January 2020
Free screening of ‘Who Will Write Our History’
To mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for a free public screening of "Who Will Write Our History." About the film In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and…
Find out more »A Feast of Words: Dancing For the Constitution
What does it mean to dance for social justice against a background of fundamentalist politicking? Kolkata native Ananya Chatterjea will share her journey that celebrates the cultural origins of her artistic practice in Indian dance.
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First Fridays February 2020
"Fantastic Beasts? Find them at the Bell Library!" presented by Marguerite Ragnow, Curator, James Ford Bell Library. Friday, February 7, noon to 1:00 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120.
Find out more »Artist Talk and Reception for ‘In Between’
Hear from artist Liv Valmestad about the exhibit "In Between: (S)P(L)ACES, Scenes from Norway and North Iceland." The artist talk and reception takes place Thursday, February 20 at noon in the Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library, 210 Rapson Hall.
Find out more »Seeing Child Labor Through the Photography of David Parker
Join us at the opening reception for the exhibit Seeing Child Labor Through the Photography of David Parker. The event includes remarks by photographer David Parker. The event takes place Thursday, February 20, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library. Program begins at 5:30 p.m.
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First Fridays March 2020
"Animals, Vegetables, or Minerals? High-Tech Organisms," presented by Amanda Wick, Interim Archivist, Charles Babbage Institute Archives, and "Where Animals and Humans Meet," presented by Cheryll Fong, Interim Curator, Northwest Architectural Archives. Friday, March 6, noon to 1:00 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120.
Find out more »April 2020
Pankake Poetry Series: My Name is Immigrant
Wang Ping will read new poems from My Name Is Immigrant and relate her experiences while living, writing and teaching poetry as an immigrant activist.
Find out more »First Fridays April 2020
"Collies and Trogons and Bugs, Oh My!" presented by Kathy Allen, Librarian, Andersen Horticultural Library. Friday, April 3, noon to 1:00 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120.
Find out more »Artist’s Talk & Reception for ‘Flights of Fantasy’
Join us at the Artist's Talk & Reception for the exhibit “Flights of Fantasy” by Susan Feigenbaum. The event takes place at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Snyder Building on Monday, April 27 with a reception at 1:30 p.m. and the artist talk at 2:00 p.m.
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First Fridays May 2020
"About the Birds and the Bees..." presented by Linnea Andersen, Archivist, Social Welfare History Archives and Ryan Bean, Archivist, Kautz Family YMCA Archives. Friday, May 1, noon to 1:00 p.m., Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120.
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