Events - Mar 2025

HABITAT celebrates 40th anniversary
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the “Hard Hat & Black Tie Gala” beginning at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at The Depot, 225 3rd Ave. S., Minneapolis. Hosted by Comedian and Twin Cities Personality Miss Shannan Paul, the event includes a social hour, silent auction, dinner, live auction, and an After Party featuring the Free & Easy Band. Tickets, tables, sponsorship, and more information can be found at: www.tchabitat.org/gala 

CHANGING TIMES BOOK CLUB MEETS MARCH 22
Nora Murphy will join the Changing Times Book Group to discuss her memoir White Birch, Red Hawthorn Saturday, March 22, 3:00–4:30 p.m. at Zvago Housing Co-op, 2265 Luther Place, St. Paul. In 12 essays, each dedicated to a tree significant to Minnesota, Murphy tells the story of a maple grove that was home to the Dakota, Ojibwe, and Ho-Chunk people long before her own ancestors arrived. A fifth-generation Irish-Minnesotan, Murphy has partnered with Native communities over many years, starting as a grant writer in 1995 at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. She now consults on education projects with the Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota.
“Unlearning racism and white supremacy is an ongoing focus in my writing,” she says. “So, too, is reconnecting and reclaiming my Irish heritage and the healing energies of Indigenous Ireland. But none of us can do the work needed to heal this world alone. Collaboration is essential.”
Changing Times Book Group is co-hosted by the St. Paul Public Library and Transition Town - All St. Anthony Park. More info here (TransitionASAP.org/changing-times-book-group) or on the Facebook event. Questions? Email Communications@TransitionASAP.org. 

NEW MUSIC SERIES ON MARCH 20
On Thursday, March 20, Twin Cities-based nonprofit RenegadeEnsemble will present the second installment of Vanguard New Music Series, a set of concerts focused on highlighting the depth and breadth of the new music scene in Minnesota. The 7 p.m. concert at Zion Community Commons (1697 Lafond Avenue) will feature the chamber ensemble Zeitgeist, longtime stalwarts of the Twin Cities new music environment – performing their annual Sound Ground composer showcase, featuring a program of newly-created works by composers May Klug, Leyna Marika Papach, and Sarah M. Greer with special guest composer JC Sanford. The Vanguard New Music Series began in 2022 with a mission to promote and perform works by living composers in Minnesota. More at renegadeensemble.org/performances.