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SUMMARY:Books & Bars: "Eight Billion Genies" by Charles Soule
DESCRIPTION:Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule \nTuesday\, January 27\n6:30 p.m. Discussion \nUrban Growler\n2325 Endicott St\nSt. Paul \nThis event is FREE and open to the public.\n— \nIf you had one wish…what would you wish for? Now\, what if everyone else had one wish too? At exactly the same moment\, everyone on earth gets a genie and one wish. All hell breaks loose\, in a very entertaining way…and that’s just the beginning. \n—\nWith The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library\, moderator Jeff Kamin brings his unique take on a public book club show to Saint Paul. Even if you don’t like the featured book\, he “guarantees a good time at our entertaining discussions.” All are welcome to try this moderated reinvention of the book club.
URL:https://thefriends.org/event/books-bars-eight-billion-genies-by-charles-soule-2/
LOCATION:Urban Growler\, 2325 Endicott Street\, Saint Paul\, MN
CATEGORIES:Books & Bars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alayne Hopkins":MAILTO:alayne@thefriends.org
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SUMMARY:Books & Bars: "Eight Billion Genies" by Charles Soule
DESCRIPTION:Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule \nWednesday\, January 21\n6:30 p.m. Discussion \nUtepils\n225 Thomas Ave N\,\nMinneapolis \nThis event is FREE and open to the public.\n— \nIf you had one wish…what would you wish for? Now\, what if everyone else had one wish too? At exactly the same moment\, everyone on earth gets a genie and one wish. All hell breaks loose\, in a very entertaining way…and that’s just the beginning. \n—\nWith The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library\, moderator Jeff Kamin brings his unique take on a public book club show to Saint Paul. Even if you don’t like the featured book\, he “guarantees a good time at our entertaining discussions.” All are welcome to try this moderated reinvention of the book club.
URL:https://thefriends.org/event/books-bars-eight-billion-genies-by-charles-soule/
LOCATION:Utepils\, 225 Thomas Avenue North\, Minneapolis\, MN
CATEGORIES:Books & Bars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alayne Hopkins":MAILTO:alayne@thefriends.org
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SUMMARY:Fireside Reading Series: Debra J. Stone
DESCRIPTION:Debra J. Stone\, author of The House on Rondo\nFiction\nWednesday\, January 21 | 6:30 p.m.\nNew location! Rondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\n270 North Kent Street\, Saint Paul \nOr via Zoom | REGISTER HERE for Zoom event \nAbout the Book  \nThirteen-year-old Zenobia’s grandparents’ house on Rondo Ave. is targeted for demolition. She joins her no-nonsense neighbor in protests. Even though they do not stop the demolition\, she learns about the persistence of love\, community\, and joy in the face of loss.   \nAbout the Author  \nDebra J. Stone writes essays\, poetry\, and fiction. She received a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship and the 2023 Loft Mirrors and Windows Fellowship. She lives in Minneapolis.   \n\nAbout the Fireside Reading Series \nGreat authors by the fireside. \nFREE\nWednesdays | January 7 – January 28\, 2026 | 6:30 p.m.\nRondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\n270 N Kent Street\, Saint Paul \nor via Zoom\nthefriends.org/fireside \nCozy up for four weeks of readings with great writers. In partnership with Saint Paul Public Library\, Fireside Reading Series highlights some of Minnesota’s finest writers who have published new work. \nCaptioning will be provided for all four livestreamed events. ASL interpretation is available upon request with at least seven days’ notice. Contact info@thefriends.org or 651-222-3242. \nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature to The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library as the Minnesota Center for the Book.  \n \n\nAll Fireside Events \nWednesday\, January 7th \nMindy Mejia\, The Whisper Place\nFiction  \nWednesday\, January 14th\nRicardo Levins Morales\, The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation\nMemoir/Nonfiction  \nWednesday\, January 21st  \nDebra J. Stone\, The House on Rondo\nFiction  \nWednesday\, January 28th \nGreg Gaut\, The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War\, 1914 – 1920 \nNonfiction 
URL:https://thefriends.org/event/fireside-reading-series-debra-j-stone/
LOCATION:Rondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\, 270 N Kent Street\, Saint Paul\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Author Readings,Fireside Reading Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Wendy Werdin":MAILTO:wendyw@thefriends.org
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SUMMARY:Fireside Reading Series: Ricardo Levins Morales
DESCRIPTION:Ricardo Levins Morales\, author of The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation Memoir/Nonfiction\nWednesday\, January 14 | 6:30 p.m.\nNew location! Rondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\n270 North Kent Street\, Saint Paul \nOr via Zoom | REGISTER HERE for Zoom event \nAbout the Book  \nA collection of essays gathered from six decades of activism on how to creatively and effectively respond to living in times that are both unprecedented and unique but also part of longstanding and familiar historical cycles.   \nAbout the Author  \nRicardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis. He uses his art as a form of political medicine to support individual and collective healing. He also leads workshops on creative organizing\, social justice strategy and sustainable activism.  \n\nAbout the Fireside Reading Series \nGreat authors by the fireside. \nFREE\nWednesdays | January 7 – January 28\, 2026 | 6:30 p.m.\nRondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\n270 N Kent Street\, Saint Paul \nor via Zoom\nthefriends.org/fireside \nCozy up for four weeks of readings with great writers. In partnership with Saint Paul Public Library\, Fireside Reading Series highlights some of Minnesota’s finest writers who have published new work. \nCaptioning will be provided for all four livestreamed events. ASL interpretation is available upon request with at least seven days’ notice. Contact info@thefriends.org or 651-222-3242. \nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature to The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library as the Minnesota Center for the Book.  \n \n\nAll Fireside Events \nWednesday\, January 7th \nMindy Mejia\, The Whisper Place\nFiction  \nWednesday\, January 14th\nRicardo Levins Morales\, The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation\nMemoir/Nonfiction  \nWednesday\, January 21st  \nDebra J. Stone\, The House on Rondo\nFiction  \nWednesday\, January 28th \nGreg Gaut\, The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War\, 1914 – 1920 \nNonfiction  \n 
URL:https://thefriends.org/event/fireside-reading-series-ricardo-levins-morales/
LOCATION:Rondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\, 270 N Kent Street\, Saint Paul\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Author Readings,Fireside Reading Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Wendy Werdin":MAILTO:wendyw@thefriends.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260107T183000
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SUMMARY:Fireside Reading Series: Mindy Mejia
DESCRIPTION:Mindy Mejia\, author of The Whisper Place\nFiction\nWednesday\, January 7 | 6:30 p.m.\nNew location! Rondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\n270 North Kent Street\, Saint Paul \nOr via Zoom | REGISTER HERE for Zoom event \nAbout the Book  \nInvestigators Max Summerlin and Jonah Kendrick search for a woman desperate to escape a dark past. As Max and Johan unearth the woman’s story\, they put themselves directly in the path of the terror she is trying to escape.   \nAbout the Author  \nMindy Mejia is a CPA and a graduate of the Hamline University MFA program. She lives in the Twin Cities with her family\, and is the author of Strike Me Down\, Everything You Want Me to Be\, Leave No Trace\, and To Catch a Storm.  \n\nAbout the Fireside Reading Series \nGreat authors by the fireside. \nFREE\nWednesdays | January 7 – January 28\, 2026 | 6:30 p.m.\nRondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\n270 N Kent Street\, Saint Paul \nor via Zoom\nthefriends.org/fireside \nCozy up for four weeks of readings with great writers. In partnership with Saint Paul Public Library\, Fireside Reading Series highlights some of Minnesota’s finest writers who have published new work. \nCaptioning will be provided for all four livestreamed events. ASL interpretation is available upon request with at least seven days’ notice. Contact info@thefriends.org or 651-222-3242. \nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature to The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library as the Minnesota Center for the Book.  \n \n\nAll Fireside Events \nWednesday\, January 7th \nMindy Mejia\, The Whisper Place\nFiction  \nWednesday\, January 14th\nRicardo Levins Morales\, The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation\nMemoir/Nonfiction  \nWednesday\, January 21st  \nDebra J. Stone\, The House on Rondo\nFiction  \nWednesday\, January 28th \nGreg Gaut\, The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War\, 1914 – 1920 \nNonfiction  \n 
URL:https://thefriends.org/event/fireside-reading-series-mindy-mejia/
LOCATION:Rondo Community Library at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\, 270 N Kent Street\, Saint Paul\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Author Readings,Fireside Reading Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250913
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: "Gatsby at 100"
DESCRIPTION:“Gatsby at 100” Exhibit\nSeptember 13\, 2025 – March 22\, 2026\nMinneapolis Institute of Arts\n2400 Third Avenue South\, Minneapolis \n“Gatsby at 100\,” opening in fall 2025 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art\, will explore how F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel shaped and was shaped by the visual art of his time. The exhibition will bring together works from Mia’s collection that embody the decadence\, social upheaval\, and underlying racism of Fitzgerald’s most famous novel\, highlighting paintings\, prints\, drawings\, and photographs that are rarely on view. Like Fitzgerald\, artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe\, Oskar Kokoschka\, and Henri Matisse\, as well as regional artists like Wanda Gág\, Clement Haupers\, and Frances Cranmer Greenman\, endeavored to capture the contradictions of the Jazz Age\, a term coined by Fitzgerald himself. Entry is free. \nLearn more here. \nGatsby at 100\n2025 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby. To mark this milestone\, The Friends is convening a variety of programs that invite us to revisit the book and consider how its themes apply today. Learn more and browse programs here. 
URL:https://thefriends.org/event/exhibit-gatsby-at-100/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Institute of Arts\, 2400 Third Avenue South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Fitzgerald in Saint Paul
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ORGANIZER;CN="Wendy Werdin":MAILTO:wendyw@thefriends.org
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