February 2023
First Fridays: Playing Ball and Neighborhood Home Festivals
Join us on Friday, Feb. 3 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Anne Good, Assistant Curator of the James Ford Bell Library presents “Playing Ball in the James Ford Bell Library” and Ellen Engseth, Curator of the Immigration History Research Center Archives presents “‘Get Together Americans!’ Through Neighborhood Home Festivals.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
Find out more »Bridging the Faultlines: Stories of Racism, Resistance, and Repair
In a revealing and timely follow up to the 2019 Emmy-award winning documentary, Jim Crow of the North, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has created a series of documentary shorts called “Jim Crow of the North Stories.” You are invited to experience these stories in a live event that features music, poetry, and food. This will set the table for community conversations meant to acknowledge racism, celebrate ongoing resistance, and move participants to repair harm. The University Libraries' Mapping Prejudice team,…
Find out more »Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects: Opening Reception
Join us to celebrate the opening of a remarkable traveling exhibit, “Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects,” at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Guests will view the exhibit, enjoy appetizers, and hear remarks from Sherlockian experts Glen Miranker, curator and collector; Tim Johnson, E. W. McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota; and Gary Thaden, President of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections. Please register to attend this free event on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Elmer L. Andersen Library.
Find out more »March 2023
First Fridays: Fun With a Purpose
Join us on Friday, March 3 at noon for a First Fridays archival talk. Linnea Anderson, Archivist, Social Welfare History Archives presents “Fun With a Purpose: Pageants and Parades in the Social Welfare History Archives.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
Find out more »Musical Impressions: The Art of George Morrison
Join the Friends of the Libraries for an afternoon of art and music with jazz guitarist Briand Morrison. Morrison is the son of nationally renowned Ojibwe artist George Morrison and artist Hazel Belvo. The event takes place Sunday, March 19. Doors open at 2 p.m. and the program begins at 2:30 p.m. A reception will follow the program. The event is free and open to all. Please register if you plan to attend.
Find out more »April 2023
Pankake Poetry reading with Sun Yung Shin
Celebrated poet, writer, and cultural worker Sun Yung Shin will be featured at the 14th annual Pankake Poetry event on April 4, 2023 in Elmer L. Andersen Library. Shin is the author of four poetry collections, one of which won the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for poetry. The Pankake Poetry event is part of Friends Forum: A Series for Curious Minds. Event Details What: 14th annual Pankake Poetry reading with Sun Yung Shin Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota…
Find out more »First Fridays: Computer Gaming, Campus Traditions
Join us on Friday, April 7 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Amanda Wick, Curator of the Charles Babbage Institute Archives presents “Checkmate: The Untold Story of Computer Gaming” and Ellen Holt-Werle and Rebecca Toov, University Archives, present “The Games People Play…” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
Find out more »May 2023
First Fridays: Jewish Country Clubs, Maps and Leisure
Join us on Friday, May 5 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Kate Dietrick, Archivist at the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives presents “Having a Ball: Minnesota’s Jewish Country Clubs” and Ryan Mattke, Head of the John R. Borchert Map Library presents “Recreation and Leisure Through a Cartographic Lens.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
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