Join the Tretter Collection and Curator Aiden M. Bettine on April 9 to celebrate the exhibit, “Dear Community: Mail, Correspondence, and Postal Activism in LGBTQ History.” By incorporating love letters, personal ads, mail order catalogs, and reader written periodicals from the 1950s through today, this exhibit shows how sending mail has been a vehicle for queer and trans people to find themselves, find each other, and build community.

Letters That Link Us: Histories and Mysteries of Hebrew Type An Interdisciplinary Symposium Join the...

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This Embracing our Roots event will focus on two couples: Arts giants Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton with next generation couple, Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar. They will engage in a wide-ranging conversation on family, community, and the ways they work and walk together. Embracing Our Roots is a collaboration with More Than a Single Story, In Black Ink, and the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life.

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George Nakashima came to his creative work after a long spiritual journey to discover meaning for his life. Rather than focusing on his craft, this documentary delves deeply into his unique collection of esoteric experiences. It shows how they brought him to originate a new way to honor great trees and make creation a spiritual act. His great love for “imperfect” natural wood and his inspired works made him a seminal woodworker, widely admired and influential to this day. Presented by the Andersen Horticultural Library and the Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library.

Join us for an enriching lecture with Mira Nakashima as she talks about her journey into the world of woodworking. Explore the legacy of her father, renowned woodworker George Nakashima, as she shares glimpses into his early life, marriage, and their experiences during internment in Minidoka during World War II. From architectural projects to furniture designs, Mira will lead us on a journey through her family's renowned studio, highlighting her own journey from Harvard graduate, to full-time assistant to her father until his passing in 1990, when she became the President and Creative Director. Presented by the Andersen Horticultural Library and the Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library.

Join us for an engaging opportunity to learn more from the 2024 Dr. Linda Mack Schloff research award recipient, whose work uses materials at the the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Bring your lunch and learn more from Montrie about his current research exploring the history of ‘blackface’ minstrel show caricature during the twentieth century in Duluth, Minneapolis, and St. Paul.