East Side Freedom Library

Public Reading of new writing by Refugee Writers Cohort, mentored by award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang Wednesday, December 3rd, from 6-8pm at the East Side Freedom Library  Over the past seven months, a group of seven writers—Minnesota’s first-ever Refugee Writers Cohort—have been gathering monthly at ESFL to develop new work under the mentorship of award-winning […]

Union November 20th, 7:00pm East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St Paul, MN 55106 FREE SCREENING, RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE: Join us for a celebration of solidarity and storytelling and a special screening of the film UNION on Thursday, November 20th, at The East Side Freedom Library. Synopsis Through intimate cinema vérité, UNION chronicles the […]

Labor activist and author Jaz Brisack will lead a discussion about their new book, Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World. Jaz, a former Starbucks worker from Buffalo, NY, will be presenting the key ideas in their book and they will be in conversation with a panel of local labor organizers. […]

Friday, October 24th from 6:00-8:00pm at the East Side Freedom Library   Join us at ESFL for a hands-on button-making workshop! Create your own Anti-Fascist button and explore examples from the Buttons of the Left archive, which document struggles for peace, justice, and equality. All supplies provided, no registration necessary. BUTTONS OF THE LEFT is an archive and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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,                 […]

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 […]