4th Annual Twin Cities Labor Sing

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join the Twin Cities Labor Chorus for a nigh of song, solidarity, and rediscovering the power of raising our voices together. Your freewill donations benefit the East Side Freedom Library, and community services programs of the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Regional Labor Federations.

Free

4th Annual Twin Cities Labor Sing

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join the Twin Cities Labor Chorus for a nigh of song, solidarity, and rediscovering the power of raising our voices together. Your freewill donations benefit the East Side Freedom Library, and community services programs of the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Regional Labor Federations.

Free

4th Annual Twin Cities Labor Sing

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join the Twin Cities Labor Chorus for a nigh of song, solidarity, and rediscovering the power of raising our voices together. Your freewill donations benefit the East Side Freedom Library, and community services programs of the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Regional Labor Federations.

Free

SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! (Song Circle)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us for a monthly community song circle: SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts!  Gatherings are every first Thursday of the month at 6PM. We will gather together to use our voices to sing our truth, practice the act of welcoming others, and adapting to the needs of all present. The voice you speak with is […]

Free

SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! (Song Circle)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us for a monthly community song circle: SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts!  Gatherings are every first Thursday of the month at 6PM. We will gather together to use our voices to sing our truth, practice the act of welcoming others, and adapting to the needs of all present. The voice you speak with is […]

Free

SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! (Song Circle)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us for a monthly community song circle: SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts!  Gatherings are every first Thursday of the month at 6PM. We will gather together to use our voices to sing our truth, practice the act of welcoming others, and adapting to the needs of all present. The voice you speak with is […]

Free

French Painter Stephane Cattaneo Performs With Local Musicians

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Come see and hear virtuoso improvising artists collaborate in a rare Twin Cities performance! Painter-illustrator Stephane Cattaneo visits the Twin Cities from his home in La Roche Bernard in the Bretagne (Brittany) region of France. Stephane’s signature “voice” as a painter embodies risk, gesture, playful lyricism, repetition and a life-affirming sensuality… much like his favorite […]

French Painter Stephane Cattaneo Performs With Local Musicians

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Come see and hear virtuoso improvising artists collaborate in a rare Twin Cities performance! Painter-illustrator Stephane Cattaneo visits the Twin Cities from his home in La Roche Bernard in the Bretagne (Brittany) region of France. Stephane’s signature “voice” as a painter embodies risk, gesture, playful lyricism, repetition and a life-affirming sensuality… much like his favorite […]

French Painter Stephane Cattaneo Performs With Local Musicians

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Come see and hear virtuoso improvising artists collaborate in a rare Twin Cities performance! Painter-illustrator Stephane Cattaneo visits the Twin Cities from his home in La Roche Bernard in the Bretagne (Brittany) region of France. Stephane’s signature “voice” as a painter embodies risk, gesture, playful lyricism, repetition and a life-affirming sensuality… much like his favorite […]

The Gated Community and IE (Concert)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

East Side Freedom Library invites you to stretch your listening universe through a concert by two innovative, imaginative local musical groups: The Gated Community is an Americana band from the Twin Cities, ​which ​is known for compelling song​ ​writing with a leftist-political slant and beautiful vocal harmonies​. They​ released ​their​ third album, Country Hymn, in […]

The Gated Community and IE (Concert)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

East Side Freedom Library invites you to stretch your listening universe through a concert by two innovative, imaginative local musical groups: The Gated Community is an Americana band from the Twin Cities, ​which ​is known for compelling song​ ​writing with a leftist-political slant and beautiful vocal harmonies​. They​ released ​their​ third album, Country Hymn, in […]

The Gated Community and IE (Concert)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

East Side Freedom Library invites you to stretch your listening universe through a concert by two innovative, imaginative local musical groups: The Gated Community is an Americana band from the Twin Cities, ​which ​is known for compelling song​ ​writing with a leftist-political slant and beautiful vocal harmonies​. They​ released ​their​ third album, Country Hymn, in […]

Bela Fleck (Film Series)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

ESFL and A Greener Read Used Book Store invite you to our ongoing series, “Storytelling through Vinyl & Film.” May’s film is "Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart" (2008). This documentary follows world-renowned banjoist Béla Fleck, who decided to make a pilgrimage to Africa to rediscover the banjo's folk music roots. Overflowing with the incredible music of Fleck and […]

Free

Bela Fleck (Film Series)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

ESFL and A Greener Read Used Book Store invite you to our ongoing series, “Storytelling through Vinyl & Film.” May’s film is "Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart" (2008). This documentary follows world-renowned banjoist Béla Fleck, who decided to make a pilgrimage to Africa to rediscover the banjo's folk music roots. Overflowing with the incredible music of Fleck and […]

Free

Bela Fleck (Film Series)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

ESFL and A Greener Read Used Book Store invite you to our ongoing series, “Storytelling through Vinyl & Film.” May’s film is "Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart" (2008). This documentary follows world-renowned banjoist Béla Fleck, who decided to make a pilgrimage to Africa to rediscover the banjo's folk music roots. Overflowing with the incredible music of Fleck and […]

Free

SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! (Song Circle)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us for a monthly community song circle: SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! Gatherings are every first Thursday of the month at 7PM. We will gather together to use our voices to sing our truth, practice the act of welcoming others, and adapting to the needs of all present. The voice you speak with is […]

Free

SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! (Song Circle)

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join us for a monthly community song circle: SHHH! Sing Harmony, Hungry Hearts! Gatherings are every first Thursday of the month at 7PM. We will gather together to use our voices to sing our truth, practice the act of welcoming others, and adapting to the needs of all present. The voice you speak with is […]

Free

In-Visibility: Black Muslim Women in the Arts

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

For Black Muslim women living in the U.S., navigating the arts comes with several caveats. From tokenism to erasure, swerving on anti-Blackness, Islamophobia or sexism, is practically a given if you’re Black, Muslim and a woman in the arts. Join us for a robust panel discussion centering the voices of such individuals. These local creatives […]

Music & Movements: The Queer Roots of Punk Rock

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

The East Side Freedom Library and A Greener Read Bookstore invite you to our first exploration of  "Music & Movements: The Queer Roots of Punk Rock" on Saturday, December 9 @ 3:00PM. In the early 1970s, outsiders of all sorts—artists and musicians, gay and straight, trans and cis-- met in bars and galleries in major […]

Free

Listening for Freedom: Remember “Watch Night” History with Artists Marc Anderson, Davu Seru, and Alessandra Williams

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

"Listening for Freedom" is a unique event to learn more about the importance of Watch Night in our history, through improvisational music and movement. Performers Alessandra Williams, Davu Seru and Marc Anderson will bring movement and percussion together - and encourage our audience to participate in the important history of enslaved people awaiting word of […]