“Hungry Translations: Relearning the World through Radical Vulnerability” with author Richa Nagar and commentators Elizabeth Sumida Huaman and Ajay Skaria
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, February 8, 2020, 2 - 4pm Join us in discussion of a fearless new approach to the search for poetic and social justice. Experts often assume that the poor, hungry, rural, and/or precarious need external interventions. They frequently fail to recognize how the same people create politics and knowledge by living and honing their […]
CANCELED: Teach In: Iran—What Americans Need to Know
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, February 9th, 2020, 1-3pm The United States has come dangerously close to war with Iran, but most Americans can't locate Iran on a map. This two-hour program combines a slide show presentation of photos by recent visitors from Minnesota to Iran with presentations by academic experts. A panel discussion and question and answer period […]
Future of the East Side: A Community Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, February 12, 6:30 pm Co-sponsored by the East Side Freedom Library and Payne Area ReBOOT With continuing developments coming to the East Side, are we in danger of becoming St. Paul’s next gentrified neighborhood? How can we honor our diverse history and population while also becoming a commerce destination? We need investment, but […]
Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 6:30pm When our loved ones are taken away from us at the hands of Police there is little to NO support for the families (unlike other crimes committed in the community.) There is No financial support to help bury our love ones. There is No mental or emotional support to get […]
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 widely respected teacher of meditation. This gathering is open to everyone; no previous meditation experience is necessary. The sessions are drop in and offered on […]
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 not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
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 rapidly heating world beset with resurgent ethno-nationalisms and right-wing authoritarianism, ever-continuing settler colonial projects of elimination, and the “bad infinity” of endless capital expansion where […]
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 East Side Freedom Library, the artists will lead "visual listening" drawing activities for audiences to explore one movement of From the Monkey Mountains by Czech composer and […]
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. Rhythmic Literature is extremely honored and excited to have this opportunity to invite you to this great event. These books will be treasures that you […]
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, during which the Israeli Defense Forces killed more than 200 unarmed Palestinian civilians and injured tens of thousands more. Through her collaboration with videographers and […]
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 the book will be available at Subtext Bookstore, 6 West Fifth Street, downtown St. Paul. The St. Paul City Council is considering a "Recovery Act," […]
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) Wednesday, February 19, 1 p.m. Join the East Side Freedom Library, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Ramsey County Libraries for the February installment of […]
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 stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought […]
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 widely respected teacher of meditation. This gathering is open to everyone; no previous meditation experience is necessary. The sessions are drop in and offered on […]
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 poetry reading and discussion with Jacinta Kerketta on Land of the Roots / जड़ों की ज़मीन (Jadon Ki Zameen) Friday, February 21, 2020, 6-8:30pm This […]
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 not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
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 Executive Order 9066 and the release and exhibition of John Matsunaga’s photobook, Kazoku No Tame Ni (“For the Sake of the Family”).This book addresses John’s […]
“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, University of Maryland. Monday, February 24, 2020, 7pm In 1825 in Philadelphia, the supposed cradle of liberty, five young, free black boys fell into the […]
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 the early 20th century. His name is on the building, but it was their blood, sweat, and bodies which built it. We are well aware […]
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 on Lakota oral history and culture. Space is limited to 30 total participants for this intimate workshop; registration is $35/person for non-Native folx. Lower Phalen […]