Fellows and Fellow Travelers:
Please note the two conversations about race and racism. The
locations are particularly interesting. Arlington Hills is a formerly
white working class neighborhood now becoming new immigrant and Rondo,
of course, is the historic heart of St. Paul's African American
community. We have often talked about how hard it is to connect our
"academic discourse" about race with popular discourses. These are two
great opportunities to listen as well as speak... The Rondo one is
quite close by, too. Peter
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Subject: The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library- September events
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:21:14 -0500
From: Alayne Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*The following is a list of events sponsored by The Friends of the Saint
Paul Public Library for the second half of September:*
**
*Thursdays, September 20 & 27, 6:30 p.m.: *The Saint Paul Foundation
and The Friends of The Saint Paul Public Library co-host two/ New
Conversations About Race and Racism? / sessions. /New Conversations?/
discussions are designed to foster dialogue about the tough issues of
race and racism. During the course of a/ New Conversations/ discussion,
participants watch scenarios and complete activities designed to help
them explore and understand their perspectives and behaviors on the
issue of race and racism. For more information about the Facing Race
We're All in This Together? anti-racism initiative, please visit
_www.FacingRace.org_.
*September 20: *Arlington Hills Branch, 1105 Greenbrier St., Saint Paul
*September 27: *Rondo Community Outreach Library, 461 N. Dale St., Saint
Paul
*Thursday, September 20, 7 p.m.: *The Hamline Midway History Corps
presents the co-authors of /Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in
Minneapolis and St. Paul/, Aaron Isaac and John Diers, who discuss the
history of early mass transit in the Twin Cities, from the 1880s to the
1950s. Visit www.hamlinemidwayhistory.org
<http://www.hamlinemidwayhistory.org> for more information. This event
is co-sponsored by The Friends. Hamline Midway Branch Library, 1558 W.
Minnehaha Ave., Saint Paul.
*Sunday, September 23, 2 p.m.: *In the first of two programs
celebrating the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia Ray discusses
her new biography of Grace Flandrau, /Voice Interrupted/, who was a
contemporary of Fitzgerald's. Central Library, 90 W. Fourth St., Saint
Paul.
*Monday, September 24, 1 p.m.: *Norma Sommerdorf, author of /Red River
Girl/ and /The Elm Tree and Three Sisters/ reads and discusses her
work. Sponsored by The St. Paul Community Education Senior Programs and
the Saint Paul Public Library. Dayton's Bluff Branch Library, 645 E.
Seventh St., Saint Paul.
*Monday, September 24, 7 p.m.: *To commemorate Fitzgerald's birth, join
the Lynn Deichert jazz quartet for music from the Jazz Age, interspersed
with selections of Fitzgerald's work - read by Michael-jon Pease, as the
man himself. Central Library, 90 W. Fourth St., Saint Paul.
*Thursday, September 27, 7 p.m.:* Author Annette Atkins presents her
innovative new book about how a complex and modern Minnesota came into
being: /Creating Minnesota: A History From the Inside Out/. Merriam
Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Ave., Saint Paul.
*Sunday, September 30, Noon to 5 p.m.: *Celebrate the 125th Anniversary
of the Saint Paul Public Library and The Schubert Club with an afternoon
of fun events for the whole family, beginning with a parade at noon and
followed by jugglers, musicians, authors and more. Highlights include:
The Teddy Bear Band, Cafe Accordion Orchestra, and Tou Ger Xiong! Visit
www.sppl.org <http://www.sppl.org> or www.schubert.org
<http://www.schubert.org> for a full list of activities. Come join in
the birthday party! Central Library, 90 W. Fourth St., Saint Paul.
*
**Visit www.thefriends.org for more event details***
*All programs are free and open to the public. **If you would like to
be removed from this list, please respond with "unsubscribe" in the
subject line.
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Alayne Hopkins
Programming Coordinator
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
325 Cedar Street
Suite 555
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651/222-3242
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