CANCELLED | WRITING WORKSHOP: PROCESSING IDENTITIES WITH POETRY
Due to COVID-19, the library has cancelled all events through April 30th. We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. Description: Writing poetry can be...
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WRITING WORKSHOP: HEALING THROUGH WRITING
Instructor: Carolyn Holbrook Description: When we experience trauma, we feel alone and unprotected. Whether the trauma is physical or psychological, we often feel shame, believing that what happened is our...
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Raw Honesty: Writing Your Truth
Explore spoken word, written poetry, creative or free writing with guided writing prompts by writer, musician and mental health advocate Suleiman Adan. At the end of the workshop, there will...
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Dealing With it – People of Color Talk About Mental Health
More Than a Single Story is a series of programs that takes place at different venues across the Twin Cities. Founded and curated by writer Carolyn Holbrook, the program strives to break down the stereotyping of people of color by celebrating their diverse voices and experiences. In this More Than a Single Story discussion, writers,...
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Processing Identity With Poetry
Writing poetry can be a healing experience in navigating one’s identity and emotions. Explore the layers of our identities and their impact on our mental health through writing exercises with writer Diana Nguyen. Participate in discussions on how to process our emotions in written form and learn self-care techniques while exploring these feelings. Bring a...
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Healing Through Writing
Learn tools and techniques for using the journal to tap into our innate abilities to help ourselves heal and restore wellness, and to begin to believe that we are not the problem, the problem is the problem. This workshop is not intended to replace therapy or other healing work you're doing. Rather, it is intended...
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Writing for Radio
Listen to and read examples of radio writing and discuss how to begin to organize a script with KFAI Radio’s Melissa Olson and Ryan Dawes. Discover different types of audio storytelling, including interviews, two-ways, narrated stories, non-narrated stories, audio postcards and audio essays. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. Funded by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural...
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Introduction to Field Recording and Interviewing Techniques
Learn about the radio interview process with hands-on practice with KFAI Radio’s Melissa Olson and Ryan Dawes. Explore how to use recording gear and learn about creative interview techniques such as scheduling, preparation, planning questions and follow-up questioning. Ethical issues that come up during interviews will also be explored. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story....
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Healing the Pain of 2020
FeaturedVirtual EventBIPOC healers discuss the traumas of 2020 and the role their healing methods play in communities of color – from the changing needs of clients due to COVID-19 to the murder of George Floyd.
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Writing From a Place of Deep Listening: A Path to Healing
In this workshop we will explore writing as a tool for listening deeply to ourselves and others. Deep listening can serve as a way of seeing more fully, leading to a path of healing. We'll start with examining Healing and all its varied external meanings and perceptions.