Events

Via the Twin Cities Daily Planet: Shades Of Yellow, the first Hmong organization for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) held its first fundraiser last week at Wilder Foundation, drawing more than a hundred supporters. Oskar Ly, vice chair, welcomed guests and said SOY is excited to hold its first fundraiser and now...
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Up In Arms: A Night of Hip Hop and Spoken Word to Honor Fong Lee and End Police Brutality Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009 Show starts 8:00pm (doorsopen 7:30pm) Location: Macalester College Kagin Commons 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105 http://www.macalester.edu/about/mapbynumber.html Suggested Donation: $5-$10 (all proceeds will to go to the family of Fong Lee to assist with attorney’s...
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DavidMixner.com: National Equality March on Washington: Are you Happy? Many things have been written on whether one should march or not march on October 11 in Washington, DC. Let me make it easy for you. Are you really happy with the progress we have made over the last eight months with this Administration and...
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2009 Facing Race Ambassador Awards with Peggy McIntosh UPDATED: To view the archived liveblog above, simply click the Replay button. I suggest you do that before you read further. My thanks to the Saint Paul Foundation, for having me there to cover the event and for championing the Facing Race initiative. I’ll cop to not having...
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Dr. Peggy McIntosh will be the keynote speaker at the Saint Paul Foundation’s Facing Race Ambassador Celebration on Monday, April 27 (that’s tomorrow). T. Mychael Rambo is the MC. I will be liveblogging the event right here at cinna.mn. Peggy McIntosh is the author of White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (pdf), a groundbreaking essay...
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How can you not resist this description?! Steppin’ Out is an innovative, cross-cultural collaboration of three American styles of dance: Appalachian clogging, African American stepping and hip hop. It combines fierce rhythm and rhyme with rollicking live old-time string band music, rural with urban dance forms, and provides enough soul and smile to inspire all...
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The Twin Cities Media Alliance is hosting a celebration of local ethnic and community media Friday, December 5 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Black Forest Inn’s banquet room, next door to the restaurant at 26th and Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. It’s a chance to meet and network with local grassroots journalists and other...
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Originally uploaded by swirlspice. First, some basic information. For ongoing information in the Join the Impact movement, go to jointheimpact.com. You can follow Join the Impact on Twitter: @jointheimpact. There’s additional (and I assume ongoing) information on organizing efforts at the Join the Impact wiki. This page was the hub for organizing Saturday’s protests. The wiki...
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There are organized anti-Prop-8 rallies in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul tomorrow. Minneapolis Saturday, November 15, 2008 12:30pm – 2:30pm Hennepin County Government Center RSVP at the facebook event page, if you like. As of right now there are 1,077 confirmed guests. Saint Paul Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:00pm – 7:00pm State Capitol Old Main Lawn RSVP at the facebook event page, if you...
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Yet another film festival that I just missed. This one is the Twin Cities’ 5th Annual Arab Film Festival, presented by Mizna. The Arab-Muslim world is the most embattled region in the world and its peoples are the most scrutinized – even vilified – people on the planet. How do Arab films reflect this situation?...
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