St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Book Launch

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

Join us on Wednesday, February 8, to celebrate 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 his friend and fellow writer Alexs Pate for a discussion on dismantling the myth of whiteness.

Free

Mankato and Online – Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Care for #WomanLifeFreedom

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

Recent events and protests in Iran have catapulted human rights and feminist issues onto the world stage, and yet these movements in Iran are not new. Join Dr. Yalda Hamidi (Minnesota State University, Mankato) and a special guest panel as they reflect on the Iranian feminist revolution of 2022 and the politics of solidarity, care, and transnational feminism.

Free

St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: Wild Things

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

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.

$10

St. Paul – Children’s Book Week Celebration

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

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a celebration on the lawn honoring Children’s Book Week, with guest author readings, book art workshops, story walks, games, crafts, book sales, and special giveaways.

Free

Duluth – Minnesota Writers Series: The Sky Watched

American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) 202 West 2nd Street, Duluth, MN, United States

Author and poet Linda LeGarde Grover joins the Minnesota Writers Series for a special event in Duluth for Poetry Month. In addition to reading selections from her recently re-released collection, The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives , Grover will also join in conversation with Dr. Jill M. Doerfler, head of American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Free

St. Paul – Minnesota Writers Series: Rose McGee Children’s Book Release

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

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!”

Free

St. Paul – National Read a Book Day

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

The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) invites book lovers of all ages to the lawn of MHC for a read-in gathering to celebrate National Read a Book Day. Bring the book of your choice, a blanket or chair, and join in celebration by reading in community.

Free

St. Cloud – Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

St. Cloud City Hall 1201 7th Street South, St. Cloud, MN, United States

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.

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St. Paul – Veterans Voices Month Celebration

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

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.

Free

Red Wing – Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

Anderson Center at Tower View 163 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN, United States

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.

Free

St. Paul & Online – Minnesota Writers Series: Trauma Sponges

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

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.

Free