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Events Oct. ’25
A Lesson in LoveThrough October 12Pillsbury House + Theatre3501 Chicago Avenue S$5-$45Award-winning actor and playwright Nubia Monks is joined by actor Darrick Mosley in this Black rom com that blends heart, humor, and sharp dialogue. When Monique and David unexpectedly cross paths, what begins as a simple conversation unfolds into something layered, tender, and complicated. Set in real time, this intimate story asks what it takes to truly see someone—and be seen in return. For showtimes and tickets, visit pillsburyhouseandtheatre.org/production/a-lesson-in-love. Titunwan Wíŋyaŋ Etáŋhaŋ Pi / Women Of The TitunwanThrough October 28Augsburg Galleries610 & 720 22nd Avenue SFreeThis photographic portrait series by Dawn E. LeBeau / Wanápín Sapa Win began as a way to honor one woman then grew into a visual collaboration with many from the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation: matriarchs, artists, activists, historians, policy makers, land stewards, gardeners and educators. The [...]
Winston: A Woman’s Fight for Freedom in Minnesota
By the HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM Dr. Lehman. Photo: Jeff Yapuncich On Saturday, October 11, the Hennepin History Museum will celebrate the opening of Winston: A Woman’s Fight for Freedom in Minnesota, an exhibit about the little-known story of Eliza Winston, the first and only enslaved person to successfully fight for their freedom in a Minnesota courtroom. Winston presents the biography of a courageous African American woman and the short time she spent in Minnesota. Her story not only sheds new light on local history, but transcends it, establishing significance within national history. De facto slavery was widely accepted in antebellum Minnesota. For years, Southern enslavers forced their captives to accompany them to the free state for business and pleasure. This ended in 1860 when Eliza Winston bravely fought for liberation. Her emancipation became local lore and national propaganda, so much so that she was largely excluded from her own narrative, one that reveals a [...]
