Lecture/discussion
From the Monkey Mountains: Listening Parties with The Bakken Trio and Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe Bakken Trio is teaming up with the highly-acclaimed puppetry ensemble Z Puppets Rosenschnoz to invite you to experience live classical music through new ears and eyes. At each of these free events at the […]
How Not to Save the Planet: A Conversation with Michael Goodhart
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFriday, February 28, 2020, 7PM With the ‘dire predictions’ of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report last October, the introduction of the Green New Deal in the new […]
History Revealed: She Voted
Thursday, March 5, 2020, 7pm Help us celebrate Women’s History Month with a preview of the in-progress Minnesota History Center exhibit. Learn what is in the works and have an […]
From the Monkey Mountains: Listening Parties with The Bakken Trio and Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe Bakken Trio is teaming up with the highly-acclaimed puppetry ensemble Z Puppets Rosenschnoz to invite you to experience live classical music through new ears and eyes. At each of these free events at the […]
Artist Talk Series: Chitra Vairavan In Conversation with Gabrielle Civil
MN, United StatesArtist Talk Series: Consent, Awakening, and Reclamation Conversations between Artists of Color and Indigenous Artists Gabrielle Civil joins Chitra Vairavan in conversation this month, to discuss liberatory performance […]
Virtual Event: Shannon Watts for “Fight Like a Mother”
Join SubText Books and East Side Freedom Library for a virtual event with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, on Friday, May 29th at 7:00pm. Watts will read and […]
Afro-Asian Enchantment
Join a conversation between Emma Sapong, an award-winning Liberian American journalist and writer, and Yuichiro Onishi. The Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) is collaborating with the East Side […]
“Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future” Tom O’Connell in Conversation with Ricardo Levins-Morales
How have crises created opportunities for progressive social change? What kinds of opportunities are being created by the crises we are experiencing now? What work is being done, on the […]
The Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement: An Introduction
This event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel on July 1st, 2020 at 7pm Most Americans are unaware or uninformed about the persistent public dissent of Hong […]
Virtual Screening and Discussion: Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
Join us to watch and discuss the film "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl: Immigrant Women in the Turn of the Century" This virtual event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook […]
Confederate Monuments, The Knights of Labor, and Working Class History
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with ESFL Co-Executive Director, Peter Rachleff, and SF Labor Video Project Director, Steve Zeltzer This virtual event will premiere on ESFL's […]
Putting the “Public” in Public Health: Global Organizing in a Time of Pandemic
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the third conversation in our series, “Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future” When the topic of health comes up, most […]
Loving Deeply: A Conversation on Afro-Asian Aesthetic Authority
the second in our series exploring Afro-Asian solidarity Sunday, September 13, 2020, 7pm This event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page & YouTube channel Alessandra Williams and Yuichiro Onishi explore […]
History Revealed: Closing Time 2020
Bill Lindeke & Andy Sturdevant, Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting here. After registering, […]
Book Launch: Social Poetics
with author Mark Nowak in conversation with ESFL’s Peter Rachleff and Holly Krig & Jason Evans This event will be live streamed to our Facebook page and later uploaded to […]
Conversation with Dr. Rashid Khalidi, historian and author of ‘The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine’
Join Middle East Peace Now and the East Side Freedom Library for an online conversation with Dr. Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University, discussing his new book and current events in […]
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: Play Reading and Discussion (featuring Wendy Knox and Maria Asp)
The East Side Freedom Library, Frank Theatre, and the On Stage Project invite you to The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: Play Reading and Discussion (featuring Wendy Knox and Maria […]
Labor History Film Screening & Discussion: The Wobblies
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our monthly labor history film screening and discussion. Friday, November 13, 2020, 7pm On ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel "The Wobblies" […]
Learning From the Past, Fighting for the Future: A Conversation Between Tom O’Connell and Barbara Freese
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the next conversation in our series “Learning From the Past, Fighting for the Future” A Conversation Between Tom O’Connell and Barbara Freese […]
Passages of Rebellion
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a discussion of a new novel Passages of Rebellion with author Fran Shor and discussants Bill Tilton, Charlotte Colantti, and […]