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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-8/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Trilingua Cinema Presents: Soundtrack to a Coup-d'Etat
DESCRIPTION:Soundtrack to a Coup-d’Etat \nThursday\, April 10th\, 7:00pm\nEast Side Freedom Library\n1105 Greenbrier St\, St Paul\, MN 55106 \n“A movie that should be watched by everyone\, whether to understand art or the backbone of our political and economic system.“ \n-Elisa Guimarães\, Collider \nJoin us for a FREE SCREENING of Johan Grimonprez’s masterful documentary Soundtrack to a Coup-d’Etat. \nSynopsis \nUnited Nations\, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake\, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council\, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe\, and the U.S. State Department swings into action\, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film\, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts\, official government memos\, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives\, speeches from Lumumba himself\, and a veritable canon of jazz icons\, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate. \nThis film is not yet rated. Parents are encouraged to use their own discretion. \nThis film will be screened in English with English subtitles.\nREGISTRATION REQUESTED \nTrailer:\n \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/trilingua-cinema-presents-soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat/
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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-9/
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.
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LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:MN Book Award Series: Christopher Lehman's "It Took Courage: Eliza Winston's Quest For Freedom"
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Lehman’s “It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest For Freedom”\nWednesday\, April 23\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nLET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING \nJoin the East Side Freedom Library the day after the awards ceremony in welcoming Minnesota Book Award finalist Christopher Lehman as he returns to ESFL for his award-nominated book It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom. \nIn 1860\, Eliza Winston escaped enslavement while traveling in Minnesota\, where she secured her freedom through legal appeal. Her story adds powerful testimony to African American experiences and perseverance in antebellum America. \nWinston petitioned for her freedom before a judge in Minnesota—and she won. After she left the state for Canada\, the abolitionists who had helped her told and retold the story\, emphasizing their own actions; their detractors claimed they had used Winston as a pawn. For more than 150 years\, historians’ accounts have emphasized the mobs who battled in the streets after the ruling\, focusing on the implications of the events for Minnesota politics rather than Winston’s own story. With It Took Courage\, Christopher P. Lehman helps set the record straight. \nChristopher P. Lehman is a professor of ethnic studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. He researches\, writes\, and teaches about the struggle for African American equality\, using the tools of genealogy to trace the lives of people who have left very few traces. He has written six other books\, including Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State\, which won the Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction in 2020. \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY! \n(REGISTER HERE) \nBooks for sale from
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/mn-book-award-series-christopher-lehmans-it-too-courage-eliza-winstons-quest-for-freedom/
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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-7/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Z PUPPETS ROSENSCHNOZ PRESENTS: Tales of ᏓᎦᏏ Dagsi Turtle & ᏥᏍᏚ Jisdu Wabbit
DESCRIPTION:Z PUPPETS ROSENSCHNOZ PRESENTS  \nTales of ᏓᎦᏏ Dagsi Turtle & ᏥᏍᏚ Jisdu Wabbit \nA new musical adventure to help keep alive the Cherokee language \nSaturday\, April 26\, 10:30 a.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, St. Paul \nFree admission! \nDagsi Turtle & his sidekick Jisdu Wabbit race through time and space to bring you a new musical adventure into the Cherokee language. Hop aboard the Turtleship and join Dagsi and Jisdu’s quest to keep alive this endangered Indigenous language. This show features catchy original tunes and out-of-this-world puppet characters\, created and performed by Cherokee Nation citizen Chris Griffith and Shari Aronson and directed by Julie Boada (Anishinabe). \nRecommended for ages 5+. \nTales is an Awardee of a 2025 Jim Henson Foundation Family Theater Grant\, with support also from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. \nIn 2019\, the Cherokee Nation declared a state of emergency for their language. In response\, Z Puppets is creating live performances\, music videos and web series to engage youth and adults in seeing and hearing Cherokee language\, culture and history. This work has earned critical acclaim\, media attention (Indian Country Today\, Cherokee Phoenix and MN Public Radio) and thousands of viewers for their creative approach to revitalizing an endangered language. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n  Chris Griffith (Writer/Composer/Puppetry Designer/Performer)\, is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation\, Co-Creative Director of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz and award-winning puppetry artist/arts educator in Minneapolis. Over 30 years\, his work has attracted support from Indigenous Performances Productions\, Cherokee Film Office/OK Film & TV Academy\, NDN Collective\, FilmNorth\, Tiwahe Foundation\, National Endowment of the Arts\, Perpich Center for Arts Education\, Ivey Awards and the Minnesota State Arts Board. \n\nShari Aronson (Writer/Performer). Co-Creative Director of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz\, started her career as a Resident Playwright at Bloomington Playwrights’ Project in Indiana\, followed by a McKnight Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship and M.A. in Drama Education. Theaters nationwide produce Shari’s stage adaptation of children’s book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. She has also developed interactive environments and experiences for Minnesota’s History Center\, Science Museum and Children”s Museum. \n\nDirector Julie Boada is an Anishinabe artist\, storyteller\, puppeteer and arts educator. Julie has worked regionally and nationally with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre\, Z Puppets Rosenschnoz\, and the MN History Center. A 2014 Ivey Award recipient\, Julie has received support from the MN State Arts Board and the Jerome Foundation. Julie has a B.A. in Studio Arts and American Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota. \nAbout Z Puppets Rosenschnoz \nZ Puppets’ mission is to bring people of all ages and abilities into the power of playfulness\, through performances\, workshops and feats of imagination. Our work delights children and their adults with the inventive blend of hand-crafted puppetry\, quirky humor and whimsical music. Since 1998\, we have created 30+ original shows — from a glow-in-the-dark performance of cell division to a mindfulness musical. Z Puppets has earned honors and support nationally from the Jim Henson Foundation\, Network of Ensemble Theaters\, Puppeteers of America\, Parents’ Choice and Creative Child Magazine and Ordway Center for Performing Arts. Z Puppets performs across the country (including National Puppetry Festivals\, Heard Museum of American Indian Art and Eric Carle Museum)\, as well as in Minnesota (at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts\, Walker Art Center and Minnesota State Fair). \nShari and Chris consider it a great honor to lead people into sharing laughter and making meaning of the world. Thus\, their company motto: Behold! The Power of Playfulness. \nLearn more at zpuppets.org.
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LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:MN Book Award Series: Sonja Trom Eayrs: Dodge County Inc.
DESCRIPTION:  \nMN Book Award Series: Sonja Trom Eayrs: Dodge County Inc. \nSaturday\, April 26\, 2025\, 3:00 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106\nNote: There will be a reception at 2:00 featuring the art exhibit You Betcha! Farmer-Labor Solidarity is Possible. Join us! \nLet us know you’re coming! REGISTER HERE. \nJoin the East Side Freedom Library and the Land Stewardship Project in welcoming Minnesota Book Award finalist Sonja Trom Eayrs for her award-nominated book Dodge County Inc.: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America. \nIn 2014 Sonja Trom Eayrs’s parents filed the first of three lawsuits against Dodge County officials and their neighbors\, one of the few avenues available to them to challenge installation of a corporate factory farm near their intergenerational family farm in Dodge County\, Minnesota. For years they’d witnessed the now widely known devastation wrought by industrial hog operations—inhumane treatment of animals and people\, pollution\, the threat of cancer clusters\, and more. They’d had enough. They also deeply understood an effect of Big Ag rarely discussed in mainstream media—the hollowing-out of their lifelong farming community and economy in service of the corporate bottom line. \nSonja Trom Eayrs is a farmer’s daughter\, rural advocate\, and attorney. She is involved in several rural advocacy organizations\, including the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project\, Farm Action\, Land Stewardship Project\, and Dodge County Concerned Citizens. Trom Eayrs also serves as the business manager for the Trom family farm in Dodge County\, Minnesota. For more information about the author\, visit sonjatromeayrs.com. \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY! Registration is requested. \n             
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/mn-book-award-series-sonja-trom-eayrs-dodge-county-inc/
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SUMMARY:Book Award Series: Marcie Rendon's "Where They Last Saw Her"
DESCRIPTION:Book Award Series: Marcie Rendon’s Where They Last Saw Her \nMonday\, April 28\, 2025\, 7 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nFREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE (REGISTRATION REQUESTED) \nJoin us for another in our series of Minnesota Book Award finalists readings when Marcie Rendon comes to ESFL for her nominated book Where They Last Saw Her. \nAs a follow up to her award-winning Cash Blackbear series comes a compelling novel of a Native American woman who learns of the disappearance of one of her own and decides enough is enough. \nAll they heard was her scream. Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota her whole life. She knows what happens to women who look like her.  As Quill puts everything on the line to make a difference\, the novel asks searing questions about bystander culture\, the reverberations of even one act of crime\, and the long-lasting trauma of being considered invisible. \nMarcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation\, author\, playwright\, poet\, and freelance writer. Also a community arts activist\, Rendon supports other native artists / writers / creators to pursue their art\, and is a speaker for colleges and community groups on Native issues\, leadership\, writing. She is an award-winning author of a fresh new murder mystery series\, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works. \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY \nREGISTER HERE \nBook sales from
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/book-award-series-marcie-rendons-where-they-last-saw-her/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Book Awards Series: Shannon Gibney and Sun Yung Shin
DESCRIPTION:Book Awards Series: Shannon Gibney and Sun Yung Shin  \nWednesday\, April 30\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE; REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED \nJoin the East Side Freedom Library as we welcome Shannon Gibney\, co-editor and contributor\, and Sun Yung Shin\, contributing author for When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology. This Minnesota Book Award Finalist selection is an emotion-filled collection that features 17 authors whose stories tell us important lessons about culture beyond a message to adoptees. \nThere is no universal adoption experience\, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide range of powerful\, poignant\, and evocative stories in a variety of genres. \nThese tales from fourteen bestselling\, acclaimed\, and emerging adoptee authors genuinely and authentically reflect the complexity\, breadth\, and depth of adoptee experiences. \nThis groundbreaking collection centers what it’s like growing up as an adoptee. These are stories by adoptees\, for adoptees\, reclaiming their own narratives. \nShannon Gibney is an award-winning author of books of all kinds — from novels to anthologies to essays to picture books. She writes for adults\, children\, and everyone in-between. Her books include\, The Girl I Am\, Was\, and Never Will Be (Dutton\, 2023)\,  Dream Country (Dutton\, 2018)\, and the children’s book Sam and the INCREDIBLE African and African American Food Fight (University of Minnesota Press\, 2023). \n  \n신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul\, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is the winner of many awards for her poetry collections and is an editor\, writer\, and cultural worker. She is the editor of What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories on Food and Family (2021) and of A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota\, author of several poetry collections\, the latest decorated work The Wet Hex is the winner of the Midland Authors Society Award for Poetry and finalist for a Minnesota Book Award). Her forthcoming picture book\, Revolutions are Made of Love: Grace Lee Boggs and James Boggs\, co-written with Mélina Mangal\, will be published in 2025. \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY! \nREGISTER HERE \nBook sales from
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/book-awards-series-shannon-gibney-and-sun-yung-shin/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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