The program runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rondo Community Outreach Library, 461 North Dale Street, St. Paul. Free parking is available in the library ramp.
Coal Mountain Elementary is a singular, genre-defying treatise from one of America’s most innovative political poets. It mixes verbatim testimony from the surviving Sago, West Virginia, miners and rescue teams, the American Coal Foundation’s curriculum for schoolchildren, newspaper accounts of mining disasters in China, and full-color photographs of Chinese miners by renowned photojournalist Ian Teh.
After the reading, the Twin Cities Labor Chorus will present labor songs in honor of the 100th anniversary of the “Little Red Songbook” and hold a sing-a-long. The event is free and open to the public.
The “Untold Stories” series is an annual commemoration of labor history month. Here are the remaining events in the schedule:
On Tuesday, May 12, 7 p.m., Untold Stories and the Labor Education Service Labor & Community Film Series present the documentary "Con el Toque de la Chaveta" and a discussion with El Lector author William Durbin at the Riverview Branch Library, 1 East George Street, Saint Paul. The film “Con el toque de la chaveta” (With a Stroke of the Chaveta) takes viewers into the cigar factories of Cuba to witness the tradition of ‘la lectura de tabaqueria,’ the collective reading of literature, while tabaqueros roll habanos.
This poetic documentary leaves one wondering where to draw the line between ‘worker’ and ‘intellectual.’ After the film, award-winning author William Durbin discusses his recent young adult novel, El Lector, in which the thirteen-year-old protagonist Bella wants to be a lector, just like her grandfather.
On Wednesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., at the Labor Centre, 411 Main Street, Saint Paul, join Minnesota high school students as they present their labor-related original displays, performances and films for History Day, on the topic of “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies.” The program promotes the study of history by engaging students and teachers in the excitement of historical inquiry and creative presentation. Watch labor history come alive with these imaginative projects.
Untold Stories favorite Dave Riehle presents his annual labor tour on Saturday, May 16, 2 p.m., beginning at the Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul. Local historian Riehle leads a Teamster Strike Tour, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the 1934 strikes in Minneapolis. Space is limited, so please call The Friends at 651-222-3242 to reserve your seat on the bus. There is an optional Minneapolis start location at 2:30 p.m., at Central Library, by the bust stop on 3rd Street toward Hennepin. This event is co-sponsored by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.
Untold Stories closes on Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m. with a panel on the 1934 Teamster Strikes, at the Dayton’s Bluff Branch/Metropolitan State University Library, Ecolab Room, 645 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul. Join a panel of speakers for a discussion commemorating the 1934 Teamster Strikes, on the 75th anniversary. Panelists include Ben Fisher, currently working on a graphic novel about the strikes. This event is co-sponsored by Metropolitan State University.
Untold Stories is coordinated by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Co-sponsors include Coffee House Press, Library Foundation of Hennepin County, Macalester College History Department, the Department of Social Sciences at Metropolitan State University, Micawber\'s Books, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition, Saint Paul Area AFL-CIO Trades and Labor Assembly, Saint Paul Labor Speakers Club, Twin Cities Labor History Society, UAW Local 879 and the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service. This series is supported by an endowment created with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation.
For more information, visit www.thefriends.org or call 651-222-3242.
For more information
View a PBS Newshour report on Mark Nowak’s recent visit to West Virginia and an interview with him at these links:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/04/conversation-poet-mark-nowak-and-director-april-daras-discuss-coal-mountain.html
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The program runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rondo Community Outreach Library, 461 North Dale Street, St. Paul. Free parking is available in the library ramp.
Coal Mountain Elementary is a singular, genre-defying treatise from one of America’s most innovative political poets. It mixes verbatim testimony from the surviving Sago, West Virginia, miners and rescue teams, the American Coal Foundation’s curriculum for schoolchildren, newspaper accounts of mining disasters in China, and full-color photographs of Chinese miners by renowned photojournalist Ian Teh.
After the reading, the Twin Cities Labor Chorus will present labor songs in honor of the 100th anniversary of the “Little Red Songbook” and hold a sing-a-long. The event is free and open to the public.
The “Untold Stories” series is an annual commemoration of labor history month. Here are the remaining events in the schedule:
On Tuesday, May 12, 7 p.m., Untold Stories and the Labor Education Service Labor & Community Film Series present the documentary "Con el Toque de la Chaveta" and a discussion with El Lector author William Durbin at the Riverview Branch Library, 1 East George Street, Saint Paul. The film “Con el toque de la chaveta” (With a Stroke of the Chaveta) takes viewers into the cigar factories of Cuba to witness the tradition of ‘la lectura de tabaqueria,’ the collective reading of literature, while tabaqueros roll habanos.
This poetic documentary leaves one wondering where to draw the line between ‘worker’ and ‘intellectual.’ After the film, award-winning author William Durbin discusses his recent young adult novel, El Lector, in which the thirteen-year-old protagonist Bella wants to be a lector, just like her grandfather.
On Wednesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., at the Labor Centre, 411 Main Street, Saint Paul, join Minnesota high school students as they present their labor-related original displays, performances and films for History Day, on the topic of “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies.” The program promotes the study of history by engaging students and teachers in the excitement of historical inquiry and creative presentation. Watch labor history come alive with these imaginative projects.
Untold Stories favorite Dave Riehle presents his annual labor tour on Saturday, May 16, 2 p.m., beginning at the Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul. Local historian Riehle leads a Teamster Strike Tour, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the 1934 strikes in Minneapolis. Space is limited, so please call The Friends at 651-222-3242 to reserve your seat on the bus. There is an optional Minneapolis start location at 2:30 p.m., at Central Library, by the bust stop on 3rd Street toward Hennepin. This event is co-sponsored by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.
Untold Stories closes on Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m. with a panel on the 1934 Teamster Strikes, at the Dayton’s Bluff Branch/Metropolitan State University Library, Ecolab Room, 645 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul. Join a panel of speakers for a discussion commemorating the 1934 Teamster Strikes, on the 75th anniversary. Panelists include Ben Fisher, currently working on a graphic novel about the strikes. This event is co-sponsored by Metropolitan State University.
Untold Stories is coordinated by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Co-sponsors include Coffee House Press, Library Foundation of Hennepin County, Macalester College History Department, the Department of Social Sciences at Metropolitan State University, Micawber\’s Books, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition, Saint Paul Area AFL-CIO Trades and Labor Assembly, Saint Paul Labor Speakers Club, Twin Cities Labor History Society, UAW Local 879 and the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service. This series is supported by an endowment created with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation.
For more information, visit www.thefriends.org or call 651-222-3242.
For more information
View a PBS Newshour report on Mark Nowak’s recent visit to West Virginia and an interview with him at these links:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/04/conversation-poet-mark-nowak-and-director-april-daras-discuss-coal-mountain.html
http://coalmountain.wordpress.com