Z Puppets: How Can You Help Keep Alive Endangered Indigenous Languages?
The East Side Freedom Library and Z Puppets Rosenshnoz invite you to a special performance and a conversation HOW CAN YOU HELP KEEP ALIVE ENDANGERED INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES? Thursday, October 13, 2022, 7pm - 8pm Register here to join this event on Zoom. Join Z Puppets Rosenschnoz for the launch of STAR TURTLE, a musical adventure […]
How Dare We Write
Presenting How Dare We Write, 2nd Edition Please join the East Side Freedom Library for a reading from the second edition of How Dare we Write: a multicultural creative writing discourse, edited by Sherry Quan Lee. This reading will feature Sherry with a host of other authors both to showcase Black and brown writers that […]
The Power of Truth: Reflections on “The Burning Truth Project”
Click here to join this meeting on Zoom on October 20th at 4:30pm CT. The curator of "The Burning Truth Project" reflects on the experience of collaboratively creating a performance piece in 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd and the pandemic, using story and song. From the development process to applying for […]
History Revealed: Vikings in the Attic
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesVikings in the Attic: In Search of Nordic America with Eric Dregni History Revealed Series Thursday, October 20, 2022, 7:00pm CT In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation in person at ESFL 1105 Greenbrier Street or on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting, register on Zoom here.After registering, you will […]
POSTPONED Medea Benjamin Book Talk: War in Ukraine
Russia’s brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, co-authors Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated. Register to […]
“Immigration, Identity, and the Arts” Series as Part of the NEA Big Read
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis will be a hybrid event - you can attend in person at the East Side Freedom Library or join virtually on Zoom or Facebook live. We ask that everyone is vaccinated and wear their mask while they are indoors if they are attending in person. Register here to join this event on Zoom. Saturday, […]
East Side Trunk R Treat
Location Rivoli Bluff 660 N. Rivoli Street, Saint Paul Join East Side Freedom Library along with Trilingua Cinema, Indigenous Roots, Dayton's Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services, and Railroad Island Neighborhood Group at Rivoli Bluffs overlooking downtown St. Paul for trunk r treating from 4:30pm til 6pm, food trucks, pumpkin painting, and a family-friendly film screening of […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
Essential Workers (Artist-Activist Conversation)
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the opening of ESSENTIAL WORKERS, an exhibit of visual art honoring Minnesota's working people by Carolyn Olson, and a conversation between Carolyn Olson and Keith Christensen. Register here to join this event on Zoom. The pandemic has provided an opportunity to reconsider our culture’s awareness—and our personal […]
Book Geek Happy Hour
Are you thirsting for some time to read and a chance to talk about what you’re reading? Read on your own starting at 4pm and join the Zoom conversation at 5:30pm to share what you are reading. Register here to join this event on Zoom. After registering, you will be sent the Zoom link and […]
POSTPONED History Revealed: Italians on St. Paul’s East Side
This event has been postponed and a different program will now be taking place on November 10th. Please use this link to learn more and register for the updated programming. Italians on Saint Paul’s East Side John Andreozzi History Revealed Series Thursday, November 10, 2022, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & […]
History Revealed: The Farmer-Labor Movement: A Minnesota Story
*This event is replacing a previously-posted History Revealed program on the same date. History Revealed: Italians on Saint Paul's East Side has been postponed* The East Side Freedom Library, Ramsey County Historical Society, and Roseville Public Library invite you to a special session of History Revealed: The Farmer-Labor Movement: A Minnesota Story. This event will […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
Immigration, Identity and the Arts @ Landmark Center
Landmark Center 75 West 5th Street, Saint Paul, MN, United StatesImmigration, Identity and the Arts @ Landmark Center Presented with the Ramsey County Historical Society, Historic Saint Paul and the Minnesota Opera, this event will feature Minnesota author and Hmong-American Kao Kalia Yang to discuss her book, The Song Poet, and her collaboration with Jocelyn Hagen about their opera presented by Minnesota Opera this Spring. Register here American Composers Forum […]
Essential Workers Panel Discussion
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a panel discussion of Essential Workers, an exhibit of visual art honoring Minnesota's working people by Carolyn Olson. This program will feature a panel of local workers discussing the art. Register here to join this event on Zoom. The pandemic has provided an opportunity to reconsider our […]
Reparations Reading Group: Racism and Policing: Which Way Forward?
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly reparations conversation, Racism and Policing: Which Way Forward? featuring Brooke Blakey, Director of St. Paul's new Office of Neighborhood Safety. Register here to join this event on Zoom. In February the City Council and Mayor Carter announced […]
FREC Learning Community: Controversies Around Naming and Renaming with Jennings Mergenthal
The East Side Freedom Library and the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative invite you to the monthly Learning Community: Controversies Around Naming and Renaming with Jennings Mergenthal. Click this link to join this event on Zoom on November 17th, 2022 at 4:30pm CT. In the past few years, reckoning around the racist and colonial origins of […]
Give to the Max Day 2022: A Conversation with Roger Guenveur Smith of Otto Frank at East Side Freedom Library
Join us for our Give to the Max Day event on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 5:30 pm CT. Please register here to join this event on Zoom. The East Side Freedom Library is collaborating with our very good friends for this year’s Give to the Max Day. We are excited and honored to have […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]