Reading “Capital”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the East Side Study Collective invite you to participate in reading Capital, a reading and discussion process over four months. February – May 2020 In a […]
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 […]
ብዕር እና ዜማ – Book Tour Event
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWe'll spend time with author Esubalew Mekuria on his journeys and the preparation of his books: Ethiopia , Addis Ababa & Ascending to Heaven; along with a book signing ceremony. […]
Screening and Discussion: “Gaza Fights for Freedom”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, February 16, 2020, 2pm "Gaza Fights for Freedom” documents the Gaza protest movement, known as the Great March of Return, which began in 2018 and continued through last year, […]
The Saint Paul Recovery Act Reparations Book Group
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis will be an organizational meeting. Thereafter, we will meet on the third Tuesday evenings of each month, 6:30-8PM We will start with the classic text The Debt. Copies of […]
Roseville History Book Club: “Nothing Ever Dies” by Viet Thanh Nguyen
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesRoseville History Book Club Discusses Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Avenue North, Roseville, MN (Upstairs Board Room) […]
Minnesota Peacebuilding Film Series: “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAll Are Welcome | Free and Open to the Public Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, the new documentary by Robert Greenwald weaves together personal […]
Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us Fridays 9-10AM. The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a […]
A Special Evening of Poetry Reading and Discussion with Jacinta Kerketta
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, Parakh-Minnesota, the South Asia Seminar Series and The Imagining Transnational Solidarities Research Circle at the University of Minnesota invite you to a special evening of […]
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include […]
Kazoku No Tame Ni: Exhibition and Book Launch/Day of Remembrance Event
Saturday, February 22, 2020, 1-3pm Exhibit will be on view: February 22 – March 31, 2020 Please join us for a Day of Remembrance event marking the 78th anniversary of […]
“Stolen” with Author Richard Bell
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation of "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home" with author Richard Bell, Associate Professor of History, […]
A Celebration of the Builders of the East Side Freedom Library
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6-8pm This historic "Carnegie Library" was paid for with the labor of immigrant coal and iron miners and steelworkers who made Andrew Carnegie one of the richest men in the world in […]
Winter Storytelling with Joseph Marshall III
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for an evening of Storytelling with renowned Lakota storyteller, Joseph M. Marshall III. Marshall is a historian, teacher, craftsman, and award winning author of numerous non-fiction books based […]
Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us Fridays 9-10AM. The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a […]
Public Scholarship and Community Engagement: A Site Visit to the East Side Freedom Library
Friday, February 28, 12-2pm Continuing Metro's history as a "university without walls" and working to build robust relationships with the communities that we serve, we will gather at the East Side […]
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 […]
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include […]
Capturing the East Side: a poster-creating workshop (for youth, 10-20)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side youth (ages 10-20) are invited to join graphic design artist Leon Wong in a unique workshop. Come tell us about what you think of the East Side while […]
Book Geek Happy Hour(s)
ARE 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) […]