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SUMMARY:FILM SCREENING: A BUG'S LIFE\, as part of the Reel Stories: Labor in Film Series
DESCRIPTION:This film will be screened for free as part of our Reel Stories: Labor in Film series\, presented in collaboration with East Side Freedom Library and the ESFL Labor Advisory Committee.\n\nMarch 19th\, 6:00pmEast Side Freedom Library1105 Greenbrier Street\, St Paul\n\n“Critics who write off A Bug’s Life focus on the surface-level plot about Flik’s individual perseverance … But under this palatable veneer is a story about workers’ rights\,”\n-Rebecca Long\, Observer\n\nSynopsis\nFlik is an inventive ant who’s always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper. Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food or face annihilation. To avert disaster\, Flik goes on a journey to recruit fighters to defend the colony. When he meets a band of high-flying circus insects\, he thinks he’s found his salvation.\n\nThis film is rated G. Parents or guardians are encouraged to consult Common Sense Media.\nThis film will be screened in English with English subtitles.\n\nReel Stories: Labor in Film\nThis winter\, Reel Stories: Labor in Film brings three landmark films to the East Side Freedom\nLibrary\, each illuminating the struggles\, victories\, and everyday courage of working people.\nFrom the coal fields of West Virginia in Matewan (January 15)\, to the groundbreaking\, worker-\nled Salt of the Earth (February 19)\, to a family-friendly look at collective resistance in A Bug’s\nLife (March 19)\, this series pairs each screening with speakers\, panels\, and community\nconversation. Join us as we explore the history and future of the labor movement—and the\npower of solidarity on screen and in our neighborhoods.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/film-screening-a-bugs-life/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:HISTORY DAY MENTORING! - Every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm
DESCRIPTION:National History Day Mentoring Returns to ESFL! \nWe’re excited to launch this year’s ESFL National History Day Mentoring Project! \n\nOur first session was Saturday\, December 6\, and will continue every Saturday morning from 10AM–12PM throughout the season through April 2026.\n\nThis year’s National History Day theme is:  REVOLUTION\, REACTION\, AND REFORM IN HISTORY \nAs the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, students are invited to explore how revolutions spark reactions\, how reactions inspire reforms\, and how each moment sets off the next\, just like a line of falling dominoes. \nAre you or your students passionate about racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, or other powerful stories of change? \nDo they want to create performances\, documentaries\, exhibits\, websites\, or research papers? \nSend them to the East Side Freedom Library! \nHere they’ll find: \n\n\nRich research resources (books\, art\, music\, archival material)\nConnections for oral histories\nExperienced mentors who have supported local students for over 10 years\nAnd our results? Last year\, three ESFL-mentored students won first or second place at Nationals!\nSTARTING THIS SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6 – THEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM–NOON\nEast Side Freedom Library\n\nStudents are encouraged to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff (American History professor at Macalester College for 30 years and coordinator of the ESFL mentor team): peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org \nAfter their first session\, students are welcome to return anytime to use ESFL resources. Menors will be available for in-person or remote one-on-one support. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-mentoring-every-saturday-morning-from-10am-12pm/2026-03-21/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Good Energy Connections Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Good Energy Connections Info Session @ ESFL \nTuesday\, March 24th at 5:30pm \n  \nNeed help lowering your energy bills and making your home more comfortable? There is SO much information out there and so many programs…it can be hard to \nknow where to start!  \nGood Energy Connections can help – at no cost to you. \nJoin us at East Side Freedom Library on March 24th at 5:30 to learn about ways to make your home more comfortable and lower your energy bills!  \nTopics that will be covered include: \n\nHow energy is used in your home and how it impacts your utility bills\nTypes of projects you can do yourself to make your home more comfortable and save money on utility bills\nTypes of upgrades that will make your home more comfortable and save money on utility bills\nDetails on the various options available to cover all or a portion of the cost for home energy upgrades\nHow Neighborhood Energy Navigator Freddy Alvarado-Sariñana will support you throughout the process!\n\n\nGood Energy Connections is “program-neutral” – which means they don’t represent any specific programs. They are here to make sure your household gets whatever fits you best. If your home feels drafty\, your bills are too high\, or you’re ready to upgrade your appliances\, Freddy can help. \nHomeowners and renters in 1-4 unit buildings in Payne-Phalen\, Dayton’s Bluff\, Rondo\, Midway\, and Frogtown are eligible. \nLight snacks will be provided.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/good-energy-connections-info-session/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Food for Thought: Cultivating Community through Culinary Curiosity
DESCRIPTION:COURSE DESCRIPTION: Over four weeks\, this course invites participants to explore food as history\, memory\, and connection. Through shared stories and discussion\, participants examine meaningful foods from their personal and family traditions and craft short personal narratives. We will begin every session sharing a meal from a local chef\, as a way to launch us into our food memories. Come have fun eating and writing in community! \nWHEN: Four Wednesday evenings – March 4\, 11\, 18 & 25 from 6:00-8:00pm. \nWHERE: East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, St Paul. \nHOW: Email info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org to register. Course is free and open to all\, but must commit to attending the 4 sessions. \nArtist Facilitator: Ánh-Hoa Thị Nguyễn\, (MFA) is a refugee\, poet\, community artist\, curator\, educator and food scholar/writer. Her most recent publication is a food essay titled “Buy 10 Get 1 Free! Open Letter to Bánh Mì Wanna Be’s” in What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories about Food and Family” edited by Sun Yung Shin 신 선 영. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/food-for-thought-cultivating-community-through-culinary-curiosity/2026-03-25/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:HISTORY DAY MENTORING! - Every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm
DESCRIPTION:National History Day Mentoring Returns to ESFL! \nWe’re excited to launch this year’s ESFL National History Day Mentoring Project! \n\nOur first session was Saturday\, December 6\, and will continue every Saturday morning from 10AM–12PM throughout the season through April 2026.\n\nThis year’s National History Day theme is:  REVOLUTION\, REACTION\, AND REFORM IN HISTORY \nAs the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, students are invited to explore how revolutions spark reactions\, how reactions inspire reforms\, and how each moment sets off the next\, just like a line of falling dominoes. \nAre you or your students passionate about racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, or other powerful stories of change? \nDo they want to create performances\, documentaries\, exhibits\, websites\, or research papers? \nSend them to the East Side Freedom Library! \nHere they’ll find: \n\n\nRich research resources (books\, art\, music\, archival material)\nConnections for oral histories\nExperienced mentors who have supported local students for over 10 years\nAnd our results? Last year\, three ESFL-mentored students won first or second place at Nationals!\nSTARTING THIS SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6 – THEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM–NOON\nEast Side Freedom Library\n\nStudents are encouraged to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff (American History professor at Macalester College for 30 years and coordinator of the ESFL mentor team): peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org \nAfter their first session\, students are welcome to return anytime to use ESFL resources. Menors will be available for in-person or remote one-on-one support. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-mentoring-every-saturday-morning-from-10am-12pm/2026-03-28/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:TEAMSTER METROPOLIS: Book event with author Ryan Murphy
DESCRIPTION:TEAMSTER METROPOLIS\, \nBook event with author Ryan Murphy  \n\n\nMonday\, March 30\, 2026\, 7pm at ESFL\n\n\n\nESFL’s Labor Advisory Committee invites you to a special author event with Ryan Murphy\, and his new book\, TEAMSTERS METROPOLIS.  A native of the Twin Cities and a graduate of Macalester College\, Ryan is Associate Professor of History at Earlham College in Indiana and President of the faculty union (American Association of University Professors) there.  In the early 2000s\, Ryan was President of a San Francisco-based local of the Association of Flight Attendants.  His experiences were the basis for his first book\, DEREGULATING DESIRE: FLIGHT ATTENDANT ACTIVISM\, FAMILY POLITICS\, AND WORKPLACE JUSTICE.\n\n\n\n\nHis new book\, TEAMSTERS METROPOLIS\, analyzes how\, in the 1950s\, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters empowered poor immigrants who had grown up in the crowded blocks of the central city to move upward and outward to comfortable suburbs. It delivered unprecedented benefits to workers—especially to those in retail\, services\, and light manufacturing—locking in hourly pay that bought the patio furniture sets\, the pontoon boats\, and the station wagons that defined the consumer culture of the decade. Yet suburban comfort came with strict\, new institutions that defined the middle-class culture of the era: the nuclear family\, heterosexual monogamy\, the husband breadwinner\, and the dependent wife. Many workers yearned for the pleasures they left behind in the core of the industrial city\, even as poor people\, people of color\, and queer people were locked out of the suburbs.\n\n\n\n\nRyan will be joined in conversation by several current activists in the Teamsters Union\, based in Twin Cities locals.  We expect our audience — you — to also play an active part in the conversation.  Copies of TEAMSTERS METROPOLIS will be available for purchase.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/teamster-metropolis-book-event-with-author-ryan-murphy/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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