Latest Past Events

Building MN’s Powerful Arts Community: How We Got Here

Loft Literary Center 1101 Washington Ave., Minneapolis

OUR STORIES, OURSELVES: CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY  How does community start? And how does it germinate in order to empower people and authentic voices? How do you build on the movements that came before you? Join the Loft and More Than a Single Story for a panel of seasoned BIPOC writers and arts activists who will...

$10

Writer to Writer: Michael Kleber Diggs & Heid Erdrich

Join poets, writers and creative writing teachers, Michael Kleber Diggs and Heid E. Erdrich in a wide ranging conversation on assumptions that are often made about their childhoods and cultural experiences. They will talk about how they write around audience expectations of what their upbringings must have been like, how they live as adults and...

Our Stories, Ourselves: Food in Cultural Celebrations

|  VIRTUAL EVENT  |   Despite the challenges of the last few years, our communities have always found reasons to celebrate. Join notable chefs and food writers Sean Sherman, Yia Vang, Mecca Bos and Natalia Mendez in a conversation about their communities and the historical and contemporary ways food serves as a backdrop for cultural...