Movie Night Out! TriLingua Presents "Despicable Me 4" Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 8:30 p.m. 1105 Greenbrier Street Paul, MN 55106 After all the Night Out celebrations, join TriLingua Cinema and the rest of the East Side Freedom Library crew for a FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING of Despicable Me 4 on the ESFL lawn! We'll be grilling up […]
Black August: Letter Writing to Honor Revolutionary Prisoner's Movement Sunday 8/10: Easy Side Freedom Library (1105 Greenbrier St, St Paul) at 3:00 p.m. We’re hosting letter writing to political prisoners at the East Side Freedom Library! Join the Party for Socialism and Liberation in commemorating Black August! We’re rolling out a series of events this […]
Book Event: Nordic Socialism by Pelle Dragsted, with Gary Kaunonen Sunday, August 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m. East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul., MN 55106 This event is free and open to everyone. Registration requested: Sign up HERE! Join us as the East Side Freedom Library welcomes author and Danish parliament member Pelle […]
At the East Side Freedom Library Please join us for a celebration of workers making history, from newly unionized locals to those winning first contracts. Hear from: AFSCME locals at the MN Historical Society & Science Museum, Macalester College staff & student workers, University of Minnesota workers, […]
Cracked Walnut Presents: "Expressions!" and Writers for Democratic Action Featuring Diane Jarvenpa, Margaret Hasse, Kathryn Kysar, Michael Kleber-Diggs and Donna Isaac Thursday, September 18, 7:00-8:30 p.m. East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul, MN 55106 The East Side Freedom Library is thrilled to host the latest installment of this year's Cracked Walnut Poetry […]
Join us for a panel discussion featuring MAPE activists, and take part in a conversation about how we can make our unions stronger while fighting for more time for ourselves. This past year, members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) launched an internal campaign to educate and organize members about the possibilities of […]
Event hosted at the EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY, in collaboration with our dear friends of TriLingua Cinema. Tod Browning’s notorious 1932 film Freaks remains one of the most unsettling and radical movies Hollywood ever produced. Banned for decades, the film shocked audiences with its depiction of circus performers whose community, bonds, and dignity stand in stark contrast […]
East Side Freedom Library Monday, October 6, 2025, 7pm Join historian Marcus Rediker, author of the new book, FREEDOM SHIP: THE UNCHARTED HISTORY OF ESCAPING SLAVERY BY SEA, for a conversation about the many ways that enslaved men and women, and their accomplices, resisted slavery in the United States, and how this is relevant to […]
**Important note: this event is happening in person at MOON PALACE BOOKS in MINNEAPOLIS** Please join us on Saturday, October 18th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm for a book talk and art happening with author Avigdor Edminster, in collaboration with the East Side Freedom Library. ESFL staff member Camila Leiva will moderate this event! **This is […]
Important to note ** Event co-sponsored by ESFL but held at United Labor Centre** LABOR CONVENING: ENDING SLAVERY IN MINNESOTA Did you know that we have legal slavery in Minnesota, with incarcerated people forced to work for $0.25 and hour -- this is a labor issue, a justice issue, and one the labor movement can […]