Join us for Mixed Precipitation’s presentation of “The Tales of Hoffmann.” Future meets past as a traveling poet encounters ghosts, robots, magicians, and shape-shifting demons in pursuit of love and creativity! This contemporary music mashup features 90’s grunge, R&B, and opera classics.
Learn how to do more with less. The Minnesota Humanities Center, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, presents the LESSI Institute.
The Minnesota Humanities Center is excited to host a Headscarf Story Circle in partnership with the League of Women Voters Minnesota to commemorate the anniversary of Women’s Voting Rights.
African Light Book and Coffee Shop and author Teferi Tafa are pleased to announce the first annual Oromo Literature Festival, a community-centered literary event dedicated to celebrating Oromo literature, language, storytelling, and intellectual achievement.
As part of MHC's Summer on the Lawn series, Open Eye Theatre's Driveway Tour presents "Jeremy & The Giant King," an all-new, family friendly puppet show featuring two brothers, a storybook realm with many fantastic residents, and oh yes, one Giant King causing trouble!
The We the People Summer Institute is an immersive week-long institute will bring together educators from Minnesota and several other states to explore constitutional content, inquiry-based teaching strategies, and the nationally recognized We the People program.
Classical Actors Ensemble presents “The Tempest,” the bewitching tragicomedy about forgiveness, redemption, and growth as part of MHC's Summer on the Lawn series.
Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive, place-based learning experience that brings participants to sites of deep significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Through stories shared by Dakota community members, educators will engage with histories and perspectives that are often absent from our state’s narrative.
In this illustrated, hands-on workshop, Dr. Jeremy R. Brown brings the world of Ethiopic manuscripts to life, showing how much we can learn simply by looking closely. Images, materials, layout, and decorations tell stories about how these books were used, who made them, and why they mattered.
Join us for the Spring Metro Indian Education Gathering hosted at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Anyone connected to American Indian Education and/or American Indian students is welcome to attend.
Celebrate National Poetry Month at the Minnesota Humanities Center! In partnership with the East Side Arts Council, this free community gathering brings together a vibrant lineup of local poets sharing original work shaped by a range of perspectives and ways of seeing the world.
K-12 educators will receive 3 clock hours. The Teaching Bdote Educator Workshop is designed for educators who have attended or plan to attend Learning from Place: Bdote and are preparing to incorporate the experience into their classroom or to lead their own classroom field trip. Whether you are looking for a refresher or preparing for your first teacher-led trip, this workshop will provide the guidance, resources, and confidence you need.