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SUMMARY:Mapping Prejudice
DESCRIPTION:For many years restrictive covenants in deeds and documents related to real estate transactions reserved land for the exclusive use of white people. Research involving academics\, community  activists\, and community members unearth the evidence of these practices. This allowed a map to be made showing how these restrictive practices were embedded in the physical landscape. This is a continuing project to expose the corrosive effects of structural racism. \nDenise Pike and Marguerite Mills\, local historians and researchers\, will present their work which builds on the research by the Mapping Prejudice project to illuminate the history of racial covenants in Minneapolis. The researchers will present their work and research funded by the Minnesota Independent Scholars’ Forum. \nDenise Pike will discuss the creation of the traveling exhibit\, Displaced. First debuted at the Linden Hills Library\, Displaced connects the history of racial covenants to a broader conversation about Indigenous and Black displacement\, racial housing discrimination\, and lasting racial inequities in our broader Twin Cities communities. Denise will also be discussing the creation of a community workshop guide\, created to assist our local communities feel empowered and ready to tackle conversations about racial equity. \nMarguerite Mills will discuss the creation of the digital map component of the Displaced exhibit. In collaboration with Mapping Prejudice colleagues\, Mills researched the roots of an emerging Black community in southwest Minneapolis. Her digital cartography visualized the establishment and displacement of that community through white violence and racial covenanting. Her work in this small geography reveals indigenous dispossession and Black displacement as nodes on the same trajectory of white supremacy. Thanks to the initial map created in partnership with the MISF\, she has continued adding to this body of knowledge and will present updates from her most recent research. Mills will also discuss the accompanying K-12 lesson plan created for use with the map.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/mapping-prejudice/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210123T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210123T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T022219Z
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SUMMARY:The Electoral College —Time For A Change?
DESCRIPTION:This presentation by independent scholar Alan Johnson will address the history of\, and proposed alterations to\, the Electoral College. \nWe will discuss the intentions of the 1787 framers of the Electoral College\, the understanding of the ratifiers\, the early frustration of original intent\, the adoption of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution\, the failures of original intent from the 12th Amendment to the present\, the present operation of the Electoral College\, proposed statutory mitigations of the current Electoral College regime (including the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact)\, and a proposed constitutional amendment for election of the president and vice president by direct popular vote (including ranked-choice or instant-runoff voting). \nAlan E. Johnson\, a retired lawyer\, is an independent historian and philosopher. He is the author of The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and a Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Direct Popular Vote (2018)\, The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience (2015)\, and other writings in the fields of history\, law\, political science\, and philosophy. He is currently preparing a philosophical trilogy with the working titles Free Will and Human Life\, Reason and Human Ethics\, and Reason and Human Government.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-electoral-college-time-for-a-change/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201121T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201121T103000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
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SUMMARY:Sinclair Lewis: The Centenary of "Main Street"
DESCRIPTION:Mr. Coleman is the acquisitions librarian at the Minnesota Historical Society. He writes and lectures on topics related to Minnesota culture and history. He served as president of the Library of Congress’s Minnesota Center for the Book\, president over Minnesota Book Awards\, is on the boards of Coffee House Press and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. \nHe received the Kay Sexton Award in 2009. He serves as Executive Leadership Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Integrative Leadership. \nHe is also doing an exhibit at the Minnesota History Center. There will be an opportunity to do a tour related to this program.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/sinclair-lewis-the-centenary-of-main-street/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201024T094500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201024T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20201020T173927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T205034Z
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SUMMARY:Maritime Heritage Minnesota: Who we are and what we do
DESCRIPTION:Since 2005 MHM has been working to document Minnesota’s submerged heritage. They will detail their findings from side and down-imaging sonar surveys\, underwater archaeological dive reconnaissance projects\, Minnesota small craft and dugout canoe studies\, and log books digitization.\nMHM was founded by Ann Merriman\, PhD\, and Christopher Olson\, MA in July 2005 in St. Paul\, MN. MHM’s Nautical/Maritime/Maritime Terrestrial Archaeologists are the only underwater archaeologists working in Minnesota; they hold the only 2 underwater archaeoloal licenses from the Office of the State Archaeologist in Minnesota. MHM’s mission is to document\, conserve\, preserve\, and when necessary\, excavate these finite cultural resources where the welfare of the artifact is paramount. MHM is concerned with protecting our underwater and maritime sites – our shared Maritime History – for their own benefit in order for all Minnesotans to gain the knowledge that can be obtained through their study. MHM’s study of wrecks does not include the removal of artifacts or damaging the sites in any way.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/maritime-heritage-minnesota-who-we-are-and-what-we-do/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200926T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200926T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20191201T051111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T021538Z
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SUMMARY:Saving Lives: Stories From Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery (formerly Layman’s) is the oldest existing cemetery in Minneapolis and the first in Minnesota to have been listed as an individual landmark in the National Register of Historic Sites.  The cemetery’s first burial took place in 1853\, five years before statehood.  In addition to recognizing the significance of the cemetery’s built environment\, its listing in the National Register acknowledges the contributions made by those who are buried there to the city and state’s history.  It is the final resting place of abolitionists\, military veterans from the War of 1812 to World War I\, members of the city’s early African-American community\, and several thousand immigrants.  And there are children—some 10\,000 of them. Volunteers have been collecting and preserving stories and photographs of these residents to ensure that they are not forgotten. \nSue Hunter Weir is Chair of Friends of the Cemetery\, an organization dedicated to preserving and maintaining Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.  She has spent 20 years researching the cemetery and its 22\,000 residents.  Sue has written more than 160 “Tales from the Cemetery\,” columns that have been published in The Alley\, a newspaper serving the Phillips Community and surrounding neighborhoods.  For nine years\, she served on the City of Minneapolis’ Heritage Preservation Commission.  Before she retired\, Sue was Coordinator of Academic Advising for students majoring in the visual and performing arts at the University of Minnesota.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/saving-lives-stories-from-minneapolis-pioneers-and-soldiers-memorial-cemetery/
LOCATION:At the Cemetery: 2925 Cedar Ave S\, Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200627T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200627T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
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SUMMARY:Bold Vision: ERA 2020
DESCRIPTION:On the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote\, another 100-year struggle to gain constitutional equality through ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment for women is one state away from passage. Modern-day suffragists around the country have united to make equal legal in 2020. We’ll explore efforts both here in Minnesota and around the U.S.\, finally\, to amend an ERA into our state and federal constitutions. \nThe honorable Betty Folliard is a well-known Minnesota thought leader and founder of ERA Minnesota\, an organization dedicated to passing the Equal Rights Amendment statewide and nationally. Ms. Folliard worked in government at the local\, state\, and national levels: first as a School Board vice chair; serving 3 terms (6 years) as legislator in the Minnesota House of Representatives; and  for several years\, as a U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Aide in the Office of Congressman Keith Ellison.  \nAs state representative in the Minnesota House of Representatives for the communities of Hopkins\, Minnesota\, and St. Louis Park\, she served six years on the Minnesota Commission on the Economic Status of Women; was chair of the Teacher Preparation Subcommittee; became pro-choice lead on the House Health and Human Services Committee; and served nationally as vice chair of NCEL – the National Commission of Environmental Legislators. \nBetty Folliard earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and Master of Fine Arts from Wayne State University and began her career as a Theatre Specialist. She became co-owner of Strategy Partners\, a business and political consulting firm. She also created a feminist talk show called A Woman’s Place. Ms. Folliard was first board chair of Gender Justice – a non-profit law firm in St. Paul and served as board chair of PRISM – People Responding in Social Ministry\, a social services agency. \nIn 2014 Betty founded ERA Minnesota\, revitalizing the ERA movement in Minnesota. Consequently\, she earned the highly coveted Minnesota Women’s Press Change Maker Award. In 2017\, she received the Minnesota Women’s Summit Committee’s Woman of Distinction Award. In 2018 Betty was appointed a National Presbyterian Delegate to the United Nations 62nd Commission on the Status of Women. This year she helped pass the state ERA bill through the Minnesota House. Most recently\, she is helping organize a Women’s Economic Security Task Force on behalf of the new Minnesota State Attorney General.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/bold-vision-era-2020/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200530T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200530T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20191201T044344Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Poetry Day (Rescheduled!)
DESCRIPTION:Vicki Mickelson is a retired educator with thirty-eight years experience in the classroom\, most of them in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Her writing journey began in Anna Maria\, Florida\, her winter haven.  Proudly\, she offers seven published books of poetry\, including Island Attitudes\, nominated for a Minnesota Book Award in 2016\, to her readers. Vicki’s poetry is inspired by life’s feats and daily observations and resonates human frailties and achievements. Her six grandchildren fuel her energy for writing. She lives in Rosemount\, Minnesota. \nJoseph A. Amato has written more than twenty-five books in European intellectual and cultural history\, family\, local\, rural and regional history\, and two memoirs. In the last decade\, while finishing a book in philosophy and history The Book of Twos and Everyday Life\, he completed a major work of magic realism\, Buffalo Man: A Boy Giant on the Minnesota River\, and four books of poetry – Buoyancies: A Ballast Master’s Log; My Three Sicilies: Stories\, Poems and Histories; Diagnostics: The Poetics of Time; and due for early spring publication\, Towers of Aging.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/annual-poetry-day-rescheduled/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200425T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200425T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20191201T041704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T023037Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesotans and the Ultra-Resistance
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED  (will be rescheduled later this year) \nBased on his 2018-2019 oral history project\, “We Won’t Go\, and We Don’t Want You to Go Either\,” Peter Simmons will talk about Minnesotans who\, during 1967-1970\, took part in raids on Selective Service offices (draft boards) in Minnesota and elsewhere\, aiming to cripple the ability of the government to to conscript young American’s into the military during the never-declared Vietnam war. \nMr. Simmons was born in North Minneapolis in 1950\, and has been a life-long Minneapolis resident.  After involvement in the draft resistance  and peace movements\, he was convicted in 1970 of violating the Selective Service Act\, and spent twenty months in Federal Prison in Colorado. His “We Won’t Go…” project was assisted and made possible by the Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/minnesotans-and-the-ultra-resistance/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200222T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200222T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20191122T022412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T030318Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Women: First in the Nation to Vote in 1920
DESCRIPTION:At 6 a.m. on the morning of August 27\, 1920\, the City of South St. Paul held the very first election conducted on the day following ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. The identity of the first woman to cast a ballot will be discussed as will the history of suffrage across the nation and in Minnesota for the seventy-plus years leading up to passage of the 19th Amendment. Lois Glewwe is from South St. Paul and believes that her own grandmother and three aunts voted on that important day. \nLois Glewwe is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and received her Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of the published histories of South St. Paul\, West St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights\, Minnesota\, and is a contributing author in Minnesota’s Trail of Tears: The Beginning of the Dakota Exile in Minnesota. She has written several additional published works including A Brief History of South St. Paul\, published in 2015 by The History Press in South Carolina. Her stories of the first white and Dakota women in Minnesota are available online at DakotaSoulSisters.com where she has profiled approximately 20 women in Minnesota from 1835-1862. Lois is also an oral history transcriptionist for Barbara Sommer\, Kim Heikkila\, and the Minnesota Historical Society. She is currently under contract for a new book on Images of America: South St. Paul in Photos\, by Arcadia Press\, which will be out in December of 2021.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/minnesota-women-first-in-the-nation-to-vote-in-1920/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200125T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200125T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20191122T013449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T031110Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Swedes Raising Cane
DESCRIPTION:In the early years of the 20th century\, a Swedish-American doctor invested in a large tract of land in eastern Cuba. Using his doctor’s office on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis as a headquarters\, he promoted the sale of land parcels to his fellow Swedish-Americans. In his promotional pamphlets\, written in Swedish\, Dr. Lind promised cheap land\, a warm healthful climate and the opportunity to harvest crops year round. A number of farm families from the Upper Midwest decided to participate in this adventure\, becoming part of a Swedish-American settlement in Cuba. However\, because of turbulent political and economic times\, by 1920 most of the Swedish-American-Cubans had returned to the U.S. Their experiences\, as recorded in reminiscences\, stories and photos. gathered from their dedcendants\, illustrate the drama\, romance\, intrigue and adventure of the Swedes Raising Cane in Cuba. \nMarilyn is a local historian who began researching the topic of the Swedish settlement in Cuba when she served as the director of the Isanti County Historical Society during the 1980s. While living in the Cambridge area\, she researched many topics relating to Swedish immigration and cultural traditions. Her research found its way into public presentations\, several books and portrayals of local historical characters (whom she says\, “stepped out of the archives”). For 15 years she also published an annual history/tourism-related newspaper called The Isanti County Traveler. Then in 2016 she published her one and only novel that she calls “a local history mystery.” The title is Caught in the Lye and it features lutefisk\, of course. Now\, living in the Twin Cities\, she is currently assisting with the publication of a pictorial history of  Saint Paul’s Swede Hollow. “But\,” she says\, “I can’t seem to get away from the Cuba story.” Two recent trips to Cuba and new contacts that often appear “out of the blue” continue to add additional dimensions to the story. She is hopeful that a musical called Sugar\, based on the story\, will one day find its way to the stage. Meanwhile\, she perseveres in playing the nyckelharpa\, a Swedish folk instrument\, and in perfecting her pie-baking skills.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/minnesota-swedes-raising-cane/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191116T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191116T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20190413T164011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T045834Z
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SUMMARY:Oaxaca: Mexican Discoveries
DESCRIPTION:Oaxaca is a city and state in southern Mexico that today is a popular destination for foreign and domestic tourists and those wishing to spend the winter months in a warm\, sunny climate. Oaxaca has been populated for thousands of years and there is still a large indigenous population that carry on traditions and customs from years past. It is known for its cuisine\, its festivals\, its archeological sites and its artisans and crafts including weaving\, textiles\, pottery (green\, red\, black)\, alebrijes and mezcal. Charlie Roger has spent a few winters in Oaxaca and would like to share his experiences from there. \nCharlie Roger is now retired after years of working for hospitals in respiratory therapy and data management. He enjoys reading\, teaching English with the Minnesota Literacy Council\, studying Spanish and travel.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/oaxaca-mexican-discoveries/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191026T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191026T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20190413T162816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T161517Z
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SUMMARY:Minneapolis and Tangletown Neighborhood Landmarks
DESCRIPTION:What is a neighborhood and how does change make it better\, lessen it\, or make it a different world? Step into the past with a presentation illustrated by maps and photographs of historical interest.  The maps show what most of south Minneapolis looked like prior to urban development.  The photos are of early downtown Minneapolis and the Mississippi River\, as well as historical and current-day images of Tangletown.  These maps and photos provide a sense of place\, identity\, and pride in the city where we live. \nTom Balcom grew up in Minneapolis\, majored in Geography/Urban and Regional Planning at the U of M\, and worked in planning and environmental protection programs at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  In retirement\, Tom enjoys doing historical research and writing\, as well as giving bus\, bike\, and walking tours of the city and south Minneapolis neighborhoods”.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/minneapolis-and-tangletown-neighborhood-landmarks/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190928T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190928T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20190413T160230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240511T011121Z
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SUMMARY:The Woodcut Art of Wolfgang Klein
DESCRIPTION:The program will introduce the topic with a brief description of the history of creating woodcuts. It will then focus on Wolfgang Klein’s art of creating woodcuts from their inception to their completion\, including materials and tools needed in the process. The presenter will have actual art samples on view and take her audience on a journey of the artist’s life and creativity by means of a slide show of works by this Wisconsin artist. \nEvelyn Klein\, Author\, Speaker\, Artist\, is the daughter of Wolfgang Klein. She has a B.S. in Secondary Education and an M.S. in English. She is\, currently\, editor of The Minnesota Scholar and her newsletter\, The Write Connection. A prize-winning poet\, she is the author of three books of poetry\, essays\, and art. Her first book\,From Here Across the Bridge\, a memoir in verse\, contains woodcut illustrations by her father\, Wolfgang Klein\, winning a cover award. Her books\, Once upon a Neighborhood and Seasons of Desire\, are theme books with poetry and essays and her own illustrations. Both books are now found in the Minnesota Historical Society’s permanent library collection.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-woodcut-art-of-wolfgang-klein/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190622T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190622T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180529T123713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T032314Z
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SUMMARY:Scholars without Walls:  How our book came to be and why
DESCRIPTION:We will introduce our new book\, Scholars without Walls: The History of the Minnesota Independent Scholars’ Forum.  The book\, which will be available for purchase at this event\,  tells how a group of unemployed academics became a current-day organization with monthly meetings\, study groups\, a regular newsletter\, and fiscal agency assistance.  In addition to a history of the organization\, this new book includes examples of writing by independent scholars—on subjects from health insurance to history. \nAuthors Lucy Brusic\, Evelyn Klein and Mike Woolsey will introduce the book.  We will talk about what inspired us to write the book and what we hope to accomplish by publishing it.   Copies of the book will be available for sale. \nLucy Brusic is a writer and editor; Evelyn Klein is a writer and editor; Mike Woolsey is an independent scholar and grant writer.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/scholars-without-walls-how-our-book-came-to-be-and-why/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190525T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190525T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20190413T143533Z
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SUMMARY:What is Poetry?
DESCRIPTION:For those who are wondering what poetry truly is\, Evelyn Klein will examine its nature\, perspectives\, and renditions as they developed over the centuries.  She will answer the question of whether it is rhyme and meter or anything the writer wants to express.  From Aristotle to Carl Jung\, from Greek philosophers to modern thinkers\, she will shed light on the literary form that has some modern readers mystified.  Brief examples of poetry from Chaucer to Billy Collins will shed light on the discussion. \nAt the end of her presentation\, she will give opportunity for a brief writing exercise that will inspire both experienced writers and newcomers. After the presentation\, an open mike will follow\, and attendees are invited to read their own poetry or that of their favorite poet. \nEvelyn Klein has a B.S. in Secondary Education and an M.S. in the Teaching of English.  She has taught literature and writing in the public schools\, at Century College and\, most recently\, at the Loft Literary Center.  A prize winning poet\, her articles and poetry have been widely published\, and she is author of three books of poetry\, essays\, and illustrations\, including Seasons of Desire.  An independent scholar\, she is also editor of The Minnesota Scholar.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/what-is-poetry/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190427T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190427T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20181104T142957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240512T024316Z
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SUMMARY:The Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:As someone who has been an active writer for more than half a century\, I have benefited from the prestige and authority conferred on the general culture by the invention of the printing press.  Since that time books have had a short 500-year run\, and a mixed success\, as cultural influences.  While the book’s influence seems to be in decline since the advent of the digital age\, we ironically have more books being published today than at any other time in history.  What roles do contemporary writers now fulfill\, and how should a “serious” writer define this role?  I hope to address these issues from my own personal experiences as writer and editor\, in the hope that my example is at once typical in some basic ways and therefore instructive. \nEmilio DeGrazia\, a long-time resident of Winona\, Minnesota\, taught at Winona State University from 1969 to 2002\, and continues to write and edit from his home there.  He founded Great River Review in 1977\, and it currently is the official literary journal for the creative writing students at the University of Minnesota.  He has had a long and varied history as a writer.  A first collection of short fiction\, Enemy Country (New Rivers Press)\, was selected by Anne Tyler for a Writer’s Choice Award\, and a novel\, Billy Brazil (New Rivers Press)\, was chosen for a Minnesota Voices award. A second story collection\, Seventeen Grams of Soul\, received a Minnesota Book Award in 1995\, and a second novel\, A Canticle for Bread and Stones\, appeared in 1996.  In the past few years DeGrazia published Burying the Tree\, his first collection of essays\, a memoir (of sorts) called Walking on Air in a Field of Greens\, Seasonings\, a first collection of poetry\, and Eye Shadow\, creative non-fiction.  He also has had two plays produced and has served two terms as Winona’s Poet Laureate.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-writing-life/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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SUMMARY:Ignatius Donnelly: Ultimate Independent Scholar
DESCRIPTION:Ignatius Donnelly; poet\, promoter\, politician\, orator\, and author; was arguably the most interesting figure in Minnesota history. Although today he is largely dismissed as a crank\, Donnelly was an indefatigable champion of the nineteenth century’s underdogs. His writings were both a reflection of the times and of his moods. His 1890 Caesar’s Column was the first great dystopian novel and a best seller in spite of its populist pessimism. Donnelly’s non-fiction ceded no field to the experts. His Atlantis: The Antediluvian World led to scientific speculation and many fantasy novels. Despite his numerous defeats\, many of his ideas eventually came to fruition\, creating an impressive legacy. \nPatrick Coleman has been the Acquisition Librarian at the Minnesota Historical Society for the last three decades. In that curatorial position he has been responsible for adding approximately 100\,000 volumes to the library\, making it the premier place for scholarship on all Minnesota topics. He is especially proud of the MHS library’s growth in the previously neglected areas of Minnesota fiction\, poetry\, fine press\, and artist’s books. Coleman writes and lectures on topics related to Minnesota’s culture and history. He served as the President of the Library of Congress’s Minnesota Center for the Book\, presided over the Minnesota Book Awards\, is on the boards of Coffee House Press and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts\, and received the Kay Sexton Award in 2009 for his contributions to Minnesota’s community of the book. Currently\, he serves as an Executive Leadership Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Integrative Leadership. His avocational interest include Irish literature (collecting one of few complete sets of the Cuala Press\, run by the sisters of W. B. Yeats\,) wilderness canoeing\, cross-country skiing\, and backpacking.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/ignatius-donnelly-ultimate-independent-scholar/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190223T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190223T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20181104T141814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240512T025409Z
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SUMMARY:The Power of Landscape Art
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota Public Radio frequently mentions the power of classical music. Bob Brusic will adapt this theme and talk about The Power of Landscape Art.  He will discuss the various ways in which the genre of landscape painting has been used to communicate ideas and evoke emotions. The talk will be illustrated. \nBrusic has been a docent at MIA for ten years. Previously he was the pastor at Luther Seminary. He has degrees from Dartmouth and Harvard and is a longtime member of MISF.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-power-of-landscape-art/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190126T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190126T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20181104T141016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240512T025959Z
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SUMMARY:The Romansh in Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:Among the mid-19th century waves of immigrants from northern Europe to the U.S\, and Minnesota\, the Romansh people from Switzerland were a small but influential group\, Often counted with Swiss immigrants as a whole\, or with German\, French\, or Italian immigrants\, their story in Minnesota\, though carefully saved in family histories\, has not been well known publicly. \nBarbara Sommer\, with support through a Gale Library Fellowship from the Minnesota Historical Society\, has researched and written a short history of the move of Romansh people from the canton Graubünden to Stillwater\, Le Center\, St. Paul and other areas of Romansh settlement in Minnesota.This program will cover information gathered by Sommer about Minnesota’s Romansh immigrants and their families\, including the story of her great-great grandmother. \nBarbara is a 4th generation Minnesotan\, a public historian with a specialty in oral history\, and a published author. She became interested in her Romansh heritage when told by a family member many years ago to remember “We are Roman” – a statement often made by people of Romansh background. Interested in learning more about what this meant\, in 2017 she applied for a Gale Library Fellowship from the Minnesota Historical Society. With this support\, she researched and began to document Minnesota’s little known Romansh story. The results of her work are available on MNopedia (http://www.mnopedia.org/group/romansh-minnesota).
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-romansh-in-minnesota/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181117T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181117T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20181031T195009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240512T030638Z
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SUMMARY:(***Program Changed***) Beauty Spots: The deeper story behind Midwestern small town parks
DESCRIPTION:This talk will explore how\, after the Civil War\, many Minnesota towns created picturesque parks that gave a town distinctive character — a central square\, a riverbank recreation area or a picturesque streamside retreat complete with rustic wooden bridges. Far away from larger cities\, Minnesota’s small towns staked a claim to settlement with remarkable works of landscape architecture and design. But their founders never fully understood the native cultures that came before them — people with a different sense of beauty and promise in the land. \nFrank Edgerton Martin\, MSLA\, is a consulting writer for architecture and design firms and a historic landscape preservation planner.  He often works with architects and landscape architects in historic landscape preservation projects. He is a contributing writer to the Star Tribune “Streetscapes” series\, which runs each Saturday.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/program-changed-beauty-spots-the-deeper-story-behind-midwestern-small-town-parks/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181027T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181027T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20181002T051405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240512T033018Z
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SUMMARY:The Theatrical Experience
DESCRIPTION:Distinguished Guthrie Theater actor Nathanial Fuller will lead an interactive dialogue about his experience as a performing artist as it relates to the experience of the audience.  Theater is the shared energy between the production and the audience.  The audience becomes part of the art.  Nat will talk about what actors as artists are aiming for\, and how the audience can participate to heighten the experience. \nNathaniel Fuller has been a professional Actor in the Twin Cities since 1976.  In addition to his work in many of the local theaters\, he has acted with the Guthrie Theater in each of the past  thirty seasons\, where he has appeared in over ninety productions.  Among his favorite roles are King Lear in King Lear\, Nat Miller in Ah! Wilderness\, and Otto in The Magic Fire.  He has toured throughout the Nation in Guthrie productions of Candida\, K\, A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Molly Sweeney and Ah! Wilderness.  He is currently rehearsing for another of his favorite roles\, Ebenezer Scrooge in the Guthrie’s 2018 production of A Christmas Carol.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-theatrical-experience/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180922T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180531T042328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T031522Z
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SUMMARY:F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul on 24 September 1896. Although his family left for Buffalo\, New York\, before his second birthday\, he returned to St. Paul in 1908 and lived there during his teen years\, a very formative period for the young writer. Come hear how the wealth of the Midwest\, the Catholic Church of St. Paul\, and the romantic notions of the Civil War his Maryland father planted in his head while living in St. Paul influenced F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and writing. In addition\, take a slide show tour of some of the sites associated with Fitzgerald in St. Paul and nearby cities. \nDave Page has been involved in the publication of five books about F. Scott Fitzgerald\, either as an editor or a writer\, including this year’s F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota: The Writer and His Friends at Home. A retired English instructor at Inver Hills Community College\, Page also co-chaired the 2002 International Fitzgerald conference and was a member of the 2017 International Fitzgerald Conference planning committee. He has lectured on Fitzgerald around the world and is currently working on a book about Fitzgerald and the Midwest.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/f-scott-fitzgerald-in-minnesota/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180623T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180623T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180103T035836Z
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SUMMARY:Connections and Corrections:  Women in the Criminal Justice System and their Families
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is a review of a qualitative study of eighteen women who were in a women’s residential correctional facility. Bowen family systems theory was used as the theoretical base for designing interviews of the women. Bowen family systems theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems theory to describe its complex interactions. Family and personal information gathered at the time of the initial interviews was reviewed ten years later to look for similarities/differences in functioning between those with and without subsequent legal charges. The results were reported in ‘Family Systems Forum\,’ a publication of the Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family in Houston\, Texas. \nRuth Campbell is a retired clinical social worker with an MSW from the University of Iowa. She did postgraduate training in Bowen family systems theory and therapy from the Minnesota Institute of Family Dynamics (which closed in 1995) and The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington\, D.C. (thebowencenter.org). She spent 32 years doing individual\, couple\, and family therapy in a private psychiatric practice and in the counseling department of Catholic Charities in Des Moines\, Iowa and moved to Minneapolis in 2014.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/connections-and-corrections-women-in-the-criminal-justice-system-and-their-families/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180526T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180526T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180103T035147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T205503Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Virginia Hansen Poetry Day
DESCRIPTION:The annual Virginia Hansen poetry day at MISF will begin with a brief introduction on the use of metaphor by poet and teaching artist\, Evelyn Klein. It will be followed by readings of featured poets\, Joe Amato\, Emilio DeGracia\, and Lee Landau. They will read from their recent publications. An open reading and book signing will follow. All are welcome.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/annual-virginia-hansen-poetry-day/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180428T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180428T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180103T034300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T022356Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Muslims-Up Close
DESCRIPTION:Muslims have been part of Minnesota since the 19th Century so why are we just noticing them now? Examine the diversity and the unity of the Muslim experience in the Land of a Thousand Lakes. \nThe speaker\, Tamim Saidi\, has been active in describing Islam and the Muslim’s culture and way of life. This is your chance to hear what being a Muslim is like in the land of Lutherans and how Minnesota Nice plays out with an increasingly visible religious group. \nThis is also a chance to ask questions about one of the largest of the world’s religions. You can even be politically incorrect. Tamim Saidi (pronounced Ta-meem Sa-ee-dee) has worked with Islamic Resource Group\, is on the advisory board to CAIR-MN\, and is President of a mosque in Plymouth. He is a Doctor of Pharmacy and works as a Consultative Pharmacist. He is the father of four children\, a son\, a husband\, and a brother.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/minnesota-muslims-up-close/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180324T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180324T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180103T033533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T025455Z
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SUMMARY:The Weight of Silence: Unwed Mothers at the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in Midcentury Minnesota (or\, History\, My Mother\, and Me)
DESCRIPTION:In February 1959\, the Minneapolis Morning Tribune published a series of articles about the ailing American family\, pointing to the “crisis of the unwed mother” as a factor in the institution’s decline. In October of that year\, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch chimed in on the matter with its series on “Girls in Trouble.” In 1960\, WCCO television broadcast a Peabody Award-winning program about unwed mothers living at the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in St. Paul. Sex and the single girl seemed to be on everyone’s mind in midcentury Minnesota. \nDespite this public attention to unwed motherhood as a social issue\, however\, silence still surrounded the actual experience of premarital sex and pregnancy for the young mothers-to-be. Parents\, teachers\, and friends broached the subject of sex indirectly and through innuendo\, if at all. Once pregnant\, many single white women hid themselves in maternity homes such as Booth under the cover of stories that they had gone to visit family or taken a job out of state. Partly in an attempt to maintain this façade of sexual propriety\, approximately 70% of unwed mothers at Booth in the early 1960s relinquished their children for adoption\, often remaining silent about these life-changing events for decades. \nDr. Kim Heikkila’s mother was one of these women: she delivered her first daughter\, Heikkila’s half-sister\, at Booth in 1961\, surrendered her for adoption\, and kept the whole experience a secret for 33 years\, until that daughter found her long-lost birth mother. In this talk\, Dr. Heikkila will explore the weight of silence born by her mother and seven former “Booth girls” with whom she conducted oral history interviews. \nPresenter Bio: Kim Heikkila has a doctorate in American Studies\, with a minor in Feminist Studies\, from the University of Minnesota. She has written about Booth Memorial Hospital for Ramsey County History and Minnesota History\, and has published several personal essays about her mother’s experiences as a birth mother and her own as an adoptive mother. She recently completed an oral history project with former Booth residents\, staff\, and related personnel\, the second of two research projects on Booth sponsored by the Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum with funding from Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grants. Her first book\, Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam (Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2011)\, was a finalist for a 2012 Minnesota Book Award. She taught U.S. and women’s history at local colleges and universities for more than 10 years before leaving academia to open her own oral history consulting business\, Spotlight Oral History.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-weight-of-silence-unwed-mothers-at-the-salvation-army-booth-memorial-hospital-in-midcentury-minnesota-or-history-my-mother-and-me/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180224T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180224T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180103T030017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T031226Z
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SUMMARY:From Winnipeg to New Orleans: the route of the Jefferson Highway in Minnesota.
DESCRIPTION:Carol Ahlgren is both an architectural historian and historian in the Twin Cities. She received a 2017 Legacy Fellowship from the Minnesota Historical Society to study the highway’s history and route through Minnesota.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/from-winnipeg-to-new-orleans-the-route-of-the-jefferson-highway-in-minnesota/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180127T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180127T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T130607
CREATED:20180103T024232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T034201Z
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SUMMARY:Minneapolis' Murdered Editors. A Look at Investigative Journalists and the Underworld in the Early 20th Century.
DESCRIPTION:In the early 20th century the Minneapolis underworld was ruled by some pretty ruthless mobsters and gangs who did not look kindly on efforts of campaigning newsmen to clean up the city. This time will be the topic of our speaker\, Beth Johanneck\, who regards herself as an amateur historian. [Ed. Note: Meaning: She is an independent scholar.] \nBeth Johanneck was raised on a small farm in southwestern Minnesota with seven brothers and a sister. They spent their summers working in the fields. She graduated from Wabasso High School and then attended Southwest State University in Marshall\, Minnesota. She has B.S. degree in business administration with a finance concentration and currently works for Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. She describes herself as an amateur historian. \nShe hosted a blog called Minnesota Country Mouse for seven years which led to a book contract with the History Press. Her first book was the Hidden History of the Minnesota River Valley. She then wrote Twin Cities Prohibition\, also for the History Press. She self-published Minneapolis Underworld at the request of a local organized crime member. This led to an introduction and brief friendship with “Tommy the Bomber” Ogdahl\, former member of The Baldies gang who later became deputy mayor to Charles Stenvig. \nTwin Cities Prohibition was mentioned on MPR as one of the three top food books of 2011\, This ironic honor was bestowed by Minnesota Monthly magazine’s food editor\, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl. She appeared on an episode of the Travel Channel’s Monumental Mystery series to discuss the Foshay Tower. \nShe is currently working on a fictional history of Henry Sibley\, and book of fiction about a Minnesota farm family during the Great Depression tentatively entitled\, Bittersweet.
URL:https://dev.mnindependentscholars.org/event/minneapolis-murdered-editors-a-look-at-investigative-journalists-and-the-underworld-in-the-early-20th-century/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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