By Michael Moore (Union Advocate) | March 3, 2020 Some 4,000 Twin Cities janitors walked off the job Feb. 27 for higher wages, paid sick days and other demands. HealthPartners brought 1,800 nurses, technicians and other caregivers at its metro-area clinics to the...
By Mary Ann Grossman | February 2, 2020 HARLEM RENAISSANCE: Literary Lights reading series celebrates Black History Month by honoring the Harlem Renaissance, with writers Hawona Sullivan-Janzen, Brenda Brown Bell, James Bernard Short, A. Rafael Johnson, Mary Moore...
January 31, 2020 On January 24, members of the CDH Boys Hockey team took advantage of the day off to visit the East Side Freedom Library for help with their History Day projects. Sophomores Drew Fisher, Kevin Odlaug, Gabe Rasmussen, Jake Sondreal and Zach Sondreal all...
Pamela Espeland | January 17, 2020 Wordplay authors, from left to right: Kate DiCamillo, Natalie Diaz, Samantha Irby and Jeff VanderMeer. Brrr! It’s a good day to look ahead to Saturday, May 9, when the second annual Wordplay festival will bring authors and book...
At the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Annual Board Meeting last week the MRAC Board of Directors announced and presented the 2017 Arts Achievement Awards. This year, the East Side Freedom Library was given a cash award of $5,000 for its outstanding achievements...