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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2025-01-04/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Make a Multilingual Art Shanty! Spill Paint\, Not Oil!
DESCRIPTION:  \nMake a Multilingual Art Shanty! Spill Paint\, Not Oil!\nSaturday\, January 4\, 2025\, noon – 4:00\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN \nRegistration is encouraged \nJoin the Spill Paint\, Not Oil studio in creating a community poem. Add your words\, in whatever language you know. \nLast year a Saint Paul based artist collective called Spill Paint Not Oil made an installation for the Art Shanty Festival. They are going to install it again this year but they would like to include more languages than english in their piece.\n\n\n    \n\nThey call their installation A Poem for Entangled Living. This project features movable words and images strung together to make poems about grief\, abolition\, and community. They are looking for help from their community on the East Side! If you speak a language other than English\, please come to an art build to help brainstorm\, paint signs\, and collaborate! They want to reflect the diversity of the twin cities so they are especially looking for folks familiar with Hmong\, Somali\, Spanish\, Karen\, Dakota\, Lakota\, Ojibwe\, Arabic\, Swahili\, and Amharic! All are welcome to join in creating this piece. Add your voice.\n\nThis activity is free and open to everyone in the cause of solidarity! Registration is encouraged.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/make-a-multilingual-art-shanty-spill-paint-not-oil/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2025-01-11/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-01-18/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:MISSION POSSIBLE: MLK 2025 Celebration
DESCRIPTION:MISSION POSSIBLE: Protecting Freedom\, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence! \nMonday\, January 20\, 2025\, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nArT @ 967 Payne | 967 Payne Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN 55130 \nInspired by this theme put forth by THE KING CENTER for MLK Day 2025\, the East Side Freedom Library and ArT @ 967 Payne are thrilled to collaborate and invite our entire community to a celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and recognizing his important legacy and irrevocable impact on our society and democracy. \n“FORMAL PROGRAM” – January 20\, 12 pm – 1 pm: \nJoin us for a series of poetry readings by a diverse group of local authors\, followed by an inspiring community conversation inviting all to share their ideas and aspirations about freedom\, justice\, and democracy. \nOPEN HOUSE – January 20\, 11 am – 3 pm: \nWatch a selection of videos highlighting excerpts from the moist poignant speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.; meet the poets and authors in person and check out/purchase some of their books; see our our fabulous exhibition of textiles and works on paper by Nigerian artist Tunde Odunlade and\, at the same time\, check out a pop-up show of paintings and photographs by our own resident artists at ArT @ 967 Payne\, assembled and curated for MLK Day 2025; and enjoy some light refreshments wile meeting your neighbors and making new friends. \nFree event – all are welcome! \nLocation: ArT @ 967 Payne | 967 Payne Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN 55130
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/mission-possible-mlk-2025-celebration/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-01-25/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Bearing Witness: Pieces for Cello from Kirsten Whitson
DESCRIPTION:  \nBearing Witness: Pieces for Cello from Kirsten Whitson\nSunday\, January 26\, 2025\, 3:00 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN \nThe East Side Freedom Library is pleased to welcome back Kirsten Whitson as she performs Bearing Witness. \nBearing Witness is a program of music for cello that reflects global racial injustice\, genocide and cultural loss. It is a musical experience designed to promote learning and awaken empathy\, inspiring authentic connections and deeper community engagement. It is an enlightening concert\, weaving together history lessons from a worldwide perspective with an artistic focus. Between pieces\, video narration provides real-life stories from marginalized cultures. The storytellers are teenagers\, representing the next generation; our future. The juxtaposition of children with these important issues is powerful. Following the performance\, the community is invited to participate in Q and A with the artist. \nThe program:\nThirty-Eight Tears by Timothy C. Takach\, which honors the Dakota men executed in Mankato\, MN by the US Government in 1862\, with poetry by the Dakota author Gwen Westerman\, written for me \nKhse Buon by Chinary Ung\, a Cambodian who lost family members during the Khmer Rouge regime\nSonata No. 1 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg\, a Polish Jew who fled Warsaw as a teen during World War Two \nThree Pieces for Solo Cello: Rosewood\, Pickin’ and The Long Way North by John Williams\, about the racially motivated destruction of Rosewood\, FL in 1923 \nFinding Refuge Together by Jocelyn Hagen\, with a video essay by Kao Kalia Yang\, about her childhood in a refugee community in St. Paul (written for me) \nKirsten Whitson is a cellist in Saint Paul and a 2020 McKnight Artist Fellow. Bearing Witness has been recognized with four awards. She was awarded the Artist Initiative Grant in 2018 from the Minnesota State Arts Board to create and develop the program. She was awarded a 2021 Creative Support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board to commission another piece for the program by Minnesota artists\, to bring focus to our local community. The Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers awarded her a grant to work with mentor James Bowey to create the format for a post concert community conversation. \nThis event is free and open to everyone for the cause of solidarity! \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/bearing-witness-pieces-for-cello-from-kirsten-whitson/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Community Screening: "Nuestra Herencia"
DESCRIPTION:Community Screening of “Nuestra Herencia”\nThursday\, January 30\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m.\n1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nThis event is free and open to everyone! \nBrought to you by:\nUrban Roots\nTwin Cities Community Agricultural Land Trust\nTrilingua Cinema\nand the East Side Freedom Library \nJoin us at the East Side Freedom Library for a community screening of “Nuestra Herencia”\, a series of short documentary films exploring immigration\, personal histories\, gardens\, and legacy through the lives of 10 senior gardeners of El Paseo Community Garden in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Connect with community\, fellow community gardeners and supportive organizations as we celebrate the role that garden spaces play in our own sense of community and wellness. \nThis is a film made by On The Real and Yaritza Guillen. Guillen is  an urbanist\, storyteller\, and unapologetic optimist. Her focus lies in interdisciplinary practices\, community-based design\, and story mapping. As a cultural producer and community planner\, she has engaged in various projects\, including the Nuestra Herencia: Legacy Film Project where she documented the experiences of elders in her community during the pandemic and is one of the We Will Chicago artists whose project involved designing a weather adaptable pergola at South Merrill Community Garden.  She also led an Ethical Storytelling Training for Environmental Justice Lawyers with the Environmental Defense Fund. \nThis event is free and open to everyone for the cause of solidarity. \nThis movie is in Spanish with English subtitles. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/community-screening-nuestra-herencia/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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