Global Conversations DIGITAL: The Two Koreas
2021-09-22 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
The Korean Peninsula is facing a defining era. Attempts by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and former U.S. President Donald Trump to repair the rift between North and South lost momentum as Pyongyang continued to test long-range missiles for its nuclear weapons program. As the rift between the U.S. and China grows further, South Korea may end up in the middle of the two superpowers.
Join speaker Dr. Raymond Kuo, Political Scientist with the RAND Corporation, and expert in international security and East Asia, as he discusses what the future holds for U.S.-Korea relations.
About the Speaker
Dr. Raymond Kuo is a Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation and an expert in international security and East Asia. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Midwest International Policy Institute. Previously, Dr. Kuo was a tenure-track professor at Fordham University and the University at Albany, SUNY, and has also worked for the United Nations, the International Center for Transitional Justice, and others. He has two forthcoming books: “Following the Leader: International Order, Alliance Strategies, and Emulation,” and “Contests of Initiative: Confronting China’s Gray Zone Strategy.” Dr. Kuo’s other research has appeared in International Security, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, The National Interest, and The Diplomat, among others. Dr. Kuo hold a Ph.D. from Princeton University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.
Presented in partnership with the Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library, Hennepin County Library – Minneapolis Central, Landmark Center, Edina Senior Center, Friends of the Edina Library, Minneapolis Public Schools Community Education, Plymouth Library, and Washburn Library.
Register online here: Global Conversations DIGITAL: The Two Koreas – Global Minnesota

Sundays at Landmark: Iranian Culture Festival
2021-09-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Experience Iranian art and culture. Featuring authentic visual arts, music, dance, food and traditions, this event is presented in partnership with the Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective.

Landmark LIVE: Heather Masse
2021-09-17 19:00 - 22:00 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
*Landmark Center is following applicable COVID-19 mandates. Please check website for current protocols.*
Americana, roots, and folk music fans can get tickets for Landmark Center’s fall concert series!
All Landmark Live concerts are presented by Landmark Center with sponsorship support from KFAI Radio and the Pioneer Press. Each performance is hosted by personalities from KFAI Radio.

Schedule:
7:00 pm – Cocktail hour
7:30 pm – Doors open for seating
8:00 pm – Concert
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Heather Masse: Although trained at the New England Conservatory of Music as a jazz singer, New York singer/songwriter Heather Masse is equally versed in a variety of American song traditions, which influences her more prevalent work in folk, pop, and bluegrass. A member of the Billboard-charting folk group, The Wailin’ Jennys, she has performed at hundreds of venues across the world.
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Iranian Culture Festival: Comedian Tehran von Ghasri
2021-09-16 19:30 - 21:30 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
This event is free for attendees. Tehran von Ghasri is one of the hottest comedians on the Hollywood scene. He is an actor, tv and radio host, and activist. A native of Washington D.C., Tehran is half Iranian and half African-American, and known for his multicultural humor, diversity, and unique life perspective, . With degrees in International politics, economics, and law, Tehran often brings his activism and social commentary to life on stage through his comedy.

Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective: An exhibition by Twin Cities Iranian Artists Opening Reception
2021-09-16 17:30 - 19:30 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
This exhibition showcases work by local Iranians whose creative work in the arts reflects or illuminates their rich heritage. It is an opportunity for viewers to learn about Iran’s history and culture through visual art.

Iranian Culture Festival: "Feathers of Fire" Screening
2021-09-15 19:30 - 21:30 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
This screening is FREE and great for all ages. “Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic” is a visually breathtaking cinematic shadow play for all ages, created and directed by Hamid Rahmanian, a 2014 Guggenheim fellowship-winning filmmaker/visual artist. The play unfolds an action-packed magical tale of star-crossed lovers from the 10th-century Persian epic Shahnameh (‘The Book of Kings’), – Zaul and Rudabeh, who triumph at the end against all odds. “Feathers of Fire” had its world premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2016 and went on to tour around the world in 23 US cities and 6 countries to an audience of one hundred thousand

Iranian Culture Festival: Screening of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film "Gabbeh"
2021-09-14 19:30 - 21:30 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
This showing is FREE and open to the public. In this Iranian romantic fantasy, an elderly married couple (Hossein Moharami, Roghieh Moharami) head to the river to wash their gabbeh, a traditional Persian carpet with a colorful illustration of a young woman woven into it. During their trip to the river, the figure in the design (Shaghayegh Djodat) springs miraculously to life, declares herself to be called Gabbeh, and then spins a story about her history, family and the man she loved but was forbidden to marry.

Sundays at Landmark: Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
2021-09-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Celebrate this Southeast Asian tradition with crafts, music, dance, food, storytelling, a lion dance and lantern parade in Rice Park. Co-presented with the Vietnamese community of Minnesota.

Saint Paul Walking Tour: Great River
2021-08-25 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-08-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-06-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-06-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Upper Landing Park, 206 Shepard Rd, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Learn about St. Paul’s start and its relationship with the Mississippi River. On this tour you will learn great information while observing the beautiful view of the river and its surrounding areas.
Pre-registration is required. Reservations open the month prior to tour dates (e.g. June tours open in May).
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Saint Paul Walking Tour: Rice Park
2021-08-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-08-04 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-07-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-07-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-06-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Stroll through one of St. Paul’s oldest public parks: Rice Park, located in the heart of the cultural district in downtown. Flanked by architectural and cultural giants: Landmark Center, the Saint Paul Hotel, the Central Library, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, this park is beloved as an oasis of green space, beautiful landscaping, and as a site of public art.
Pre-registration is required. Reservations open the month prior to tour dates (e.g. June tours open in May).
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Global Book Club: The Heartbeat of Iran
2021-08-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Join Global Minnesota and Landmark Center for a virtual conversation with Tara Kangarlou as she discusses, “The Heartbeat of Iran” and the stories that fill its pages. The program will be moderated by Global Minnesota President Mark Ritchie.
“The Heartbeat of Iran” is available for purchase through Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
This program will be live streamed on Global Minnesota’s YouTube channel.

Music from the Porch
2021-08-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Market Street Porch, 75 5th St. W, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music From the Porch (formerly Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s Market Street entry “porch” for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians. They are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch, along with a lawn chair, and masks & social distancing are encouraged. A limited number of chairs will be provided.
August 4: Lee Engele
Vocalist Lee Engele fronts local big bands, and her active solo career has put her in the company of both local and national artists. She has a number of self-produced CDs to her credit, and has also been featured internationally on a number of jazz and pop compilation CDs. Engele has also appeared at numerous festivals including the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, and concerts have included shows at Bloomington and Hopkins Centers for the Arts, Old Log Theater, and the Landmark Center.

Saint Paul Walking Tours: Heart of the City
2026-01-21 16:43
Enjoy some of St. Paul’s most historic landmarks on this tour that takes you into the heart of the city. The tour covers popular spots like Mickey’s Diner, Candyland, the Hamm Building and more! The tour takes place the third Wednesday of the month, June – September and departs from Landmark Center’s North Lobby, inside the 6th Street entrance.
Reservations/tickets are REQUIRED

Free Building Tour
2021-08-01 12:30 - 13:30 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join a Landmark Center volunteer tour guide for a free building tour. Learn about the building’s history, gangster connections, and restoration.
Walk-ins welcome.

Music from the Porch - Moved inside
2021-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Market Street Porch, 75 5th St. W, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
MOVED INSIDE due to extreme heat
Music From the Porch (formerly Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s Market Street entry “porch” for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians. They are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch, along with a lawn chair, and masks & social distancing are encouraged. A limited number of chairs will be provided.

Saint Paul River Tour: Great River
2021-07-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Upper Landing Park, 206 Shepard Rd, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Music from the Porch
2021-07-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Market Street Porch, 75 5th St. W, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music From the Porch (formerly Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s Market Street entry “porch” for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians. They are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch, along with a lawn chair, and masks & social distancing are encouraged. A limited number of chairs will be provided.
July 21: Michael Monroe
“MN Acoustic Music Master” (Star Tribune), Michael Monroe’s unique creation of music leaves his audiences mesmerized as he blends his rich vocals, guitar, bamboo and glass flutes, combining musical styles of acoustic folk and jazzy reggae. Monroe’s original music and compelling energy bring a powerful style that is as much fun as it is innovative…music and technology working together powered by creativity… and he recycles his music LIVE on stage as master LIVE Looper since 1990. His soulful performance delights and inspires.

Music from the Porch - moved indoors
2021-07-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
MOVED INDOORS – Join us in Landmark Center’s Musser Cortile
Music From the Porch (formerly Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s Market Street entry “porch” for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians. They are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch, along with a lawn chair, and masks & social distancing are encouraged. A limited number of chairs will be provided.
July 14: Lena Elizabeth
Lena Elizabeth is a singer/songwriter based in Minneapolis, writing songs influenced by folk storytelling with a power-house voice, rooted in the blues. From clever and upbeat to soulful and heart wrenching, Lena Elizabeth loves to take the audience on an emotional rollercoaster and break expectations.

Saint Paul Walking Tour: Great River - CANCELED
2021-07-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Upper Landing Park, 206 Shepard Rd, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Following the Thread exhibition
2021-07-08 - 2021-08-29 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Truly Unruly Fiber Art Collective is a group of fiber artists whose art incorporates traditional and modern quilting stitchery with unique fabric treatments. The results are stunning and meaningful images. Works that celebrate nature soothe the viewer, pieces that respond to current events help people process, and art about people and places pays homage.
“Following the Thread” is open in Landmark Center’s North Gallery, July 8-August 29, with a public reception July 8, 5-7 pm. A virtual exhibit on Landmark Center’s website will also be available. The exhibit is free and open during normal building hours. For more information or to view the virtual exhibit visit the Museums and Exhibits webpage or call 651.292.3063.

Romanian American Cultural Center reopening
2021-06-27 13:00 - 15:00 | HORA – MN – Suite 319, 75 5th St. W., Suite 319, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
You are invited to the reopening of the Romanian American Cultural Center. It’s been a challenging year for all of us, and HORA-MN is happy to be able to welcome you back to your home away from home, Sunday, June 27, 1-3 pm.
Wear your Ie and join us in celebrating the Romanian Blouse Day by getting together again for a group photo in front of the building at 2 pm. Come prepared to taste and/or purchase delicious desserts made by Delicatese a la Nina, admire the pieces stitched by the community in the last year, catch up with old friends, make new ones and leave with a new book to read from the HORA library.

Global Conversations DIGITAL: Persian Gulf Security Issues
2021-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
The Persian Gulf remains tense as the rivalry between the regional powers of Saudi Arabia and Iran continues. Tensions escalated in early 2020 as the United States began to intervene in the Gulf, launching an airstrike that killed two Iranian military commanders.
Join us for this free Global Conversations as we hear from John Radsan, professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, on the historical influences that have led to tensions in the Persian Gulf and what role, if any, the United States should play.
The program will be livestreamed via Global Minnesota’s YouTube Channel.

North Gallery Reception: Minnesota Artists Association Spring Exhibit
2021-06-10 17:00 - 19:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Join Landmark Center for a reception that celebrates the return of spring by strolling through the Minnesota Artists Association’s spring exhibit, with multi-media work by 40 association artists.
This event is free,
