in the School of Education at Minneapolis College and adjunct professor at Hamline University. He has worked in the Education field for over 15 years\, his teaching experiences include middle school\, high school\, post secondary\, curriculum development and teacher professional development\, planning and implementation. He has lead workshops at various events that focus on Ethnic Studies\, Equity\, Latine History\, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy\, Critical Literacy and closing the Opportunity Gap. \nLead Teacher Natalia Benjamin taught high school Ethnic Studies and Multilingual Learners in Rochester\, MN for 7 years where she currently works as the Coordinator for Multilingual Learning. She is dually licensed in K-12 ESL and reading\, and was named the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Natalia is passionate about the liberation of marginalized students and focuses on advocacy for multilingual/multicultural education\, identity work\, Heritage Speakers\, language justice\, and student-centered humanizing pedagogies. She is committed to teacher development and teaches a course for educators on Race and Ethnic Studies in Heritage/Bilingual education at UW-Whitewater as a guest professor. \nRegistration\nIf cost is a barrier\, please contact Jessica Rust at jessica@mnhum.org before registering. Members of Minnesota’s Latino/a/x/e community are welcome to register using promo code LATINE to waive the fee if they wish. \nK-12 educators will receive 6 clock hours. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org | MHC Cancellation Policy \n  \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/latine-hxstory/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/event_educator_institute.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20221201T161803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T131457Z UID:10000327-1675882800-1675888200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Minnesota Writers Series: The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Book Launch DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the release of David Mura’s new book\, “The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives”\, released in January of 2023 by University of Minnesota Press. Following a reading of selections from the new book\, Mura will be joined by best-selling author and President of Innocent Technologies Alexs Pate for a discussion on the issues of race\, history and education. A book signing will follow the talk. Part of the Minnesota Writers Series. Co-sponsored by University of Minnesota Press. \nAbout the book: From the country’s founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020\, Mura’s new book unmasks how white stories about race attempt to erase the brutality of the past and underpin systemic racism in the present. Mura shows how deeply we need to change our racial narratives to dissolve the myth of Whiteness and fully acknowledge the experiences of Black Americans. Poet Douglas Kearney has said of Mura’s new book that it “offers what so many Americans claim they want: a rigorous education in perceiving themselves stripped of their dearest myths.” \nAbout the author: David Mura is a poet\, writer of creative nonfiction and fiction\, critic\, and playwright. He is author of “A Stranger’s Journey: Race\, Identity\, and Narrative Craft in Writing” and the memoirs “Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei” and “Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race\, Sexuality\, and Identity”. He is coeditor\, with Carolyn Holbrook\, of “We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World” (2021). He lives in Minneapolis. \nRegistration\nThis event is free\, but registration is required. \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-stories-whiteness/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/event_mn_writers_series_david_mura.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230201T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230201T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20221208T215824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T143634Z UID:10000334-1675272600-1675279800@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Woman Life Freedom (3 part series) DESCRIPTION:Illustration by Roshi Rouzbehani \n*$30 is the fee for all three sessions. Participants must attend all three sessions. \nThis winter\, MHC will be hosting a timely virtual course\, Woman\, Life\, Freedom: The Iranian Women’s Revolution in Transnational Context\, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato. The Iranian Feminist Movement of the moment is the first female-led movement in the Middle East and the world\, which received global support and transnational solidarities\, and incited several national and regional feminist resistance movements in Afghanistan\, Turkey\, India\, and more. Understanding this movement can change our knowledge of the “other women” and how we perceive them in America and will challenge how we locate our feminist demand here in Minnesota. \nThis virtual course will meet for three weeks\, and participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture\, women’s rights in Iran\, and the current women’s revolution\, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Key speakers will also be involved in each session to contribute their perspectives and engage participants in conversation. \nYalda Hamidi (She/Her/Hers) is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University Mankato and a member of the Ms. Committee of Scholars. She identifies as a teacher\, mentor\, storyteller\, sister\, and auntie. At MNSU Mankato\, Yalda teaches transnational feminism\, feminist pedagogy\, and queer identities courses. In her research\, she writes about the importance of politics of location for understanding the feminism/s of non-white and non-Western women. Yalda’s non-academic work strives to share the stories of Iranian women championing and fighting intersectional systems of oppression. \nView Full Bio \nSchedule:\nJanuary 18\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.\nJanuary 25\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.\nFebruary 1\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. \nRegistration\n*$30 is the fee for all three sessions. If cost is a barrier\, please contact Jessica Rust at jessica@mnhum.org. \nParticipants must attend all three sessions. Educators will receive 6 CEUs for this course. All are welcome to participate. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org | MHC Cancellation Policy \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/online-woman-life-freedom/2023-02-01/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Civic Renewal,Many Fronts,Professional Development,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/event_woman_life_freedom.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20221208T215824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T143634Z UID:10000333-1674667800-1674675000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Woman Life Freedom (3 part series) DESCRIPTION:Illustration by Roshi Rouzbehani \n*$30 is the fee for all three sessions. Participants must attend all three sessions. \nThis winter\, MHC will be hosting a timely virtual course\, Woman\, Life\, Freedom: The Iranian Women’s Revolution in Transnational Context\, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato. The Iranian Feminist Movement of the moment is the first female-led movement in the Middle East and the world\, which received global support and transnational solidarities\, and incited several national and regional feminist resistance movements in Afghanistan\, Turkey\, India\, and more. Understanding this movement can change our knowledge of the “other women” and how we perceive them in America and will challenge how we locate our feminist demand here in Minnesota. \nThis virtual course will meet for three weeks\, and participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture\, women’s rights in Iran\, and the current women’s revolution\, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Key speakers will also be involved in each session to contribute their perspectives and engage participants in conversation. \nYalda Hamidi (She/Her/Hers) is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University Mankato and a member of the Ms. Committee of Scholars. She identifies as a teacher\, mentor\, storyteller\, sister\, and auntie. At MNSU Mankato\, Yalda teaches transnational feminism\, feminist pedagogy\, and queer identities courses. In her research\, she writes about the importance of politics of location for understanding the feminism/s of non-white and non-Western women. Yalda’s non-academic work strives to share the stories of Iranian women championing and fighting intersectional systems of oppression. \nView Full Bio \nSchedule:\nJanuary 18\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.\nJanuary 25\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.\nFebruary 1\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. \nRegistration\n*$30 is the fee for all three sessions. If cost is a barrier\, please contact Jessica Rust at jessica@mnhum.org. \nParticipants must attend all three sessions. Educators will receive 6 CEUs for this course. All are welcome to participate. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org | MHC Cancellation Policy \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/online-woman-life-freedom/2023-01-25/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Civic Renewal,Many Fronts,Professional Development,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/event_woman_life_freedom.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20221208T215824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T143634Z UID:10000332-1674063000-1674070200@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:Online - Woman Life Freedom (3 part series) DESCRIPTION:Illustration by Roshi Rouzbehani \n*$30 is the fee for all three sessions. Participants must attend all three sessions. \nThis winter\, MHC will be hosting a timely virtual course\, Woman\, Life\, Freedom: The Iranian Women’s Revolution in Transnational Context\, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato. The Iranian Feminist Movement of the moment is the first female-led movement in the Middle East and the world\, which received global support and transnational solidarities\, and incited several national and regional feminist resistance movements in Afghanistan\, Turkey\, India\, and more. Understanding this movement can change our knowledge of the “other women” and how we perceive them in America and will challenge how we locate our feminist demand here in Minnesota. \nThis virtual course will meet for three weeks\, and participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture\, women’s rights in Iran\, and the current women’s revolution\, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Key speakers will also be involved in each session to contribute their perspectives and engage participants in conversation. \nYalda Hamidi (She/Her/Hers) is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University Mankato and a member of the Ms. Committee of Scholars. She identifies as a teacher\, mentor\, storyteller\, sister\, and auntie. At MNSU Mankato\, Yalda teaches transnational feminism\, feminist pedagogy\, and queer identities courses. In her research\, she writes about the importance of politics of location for understanding the feminism/s of non-white and non-Western women. Yalda’s non-academic work strives to share the stories of Iranian women championing and fighting intersectional systems of oppression. \nView Full Bio \nSchedule:\nJanuary 18\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.\nJanuary 25\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m.\nFebruary 1\, 2023 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. \nRegistration\n*$30 is the fee for all three sessions. If cost is a barrier\, please contact Jessica Rust at jessica@mnhum.org. \nParticipants must attend all three sessions. Educators will receive 6 CEUs for this course. All are welcome to participate. \nRegistration Questions: registrations@mnhum.org | MHC Cancellation Policy \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/online-woman-life-freedom/2023-01-18/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Civic Renewal,Many Fronts,Professional Development,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/event_woman_life_freedom.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221210T160000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20221109T211519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T132134Z UID:10000325-1670680800-1670688000@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Minnesota Writers Series: The Latitude of a Mercy DESCRIPTION:Poet Stefan Lovasik is the next featured author in our new Minnesota Writers Series. Lovasik\, a Viet Nam combat veteran\, has published three poetry collections. His most recent\, The Latitude of a Mercy\, was published by New York Quarterly Books. His work has appeared in national magazines such as American Literary Review\, Consequence and New York Quarterly. He is a facilitator for Warrior Writers-Twin Cities and a staff editor for Pedestal Magazine. Lovasik’s work brings into striking focus the landscape of war; the lasting physical\, moral and psychological consequences of it; and the resilience of the human spirit. He will discuss his latest collection\, the power of writing as a tool for healing\, and his work on his upcoming memoir. Introducing the poet and doing her own reading will be fellow Veteran Chante Wolfe\, who is part of a Warriors Writers group with Lovasik. \nCo-sponsored by Veterans For Peace. \nRegistration\nThis event is free\, but registration is required. \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-latitude-mercy/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Many Fronts,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/event_mn_writers_series_latitude.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220929T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220929T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T005906 CREATED:20220812T123025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T132113Z UID:10000314-1664474400-1664481600@www.mnhum.org SUMMARY:St. Paul - Minnesota Writers Series: After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief DESCRIPTION:The Minnesota Humanities Center welcomes the next author in our Minnesota Writers Series\, Andrea Gilats\, who will be reading from her book\, “After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief.” In addition to talking about her own experience with grief following the death of her husband\, Gilats will also discuss how the process of writing helped with her own healing and understanding. Following the reading\, the author will be joined by Dr. Ben Trappey\, co-director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Art of Medicine (CFAM)\, for a discussion on complicated grief and the healing benefits of writing\, both physical and emotional. \nRegistration\nWhile this program is free and open to all with registration\, part of the CFAM’s mission is to cultivate creativity\, curiosity and empathy in physicians and physicians-in-training through the arts and humanities. Medical professionals in attendance will have the opportunity to discuss their own complicated relationships with grief\, perhaps intensified during our pandemic-ravaged world of loss and isolation. \nA reception with heavy appetizers will begin at 6 p.m.\, followed by the talk from 6:30-8 p.m. \nREGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED URL:https://www.mnhum.org/event/mn-writers-series-after-effects/ LOCATION:Minnesota Humanities Event Center\, 987 Ivy Avenue East\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States CATEGORIES:Books, Poetry, and Literature,Free,Minnesota Writers Series,Public Programming,Public Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mnhum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/event_mn_writers_series_after_effects.png ORGANIZER;CN="Corey China":MAILTO:corey@mnhum.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR