Separate Not Equal: Life at Hale-Field Elementary

In 1971, Minneapolis implemented the Hale-Field school pairing to promote school desegregation. That same year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing school busing. This was a time that Jim Crow laws were rampant and the north instituted policies and [...]

Red Rose Poetry Reading

Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Due to the recent COVID surge, we will be postponing this event. Please check back in the coming weeks for the new date change. Four of the Twin Cities’ spoken wordsmiths perform 3 poems each for a total of 12 of their [...]

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St. Val’s Family Fun Day

Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Due to recent COVID concerns this event has been cancelled. We hope to invite families next year for a V-Day celebration. We’re inviting families to explore the museum’s exhibits and collections for a Valentine’s Day celebration. Make your own cards, explore [...]

History Harvest: An Exploration of School Desegregation

Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Due to the recent COVID surge, we will be postponing this event. Please check our page in the following weeks for the new date change. During this “harvest,” community members are invited to bring and share their papers, photographs, objects and stories, [...]

Typewriting Poetry Workshop

Poetry is its own music, but what are its instruments? A typewriter is the percussion instrument of poetry's music. Keep a beat. Measure your own time. Join us in real space with a real typewriter and make a verse for the ages, [...]

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Chocolatier Talk and Taste

Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Due to the raising surge of COVID cases, we will be postponing this event until National Chocolate Day on October 28th, 2022.  A panel of Twin Cities’ chocolatiers discuss exciting aspects of their craft, new products, and the joys and challenges of [...]

Haunting the Suburbs: Suburbia in American Horror Films

Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

As suburbs blossomed in the 20th century, they were often portrayed as idyllic embodiments of the American Dream. However, the horror genre instead mined suburban fears and anxieties to imagine what nightmares might lurk behind the white picket fences. Film expert Alex [...]

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Book Launch: Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota

Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join us and author Chad Montrie for an evening of discussion on the launch of his new book Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota. An examination of White Minnesotans’ efforts to exclude African Americans from local communities, [...]

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