Book event
Book Reading and Author Q&A with Dr. Kou Yang, Sayaboury: Land of a Million Elephants
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesIn collaboration with the Hmong Archives and Hmong Educational Resources, the East Side Freedom Library invites you to meet Dr. Kou Yang, who will present his new book Sayaboury: Land of a Million Elephants, on Friday, July 5th at 7pm. Sayahoury: Land of a Million Elephants After being away from the province for over 43 […]
Celebrating the Publication of Reinventing the People’s Library
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to celebrate the publication of Reinventing the People’s Library and learn about this project from the author Greg Gaut Thursday, July 18th, 2019, 7PM Reinventing the People’s Library traces the history of the Arlington Hills Public Library, one of the branches of the St. Paul Public Library funded […]
History Revealed: Queer Voices
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library and Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to the next author event in our series HISTORY REVEALED QUEER VOICES Thursday, August 1, 2019, 7pm Since its beginnings in 1993, the Queer Voices reading series has featured both emerging and established Minnesota-based writers of the LGBTQIA+ community. With a track record […]
Book Geek Happy Hour(s)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesARE YOU THIRSTING FOR SOME TIME TO READ AND A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE READING? The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our Book Geek Happy Hour(s) Sunday, August 4th, 4 to 6PM Please join your friends, neighbors, collaborators, and, of course, Orso, the Library Dog Bring a book or find a book […]
Make Baskets, Not War: Two New Books for the Struggle
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMake Baskets, Not War: Two New Books for the Struggle Presentation and Discussion with Contemporary Writers Theresa Warburton and Josh Cerretti Monday, August 12, 2019, 7pm Join us to celebrate the release of two […]
History Revealed: The Children of Lincoln
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library and Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to the next author event in their series HISTORY REVEALED Bill Green, Professor of History, Augsburg University will present and discuss his new book The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860-1876 Thursday, September 5, 2019, 7pm […]
Saint Paul Almanac Reading: Resistance and Resilience
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Saint Paul Almanac invite you to Come listen to your stories Saint Paul Almanac Reading: Resistance and Resilience Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 7PM Saint Paul Almanac: Resistance and Resilience is a collection of essays, memoirs, poems, and visual images that reflect lives and times in our own communities. […]
Launch of Kao Kalia Yang’s “A Map into the World”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin ESFL and SubText Books for the launch of Kao Kalia Yang's debut children's book "A Map into the World." A heartfelt story of a young girl seeking beauty and connection in a busy world. As the seasons change, so too does a young Hmong girl’s world. She moves into a new home with her […]
Conversation with Labor Historian & Activist Scholar Peter Cole
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with labor historian and activist scholar, Peter Cole, Professor of History, Western Illinois University, presenting his new book DOCKWORKER POWER. Dockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today's globalizing economy, workers in the world's ports can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, […]
Discussion with Author Aaron Bobrow-Strain
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a discussion with author Aaron Bobrow-Strain about his new book THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later, Aida’s mother took her and […]
Book Geek Happy Hour(s)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesARE YOU THIRSTING FOR SOME TIME TO READ AND A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE READING? The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our Book Geek Happy Hour(s) Sunday, October 6th, 4 to 6PM Please join your friends, neighbors, collaborators, and, of course, Orso, the Library Dog Bring a book or find a book […]
Book Reading and Author Q&A: Nuj Yob: The Hmong Jungle Book
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A Special Evening with Ola Larsmo (Walking Tour + Reading)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the University of Minnesota Press invite you to a special event, featuring Swedish author Ola Larsmo and his new book SWEDE HOLLOW: A NOVEL Thursday, October 10, 2019 4:30pm – A Walking Tour of the Immigrant History of the East Side 6:30pm – A Reading and Book-Signing with Ola […]
History Revealed: Relentless Business of Treaties with Author Martin Case
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNovember 7th, 2019, 7:00pm - 8:30pm The story of “western expansion” is a familiar one: US government agents, through duplicity and force, persuaded Native Americans to sign treaties that gave away their rights to the land. But this framing, argues Martin Case, hides a deeper story. Land cession treaties were essentially the act of supplanting […]
Mohamed’s Dream: A Book and a Look at a Difficult but Hopeful Piece of St. Paul History
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMohamed Fofana was one of two 10-year-olds killed in a landslide May 22, 2013 during a fossil-hunting trip to Saint Paul's Lilydale Park. His family and other community members are working to complete a West African school and medical clinic that honors his wishes to help others expressed in drawings and a school report done […]
A Clan of Our Own: Coming Out Experiences of Gay Hmong Men
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, November 20, 2019, 7pm Growing up as a gay Hmong, Brian Xiong couldn’t find any gay books written about gay Hmong coming out experiences, or just gay Hmong representation in general. He remembers checking out gay resource books from Minneapolis Public Library, City Pages newspaper, or gay lifestyle stories online during his high school […]
A Conversation with Jay Weiner: “Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, the University of Minnesota Press, and the University of Minnesota History Department invite you to a special book event, honoring our mentor and friend, the late Professor Hy Berman Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota's Greatest Public Historian A Conversation with Jay Weiner Monday, November 25, 2019, 7pm Hy Berman (1925–2015) […]
Readings from “What God is Honored Here?”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWhat God Is Honored Here? is a literary collection of voices of Indigenous women and women of color who have undergone miscarriage and infant loss, experiences that disproportionately affect women who have often been cast toward the margins in the U.S. Powerfully and with brutal honesty, they write about what it means to reclaim life […]
History Revealed: Slavery’s Reach
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to a presentation and discussion of Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State, featuring historian Christopher Lehman in the ongoing series, “History Revealed." Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7pm From the 1840s through the end of the Civil War, leading Minnesotans invited slaveholders and […]
The Life of Swede Hollow: A Pictorial History with authors Angela and Karin DuPaul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, December 11, 2019, 6:30pm This book is the result of a labor of love. Mother and daughter, Karin and Angela DuPaul will explain how they fell in love with Swede Hollow. They dedicated years of their work to the transformation, renewal, and restoration of this urban park. And now, with help from Marilyn McGriff, […]