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UID:25090-2601
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:CINE LATINO Film Festival: TheyDream + Belong
DTSTAMP:20261009T170000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261009T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261009T190000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/theydream-belong/
DESCRIPTION:14th Cine Latino Film FestivalTheyDream is preceded by the short film Belong / Pertenecer by Sofía Padilla.Director Sofía Padilla (Belong / Pertenecer) AttendingABOUT THE FILMDirector William Caballero expands the themes of his acclaimed short Chilly and Milly (Cine Latino MSP 2024) in his debut feature TheyDream, an intimate journey through family, memory, grief, and forgiveness. Working alongside his mother, Caballero revisits the past through motion-capture technology and homemade animation, recreating family conversations and moments that might otherwise exist only in memory. His father, grandfather, grandmother, and beloved dog, Gustavo emerge through home movies, interviews, live action, personal illustrations, stop-motion, miniatures, puppets, and digital and performance-capture animation. This rich blend of techniques illuminates a quieter grief: the loss of a loved one, achievements never celebrated, words left unsaid, conversations too painful to revisit, and those we regret never having. TheyDream is a tender portrait of a son reckoning with his family’s past and the memories that shaped him. Visually inventive and deeply personal, the film explores universal questions of who we are, what we inherit, what we remember, and how we learn to let go—searching for understanding and a liberating way forward. TheyDream won the NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and the Knight Documentary Achievement Award at the Miami International Film Festival.TheyDream – En españolEl director William Caballero amplía los temas de su aclamado cortometraje Chilly and Milly (Cine Latino MSP 2024) en su primer largometraje, TheyDream, un viaje íntimo por la familia, la memoria, el duelo y el perdón. Junto a su madre, Caballero se adentra en el pasado familiar mediante una fascinante combinación de películas caseras, entrevistas, ilustraciones, stop-motion, miniaturas, marionetas y animación digital. A través de estas técnicas, su padre, sus abuelos y su querido perro Gustavo cobran nueva vida, mientras conversaciones y momentos del pasado son reconstruidos desde el recuerdo. La película explora las formas más silenciosas del duelo: las pérdidas, las palabras que quedaron sin decir, los logros que nunca se celebraron y las conversaciones que nunca llegaron a ocurrir. Visualmente ingeniosa y profundamente personal, TheyDream es el retrato de un hijo que busca reconciliarse con su historia familiar y con los recuerdos que lo han moldeado. En el camino, la película plantea preguntas universales sobre lo que heredamos, lo que recordamos y cómo aprendemos a dejar ir. TheyDream recibió el Premio Especial del Jurado NEXT a la Expresión Creativa en Sundance 2026 y el Premio Knight al Logro Documental en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Miami.PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETYCine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film. https://mspfilm.org/show/theydream-belong/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25089-2600
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:CINE LATINO Film Festival: On Behalf of My Son (Vicentina Pede Desculpas)
DTSTAMP:20261008T193000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T221500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/on-behalf-of-my-son-vicentina-pede-desculpas/
DESCRIPTION:14th Cine Latino Film FestivalThursday, October 8 at 7:30PMABOUT THE FILMOn a sunny morning in the city of Belo Horizonte, a crowded public bus makes its way downtown. As it crosses an overpass, the vehicle suddenly swerves, veers off the road, and crashes onto the avenue below. One passenger is left critically injured, while everyone else -- including Wesley, the driver -- is killed. The tragedy dominates television broadcasts and newspaper headlines across the country. Security cameras from both the bus and the roadway capture the moment of the crash, and after the footage is analyzed, speculation begins to spread that the driver may have acted intentionally, in an apparent suicide. Vicentina, a 75-year-old retired schoolteacher and Wesley’s mother, is devastated by the tragedy and uncertain of how to move forward. She decides to seek out the victims’ families and apologize. The road ahead proves difficult to navigate, and the answers Vicentina longs for are not always the ones she finds.Vicentina Pede Desculpas – em portuguêsNuma manhã ensolarada em Belo Horizonte, um ônibus lotado segue para o centro da cidade. Ao cruzar um viaduto, o veículo repentinamente desvia, sai da pista e cai na avenida abaixo. Um passageiro fica gravemente ferido, enquanto todos os outros — incluindo Wesley, o motorista — morrem. A tragédia domina os noticiários de televisão e as manchetes dos jornais em todo o país. As câmeras de segurança do ônibus e da via registram o momento do acidente e, após a análise das imagens, começam a circular especulações de que o motorista poderia ter agido intencionalmente, num aparente suicídio. Vicentina, uma professora aposentada de 75 anos e mãe de Wesley, fica devastada com a tragédia e sem saber como seguir em frente. Ela decide procurar as famílias das vítimas e pedir desculpas. O caminho à sua frente se mostra difícil, e as respostas que Vicentina tanto busca nem sempre são as que ela encontra.En nombre de mi hijo (On Behalf of My Son) – En españolEn una mañana soleada en la ciudad de Belo Horizonte, un autobús repleto de gente se dirige al centro. Al cruzar un paso elevado, el vehículo se desvía bruscamente, sale de la calle y cae sobre la avenida situada debajo. Un pasajero resulta gravemente herido, mientras que el resto de las personas —incluido Wesley, el conductor— fallecen. La tragedia acapara las emisiones televisivas y los titulares de los periódicos de todo el país. Las cámaras de seguridad, tanto del autobús como de la calle, captan el momento del accidente y, tras analizar las imágenes, comienzan a surgir especulaciones de que el conductor pudo haber actuado deliberadamente, en un aparente suicidio. Vicentina, una maestra jubilada de 75 años y madre de Wesley, está destrozada por la tragedia y no sabe cómo seguir adelante. Decide buscar a las familias de las víctimas para pedirles perdón. El camino que le espera resulta difícil de recorrer, y las respuestas que Vicentina anhela no siempre son las que encuentra.PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETYCine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film. https://mspfilm.org/show/on-behalf-of-my-son-vicentina-pede-desculpas/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25088-2599
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:CINE LATINO Film Festival: Gugu’s World (Feito Pipa)
DTSTAMP:20261008T170000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T184500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/gugus-world-feito-pipa/
DESCRIPTION:14th Cine Latino Film FestivalABOUT THE FILMGugu (Yuri Gomes), is a vibrant boy who brings color wherever he goes. A dreamer who wants to become a soccer player, he dances with joy, plays with makeup alongside his friends, and embraces life with fearless freedom. Raised by his grandmother Dilma (Teca Pereira), a woman who challenges expectations of aging, Gugu grows up in a world of affection and acceptance. But when her health begins to fail, he hides the truth to avoid being separated from her and sent to live with his father (Lázaro Ramos), whose absence has marked his childhood. The film captures the tenderness of childhood, the pain of loss, and the courage to exist authentically. As the freedom once celebrated around Gugu becomes threatened by prejudice and social limitations, he must defend his right to be himself. With delicate storytelling and emotional depth, Allan Deberton crafts a moving celebration of identity, family, and generational bonds. Led by Yuri Gomes’ remarkable performance, alongside Teca Pereira and Lázaro Ramos, Gugu’s World earned the Crystal Bear and International Jury’s Grand Prix at Berlin Film Festival’s Generation Kplus, followed by the Premio Maguey for Best Feature Film and acting awards for Gomes and Pereira at the Guadalajara Film Festival.Feito Pipa – em portuguêsGugu (Yuri Gomes) é um menino vibrante que traz cor por onde passa. Um sonhador que deseja ser jogador de futebol, ele dança de alegria, brinca de maquiagem com os amigos e abraça a vida com uma liberdade destemida. Criado por sua avó Dilma (Teca Pereira) — uma mulher que desafia as expectativas sobre o envelhecimento —, Gugu cresce em um ambiente de afeto e aceitação. No entanto, quando a saúde dela começa a debilitar-se, ele esconde a verdade para evitar ser separado dela e enviado para morar com o pai (Lázaro Ramos), cuja ausência marcou sua infância. O filme captura a ternura da infância, a dor da perda e a coragem de existir de forma autêntica. À medida que a liberdade antes celebrada em torno de Gugu passa a ser ameaçada pelo preconceito e por limitações sociais, ele precisa defender seu direito de ser quem é. Com uma narrativa delicada e profundidade emocional, Allan Deberton cria uma celebração comovente da identidade, da família e dos laços geracionais. Impulsionado pela atuação notável de Yuri Gomes, ao lado de Teca Pereira e Lázaro Ramos, Feito Pipa conquistou o Urso de Cristal e o Grande Prêmio do Júri Internacional na mostra Generation Kplus do Festival de Berlim, seguidos pelo Prêmio Maguey de Melhor Longa-Metragem e prêmios de atuação para Gomes e Pereira no Festival de Guadalajara.GUGU'S WORLD – En españolGugu (Yuri Gomes) es un niño lleno de vida que aporta color allá donde va. Soñador y aspirante a futbolista, baila con alegría, juega a maquillarse junto a sus amigos y abraza la vida con una libertad valiente. Criado por su abuela Dilma (Teca Pereira) —una mujer que desafía los estereotipos sobre la vejez—, Gugu crece en un entorno de afecto y aceptación. Sin embargo, cuando la salud de ella empieza a deteriorarse, él oculta la verdad para evitar que los separen y tener que irse a vivir con su padre (Lázaro Ramos), cuya ausencia ha marcado su infancia. La película logra capturar la ternura de la niñez, el dolor de la pérdida y la valentía de vivir con autenticidad. A medida que los prejuicios y las limitaciones sociales amenazan la libertad que siempre ha rodeado a Gugu, este debe defender su derecho a ser él mismo. Con una narrativa delicada y gran profundidad emocional, Allan Deberton construye una conmovedora celebración de la identidad, la familia y los vínculos generacionales. Impulsada por la extraordinaria interpretación de Yuri Gomes —acompañado por Teca Pereira y Lázaro Ramos—, Gugu’s World ganó el Oso de Cristal y el Gran Premio del Jurado Internacional en la sección Generation Kplus del Festival de Cine de Berlín, además del Premio Maguey a la Mejor Película y galardones de actuación para Gomes y Pereira en el Festival de Cine de Guadalajara.PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETYCine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film. https://mspfilm.org/show/gugus-world-feito-pipa/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25087-2598
LOCATION:Coffman Memorial Union 300 Washington Ave. S.E.  Minneapolis MN 55455
SUMMARY:2026 WorldQuest International Trivia Competition
DTSTAMP:20261202T180000
ORGANIZER;CN=nhayen@globalminnesota.org:MAILTO:nhayen@globalminnesota.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261202T203000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://globalminnesota.org/event/2026-worldquest-international-trivia-competition/
DESCRIPTION:Ready to put your global knowledge to the test? Gather a team of up to eight people for the 2026 World Quest International Trivia Competition! This exciting event will test your knowledge on topics including world geography, current events, global leaders, and questions from our Global Connect newsletter.Bring your best trivia skills, costumes, and team energy for a chance to win prizes and the Best Team Spirit Award. Gather your friends, family, coworkers, or neighbors for a fun evening out. Don’t have a full team? Register individually or with a small group, and we’ll help connect you with other global trivia enthusiasts.Whether you’re competing for first place, showing off your team’s creativity, or simply enjoying an evening of global knowledge and community, WorldQuest is a fun-filled evening of learning, laughter, and friendly competition. We can’t wait to see you there! https://globalminnesota.org/event/2026-worldquest-international-trivia-competition/
CATEGORIES:Trivia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25086-2597
LOCATION:Park Square Theatre 20 W 7th Pl  Saint Paul MN 55102
SUMMARY:Picturegoer Film Club Presents: "Psycho" (1960)
DTSTAMP:20261003T180000
ORGANIZER;CN=cbjacobson:MAILTO:cbjacobson@buddypuddle.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T210000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/picturegoer-film-club-presents-psycho-1960-tickets-1996316780229
DESCRIPTION:Join us October 3rd at the Park Square Theatre for a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 suspense classic!This special presentation of the Picturegoer Film Club is accompanied by a pre-show of vintage materials (trailers, theater snipes, and a classic cartoon), as well as a special introductory presentation.Door/house open at 5 p.m.; show begins at 6 p.m.The Picturegoer Film Club organizes screenings of classic and contemporary films at Twin Cities venues; all screenings are accompanied by a pre-show program of vintage materials, as well as an introductory presentation. For more information, visit picturegoerfilmclub.com. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/picturegoer-film-club-presents-psycho-1960-tickets-1996316780229
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25077-2588
LOCATION:Metro State University 664 East 6th Street Room 116  Saint Paul MN 55106
SUMMARY:First Saturday Science - The Human Body
DTSTAMP:20261003T100000
ORGANIZER;CN=MetroFSS:MAILTO:first.saturday.science@metrostate.edu
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T120000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.metrostate.edu/saturdayscience
DESCRIPTION:Calling all curious scientists!Discover the amazing human bodythrough hands-on activities andexperiments. Learn how your heart,lungs, bones, and muscles worktogether. https://www.metrostate.edu/saturdayscience
CATEGORIES:Educational
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25085-2596
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Flip the Script Queer Film Festival Shorts 1: Thrills & Chills
DTSTAMP:20261002T211500
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T224500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/schedule/6a8e13c5dd80e94c306d8694
DESCRIPTION:7th annual Flip the Script Queer Film FestivalThese short films are sure to give you some chills, have you squirming in your seat, and even elicit a few giggles as they take us into the unknown. Join us for a collection of short films that are sure to creep under your skin.Filmmakers expected to attend!THE FILMSLOCKERTHE MOTIVEGRAVEYARD GREMLINSSUGARBAD DADTHE HOLDTickets and full film descriptions here. https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/schedule/6a8e13c5dd80e94c306d8694
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25084-2595
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Flip the Script Queer Film Festival: My Sunnyside
DTSTAMP:20261002T190000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261002T203000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/schedule/6a8e15a4c46ce4d19e400326
DESCRIPTION:7th annual Flip the Script Queer Film FestivalABOUT THE FILMJo and Allie, a trans couple from Sunnyside, Queens, have built a life that defies easy categorization. After a serendipitous meeting on a dating app in 2016, they married two years later, but their journey has been shaped by challenges they never anticipated. Facing discrimination and systemic barriers, their love remains their guiding force. Resilience, support, and fulfillment prevail as they navigate transitions, careers, and family. This feature documentary offers an intimate look at their evolving world—celebrating love, identity, and the power of their chosen family. https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/schedule/6a8e15a4c46ce4d19e400326
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25083-2594
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Flip the Script Queer Film Festival Opening Night: She’s The He!
DTSTAMP:20261001T190000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T203000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/schedule/6a8e1549e545262519a90cd0
DESCRIPTION:7th annual Flip the Script Queer Film FestivalOpening Night: She's The He!Only screening in-person at The Main CinemaJoin us at The Main Cinema for the Minnesota Premiere of She's The He! An irreverent coming-of-age comedy, written and directed by Siobhan McCarthy, that reclaims the gender-bending narrative by trans people for trans people.ABOUT THE FILMJust before graduation, Ethan and Alex pose as trans women in a last ditch effort to quell gay rumors about them. It's all a joke until Ethan realizes: she really is trans. As the school year ends, the two best friends must reckon with their changing friendship, coming out, and coming-of-age.Can’t make it to Opening Night? Catch the Matinee Replay on Oct 3rd at 2:15pm, also at The Main Cinema. https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/schedule/6a8e1549e545262519a90cd0
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25082-2593
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Sloppy Discs Presents: Risky Business
DTSTAMP:20260928T190000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260928T211500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/sloppy-discs-presents-risky-business/
DESCRIPTION:Monday, September 28 at 7pmSloppy Discs Presents Risky Business with an introduction by Jeremy Marder of the Chicago-film-focused Four Stars podcast and followed by Tom Cruise trivia by John McConville, host of Trivia Mafia's Music & Movies Trivia.ABOUT THE FILMA knife-sharp satire of youth and sex under capitalism—featuring a 21-year-old Cruise—Paul Brickman's Risky Business (1983) stands apart from the "teen comedies" of its era. Perceptive, tonally adventurous, and scored by Tangerine Dream with a phenomenal soundtrack featuring Seger, Phil Collins, Prince, and Talking Heads, the film playfully pulls at the seams of the American Dream during the Regan era. https://mspfilm.org/show/sloppy-discs-presents-risky-business/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25081-2592
LOCATION:3m Innovation Center 2350 Minnehaha Ave E  Saint Paul MN 55119
SUMMARY:2027 Global Business Outlook
DTSTAMP:20261117T170000
ORGANIZER;CN=nhayen@globalminnesota.org:MAILTO:nhayen@globalminnesota.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261117T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261117T210000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://globalminnesota.org/event/2027-global-business-outlook/
DESCRIPTION:International business is changing rapidly. Understanding the major trends is essential to making informed decisions and planning for what comes next.Join Global Minnesota for the 2027 Global Business Outlook. Following a keynote on business megatrends from Government Analytica CEO Dr. John Pournoor, a high-level panel including former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, Ecolab executive Ben Clark, and CHS executive Olivia Nelligan will explore how companies can translate these global trends into practical strategies and competitive opportunities.Participants will also have the opportunity to tour 3M’s Innovation Center and connect with Minnesota business leaders.Registration includes appetizers and a beverage following the program. https://globalminnesota.org/event/2027-global-business-outlook/
CATEGORIES:Educational
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UID:25080-2591
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Cine Latino Opening Night: La Bola Negra
DTSTAMP:20261007T194500
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261007T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261007T223000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/opening-night-la-bola-negra/
DESCRIPTION:14th Cine Latino Film Festival • Opening Night FilmWednesday, October 7 at 7:30 PMOpening Party precedes the film starting at 5:30 PM sponsored by Netflix.ABOUT THE FILMFrom Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — known together as Los Javis — La Bola Negra follows three generations of men across pivotal moments in Spanish history, bound by pain, desire, and love. Carlos (Milo Quifes) longs to belong in a fractured Spain. Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) finds connection across enemy lines. And Alberto (Carlos González) uncovers a long-buried family secret — one that finally gives voice to truths the past tried to erase. Co-written by Calvo, Ambrossi, and Alberto Conejero, and adapted from Conejero's play La Piedra Oscura and La bola negra, and other texts by Federico García Lorca. The film also stars Miguel Bernardeau (Rafael), Goya winner Lola Dueñas (Teresa), Academy Award winner Penélope Cruz (Nené), Golden Globe winner Glenn Close (Isabelle), and Emmy-nominated Julio Torres (Juan Pablo).LA BOLA NEGRA – En españolDe los directores galardonados en Cannes Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi —conocidos como «Los Javis»—, La Bola Negra sigue a tres generaciones de hombres a través de momentos cruciales de la historia de España, unidos por el dolor, el deseo y el amor. Carlos (Milo Quifes) anhela encontrar su lugar en una España fracturada. Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) establece un vínculo más allá de las líneas enemigas. Y Alberto (Carlos González) descubre un secreto familiar guardado por años: uno que finalmente da voz a verdades que el pasado intentó borrar. El guión escrito por Calvo, Ambrossi y Alberto Conejero, y adaptada a partir de la obra teatral de Conejero La piedra oscura, la película cuenta también en su reparto con Miguel Bernardeau (Rafael), Lola Dueñas (Teresa, ganadora del Goya), Penélope Cruz (Nené, ganadora del Óscar), Glenn Close (Isabelle, ganadora del Globo de Oro) y Julio Torres (Juan Pablo, nominado al Emmy).PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETYCine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film. https://mspfilm.org/show/opening-night-la-bola-negra/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:25063-2574
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Cine Latino Opening Night: La Bola Negra
DTSTAMP:20261007T193000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261007T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261007T221500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/opening-night-la-bola-negra/
DESCRIPTION:14th Cine Latino Film Festival • Opening Night FilmWednesday, October 7 at 7:30 PMOpening Party precedes the film starting at 5:30 PM sponsored by Netflix.ABOUT THE FILMFrom Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — known together as Los Javis — La Bola Negra follows three generations of men across pivotal moments in Spanish history, bound by pain, desire, and love. Carlos (Milo Quifes) longs to belong in a fractured Spain. Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) finds connection across enemy lines. And Alberto (Carlos González) uncovers a long-buried family secret — one that finally gives voice to truths the past tried to erase. Co-written by Calvo, Ambrossi, and Alberto Conejero, and adapted from Conejero's play La Piedra Oscura and La bola negra, and other texts by Federico García Lorca. The film also stars Miguel Bernardeau (Rafael), Goya winner Lola Dueñas (Teresa), Academy Award winner Penélope Cruz (Nené), Golden Globe winner Glenn Close (Isabelle), and Emmy-nominated Julio Torres (Juan Pablo).LA BOLA NEGRA – En españolDe los directores galardonados en Cannes Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi —conocidos como «Los Javis»—, La Bola Negra sigue a tres generaciones de hombres a través de momentos cruciales de la historia de España, unidos por el dolor, el deseo y el amor. Carlos (Milo Quifes) anhela encontrar su lugar en una España fracturada. Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) establece un vínculo más allá de las líneas enemigas. Y Alberto (Carlos González) descubre un secreto familiar guardado por años: uno que finalmente da voz a verdades que el pasado intentó borrar. El guión escrito por Calvo, Ambrossi y Alberto Conejero, y adaptada a partir de la obra teatral de Conejero La piedra oscura, la película cuenta también en su reparto con Miguel Bernardeau (Rafael), Lola Dueñas (Teresa, ganadora del Goya), Penélope Cruz (Nené, ganadora del Óscar), Glenn Close (Isabelle, ganadora del Globo de Oro) y Julio Torres (Juan Pablo, nominado al Emmy).PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETYCine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film. https://mspfilm.org/show/opening-night-la-bola-negra/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: El Sett
DTSTAMP:20260927T110000
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URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/el-sett/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalSunday, September 27 at 11:00 AMABOUT THE FILMA stirring opening sequence transports us backstage to Umm Kulthum’s historic 1967 concert at the Olympia in Paris. Fans had crossed oceans to see her. Hamed shifts back and forth in time, imagining key moments in Umm Kulthum’s trajectory as an artist and as a woman, both strong and delicate. He traces her ascent—from reciting religious liturgies disguised as a boy in her village in El Senbellawein to singing languorous love songs at the biggest theatres in Cairo. This sprawling biopic chronicles the life of legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, a treasure of the Arab world. With a remarkable lead performance by Mona Zaki, filmmaker Marwan Hamed celebrates the beloved performer who best echoed the aspirations and struggles of her time.FILMMAKER BIOEgyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed began his career with the award-winning short film Lilly. His multi-award-winning debut feature-length film The Yacoubian Building screened at the Festival de Cannes and Berlin, Chicago, and Marrakech International film festivals. His subsequent films include Ibrahim Labyad; The Blue Elephant, which won nine awards from the Egyptian Film Society and the Grand Nile Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival; The Originals; Diamond Dust, which won the Grand Prize at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival; The Blue Elephant 2; and Kira & El Gin, which earned ten Egyptian Film Society Awards and three Joy Awards. El Sett had its world premiere at the Marrakech International Film Festival.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/el-sett/
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LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Unidentified
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DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalSaturday, September 26 at 9:00 PMABOUT THE FILMAward-winning writer-director Haifaa Al Mansour returns with a detective story that examines how society’s constraints on women complicate the concepts of victim and perpetrator—and how those complications redefine what justice looks like. When an unidentified young woman’s body is found abandoned in the desert outside of a small town, the investigation brings in amateur sleuth and true-crime podcast lover Noelle into the fold, and her drive to solve the mystery pulls her deeper into this twisty murder. Complicated by her own personal trauma, a complexity that is expertly portrayed by Mila Al Zahrani, Noelle navigates the many roadblocks that stand in her way as she tries to solve the case. Entertaining and socially resonant, this suspenseful crime thriller will keep you guessing till the end.—Faridah GbadamosiFILMMAKER BIOHaifaa Al Mansour is the first female filmmaker from Saudi Arabia and the most prominent cinematic figure from the Kingdom. With the success of her three short films, the international acclaim of her award winning 2005 documentary Women Without Shadows, and her continued work in the international film and television industry, Al Mansour has influenced and inspired a new wave of Saudi filmmakers. Al Mansour’s acclaimed 2012 film Wadjda received numerous awards at festivals around the world, including winning the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film. She was awarded the 2016 Kant World Citizen Prize in Freiburg Germany as well as the German Prize for Children’s Literature for her young adult novel Das Madchen Wadjda that was based on her film.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/unidentified-2/
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LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Do You Love Me?
DTSTAMP:20260926T190000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T204500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/do-you-love-me/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalSaturday, September 26 at 7:00 PMPrerecorded Q&A with director Lana Daher.This film is presented with the support of Alliance Française.ABOUT THE FILMDo You Love Me is a personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It is a love letter to Beirut, spanning 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography, exploring the Lebanese collective psyche – marked by joy and intimacy, destruction and loss. Through the eyes of citizens, filmmakers and artists, the film reconstructs a fragmented history in a country without a national archive, celebrating creative expression as both resistance, renewal and a way to preserve memory. To accompany the film, Daher has created a website, doyouloveme.film, which serves as an annotated index of her sources.FILMMAKER BIOLana Daher is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist based in Beirut, Lebanon. With a background in filmmaking (MA, Goldsmiths, University of London) as well as fine arts & graphic design (BFA, American University of Beirut), she has long been active in Beirut’s vibrant art and music scenes, working across sound, image, and archival practices. Alongside the film, she created a website a curated index of the resources and materials behind the project, aimed at reconnecting Lebanese film heritage with both local and wider audiences: doyouloveme.filmPRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/do-you-love-me/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Cotton Queen
DTSTAMP:20260926T163000
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T183000
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DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalSaturday, September 26 at 4:30 PMQ&A with dir. Suzannah Mirghani, moderated by Safia ElhilloABOUT THE FILMSet in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, Cotton Queen follows teenage Nafisa as she stands at the crossroads of tradition, modernity, and survival. Guided by her grandmother, Al-Sit, whose stories and memories of resistance against colonialism still shape the village, Nafisa becomes the focal point of a new struggle when a wealthy entrepreneur arrives from abroad with a proposal to modernize the village’s cotton industry and seeks her hand in marriage. Torn between personal longing and communal duty, Nafisa must navigate the fragile balance between empowerment and expectation. Suzannah Mirghani’s debut feature explores local folklore, magical realism, and searing political critiquesFILMMAKER BIOSuzannah Mirghani is a filmmaker and writer based in Doha, where she works as an editor at Georgetown University in Qatar. Her acclaimed short film Al-Sit (2020) won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2021 as well as six Academy Award qualifying prizes at Tampere Film Festival. Al-Sit has screened widely, including on Netflix MENA. Her other works include Virtual Voice (2021) and Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. Cotton Queen (2025), winner of the ArteKino Award at L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation at Cannes Film Festival in 2022, marks her feature directorial debut.MODERATOR BIOSudanese by way of Washington D.C., Safia Elhillo is the author of Girls That Never Die, The January Children, Home Is Not a Country, and Bright Red Fruit, and co-editor of the anthology Halal If You Hear Me. She has received fellowships from Cave Canem and Stanford University, and her awards include a California Book Award, the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and an Arab American Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is a co-poetry editor at Callaloo and teaches in the low-residency MFA programs at Antioch and Pacific Universities. Her newest collection, Psychogeography, is forthcoming in 2027.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/cotton-queen-2/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25074-2585
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: An Incomplete Calendar
DTSTAMP:20260926T144000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T144000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T160000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/an-incomplete-calendar/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalSaturday, September 26 at 2:40 PMVideo introduction by director Sanaz SohrabiABOUT THE FILMRhymes and Songs for OPEC, a vinyl record from 1980, is the starting point of this film. The album contains a special recording by the Central University of Venezuela’s concert choir to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Layers of songs and rarely seen archives comprise the film, which reframes the global story of oil not as commodity, but as political leverage for the liberation struggles of Palestine and for building Pan-Arab solidarity between 1960 and 1970.FILMMAKER BIOSanaz Sohrabi (1988, Tehran) is a researcher of visual culture and artist-filmmaker based in Montréal, working on visual histories of resource sovereignty and post-colonial ecologies from the Global South. Her films and installations have been shown and awarded in various festivals and biennials including Berlinale, IFFR, Ljubljana Biennial (2023), and Museum of Contemporary Art Montréal. Her first documentary feature An Incomplete Calendar (2026) premiered at Cinéma du Réel.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/an-incomplete-calendar/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25073-2584
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Stories of Rupture: Shorts
DTSTAMP:20260926T123000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T141500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/stories-of-rupture-shorts/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalSaturday, September 26 at 12:30 PMWe imagine time as a continuum—from past, through our present, to the future. Yet, ruptures continually disturb our real experiences of time. This selection of short films explores themes of rupture and separation through multiple lenses, manifesting in the various, connected forms of familial separation, cultural dislocation, and the physical rupture of forced displacement. Each film allows us to reflect on how these ruptures come to be, the anxieties they impose, and how we move forward, or how we remain, in the split paths they create.ABOUT THE FILMSVILLA 187Dir. Eiman Mirghani • Qatar, Sudan • 2025 • Arabic, English • 10 minOne day, Sudanese filmmaker Eiman Mirghani’s phone buzzed with a message: her father had lost his job, and the family had to pack up their life in the Doha house they’d called home for decades. The shock cracked open a flood of memories inside Villa 187, blurring nostalgia with the anxiety of an uncertain future. Through this rediscovery, questions emerge: What does belonging look like when you’re already displaced? How do you say goodbye to walls that raised you? And can a house hold the story of a family long after they’ve gone?A DRONE STORYDir. Laura Menassa • Lebanon • 2025 • Arabic, English • 10 minBeirut, November 2024. The weight of silence gives way to a constant buzzing within the city’s noise, growing until it becomes unbearable. Through fragments of daily life, the film unfolds as a quiet dialogue with an unseen force: one that watches and haunts everyday, revealing how war seeps into routine, thought, and body.BUFFER ZONEDir. Farrah Berrou • Lebanon • 2025 • Arabic, English • 18 minIn Buffer Zone, which is part documentary and part memoir, Farrah Berrou takes us to her ancestral border village of Kfarkila in southern Lebanon for the first time since October 8, 2023, the same day that Lebanon became a support-front to Gaza and Palestine in a post-October 7th world.MORNING CIRCLEDir. Basma al-Sharif • Canada, UAE, Germany • 2025 • Arabic, Armenian, German • 21 minBasma al-Sharif’s sensorial film traces the intimate and political contours of exile and colonial morality. Following a father and son through the quiet rhythms of early morning, the film gradually reveals the weight of separation and displacement, as well as the subtle violences of assimilation. Built as a choreography of three circles unfolding in the home, playground, and kindergarten, the film explores how domestic rituals, tender exchanges, and institutional routines carry the burden of history.WHISPERS OF A BURNING SCENTDir. Mo Harawe • Somalia, Austria, Germany • 2026 • Somali • 28 minOn the day of a decisive court hearing and an important wedding performance, a quiet wedding musician finds his private life exposed to public scrutiny. Accused of exploiting his marriage, he moves between courtroom, city streets, and stage, carrying the weight of judgment, loyalty, and unspoken guilt. Forced to make a restrained but irreversible decision, the film observes a man whose inner truth remains elusive, caught between devotion, dignity, and loss.VISITORDir. Lily Ekimian Ragheb, Ahmed T. Ragheb • USA • 2025 • English • 9 minThe titular visitor of our film wanders through the lonely streets of the post-industrial Rust Belt searching for family, separated from them by time, space, and circumstances—both human and supernatural. As she travels, she (and we) observe the effects of time and decay on our region, reminded of the waves of immigrant populations that once built it. https://mspfilm.org/show/stories-of-rupture-shorts/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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LOCATION:Crosby Farm Regional Park 2400 Crosby Farm Road  Saint Paul MN 55116
SUMMARY:National Public Lands Day
DTSTAMP:20260926T090000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T120000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://parkconnection.org/events/2026/09/26/npld
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun morning restoring your local national park! Work alongside the National Park Service and Mississippi Park Connection to help improve the health and quality of our river through a morning of buckthorn lopping. Located near Watergate Marina, this location is slated to be the site of the future Mississippi River Learning Center, and the removal of this buckthorn will be one of the first steps in prepping the land.Want to make a day of it? Head up the river to Hidden Falls afterwards to celebrate with the City of Saint Paul and other partners at their National Public Lands Day bash. https://parkconnection.org/events/2026/09/26/npld
CATEGORIES:Educational
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LOCATION:Bell Museum 2088 Larpenteur Ave W  St. Paul MN 55113
SUMMARY:Wild Beauty: The Botanical Art of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Florilegium Opening Week
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DESCRIPTION:Experience the beauty of a special place in the Twin Cities! The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden is the oldest public native plant garden in the United States. Located in the heart of Minneapolis, it brings together a diverse collection of plants in woodland, wetland, and meadow habitats in just 18 acres. This unique garden started by Eloise (and others) has been carefully cultivated over 120 years by many hands into the wondrous place it is today.The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Florilegium captures the intimate details of the beautiful wild plants of this garden. A florilegium is a compendium of illustrations of the plants in a particular place, as a visual and historical record. Created by artists of the Minnesota School of Botanical Art, the project reclaims a centuries old form to highlight a special, public place that’s important today. It carries on a tradition of botanical illustration that brings together art and science to create accurate, yet expressive, depictions of living plants.This all-ages exhibition centers on the 111 watercolors of the florilegium. It includes hands-on activities, such as a collaborative garden mural and an opportunity to learn to draw plants, as well as a video projection and collections highlights, including specimens collected by Eloise Butler herself for the University of Minnesota Herbarium. Explore the beauty and wonder of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and its plants with us!The exhibit is open through Januaary 3, 2027. https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/wild-beauty-exhibit/
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LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: The Arab
DTSTAMP:20260925T210000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T230000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/the-arab/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalFriday, September 25 at 9:00 PMABOUT THE FILMHaroun is an old bachelor who has been living in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until, in a bar, he meets Kamel, a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to the summer of 1942. He claims to be the brother of the Arab killed in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, Albert Camus’s The Stranger. An Arab whose erased name was Moussa. Through this revelation, the story challenges long-standing narratives and gives voice to what was once erased. Freely adapted from the novel The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud.FILMMAKER BIOMalek Bensmaïl is an Algerian filmmaker whose work powerfully explores the intersections of memory, history, and politics. Trained in cinema in Paris and Saint Petersburg, he has been developing since the 1990s a demanding body of work, grounded in reality yet open to the world. His films, Aliénations, China Is Still Far Away, Checks and Balances, and The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History—offer a lucid and sensitive portrait of contemporary Algeria, caught between its colonial legacy and democratic aspirations.Celebrated at numerous international festivals, Bensmaïl continues with The Arab his exploration of identities and imaginaries across the Mediterranean. Through this new film, he questions the image of the Arab in a world in crisis, remaining true to his commitment to a cinema that is political, poetic, and deeply human.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/the-arab/
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LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Hadi Moussally Retrospective
DTSTAMP:20260925T190000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T204500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/hadi-moussally-retrospective/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalFriday, September 25 at 7:00 PMMizna presents a retrospective of Hadi Moussally’s short films, with the filmmaker in attendance. Hadi combines a multifaceted filmmaking approach with a very clear discourse on what it is to be gay and Arab, both in his country of origin and in his adopted countries. Through her drag alter ego Salma Zahore, she takes us to a colorful world and a hilarious countryside—offering the LGBTIQ+ community in the SWANA region one of those valuable spaces for freedom and expression—without losing sight of the adverse social and legal environment with which they have to coexist.Featuring alter-ego Salma Zahore, an ongoing project and persona of Hadi Moussally, this collection of shorts includes Les Fleure du Mâle, Abaya Rocks, and Salma à la plage, all filmed while traveling to various countries. The majority of these captivating and colorful moments are around a minute and without dialogue, reminiscent of music video culture, and in deep drag tradition.Visiting filmmakers: Hadi Moussally, Olivier PagnyABOUT THE FILMSSHAMEDir. Hadi Moussally, Olivier Pagny • Lebanon • 2025 • Arabic • 5 minIn the 19th century, in the Shaam region, Salma Zahore, along with her parents and neighbors, participated in a photoshoot using a long exposure technique. At the end of it, Salma decided to take off her coat, revealing her body. Unaware of the chaos this gesture could cause within her circle, she did not know it could lead to shame.Through this artistic exploration, the film prompts viewers to reconsider their understanding of shame, societal expectations, and the evolving nature of cultural identities. It challenges the notion of shame as a tool for social control while celebrating individuality and the diverse expressions of human identity.BELLYDANCE VOGUEDir. Hadi Moussally • France, Spain, Lebanon • 2020 • Arabic • 5 minAlone on his birthday during lockdown on April 3, 2020, Hadi celebrates his birthday alone as if it were his last. The film is a blend of archival home footage from the ’80s and ’90s with a VHS aesthetic, transforming isolation into a defiant act of joy.SPACE WOMANDir. Hadi Moussally • Lebanon • 2021 • Arabic • 19 minTripoli, North Lebanon. At sixty-four, Maha has just taken her retirement from teaching. This new life puts her in the face of her loneliness as a divorced woman whose children have left their home to live abroad for years now. The sole company of her faithful neighbors is no longer enough for Maha to fight the terrible emptiness and boredom she now feels. But had she not always dreamed of being an astronaut? And what if she lets herself drift to this promise of escape?SULTANA’S REIGNDir. Hadi Moussally • Lebanon • 2023 • English, French, Arabic • 10 minSultana of New York is a Palestinian drag queen, performer, and artist. Sultana’s Reign opens with a conversation with Sultana, as she is being painted by Jordanian artist, RIDIKKULUZ. Reflecting on her journey from Jordan, to Egypt, to Lebanon, to New York, Sultana tells of the challenges of performing drag in conservative societies, her nostalgia for the glory days and the glamour of Egyptian cinema icons, and her struggle to prove her existence and her self-expression as a performer and artist. She also shares her love of celebration and her everlasting commitment to be true to herself.SALMA!Dir. Mary Sherif Kamal Hanna • Canada • 2024 • Arabic • 7 minA portrait of photographer, film director, and performer Hadi Moussally and his famous drag alter ego, Salma Zahore. In 2022, Salma burst onto the performance scene, captivating audiences at venues like Razzmatazz Club in Barcelona, La Bellevilloise in Paris, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Neither male nor female, neither religious nor atheist, her performances challenge inherited ideas of gender, faith, and power, while unapologetically affirming her Lebanese, Arab, and queer identity.LES FLEURS DU MÂLEDir. Hadi Moussally • France • 2023 • French • 4 minInspired by Baudelaire’s censored words, this Super 8 portrait traces Salma, a creature punished for who she is, as she confronts the authority of her own creation and begs for the right to exist.ABAYA ROCKSDir. Hadi Moussally • France, Lebanon • 2023 • No dialogue • 1 minIn the streets of Paris, Salma, a queer Arab performer, collaborated with Mohsen Othman, an esteemed Egyptian photographer and art director based in Paris, for an editorial photoshoot that centered around the theme of the abaya. Notably, the abaya isn’t a religious garment but a cultural one, underlining a rich tapestry of traditions and personal expression. Against the ongoing debate in France over banning religious symbols in public schools, this photoshoot assumed a significant and thought-provoking stance.ABJAD HAWAZDir. Hadi Moussally • Spain, Lebanon • 2023 • Arabic • 5 minAbjad ?awaz takes its name from the ancient ordering of the Arabic alphabet. Through the body of Salma Zahore, each letter is danced and embodied in the ruins of Barcelona. Blending fashion, music, poetry, and performance, the film reclaims a language often feared and misunderstood, turning it into a celebration of identity, resilience, and artistic freedom.SALMA À LA PLAGEDir. Hadi Moussally • Spain, Lebanon • 2025 • No dialogue • 1 minA short film about self-discovery and reflection, guided by the artistic vision of Hadi Moussally and set on a peaceful beach of Sitges. Featuring Salma Zahore, the film combines fashion and introspective storytelling, to create a unique and evocative experience.SALMA IN LA COSTA BRAVADir. Hadi Moussally • Spain, Lebanon • 2025 • No dialogue • 2 minA new video collaboration between Salma Zahore and Pride of Costa Brava, created to promote the Pride in Lloret de Mar. Directed by Hadi Moussally, the film is a tribute to self-expression, inclusivity, and the charm of the Costa Brava region. At the heart of the video is Salma Zahore, who wanders through the streets of Lloret de Mar. Through stunning visuals and dynamic storytelling, Salma in La Costa Brava invites viewers to see the city through Salma’s eyes: bold and proud.FILMMAKER BIOSHadi Moussally is a multidisciplinary artist working across film, photography, performance, and mixed media. Born in Lebanon in 1987, he is currently based between Paris and Barcelona. Since 2020, his work has developed into a distinctive hybrid language, exploring themes of identity, memory, and the body. Notable works include Bellydance Vogue (2020), selected in over one hundred festivals worldwide; Space Woman (2021), acquired by Canal+ & distributed by Mad Solutions; and La Casquette (2022), winner of the France TV competition.Olivier Pagny is a French cinematographer, editor and audiovisual producer whose practice sits at the intersection of technical expertise and artistic experimentation. In 2016, he co-founded h7o7 with Hadi Moussally, a production company dedicated to contemporary, hybrid and experimental forms of storytelling. Since then, Olivier has placed his technical experience at the service of artistic expression, constantly questioning the role, meaning and possibilities of images.Mary Hanna is an Egyptian-Canadian filmmaker and multidisciplinary designer based in Montreal. She graduated with a degree in architecture from Carleton University and went on to train in documentary filmmaking through OTOXO’s Into the Industry program in Barcelona. Her work explores themes of storytelling through a cultural and interpersonal lens often directed at themes of desire, propriety and memory. Her debut short film Salma! (2025) has been selected for NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (2025), Image+Nation LGBT2SQUEER Film Festival (2025), Fire !! Festival de cinema LGTBIQ+ de Barcelona(2026), ReelOut Queer Film Festival (2025) , and is distributed by CFMDC.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/hadi-moussally-retrospective/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25070-2581
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: My Father and Qaddafi + Attempting to Remember My Father’s Face
DTSTAMP:20260925T160000
ORGANIZER;CN=mspfilm:MAILTO:info@mspfilm.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T180000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/my-father-and-qaddafi-attempting-to-remember-my-fathers-face/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalFriday, September 25 at 4:00 PMThe feature documentary My Father and Qaddafi will be preceded by the short film Attempting to Remember My Father's Face.ABOUT THE FILMSMY FATHER QADDAFIDir. Jihan K • USA, Libya • 2025 • English, Arabic, French • 88 minWhen director Jihan was six years old, her father, Mansur Rashid Kikhia, flew to Cairo and never returned. For many, Kikhia was a rising star who could have been the next leader of Libya, however, in 1993 he disappeared from his hotel in Egypt.Jihan’s mother, Baha Al Omary, a strong-willed Syrian-American artist, began searching for him, launching the family into an international political maze. Her mission to find justice brought her to the Libyan desert in the middle of the night, face to face with Qaddafi to negotiate her husband’s release. My Father and Qaddafi takes the audience on a raw and reflective journey as Jihan pieces together memories of a father she barely remembers while discovering the troubled history and politics of Libya. Her journey starts from fading personal memories and leads to encounters with family members, her father’s peers, and historical archival footage.FILMMAKER BIOJihan K was born in exile and raised in Paris while her father, a Libyan human rights lawyer, was the peaceful opposition leader to Qaddafi’s regime. After her father disappeared from Cairo, her family lived between the United States and France, while her mother, a Syrian artist, fought for justice in an international campaign. Jihan received her BA in international and comparative politics with a concentration in human rights, philosophy, and international law and her MA in art education and storytelling.ATTEMPTING TO REMEMBER MY FATHER'S FACEDir. Tariq Abdalla • Egypt • 2025 • Arabic • 15 minWhile my father’s face is fading from my memory, I find a videotape that might have the only footage of him. I attempt to digitize the video while revisiting childhood memories and my relationship with my mother. By discovering that my parents are “aliens” and their history is not what I imagined, the film offers a liberatory lesson: We are not beholden to the ghosts of our lineage.FILMMAKER BIOSTariq Abdalla is a film director, editor, and programmer whose films have screened internationally, earning awards and grant recognition at multiple festivals including Tripoli Film Festival, Gabes Cinema Fen, and Manassat Film Festival. He has experience in film programming, education, and coordination including roles with El-Gouna Film Festival ESLSCA University and El-Nahda Jesuit Cairo.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/my-father-and-qaddafi-attempting-to-remember-my-fathers-face/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25061-2572
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Who Killed Alex Odeh?
DTSTAMP:20260925T130000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260925T143000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/who-killed-alex-odeh/
DESCRIPTION:20th Arab Film FestivalFriday, September 25 at 1:00 PMABOUT THE FILMActivist, teacher, and poet Alex Odeh was a leading voice in his community, advocating in the media for peace and justice through dialogue and respect for all people. In October 1985, he was assassinated by a tripwire bomb placed in his office. Despite evidence and suspects identified at the time, no one has ever been held accountable for this horrible act of political violence. Using archival footage and contemporary investigation, we are taken back to the time of Odeh’s murder and trace the extremist forces that may have been behind his death and the disturbing ramifications that remain today.FILMMAKER BIOWilliam Lafi Youmans is Associate Professor in Residence at Northwestern University in Qatar. He codirected and coproduced Who Killed Alex Odeh?, a documentary film that premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale. He is interested in questions of transnationalism, power, and communication, and his primary research interests are global news, law, Middle East politics, and Arab American studies.Jason Osder is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and associate professor of media and public affairs at The George Washington University. His work focuses on issues of power and identity in American history and he brings twenty years of experience teaching media arts and technologies with a pedagogy of learning by doing.PRESENTED BY MIZNAMizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art. https://mspfilm.org/show/who-killed-alex-odeh/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25069-2580
LOCATION:The Main Cinema 115 Main St SE  Minneapolis MN 55414
SUMMARY:Cine Latino Closing Night: Old Bandits (Velhos Bandidos)
DTSTAMP:20261011T193000
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261011T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261011T211500
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mspfilm.org/show/closing-night-old-bandits-velhos-bandidos/
DESCRIPTION:14th Cine Latino Film Festival • Closing Night FilmSunday, October 11 at 7:30 PMClosing Party precedes the film starting at 5:30 PM.ABOUT THE FILMA pair of petty thieves, Nancy (Bruna Marquezine) and Sid (Vladimir Brichta), specialize in robbing the homes of elderly victims, but their latest targets prove far more dangerous—and resourceful—than expected. Marta (powerhouse Fernanda Montenegro) and Rodolfo (Ary Fontoura) may look like harmless retirees, but they are anything but. After unjustly losing money, they intend to reclaim, the veteran thieves devise an audacious plan to rob a bank—and need younger legs and a petite body to pull it off. Their unlikely recruits are Nancy and Sid, who soon discover that taking advantage of their new partners may be easier said than done. Adding to the chaos is investigator Oswaldo Aranha (Lázaro Ramos), a tenacious police chief nearing retirement, determined to unravel the scheme. As the thieves try to stay one step ahead of the law—and each other—the heist becomes a battle of cunning, deception, and generational rivalry. Directed by Cláudio Torres, the film gets the best out of its stellar cast, delivering a warm, witty, and refreshing comedy that breaks Marta and Rodolfo’s characters out of the “harmless grandpa” mold, restoring their desire, pride, and tactical brilliance. The mix of playful generational clashes and unexpected twists creates an entertaining, personality-driven caper—with enough dramatic tension to make this unlikely crew worth rooting for. Winner of Best Comedy Feature at the 25th Grande Otelo Awards, Brazil’s equivalent of the Oscars.Velhos Bandidos – em portuguêsQuando os ladrões de pequena monta, Nancy (Bruna Marquezine) e Sid (Vladimir Brichta), especializa-se em assaltar casas de idosos. Mas seus alvos mais recentes se revelam muito mais perigosos — e engenhosos — do que poderiam imaginar. Marta (a brilhante Fernanda Montenegro) e Rodolfo (Ary Fontoura) podem parecer aposentados inofensivos, mas estão longe de ser. Depois de perderem injustamente um dinheiro que pretendem recuperar, os veteranos elaboram um plano audacioso para assaltar um banco. Para colocá-lo em prática, porém, precisam de pernas mais jovens — e de um corpo franzino capaz de realizar a parte mais delicada da operação. Seus recrutas improváveis são Nancy e Sid, que logo descobrem que tirar vantagem de seus novos parceiros pode ser muito mais difícil do que parecia. Para completar o caos, entra em cena o investigador Oswaldo Aranha (Lázaro Ramos), um delegado obstinado, prestes a se aposentar e determinado a desvendar o esquema. Enquanto os ladrões tentam ficar um passo à frente da lei — e uns dos outros —, o assalto se transforma em uma disputa de astúcia, trapaças e rivalidade entre gerações. Sob a direção de Cláudio Torres, o filme extrai o melhor de seu elenco estelar e entrega uma comédia calorosa, espirituosa e refrescante, que foge do estereótipo dos “avós inofensivos” e resgata o desejo, o orgulho e o brilhantismo tático de Marta e Rodolfo. A combinação de choques geracionais divertidos e reviravoltas inesperadas resulta em um filme de assalto envolvente e cheio de personalidade, com tensão dramática suficiente para fazer o público torcer por esse grupo tão improvável. Vencedor do prêmio de Melhor Longa-Metragem de Comédia na 25ª edição do Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro (Grande Otelo), o equivalente brasileiro ao Oscar.Velhos Bandidos – En españolNancy (Bruna Marquezine) y Sid (Vladimir Brichta), una pareja de ladrones de poca monta, se especializan en robar casas de ancianos, pero sus últimas víctimas resultan ser mucho más peligrosas —y astutas— de lo esperado. Marta (Fernanda Montenegro) y Rodolfo (Ary Fontoura) pueden parecer jubilados inofensivos, pero son todo lo contrario. Tras perder injustamente un dinero que pretenden recuperar, estos veteranos ladrones tienen un plan audaz para atracar un banco, para lo cual necesitan piernas jóvenes y una complexión menuda que les ayuden a llevarlo a cabo. Sus inesperados reclutas son Nancy y Sid, quienes pronto descubren que aprovecharse de sus nuevos socios no es tan fácil. El caos aumenta con la presencia del investigador Oswaldo Aranha (Lázaro Ramos), un tenaz jefe de policía a punto de jubilarse y decidido a desmantelar el plan. Mientras los ladrones intentan ir un paso por delante de la ley —y de los demás—, el atraco se convierte en una batalla de ingenio, engaño y rivalidad generacional. Bajo la dirección de Cláudio Torres, la película brilla por su reparto estelar y ofrece una comedia cálida, ingeniosa y refrescante que rompe con el estereotipo de los abuelos inofensivos. La mezcla de divertidos choques generacionales y giros inesperados crea una película de atracos entretenida y llena de personalidad, con la tensión dramática suficiente para que el público desee que este insólito equipo triunfe. Ganadora del premio a la Mejor Comedia en la 25.ª edición de los premios Grande Otelo, el equivalente brasileño de los Óscar.PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETYCine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film. https://mspfilm.org/show/closing-night-old-bandits-velhos-bandidos/
CATEGORIES:Movies & TV
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UID:25068-2579
LOCATION:Various    MN
SUMMARY:AIA Minnesota Homes by Architects Tour
DTSTAMP:20260919T000000
ORGANIZER;CN=mhaberman:MAILTO:mhaberman@nemerfieger.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260921T000000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.homesbyarchitects.org/tickets
DESCRIPTION:Explore 12 architect-designed homes during the 19th annual AIA Minnesota Homes by Architects Tour, a self-guided tour showcasing residential design from Minnesota’s architecture community. This year features nine homes open for in-person visits across the Twin Cities and Rochester, along with three virtual homes in Minnetrista, Ely and Shell Lake, Wisconsin.From new builds to remodels and additions, the tour showcases a range of home styles, project sizes and budgets. Visitors can meet architects and design teams, ask questions and see firsthand how thoughtful design can create personalized spaces that respond to the way people live. https://www.homesbyarchitects.org/tickets
CATEGORIES:Arts
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UID:25062-2573
LOCATION:Crosby Farm Regional Park 2400 Crosby Farm Trail  Saint Paul MN 55116
SUMMARY:Park After Dark
DTSTAMP:20260919T190000
ORGANIZER;CN=parkconnection:MAILTO:info@parkconnection.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T223000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://parkconnection.org/events/2026/9/19/pad
DESCRIPTION:Half the park is after dark! Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and Mississippi Park Connection invite you to explore Crosby Farm Regional Park at night. The NPS and partners are hosting activities that engage the natural world through science and culture. Tap into your nocturnal side to discover the magic in a floodplain forest and along the Mississippi River.Past events have included ranger-led walks, Junior Ranger activities, moon journaling from a Dakota knowledge keeper, bat monitoring, insect finding, night sky viewing, a beach bonfire with s'mores, and more! More details about drop-in and scheduled activities are coming soon including a nighttime river cruise. Register for the cruise at go.nps.gov/miss_events!Mark your calendars: Park After Dark returns Saturday, September 19, 2026. The event will be hosted from 7 until 10:30 pm. A rain date is scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2026, running from 6:30 pm until 11 pm. Registered attendees will receive email notifications for event updates including cancellations. https://parkconnection.org/events/2026/9/19/pad
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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UID:25065-2576
LOCATION:Bell Museum 2088 Larpenteur Ave W  St. Paul MN 55113
SUMMARY:Statewide Star Party at the Bell!
DTSTAMP:20260918T200000
ORGANIZER;CN=BellMuseum:MAILTO:luogo001@umn.edu
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T220000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/event/statewide-star-party-at-the-bell-2026/
DESCRIPTION:Recommended for all agesAcross the state, people will be looking up at the sky this weekend and learning about our state’s official constellation during the Bell Museum’s Statewide Star Party. Find an event at sites across the state, or join us at the Bell on Friday night for our own Star Party!Outside, we’ll have our telescopes set up to observe our favorite deep space objects (weather permitting). Inside, you can learn about the life of massive stars like Polaris and make art inspired by them. We’ll also have short, free planetarium shows on a first-come, first-served basis!Planetarium show: Our Northern SkiesShowtimes: 8:10 pm, 8:40 pm, 9:40 pmASL Interpretation and Open Captioning included for all showsRegistration is requested to receive updates regarding this event through Eventbrite.PLEASE NOTE: Your Eventbrite registration is not a planetarium show ticket. You can retrieve a planetarium ticket from the front desk at the Star Party. https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/event/statewide-star-party-at-the-bell-2026/
CATEGORIES:Educational
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UID:25064-2575
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:Statewide Star Party 2026
DTSTAMP:20260917T000000
ORGANIZER;CN=BellMuseum:MAILTO:luogo001@umn.edu
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260920T000000
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/statewide-star-party-2026/
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Ursa Minor and find a star party near you!From September 17-19, thousands of Minnesotans will look to the night skies and celebrate Ursa Minor, the state’s official constellation and home of Polaris, our beloved North Star.Ursa Minor became the official constellation of the state of Minnesota in 2025. Ursa Minor’s brightest star is Polaris, the North Star, the inspiration for Minnesota’s state motto, “The Star of the North.”Every year the Bell Museum collaborates with community organizations, nature centers, libraries, parks and universities to bring local communities together in celebration of our love for night skies. This annual event activates collaborations for public night sky observing and astronomy events across the state, drawing in thousands of Minnesotans in looking up to the skies over a single weekend. Star Party host sites include nature centers, outreach research centers, Minnesota Historical Society sites, colleges & universities, libraries, and vineyards. https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/statewide-star-party-2026/
CATEGORIES:Educational
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