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Kate Denney

Community Voices: To save local youth counseling, senior centers and more, keep HUD funds off chopping block

By Kate Denney | October 2, 2017

What happens when parents are working hard, but due to systemic barriers or differing life circumstances they can’t make enough money to support themselves and their family? Continue Reading

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Cafe Racer 2929 E 25th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406

24sep - 28jansep 2411:00 amjan 28Break Bread Free Lunch At Cafe Racer Kitchen!

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Monthly, we at Cafe Racer have been working to bring the community together with a free lunch. No strings attached -- come in, get lunch for free. Everyone is welcome, so

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Monthly, we at Cafe Racer have been working to bring the community together with a free lunch. No strings attached — come in, get lunch for free.

Everyone is welcome, so please spread the word and come hungry!

As always, there will be vegetarian, carnivorous, vegan and gluten-free options.

We are always looking for volunteers. If interested, please send an email to caferacermn@gmail.com

Free will donations accepted to fund future Breaking Bread Free Meals.

See you there!

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September 24 (Monday) 11:00 am - January 28 (Monday) 2:00 pm

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Cafe Racer

2929 E 25th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406

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Cafe Racer

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26nov - 19febnov 269:00 amfeb 19New Free Exhibit Examines Mass Incarceration in Minnesota and the United States 'States of Incarceration' takes on Minnesota’s high rate of Native imprisonment and connections to historical trauma

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Quick Facts What: States of Incarceration exhibit When: Nov. 20, 2018-Feb. 18, 2019 Where: Irvine Gallery, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul Admission: Free Today more

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What: States of Incarceration exhibit
When: Nov. 20, 2018-Feb. 18, 2019
Where: Irvine Gallery, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
Admission: Free

Today more than 2 million Americans, including around 10,000 men and women in Minnesota, are in jail or prison in the United States, the highest mass incarceration rate of any country in the world.

On Tuesday, Nov. 20, “States of Incarceration”—the first national traveling exhibit and coordinated public dialogue exploring the history and future of mass incarceration in the US—will open in the Irvine Gallery at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.

The States of Incarceration project was created by university students from around the country, including University of Minnesota students who researched Minnesota’s high rate of Native imprisonment, which is 12 times higher than the white population.

In the exhibit, visitors can examine how centuries of Native trauma has shaped Minnesota prison population today, including unfair treaties, forced removal by the US government, the US-Dakota War of 1862 and Dakota concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the Indian boarding school movement.

The exhibit also contains new content created by the Minnesota History Center and local partners, exploring local stories as well as artifacts made by formerly incarcerated people. Plus, see Pine Ridge artist Quinton Maldonado’s collection of ledger drawings—an art form created in captivity by Native people—where he draws parallels between Native history and Native imprisonment today.

“Long-term imprisonment is a new phase of historic trauma, breaking up families and eroding balance,” Maldonado says in his artist statement.

The Minnesota History Center and its partners will host a series of related programs throughout the exhibit’s run, including an installation of cut flowersto acknowledge imprisonment in Minnesota and promote healing; a parallel exhibit on culturally focused prison education programs in Minnesota at the AIM Interpretive Center; a talk on art created by current and formerly incarcerated people and a conversation series on these issues in Minnesota and the US. Ledgerdrawing.jpg

“States of Incarceration” is a project of Humanities Action Lab and was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Humanities, Whiting Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Local contributors to the exhibit are Oyate Hotanin, American Indian Prison Project, InEquality, American Indian Movement Interpretive Center, The Circle of Peace Movement, Calee Cecconi, and the following programs at the University of Minnesota: the Institute for Advanced Study, the Heritage Studies and Public History program, the Department of History, the Department of American Indian Studies, the School of Architecture, the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services.

About the Minnesota History Center
The Minnesota History Center holds the vast collections of the Minnesota Historical Society and is home to the History Center museum with innovative exhibits, Gale Family Library, café and museum store. The History Center is located at 345 W. Kellogg Blvd. in St. Paul. For more information, visit www.minnesotahistorycenter.org.

The Minnesota Historical Society is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. MNHS collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota’s past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing. Using the power of history to transform lives, MNHS preserves our past, shares our state’s stories and connects people with history. Visit us at mnhs.org.

The Minnesota Historical Society is supported in part by its Premier Partners: Xcel Energy and Explore Minnesota Tourism.

Photo captions: Dakota concentration camp at Fort Snelling in 1863 (right), ledger drawing artwork by Quinton Maldonado (left)

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November 26 (Monday) 9:00 am - February 19 (Tuesday) 10:00 pm

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Irvine Gallery, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul

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Minnesota Historical Society

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Minnesota Museum of American Art 350 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55101

2dec - 17febdec 29:00 amfeb 17100 years and counting at the Minnesota Museum of American Art

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100 YEARS AND COUNTING Gallery December 2, 2018-February 17, 2019 100 Years and

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100 YEARS AND COUNTING
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Muhammad Ali 1970 by Gordon Parks.

December 2, 2018-February 17, 2019

100 Years and Counting is one of three inaugural exhibitions in the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s new facility in the Pioneer Endicott building, opening in December 2018. The exhibition features approximately 45 works from the M’s remarkable collection of American art, from 100 years ago to today.

It invites a tumble into the depth and breadth of the M’s collection: early 20th century paintings, photographs, sculptures by Paul Manship and George Morrison, incredible ink and pastel drawings, mid-century studio craft, sculpture, prints, contemporary Native American art, and up-to-the-minute recent acquisitions by outstanding American artists.

This exhibition proves the point that Minnesota Museum of American Art has been around awhile—over 100 years, in fact—and that its American art collection reflects that visual trajectory. It also shows that the new M, in this stunning new building and home, is likewise continuing to grow, to thrive, to build—indeed, counting our years and our way into a new era of significance, art, and visual engagement.

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December 2 (Sunday) 9:00 am - February 17 (Sunday) 5:00 pm CST

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Minnesota Museum of American Art

350 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55101

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Minnesota Museum of American Art651.797.2571

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Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55102

8jan - 8juljan 87:00 pmjul 8Somali Weaving Workshop

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Learn traditional Somali dances, like the Jaandheer, in a workshop led by the Somali Museum Dance Troupe. Meaning big leap or step, Jaandheer originates in northern Somalia and

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Learn traditional Somali dances, like the Jaandheer, in a workshop led by the Somali Museum Dance Troupe. Meaning big leap or step, Jaandheer originates in northern Somalia and is danced at most Somali weddings and festive occasions.

The Somali Museum Dance Troupe studies and performs traditional dances from all regions of Somalia. Comprised of teens and young adults from the greater Twin Cities area, the troupe has performed for countless corporate, private and public events across Minnesota, North Dakota, Virginia, Ohio, and Texas.

This dance workshop is appropriate for all ages and is offered in conjunction with the exhibit Somalis + Minnesota.

Support for this program has been provided by the Marney and Conley Brooks Fund.

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Tue., Jan 8, 2019, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location
Minnesota History Center

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102

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651-259-3015
boxoffice@mnhs.org

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Free

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January 8 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm - July 8 (Monday) 8:00 pm CST

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Minnesota History Center

345 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55102

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Minnesota History Center651-259-3015 boxoffice@mnhs.org

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SteppingStone Theatre 55 Victoria St N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104

21jan6:00 pm- 8:00 pmRONDO: Beyond the Pavement screening

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January 21st, 6 to 8 p.m. RONDO: Beyond the Pavement screening SteppingStone Theatre 55

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January 21st, 6 to 8 p.m.
RONDO: Beyond the Pavement screening
SteppingStone Theatre
55 Victoria St.
Saint Paul 55104

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Clarence White
clarence@saintpaulalmanac.org
612-267-9036

SAINT PAUL (Dec. 10, 2018) – Saint Paul Almanac and In Black Ink, in partnership with Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) and High School for Recording Arts (HSRA), will present a viewing of the Rondo youth–produced film RONDO: Beyond the Pavement on Monday, January 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at SteppingStone Theatre, located at 55 Victoria Street in Saint Paul. Beginning February 2018, youth from the Rondo community learned documentary skills from Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Bianca Rhodes and audio-production skills from audio maker Katharine DeCelle. Rhodes produces Candy Fresh on SPNN, and DeCelle is director of Frogtown Radio. Youth artists Yevrah Bradley, Angelo Bush, Amina DeLeon, Lamara Greene, Aubriana Jackson, Deonte Jones, Jasmine McBride, Charles Miller, Jevrye Morris, Jose Quintanilla, and Destiny Roberts created the film.

“Learning about what happened in the Rondo community while interviewing those who witnessed their homes being destroyed was heartbreaking,” says Morris. “It was astounding the resilience they showed. It lit a fire in me. Rondo never stopped trying to rebuild what was there. It gave me a lot of confidence in myself to go after what I love to do in life. I learned that I-94 going through Rondo was a power struggle to limit what the black community could actually do. It didn’t stop us at all.”

Georgia Fort provided transcription services and additional editing. Clarence White and Kemet Imhotep provided additional mentoring.

Rondo elders Melvin Emanuel, Donna Evans, Melvin Giles, Lorraine Gurley, Kathy Harris, Nina Harris, Bettie M. Lewis, Margaret Lovejoy, Marvin Scroggins, Amie D. Thomas, Gregory Thomas, and Jacquelyn Thomas were interviewed.

The 30-minute film screening will immediately be followed by a Q&A with the youth filmmakers and elders from the film and Rondo community. Refreshments will be served.

Storymobile, led by director Melvin Giles and manager Darius Gray, wanted to collect and preserve the historical memory of the Rondo neighborhood from a multigenerational perspective. Storymobile worked with Rondo youth to record stories of Rondo that give an intimate view of the impact the destruction of Rondo and construction of Interstate 94 had on people’s lives and how that impact continues today.

“If we know who we are and who we came from, it helps us to go forward in our lives,” says Donna Evans in the film. “If we know nothing about our history, then how are we to know about our future?”

Saint Paul Almanac is a literary-centered arts organization that has been publishing an annual book of Saint Paul stories and poems for more than a decade. We share stories across cultures and cultivate dialogue to promote understanding, relationships, and collaborative action.

In Black Ink is a social enterprise supporting and creating a rich literary culture in the African heritage community in Minnesota.

HSRA is dedicated to providing all young people a chance to realize their full potential, despite any previous setbacks. As we engage students through music and the exploration and operation of the music business, we demonstrate that core learning areas and real-world, twenty-first century skills can be acquired at the same time. More than just earning a high school diploma, HSRA prepares students for a positive post-secondary education and life.

SPNN’s mission is to empower people to use media and communications to better lives, use authentic voice, and build common understanding.

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(Monday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST

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SteppingStone Theatre

55 Victoria St N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104

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Saint Paul Almanac

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21jan7:00 pm- 9:00 pmLabor and Black Lives Matter

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The East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us for part II of our celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Labor and Black Lives Matter Monday, January 21, 2019 at

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The East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us for part II of our celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Labor and Black Lives Matter
Monday, January 21, 2019 at 7pm

ESFL continues our exploration of the labor movement’s relationship with other social movements with a panel which will discuss the past, present, and future of the labor movement’s engagement with movements against racism. Today, the most energized of these movements is the Movement for Black Lives and its associated organizations and struggles. Our panel will include participants in these movements as well as the labor movement.

Come join the conversation!

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East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul
Free and open to all
info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org and 651-230-3294

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(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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East Side Freedom Libraryemail info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org or call 651-230-3294

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