Mankato and Online – Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Care for #WomanLifeFreedom

Ostrander Auditorium - Minnesota State University - Mankato 540 W Road, Mankato, MN, United States

Recent events and protests in Iran have catapulted human rights and feminist issues onto the world stage, and yet these movements in Iran are not new. Join Dr. Yalda Hamidi (Minnesota State University, Mankato) and a special guest panel as they reflect on the Iranian feminist revolution of 2022 and the politics of solidarity, care, and transnational feminism.

Free

Walker – Why Treaties Matter

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School 301 4th Street, Walker, MN, United States

"Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in this place we now call Minnesota.

Pine River – We Are Water MN

Happy Dancing Turtle 2331 Dancing Wind Rd SW, Ste 1, Pine River, MN, United States

The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines three ways of knowing water: personal stories, historical content, and scientific information. Visitors can explore stories both local and statewide and share their own stories of water’s importance in their life.

Free

Coleraine – Teaching American Indian Content to All

Greenway High School 308 Roosevelt Street, Coleraine, MN, United States

Educators in the Coleraine area are invited to attend Teaching American Indian Content to All at Greenway High School — two days of multiple classes covering all teaching grade levels and subjects. CEUs are available for participating educators.

Free

St. Peter – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

St. Peter High School 2121 Broadway Ave, St. Peter, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free

Rochester – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE, Rochester, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free

St. Cloud – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

Paramount Center for the Arts 913 W. Saint Germain Street, St. Cloud, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free

Duluth – Minnesota Writers Series: The Sky Watched

American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) 202 West 2nd Street, Duluth, MN, United States

Author and poet Linda LeGarde Grover joins the Minnesota Writers Series for a special event in Duluth for Poetry Month. In addition to reading selections from her recently re-released collection, The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives , Grover will also join in conversation with Dr. Jill M. Doerfler, head of American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Free

Roseau – We Are Water MN

Roseau County Historical Society 121 Center Street East, Roseau, MN, United States

The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines three ways of knowing water: personal stories, historical content, and scientific information. Visitors can explore stories both local and statewide and share their own stories of water’s importance in their life.

Free

St. Cloud – Minnesota Writers Series: Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX

St. Cloud City Hall 1201 7th Street South, St. Cloud, MN, United States

The Minnesota Writers Series welcomes Sheri Brenden, author of "Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX" in a conversation with her sister, Peg Brenden, one of the St. Cloud student athletes behind the groundbreaking 1972 federal court case that took on the unequal system of school athletics nationwide.

Free

Duluth – We Are Water MN

Hartley Nature Center 3001 Woodland Ave, Duluth, MN, United States

The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines three ways of knowing water: personal stories, historical content, and scientific information. Visitors can explore stories both local and statewide and share their own stories of water’s importance in their life.

Free

Rochester – Poetry Sparks! Lines, Lyrics, & Laureates

Historic Chateau Theater 15 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN, United States

Celebrate National Poetry Month with us! Join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman and City of Rochester Poet Laureate Jean Prokott for Poetry Sparks! Lines, Lyrics, & Laureates. At this family friendly event, Gwen and Jean will share some of their poetry, and then help you write your own.

Free