We The People (MMAA Listening Session)

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

The East Side Freedom Library and the Minnesota Museum of American Art invite you to a "listening session" at the ESFL.  The MMAA is holding a series of conversations in neighborhoods around St. Paul to explore: Is art important to the community?  And, if so, in what ways? -- What forms of art do you […]

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Racism in our Hometown: The Story of the Arthur and Edith Lee Family

Presented by the APWU Solidarity Kids Theater The multi-media puppet show introduces the Lee Family in the years following WWI. Arthur Lee was an African American, WWI veteran who worked at the Minneapolis Post Office, and moved into an all-white neighborhood. His union coworkers, a majority of whom was white, protected his family when police failed […]

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Racism in our Hometown: The Story of the Arthur and Edith Lee Family

Presented by the APWU Solidarity Kids Theater The multi-media puppet show introduces the Lee Family in the years following WWI. Arthur Lee was an African American, WWI veteran who worked at the Minneapolis Post Office, and moved into an all-white neighborhood. His union coworkers, a majority of whom was white, protected his family when police failed […]

Free

Racism in our Hometown: The Story of the Arthur and Edith Lee Family

Presented by the APWU Solidarity Kids Theater The multi-media puppet show introduces the Lee Family in the years following WWI. Arthur Lee was an African American, WWI veteran who worked at the Minneapolis Post Office, and moved into an all-white neighborhood. His union coworkers, a majority of whom was white, protected his family when police failed […]

Free

East Side Pride Open Mic

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

Have a talent to share? Do you have East Side pride? Join this safe space for all ages and talents! Come express yourself at the East Side Pride Open Mic: comedy, poetry, song, dance, music, and anything else you can think of! This month’s featured artist is singer and musician Dorothy Doring. Our mission is […]

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East Side Pride Open Mic

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

Have a talent to share? Do you have East Side pride? Join this safe space for all ages and talents! Come express yourself at the East Side Pride Open Mic: comedy, poetry, song, dance, music, and anything else you can think of! This month’s featured artist is singer and musician Dorothy Doring. Our mission is […]

Free

East Side Pride Open Mic

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

Have a talent to share? Do you have East Side pride? Join this safe space for all ages and talents! Come express yourself at the East Side Pride Open Mic: comedy, poetry, song, dance, music, and anything else you can think of! This month’s featured artist is singer and musician Dorothy Doring. Our mission is […]

Free

Mindful Self-Compassion

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

East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]

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Mindful Self-Compassion

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

East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]

Free

Mindful Self-Compassion

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

East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]

Free

AFTERLAND with Mai Der Vang

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

Join us for a book reading and discussion with poet Mai Der Vang, featuring her new collection of poetry, AFTERLAND, which has just been published by Graywolf Press. "Afterland" is the debut poetry collection by Mai Der Vang, which is part of her 2016 Walt Whitman Award. Review of the book by poet Carolyn Forché: “Mai Der […]

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AFTERLAND with Mai Der Vang

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

Join us for a book reading and discussion with poet Mai Der Vang, featuring her new collection of poetry, AFTERLAND, which has just been published by Graywolf Press. "Afterland" is the debut poetry collection by Mai Der Vang, which is part of her 2016 Walt Whitman Award. Review of the book by poet Carolyn Forché: “Mai Der […]

Free

AFTERLAND with Mai Der Vang

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

Join us for a book reading and discussion with poet Mai Der Vang, featuring her new collection of poetry, AFTERLAND, which has just been published by Graywolf Press. "Afterland" is the debut poetry collection by Mai Der Vang, which is part of her 2016 Walt Whitman Award. Review of the book by poet Carolyn Forché: “Mai Der […]

Free

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)

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

Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us every Friday 9-10AM.  The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a widely respected teacher of meditation. “Among all people, freedom is one of the highest values.  The American ideal is based on liberty and the […]

Free

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)

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

Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us every Friday 9-10AM.  The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a widely respected teacher of meditation. “Among all people, freedom is one of the highest values.  The American ideal is based on liberty and the […]

Free

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)

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

Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us every Friday 9-10AM.  The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a widely respected teacher of meditation. “Among all people, freedom is one of the highest values.  The American ideal is based on liberty and the […]

Free

KIDS RISING (Story Hour)

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

Bring your kids and join us for “Kids Rising”, a children’s Story Hour with a social justice focus, with readers Jen Roba and Sean Morgan. Readings will be every first and third Saturday mornings of the month 10:30 – 11:30. May readings will be on the 6th and 20th. Our mission is to agitate the next generation […]

Free

KIDS RISING (Story Hour)

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

Bring your kids and join us for “Kids Rising”, a children’s Story Hour with a social justice focus, with readers Jen Roba and Sean Morgan. Readings will be every first and third Saturday mornings of the month 10:30 – 11:30. May readings will be on the 6th and 20th. Our mission is to agitate the next generation […]

Free

KIDS RISING (Story Hour)

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

Bring your kids and join us for “Kids Rising”, a children’s Story Hour with a social justice focus, with readers Jen Roba and Sean Morgan. Readings will be every first and third Saturday mornings of the month 10:30 – 11:30. May readings will be on the 6th and 20th. Our mission is to agitate the next generation […]

Free

Historic Payne Avenue Walking Tour

Arlington Hills Community Center 1200 Payne Avenue, St. Paul, MN, United States

Join Peter Rachleff, labor historian and founder of the East Side Freedom Library for a walking tour of historic Payne Avenue! The tour starts at Arlington Hills Community Center and concludes with the Saint Paul Public Library’s Story Fair, which will kick off a season of celebrations honoring those libraries turning 100 this year: Arlington Hills and East Side Freedom […]

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